Re: [tpop3d-discuss] How to setup a hashed directory structure?

[Chris Lightfoot]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 05:04:09PM -0500, William Devine, II wrote:
> I have a virtual hosting site and have user accounts setup in 'hashed' 
> directories based on their first two username characters.
> IE   username of       william
> would be under /home/httpd/userpages/w/wi/william
> and referenced as http://www.whateversite.com/william/
> and I then use mod_rewrite and a perl script to rewrite    william     to 
> /w/wi/william
> I want to be able to deposit user's email into a subdirectory called '.mail' 
> under /w/wi/william .  I'd then have a rule in apache to disable download of 
> this directory or any files under it (just in case.)  Then all email for that 
> user would be dropped inside this directory so it will count against their 
> quota when the upload additional files for their website.
> 
> Possible?

Absolutely. If you are using Unix users, then do something
like

    mailbox: 
bsd:/home/httpd/userpages/$(user[0])/$(user[0])$(user[1])/$(user)/.mail

in the tpop3d.conf file. If you are using vmail-sql, you
just need to arrange that the mailspool specified for the
given user is in the location you suggest. How you get
mail delivered to the right place is a separate matter,
but the exim config docs would be a good place to start.

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