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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 17:36:47 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1:2.3.21+dfsg1.upstream/1%2.3.21+dfsg1
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diff --git a/doc/wiki/MissingMailboxes.txt b/doc/wiki/MissingMailboxes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..752d5d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/wiki/MissingMailboxes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +Missing mailboxes +================= + +Namespaces +---------- + +Dovecot by default doesn't use any "personal IMAP namespace prefix", which +clients often call either "IMAP namespace" or "IMAP prefix". With Courier you +probably had this set to "INBOX.", with UW-IMAP you might have set it to +"mail/". So, the solution is simply to set this field empty and restart your +IMAP client. If this helps, but you don't want to modify the clients' +configuration, see <Namespaces.txt>. + +Mail location +------------- + +If it didn't help, you might have <mail_location> [MailLocation.txt] setting +wrong. If it's unset, Dovecot tries to detect where your mail is stored by +looking at '~/Maildir', '~/mail', '/var/spool/mail/' and '/var/mail/' +directories. Depending on what you want, Dovecot might have guessed wrong. See +<TestInstallation.txt> for how to figure out what exactly is the problem. + +Missing INBOX (mbox) +-------------------- + +See if the mails are stored in '~/mbox' file. If '~/mbox' file exists, UW-IMAP +moves mails there from '/var/mail/user'. Dovecot supports this with <snarf +plugin> [Plugins.Snarf.txt]. + +Subscriptions +------------- + +Dovecot uses different filenames for list of mailbox subscriptions. You'll need +to rename these to ones that Dovecot wants (currently '.subscriptions' for mbox +and 'subscriptions' for Maildir). See <Migration.txt> for more information. + +Troubleshooting +--------------- + +If it's still not working, check first if the problem is with IMAP client or +server configuration. Easiest way to do this is to talk IMAP directly. (include +the A, B, C): + +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- +telnet imap.example.org 143 +A login username password +B list "" * +C logout +---%<------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If you see a list of expected mailboxes, the problem is with your IMAP client. +If not, set 'mail_debug=yes' and look at the logs. + +(This file was created from the wiki on 2019-06-19 12:42) |