[Dovecot] extra fields with "passwd" userdb

[Kui Zhang]

Hello

These should help.

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase?highlight=mail_location
http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields


KuiZ

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Patrick McLean <patrick at cim.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10/12/10 01:30 PM, Kui Zhang wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> It is is possible. You just need to replace the.
>>
>> maildir: prefix with mdbox:, for  mail_location, for each one of the
>> test mail boxes.
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply, although I am not sure you understand the
> question. I know what I need to do, I just don't know how (syntax to use
> in the dovecot configuration file) to change the mail_location on a
> per-user basis with the "passwd" userdb backend.
>
>>
>> KuiZ
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Patrick McLean <patrick at cim.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am planning a migration of ~600 accounts to mdbox (from maildir) and
>>> was hoping to do some initial testing of certain account. I am hoping to
>>> use extra fields to migrate certain accounts in advance for testing, and
>>> I can't find info on setting up extra fields with the "passwd" backend.
>>> Is this possible, or will I have to use another approach?
>>>
>