Phil Pennock wrote: > On 2010-09-16 at 10:25 -0600, Morgan Gangwere wrote: >> I'm trying to get IMAP and Maildir delivery working... Only to see something >> odd happen. >> >> I want mail to live in ~/Maildir/[folders] >> I don't want the directories my MUA thinks should exist cluttering up my home >> dir. >> >> >> What I want is something like this: >> ~/Maildir/inbox/... >> ~/Maildir/sent/... >> ~/Maildir/[etc...] >> >> How can I configure uw-imapd to do this? /can/ uw-imapd do this? > > (1) This is exim-users, for the Exim MTA. If you want to know whether > or not Exim can be configured to deliver directly in this format, > that's an appropriate question for this list. > (2) uw-imapd does not support Maildir, last I checked. This is a > deliberate decision. You might be able to patch it in, but that's > no longer uw-imapd. Here we go: > http://www.washington.edu/imap/IMAP-FAQs/index.html#1.31 > (3) Maildir hierarchies are a Maildir++ feature. The name of the > directory holding a sub-folder *always* starts with a ".", thus > you'd have: > ~/Maildir/ <- the main inbox > ~/Maildir/.sent/ <- send mail > ~/Maildir/.Trash/ <- garbage, rubbish, and other 4am posts > [...] > > Exim can certainly be configured to deliver as per point (3) above, but > first choose IMAP software which can support Maildir storage formats and > then look at the requirements of that software. Many use their own > delivery tools which should be invoked for delivery to get a supported > configuration. I recommend using such tools and only trying to > short-circuit them out of the loop later, *if* it proves necessary and > once you already have a working configuration to fall back to. > > Regards, > -Phil >
'In addition'.... IMAP is not universally properly implemented in all MUA (or even in all IMAPD's). Not sure there is even 'on the ground' agreement on what IS 'proper'. Have a care that [the|all of] MUA you need to support can work with the way you want your IMAPD to work and/or the reverse. Not a bad idea to: - set Exim to create Maildir's in its built-in manner on first-arrival of a message for a new user. Send a test or 'Welcome' message to that user to trigger that. - set your IMAPD of choice (Dovecot in my case) to automagically create its indices and such on first attempt of that user to login and read. - 'Subscribe' with (each of) your target MUA(s) - create and move a few new folders and sub-folders. THEN ... go and look at what the combination of these players have *actually* done to your mailstore structure, ownership, and perms. Once you see what the players expect as default, and/or are doing differently than expected - you can adjust accordingly. HTH, Bill PS: Exim and Dovecot are about as flexible and painless as partners as I've seen. UW has it pluses, too. But I'm lazy...... -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
