On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:16:26 +0000, Nick E. wrote:

> hi all.
>
> I am trying to get postfix to put mail in $HOME/Maildir/ but it's not
> working. It keeps putting it in /var/spool/mail
>
> here's the section from main.cf:
> home_mailbox = Maildir/
> mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail
> mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN
>
> fetchmail actually gets the mail from my ISP. Then passes it to postfix,
> right?
>
> what am I missing?
>
> is there a postfix for dummies?
>
> thanks,
> john

Did you inactivate 'mail_spool_directory'? Maybe it supersedes
'home_mailbox'? Did you restart Postfix after you changed the
configuration?

Dragan