On Fri, March 20, 2009 10:28 pm, Alan in Toronto wrote:>>> On Sat, March 21, 2009 12:17 am, Paul Lesniewski wrote:>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Alan in Toronto>> <Alantoronto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:>>>>>>>>> On Fri, March 20, 2009 11:01 pm, Paul Lesniewski wrote:>>>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Alan in Toronto>>>> <Alantoronto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:<< stuff deleted >>>>>>> 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>>>>>> Thanks Paul. I'm configuring using the Admin plugin. I looked at>>> doc/presets.txt.>>> With those Dovecot settings, I get that error:>>>>>> ERROR: Could not complete request.>>> Query: CREATE "Trash">>> Reason Given: Unknown namespace.>>>>>> The key value seems to be "Default Folder Prefix">>> (default_folder_prefix). If it>>> is>>> set to <none> (empty string) as specified for Dovecot in>>> doc/presets.txt, I get>>> that>>> error. But if I change it to what I used for Courier, INBOX., then>>> everything>>> seems>>> to work. This is what I have now:>>>>>> �IMAP Server Type: Dovecot>>> �IMAP Folder Delimiter: detect>>> �Default Folder Prefix: INBOX.>>>>>> I don't understand why doc/presets.txt Dovecot settings give me that>>> error, so>>> even>>> though things appear to work with different settings I don't know if>>> they are>>> optimal.>>>> It is possible that Dovecot has changed its standard configuration>> since the presets were developed (someone with some familiarity with>> Dovecot could chime in),>>> but given that we don't get reports about>> this problem, it seems it might be a custom or one-off configuration>> issue on your system.>> Perhaps it's like the documentation for UW-IMAP a few years ago. The> documented> config really seemed to be wrong, so based on trial and error testing> and detailed> documentation, I documented a config that worked well on several UW> servers.> Afterward, several people copied that config and replicated it to other> sites> recommending it as the ideal config for SM on UW-IMAP.>>> The default folder prefix value isn't something>> that is going to be "non-optimal" when set some other way - it's not a>> performance setting. If INBOX. works for you, and ALL folder>> operations work as expected, then that's what you should use.>> Okay, that's good to know. Sort of an "if it seems to work, it's> working"> philosophy. I can work with that. :)>> Thanks Paul. P.S. Saw Richard Underhill's quintet recently in a tiny> club with me> just two armlengths from Richard. He was awesome! I have used UW-IMAP and now use Dovecot because it's just plain fast.I'd check /etc/dovecot.conf to see if there's any special settings, likewhat the namespace is set to, specifically mail_location = which ifdefaulted, is $HOME/mail and which is why SM thinks you should have thatset to "". It might have been changed to match your old server. If itwas, leave it alone as you found it to work. I'm kind of a 'purist'(whatever that means) and preferred to change from SM settings of mail/as the setting and liked the "" setting for Dovecot because that meantwhen I helped others setup their IMAP email in SM or whatever, I couldjust leave that setting alone and it would work 'out of the box.' Forgoing forward, I find that the less things have to be 'tweaked' to makethem back-compatible, the happier I am as an admin. Just my thoughts... Karl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) arepowering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly andeasily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based developmentsoftware that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging.Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com-----squirrelmail-users mailing listPosting guidelines: http://squirrelmail.org/postingguidelinesList address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.mail.squirrelmail.userList info (subscribe/unsubscribe/change options): https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
