On 12/13/2011 11:15 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 06:00, Sam Varshavchik <mr...@courier-mta.com> wrote: >>> Well, where exactly do you expect to find a $HOME/Maildir, in that case. >>> After all, that's where you'll find your mailbox, in a real account. So, >>> that's exactly where you'd logically find it in a virtual account, then. > > On 14.12.11 08:21, Jan Ingvoldstad wrote: >> Not if you look at the premise: virtual mailboxes. > > Well, it depends on what you mean by virtual then. In traditional view, > "virtual mailboxes" means that users do not have their accounts on > server, only in their MTA. However, they NEED to have their accounts in > MTA, they need to have login, password, mailbox. > > and with the maildrop/courier IMAP, you NEED the homedir to place > mailbox, stored in maildir format (courier-imap only supports maildir > iirc) > >>> Well, if you don't have accounts with maildirs, you would have no >>> use for an IMAP server in the first place. > >> IMAP is a client-server communication protocol. It shouldn't matter >> how the messages are stored "physically", whether in a traditional >> unix-like filesystem, in Maildirs, or in a relational database. > > he apparently meant courier-imap. > >> It looks like the simple answer to the original poster's question is: >> >> Sorry, Courier-IMAP can't do this. Courier-IMAP requires that messages >> are stored as files in a traditional filesystem. > > in maildir+ format...
Thank you for the responses. I am a little confused though, as it has not been clearly explained to me /why/ Courier-IMAP needs the HOME directory. Does Courier-IMAP require that the the maildir be /inside/ the home directory? If so, why? (Or is it purely tradition?) My "virtual" mail directories are stored at /var/mail/vhosts/<domainname>/<users>, but they are /all/ using the MAILDIR format. But perhaps this is a more expedient question: For each user, the userdb database stores two properties: a "home" property (path to the HOME directory) and a "mail" property (the path to the mail). Does Courier-IMAP even use the "mail" path provided here? Or does it just take the "home" directory path and attach "Maildir" to it? -- frigidcode.com theologia.indicium.us PGP Key: ID 0x714ED81D (keyserver2.pgp.com)
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