Where is email stored

[blaszlo]

Hey guys,

I am new to directadmin and extremely new to the linux world... Although I am fairly new to linux bash, I am still able to navigate fairly well. Where is the email stored on the server?
The reason I ask is because I opened my email in outlook and all of a sudden, 350 or so messages were being downloaded as new messages when in fact I had read these messages anywhere from months ago to days ago, without any rhyme or reason why those messages were chosen. I thought it was just me, then customers started calling me with the same issue.
I logged into my domain through DA and selected to erase all messages from all folders, tried doing a send/recieve in outlook and the emails kept coming. i have no idea what the issue is. I tried for a few hours searching my server for email or any directories where the email would be and I found nothing. Is it hidden? Any help would be great.

 

[nobaloney]

If you're running Dovecot/Maildir then site user email is in /home/*/Maildir/* and virtual email boxes are in /home/*/imap/*.

If you're running mbox, then site user email is in /var/spool/mail and virtual email boxes are in /var/spool/virtual.

Generally if you're having this problem you've got huge mailboxes in /var/spool/mail and /var/spool/virtual.

Please feel free to contact me if you want me to convert you to Dovecot/Maildir.

Jeff

 

[blaszlo]

I'm using mbox and I'm also pretty sure I should convert to dovecot, it seems everyone is using it. The email problem seemed to have fixed itself somehow. I'm not sure if the problem was in the server itself or not. I'll be giving you a call soon Jeff, and thanks for your help... It's much appreciated!