Re: Change from Courier to Dovecot - config settings for Dovecot?

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On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Alan in Toronto
<Alantoronto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SquirrelMail 1.4.15
> PHP 5.2.9, SuPHP module, Zend Optimizer
> Dovecot IMAP (in a cPanel release)
> Capabilities: * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND
> UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED
> I18NLEVEL=1 QUOTA STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN
> Maildir mail storage format
> Mail is stored in /home/webaccountname/mail/mailusername/
> Apache 2.2.8, FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p11, cPanel virtual web hosting account IMAP
> Server Address: 127.0.0.1
> SMTP Server Address: 127.0.0.1
> Server side sorting is enabled
> Server side thread sorting is disabled
> Allow editing of identities: Yes
> Allow editing of full name: Yes
> SquirrelMail access via SSL (https) for entire session
> Browser: usually IE7, plus testing on others
> User login with full e-mail address, e.g. alan@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Many plugins, including: Auto Complete; Folder Synch; Select Range; etc.
> Compatibility 2.0.12
> SquirrelMail configtest: pass
>
> Hello all:
>
> I have just migrated to a new server. Previously I was using SquirrelMail with
> Courier IMAP, but the new server has Dovecot. Initially my SquirrelMail config was
> simply copied to the new server, and everything seemed to work fine. I want to
> revise the config to make it as compatible with Dovecot as possible. I've read on
> the SM site and through list archives and Googled, but I see lots of conflicting
> advice on how to config for Dovecot.
>
> My SM config used on Courier included these settings:
>
>  IMAP Server Type: Courier
>  IMAP Folder Delimiter: .
>  Default Folder Prefix: INBOX.
>
> As I say, that seemed to work even on Dovecot. Based on info. on SM site and others,
> I changed to the following:
>
>  IMAP Server Type: Dovecot
>  IMAP Folder Delimiter: detect
>  Default Folder Prefix: ""   (blank/empty)
>
> However, once I did that I saw the following error:
>
> ERROR: Could not complete request.
> Query: CREATE "Trash"
> Reason Given: Unknown namespace.
>
> So, I left Server Type as Dovecot, but reverted the other two values to what I had
> on Courier server, so now I have this:
>
>  IMAP Server Type: Dovecot
>  IMAP Folder Delimiter: .
>  Default Folder Prefix: INBOX.
>
> Again, as with the original Courier config, this seems to work. But, is this optimal
> or correct? Could someone in the know please give me some info. about the proper
> config values for a Dovecot server?

config/conf.pl --> D --> "dovecot"

Or look at the settings in doc/presets.txt

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