Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > Hi, > > I'm using dovecot (version 2.2.13 on archlinux) in the simplest, > no-brainer way possible. It sits between mbsync, which I use to fetch > mail from servers, and Gnus, my MUA. Both mbsync and Gnus connect to > dovecot with an invocation like this: > > /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -o mail_location=maildir:$HOME/.mail/ea/ > > I have three different mail accounts, all that changes is the final > directory on the mail_location path above. > > I haven't touched anything else: there's no running daemon, no > configuration, no user database, no PAM, no nothing. > > Now I'm trying to set up text searching via lucene, but all the examples > I've seen online assume a full running daemon and user accounts. I tried > to fake it by running: > > doveadm index -u eric@localhost -q INBOX > -o mail_location-maildir:/home/eric/.mail/ea > > but it was clearly expecting a user database. > > Is there any way to create text indexes for my three different accounts, > in their respective directories, without fully setting up a running > dovecot? I'll do that if I have to, but my current setup works great, > and is very simple, and I'd like to keep it simple if I can. > > Thanks! > Eric
I figured there probably wasn't any way to do this, and just set up dovecot properly, running as a daemon. E
