mail_location=~/.mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%Ln
Aki
On 18.08.2017 12:41, Noel Butler wrote:
On 18/08/2017 06:15, Randy Gordey wrote:
What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to /var/spool/mail/?
These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user.
Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it.
mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file. Its been over 10 years since I've run mbox, but i'm sure your format is wrong, you're also not supposed to use spaces either, in fact I think its telling you whats wrong, from memory, its mbox:~/mail:<other stuff> but I cant recall what otherstuff is I know the pathis in it but it needs something before it, I just cant recall what, see the wiki, I'd be highly surprised if it did not explain it.
mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc.
maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection. Thats not how maildir works you need to add the Maildir directory to it, ie maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/Maildir
but DO NOT USE THAT directory! And its more than dovecot you need to change if you're going to use maildir, so just fix up your mbox settings.