On 01/28/2010 05:25 PM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 17:03 -0800, Dan Thurman wrote: > >> Now, I can proceed to figure out how to complete my original intent: >> to add maildir support to sendmail (as opposed to just installing and >> using Postfix) as I want the sub-directory feature from which dovecot >> IMAP gladly supports instead of using the mbox format, which is >> directory 1-level limited. >> > Dovecot is separate from sendmail. You don't need to do anything to > sendmail to be able to store your mail using maildir with Dovecot. Your > inbox that you get mail from isn't the same location Dovecot leaves > things. > Yes, dovecot is just am IMAP server, but the problem is, that sendmail by default uses the mbox format. From what I read, it says that you need procmail or other method to convert the mbox format into maildir format - which is the part - that I have yet to understand how this is actually done. Do you have a no-nonsense link somewhere where I can get the mbox format converted over into maildir format? >From the configuration file of /etc/dovecot.conf, it says: #====================================================== ## ## Mailbox locations and namespaces ## # Location for users' mailboxes. This is the same as the old default_mail_env # setting. The default is empty, which means that Dovecot tries to find the # mailboxes automatically. This won't work if the user doesn't have any mail # yet, so you should explicitly tell Dovecot the full location. # # If you're using mbox, giving a path to the INBOX file (eg. /var/mail/%u) # isn't enough. You'll also need to tell Dovecot where the other mailboxes are # kept. This is called the "root mail directory", and it must be the first # path given in the mail_location setting. # # There are a few special variables you can use, eg.: # # %u - username # %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain # %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if there's no domain # %h - home directory # # See <doc/wiki/Variables.txt> for full list. Some examples: # # mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir # mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u # mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/%n # # <doc/wiki/MailLocation.txt> # mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u #====================================================== So, on Fedora, sendmail deposits "mbox" into: /var/mail/%u I tried: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir and it does NOT work, perhaps because no mail as specified in the user's home directory.... there... so I think there needs to be *something* that converts the data into maildir format and the reason why I wanted the maildir format, is it allows for sub-directory creation (instead of a flat, one-directory, structure) using an IMAP client, such as Thunderbird, which I use. At least, this is why from what I read, need procmail to do the conversion? Am I missing something? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
