Where stored my email?

chrissai

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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 my laptop 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.
 
Are you using mbox to store your email? If so, then the email is in /var/spool/mail/ for your hosting account users, and in /var/spool/virtual/ for the domain's virtual email users.

If you're using Dovecot/Maildir, then your email is in /home/USERNAME/Maildir/ for each USERNAME (hosting account user), and in /home/USERNAME/Imap/ for the domain's virtual email users.

Jeff
 
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