Hello Christian,

thanks for answers. Aki already helped me with this problem. The document on mail_path and mail_home is full of examples which do not match my scenario. I had to set /var/maildir/${user} for both variables.

Marek

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štvrtok 20. novembra 2025, 22:27, Christian Kivalo via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> napísal/a:

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My main issue is now hot co convert this line:

mail_location = maildir:/var/maildir/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot-index/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot-control/%u

I am uncertain whether the first part should look like:

mail_home = /var/maildir/ mail_driver = maildir mail_path = /var/maildir/%{user}

For mail_home take a look at https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/core/config/auth/users/virtual.html#home-direc... especially the mail_home should not be shared amongst users. The rest looks good.

I have configured mail_driver = maildir mail_path = /srv/mail/%{user | lower}/Maildir

With 'doveadm user -u $username' the above configuration sets mail_home = /srv/mail/%{user | lower}

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But I am completely lost how to convert INDEX and CONTROL section. Could someone help me in this matter?

From looking through the settings page, in your case this should be mail_control_path = /var/dovecot-index/%{user} https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/core/config/mail_location.html#mail_control_pa...

mail_index_path = /var/dovecot-control/%{user} https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/core/config/mail_location.html#mail_index_path

-- Christian Kivalo

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