Re: Dovecot mail_location for fedora
On 19/08/2017 07:17, Joseph Tam wrote: > mail_location=~/.mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%Ln > He should be good now, no idea why a fedora install wouldn't have that Unless I missed something in a previous pst, "~/.mail" is not typical for personal mail folder, but "~/mail" is. Joseph Tam I thought that (from earlier example), but not having used mbox in 10 years, couldnt remember, I couldn't example mine because that would throw OP completely (mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%Ld/%1Ln/%1.1Ln/%2.1Ln/%Ln/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY) Since he's not replied, I dare say Aki's post helped him sort it out. -- Kind Regards, Noel Butler This Email, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged information, therefore remains confidential and subject to copyright protected under international law. You may not disseminate, discuss, or reveal, any part, to anyone, without the authors express written authority to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender then delete all copies of this message including attachments, immediately. Confidentiality, copyright, and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery of this message. Only PDF [1] and ODF [2] documents accepted, please do not send proprietary formatted documents Links: -- [1] http://www.adobe.com/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument
Re: Dovecot mail_location for fedora
mail_location=~/.mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%Ln He should be good now, no idea why a fedora install wouldn't have that Unless I missed something in a previous pst, "~/.mail" is not typical for personal mail folder, but "~/mail" is. Joseph Tam
Re: Dovecot mail_location for fedora
Ahh thats it :) He should be good now, no idea why a fedora install wouldn't have that On 18/08/2017 19:43, Aki Tuomi wrote: > mail_location=~/.mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%Ln > > Aki -- Kind Regards, Noel Butler This Email, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged information, therefore remains confidential and subject to copyright protected under international law. You may not disseminate, discuss, or reveal, any part, to anyone, without the authors express written authority to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender then delete all copies of this message including attachments, immediately. Confidentiality, copyright, and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery of this message. Only PDF [1] and ODF [2] documents accepted, please do not send proprietary formatted documents Links: -- [1] http://www.adobe.com/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Dovecot mail_location for fedora
mail_location=~/.mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%Ln Aki On 18.08.2017 12:41, Noel Butler wrote: > On 18/08/2017 06:15, Randy Gordey wrote: > >> What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to >> /var/spool/mail/? >> >> These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user. >> >> Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it. >> >> mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file. > Its been over 10 years since I've run mbox, but i'm sure your format is > wrong, you're also not supposed to use spaces either, in fact I think > its telling you whats wrong, from memory, its mbox:~/mail: > but I cant recall what otherstuff is I know the pathis in it but it > needs something before it, I just cant recall what, see the wiki, I'd be > highly surprised if it did not explain it. > >> mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc. >> >> maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection. > Thats not how maildir works you need to add the Maildir directory to it, > ie maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/Maildir > > but DO NOT USE THAT directory! And its more than dovecot you need to > change if you're going to use maildir, so just fix up your mbox > settings. >
Re: Dovecot mail_location for fedora
On 18/08/2017 06:15, Randy Gordey wrote: > What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to > /var/spool/mail/? > > These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user. > > Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it. > > mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file. Its been over 10 years since I've run mbox, but i'm sure your format is wrong, you're also not supposed to use spaces either, in fact I think its telling you whats wrong, from memory, its mbox:~/mail: but I cant recall what otherstuff is I know the pathis in it but it needs something before it, I just cant recall what, see the wiki, I'd be highly surprised if it did not explain it. > mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc. > > maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection. Thats not how maildir works you need to add the Maildir directory to it, ie maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/Maildir but DO NOT USE THAT directory! And its more than dovecot you need to change if you're going to use maildir, so just fix up your mbox settings. -- Kind Regards, Noel Butler This Email, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged information, therefore remains confidential and subject to copyright protected under international law. You may not disseminate, discuss, or reveal, any part, to anyone, without the authors express written authority to do so. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender then delete all copies of this message including attachments, immediately. Confidentiality, copyright, and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery of this message. Only PDF [1] and ODF [2] documents accepted, please do not send proprietary formatted documents Links: -- [1] http://www.adobe.com/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Dovecot mail_location for fedora
What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to /var/spool/mail/? These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user. Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it. mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file. mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc. maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection. I am using Outlook 2016 and Thunderbird are two imap clients I am trying. For Dovecot, 2.2.31 is the version. Postfix is version 3.2.2 and seems to be working. A vanilla Fedora 26 is the OS
