[aklug] courer-imap-ssl (with Postfix)

I'm trying to set up my first e-mail server (for personal use) with postfix for receiving and sending the mail, and courier-imap-ssl for remote IMAP access. Setting up an e-mail server is proving a lot harding then setting up web servers, ftp servers, etc. However, I did manage to get postfix running, and I can receive e-mail at the new account, and the e-mail is dropped off into a .maildir in my HOME directory. If I log into the e-mail server (over SSH) and run mutt, I can view all the e-mail received and also send e-mail.

Now I am hoping to get courier-imap (with ssl) running so I can do this from Thunderbird instead of having to log in. However, I not quite clear on this: can courier-imapd-ssl provide access to a .maildir if it is in the HOMEDIR of a regular Linux account? If so, would the IMAP authentication password be the same password as the Linux account owning the .maildir?

All I saw in /etc/courier-imap/imapd-ssl that seemed to relate was the following, but not sure the appropriate way to set them:

# MAILDIRPATH - directory name of the maildir directory.
MAILDIRPATH=Maildir
# Hardwire a value for ${MAILDIR}
MAILDIR=.maildir
MAILDIRPATH=.maildir

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Christopher Howard
frigidcode.com
theologia.indicium.us
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