Date:  Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:54:12 -0700
From:  Bbt Lists <mailinglists (at mark) backbonetechnology.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:07367] Re: mbox locations
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
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Bbt Lists wrote:
> Hi there - BQ - latest patches....
>
>
> Now for some reason i have a mailbox that is having mail delivered (I 
> confirm by running "cat" on the mbox file). But when the account is 
> configured in a mail client, the mail client says there are no new 
> messages - even though there are. So my suspicion is that the mail is 
> being delivered to a mbox, however the pop/imap server is checking 
> another location.
>
>
> Has anyone run into this?
>
> Ideas?
>
>
> When I look at the log file, there are no errors, and i can see the 
> pop/imap logins with no errors.
>
> In the dovecot.conf I checked:
>
> default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=mbox
>
>
> And the actual mailbox is located at something like:
>
> /home/.sites/106/site15/users/emma/mbox  <-- mbox is the mbox file 
> itself.
>
> Does this look right?
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> To me it looks like dovecot is looking in such a way that the mbox 
> should be at:
>
> /home/.sites/106/site15/users/emma/mail/mbox
>
>
> Is this correct?
>
> I am hesitant to change this for fear of breaking other users. Was 
> this something that needed to be changed after the recent updates and 
> such?
>
> I noticed that if someone uses IMAP, there is a mail folder created 
> (but IMAP related)
>
>
> IE:
>
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/inbox
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/.imap
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/.imap/INBOX
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache 
>
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log 
>
>
> But this users mbox is still located at:
>
> /home/.sites/106/site15/.users/78/robert/mbox <-- mbox is the mbox 
> file itself.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
Ok - I tested and modified my dovecot.conf to have:

default_mail_env = mbox:~/:INBOX=mbox


And the mail started showing up.


Can someone please confirm that this will not pooch out my BQ install?


Dustin

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dnk