[BlueOnyx:20828] Re: MailDir guide.

[Gregg K]

Hello,
This is an update on what I have done so far on this issue.  It seems to be
working nicely on a test server, but I'm not brave enough to make the
changes on a production server, and I do not know if the file would be
overwritten during an update or not.
The change I made makes it possible for unlimited subfolders within
subfolders, etc.
The one file I edited is /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf
I changed mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=mbox to :
mail_location =
mbox:~/mail/mailboxes:DIRNAME=mBoX-MeSsAgEs:INDEX=~/mail/index:CONTROL=~/mai
l/control

I found a whole article on why this works, I'm posting the URL in the
message too:
https://opensource.apple.com/source/dovecot/dovecot-279/dovecot/doc/wiki/Mbo
xChildFolders.txt

On the test server, the test user has the mbox as a file just like normal,
but there is a mail directory there now.
In the mail directory there are 3 further directories control, index, and
mailboxes.
In the mailboxes directory you would find all the other directories that you
create under outlook.
The other thing I didn't test is RoundCube since this is a test server and I
didn't purchase it just to mess around :)
So I don't know how it will react to this change, if someone else is wanting
to test it out, please let me know your findings.

Gregg


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blueonyx [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of
> Gregg K
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2017 6:22 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List' <blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it>
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:20802] MailDir guide.
> 
> I've been trying to deal with one client that absolutely has to have
> subdirectories such as /inbox/HR/Complaints Etc.
> Since we can't do that under MBOX I may have to finally have to try to
> change to MAILDIR.  Is there a current guide on how to do that on a
current
> BlueOnyx?
> I found this one:
> http://mail.blueonyx.it/pipermail/blueonyx/2010-March/003799.html
> But that's 7 years old now.  I have already found out that the config
files are
> slightly different on the new BO boxes.  I think even if I try this, I
will try it for
> on a non production box so that I don't screw anything up.
> Thanks.
> 
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