Re: [exim] mail delivered, clients don't see it

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Author: Zbigniew Szalbot
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] mail delivered, clients don't see it
Hello,

On 3 Aug 2006 at 13:13, Nigel Metheringham wrote:

> On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 14:09 +0200, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 August 2006 13:05, Zbigniew Szalbot took the opportunity to
> > say:
> > > > If you're using maildir, you should have a maildir_format somewhere...
> > >
> > > Not sure I understand - the mailboxes are in /home/USER_NAME/Mail/Maildir
> > > Mail files have names like qJ3EZSE-54119, etc.
> >
> > OK, that sounds fine.
>
> No - thats exim's mail in a directory format, *not* maildir, which
> should have 3 directories within the maildir directory (cur, tmp & new),
> and the filenames within them do *not* look like exim queue identifiers.
>
> You do need the maildir_format directive.


Yes, you were right. But I guess Magnus is right in saying that I only have what comes with
cygwin. Does this mean I have to revert to /var/mail ?

Many thanks for your help!


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Zbigniew Szalbot
www.lc-words.com