[Dovecot] Maildir Missing Trash and Sent Items

Johannes Berg johannes at sipsolutions.net
Wed Sep 26 18:58:46 EEST 2007


On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 08:39 -0700, James wrote:
> Hi guys i've setup a virtual users setup with postfix and when i login 
> to the mail with dovecot i'm not getting a trash or sent items folder
> 
> I'm looking at the Maildir home and there's no .trash or .sent items there.
> 
> Any ideas why dovecot woudln't create these?

Because dovecot is an IMAP server, not a MUA. For all dovecot cares, you
could call the sent folder "xy2781923". And a "trash" folder is a
concept that doesn't really fit in with IMAP anyway.

johannes
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