KMail from many platforms

[Derek Broughton]

Sylviane et Perry White wrote:

> On Wednesday 02 January 2008 15:15:19 Derek Broughton wrote:
>> > (*)Then I noticed there is no /home/Perry/Maildir/cur, only
>> > a /home/perry/Maildir/cur  (no capital on perry).
>> > The capital P probably comes from my account in KMail, I'll
>> > investigate...
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> > Have to modify /etc/dovecot/passwd to have perry uncapitalised also.
>>
>> NO!!!  In fact, you shouldn't ever need to modify /etc/dovecot/passwd -

> Dovecot was trying to make a dir in /home/Perry/Maildir/ (capital "P")
> because my IMAP account in KMail had Perry as the user.

> I could not login as perry (small "p") because my /etc/dovecot/passwd file
> contained:               perry:{PLAIN}Mypassword
> I had to make it match.

>> it's all pam based, and if the mail user has a linux account, that should
>> be used.
> Not sure I understand.

Exactly what I said.  It's _pam_ based.  There shouldn't even _be_
an /etc/dovecot/passwd file.  Dovecot is practically installed complete
when you apt-get it - the only thing I can think of that has to be modified
is to actually enable the imap service.  If you have a passwd file, you've
been messing too much with the config.

> Are you suggesting I create a sylvianeMail account for my wife with a
> sylvianeMail:{PLAIN}Herpassword 

NO.  

> and another IMAP account in KMail? 
> That would allow for independant mail systems and necessitate a
> /home/sylviane/Maildir, interresting possibility but not wanted now.

So what?  It's _just_ a directory.  What's the problem with it?

-- 
derek