dovecot - Sep 2004 - mail location questions

Hi all,

I'm reading the docs and confs and it's not quite sinking in, mostly
cuz I've been reading IMAP docs for a week now trying to find one that
I want.  :)

I have a mail server that will have about 800 webmail users without
actual home directories. Can I set up the IMAP dir in another
location, like /var/imap, where everyone can read/store their mail? Or
just use the /var/spool/mail/<user> mbox file and make a sub dir for 
the indexing files?

Sorry if this is basic, all I saw was ~/Maildir locs.  :P 

Thanks!

-- 
C

On 2.9.2004, at 22:34, Chris wrote:
> I have a mail server that will have about 800 webmail users without
> actual home directories. Can I set up the IMAP dir in another
> location, like /var/imap, where everyone can read/store their mail? Or
> just use the /var/spool/mail/<user> mbox file and make a sub dir for
> the indexing files?
>
> Sorry if this is basic, all I saw was ~/Maildir locs.  :P
Each user must have a separate directory so that it's possible to have 
more than just one mailbox. That directory could be called home 
directory, but it doesn't matter where it's located. 
http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/VirtualUsers and 
http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/Authentication are the latest docs 
about it.
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