courier=qmail=Maildir ; pine=mbox - now I get it! postfix = ?

[Max Blanco]

Fraser/All,

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Fraser Campbell wrote:

> There are different formats formats for mail storage.  Maildir storage 
> involves several subdirectories and every email being stored in an individual 
> file.   The more traditional mail format is mbox where all email is stored in 
> one file.  There are advantages and disadvantages to either storage format.
> 
> courier and qmail mail servers use Maildir by default, other MTAs are capable 
> of storing in Maildir either directly or through cooperation with procmail.

Thanks for this info!  It would seem to be crucial for a debian newbie 
like me.  I don't remember the distro dselect notes saying anything like 
this.

> 
> > I think all's well, except for the "Maildir" incompatibility with pine.
> >
> > Now if only I could fix that...
> 
> AFAIK pine needs a patch to be compatible with maildir.  Just go back to mutt 

With the hassles (Byron and I) went through just to compile pine, I'd 
rather not patch.

> it's a better mail reader anyway ;-)  In /etc/Muttrc there are a few 
> parameters to tweak so that mutt will default to ~/Maildir/ ... mbox_type is 
> one and spool_file (or similar) is another.  "man mutt", seach for Maildir, 
> and you should be able to figure it out.

I have a series of handmade tools built around pine/mbox.
No way I'd give those up.

I need a mailer that will give me mbox and /var/spool/mail/$user 
functionality.

Any suggestions?

cheers,
max.



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