On 06/25/2012 01:20 AM, Kaya Saman wrote: > Now what I would like to know is, which is better for "virtual > hosting" Maildir or mbox? > > > Basically my requirement is that I would like to separate users via > either individual folders and then put each user's mbox or Maildir in > the created directory, or simply name each mbox or Maildir according > to the user name. > > > First up is this possible? > > > Secondly, how would I go about doing it? > Sorry, I missed this at first. It is quite simple. I don't store it in passwd or any other place, since you are doing vmail, you might find this easiest:
in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf (where mail_location is): mail_home = /home/vmail/%Ld/%Ln mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf (after paragraph “# System user and group used to access mails...”): mail_uid=vmail mail_gid=vmail Obviously, vmail may not be your user for vmail. Also, some of my notes may no longer be accurate for location, just find where it exists and edit. I hope this helps. Of course, this is a Maildir setup. mbox is probably very similar, but I have had too many mbox style mail queues go south losing all of the mail (or more than one would like), so I do Maildir, even though it isn't necessarily the best use of disk space. Trever -- "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." -- Isaac Asimov
