Even virtual users should have virtual home.

Usually we use

mail_home=/home/vmail/%{user} (or something similar) for this.

This is needed to store these kind of files, such as sieve scripts. The ~/ will then refer to mail_home.

Aki

On 14/07/2026 17:12 EEST sveyret--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

Yes, both ends have almost the same configuration.

protocols { sieve = yes }

service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } }

sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve sieve_pipe_socket_dir = sieve-pipe

protocol sieve { }

sieve_script personal {

path = ~/sieve

active_path = ~/.dovecot.sieve

} sieve_script default { path = /etc/dovecot/sieve/spam.sieve }

sieve_plugins { sieve_imapsieve = yes sieve_extprograms = yes } sieve_global_extensions { vnd.dovecot.pipe = yes vnd.dovecot.environment = yes }

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