Re: destination/maildir: Manuals seem to use different standards / how to configure correctly?

Hm, sorry, that looked okay before sending - trying again

Am 07.07.2018 um 09:44 schrieb Peter Nabbefeld:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to setup a dovecot installation with getmail and found 
> these instructions:
>
> 1. 
> http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html#destination-maildir
>    using "~/Maildir/"
>
> 2. https://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/TriggerGetmailOnIMAPAccess
>    using "~/.maildir"
>
> 3. Using Arch Linux, I've set "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir" in 
> "/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf" as advised in their wiki.
>
> As these folder names seem having to do with storage format, I don't 
> want just to guess, so which variant would be correct?
>
> Just to make sure, I'm using the correct toolset:
>
> I want to move all my mail documents off of my provider (GMX), and I 
> want everything to be stored locally. So I want getmail to fetch 
> everything, including folder structure and forder contents (using 
> IMAP). Dovecot should be used as my incoming mail server. As I'm 
> usually not allowed to relay outgoing mail, I'll need to use my 
> providers server directly for outgoing mail:
>
>
> +---------------------------+ +-------------------+
> |                           | |                   |
> | Mail client (thunderbird) +-------------------------------->| SMTP 
> server (GMX) |
> |                           | |                   |
> +---------------------------+ +-------------------+
>              ^
>              |
>              |
> +------------+--------------+       +-----------------+ 
> +-------------------+
> |                           |       |                 | 
> |                   |
> |        Dovecot LDA        |<------|     getmail |<------+ SMTP 
> server (GMX) |
> |                           |       |                 | 
> |                   |
> +---------------------------+       +-----------------+ 
> +-------------------+
>
> Hopefully, also the "Sent" folder will be moved into the maildir and 
> seen by dovecot ...
>
> My .getmailrc currently looks like this:
>
> [retriever]
> type = SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever
> server = imap.gmx.net
> username = [email protected]
> port = 993
> password = top secret ;-)
> mailboxes = ALL
>
> [destination]
> type = MDA_external
> path = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
> arguments = ("-e",)
>
> [options]
> read_all = false
> delete = true
> received = false
> delivered_to = false
> message_log = ~/.getmail/mvmail.log
>
> Currently, I don't want to try this yet, as I don't want to loose my 
> emails. Is there sth. like a "dry-run" option, i.e. sth. to just copy 
> the mails without removing them from the server?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter
>
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