Cyrus - can't create user mailbox

[Michael Menge]

Hi Stephen,

Quoting Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com>:

>
>> > $ cyradm -u cyrus localhost
>> > Password:
>> > localhost> cm user.satimiscyrus
>> > localhost> quit
>> >
>> > it works.  But I can't find this new user NOR its mailbox.
>>
> $ locate satimiscyrus
> /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus
> /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.cache
> /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.header
> /var/spool/cyrus/mail/u/user^satimiscyrus/cyrus.index
>
>
> The mailbox is there.  What is user^ for?

This indicates that you have set unixhierarchysep: 1 in /etc/imapd.conf
To create a Inbox for the user satimiscyrus you have to use
cm user/satimiscyrus

The ^ is the reperentation of the . on filesystem.

>
> $ cyradm -u satimiscyrus localhost
> Password:
> localhost> lm user.satimiscyrus
> user.satimiscyrus (HasNoChildren)
>
>
> What does (HasNoChildren) indicate ?
>
This means there are no subfolders

>
> localhost> lm satimiscyrus
> localhost> lm satimiscyrus.%
> both without printout.
>
>

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