hello
i have a real stumper of an issue here and need some help! (config posted below)
ok, so i'm building out a new mail system with v1.2.15 of dovecot on debian6
this new system is being designed to seamlessly migrate from an older dovecot
mail system (v1.1.3). i have everything almost perfect but i've hit a wall
which I need help on.
so the existing mailboxes on the old server are as such:
cur
dovecot.index
dovecot.index.cache
dovecot.index.log
dovecot-uidlist
dovecot-uidvalidity
dovecot-uidvalidity.4fbffa1a
.INBOX.Drafts
.INBOX.Sent
.INBOX.Trash
new
subscriptions
tmp
.Trash
NOTICE that it puts the . in before INBOX
now on the new mailserver I get this:
cur
dovecot.index.cache
dovecot.index.log
dovecot-uidlist
dovecot-uidvalidity
dovecot-uidvalidity.4fc03e57
Drafts
INBOX
new
Sent
subscriptions
tmp
Trash
Notice how it's no longer using DOTS before the names. so what i need to do
is make the new mail server DUPLICATE EXACTLY the folder layouts of the old
server.
i've tried fussing with Namespace and the MailDir and especially the PREFIX
option which is seems to ignore a '.' to start a filename. i also fussed
with the autocreate hoping i could find something there to adjust. but no good.
no matter what i do I can't get it to make or read .Trash .Sent .Drafts!
please help me! any advice would be appreciated. i'm also willing to hire
someone to finish up the config for me. shouldn't take more than a couple
hours.
thanks!
jg
here's my config:
root at mailserver1:/# dovecot -n
# 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.5 nfs
log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:INBOX=/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:LAYOUT=fs
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
namespace:
type: private
separator: .
prefix: .INBOX.
inbox: yes
list: yes
subscriptions: yes
lda:
log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
postmaster_address: postmaster at m.minla.net
mail_plugins: sieve
global_script_path: /home/vmail/globalsieverc
auth default:
passdb:
driver: sql
args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
userdb:
driver: static
args: uid=1010 gid=1010 home=/home/vmail allow_all_users=yes
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
master:
path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
mode: 384
user: vmail
On 2012-05-29 4:57 PM, John Goodner <jg at minla.net> wrote:> mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:INBOX=/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:LAYOUT=fsI think the problem lies with the LAYOUT=fs above, but I'm not sure... The wiki seems to say that this was specifically to get 1.1 to see the folders: http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir#Directory_Structure> Dovecot uses Maildir++ directory layout for organizing mailbox > directories. This means that all the folders are directly inside > ~/Maildir directory: > > ~/Maildir/new, ~/Maildir/cur and ~/Maildir/tmp directories contain > the messages for INBOX. The tmp directory is used during delivery, > new messages arrive in new and read shall be moved to cur by the > clients. > > ~/Maildir/.folder/ is a mailbox folder > > ~/Maildir/.folder.subfolder/ is a subfolder of a folder (ie. > "folder/subfolder") > > Most importantly this means that if your maildir folders exist in > eg.~/Maildir/folder and ~/Maildir/folder/subfolder, Dovecot won't see them> unless you rename them to Maildir++ layout. v1.1 supports them by > adding :LAYOUT=fs to mail_location.So, try removing the LAYOUT=fs... If that isn't it, I'm sure Timo will chime in with the correct answer... Incidentally - why are you storing the maildirs in /%d/, then duplicating the %d again in the users directory? Why not just /%d/%n? -- Best regards, Charles