On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:08:51AM +0100, the unit calling itself Wouter Van Hemel wrote:
I've installed dovecot, and reviewed /etc/dovecot.conf. I think I need to do the following to get underway:
- create a directory for Maildir-formatted folders: mkdir /home/<username>/Maildir
I haven't used maildir yet, but I think dovecot makes that directory automatically when you set the mail environment in dovecot.conf.
http://www.dovecot.org/doc/mail-storages.txt
- start the dovecot daemon
Is that it? Will dovecot "take over" from mutt, and put mail in my home directory? Or do I need to configure sendmail to deliver to dovecot?
No, dovecot doesn't deliver anything. Your MTA (or LDA) configuration will determine where mail ends up. You just tell dovecot where to find the mailbox files with the default_mail_env variable (see dovecot.conf).
OK - I see that now. I kind of glossed over it when I read the file as it indicated that dovecot would try to detect this automatically.
When you say, "[My] MTA [] will determine where the mail ends up." I assume you mean where it delivers the mail. In my case, sendmail leaves all mail in /var/mail/<username>; I believe this is "mbox format"???
So if I understand, I need the following entry in /etc/dovecot.conf:
default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Is that correct?
Thnx, Jay