default_mail_env = mbox:%h:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

Yedidia Klein wrote:

Is there a way to configure dovecot to work like UW imap? mean mail come to /var/mail/[username] (in mbox format) then while the user connect, the imapd move the email to ~/mbox and serve it from there.

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James Whatever wrote:

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Hey, I am setting up Dovecot on Debian with Postfix. I am telling Dovecot to use maildir:~/Maildir but it persists in dumping mail in mbox format in /var/mail/username. Can anyone suggest ideas? My config file is attached.

That's most likely because it's your MTA that's doing your local delivery.

Check your exim/postfix/sendmail/whatever config.

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On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 15:07 +1200, James Whatever wrote:

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Hey, I am setting up Dovecot on Debian with Postfix. I am telling Dovecot to use maildir:~/Maildir but it persists in dumping mail in mbox format in /var/mail/username. Can anyone suggest ideas? My config file is attached.

That's most likely because it's your MTA that's doing your local delivery.

My Postfix file is fixed. I am not seeing any references to /var/mail, could you take a look through and see if I'm missing anything? Thanks! Kevin

On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:45:09 -0400 Kevin Breit <mrproper@ximian.com> wrote:

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 15:07 +1200, James Whatever wrote:

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Hey, I am setting up Dovecot on Debian with Postfix. I am telling Dovecot to use maildir:~/Maildir but it persists in dumping mail in mbox format in /var/mail/username. Can anyone suggest ideas? My config file is attached.

That's most likely because it's your MTA that's doing your local delivery.

My Postfix file is fixed. I am not seeing any references to /var/mail,

Add

home_mailbox = Maildir/

to main.cf.

Or change the defaults for mail location in /etc/login.defs.

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