[Dovecot] virtual plugin broken ? dovecot 2.0.6

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Mon Oct 25 19:16:51 EEST 2010


Am 25.10.2010 18:07, schrieb Timo Sirainen:
> On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 17:53 +0200, Robert Schetterer wrote:
>> after all i am confused what using better
>>
>> pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv ( most compatible )
>> or
>> pop3_uidl_format = %g ( better with virtual )
> 
> %g is always the best value, except with mbox because it doesn't have
> true GUIDs. Of course, if you change it now the pop3 clients will
> redownload all mails.
> 
>> pop3_reuse_xuidl = ? what ist the most compatible/konservative setting
>> with maildir on a cluster filesystem
> 
> This is useful only if you converted from another POP3 server to
> Dovecot. Keep it "no".
> 
>> pop3_save_uidl = ? what ist the most compatible/konservative setting
>> with maildir on a cluster filesystem
> 
> This can be useful if you're changing pop3_uidl_format setting. First
> set this to "yes", then make sure all users have logged in with POP3,
> and then it's safe to change pop3_uidl_format because the old UIDLs have
> been permanently saved to dovecot-uidlist file.
> 
>> RealMails/*
>> RealMails/INBOX
>> RealMails/INBOX/*
> 
> I don't think you need the INBOX lines above, since RealMails/* should
> match them already.
> 
>> --sql
>> CASE '%s' WHEN 'pop3' THEN NULL ELSE 'yes' END AS namespace_1_inbox, \
>> CASE '%s' WHEN 'pop3' THEN 'yes' ELSE NULL END AS namespace_2_inbox, \
> 
> This no longer works like this with v2.0. Change them to e.g.:
> 
> AS namespace_1_inbox -> AS 'namespace/default/inbox'
> AS namespace_2_inbox -> AS 'namespace/virtual/inbox'
> 
> Then give those same names to your namespaces:
> 
>> namespace {
> 
> namespace default {
> 
>>   hidden = no
>>   inbox = yes
>>   list = yes
>>   location =
>>   prefix =
>>   separator = /
>>   subscriptions = yes
>>   type = private
>> }
>> namespace {
> 
> namespace virtual {
> 
>>   hidden = yes
>>   list = no
>>   location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++
>>   prefix = virtual/
>>   separator = /
>>   subscriptions = no
>>   type = private
>> }
> 
thx Timo, for quick answer
i ll try and report

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MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria


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