I have set up Dovecot
on my Postfix
mailserver. My mailserver is using Maildir
format:
home_mailbox = Mail/inbox/
A user's Mail directory looks like this:
$HOME/Mail/inbox
$HOME/Mail/drafts
$HOME/Mail/sent
$HOME/Mail/trash
I have set up mailboxes in Dovecot
accordingly
mail_location = maildir:~/Mail
namespace inbox {
mailbox drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
}
Now, the problem is, Dovecot
does not use the mailboxes as defined, but creates its own mailboxes named with a .
in front and with first letter capital:
$HOME/Mail/.Drafts
$HOME/Mail/.Sent
$HOME/Mail/.Trash
Further, instead of using $HOME/Mail/inbox
as inbox
, it uses $HOME/Mail
as inbox. i.e. it created the cur/new/tmp
directories directly in $HOME/Mail/
, rather than using the existing $HOME/Mail/inbox
:
$HOME/Mail/cur
$HOME/Mail/new
$HOME/Mail/tmp
SUMMARY:
explained briefly, what I need is the following:
I have an existing Maildir
folder structure where Postfix
delivers mail, plus the usual folders (drafts
, sent
, ...):
$HOME/Mail/inbox/{cur,new,tmp}
$HOME/Mail/drafts/{cur,new,tmp}
$HOME/Mail/sent/{cur,new,tmp}
$HOME/Mail/trash/{cur,new,tmp}
How can I tell Dovecot
to use the correct directories?