- On 2004.06.02, in 60C14C611F1DDD4198D53F2F43D8CA3B88C75B@orsmsx410.jf.intel.com,
- "Villalovos, John L" john.l.villalovos@intel.com wrote:
Can I keep my Inbox /var/spool/mail/user_name as an mbox format and have my other folders as Maildir?
I think so, but offhand I'm not sure how. I assume it's a default_mail_env setting.
What would I have to change for Sendmail to make it use Maildir for the Inbox?
Sendmail doesn't touch the inbox; it depends on the local delivery agent (LDA) to do this. If you use procmail as the LDA, this morphs into your next question:
Can procmail support Maildir?
Yes. If a procmail rule specifies delivery to a mailbox whose name ends in "/", it is treated as a Maildir. If you set ORGMAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME/ DEFAULT=/var/mail/$LOGNAME/
(noting the ending "/") in /etc/procmailrc, you should have Maildir-format inboxes.
N.B. I have not tested any of this.
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