I've read most of the howtos about installing Postfix, and Postfix w/ MailDir, but I cannot get it to work. It seems as simple as home_mailbox = Maildir/ But Postfix is still delivering mail into mbox format. Some of the howtos discuss creating the cur/new & tmp folders used in MailDir delivery manually. Is this what is required to get it to work?
No, postfix creates the Maildir when the first email arrives. Please post the content of your main.cf file, comments stripped.
Thanks for the reply. Here is the postfix config. I'm guessing something is conflicting somewhere. smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name biff = no append_dot_mydomain = no delay_warning_time = 4h myhostname = ---- alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases mydestination = relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mynetworks_style = host mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 maximal_queue_lifetime = 7d minimal_backoff_time = 1000s maximal_backoff_time = 8000s smtp_helo_timeout = 60s smtpd_recipient_limit = 16 smtpd_soft_error_limit = 3 smtpd_hard_error_limit = 12 smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname, permit smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client blackholes.easynet.nl, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_non_fqdn_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client opm.blitzed.org, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org permit smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_delay_reject = yes disable_vrfy_command = yes virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:1001 virtual_mailbox_base = /usr/local/virtual virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 1001 virtual_transport = virtual virtual_uid_maps = static:1001 # Additional for quota support virtual_create_maildirsize = yes virtual_mailbox_extended = yes virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes virtual_maildir_limit_message = Sorry, the user's maildir has overdrawn his diskspace quota, please try again later. virtual_overquota_bounce = yes proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps readme_directory = no sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail html_directory = no setgid_group = postdrop command_directory = /usr/sbin manpage_directory = /usr/local/man daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix mail_owner = postfix home_mailbox = Maildir/
