[olug] qmail - install - trying the test bit...

[Brian Roberson]

I forgot that I stripped html messages on the list..... the "red" line I was
refering to...

    echo ./Mailbox >/var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery


with that said, you are seeing the expected output, mbox format, in the
users homedir with the name od Mailbox



personally, I use a more UNIX standard like local email delivery, including
dot-forward, etc....

the article points out where you need to go to change the local delivery
procedure, /var/mail/boot/{example_script}

the "qmailctl" script is basically calling svc ( daemontools ) to start all
the stuff up, I have never looked at the URL you mentioned, and I think I
will forget I ever seen it, as I disagree with alot of what it is
stating.... linux is SYSV, e.g. it HAS init ; you dont NEED daemontools
unless you are under *BSD... arg, another gripe about *BSD ;-) ANYWAYS...
the file you want to edit is /var/qmail/rc aparently, ( remember, I do not
do it the way it is laid out there ) and change it to call qmail-start with
the options you want, ( again, checkout /var/qmail/boot/{scripts} for
different examples....

hope this helps!









----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at olug.org>
To: <olug at olug.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] qmail - install - trying the test bit...


I dont use daemontools, but here is a good effort....


( Quoting from the website you mentioned )  checkout the line in red...

The /var/qmail/boot directory contains example qmail boot scripts for
different configurations: /var/spool/mail vs. $HOME/Mailbox, using procmail
or dot-forward, and various combinations of these. Feel free to examine
these, but for our installation, we'll use the following script:

#!/bin/sh

# Using stdout for logging
# Using control/defaultdelivery from qmail-local to deliver messages by
default

exec env - PATH="/var/qmail/bin:$PATH" \
qmail-start "`cat /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery`"



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Note: This script uses backquotes (`), not single quotes ('). For best
results, copy and paste the scripts in this guide instead of retyping them.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----


Use your editor to create the above /var/qmail/rc, then execute these
commands:

    chmod 755 /var/qmail/rc
    mkdir /var/log/qmail

At this point you need to decide the default delivery mode for messages that
aren't delivered by a .qmail file. The following table outlines some common
choices.

      Mailbox format  Name  Location  defaultdelivery  Comments
      mbox  Mailbox  $HOME  ./Mailbox  most common, works with most MUA's
      maildir  Maildir  $HOME  ./Maildir/  more reliable, less MUA support
      mbox   username  /var/spool/mail  See INSTALL.vsm  traditional UNIX
mailbox

See INSTALL.mbox, INSTALL.maildir, and INSTALL.vsm for more information.

To select your default mailbox type, just enter the defaultdelivery value
from the table into /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery. E.g., to select the
standard qmail Mailbox delivery, do:

    echo ./Mailbox >/var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery



----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Note: defaultdelivery isn't a standard qmail control file. It's a feature of
the above /var/qmail/rc file. The defaultdelivery argument to qmail-start is
the contents of a .qmail file that specifies delivery instructions to be
followed when no actual .qmail is found. Putting these instructions in a
separate control file eliminates the need to quote shell metacharacters in
the delivery instructions and avoids messy multi-line command arguments.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----








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