Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

Sorry, you're right: I was stressed out when writing this. I meant mkdir .lkml and mkdir .bugtraq and touch dovecot-shared. Of course. It is not the best example, I agree. Still it should say something like "create the file dovecot-shared if you want a shared mailbox named dovecot-shared" (ca

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

On 2012-07-22 5:53 AM, Hans J. Albertsson > As an example, to wit, in the http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Public doc, there's a line "In the above example, you would then create Maildir mailboxes under the /var/mail/public/ directory." and a colour plate plate showing a directory listi

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

On 2012-07-22 11:39, Hans J. Albertsson wrote: To the point: Explain what you are going to demonstrate, and explain to what extent it can or cannot serve as a boiler-plate for more advanced configs. Complete ( in the appropriate manner ): For every single thing you display, explain what th

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

I find your answer a bit confusing: I was showing these problems off as sources of confusion, not as examples of what I want to achieve! My view of what a HowTo or a Tutorial is supposed to be is: To the point: Explain what you are going to demonstrate, and explain to what extent it can or c

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

Am 21.07.2012 um 16:49 schrieb Hans J. Albertsson: > location = maildir:/var/vmail/public:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=~/public This namespace is defined for "public/shared" mailboxes <> private mailboxes: See: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Public Basically something different from the setting yo

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

Actually I now tried to follow slavishly one other HowTo from the dovecot.org "official (??? really??? ) web site: The VirtualUserFlatFilesPostfix H

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

On 2012-07-21 12:35, Charles Marcus wrote: On 2012-07-21 5:24 AM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote: Also, Sorry if I sound like a whining kid: I am new to dovecot and postfix, but I was a software support engineer for Sun for ages, and I should really be able to manage this if I just had some consist

Re: [Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

On 2012-07-21 5:24 AM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote: Also, Sorry if I sound like a whining kid: I am new to dovecot and postfix, but I was a software support engineer for Sun for ages, and I should really be able to manage this if I just had some consistent and non-confusing HowTo or Tutorial to fol

[Dovecot] Confusion when trying to set up a first postfix+dovecot mailserver

I'm trying to set up a first test for a dovecot + postfix (+ many other things) mail server for about 1000 accounts, and I keep stumbling on confusing inconsistencies in the HowTo documents I'm trying to follow. I tried to do a simple setup with virtual users using a howto saying it was for ju