On October 21, 2014 7:04:38 PM deoren <dovecot-mailing-l...@whyaskwhy.org>
wrote:
On 10/21/2014 11:44 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> On October 21, 2014 6:18:07 PM deoren
> <dovecot-mailing-l...@whyaskwhy.org> wrote:
>
>> mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
>> sieve_dir = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/sieve_dir
>
> mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.maildir
> sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve
>
> More simple, and more easy to tarball backup
Thank you for the advice. Can you comment re these two approaches for
configuring the 'mail_location' option? I assume the first is simply wrong?
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.maildir
Also, why do you use the '.maildir' folder name instead of 'Maildir'? Is
that so it doesn't appear in the ls output by default? Some other reason
perhaps?
I agree that having the sieve scripts in a different location than the
mail content is less than ideal. When the sieve scripts were originally
stored in the /var/vmail/%d/%n directory they showed up within
Thunderbird as folders, so to get things working again quickly I made
sure to move the sieve scripts completely outside of where the mail
content was stored.
The cause was likely the 'mail_location' option being misconfigured
(assuming that it really is, I'm still trying to nail that down), so
once that is resolved I'm planning on moving them back.
Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping rearranging the mail content will be
just as easy to do.
I just remember to use $HOME or ~ fetched here from mysql or static args,
thus all none existing temp dirs will not be a problem, and it fits with
maildrop and procmail, still running dovecot 1.2.17 with gentoo
So $HOME/.maildir
$HOME/.sieve
Yes it will hide dirs in ls, but you can list hidded dirs with a option
