[Dovecot] deliver: -m, sieve and -n

Jim Horner jhorner at arinbe.com
Mon Mar 26 02:14:52 EEST 2007


> -n: If the destination mailbox doesn't exist, don't create it. This affects
> both -m parameter and fileinfo action in Sieve scripts. The fallback is to
> deliver mail to INBOX.
>
> (typo: fileinto not fileinfo)
>
> My testing shows that if the mailbox does not exist then the mail is
> rejected like so:
>
> ===
> Your message was automatically rejected by Dovecot Mail Delivery Agent.
>
> The following reason was given:
> Mailbox doesn't exist: mail-lists.debian
> ===


has anyone else used the -n with a non-existent mailbox and had the mail 
delivered to INBOX like the wiki states?


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