Get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder

[Aki Tuomi]

This is not really a priority issue for us, as we see that this could
cause problems when used, so we are not planning on implementing this to
work properly any time soon. Sorry.

Aki


On 31.07.2018 12:35, Hativ wrote:
> Would it be possible to add the possibility in future releases that
> DIRNAME respectively FULLDIRNAME could be empty (and works properly)?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Hativ
>
>
> -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------
> Betreff: 	Re: Get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder
> Datum: 	Sun, 8 Jul 2018 15:40:46 +0200
> Von: 	Hativ <hativ3 at gmail.com>
> An: 	dovecot at dovecot.org
>
>
>
> Hey Aki,
>
> DIRNAME with empty value has no effect, just like with FULLDIRNAME.
> "~/sdbox" instead of "~/" doesn't change that..
>
> Greetings,
>
> Hativ
>
> Am 07.07.2018 um 20:24 schrieb Aki Tuomi:
>> Does it work better if you use
>>
>> mail_location=sdbox:~/sdbox:DIRNAME=
>>
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Aki Tuomi
>> Dovecot oy
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Hativ <hativ3 at gmail.com>
>> Date: 07/07/2018 20:53 (GMT+02:00)
>> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
>> Subject: Re: Get rid of the "dbox-Mails"-folder
>>
>> 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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