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2020 Jun 07
2
How to use dovecot only as POP3 server / prevent it from creating .imap directories?
On 07.06.2020 17:56, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 08:44:51AM +0200, Binarus wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> on our mail server, I let sendmail deliver incoming messages to a file in mbox format called "inbox" in each user's home directory. Now I would like to use dovecot as POP3 server so that users can let their MUA download their messages via POP3.
2020 Jun 08
0
How to use dovecot only as POP3 server / prevent it from creating .imap directories?
...narus wrote:
> So how exactly do I have to alter the configuration to implement your
> suggestion, i.e. to make dovecot look only at the mbox file and to
> prevent the creation of unnecessary directories?
Maybe try
mail_location = mbox:/empty/dir:INBOX=~/inbox
Not sure whether owner=rootZ:root, mode=555 will work, but those
permissions would be the safest.
Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>
2020 Jun 09
3
How to use dovecot only as POP3 server / prevent it from creating .imap directories?
...ave to alter the configuration to implement your
>> suggestion, i.e.? to make dovecot look only at the mbox file and to
>> prevent the creation of unnecessary directories?
>
> Maybe try
>
> ????mail_location = mbox:/empty/dir:INBOX=~/inbox
>
> Not sure whether owner=rootZ:root, mode=555 will work, but those
> permissions would be the safest.
>
Thank you very much for your suggestion. Actually, I already had tried
that, but that was only for testing, and I was hoping to avoid it.
Having said this:
That suggestion does not solve the problem completely, but r...