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  • Dovecot 2.4

    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 24 02:19:38 2025
    So I did my regular Debian Unstable upgrade yesterday, and the version
    of Dovecot IMAP is now 2.4, with a config file format that is not
    quite backward-compatible.

    That’s OK, I soon figured out what changes to make to get it to
    continue working with my existing maildir setup <https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/config/mail_location.html#mail-location-setting>
    <https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/config/mailbox_formats/maildir.html>.
    You tell it you want to use maildir with

    mail_driver = maildir

    but now (not sure if this was true before) you have a choice of two
    maildir layouts, specifiable with the “mailbox_list_layout” keyword.
    The “maildir++” option corresponds to what I currently have, but the
    other option, “fs”, looks interesting.

    The thing with “maildir++” is you have dotfiles within dotfiles, which always struck me as being a bit pointless. The “fs” option avoids
    this, and uses a subdirectory hierarchy to reflect your mail folder
    hierarchy.

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 28 07:50:23 2025
    On 24.05.2025 02:19 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    The thing with “maildir++” is you have dotfiles within dotfiles, which always struck me as being a bit pointless. The “fs” option avoids
    this, and uses a subdirectory hierarchy to reflect your mail folder hierarchy.

    If the software can handle that, is there any real issue?

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Wed May 28 06:20:59 2025
    On Wed, 28 May 2025 07:50:23 +0200, Marco Moock wrote:

    On 24.05.2025 02:19 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    The thing with “maildir++” is you have dotfiles within dotfiles, which >> always struck me as being a bit pointless.

    If the software can handle that, is there any real issue?

    I suppose it’s OK for those who like that sort of thing.

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