[Dovecot] Question about mail storage

[Jan Kundrát]

Stewart Dean wrote:
> 3) I see that, in the default configuration, /everything/ will now be
> under ~/Maildir and thus in the home directories.  Is there a reason to
> get away from a separate INBOX directory (we use /var/spool/mail)?  I'd
> have to rebuild the homedir filesystems to accommodate the INBOX
> demands.  This isn't all that big a deal, I'd like to understand the
> rationale..or should I just bow to the inevitable?

That's the way how the maildir format is designed.

> 4) Pardon my stupidity, but how is the Dovecot INBOX under maildir++
> organized?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir

Cheers,
-jkt

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