[Dovecot] Folder layout after Cyrus to Dovecot migration

Robert Schetterer rs at sys4.de
Fri Nov 16 11:59:32 EET 2012


Am 16.11.2012 10:33, schrieb Keith Edmunds:
> # dovecot --version
> 1.2.15
> 
> We're trying to migrate a server from Cyrus to Dovecot, and we're mostly
> there.
> 
> On Cyrus, the folder layout in the MUA is:
> 
> INBOX
>  subfolder
>  subfolder
>  ...
> Sent
> Drafts
> Queue
> Trash
> 
> Users cannot create sibling folders to the Inbox, only subfolders (and
> sub-subfolders, etc). We've replicated that with:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> mail_location = 
>  maildir:/shared/imapmail/users/%u:INBOX=/shared/imapmail/users/%u:LAYOUT=fs
> 
> namespace private {
>    separator = /
>    prefix = "INBOX/"
>    inbox = yes
> }
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> ...however, the Sent/Drafts/Queue/Trash folders are now subfolders of
> Inbox. Cyrus seems to default to the above layout (at least, I can't find
> anywhere that defines it). There are no special settings in the MUA to
> achieve the abovev. Is there a way of replicating the above within
> Dovecot? We can probably go to V2 if we have to, but 1.2.15 would be
> preferable.
> 
> Thanks,
> Keith
> 

read

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces


Best Regards
MfG Robert Schetterer

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