Courier mail services Install rpms like "courier-imap", NOT "courier-imapd" unless you want to run Courier's mail server instead of Exim/Sendmail. Maildir: Courier uses Maildir format, which is pretty much the opposite of UNIX mail folders. 1 file per message. I thing subfolders are always nested, with the Inbox at the root, with convention of $HOME/Maildir. Here's the Exim config: local_delivery: driver = appendfile directory = ${home}/Maildir maildir_format = true The directory is created automatically, as needed. Looks like by default everything is created as $user.$user with umask 077. GENERAL None of the Courier products (at least the non-d products) have /etc/sysconfig/* config files. Set *START values of all /etc/courier/SERVICENAME files. AUTHENT You MUST run authdaemond via /etc/init.d/courier-authdaemon to run any service. Configured via /etc/authlib/*rc (n.b. *rc are not init scripts, but config files). Most importantly, set authmodulelist. imapd: (The *s and pop services probably work exactly the same). Primary config file: /etc/courier/SERVICETYPE You just run the the "couriertcpd" via /etc/init.d/courier-imap. This init script will invoke the authdaemond init script if necessary). Configged via /etc/courier/SERVICETYPE (/etc/courier/*.cnf is just for cert details). /etc/courier/SERVICETYPE is parsed and also sourced by init script. IMPORTANT: Do not set DEFDOMAIN in configfile. This sets the user names.