Dovecot version: 1.0.13 Linux: Debian Testing (kernel 2.6.22) Fs: local
# 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login valid_chroot_dirs: /home/email mail_chroot: /home/email first_valid_uid: 109 last_valid_uid: 109 first_valid_gid: 65534 last_valid_gid: 65534 mail_access_groups: nogroup mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /home/email/%d/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=email gid=nogroup home=/%d/%n
It finds mails with "/%d/%n" but not with "%d/%n".
At another site I have the same version, but with an SQL backend. That one works beautifully with relative (to chroot dir) paths.
-- Valkai Elõd