dovecot - Apr 2005 - configuration problem: maildir folders and messages not found

Hi

Perhaps I've been going too far OT in my previous thread or perhaps I
just didn't explain my problem clear enough so forgive me for trying
again.

I have configured fetchmail to fetch my mail from my ISP's POP3-server.
I have set up procmail to filter messages and deliver all non-filtered
messages to the folder ".IN-catchall/" in "$HOME/Maildir"

After sending some test messages the "Maildir" folder in my
home-folder
looks like:
m8ram at medion:~$ tree -a Maildir
Maildir
|-- .IN-catchall
|   |-- cur
|   |-- new
|   |   `-- 1114356268.8424_0.medion
|   `-- tmp
|-- .IN-testing
|   |-- cur
|   |-- new
|   |   |-- 1114354955.6900_0.medion
|   |   `-- 1114356175.8292_0.medion
|   `-- tmp
|-- .INBOX
|   |-- .IN-testing
|   |   |-- cur
|   |   |-- new
|   |   |   |-- 1114354955.6900_0.medion
|   |   |   `-- 1114356175.8292_0.medion
|   |   `-- tmp
|   |-- .imap.index
|   |-- .imap.index.data
|   |-- .imap.index.log
|   `-- .imap.index.tree
|-- .customflags
|-- IN-catchall
|-- cur
|-- new
`-- tmp

16 directories, 11 files

Because I have been using the mbox format to test dovecot so far I had
to modify my dovecot configuration but no matter what I try none of the
messages above appear in evolution or thunderbird.

Can anybody tell me what I need to add/remove/change in my config? I'm
running:
m8ram at medion:~$ /usr/sbin/dovecot --version
0.99.14
on debian testing

/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf contains the following:
protocols = imap
login = imap
login = pop3
mail_extra_groups = mail
default_mail_env = maildir:/%h/Maildir
auth = default
auth_mechanisms = plain
auth_userdb = passwd
auth_passdb = pam
auth_user = root

When using mbox I used:
default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

I also tried the following for maildir:
default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir
default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir

But neither worked.

TIA

Bram
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On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 13:51 +0200, Bram Mertens wrote:
> After sending some test messages the "Maildir" folder in my
home-folder
> looks like:
> m8ram at medion:~$ tree -a Maildir
> Maildir
> |-- .IN-catchall
> |   |-- cur
> |   |-- new
> |   |   `-- 1114356268.8424_0.medion
> |   `-- tmp
> |-- .IN-testing
> |   |-- cur
> |   |-- new
> |   |   |-- 1114354955.6900_0.medion
> |   |   `-- 1114356175.8292_0.medion
> |   `-- tmp
These should show up as "IN-catchall" and "IN-testing"
folders.
> |-- .INBOX
> |   |-- .IN-testing
> |   |   |-- cur
> |   |   |-- new
> |   |   |   |-- 1114354955.6900_0.medion
> |   |   |   `-- 1114356175.8292_0.medion
> |   |   `-- tmp
> |   |-- .imap.index
> |   |-- .imap.index.data
> |   |-- .imap.index.log
> |   `-- .imap.index.tree
Looks like Dovecot sees your INBOX because it has created index files.
The IN-testing here isn't seen by Dovecot at all.
> |-- .customflags
> |-- IN-catchall
> |-- cur
> |-- new
New mails in INBOX should be placed in this new directory.
> Because I have been using the mbox format to test dovecot so far I had
> to modify my dovecot configuration but no matter what I try none of the
> messages above appear in evolution or thunderbird.
Are you listing only subscribed folders and haven't subscribed them?
Have you set IMAP namespace prefix? It should be empty. Sounds like
client problem in any case.
> default_mail_env = maildir:/%h/Maildir
This is correct. Except the '/' before %h isn't needed.
> I also tried the following for maildir:
> default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir
> default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir
> 
> But neither worked.
They're pretty much all equilevant.

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On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 15:36 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 13:51 +0200, Bram Mertens wrote:
> > After sending some test messages the "Maildir" folder in my
home-folder
> > looks like:
> > m8ram at medion:~$ tree -a Maildir
> > Maildir
> > |-- .IN-catchall
[...]
> > |-- .IN-testing
[...]
> These should show up as "IN-catchall" and "IN-testing"
folders.
They do now, see below
> > |-- .INBOX
> > |   |-- .IN-testing
[...]
> Looks like Dovecot sees your INBOX because it has created index files.
> The IN-testing here isn't seen by Dovecot at all.
So there shouldn't be subfolders of ~/Maildir/.INBOX ?

[...]
> > Because I have been using the mbox format to test dovecot so far I had
> > to modify my dovecot configuration but no matter what I try none of
the
> > messages above appear in evolution or thunderbird.
> 
> Are you listing only subscribed folders and haven't subscribed them?
> Have you set IMAP namespace prefix? It should be empty. Sounds like
> client problem in any case.
Aha thanks that was it, like I said I'm migrating form mbox to maildir
so I've never had to subscribe to folders before!
> > default_mail_env = maildir:/%h/Maildir
> 
> This is correct. Except the '/' before %h isn't needed.
Should I remove it or is it simply redundant?
> > I also tried the following for maildir:
> > default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir
> > default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir
> > 
> > But neither worked.
> 
> They're pretty much all equilevant.
Thanks again

Bram
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