I wrote because I read on the official website Dovecot.org: "Home directory shouldn't be the same as mail directory with mbox or Maildir formats (but with dbox/obox it's fine). It's possible to do that, but you might run into trouble with it sooner or later. "
https://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home Regards, Jack 2017-06-23 16:25 GMT+02:00 Odhiambo Washington <odhia...@gmail.com>: > > > On 23 June 2017 at 15:57, j.emerlik <j.emer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'm almost ready to migrate Courier to Dovecot 2.2.31 but I have one >> question about home and mail directory. >> >> It's good idea to have same directory form home and mail ? >> >> Which scenerio will be better and why ? >> >> For example: >> >> A) >> Home: /home/doamin/user1 >> Mail: /home/doamin/user1 >> >> B) >> Home: /home/doamin/user1/home >> Mail: /home/doamin/user1 >> >> C) >> Home: /home/doamin/user1/ >> Mail: /home/doamin/user1/mail >> >> Thanks & regards, >> Jack >> > > Just wondering why you have to debate this, because it should depend on > where your mail is currently stored. Dovecot will find it when you set the > correct mail_location and the correct authentication - userdb/passdb - in > whatever option you chose in /conf.d/10-auth.conf. I'd only be worried > about whether users who left mail on the server are forced to fetch them > again or if the migration is transparent. > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 > "Oh, the cruft." >
