<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>Koshiro,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sounds like Outlook isn't set to upload Sent messages (or Deleted, etc.)<br></div><div><br></div><div>And it sounds like an Outlook issue more than a Dovecot issue.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Maybe this will help?<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.msoutlook.info/question/486">https://www.msoutlook.info/question/486</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- K</div><div><br></div><div>On Sun, Mar 17, 2019, at 12:39 PM, Sakuma, Koshiro via dovecot wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="fastmail-quoted"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">Hi, Yassine,<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">Yes, you are right that these folders are created by MUA which is Outlook 2013. I can see "Inbox, sent items, drafts, deleted" box in the mail client.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">This is OK. However, I only can take backup "inbox" mail of dovecot side. I mean, the backup can be taken from /Maildir/cur directory.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">I would like to take backup from "Sent, Draft" boxes which are dovecot mail boxed. I need to take backup MS outlook of "ost" file for sent item, draft mail box separately in that case. Or it is not possible way to take these mail boxed on dovecot?<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">Regards,<br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_quote"><div class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_attr" dir="ltr">2019年3月17日(日) 17:45 Yassine Chaouche via dovecot <<a href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org">dovecot@dovecot.org</a>>:<br></div><blockquote style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_quote"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>On 3/17/19 8:59 AM, Sakuma, Koshiro via dovecot wrote:<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">Hello, <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">I've setup Dovecot and
Postfix mailing systems. The protocol is imap. Now, I've
realized that there are no "sent items, drafts" boxed under
Maildir for each users. I would like to take back up Inbox,
sent items, draft boxes. For sent items box, it seems to be
stored in outlook client file which is "ost". The
configuration parameters and version is as follows. I can
see that "namespace" has been configured. How can I setup
to see these folders?<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma, sans-serif;" class="fastmail-quoted-gmail_default">Thank you for your
support!<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><p>I believe these folders (sent, draft etc.) are created by the MUA
on first IMAP connexion. Can you confirm that these folders are
created when you connect to your IMAP account for the first via a
mail client ? <br></p><p>If you are accessing your e-mail via a webmail, make sure to
configure your webmail to create those folders for you. For
example, with roundcube the config is : <br></p><pre>$config['drafts_mbox'] = 'INBOX.Drafts';
$config['junk_mbox'] = 'INBOX.Junk';
$config['sent_mbox'] = 'INBOX.Sent';
$config['trash_mbox'] = 'INBOX.Trash';
$config['create_default_folders'] = true;
<br></pre><p>Yassine.<br></p></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>