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Re: Directory / folder help please



On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:14:12PM -0600, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Derek Martin <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >   (remember that 'maildir' required trailing '/')
> > 
> > As far as I know, this is not correct.  I use mutt with maildirs all
> > the time, and I do not have any of them specified with trailing
> > slashes.  The only program that needs trailing slashes for maildir is
> > procmail.
> 
> Not quite true; most maildir-aware MDAs require that the maildir
> path be specified with a trailing slash, to differentiate it from mh
> folders.  This is also true, for example, for qmail-local.

Sure.  I was speaking with this user's config in mind...  She was
speaking of reading mail in /var/mail, which implies she's (most
likely) using sendmail (or some other MTA not pre-configured to do
maildir-style delivery) and (almost certainly) procmail, and of course
mutt.  Out of whichever three, only procmail cares about the trailing
/ on the folder name, AFAIK.  Postfix would, exim doesn't, but the
user is either not using these or consideration of them is irrelevant
for this specific case.

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