From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 22 18:06:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05E716A403 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:06:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: from smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 60FDD13C46A for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:06:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from heli@mikestammer.com) Received: (qmail 62450 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2007 17:39:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.mikestammer.com) (mikestammer@sbcglobal.net@68.249.177.115 with login) by smtp112.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Mar 2007 17:39:48 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: NGLiKckVM1llMCy3WCKSatDppgCP.YPtzW6On8d_qeGadgEno.rPZ8whIZNdaDVp_8dWcVm5RgkD4_GjVGbBsHLHDxrLzDwKwi5ejzFCLmwq7GHaKe19QASIsHNjmbbKGQ.oizEGu5ZjSFV.y8do94kLP3HZ7LbIcA-- Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22B99B84D; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mikestammer.com Received: from mail.mikestammer.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gondolin.middleearth.mikestammer.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7aEm3dJpvYAA; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:56 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.mikestammer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B13BB80B; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:56 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <4602BF5F.8010306@mikestammer.com> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:39:43 -0500 From: Eric User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0b2 (Windows/20070116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Banning References: <20070322064044.GA7157@skytracker.ca> <20070322081339.255827bf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070322145226.GA72613@skytracker.ca> <4602AB73.8020502@mac.com> <4602B1CC.2000305@mac.com> <20070322173811.GA28873@skytracker.ca> In-Reply-To: <20070322173811.GA28873@skytracker.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help on picking an IMAP server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:06:28 -0000 David Banning wrote: >> P.S. Just tried creating a subfolder with Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 >> and Apple Mail Version 2.1 (752/752.2) and the previously mentioned >> IMAPs server, and it still works for both of them, so its not just in >> Thunderbird that it works. > > OK - I have it working - it seems the problem was slashes / in the > existing Outlook directory names which imap does not allow. > > here is my only problem now; > > My incoming mail is still being directed to /var/mail in mbox format > - which is what I want, as most users are not imap. > > but opening the imap inbox gives an error, presumably because it is > looking for maildir format and is finding mbox. Can dovecot be > permitted to read incoming mail from as mbox format? > > I have this in my dovecot.conf; > > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > > I am wondering if something like; > > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir/:INBOX=mbox:/var/mail/%u > > would work > > it should, but i would check the dovecot lists as i am sure there are people doing this. you can certainly give that second one a try and see if it works. Eric