Am 18.01.2014 15:12, schrieb dove...@voidptr.de: > Hi, > > I've recently migrated my emails from a Yahoo account to my own > mailserver on a VPS. > > Ever since then, Thunderbird seems to have issues with the mailbox's > directory structure: When I start Thunderbird, it immediately deletes > the local copies of all 3rd-level folders (i.e. subfolders of a > subfolder of a folder in the mailbox root). > Since that didn't happen with the Yahoo account, I assume it's some kind > of error or misconfiguration of Dovecot. > > Here's an example of the mailbox structure: > voidptr.de > '-> University > '-> IEEE > '-> Conference > "University" and "IEEE" work without problems, but "Conference" gets > deleted locally every time I start Thunderbird. When I collapse and > re-expand "University" in the folder panel, all subfolders (including > "Conference") reappear, but Thunderbird has to re-download the contents > of "Conference", since it deleted the local copies earlier. > > It looks as if Dovecot only reported the topmost two folder levels when > Thunderbird requests a folder list... > > Is there any way I can change that behavior? > > Nils > > > > $ doveconf -n > # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-042stab078.22 x86_64 Debian 7.3 > auth_verbose = yes > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
why LAYOUT=fs ?, try without http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir Directory Structure By default Dovecot uses Maildir++ directory layout for organizing mailbox directories. This means that all the folders are directly inside ~/Maildir directory: ~/Maildir/new, ~/Maildir/cur and ~/Maildir/tmp directories contain the messages for INBOX. The tmp directory is used during delivery, new messages arrive in new and read shall be moved to cur by the clients. ~/Maildir/.folder/ is a mailbox folder ~/Maildir/.folder.subfolder/ is a subfolder of a folder (ie. "folder/subfolder") You can also optionally use the "fs" layout by appending :LAYOUT=fs to mail_location. This makes the folder structure look like: ~/Maildir/new, ~/Maildir/cur and ~/Maildir/tmp directories contain the messages for INBOX, just like with Maildir++. ~/Maildir/folder/ is a mailbox folder ~/Maildir/folder/subfolder/ is a subfolder of a folder or use http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Clients?highlight=%28thunderbird%29 Thunderbird If you're using mbox, dbox or Maildir with :LAYOUT=fs , You should enable tb-extra-mailbox-sep workaround for IMAP. > namespace { > inbox = yes > location = > mailbox Drafts { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Drafts > } > mailbox Junk { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Junk > } > mailbox Sent { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Sent > } > mailbox Trash { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Trash > } > prefix = > subscriptions = yes > } > passdb { > args = scheme=SHA512-CRYPT username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/users > driver = passwd-file > } > protocols = " imap" > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > mode = 0666 > } > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imaps { > port = 0 > } > } > ssl = required > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/own/voidptr.de.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/certs/own/voidptr.de.key > userdb { > args = username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/users > default_fields = home=/home/%n > driver = passwd-file > } > Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
