Because it may be storing the inbox folder in /var/spool/mail/${user} or
/var/mail/${user}.
Adrian
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009, Ben Donohue wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> yes I know this may seem obvious but I'm scratching my head...
>
> I have email setup as postfix and dovecot for imap.
>
> Email is working fine in and out.
>
> I'm using thunderbird as mail client and the server type is set to imap
> mail server port 143.
>
> Now this is supposed to leave all the email on the server, being imap,
> isn't it?
>
> If I look in my home folder I see...
>
> drwx------ 3 donohueb donohueb 4096 Sep 18 12:03 .
> drwxr-xr-x 5 donohueb donohueb 4096 Sep 16 14:10 ..
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 2827 Nov 25 12:45 Drafts
> drwx------ 7 donohueb donohueb 4096 Sep 18 12:03 .imap
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 0 Sep 16 14:10 inbox
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 584016 Nov 25 11:16 Junk
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 73968068 Nov 25 12:20 Sent
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 23 Sep 18 12:03 .subscriptions
> -rw------- 1 donohueb donohueb 4647947 Nov 25 12:21 Trash
>
>
> why is inbox zero length and an old date and where is the email stored?
> Ben
>
>
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