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where does all the email accounts created by cpanel stores?

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Old 04-07-2004, 10:32 AM
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Under the directory tree of /home/[account]/mail/
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Under the directory tree of /home/[account]/mail/
hmm thanks but when i went into each mailbox... its empty... where does all the mail goes to for each account?
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Old 04-07-2004, 11:13 AM
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a file called inbox
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/home/[user]/mail/domain.com/user/inbox
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That's where it goes.

Did you look down the whole directory tree? If you did and the inbox files are empty, then the account holder has downloaded all of their POP3 email.

If you didn't, then you probably need to look for the virtual accounts under home/[account]/mail/domainname/virtaccount/
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That's where it goes.

Did you look down the whole directory tree? If you did and the inbox files are empty, then the account holder has downloaded all of their POP3 email.

If you didn't, then you probably need to look for the virtual accounts under home/[account]/mail/domainname/virtaccount/
i haven ventured into inbox, will take a look tonite.

by the way any tools to convert mbox format to maildir format?
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inbox is a text file in standard unix mailbox format.
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inbox is a text file in standard unix mailbox format.
i am moving a user to another server using plesk.. and i understand from plesk forum... their mailbox is using maildir format...
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google it. I found this in about 10 seconds:

http://www.firstpr.com.au/web-mail/mb2md/
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google it. I found this in about 10 seconds:

http://www.firstpr.com.au/web-mail/mb2md/
i already know of this program... just seeing if there is any more alternatives out there?

anyone successfully used this program before?
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