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How to create Maildir directory with enough permissions for Postfix?

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http://unix.stackexchange.com – I have CentOS 5.5 with Postfix installed on it. I want to use local delivery agent with default setting, but I want it to store mail with Maildir directory style mailboxes. When I set the mailboxes to be stored ( as default ) in: mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail/ And I manually create maildir, so it looks like this: [root@dx2200 /]# ls -lah /var/spool/mail/ total 32K drwxrwxr-x 4 root mail 4.0K Mar 15 15:01 . drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K Mar 15 14:33 .. drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4.0K Mar 15 14:52 marshra drwxr-sr-x 5 pedro mail 4.0K Mar 15 15:01 pedro [root@dx2200 /]# [root@dx2 (HowTos)

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