On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 09:52 -0700, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote: > Timo Sirainen wrote: > > Things would probably be simpler if you used prefix="" here. > The reason I used a prefix is for the way things show up in > Thunderbird and Outlook. Without the prefix, it all falls under the > same "tree" as their INBOX. By adding the prefix, they get an extra > level called 'mail' where everything lives in. It's a visual thing.
I'd think other people would also hate that. I would. :) Anyway, if it's
intentional then be sure to set subscriptions=yes for that namespace too
(although I think it's default anyway).
> >> namespace private {
> >> separator = /
> >> prefix = "mail-Archives/"
> >> location = maildir:~/mail-Archives:LAYOUT=fs
> >
> > Are these really maildirs? Seems like exactly the opposite of what
> > they're good at :) (Maildir is good for active mails, mbox for
> > unchanging archives.)
> I guess this is where I'm confused and would love a primer on what
> the differences are, and when to use what.
mbox and maildir are completely different mailbox formats. In mbox a
single file contains all messages, while in maildir each message is in a
different file.
> /home/%u/mail-Archives/
> this is where long term archives are, this is stuff that
> comes OUT of their /home/%u/mail/ and put here, and always
> stored in a yearly hierarchy, for example:
>
> /home/%u/mail-Archives/2009/Ashley/Ashley-Dec09
So Ahsley-Dec09 is a file? It sounds like you're using mbox, so you
should use:
location = mbox:~/Mail-Archives
(the :LAYOUT=fs is unnecessary, because it's the default with mboxes
anyway.)
> So, am I using the wrong setup for the namespaces? Possibly, I went
> by what I found online. This is the first time I've ever tried to run
> Dovecot. Previously we ran uw-imap.
It's probably a good use of namespaces, although it would be simpler if
you just put archives under ~/mail/Archives/.
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