How to create sent items, drafts and so on

[Kostya Vasilyev]

On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, at 2:06 PM, Sakuma, Koshiro via dovecot wrote:
> Hi, K,
> 
> Thanks for your feedback again! BTW, I tried to copy mail file from sent item folder which is default folder of Outlook 2013 to "Sent Messages" folder of Dovecot. I can see the mail files in this folder, but I don't see them under .Sent Messages folder like "new", "cur" and "tmp" folders.
> You have any idea where the mail files are copied?? 

Oh sorry this is now over my head :)

-- K

> 
> rwx------ 5 vmail vmail 108 3月 17 19:55 .Drafts
> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 108 3月 17 19:55 .Junk
> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 108 3月 17 19:55 .Sent
> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 108 3月 17 19:55 .Sent Messages
> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 135 3月 17 19:55 .Trash
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 6 3月 17 19:55 cur
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 51 3月 17 19:55 dovecot-uidlist
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 8 3月 17 19:55 dovecot-uidvalidity
> -r--r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 3月 17 19:55 dovecot-uidvalidity.5c8e27ae
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 312 3月 17 19:55 dovecot.index.log
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 120 3月 17 19:55 dovecot.mailbox.log
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 6 3月 17 19:55 new
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 37 3月 17 19:55 subscriptions
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 6 3月 17 19:55 tmp
> 
> Mmm.. I actually changed the directory to .Sent Messages, but I'm now in the .Sent directory...
> [root at mail .Sent]# pwd
> /var/spool/virtual/landscapes-photography.com/koshiro.sakuma/Maildir/.Sent
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 
> 2019年3月17日(日) 19:58 Kostya Vasilyev via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>:
>> __
>> Koshiro,
>> 
>> ---
>> Now, I changed Outlook setting of imap and I can see Draft, Trash, Sent and Sent Messages folders and I can see the mail files in there. However, I don't see mail files in the "cur or new" folder where is under .Sent Messages folder. 
>> ---
>> 
>> Maybe Outlook isn't going to upload all old pre-existing Sent (etc) messages to server just from your setting the right server folder.
>> 
>> Have you tried sending a *new* test message from Outlook ("new" - after you changed Outlook setting for Sent folder) - to see if it gets uploaded?
>> 
>> If it does, but the old pre-existing messages don't - I would think you'd need to find a way to make Outlook upload *all* (old, pre-existing) Sent messages to server?
>> 
>> -- K
>> 
>> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, at 1:49 PM, Sakuma, Koshiro via dovecot wrote:
>>> Hi, Aki and Kostya,
>>> 
>>> Thank you for your feedback. Well, I have set "auto = subscribe" in the 15-mailboxes.conf file. Now, I changed Outlook setting of imap and I can see Draft, Trash, Sent and Sent Messages folders and I can see the mail files in there. However, I don't see mail files in the "cur or new" folder where is under .Sent Messages folder. 
>>> 
>>> 1. The drafts, trash, Junk, Sent and Sent Massages folders are in English. Can I change to other language in the 15-mailboxes.conf file?
>>>  Actually, I tried to change it, but dovecot doesn't start due to "unrecognized" parameter.
>>> 
>>> 2. Maybe my configuration of 15-mailboxes.conf is wrong. The current parameter of sent message is as follow. 
>>> mailbox Sent {
>>>  special_use = \Sent
>>>  auto = subscribe
>>>  }
>>>  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>>>  special_use = \Sent
>>>  auto = subscribe
>>>  }
>>> 
>>> Regards,
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