Courier maildrop: maildir

A great choice!

Courier Maildrop is a mail delivery agent that can be used to deliver email messages to a Maildir mailbox. Here's a brief overview of how to configure Courier Maildrop to deliver email to a Maildir mailbox:

What is Maildir?

Maildir is a popular mailbox format that stores email messages in a directory hierarchy. Each message is stored in a separate file, and the directory structure is used to organize the messages. Maildir is a great choice for email storage because it's easy to implement, scalable, and allows for efficient searching and retrieval of messages.

Configuring Courier Maildrop to deliver to Maildir

To configure Courier Maildrop to deliver email to a Maildir mailbox, you'll need to create a maildrop configuration file and specify the Maildir directory as the delivery location.

Here's an example maildrop configuration file:

# maildrop configuration file

# Set the Maildir directory
MDIR=$HOME/Maildir

# Set the message file format
FORMAT=maildir

# Set the delivery location
DELIVER_TO=$MDIR/new

# Set the message ID file
MESSAGE_ID_FILE=$MDIR/.messageid

# Set the message flags file
MESSAGE_FLAGS_FILE=$MDIR/.flags

In this example, the MDIR variable is set to the Maildir directory, FORMAT is set to maildir to indicate that we're using the Maildir format, and DELIVER_TO is set to the new subdirectory of the Maildir directory, which is where new messages will be delivered.

The MESSAGE_ID_FILE and MESSAGE_FLAGS_FILE variables are set to the .messageid and .flags files, respectively, which are used to store message IDs and flags.

Starting Courier Maildrop

Once you've created the maildrop configuration file, you can start Courier Maildrop using the following command:

maildrop -c /path/to/maildrop.conf

Replace /path/to/maildrop.conf with the actual path to your maildrop configuration file.

Testing Courier Maildrop

To test Courier Maildrop, you can use the mail command to send a test email message to the Maildir mailbox:

mail -s "Test message" [email protected]

Replace [email protected] with the email address you want to test.

After sending the test message, you should see the message appear in the new subdirectory of the Maildir directory. You can verify that the message was delivered correctly by checking the contents of the new directory.

That's it! With these steps, you should be able to configure Courier Maildrop to deliver email to a Maildir mailbox.