Maildir Format

Paul Macdonald paul at ifdnrg.com
Fri Feb 17 18:17:19 UTC 2012


On 17/02/2012 17:16, APseudoUtopia wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up the email system on my server. I got rid of sendmail
> and installed postfix, and I will be installing dovecot. I researched
> the difference between mbox and maildir formats, and I'm going to go
> with the Maildir. I'm running everything on ZFS, so many small files
> shouldn't be a problem.
>
> My problem is, before I made any of these changes and was using the
> default sendmail setup, I was using /usr/bin/mail to read my periodic
> and cron outputs. However, after I installed postfix with the Maildir
> delivery option, I quickly realized that /usr/bin/mail doesn't support
> Maildir.
>
> Can anyone suggest a MUA which has support for Maildir that I can use?
> I'm looking for something simple and command line, similar to
> /usr/bin/mail that I can use until I get around to installing Dovecot.
> The only one I know of off the top of my head is mutt. I've never had
> much use, and thus experience, with unix MUAs.
why not just forward them to your gmail?

Paul.

>
> Thank you.
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"


-- 
-------------------------
Paul Macdonald
IFDNRG Ltd
Web and video hosting
-------------------------
t: 0131 5548070
m: 07970339546<<PLEASE NOTE NEW MOBILE<<
e: paul at ifdnrg.com
w: http://www.ifdnrg.com
-------------------------
IFDNRG
40 Maritime Street
Edinburgh
EH6 6SA
-------------------------




More information about the freebsd-questions mailing list