[Dovecot] mbox vs maildir

[poohba at blkpoohba.dyndns.org]

Oh ok.  subscriptions huh?  Wouldn't they just create new ones if... 
nevermind.  I have no ideal what I'm talking about.  I 'll check out the 
pages and see what's what.  Thanks for your help.  As for what I changed 
it to... I have no ideal but I might have just changed mbox to maildir. 
I'm pretty sure I tried that config.

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, Curtis Maloney wrote:

> poohba at blkpoohba.dyndns.org wrote:
>>> I take it you're not using Dovecot for POP3, then?  If not, any particular 
>>> reason why not?
>>> 
>> Yes I am using Dovecot for POP3, it wasn't working before but it started 
>> working.  I changed: default_mail_env = 
>> mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u  to something else and then 
>> restarted dovecat service then changed it back and restarted the service 
>> and it would then allow me to get pop.
>
> What did you change it to, out of interest?
>
> If you can get your mail via POP3, then you should be able to get the mail 
> via IMAP, assuming it's enabled in the config file.
>
> What happens when you try to connect to IMAP?  Are there any messages in the 
> log files?
>
>>> 2) Which version of Dovecot?
>>     0.99.11
>
> This is a fairly old version, now... you might want to see if there are 
> updates to 0.99.13
>
>>> 3) What are you migrating from?
>> 
>>     I kind of migrated from FC1 but It was a fresh install i just
>>     transfered /home/* from the old hd to the new one.
>
> Ah.  As I understand it, FC1 shipped with Cyrus-IMAP or something.  You may 
> have to clean up some of the subscription files.  Check on the Dovecot WIKI 
> for details, such as http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration
>
> You may also want to check http://wiki.dovecot.org/MissingMailboxes if you 
> still have troubles.
>
>
> --
> Curtis Maloney
>