[vexim] vexim not creating local delivery folders

[falz]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Free BSD <freebsd at vfemail.net> wrote:
> Dear List members
>
> I have installed vexim as per the instructions. The only difference is
> that I have made my uid and gid similar to sendmail/exim -- i.e., uid is
> mailnull and gid is mail. I have made the same changes in variables.php
>
> However, as I am trying to create a local domain, the delivery directory
> is not being created. I have set the local delivery top level folder to
> be /Vexim/LocalDelivery/ and it is being owned by mailnull and mail.
> Still, as I create a new local folder, even though the database is
> updated accordingly, the folders are not being created. But nothing is
> registered in apache or message logs.
>
> I am using FreeBSD 7 stable, apache 22 and php5, and I have php5-posix
> installed (as suggested in some site I can't remember).
>
> Would appreciate any pointer/suggestion to resolve this matter. If any
> other information is required, please let me know and I'll try to post
> them accordingly.

Since you're using FreeBSD, I'd strongly recommend using the port to
install the package, it's in mail/vexim

http://www.freshports.org/mail/vexim/

Also, I'd recommend keeping paths as the default, instead of the
apple-ish ones you have specified above. Once things are working, you
can move it elsewhere, or symlink your path above to it if it's easier
for you to find that way.

I run vexim on FreeBSD from the port on several systems without issue.

--falz