[Dovecot] hide sieve folder from imap clients

Stephan Bosch stephan at rename-it.nl
Mon Jun 27 15:13:07 EEST 2011


Op 27-6-2011 14:04, Christopher Stolzenberg schreef:
> 2011/6/27 Benny Pedersen<me at junc.org>:
>> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:24:39 +0200, Christopher Stolzenberg wrote:
>>> mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n
>> mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.maildir
>>> sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/
>> sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve
> Can you explain that?
>

Basically, the solution is not to put your sieve storage (sieve_dir=) or 
active sieve script (sieve=) inside your mail directory. The above fixes 
this by giving the mail its own sub-directory (the '.' prefix is not 
necessary).

Regards,

Stephan.


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