[Dovecot] UW-IMAP .imaprc - does dovecot use this file in any way
Hi,
We are in the process of settings up a test server to help us test moving from UW-IMAP to Dovecot. I didn't see any reference to the UW-IMAP .imaprc file, does Dovecot just ignore this file.
cat .imaprc I accept the risk set mail-subdirectory mail
Paul
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:03 -0500, Paul Griffith wrote:
We are in the process of settings up a test server to help us test moving from UW-IMAP to Dovecot. I didn't see any reference to the UW-IMAP .imaprc file, does Dovecot just ignore this file.
Dovecot doesn't read that file. (Also AFAIK neither does unpatched UW-IMAP.)
cat .imaprc I accept the risk set mail-subdirectory mail
You can do the same thing by setting in dovecot.conf:
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Of course if some users don't use the ~/mail subdirectory you can get into more trouble.
On 01/17/11 02:43 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 13:03 -0500, Paul Griffith wrote:
We are in the process of settings up a test server to help us testmoving from UW-IMAP to Dovecot. I didn't see any reference to the UW-IMAP .imaprc file, does Dovecot just ignore this file.
Dovecot doesn't read that file. (Also AFAIK neither does unpatched UW-IMAP.)
cat .imaprc I accept the risk set mail-subdirectory mail
You can do the same thing by setting in dovecot.conf:
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Of course if some users don't use the ~/mail subdirectory you can get into more trouble.
We patched UW-IMAP.
All of our users have their mail in ~/mail so that part is covered. We also are following the advice on the Dovecot migration wiki.
Username formatting before it's looked up from databases.
%Lu would lowercase the username
auth_username_format = %Lu
Our mailbox location setting is:
Location for users' mailboxes
mail_location = mbox:/local/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/local/home/%u/inbox
The biggest headache is going to be converting UW-IMAP subscriptions to Dovecot.
Paul
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