Mail Features

[Noldar]

I would like to see mail stored in a Maildir++ format rather than an Mbox format. Less problems with file locking.

I would like to see Exim installed with the Exiscan patch

I would also like to see the email stored somewhere besides under the /var directory, preferably under the users home directory. As IMAP becomes more popular space could become an issue on the /var partition.

Richard

[jmstacey]

I'm for the moving it off the /var directory. I'm having space trouble with that right now especially if email is the only thing clients use their hosting for.

[ProWebUK]

i'll have the exiscan patched rpms and the standard exim rpms out in an hour or two... using the latest version of course :)

[Noldar]

Originally posted by jmstacey
I'm for the moving it off the /var directory. I'm having space trouble with that right now especially if email is the only thing clients use their hosting for.

To get around the problem I moved my /var/mail and /var/spool directories to a larger partition and created sybolic links.


mkdir /usr/local/var
cd /var
mv mail/ /usr/local/var/mail
ln -s /usr/local/var/mail mail
mv spool/ /usr/local/var/spool/
ln -s /usr/local/var/spool spool

This was on FreeBSD 4.9. For RedHat you'd probably want something like:


mkdir /home/var
cd /var
mv mail/ /home/var/mail
ln -s /home/var/mail mail
mv spool/ /home/var/spool/
ln -s /home/var/spool spool


Richard

[Noldar]

Originally posted by ProWebUK
i'll have the exiscan patched rpms and the standard exim rpms out in an hour or two... using the latest version of course :)
But what about us poor FreeBSD users :(



:D

Richard

[nobaloney]

Originally posted by ProWebUK
i'll have the exiscan patched rpms and the standard exim rpms out in an hour or two... using the latest version of course :)
I just found your post today.

Have you done it?

Where can I find it?

Jeff

[jmstacey]

Thanks Noldar, I'll give that a try :)


But what about us poor FreeBSD users :(

I know the feeling. :p

[Noldar]

Just a note that you'll need to restart vm-Pop3d after you move your mail directories or it won't be able to find them.

RIchard