Re: mdbox: double forward-slash in mail_path

This is because your mail_home ends with /. It's cosmetic issue.

Aki

On 23/10/2025 12:37 EEST Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

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On 23/10/2025 12:29 EEST Edmund Lodewijks via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

Hello List!

I am testing mdbox on Dovecot 2.4.1 (currently using Maildir, but thinking of converting).

I created a test server with a test domain. Installed relevant software from default repos on Debian 13:

• Postfix
• Dovecot 2.4.1
• PostfixAdmin
• MariaDB

After I had created an email address, I checked the settings as follows:

# doveadm user mail@$REDACTED
field   value
uid     5000
gid     5000
home    /vhosts/$REDACTED/mail/
mail_path       /vhosts/$REDACTED/mail//mdbox
quota_rule      *:bytes=1048576000

As you can see, there is a double forward-slash in the mail_path line.

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From /etc/dovecot/local.d/10-mail.conf:

mail_driver = mdbox
mail_path = ~/mdbox

This is based on the official Dovecot docs page (see at the very bottom): https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/mailbox_formats/dbox.html

Is this harmful, or just "cosmetic"? Have I made a mistake somewhere?

I presume the mail_path line is not even required, as it is the default for that mail_driver.

Thank you for your time and reply.

Kind regards, Edmund Lodewijks

-- Edmund Lodewijks <edmund@proteamail.com> TZ: UCT+2 / GMT+2

It would be helpful to provide doveconf -n.

Aki

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