[Dovecot] X-UIDL Ignored?

Benjamin Wakefield ben at team.dcsi.net.au
Wed May 13 13:32:46 EEST 2009


Hello!

I am trying to migrate from Teapop to Dovecot.

I'm using Dovecot 1.1.14.

I need to make use of the X-UIDL header so clients don't download
messages they've already received.

I have the X-UIDL head in the message.

I have pop3_reuse_xuidl(pop3): yes


My problem is the X-UIDL in the message is being ignored and Dovecot is
still generating it's own.

The INBOX is an mbx file not Maildir.

Should this work? Have I missed something?

Thanks!
Ben


==== BEGIN dovecot -n ====

# 1.1.14: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.24.3-smp i686 Slackware 12.0.0
log_path: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.13/var/log/dovecot.log
protocols: imap imaps pop3
listen(default): *
listen(imap): *
listen(pop3): *:10100
ssl_disable: yes
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default):
/usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap):
/usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3):
/usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
login_greeting: grape.dcsi.net.au dovecot pop3/imap server, go ahead.
mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%1u/%u
mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.14/lib/dovecot/pop3
pop3_reuse_xuidl(default): no
pop3_reuse_xuidl(imap): no
pop3_reuse_xuidl(pop3): yes
pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u
auth default:
  passdb:
    driver: shadow
    args: /etc/shadow
  passdb:
    driver: passwd-file
    args: /etc/passwd
  userdb:
    driver: passwd


==== END ====


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