[Dovecot] pop3 index virtual question

[Timo Sirainen]

On 8.2.2011, at 15.49, Robert Schetterer wrote:

> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++:INDEX=~/virtual
> is a good setting
> but i have no feedback yet if the problem "pop3 leaving mails on the
> server" is solved with that


Yes, the INDEX= path had to be put into a per-user directory it would work really badly. But still, I'd suggest using pop3_uidl_format=%f instead (or %g is the same thing). In virtual mailboxes the UIDs are a bit more likely to accidentally change, while %f/%g is based on the backend maildir filename which will never change even if you delete the virtual index files.