Why is 'sent' folder missing in my MUA(email client)

luckydog xf luckydogxf at gmail.com
Sun Mar 31 11:23:49 EEST 2019


I wish I had read some docs, I get the answer.

The reason is that Sent folder should be subscribe.

#  /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-mailboxes.conf
  auto = subscribe


On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 4:09 PM luckydog xf <luckydogxf at gmail.com> wrote:

> hello,
>
>     I'm successfully send and receive emails by postfix and dovecot, but
> folder name 'Sent' is gone, all sent emails are located in Drafts folder.
>
>     Anything wrong? Guess it has something to do with mailbox and location.
>
>    Here is `doveconf -n`
> ------------------
> auth_cache_size = 1 M
> auth_debug_passwords = yes
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_ssl_username_from_cert = yes
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = yes
> import_environment = TZ
> login_trusted_networks = 172.16.0.0/12
> mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n/Maildir
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> namespace inbox {
>   inbox = yes
>   location =
>   mailbox Drafts {
>     special_use = \Drafts
>   }
>   mailbox Junk {
>     special_use = \Junk
>   }
>   mailbox Sent {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox Trash {
>     special_use = \Trash
>   }
>   prefix =
> }
> passdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>   driver = sql
> }
> protocols = imap lmtp
> service auth-worker {
>   user = $default_internal_user
> }
> service auth {
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>     mode = 0666
>   }
> }
> service imap-login {
>   inet_listener imap {
>     port = 0
>   }
>   inet_listener imaps {
>     port = 993
>     ssl = yes
>   }
> }
> service lmtp {
>   unix_listener lmtp {
>     mode = 0666
>   }
> }
> service pop3-login {
>   inet_listener pop3 {
>     port = 110
>   }
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
> ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> userdb {
>   driver = prefetch
> }
> userdb {
>   args = uid=mail gid=mail home=/var/mail/%u
>   driver = static
> }
> verbose_proctitle = yes
>
> -----
>
>   I also checked mail dir, it has /var/mail/XXX/Maildir/.send/
>
>   So anything wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
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