[Dovecot] If mbox does not exist dovecot creates directory

[Alexander Shikoff]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 05:09:56PM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> 
> On 10.2.2006 10:54, "Alexander Shikoff" <minotaur at crete.org.ua> wrote:
> > When user is trying to login via POP3 and there is no corresponding mailbox
> > for it dovecot creates a directory instead of mbox file.
> > 
> > "mbox:/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INBOX=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/i
> > van.sid:INDEX=MEMORY"
> 
> Well, I'm actually wondering why it works at all. The first path is supposed
> to be a directory where to store other mailboxes than INBOX. If you don't
> want it, see the bottom of http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation

Oh... Thanks.
Yes, it works if file /var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid exists. I've
created it with touch(1)... :-\

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