Difference between create and subscribe is that create creates the folder, and subscribe also subscribes you to the folder. This has not changed between 2.3 and 2.4.

Aki

On 26/05/2026 14:32 EEST Thomas Jensen via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:

Argh, auto = subscribe did the trick. Strange, create used to be enough in 2.3..

Thanks!

Thomas

Den 26.05.2026 kl. 11.28 skrev Paul Kudla via dovecot:

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i use the following, same except missing at end

prefix & seperator.

also making 2 sent folders is probably not a good idea?

IMAP standard is 'Sent' Microsoft is 'Sent Items'

fyi

namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / }

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On 2026-05-25 3:06 p.m., Thomas Jensen via dovecot wrote:

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I have a new dovecot 2.4.2 setup. All seems to work fine, except Sent, Junk and Drafts are not created. In 15-mailboxes.conf I have:

namespace inbox { # These mailboxes are widely used and could perhaps be created automatically: mailbox Drafts { auto = create special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = create special_use = \Trash }

   # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark both of # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates are created. mailbox Sent { auto = create special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = create special_use = \Sent } }

But nothing is created. And dovecot -n return this:

(note the "\\")

root@rpix:~# dovecot -n

2.4.2 (0962ed2104): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

Pigeonhole version 2.4.2 (767418c3)

OS: Linux 7.0.0-15-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Hostname: rpix.dk

9 default setting changes since version 2.4.0

dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0 auth_default_domain = rpix.dk auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %{user|lower} dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0 fts_autoindex = yes fts_autoindex_max_recent_msgs = 999 fts_search_add_missing = yes mail_driver = maildir mail_home = /var/vmail/%{user | domain}/%{user | username} mail_path = ~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail protocols = imap lmtp sql_driver = mysql ssl = required passdb sql { default_password_scheme = ARGON2I query = SELECT username AS user,password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%{user}' AND active='1' } userdb sql { iterate_query = SELECT username AS user FROM mailbox query = SELECT 2000 AS uid, 2000 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%{user}' AND active='1' } mysql localhost { dbname = postfixadmin password = # hidden, use -P to show it user = postfixadmin } namespace inbox { inbox = yes mailbox Drafts { auto = create special_use = "\\Drafts" } mailbox Junk { auto = create special_use = "\\Junk" } mailbox Trash { auto = create special_use = "\\Trash" } mailbox Sent { auto = create special_use = "\\Sent" } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = create special_use = "\\Sent" } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { } inet_listener imaps { } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { } inet_listener pop3s { } } service submission-login { inet_listener submission { } inet_listener submissions { } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service imap { } service pop3 { } service submission { } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service auth-worker { } service dict { unix_listener dict { } } service stats { unix_listener stats-reader { group = www-data mode = 0660 user = www-data } unix_listener stats-writer { group = www-data mode = 0660 user = www-data } } ssl_server { cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail/fullchain.pem key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail/privkey.pem prefer_ciphers = server } protocol lmtp { auth_username_format = %{user | lower} }

What am I doing wrong?

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