LAYOUT=fs

Aki Tuomi
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 09:30:06 -0000

On 23.01.2018 11:27, Jungersen, Danjel - Jungersen Grafisk ApS
wrote:
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> On 22 Jan 2018 at 10:28, Aki Tuomi wrote:
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> On 22.01.2018 00:46, Jungersen, Danjel - Jungersen Grafisk ApS wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> I have read what I could find, but not enough apparently.
>
> I am about to migrate my server to a postfix / dovecot setup.
>
> I have stumbled on the mentioned option and are wondering if I should
> use it.
>
> I have read about it, and I understand the difference, but I cannot
> find anything that guides me to what I should do.
>
> A pro / con list ?
>
> I figure that there are a reason for the default value, but also
> wonder when I will benefit from changing it.
>
> My plan is to (if possible) make spamassasin put spam i the spamfolder
> under the seperate users (serverside), I dont know if that make any
> difference here.
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> If it makes any difference, I'm running 2.2.27.
>
> Best regards Danjel
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> LAYOUT=fs with maildir makes maildir use filesystem directories for
> folders, so instead of '.mail.folder' it will use
'mail/folder'.
>
> Make sure you put mail_location (or mail from userdb) to something
> like maildir:~/Mail
>
> Yes, I understand that, the thing I'm not sure of is when should I use
> one or the other?
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> What are the pros and cons for each solution?
>
> :-)
> Danjel
>
> Aki

Asking for pros and cons is bit difficult but I suppose it boils down to
having or not having subfolders. It might matter if you have lots and
lots of folders. Also if you are using third party tools they might
expect one way or another.

Aki
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