I was told to use dovecot because it was easier than cyrus. I just upgraded from fc1 to fc3. I am not sure what fc1 used but I think it was cyrus and it worked perfect out of the box no configurations to do. The new cyrus-imapd is not so simple so I got dovecot. I see examples saying to use mbox=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u but when I try that I cannot map mail folders that reside under ~/mail. I have tried default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u which is the setup i have now. I get this error when trying to connect via evolution error while scanning folders in "IMAP server localhost" imap command failed. invalid mask. when I use default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u the error i get is: This store does not support subscriptions or they are not enabled. I have an Inbox Junk and Trash folder under that account. When I set up outlook as pop3 it says it connects fine but it doesn't download any mail. When I try to subscribe to folders via Outlook it says that it cannot connect.
Rob Campbell wrote:> I was told to use dovecot because it was easier than cyrus. I just > upgraded from fc1 to fc3. I am not sure what fc1 used but I think it > was cyrus and it worked perfect out of the box no configurations to do. > The new cyrus-imapd is not so simple so I got dovecot. I see examples > saying to use mbox=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u but when I try that I > cannot map mail folders that reside under ~/mail. I have tried > default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u which is the > setup i have now. I get this error when trying to connect via evolution > error while scanning folders in "IMAP server localhost" imap command > failed. invalid mask. >To get this straight, what you want to do is to use the Maildir format and store the mail in ~/mail, except that incoming mail is put in /var/spool/mail/{username} by the mail delivery agent, right? What mail transport/delivery agent are you using? I myself have simply default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%u using Exim as MTA. -- Magnus Holmgren holmgren at lysator.liu.se
On 01/28/2005 07:02:45 AM, Rob Campbell wrote:> I was told to use dovecot because it was easier than cyrus. I just > upgraded from fc1 to fc3. I am not sure what fc1 used but I think it was > cyrus and it worked perfect out of the box no configurations to do. The > new cyrus-imapd is not so simple so I got dovecot. I see examples saying > to use mbox=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u but when I try that I > cannot map mail folders that reside under ~/mail. I have tried > default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u which is the setup > i have now. I get this error when trying to connect via evolution > error while scanning folders in "IMAP server localhost" imap command > failed. invalid mask. > > when I use default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > the error i get is: > This store does not support subscriptions or they are not enabled. I have > an Inbox Junk and Trash folder under that account.Well, I use dovecot-0.99.13-3.FC3 successfully on fc3 to access my mail through IMAP, and I have: default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u note the trailing '/' in ~/mail/ and the absence of spool in the inbox path. Success, Willem Riede.