[Dovecot] Newbie question: How to make dovecot read /var/mail/user while using Maildir

[Sven Kirmess]

Lars Skovgaard wrote:
> I've been trying to figure out how to make dovecot read the system 
> standard /var/mail/user, which is in mbox-format, while at the same time 
> using Maildir as the preferred method of storage.

Use something like safecat[1] to feed your Maildir inbox. You can
run safecat from sendmail directly or via the .forward file. That's
how I do it.

Sven

[1] http://budney.homeunix.net:8080/users/budney/linux/software/safecat.html