I am currently setting up an imap server on SuSe 10.1 RC3, but this would equally apply to previous versions. Alas, it has been so long since I did this that I can't recall the correct steps. The server is the standard-issue imap one that comes on the disks, not Cyrus, Dovecot or Courier My question is how to get the mail into the right folder. I'd like mail to end up in a folder called Mail in the user's home directory. Is it simply enough to put some procmail files in the user's home directory and have all the procmail recipes to point to $HOME/Mail or whatever? Or, do I have to tell Postfix and the imap server in some way? Do I have to set up subdirectories inside $HOME/Mail or will procmail do that anyway? I know the server is working perfectly well because I've tested it and have installed ssl certificates, turned it on in xinetd, etc. It is just a matter of getting the mail to the right place. TIA. SuSe 10.1 works extremely well, too, with quite a speed bump over 10.0 :) Fish
On Fri, 5 May 2006 11:43:05 +0100, you wrote:
I am currently setting up an imap server on SuSe 10.1 RC3, but this would equally apply to previous versions. Alas, it has been so long since I did this that I can't recall the correct steps. The server is the standard-issue imap one that comes on the disks, not Cyrus, Dovecot or Courier
My question is how to get the mail into the right folder. I'd like mail to end up in a folder called Mail in the user's home directory. Is it simply enough to put some procmail files in the user's home directory and have all the procmail recipes to point to $HOME/Mail or whatever? Or, do I have to tell Postfix and the imap server in some way? Do I have to set up subdirectories inside $HOME/Mail or will procmail do that anyway?
I know the server is working perfectly well because I've tested it and have installed ssl certificates, turned it on in xinetd, etc. It is just a matter of getting the mail to the right place.
TIA.
SuSe 10.1 works extremely well, too, with quite a speed bump over 10.0
:)
Fish
Not very helpful, I'm afraid, but I was never able to get the 'stock' IMAP server to work on 9.3 or 10.0. I used courier - dropped right in and worked. Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,
Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Fri, 5 May 2006 11:43:05 +0100, you wrote:
I am currently setting up an imap server on SuSe 10.1 RC3, but this would equally apply to previous versions. Alas, it has been so long since I did this that I can't recall the correct steps. The server is the standard-issue imap one that comes on the disks, not Cyrus, Dovecot or Courier
My question is how to get the mail into the right folder. I'd like mail to end up in a folder called Mail in the user's home directory. Is it simply enough to put some procmail files in the user's home directory and have all the procmail recipes to point to $HOME/Mail or whatever? Or, do I have to tell Postfix and the imap server in some way? Do I have to set up subdirectories inside $HOME/Mail or will procmail do that anyway?
I know the server is working perfectly well because I've tested it and have installed ssl certificates, turned it on in xinetd, etc. It is just a matter of getting the mail to the right place.
TIA.
SuSe 10.1 works extremely well, too, with quite a speed bump over 10.0
:)
Fish
Not very helpful, I'm afraid, but I was never able to get the 'stock' IMAP server to work on 9.3 or 10.0. I used courier - dropped right in and worked.
Mike- -- If you're not confused, you're not trying hard enough. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments,
Maybe i didn't understand, but you looks like you do not need an imap server. Postfix could give the mails directly to procmail, which can deliver them in any folder you need. Obviously people will not use thunderbird to access their mail. I use cyrus as imap and it is very easy to set up. Mail folder need to be owned by cyrus, and any client connect via imap protocol. So this is a rather different situation. L.
On Friday 05 May 2006 12:43, Mark Crean wrote:
I am currently setting up an imap server on SuSe 10.1 RC3, but this would equally apply to previous versions. Alas, it has been so long since I did this that I can't recall the correct steps. The server is the standard-issue imap one that comes on the disks, not Cyrus, Dovecot or Courier
My question is how to get the mail into the right folder. I'd like mail to end up in a folder called Mail in the user's home directory. Is it simply enough to put some procmail files in the user's home directory and have all the procmail recipes to point to $HOME/Mail or whatever? Or, do I have to tell Postfix and the imap server in some way? Do I have to set up subdirectories inside $HOME/Mail or will procmail do that anyway?
I use procmail and have rules like this: :0 * ^Mailing-List:.*suse\.com ".Lists.SUSE Novell.Lists/" :0 * ^From:.*linuxnews@novell\.com ".Lists.SUSE Novell.Lists/" :0 * ^From:.*linu_community@novell\.com ".Lists.SUSE Novell.Lists/" This puts my mail for the 3 lists in $HOME/Mail. I then access this happily from imap, using any e-mail client. They appear in a folder called Lists. The nice thing is that the folders get created if they do not exist.
I know the server is working perfectly well because I've tested it and have installed ssl certificates, turned it on in xinetd, etc. It is just a matter of getting the mail to the right place.
TIA.
SuSe 10.1 works extremely well, too, with quite a speed bump over 10.0
:)
Fish
-- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB
On Friday 05 May 2006 16:01, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Friday 05 May 2006 12:43, Mark Crean wrote: [snip]
My question is how to get the mail into the right folder. I'd like mail to end up in a folder called Mail in the user's home directory. Is it simply enough to put some procmail files in the user's home directory and have all the procmail recipes to point to $HOME/Mail or whatever? Or, do I have to tell Postfix and the imap server in some way? Do I have to set up subdirectories inside $HOME/Mail or will procmail do that anyway?
I use procmail and have rules like this: :0 [snip]
Many thanks for this and other replies. Very helpful. I'e got it sorted out now and most of my procmail recipes are working. To the person who said they were using Cyrus: yes, I also use this on another installation. It is excellent and I like the sieve filter system, but in my circs it is also overkill really so I was looking for something a little simpler. I might try Dovecot once SuSE 10.1 goes final and settles down and some more rpms start to appear. :) Fish
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