On 02-09-2013 07:04, Kai Hendry wrote:
On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 02:37:04AM +0300, Andreas Kasenides wrote:
IIUC Postfix places by default mail in /var/mail/%u as an mbox.
sg:/etc/postfix$ sudo postconf | grep mail_spool mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
I think the solution from looking around is to use dovecot as an lda. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix
Yes! Sorry for not saying that. While the Dovecot LDA is preferred (it will also do on-line indexing), it is not the only option. Postfix will also deliver into a maildir (both the local and virtual delivery agents) if you just add a "/" at the end of the delivery directory!
I prefer the Dovecot LDA of course with necessary Postfix configs for it.
By the way I consider mbox format to be a relic of the mail systems. But it may be what you are looking for a really small setup to get away from Gmail. Straight forward and simple.
Andreas
Solr is not the only option. The way I understand this is that this will heavily depend on your client, if it will make use of the Dovecot indexing, thefore speeding up operations. I use Thunderbird most of the time and I have no indexing on Dovecot. Searching is quite good.
I use mutt & Apple Mail IOS. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hendry/9652360692/
Thanks for replying! I will update https://github.com/webconverger/sg.webconverger.com with my setup in future.