[Dovecot] How can i override mail_location?

[Zhang Huangbin]

Thanks Steffen. :)

Steffen Kaiser wrote:
> "mailMessageStore=maildir:mail"
>
> this looks odd. Try:
>
> mailMessageStore=mail
>

If i use absolute path in mailMessageStore, the maildir path is correct 
with 'mailMessageStore=mail', but deliver doesn't create the directory 
recursively:
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deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: auth input: home=/home/vmail
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: auth input: 
quota_rule=*:bytes=104857600
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: auth input: 
mail=/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www/
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: auth input: 
sieve_dir=/home/vmail/sieve/a.cn/www/
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: Quota root: name= 
backend=maildir args=
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: Quota rule: root= mailbox=* 
bytes=104857600 messages=0
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: maildir autodetect: 
stat(/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www//cur) failed: No such file or directory
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: mbox autodetect: 
data=/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www/
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: mbox autodetect: INBOX file: 
stat(/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www/) failed: No such file or directory
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: mbox autodetect: has .imap/: 
stat(/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www//.imap) failed: No such file or directory
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: mbox autodetect: has inbox: 
stat(/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www//inbox) failed: No such file or directory
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Info: mbox autodetect: has mbox: 
stat(/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www//mbox) failed: No such file or directory
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Error: mail_location: Ambiguous mail 
location setting, don't know what to do with it: 
/home/vmail/a.cn/w/ww/www/ (try prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:)
deliver(www at a.cn): Mar 14 09:42:33 Fatal: Namespace initialization failed
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How can i solve this?

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Best regards.

Zhang Huangbin

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