#15963 closed request (fixed)
Please upgrade Dovecot to 1.1.x
| Reported by: | automandc@… | Owned by: | jberry@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | 1.6.0 |
| Keywords: | dovecot upgrade | Cc: | automandc@… |
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Description
Dovecot 1.1+ (current version is 1.1.1) adds the "layout=fs" option to mail location. Setting this option will cause Maildir to create its directories without the leading periods in the directory names (e.g. ~/Maildir/directory/ instead of ~/Maildir/.directory/). (See http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2008-July/031995.html for q&a on the Dovecot mailing list).
I have used Dovecot to replace all of my bloated PSTs from Windows, which makes a huge difference in Time Machine backups, and makes my local mail available to both my MacOS and (virtual) WinXP clients. Because of the leading periods in the directory names, Spotlight does not index maildir directories, which means that all my locally stored mail is not indexed. This frustrates one of the key advantages to using Maildir on a localhost IMAP server as a mail repository.
I am not a coder, otherwise I would offer my assistance in upgrading the port. Hopefully you wizards running these things can accomplish it without too much trouble!
I really appreciate the hard work everyone does in making all the UNIX goodness available to us mere Mac mortals.
Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 16 years ago by automandc@…
| Cc: | automandc@… added |
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comment:2 Changed 16 years ago by mf2k (Frank Schima)
| Owner: | changed from macports-tickets@… to jberry@… |
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Assigning to maintainer.
comment:3 Changed 16 years ago by jberry@…
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
The dovecot port has been updated to 1.1.1. Fixed in r38258.
comment:4 Changed 15 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)
| Type: | enhancement → request |
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Cc Me!