[Dovecot] Re: 0.99 mail env

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Curtis Maloney wrote:

> 
> Greetings, all
> 
>     Last night I migrated our mail between two machines... both running 
> dovecot 0.99.xx.
> 
>     In the process, I wanted to make some small changes, namely that new 
> mail be delivered to mboxs in /var/mail/%u and IMAP mail stored in 
> Maildirs at ~/.imap ...
> 
>     I tried using:
> default_mail_env = maildir:~/.imap/:INBOX=mbox:/var/mail/%u
> 
>     But had no luck.  Is it only 1.0 that can work with two different 
> mailbox formats?  Or did I screw up somewhere else?
> 
> 
>     In the end, it actualy saved me a fair bit of work, since I'd have 
> had to move everyone's old inbox.
> 
> -- 
> Curtis Maloney
> cmaloney at cardgate.net
> 

Hi Curtis

The current dovecot release is capable of handling mbox and maildir 
simultaneously. The directive you need is

default_mail_env = maildir:~/.imap/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

Regards

--
Chris Hills
IT Services
North East Worcestershire College