[Dovecot] New install on Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04

[Wade Smart]

On 4/28/07, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ok. I started with the example file and edited it as the Quick Start
> suggested and here is the final working result:
>
> wadesmart at wadesmart:~$ sudo dovecot -n
> Password:
> # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
> protocols: imap
> disable_plaintext_auth: no
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
> mail_extra_groups: mail
> mail_location: ~/Maildir
> maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes
> auth default:
>   passdb:
>     driver: passwd-file
>     args: /etc/passwd.dovecot
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd-file
>     args: /etc/passwd.dovecot
> wadesmart at wadesmart:~$
>
> I was able to login in via telnet like the tutorial said.
> In my Maildir/new I had 884 new messages.
> The tutorial said to access the Inbox, and I did and could.
> However, then my 884 messages were gone!!!
> I do not understand what the heck happened.
> Did I just loose all my messages?
>