[Dovecot] Mail files?

[Jakob Curdes]

Am 05.09.2011 19:52, schrieb Knute Johnson:
> I have a Ubuntu server running dovecot 1.2.9 with mail in mbox.  There 
> are mail files in /var/mail/user and there are mail files in 
> /home/user/mail that correspond to the IMAP folders.  In the config 
> file details below it shows mail_location: 
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u, does that put the INBOX in /var/mail?
yes.
>   Is INBOX in /var/mail/user to allow local delivery or something?  If 
> I was using POP3 instead would all the mail be in the INBOX?
.. or on your local PC. If you do not want the /var/mail delivery, why 
not just change the mail_location to point to the home dir only?
>
> Can I backup these files by just copying and if a file is destroyed, 
> copy them back?
Yes, as they are plain mbox format.

cheers jc



>
> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
> protocols: imaps
> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
> mail_max_userip_connections: 16
> mail_privileged_group: mail
> mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
> imap_capability: IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE 
> IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND 
> UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 ESEARCH 
> ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS
> auth default:
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
>
> Thanks,
>