Hi, I am using Dovecot v 2.2.32 and Sendmail 8.15.2 My "folder" config on Dovecot is : mbox:/var/spool2/%u/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u But in fact, any email arriving into the mailbox, stays in Sendmail into the file location (by default) : /var/spool/mail/user1 and any folder created, can be reached via Dovecot and is located to /var/spool2/user1 If I want to backup the user1's emails, I need to backup the "dovecot" location ( /var/spool2/user1) but also the Sendmail file location ( /var/spool/mail/user1) If I don't do that, I loose fresh emails which are still into the Sendmail directory, which are not copied into the Dovecot location.. Sounds weird I would expect to backup only my Dovecot directory and my email client should see only the Dovecot directory I would expect to have small sendmail email file user ( /var/spool/mail/user1 ) and i should't car about these files. Everything should be copied automatically into my Dovecot location what do you think ? Best regards, St?ve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20210520/50e276f9/attachment.html>
> Hi, > > I am using Dovecot v 2.2.32 and Sendmail 8.15.2 > > My "folder" config on Dovecot is : > mbox:/var/spool2/%u/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > But in fact, any email arriving into the mailbox, stays in Sendmail > into the file location (by default) : /var/spool/mail/user1 and any > folder created, can be reached via Dovecot and is located to > /var/spool2/user1 > > > If I want to backup the user1's emails, I need to backup the "dovecot" > location ( /var/spool2/user1) but also the Sendmail file location ( > /var/spool/mail/user1) > If I don't do that, I loose fresh emails which are still into the > Sendmail directory, which are not copied into the Dovecot location.. > Sounds weird > > I would expect to backup only my Dovecot directory and my email client > should see only the Dovecot directory > I would expect to have small sendmail email file user ( > /var/spool/mail/user1 ) and i should't car about these files. Everything > should be copied automatically into my Dovecot location > > what do you think ? >I think that if you would know more about sendmail, dovecot and linux, you would not think this is strange ;) What does it even matter having to copy multiple locations. That is why we have computers, to do such things automatically for us.
Hi Stephane, On 20.05.21 08:44, Stephane Magnier wrote:> I am using Dovecot v 2.2.32 and Sendmail 8.15.2 > > My "folder" config on Dovecot is > :*mbox:/var/spool2/%u/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u* > But in fact, any email arriving into? the mailbox, stays in? Sendmail into > the file location (by default) : /var/spool/mail/user1 and any folder > created,? can be reached via Dovecot? and is located to /var/spool2/user1I would recommend to change your Sendmail setup. IMHO you should configure it so that it uses Maildir instead of mbox. Please have a look at the Wiki: https://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/ https://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail Or use LMTP instead (which I prefer): https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/protocols/lmtp_server/ And your Dovecot config could then be something like this: mail_location = maildir:/var/spool2/%u/Maildir All the mails and folders in _one_ place. HTH and regards, Markus