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Subject: Re: postfix Date: Monday 09 June 2008 From: Timo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Steve, was it one of the suggestions from Mihira? Number 3 is that the folder haven´t the rights that currier can open it or the owner is wrong. Timo Mihira Fernando schrieb: > On Monday 09 June 2008 08:41:50 steve wrote: > [snip] > >> thats right, I did use courier, and apparently the error I am getting >> now is "mail server at mail.reillyblog.com responded: chdir Maildir >> failed" the only thing I did different from that guide was to choose >> internet site, not satellite as I did not want to use my ISP to deliver >> mail. Ill figure it out sooner or later, im pretty close i think?! >> >> > That error message means the pop server cannot open the maildir directory for > the given user. This can happen for 2 reasons. > 1. the path to maildirs is wrong > 2. the maildir has not been created yet. > > If its #1, recheck the courier configuration to see if the path for the > maildirs is correctly given. Basically, the path where Postfix saves the > mails should be the same for the Courier to go and open up the mails. > > if its #2, Simply send an email to the given user before checking his mail. > Courier does not create the maildir folders automatically so if this is a > brand new user, forst send the user a test mail so that the maildor folders > will be created and then check email from thunderbird. > > Mihira. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
