On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:43 -0700, Knute Johnson wrote: > >On Apr 11, 2006, at 7:40 AM, Knute Johnson wrote: > > > >> I have a new install of FC5 running dovecot 1.0.0 beta 2.7. I get my > >> mail with POP3 but I have a user using IMAP. They both work great > >> but I keep getting a message from dovecot in my mail saying DON'T > >> DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA. I think it is there to > >> help keep track of IMAP messages. Since I use POP3 is there any way > >> not to have it show up all the time? I've deleted it, I've deleted > >> my account and re-added it but it keeps coming back. Dovecot is also > >> making a 'mail' directory in my ~ that I don't think I need. What > >> can I do about this? > > > >Umm. So you're using Dovecot for both POP3 and IMAP? Dovecot > >shouldn't show that "internal data" message to clients at all, unless > >something breaks it (does it contain X-IMAP header?) > > Timo: > > Sorry for the slow response, I was out of town for a couple of days. > Below is the complete message. It isn't available when I get my mail > via POP3 but is there every time I run 'mail' from the command line. > mail from the command line is mail. It has nothing to do with dovecot, uses neither pop3 nor imap, and reads everything that is in your mailbox. > Thanks, > > knute... > > > >From MAILER_DAEMON Mon Apr 10 22:33:26 2006 > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:33:26 -0700 > From: Mail System Internal Data <MAILER- > DAEMON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE -- FOLDER INTERNAL DATA Message- > ID: > <1144733606@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> X-IMAP: 1144726293 0000000011 > Status: > RO > > This text is part of the internal format of your mail folder, and is > not a real message. It is created automatically by the mail system > software. If deleted, important folder data will be lost, and it will > be re-created with the data reset to initial values. > -- > Knute Johnson > Molon Labe... > > >
