[Dovecot] Deleting mail account?

David Reid david at jetnet.co.uk
Mon May 25 19:52:31 EEST 2009


Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> On Seg, 25 Mai 2009, David Reid wrote:
> 
>> This is likely a daft question, but how do I remove a mailbox from a 
>> dovecot server? I'd like to simply remove it from the disk as well, 
>> deleting any messages, indexes etc etc
>>
>> Is there a way?
> 
> There is an IMAP command that does that. I don't remember its name, but 
> you can lookup in the RFC.
> 
> Or you can just remove the file (if using mbox) or directory (if using 
> Maildir) that holds the mailbox. Then remove the indexes, which can be 
> in the same directory or somewhere else, depending on how you configured 
> dovecot.

I'd like to be able to do it all via a web interface and dovecot to keep 
the admin to a minimum. I've seen the delete function in IMAP, but it 
fails when I try and remove the INBOX.

I'm sure there's something simple I'm missing :-)

david

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