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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Andrew Ryan wrote:
> problem is for example lest say a user is using outlook express and wants
> to download their imap folders, the entire directory structure from "/"
> starts coming up.
>    I tried setting restrictMailbox to -1, but the problem is still
> persistent.

This problem is almost certainly due to some error you have made.  Note as
well that restrictBox (not "restrictMailbox") is a mask of various bits,
not a boolean.

> Im not running imapd in inetd as root, instead im runnign
> it as a non privleged user, not sure if thats an issue there or not.

Yes it is an issue.  If imapd isn't root then it can't log in.

>   Another thing is that im a little confused about the best way to change
> the sysInbox option.  i would like it set to /var/mail/$username, so if i
> were to do this would substituing in "/var/mail" for MAILSPOOL be
> sufficient.

sysInbox is already set that way.  Why would you want to change it?

It sounds to me that you have not installed the software properly, and
have started to make changes without understanding how it works in the
default mode.

Please review the documentation files, and also check the SUPPORT file for
the correct email address to ask questions.

-- Mark --

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