on 10-23-2008 1:35 PM Neil spake the following: > > On 23 Oct 2008, at 16:17, Albert E. Whale wrote: > >> Neil wrote: >>> >>> On 22 Oct 2008, at 23:35, Albert E. Whale wrote: >>> >>>> I've been running a mbox solution using UW's IMAP server. I've run it >>>> for years. >>>> >>>> Now do to heavy message volumes, I've decided to to take the plunge to >>>> convert to the Maildir format. >>>> >>>> I am currently testing a single user, and have successfully converted >>>> the mail messages from mbox to Maildir format, and now I am setting up >>>> the procmail tool to place the messages into the correct folder. I >>>> have >>>> been following the http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat >>>> formula, >>>> but now have a question. >>>> >>>> New Messages are now being placed into the ~user/Maildir/new folder. >>>> However, when I attempt to retrieve those messages, Dovecot does not >>>> find them. Why not? >>> >>> How are you attempting to retrieve them? >>> >> I am trying to retrieve them using the POP3 section of Thunderbird. >> >> Is Maildir an IMAP format? > > No, the protocol (IMAP/POP3) is irrelevant. The important part to note > (and where I suspect your problem is) is that the folder, as far as your > client (Thunderbird) is concerned, is "Maildir/", the "Maildir/new/" > directory is part of Maildir's internal format. > > That is to say, you should never be putting "Maildir/(new|cur|tmp)" as a > mailbox name into a client, just "Maildir/". > > -N. > With Dovecot set up properly, you should be leaving any client settings for directory blank. In thunderbird you shouldn't have to set "IMAP server directory".
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