From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 22 18:14:29 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 486CC16A406 for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:14:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1175017100.4a8695@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.161.205.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB06C13C4DA for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:14:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david+dated+1175017100.4a8695@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by 3s1.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l2MHcKcf032644 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1175017100.4a8695@skytracker.ca) Received: (from david@localhost) by 3s1.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l2MHcKhi032643 for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from david+dated+1175017100.4a8695@skytracker.ca) X-Authentication-Warning: 3s1.com: david set sender to david+dated+1175017100.4a8695@skytracker.ca using -f Received: by 3s1.com (tmda-sendmail, from uid 1000); Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:17 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:38:17 -0500 To: "Peter A. Giessel" , Kenny Dail , Eric Message-ID: <20070322173811.GA28873@skytracker.ca> References: <20070322064044.GA7157@skytracker.ca> <20070322081339.255827bf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20070322145226.GA72613@skytracker.ca> <4602AB73.8020502@mac.com> <4602B1CC.2000305@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4602B1CC.2000305@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: David Banning X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.7/2904/Thu Mar 22 06:03:31 2007 on 3s1.com X-Virus-Status: Clean 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 18:14:29 -0000 > 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