--- courier-mta.orig	2009-02-12 03:25:42.707838523 -0200
+++ courier-mta	2009-02-12 03:27:30.568003799 -0200
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 case "$1" in
   start)
+    if [ ! -d /var/run/courier ]; then
+      mkdir /var/run/courier
+      chown courier:courier /var/run/courier
+    fi
     if [ ${AUTO_AUTHDAEMON="true"} ]; then
       /etc/rc.d/authdaemond start
       sleep ${AUTO_AUTHDAEMON_LAG}