dovecot - Mar 2020 - .dovecot.sieve.log/tmp failed: Not a directory

Hello

I am running Dovecot 2.3.9 for IMAP access with RainLoop webmail and have
noticed for an account where I have some filters setup that I get the following
error messages in the dovecot log file:

Mar 17 19:02:50 mbox dovecot: imap(mail at
domain.tld)<10511><ubAzvhCh1N2yxeu/>: Error:
stat(/var/vmail/domain.tld/mail/.dovecot.sieve/tmp) failed: Not a directory
Mar 17 19:02:50 mbox dovecot: imap(mail at
domain.tld)<10511><ubAzvhCh1N2yxeu/>: Error:
stat(/var/vmail/domain.tld/mail/.dovecot.sieve.log/tmp) failed: Not a directory


This happens when I access the Dovecot mailbox server using an iphone. Also on
the iphone I see these "mail" folders but they are not really mail
folders... With Thunderbird as mail client it looks all good and I don't get
this error.

Is this normal? if not, how can I prevent this issue?

Regards,
Mabi

> On 19/03/2020 10:10 mabi <mabi at protonmail.ch> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hello
> 
> I am running Dovecot 2.3.9 for IMAP access with RainLoop webmail and have
noticed for an account where I have some filters setup that I get the following
error messages in the dovecot log file:
> 
> Mar 17 19:02:50 mbox dovecot: imap(mail at
domain.tld)<10511><ubAzvhCh1N2yxeu/>: Error:
stat(/var/vmail/domain.tld/mail/.dovecot.sieve/tmp) failed: Not a directory
> Mar 17 19:02:50 mbox dovecot: imap(mail at
domain.tld)<10511><ubAzvhCh1N2yxeu/>: Error:
stat(/var/vmail/domain.tld/mail/.dovecot.sieve.log/tmp) failed: Not a directory
> 
> 
> This happens when I access the Dovecot mailbox server using an iphone. Also
on the iphone I see these "mail" folders but they are not really mail
folders... With Thunderbird as mail client it looks all good and I don't get
this error.
> 
> Is this normal? if not, how can I prevent this issue?
> 
> Regards,
> Mabi
This is usually prevented by not configuring mail_home and mail_location to same
directory:

mail_home=/var/vmail/%Ld/%Lu/
mail_location=maildir:~/mail

or something similar.

Aki

??????? Original Message ???????
On Thursday, March 19, 2020 9:13 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at
open-xchange.com> wrote:
> This is usually prevented by not configuring mail_home and mail_location to
same directory:
>
> mail_home=/var/vmail/%Ld/%Lu/
> mail_location=maildir:~/mail
Thanks for the tip.

This means that if I now configure "mail_location=maildir:~/mail", I
will need to move all mail folders ("." dot directories) including
"new,cur,tmp" for the INBOX into the ~/mail direcotry of the specific
user on the file system of the server?

Do I also need to move all the following files into ~/mail too?

- dovecot.*
- dovecot-*
- maildirsize
- subscriptions