dovecot - Apr 2008 - IMAP clients generate user home folders one level higher than needed

Hi

(Of course not the clinets generate the folders, dovecot does, but I wanted
to have the title not be too long.)

I am using static userdb:

userdb static {
  args = uid=vmail gid=mail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n
}

and I have configured the hostname in protocol lda.

Now when mail arrives for a known virtual user, the home directory with all
subdirectories is being created correctly unter /srv/vmail/$domain/$vuser.

But when connecting from an IMAP client (I have tested Thunderbird and
Outlook) a new home directory with apparently correct subfolders is bring
created unter /srv/vmail/$vuser ! The connection works, I just don't see
the mails which arrived since the client is mapping a directory one level
higher than needed.

Where do I have to look for the cause? I did not find anything reasonable
yet.

Thank you in advance,
David

> userdb static {
>   args = uid=vmail gid=mail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n
> }
> Where do I have to look for the cause? I did not find anything reasonable
> yet.
I would guess that %d expands to "" (i.e. the empty string). Are your
clients logging in with "user at domain"?

johannes
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 828 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL:
<http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20080422/dafed8b6/attachment-0002.bin>

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:30:52 +0200, Johannes Berg
<johannes at sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> 
> I would guess that %d expands to "" (i.e. the empty string). Are
your
> clients logging in with "user at domain"?
Yes, they do.
How can I find out if this is the case and what can I do about it?

David