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$Id: FAQ.Dovecot.txt,v 1.7 2019/09/25 09:25:52 gilles Exp gilles $
This documentation is also available online at
https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/
https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Dovecot.txt
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Imapsync tips for Dovecot. Specific issues and solutions.
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Questions answered in this FAQ are:
Q. Subfolders are not created by imapsync and the error is
"Mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes"
Q. How to migrate to Dovecot with an admin/MasterUser account?
Now the questions again with their answers.
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Q. How to migrate to Dovecot with an admin/MasterUser account?
R. Dovecot uses the same syntax as uw-imap
imapsync ... --user2="loginuser*admin_user" --password2 "admin_user_password"
To setup a Dovecot MasterUser see
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers
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Q. Subfolders are not created by imapsync and the error is
"Mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes"
R. Dovecot usually supports subfolders with messages and subfolders,
it's a Dovecot configuration issue.
If you can change the Dovecot configuration dovecot.conf,
then try this:
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
See details at:
https://superuser.com/questions/813362/sub-folders-in-dovecot
https://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir
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