[webmin-l] Re: Usermin Readmail with Maildir, email folders

[Jonathan B. <jon...@us...>]

I should have mentioned this in my initial email. Courier IMAP uses 
Maildir format. (Like QMail) So the subfolders would have to be part of 
the Maildir structure. The folders would be in the inbox as a 
subfolder. The Maildir format has subfolders as ".<subfolder>"  (note 
the 'dot')


Having looked at this a little more today I see that it may be the 
folders Usermin supports is only mbox format and that Maildir are not 
supported for storing folders on usermin readmail, but they can *read* 
the Maildir inbox format.

Any workarounds/plans to use the Maildir fully with folders in usermin 
readmail?



Just to be on the same page:

from courier-mta.org---
mbox mail storage format
  This is the traditional way to store mail on UNIX-based mail servers.  
Individual messages are simply concatenated together, and saved in a  
single file. A special marker is placed where one message ends and the  
next message begins. Only one process can access the mbox file in  
read/write mode. Concurrent access requires a locking mechanism. 
Anytime  someone needs to update the mbox file, everyone else must wait 
for the  update to complete.

maildir mail storage format
  Maildirs were originally implemented in the Qmail mail server, 
supposedly  to address the inadequacies of mbox files. Individual 
messages are saved  in separate files, one file per message. There is a 
defined method for  naming each file. There's a defined procedure for 
adding new messages to  the maildir. No locking is required. Multiple 
processes can use maildirs  at the same time.


Thanks for any input.
Jonathan




On 28 Feb 05  Joe Cooper wrote:
>
> Interestingly, in the most recent Usermin version, I can add these 
> folders manually, and they show up and work fine.  But if would be 
> nice if it were automatic, or determined from the .subscriptions file 
> if available.
>

>
> On 28-Feb-05, at 4:22 PM, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 05:56, Jonathan Bird wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> current setup/background info:
>>>
>>> FreeBSD 4.10
>>> Webmin 1.180
>>> Usermin 1.112 (latest dev release, using because of error solved 
>>> using
>>> this lists' archive -thx:)
>>> Virtualmin
>>>
>>> Postfix MTA
>>> Courier-IMAP
>>>
>>> All email is working, being delivered to home folder's Maildir.
>>> Subfolders are working and IMAP email clients are properly accessing
>>> these.
>>>
>>> I have found references to the ~/mail folder used to store the 
>>> sentmail
>>> and drafts, but I was looking for a way to setup the readmail module 
>>> so
>>> users who only access email with webmail occasionally can have the 
>>> same
>>> folder structure as they see on their desktop email client. (and thus
>>> have the sent mail show up in their desktop email client once they
>>> return to their computers)
>>>
>>> Is this possible?
>>
>> That all depends on how and where the mail folders used by the desktop
>> client are stored. Usermin can be told to look at a directory of mail
>> files which will then appear as folders - by default this is ~/mail.
>> Where does courier-IMAP store it's folders?
>>
>>  - Jamie
>
>