Let's say you created a (virtual) mail user but have not created the user mail directory. When you first try to access it, the mail directory is created and populated:
ls -a /var/spool/vmail/domain.com/raub/ . dovecot.index.log dovecot-uidvalidity.4d375a39 tmp .. dovecot-uidlist new .Trash cur dovecot-uidvalidity subscriptions
Who populates/creates the initial files and folders in the user mailbox? Dovecot? The mail client accessing it through imap? Elvis? If dovecot, is there a way to customize it a bit, so a few extra folders will also be thrown there?
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:02:48 -0500, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
Who populates/creates the initial files and folders in the user mailbox?
Dovecot
Dovecot? The mail client accessing it through imap? Elvis? If dovecot, is there a way to customize it a bit, so a few extra folders will also be thrown there?
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Autocreate [1] will create new folders if the folder doesn't exist when a user logs in.
-Matt
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On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 19:36 -0600, Matt Rude wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:02:48 -0500, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
Who populates/creates the initial files and folders in the user mailbox?
Dovecot
No, IMAP clients do that typically.
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Autocreate [1] will create new folders if the folder doesn't exist when a user logs in.
That's of course possible too. Nothing requires clients to actually use those folders though.
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