Ok, didn't find much on this... The bottom of /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf has the following settings: #mail_attachment_dir #mail_attachment_min_size = 128k #mail_attachment_fs = sis posix #mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1} all of which are apparently the defaults according to doveconf -d output - so no need to set them explicitly, unless I want to change them, right? So, enable the first one - but - the comments don't say anything about supporting variables. I'm assuming you can, otherwise all attachments for all domains would be in a single directory, which some admins might not like (I wouldn't)... so hopefully I can just set it to this: mail_attachment_dir = /var/vmail/%d/.attachments So how does this work during conversion? Users still on maildir simply don't engage it? But as users are converted to dbox, all attachments are de-duped, and then new mails coming in with attachments (for converted users) are de-duped at delivery? The wiki could do with a bit more on enabling and implementing it, especially what to expect when enabling it for the first time on a production system and what to expect along the way when converting existing users... -- Best regards, */Charles/*