[CentOS] Dovecot problems

Mon Feb 13 13:32:46 UTC 2012
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Peter Peltonen
<peter.peltonen at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I reviewed that quite a bit during the night. I guess I need to read up
>> on dovecot's definitions, since that INBOX parameter kept throwing me.
>> There really isn't an INBOX to a pop account's mbox, but there is on our
>> imap scheme. So I might have been trying to force the issue.
>
> I would recommend using Maildir format instead of mbox format. Maildir
> seems to be the default for most IMAP servers these days.
>

Yes, I think dovecot will show INBOX and other folders with imap.  if
you connect with pop it will only show the contents of INBOX, but from
the same INBOX that imap would use, so delivery to Maildir should work
for everyone.

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   Les Mikesell
      lesmikesell at gmail.com