[Dovecot] IMAP instead of Maildir on Ubuntu Precise

[Alex Crow]

On 10/12/12 11:58, Thufir wrote:
> Well, I'm just confused now because I see, which I should've noticed 
> first, that IMAP is a protocol while Maildir is a Mailbox (type).
>
> So, I could very well be using Mailbox with IMAP?
>
> What I want to do is to "read" messages from Thunderbird by connecting 
> to dovecot-imapd.  Pardon, I'm flailing a bit because of the terminology.
>
> thanks,
>
> Thufir
>
> On 12/10/2012 03:50 AM, Thufir wrote:
>> Why is dovecot using Maildir and not IMAP.
>
>
>

In that case you probably want to have Dovecot using Maildir or mdbox as 
the underlying storage format (both are better performing than Mbox). If 
dovecot-imapd is running and your authentication is set up ok you should 
simply be able to connect to the server with Thunderbird and read your 
email.

IMAP clients don't care how the server is storing the email, they just 
"talk IMAP" and don't see the format the messages are actually stored with.

Cheers

Alex

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