dovecot version 1.1.6
dovecot -n # 1.1.6: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r1 i686 Gentoo Base System release 2.0.0 xfs base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Server ready. login_process_per_connection: no login_processes_count: 6 mail_privileged_group: vmail mail_uid: vmail mail_gid: vmail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/postfix/virtual/%h mail_debug: yes fsync_disable: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): expire fts fts_squat mail_plugins(imap): expire fts fts_squat mail_plugins(pop3): expire mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login cache_size: 1024 debug: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: expire: Trash 7 Spam 30 expire_dict: proxy::expire fts: squat fts_squat: partial=4 full=10 dict: expire: db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire.db
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=**** default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT username, password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir AS home, 1030 AS uid, 1030 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u'
After upgrade from version 1.1.4 to 1.1.6, got following error when dovecot starts
- Starting dovecot ... Fatal: userdb didn't return a home directory, but mail location used it (%h): /var/spool/postfix/virtual/%h Error: imap dump-capability process returned 89 Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
Mail locations should be /var/spool/postfix/virtual/domain/user@domain/ where %h = domain/user@domain/ Version 1.1.4 works fine with this settings.