hello
i have a real stumper of an issue here and need some help! (config posted below)
ok, so i'm building out a new mail system with v1.2.15 of dovecot on debian6
this new system is being designed to seamlessly migrate from an older dovecot mail system (v1.1.3). i have everything almost perfect but i've hit a wall which I need help on.
so the existing mailboxes on the old server are as such:
cur dovecot.index dovecot.index.cache dovecot.index.log dovecot-uidlist dovecot-uidvalidity dovecot-uidvalidity.4fbffa1a .INBOX.Drafts .INBOX.Sent .INBOX.Trash new subscriptions tmp .Trash
NOTICE that it puts the . in before INBOX
now on the new mailserver I get this:
cur dovecot.index.cache dovecot.index.log dovecot-uidlist dovecot-uidvalidity dovecot-uidvalidity.4fc03e57 Drafts INBOX new Sent subscriptions tmp Trash
Notice how it's no longer using DOTS before the names. so what i need to do is make the new mail server DUPLICATE EXACTLY the folder layouts of the old server.
i've tried fussing with Namespace and the MailDir and especially the PREFIX option which is seems to ignore a '.' to start a filename. i also fussed with the autocreate hoping i could find something there to adjust. but no good.
no matter what i do I can't get it to make or read .Trash .Sent .Drafts!
please help me! any advice would be appreciated. i'm also willing to hire someone to finish up the config for me. shouldn't take more than a couple hours.
thanks!
jg
here's my config:
root@mailserver1:/# dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.5 nfs log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:INBOX=/var/vmail/%d/%n@%d:LAYOUT=fs mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: .INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: postmaster@m.minla.net mail_plugins: sieve global_script_path: /home/vmail/globalsieverc auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=1010 gid=1010 home=/home/vmail allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail