[Dovecot] Mail always is delivered to /var/mail/

[Yedidia Klein]

that's the way I already configed it, but my running UW IMAP act as I 
explained:
it move all incoming mail from /var/mail/[username] to ~/mbox and then 
the imap inbox is the ~/mbox

the move from UW to dovecot will be much more complicate if the inbox 
place is different.

--Yedidia

James Moser wrote:

>
> default_mail_env = mbox:%h:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
>
> Yedidia Klein wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to configure dovecot to work like UW imap?
>> mean mail come to /var/mail/[username] (in mbox format) then while 
>> the user connect, the imapd move the email to ~/mbox and serve it 
>> from there.
>>
>> --Yedidia
>>
>> James Whatever wrote:
>>
>>>> Hey,
>>>>     I am setting up Dovecot on Debian with Postfix.  I am telling 
>>>> Dovecot
>>>> to use maildir:~/Maildir but it persists in dumping mail in mbox 
>>>> format
>>>> in /var/mail/username.  Can anyone suggest ideas?  My config file is
>>>> attached.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That's most likely because it's your MTA that's doing your local 
>>> delivery.
>>>
>>> Check your exim/postfix/sendmail/whatever config.
>>>
>>> ---
>>> James Whatever
>>> My niece called me "Uncle Robot" on the weekend!
>>> Giant Robot Ltd, http://www.giantrobot.co.nz/
>>
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