Re: Dovecot Question

[Joshua Jensen <joshua iwsp com>]

This works well for me:

default_mail_env = mbox:%h/mail/:INBOX=%h/mail/inbox

%h expands to a users home directory

Joshua



On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 02:58:31PM -0600, Troy Bull wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I just setup my IMAP server and everything works great, except for 1 
> small detail.
> 
> I am upgrading from uwashington's imap server, and in theirs I had to 
> put a directory "mail" in for the imap folder (this is on the client). 
> The problem I have is with dovecot this makes an extra level (I think).
> 
> So on my server ~/mail is where the mail folder is located, but when the 
> client puts in the "mail" for the imap server directory dovecot looks in 
> and creates folders in ~/.mail/mail.
> 
> This is a problem for me because I have many clients and I would have to 
> go reconfigure each one.
> 
> My question is this, is there a way to make dovecot look in ~/ so that 
> when combined with the imap folder from the client it ends up in ~/mail?
> 
> I hope that is clear enough, I was thinking maybe I need to set 
> default_mail_env, but i have no idea to what?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Troy
> 
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