dovecot - Jul 2021 - folders and subfolders

> On 16/07/2021 11:41 Stephane Magnier <steph.mag220 at
netcourrier.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> Still looking for the way to create folders and sub folders..
> Today, I am using "mbox", which apparently doesn't work for
this ? correct ?
mbox has very limited support for folders. 
> So, I would probably need to use maildir.. (
https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_location/Maildir/ ]
> Today, what I am using is :mbox,which is gather all the mailboxes of user
1, user 2 in one folder... like : mbox:/var/spool2/mail/%u
> 1) I suppose, that If I am using "mbox" with.. : LAYOUT=fs, I
won't get these folders and subfolders ? - Correct ?
> 
> 2) Instead of having : "maildir:~/Maildir " which, I suppose got
eachuser folder into their own home directory .. correct ? Can I have :
maildir:/var/spool2/mail/%u?
yes.
> ( I would prefer to gather all users' mailbox into one folder like
/var/spool2/mail/ )
> 3) if so, mbox:/var/spool2/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u => can
become : maildir:/var/spool2/mail/%u:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
> 
yes. And while you're doing this, you might as well start using lda or lmtp
and drop the INBOX parameter. There is no need to keep INBOX in
/var/spool/mail/%u unless your users expect direct access?
> What do you think ?... before trying and breaking everything :-)... if so,
I will be killed
> 
> Thanks and regards
>
Aki

Hi,

So, I tried to change mbox to maildir.. that sounds to be OK for the 
changes... I can create some folders and subfolders. The problem is that 
I cannot see any emails arriving into my mailbox

I am using sendmail

I choose the lmtp service for that and I have into Dovecot

Maildir : mail_location = maildir:/var/spool3/mail/%u:LAYOUT=fs

    service lmtp {
    unix_listener /var/spool/mail/dovecot-lmtp {
     ??? mode = 0600
     ??? user = mail
     ??? group = mail
     ? }
     ? inet_listener lmtp {
     ??? address = ::1, 127.0.0.1

     ? }
    }


into *sendmail.mc*.. I have :

  * FEATURE(`local_lmtp',`[IPC]',`FILE
/var/spool/mail/dovecot-lmtp')dnl

But if I add : Feature(dovecot) or Feature( local_lmtp)?? it doesn't 
compile..

m4:/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:154: cannot open
`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/mailer/dovecot.m4': No such file or directory

So, how can explain that any emails coming into /var/spool/mail has to 
be sent to Dovecot ??

Thanks and regards


Le 16/07/2021 ? 10:44, Aki Tuomi a ?crit?:
>> On 16/07/2021 11:41 Stephane Magnier <steph.mag220 at
netcourrier.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>> Still looking for the way to create folders and sub folders..
>> Today, I am using "mbox", which apparently doesn't work
for this ? correct ?
> mbox has very limited support for folders.
>
>> So, I would probably need to use maildir.. (
https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/mail_location/Maildir/ ]
>> Today, what I am using is :mbox,which is gather all the mailboxes of
user 1, user 2 in one folder... like : mbox:/var/spool2/mail/%u
>> 1) I suppose, that If I am using "mbox" with.. : LAYOUT=fs, I
won't get these folders and subfolders ? - Correct ?
>>
>> 2) Instead of having : "maildir:~/Maildir " which, I suppose
got eachuser folder into their own home directory .. correct ? Can I have :
maildir:/var/spool2/mail/%u?
> yes.
>
>> ( I would prefer to gather all users' mailbox into one folder like
/var/spool2/mail/ )
>> 3) if so, mbox:/var/spool2/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u => can
become : maildir:/var/spool2/mail/%u:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
>>
> yes. And while you're doing this, you might as well start using lda or
lmtp and drop the INBOX parameter. There is no need to keep INBOX in
/var/spool/mail/%u unless your users expect direct access?
>
>> What do you think ?... before trying and breaking everything :-)... if
so, I will be killed
>>
>> Thanks and regards
>>
> Aki
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