From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 18:21:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2675106564A for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:21:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com (dorsai-02.celestial.com [192.136.111.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 965DD8FC21 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:21:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1BBD208A9AC for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at celestial.com Received: from dorsai-02.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (dorsai-02.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SDz9ghdZ3sk5 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by dorsai-02.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C286208A98D for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 840E144F9220; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Received: from ayn.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ayn.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JR-d5T+eg-lA; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by ayn.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 6856F44F921F; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:06:01 -0800 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120217180601.GA19450@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 OpenPKG/CURRENT (2009-01-05) Subject: Re: Maildir Format X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:21:03 -0000 On Fri, Feb 17, 2012, APseudoUtopia wrote: >Hello, > >I'm setting up the email system on my server. I got rid of sendmail >and installed postfix, and I will be installing dovecot. I researched >the difference between mbox and maildir formats, and I'm going to go >with the Maildir. I'm running everything on ZFS, so many small files >shouldn't be a problem. > >My problem is, before I made any of these changes and was using the >default sendmail setup, I was using /usr/bin/mail to read my periodic >and cron outputs. However, after I installed postfix with the Maildir >delivery option, I quickly realized that /usr/bin/mail doesn't support >Maildir. > >Can anyone suggest a MUA which has support for Maildir that I can use? >I'm looking for something simple and command line, similar to >/usr/bin/mail that I can use until I get around to installing Dovecot. >The only one I know of off the top of my head is mutt. I've never had >much use, and thus experience, with unix MUAs. Mutt would be my choice. I have been using it for over a decade, and it handles Maildir as well as other common mailbox formats. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 The essence of all slavery consists in taking the produce of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded on ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live on. Leo Tolstoy 1891