I'm unclear about where and how this is to be used. I gather it is to be a new standard, but I didn't seem to find anything about it in the Dovecot Wiki Mail Location page. There are some words about it in the 1.1.12/3 release notes, but perhaps I'm thick, but they're meta-ambiguous to me. Is it meant to be used like this: mail_location = mbox:MAILBOXDIR=~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u instead of the current mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u ??? Sorry to be so dense. -- ==== Once upon a time, the Internet was a friendly, neighbors-helping-neighbors small town, and no one locked their doors. Now it's like an apartment in Bed-Stuy: you need three heavy duty pick-proof locks, one of those braces that goes from the lock to the floor, and bars on the windows.... ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Bard College, New York 12504 sdean at bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035
you should choose maildir, if that?s the question. take a look at this: http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir Stewart Dean wrote:> I'm unclear about where and how this is to be used. I gather it is to > be a new standard, but I didn't seem to find anything about it in the > Dovecot Wiki Mail Location page. There are some words about it in the > 1.1.12/3 release notes, but perhaps I'm thick, but they're > meta-ambiguous to me. > Is it meant to be used like this: > > mail_location = mbox:MAILBOXDIR=~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > instead of the current > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > > ??? > > Sorry to be so dense. > >
On Mar 30, 2009, at 3:15 PM, Stewart Dean wrote:> I'm unclear about where and how this is to be used. I gather it is > to be a new standard, but I didn't seem to find anything about it in > the Dovecot Wiki Mail Location page. There are some words about it > in the 1.1.12/3 release notes, but perhaps I'm thick, but they're > meta-ambiguous to me. > Is it meant to be used like this: > > mail_location = mbox:MAILBOXDIR=~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > instead of the current > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%uNo, don't use MAILBOXDIR with mbox or maildir. It's primarily useful with dbox. But the correct syntax would have been: mail_location = mbox:~/mail:MAILBOXDIR=mailboxes:INBOX=/var/mail/%u