Heh, yes, err, I realized that after sending the question. Let me ask it this way then:
1.) am I using IMAP? and how do I test that it's working. 2.) I can connect to the IMAP server, dovecot-imapd, on localhost? I want to read these messages with Thunderbird, and enter "localhost" to "download" the e-mails. thanks, Thufir On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:56 AM, Charles Marcus <[email protected]>wrote: > On 2012-12-10 6:50 AM, Thufir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why is dovecot using Maildir and not IMAP. Or is it using even using >> Maildir at all? >> > > ? Maildir is a way of *storing* emails. > > IMAP is a protocol used by mail server *applications*, for providing > *access* to email *clients* that speak the IMAP protocol. > > Now... maybe you can rephrase the question? ;) > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles > >
