Issue with PostfixBasicSetupHowto on help.ubuntu.com

[Tim Legg]

I was stepping through the document:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto


It is a great document that has helped me expand my knowledge into a realm
that I know very little about.  But I ran into an exception that is not
covered by the document.  The nature of this exception leads me to believe
there is a shortcoming in the document.

In the section, "Testing Courier POP3".  when I follow the steps, I get:

+OK Hello there.
user fmaster
+OK Password required.
pass XcXcXcXc
-ERR chdir Maildir failed

(Where XcXc is the password I created for the user in this instance)

Never before has there been any mention of a Maildir or about changing to
it.  Seems to be an oversight.  I performed every prior step with a
positive response from the software, so up to this point, everything has
been correct.

The following step regarding "Testing Courier IMAP" similarly doesn't
work.  Every prior test performed in the document has been successful.

I tried sending an e-mail to the contact at the bottom of the page, but
fossedu.org no longer exists.  I didn't get a bounce from the other
address, but I'm not optimistic.  God only knows when these e-mails were
last used.


Tim Legg