Re: [Dovecot] Cannot read mdir inbox.
On 09/12/2009 17:11, Timo Sirainen wrote: That would be the best long term solution, but .. : http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Mixed_mbox_and_Maildir Well, I tried that and it works, so this is what I have decided to use. Thanks very much for the pointer.
Re: [Dovecot] Cannot read mdir inbox.
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 17:13 -0500, Marc Dufour wrote: > Timo Sirainen wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 17:04 -0500, Marc Dufour wrote: > >> Dovecot is totally and merrily oblivious to maildir INBOX installed in > >> the usual /var/spool/mail/%u > > .. > >> User mail is in ~/Maildir. > > > > So you want INBOX to be in mbox format in /var/spool/mail/%u, and > > everything else in Maildir format in ~/Maildir? > > Not at all. I want 100% pure, natural maildir. > > Exim already delivers fine in maildir. So /var/spool/mail/%u/ is a maildir? If so, your settings should already work correctly. What exactly is the problem? Nothing shows up in INBOX? Does Dovecot log any errors? http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging Also potentially helpful things: - mail_debug=yes and look at the logs - strace -p `pidof imap`, select INBOX and see what files it tries to access signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Dovecot] Cannot read mdir inbox.
Timo Sirainen wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 17:04 -0500, Marc Dufour wrote: Dovecot is totally and merrily oblivious to maildir INBOX installed in the usual /var/spool/mail/%u .. User mail is in ~/Maildir. So you want INBOX to be in mbox format in /var/spool/mail/%u, and everything else in Maildir format in ~/Maildir? Not at all. I want 100% pure, natural maildir. Exim already delivers fine in maildir.
Re: [Dovecot] Cannot read mdir inbox.
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 17:04 -0500, Marc Dufour wrote: > Dovecot is totally and merrily oblivious to maildir INBOX installed in > the usual /var/spool/mail/%u .. > User mail is in ~/Maildir. So you want INBOX to be in mbox format in /var/spool/mail/%u, and everything else in Maildir format in ~/Maildir? > I would rather not fiddle with Exim and have it deliver the mail into > ~/Maildir That would be the best long term solution, but .. : http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces#Mixed_mbox_and_Maildir signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
