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