maildirs, dovecot, mail client help

[Derek Broughton]

Todd Slater wrote:

> On 11/2/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Todd Slater wrote:
>>
>> > On 11/2/06, wade at wadesmart.com <wade at wadesmart.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > You're using Dovecot because you want to access your mail from other
>> > machines?
>> >
>> > First thing I'd worry about is getting Evolution to see the converted
>> > mails. You added a new account, chose local maildirs as the type, and
>> > pointed it to the top level of your maildirs? On my system I used
>> > /home/todd/Mail, on others I've use /home/me/Maildir, you can use
>> > whatever you want, but you need to point Evolution to that top-level
>> > directory.
>>
>> No you don't.  You want evolution pointing to the IMAP server.  Once you
>> put the mails into IMAP, you really shouldn't be trying to access them
>> except _through_ IMAP.
> 
> Yes, I understand, but I thought it would be helpful to determine
> first if the mb2md script borked his mails. Once he determines if the
> mails are readable by Evolution, he can then focus on what is likely a
> config issue with Dovecot.

He didn't even mention a config issue with Dovecot (in this thread - there
was something questionable in the original un-titled thread, but it looked
more like bad user expectations than an error).  There's nothing apparently
wrong with the directories mb2md created.  I really think if you start
pointing mail programs at the dovecot maildirs, you run the risk of making
the messages inaccessible to dovecot. 

The best way to handle it is to point your mail client at the local IMAP
server.  Create an IMAP folder from inside your mail client.  Create a
sub-folder for that folder.  Then take the directories created by mb2md and
rename them to the same structure, and make sure they have the same
permissions.
-- 
derek