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...add /var/mail/ prefix to home dirs." I am currently using: "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir" in combination with vpopmail. Does this need to be changed? or is ~/Maildir considered an absolute directory? Is there anything else I should be aware of ? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

...ownloads the message again. Looking at the 1.0 configuration, i do not see a "pop3_uidl_format" setting. So was wondering how the UIDL is generated. Is anybody aware of a conversion script that properly maintains the UIDL? Or am I misisng something else here? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

.../ Eventhough it should have been created (I think) in the protocol lda section of the config file. I specifieD: auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master However I thought since using vpopmail I don't need to use the auth-master ? or am I missing something? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

...uration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf line 126: Expecting '=' Fatal: Invalid configuration in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf So I'm guessing i misplaced the line somewhere in the config file. Where should it be placed? Does it work for both pop3 and imap? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

...we would like to migration for the end user as easy as possible without requiring them to make changes to their settings. Is it possible to configure Dovecot to handle multiple authentication back-ends or do any of you have found a solution to a similar problem before? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

...t to: "|/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$USER" Does it also mean I have to recreate all .qmail and .qmail-default files? Am I missing anything else? Does anybody have any experience in changing LDA on production servers? Sincerely, - Wouter van der Schagt

Hi, today we have a problem our mail server about user accounts. (something about prefetch) anyway i corrected, but some clients re-download emails again. how can i stop this .I've read about some forums about UIDVALIDITY ? is it posibble prevent clients redownload emails with pop3 ? thanks in advance. -- Sel?uk YAZAR

...#39;ve a problem, I'm using the Dovecot LDA in my .qmail file: |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$USER However when I add a forward, such as: |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$USER <mailto:&wouter at vdschagt.com> &wouter at vdschagt.com The mail isn't forwarded and stays in the queue on the mail server, the same is the case when I reverse the lines. The error in the log file is: @400000004f5de5f7033bc434 delivery 824026: deferral: qmail-inject:_fatal:_qq_trouble_creating_files_in_que...

I purely love that kind of crap. As if presentations meant anything, as if there aren't all kinds of scholarly work about theoretical perfect world algorithms and conceptual systems that will never be implemented and are as practical and effective as wings on a pig. Please. I'm reminded of the story about how, during the American Civil War, when the North had finally, after years of

Hi everyone Been spending the whole day on the wiki and in the list archives on using dovecot for POP3 mail. I'd like to present my findings and ask for some feedback. Our current software setup: * Courier-IMAP running POP3/IMAP * Postfix MTA * MySQL backend for user and login info As for the system layout, it looks like this: * NFS server which is the same server that houses single