[Dovecot] Convert plugin mbox to maildir has no effect

[Frank Elsner]

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:10:53 +0200 guenther wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 08:57 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:58:03 +0200 guenther wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 17:06 +0300, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > > > On Sun, 2007-04-08 at 23:26 +0200, Frank Elsner wrote:
> 
> > > > > Apr  8 23:13:36 seymour dovecot: IMAP(migrant): Mailbox conversion: Couldn't create mailbox directory .gnome2_private
> > > > 
> > > > Maildir uses "." as hierarchy separator, so this filename is invalid.
> > > > I'm not sure if convert_skip_broken_mailboxes=yes should just cause
> > > > these to be ignored, but for now it doesn't..
> > > 
> > > Just spotted the above error message (deleted previous posts already),
> > > and it strikes me as seriously odd.
> > > 
> > > Dots in mbox file names are usually embedded (as in "dovecot.org"),
> > > where it makes sense, as opposed to beginning with a dot. Even worse,
> > > this particular name is kind of weird for a mail folder...
> > > 
> > > However, this name is well known to me:
> > > 
> > >   [guenther at monkey ~]$ ls -ld .gnome2_private
> > >   drwx------  2 guenther users 4096 Jul 21  2005 .gnome2_private/
> > 
> > Me Too :-)
> 
> Hmm, so one of your users really got a mail folder named gnome2_private?
> Odd...

No, of course. It's one of the dot files, which nearly each application creates.

> Anyway, another idea hit me -- is this really an invalid name, as Timo
> said? I don't know the convert plugin and what it logs, and I don't know
> the exact details of Maildir either. However, creating a mail folder
> named "gnome2_private" in your MUA will result in a dir by that name
> with a leading dot. Just like the name in the error message, no?

Valid name or not, that's not the primary question.

What abot the idea to ignore directories and check the contents of files
for beeing am mail folder? If yes, then comes the question about the name.
 
> > > I'd check where the Maildir data actually is being created and what
> > > files are being attempted to convert. Almost looks like the Maildir dirs
> > > are being created in the users $HOME...
> > 
> > No, dovecot.conf contains
> 
> I did not want you to paste the settings again, but to check if the
> Maildir files are being created where you expect them. Grepping or
> changing conf files doesn't mean anything, if the running process
> doesn't use this particular version. ;)

The "Maildir" directory was created, but no folder converted.
BTW: Thanks for explaining trivia. :-)


--Frank Elsner
 
>   guenther
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