On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 07:51:43AM +0000, electron electron may have
written:> I am trying to make dovecot work with sendmail
> If I use the default conf file (default_mail_env = ) then the inbox is the
> file /var/mail/user and a mail folder is created in /home/user directory
> where it stores all additional imap folders.
> The problem with this is that I can?t have subfolders.
> If I edit dovecot.conf file and enter
> default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%1u/%u/Maildir
> then I can create subfolders, but new emails are not stored in INBOX, but
> the stay in /var/mail/user.
This is because dovecot plays no role in the delivery of email. You will
need to consult your sendmail configuration on how to make it deliver
to a Maildir.
> In order to overcome this issue I used procmail
[snip procmail config]
> So now all emails are stored in Maildir format and again with the default
> dovecot.conf file it works fine.
That is because you made the system deliver to a Maildir, just like
dovecot was expecting. This configuration is fine unless the server is
too taxed to spawn an extra program for delivery each time.
> I was wondering if there is an alternative way to do this, without using
> procmail?..just editing the dovecot.conf file.
You will need to consult sendmail's docs. dovecot is not involved with
your problem.
--
Brian T Glenn
delink.net Internet Services
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