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On 24 February 2019 18:17 "Kunal A. via dovecot" <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
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Hi,
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I am new to Dovecot and I am trying to link an email account folder to another Maildir(its a backup of the older email). I want the email account to be able to access the older emails.
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I am assuming this is done by creating a symlink?
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Currently reading instructions on this page:-
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<a href="https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Symlinks">https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Symlinks</a>
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At the moment I have the folder:-
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/var/mail/vhosts/
<a href="http://example.com/email1/Maildir/.INBOX.newfolder">example.com/email1/Maildir/.INBOX.newfolder</a>
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Inside the folder:-
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drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 4096 Feb 23 13:39 cur
<br>-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail 232 Feb 23 13:43 dovecot.index.log
<br>-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail 51 Feb 23 13:43 dovecot-uidlist
<br>-rw-------. 1 vmail vmail 0 Feb 23 13:39 maildirfolder
<br>drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 4096 Feb 23 13:39 new
<br>lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 45 Feb 23 13:46 Other -> /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/mail/Other
<br>drwx------. 2 vmail vmail 4096 Feb 23 13:39 tmp
<br>lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 5 Feb 23 13:46 Users -> Users
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I am not able to access the folders in the Other folder structure(inside other there are other email inboxes ie(
<a href="mailto:email1@example.com">email1@example.com</a>,
<a href="mailto:email2@example.com">email2@example.com</a>,etc.). I want to get access to all the email subfolders. Could someone here advise how to do this or point me to some tutorials for this. Sincere apologies for this and many thanks in advance for helping...
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Dovecot -n output :-
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# 2.3.3 (dcead646b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
<br># OS: Linux 4.20.10-200.fc29.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine)
<br># Hostname: computer
<br>auth_mechanisms = plain login
<br>mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
<br>mail_privileged_group = mail
<br>mbox_write_locks = fcntl
<br>namespace inbox {
<br> inbox = yes
<br> location =
<br> mailbox Drafts {
<br> special_use = \Drafts
<br> }
<br> mailbox Junk {
<br> special_use = \Junk
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<br> mailbox Sent {
<br> special_use = \Sent
<br> }
<br> mailbox "Sent Messages" {
<br> special_use = \Sent
<br> }
<br> mailbox Trash {
<br> special_use = \Trash
<br> }
<br> prefix =
<br>}
<br>passdb {
<br> driver = pam
<br>}
<br>passdb {
<br> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
<br> driver = sql
<br>}
<br>postmaster_address = postmaster at
<a href="http://example.com">example.com</a>
<br>protocols = imap pop3
<br>service auth-worker {
<br> user = vmail
<br>}
<br>service auth {
<br> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
<br> group = postfix
<br> mode = 0666
<br> user = postfix
<br> }
<br> unix_listener auth-userdb {
<br> mode = 0600
<br> user = vmail
<br> }
<br> user = dovecot
<br>}
<br>service imap-login {
<br> inet_listener imap {
<br> port = 143
<br> }
<br> inet_listener imaps {
<br> port = 993
<br> ssl = yes
<br> }
<br>}
<br>service lmtp {
<br> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
<br> group = postfix
<br> mode = 0600
<br> user = postfix
<br> }
<br>}
<br>service pop3-login {
<br> inet_listener pop3 {
<br> port = 0
<br> }
<br> inet_listener pop3s {
<br> port = 995
<br> ssl = yes
<br> }
<br>}
<br>ssl = required
<br>ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
<br>ssl_cipher_list = PROFILE=SYSTEM
<br>ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
<br>userdb {
<br> driver = passwd
<br>}
<br>userdb {
<br> args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
<br> driver = static
<br>}
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Try setting mail_debug=yes and provide logs. This gives better insight as to what happens.
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<br>Aki Tuomi
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