I have read and read the dovecot docs on maildir folders and think that this is what I want. However, the MUA programs that I use, SylpheedClaws, Evolution, Mozilla seem to react differently to how I setup the folders.
Is there a good FAQ on this subject somewhere? I think that I want to setup a virtual domain and am looking for documents.
Alex
Alex S Moore wrote:
I have read and read the dovecot docs on maildir folders and think that this is what I want. However, the MUA programs that I use, SylpheedClaws, Evolution, Mozilla seem to react differently to how I setup the folders.
I can comment that unless you're using a Trunk build of Mozilla or Thunderbird, you will have problems with customflags and Maildir with dovecot. The problem I experience is that label flags are not replaced, but added - and cannot be removed.
Other than that, Mozilla seems to work just fine. I've got 50+ users using Mozilla or Thunderbird, with another 100+ on the way from being converted from POP3/Eudora.
-Rick
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hi,
I have read and read the dovecot docs on maildir folders and think that this is what I want. However, the MUA programs that I use, SylpheedClaws, Evolution, Mozilla seem to react differently to how I setup the folders.
i also experienced strange and/or diffrent behaviours from MUAs with Maildir based folders, but i've never seen any logic. just not enough time to trace the problem. i'm trying to get some results with some MUAs and dovecot from cvs, soon.
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:38:44 +0000 tom@replic8.net wrote:
hi,
i also experienced strange and/or diffrent behaviours from MUAs with Maildir based folders, but i've never seen any logic. just not enough time to trace the problem. i'm trying to get some results with some MUAs and dovecot from cvs, soon.
While I am trying to figure this out, it is quite nice to have a pop3 server that does SSL and ldap and does not require me to have my users in /etc/passwd or a special database. I use Sun's directory server and it works just fine with a TLS:simple connection, which I could not get to work with qpopper.
Please post what you decide. All I want is a common directory sturcture for all users with something like %1s/%s directories per user and a MUA that understands this. It could be that some delivery agent, like procmail, is required and it is not a function of the MUA. From the MUA, I had a lot of problems creating directories and moving mail to a specific folder using filters. I need more time to work on it, so pointers will help.
Alex
On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 20:36, Alex S Moore wrote:
I have read and read the dovecot docs on maildir folders and think that this is what I want. However, the MUA programs that I use, SylpheedClaws, Evolution, Mozilla seem to react differently to how I setup the folders.
Do you mean your MUA accesses the mailboxes directly? Why not via IMAP? Then it shouldn't make any difference what clients you use and where exactly the mails are stored in server side, as long as you've set Dovecot's default_mail_env correctly and clients doesn't try to set any "imap prefix".
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