dovecot - Feb 2020 - .IMAP

On 14-2-20 13:39, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> This is why you put mail_location=driver:~/Mail and ensure the mails are 
> under there, instead of mail_location=driver:~/
Yes, that is what I thought; when I use that setting, I get this error:

Feb 14 14:32:15 xxxx dovecot[8549]:
imap(jos)<8739><5ErUO4meZthSsH9H>:
Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: Unknown 
mail storage driver driver in=0 out=375 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 
hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0

Currently this is (part of) my dovecot.conf

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auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_location = mbox:/home/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail

# mail_debug=yes
# auth_debug=yes

passdb {
    driver = pam
}

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When I change

mail_location = mbox:/home/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

into

mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

I only get inbox (the /var/mail/%u content) and the Deleted mailbox.

/jos

* Jos Chrispijn, 14.02.20 14:47
> On 14-2-20 13:39, Aki Tuomi wrote:
> 
>> This is why you put mail_location=driver:~/Mail and ensure the mails
are under there, instead of mail_location=driver:~/
> 
> Yes, that is what I thought; when I use that setting, I get this error:
> [...]
Of course you shouldn't put "driver" there literally, but replace
it with the actual
mailbox type (ie. "mbox", "maildir", "dbox", ...).
The error message below contains
a hint to the problem, but admittedly it's easy to miss:
> Feb 14 14:32:15 xxxx dovecot[8549]:
imap(jos)<8739><5ErUO4meZthSsH9H>: Initializing mail storage from
mail_location setting failed:
> Unknown mail storage driver driver in=0 out=375 deleted=0 expunged=0
trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It would probably be easier to find if the actual driver name would be put in
quotes
in the logging line (Unknown mail storage driver "driver" in=0 ...).
> [...]
> When I change
> 
> mail_location = mbox:/home/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> 
> into
> 
> mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> 
> I only get inbox (the /var/mail/%u content) and the Deleted mailbox.
That's probably because the second part of Aki's advise hasn't been
followed yet
("... and ensure the mails are under there, ..."). You need to
physically move all
mail related files and folders to the ~/mail subdir of each user. The
"Deleted"
mailbox probably still shows up because your MUA has been configured to use a
local
folder for it instead of an IMAP folder.

HTH,
Thomas

On 15-2-20 11:55, Thomas Zajic wrote:
> That's probably because the second part of Aki's advise hasn't
been followed yet
> ("... and ensure the mails are under there, ..."). You need to
physically move all
> mail related files and folders to the ~/mail subdir of each user. The
"Deleted"
> mailbox probably still shows up because your MUA has been configured to use
a local
> folder for it instead of an IMAP folder.
Just found out why it didn't work:

 >> mail_location = mbox:/home/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

should read

 >> mail_location = mbox:/usr/home/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

Thanks guys for you input; really appreciate your support!

Best, Jos