[Dovecot] Dovecot LDAP Auth strange mailbox behavior

[Ryan Bloch]

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 08:32, Ryan Bloch wrote:
>> I am able to use a mail client to login to the pop3 server.  The 
>> authentication works, and it logs as a successful login, but no messages 
>> download.  I get a response: No New Messages.
>> 
>> I have checked the user's maildir directory, and there are mails sitting
in 
>> the new directory, so it should download.

>Is default_mail_env set correctly, so it's actually looking into
>~/Maildir instead of somewhere else? Has Dovecot created
>~/Maildir/.INBOX/ directory? If not, it's looking into wrong place.

Yes, this was part of the problem.  I was trying to use maildir.  I
discusses this with another Linux admin, and he advised against using
maildir for incoming messages, that mbox would suit my needs better.

Once I configured the mail env correctly, it worked fine.

The part I don't understand, is that I am using maildir on another server at
my office, and it works fine with Dovecot using the same config.

I must have done something different last time, but it works for now.

Thanks for your help gentlemen!

-Ryan