using dovecot, where is ICOMING mail stored?

[Daniel Staal]

--As of March 10, 2011 1:36:45 PM -0800, Gary Kline is alleged to have said:

> 	I did try pointing mutt -f at my saved backup
> 	/usr/tmp/.../Maildir.  Nothing.  My copies of saved mail are
> 	there, but not what was in the unread queue.  I was testing out
> 	mutt from a laptop and that has to have been when I
> 	accidentially deleted stuff.  Too bad there isn't a page on
> 	"howto set up a mailserver" ... for dimwits

--As for the rest, it is mine.

Ok, my suggestion: First, install Postfix, and check the config option to 
replace Sendmail.  (Sendmail works just fine.  It also can be configured to 
play tic-tack-toe[1].  A mailer that does _not_ have a Turing-complete 
config file is a lot easier to set up, and you probably won't ever need to 
use Sendmail's esoteric options.  ;) )

Then: 
<http://www.perturb.org/display/Postfix___Dovecot___Maildir___IMAPs.html>

It's a quick walkthrough.  It assumes Linux, but that only means the 
command to install the programs and the location of the config file is 
wrong.  It should get you up and running.

Your mail is probably in /var/mail.  That's the default location for mbox 
files, and you've probably missed setting up Maildir delivery.  I don't 
know how to set that in Sendmail off the top of my head, but it's easy 
enough to use Postfix.

Daniel T. Staal

[1]This is assuming what I've heard on a Turing-complete config file is 
correct, and not hyperbole.  If it's not completely Turing-complete, it's 
at least very complex.

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