dovecot - Aug 2017 - Dovecot mail_location for fedora

What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to
/var/spool/mail/?

These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user.

 

Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it.

 

mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file.

mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc.

maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection.

 

I am using Outlook 2016 and Thunderbird are two imap clients I am trying.
For Dovecot, 2.2.31 is the version.

Postfix is version 3.2.2 and seems to be working.

A vanilla Fedora 26 is the OS

On 18/08/2017 06:15, Randy Gordey wrote:
> What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail to
> /var/spool/mail/?
> 
> These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user.
> 
> Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding it.
> 
> mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file.
Its been over 10 years since I've run mbox, but i'm sure your format is
wrong, you're also not supposed to use spaces either, in fact I think
its telling you whats wrong, from memory, its mbox:~/mail:<other stuff> 
but I cant recall what otherstuff is I know the pathis in it but it
needs something before it, I just cant recall what, see the wiki, I'd be
highly surprised if it did not explain it. 
> mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc.
> 
> maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection.
Thats not how maildir works you need to add the Maildir directory to it,
ie  maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/Maildir 

but DO NOT USE THAT directory!  And its more than dovecot you need to
change if you're going to use maildir, so just fix up your mbox
settings. 

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On 18.08.2017 12:41, Noel Butler wrote:
> On 18/08/2017 06:15, Randy Gordey wrote:
>
>> What is the syntax for dovecot mail_location when postfix delivers mail
to
>> /var/spool/mail/?
>>
>> These are the old unix style mbox, one file per user.
>>
>> Not setting mail_location in 10-mail.conf results in Auto not finding
it.
>>
>> mbox: /var/spool/mail/%u said mbox root directory can't be a file.
> Its been over 10 years since I've run mbox, but i'm sure your
format is
> wrong, you're also not supposed to use spaces either, in fact I think
> its telling you whats wrong, from memory, its mbox:~/mail:<other
stuff>
> but I cant recall what otherstuff is I know the pathis in it but it
> needs something before it, I just cant recall what, see the wiki, I'd
be
> highly surprised if it did not explain it. 
>
>> mbox: /var/spool/mail/ tries to make Sent and Deleted Folders, etc.
>>
>> maildir: /var/spool/mail/ closes the connection.
> Thats not how maildir works you need to add the Maildir directory to it,
> ie  maildir:/var/spool/mail/%n/Maildir 
>
> but DO NOT USE THAT directory!  And its more than dovecot you need to
> change if you're going to use maildir, so just fix up your mbox
> settings. 
>