Get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder

Hativ hativ3 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 7 20:53:36 EEST 2018


Hey again,

sorry, but I have to correct me: Even with dot it's not working 
completely. The subscriptions file is not created and the dovecot-acl 
file has the wrong path, too.

:-(

Greetings,

Hativ

Am 07.07.2018 um 02:26 schrieb Hativ:
> Hey again,
>
> I've found a working configuration: mail_location = sdbox:~/:FULLDIRNAME=.
>
> I use a dot instead of slash or empty value.
>
> Now my folder structure looks like I want and Dovecot is working fine.
>
> Can anyone (maybe even a Dovecot developer?) say if the configuration 
> is okay? I've tried to check the source code, but I don't know C as 
> good as it's needed for that.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Hativ
>
> Am 06.07.2018 um 16:10 schrieb Hativ:
>> Hey to all,
>>
>> is it possible to get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder when using sdbox?
>>
>> Currently my folder structure looks like this (I hope the output from 
>> tree would be formatted well):
>> /srv/mail/
>> └── example.com
>>     └── user
>>         ├── dovecot-acl-list
>>         ├── dovecot-attributes
>>         ├── dovecot.list.index.log
>>         ├── dovecot.mailbox.log
>>         ├── dovecot-uidvalidity
>>         ├── dovecot-uidvalidity.5b3f746f
>>         ├── mailboxes
>>         │   ├── Drafts
>>         │   │   └── dbox-Mails
>>         │   │       └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   ├── INBOX
>>         │   │   └── dbox-Mails
>>         │   │       ├── dovecot.index.cache
>>         │   │       ├── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   │       └── u.1
>>         │   ├── Junk
>>         │   │   └── dbox-Mails
>>         │   │       └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   ├── Sent
>>         │   │   └── dbox-Mails
>>         │   │       └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   └── Trash
>>         │       └── dbox-Mails
>>         │           └── dovecot.index.log
>>         └── subscriptions
>>
>> I would like to let it look like this:
>> /srv/mail/
>> └── example.com
>>     └── user
>>         ├── dovecot-acl-list
>>         ├── dovecot-attributes
>>         ├── dovecot.list.index.log
>>         ├── dovecot.mailbox.log
>>         ├── dovecot-uidvalidity
>>         ├── dovecot-uidvalidity.5b3f746f
>>         ├── mailboxes
>>         │   ├── Drafts
>>         │   │   └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   ├── INBOX
>>         │   │   └── dovecot.index.cache
>>         │   │   └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   │   └── u.1
>>         │   ├── Junk
>>         │   │   └──dovecot.index.log
>>         │   ├── Sent
>>         │   │   └── dovecot.index.log
>>         │   └── Trash
>>         │       └── dovecot.index.log
>>         └── subscriptions
>>
>> My path configuration:
>> mail_attribute_dict = file:%h/dovecot-attributes
>> mail_home = /srv/mail/%d/%n/
>> mail_location = sdbox:~/
>>
>> I have tried
>> mail_location = sdbox:~/:FULLDIRNAME=
>> and
>> mail_location = sdbox:~/:FULLDIRNAME=/
>> but it doesn't work.
>>
>> The first doesn't change anything. The second auto-creates the 
>> folders after first login like I want, but after next login they are 
>> greyed out and no longer accessible.
>>
>> Is it possible to get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder? I want this 
>> because I don't like to have an unneeded deep folder structure. Or is 
>> there a good reason to let the "dbox-Mails" folder in my setup?
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Hativ
>>
>

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