[Dovecot] maildir and /var/spool/mail/$USER

[Willem Riede]

On 01/28/2005 07:02:45 AM, Rob Campbell wrote:
> I was told to use dovecot because it was easier than cyrus.  I just 
> upgraded from fc1 to fc3.  I am not sure what fc1 used but I think it was 
> cyrus and it worked perfect out of the box no configurations to do.  The 
> new cyrus-imapd is not so simple so I got dovecot.  I see examples saying 
> to use mbox=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u but when I try that I 
> cannot map mail folders that reside under ~/mail.  I have tried 
> default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
> default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u which is the setup 
> i have now.  I get this error when trying to connect via evolution
> error while scanning folders in "IMAP server localhost" imap command 
> failed. invalid mask.
> 
> when I use default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
> the error i get is:
> This store does not support subscriptions or they are not enabled.  I have 
> an Inbox Junk and Trash folder under that account.

Well, I use dovecot-0.99.13-3.FC3 successfully on fc3 to access my mail  
through IMAP, and I have:

default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

note the trailing '/' in ~/mail/ and the absence of spool in the inbox path.

Success, Willem Riede.