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> > I just recently upgraded my qmail from .93 to .96, and while doing that
> > I decided to add pop3 supoort to my system also. The FAQ said to give
> > Maildir support to those users requiring to read their mail via POP. my
> > questions are:
> >
> > Why does it HAVE to be in maildir format
>
> It doesn't. You can compile Qualcomm's qpopper to work with Mailbox.
>
> > Are their patches for Mailx, Pine, and Elm that allow Maildir reading?
>
> If there are, I'd like to know too...
>
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> `' Jeff Carneal / Sys Admin \ Apex Internet `'
> `' jeff@apex.net http://www.apex.net `'
> `' The opinions expressed above aren't really mine. They belong to `'
> `' someone else who also refuses to take responsibility for them. `'
> '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
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I just got qpopper, and I said to define HOMEDIRMAIL, how should I do
this?





> > > I just recently upgraded my qmail from .93 to .96, and while doing that
> > > I decided to add pop3 supoort to my system also. The FAQ said to give
> > > Maildir support to those users requiring to read their mail via POP. my
> > > questions are:
> > >
> > > Why does it HAVE to be in maildir format
> >
> > It doesn't. You can compile Qualcomm's qpopper to work with Mailbox.
> >
> > > Are their patches for Mailx, Pine, and Elm that allow Maildir reading?
> >
> > If there are, I'd like to know too...
> >
> > '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
> > `' Jeff Carneal / Sys Admin \ Apex Internet `'
> > `' jeff@apex.net http://www.apex.net `'
> > `' The opinions expressed above aren't really mine. They belong to `'
> > `' someone else who also refuses to take responsibility for them. `'
> > '`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
> >
> >
> >
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Graphic Rezidew wrote:

>
>
> I just got qpopper, and I said to define HOMEDIRMAIL, how should I do
> this?

I'm just doing a cut-n-paste here, you've already done most of this, but
this will be the complete instructions.

1) get the latest version of qpopper from ftp.qualcomm.com (ver 2.2).
It can be found in the /quest/unix/servers/popper directory.

1a) uncompress and untar it.

2) find and edit the make.??? file for your system. Add -DHOMEDIRMAIL to
the CFLAGS defines.

3) edit the file pop_dropcopy.c. Change the line that reads like this:

strncat(p->drop_name, "/.mail",sizeof(p->drop_name) - strlen(p->drop_name));

to this:

strncat(p->drop_name, "/Mailbox",sizeof(p->drop_name) - strlen(p->drop_name));

4) make and install according to the directions.


Take note: This does not put the temporary file in the luser's directory
when (s)he pickes up their mail, I've chosen this method to avoid problems
when a quota is exceeded and also to find other lost attempts.

Another note: In the readme (or install file) there's a note about
timeouts. Qpopper has a short timeout so if a luser has a long message
in his/her mailbox you'll be getting phone calls (this is for dialups).
Increase the timeout to about 600 (I think that's what's standard) and
you'll be fine.

Vince.
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Graphic Rezidew wrote:

>
> I just recently upgraded my qmail from .93 to .96, and while doing that
> I decided to add pop3 supoort to my system also. The FAQ said to give
> Maildir support to those users requiring to read their mail via POP. my
> questions are:
>
> Why does it HAVE to be in maildir format

It doesn't. You can compile Qualcomm's qpopper to work with Mailbox.

> Are their patches for Mailx, Pine, and Elm that allow Maildir reading?

If there are, I'd like to know too...

'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
`' Jeff Carneal / Sys Admin \ Apex Internet `'
`' jeff@apex.net http://www.apex.net `'
`' The opinions expressed above aren't really mine. They belong to `'
`' someone else who also refuses to take responsibility for them. `'
'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'