I use Dovecot 1.0.5. I use LDAP for the user database and Dovecot LDA.

--- dovecot.conf

mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/data/%Lu:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/index/%Lu

auth default {

    mechanisms = plain (Note: TLS is used anyways..)

    userdb prefetch {
    }
    passdb ldap {
    # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap-example.conf
            args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf_passdb (symlink do dovecot-ldap.conf)
    }
    userdb ldap {
    # Path for LDAP configuration file, see doc/dovecot-ldap-example.conf
            args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf_userdb (symlink do dovecot-ldap.conf)
    }
    socket listen {
            master {
                    path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
                    mode = 0600
                    user = maildeliver
                    group = mail
            }
    }

} --- dovecot-ldap.conf

Q1: auth_bind_userdn (commented since it would avoid the use of passdb and userdb, right?)

# auth_bind_userdn = ... # userdb user_filter = (&(objectclass=postfixuser)(mail=%u)) user_attrs = uid=user

# passdb pass_filter = (&(objectclass=inetlocalmailrecipient)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,uid=userdb_user

--- mail log

host postfix/smtpd[8923]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] host postfix/smtpd[8923]: 5B449EA2C6: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] host postfix/cleanup[8925]: 5B449EA2C6: message-id=20081121103114.5B449EA2C6@host host postfix/smtpd[8923]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] host postfix/qmgr[8894]: 5B449EA2C6: from=sender@otherdomain.org, size=368, nrcpt=1 (queue active) host deliver(person@mydomain.com): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda host deliver(person@mydomain.com): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so host dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER 1 person@mydomain.com service=deliver host dovecot: auth(default): prefetch(person@mydomain.com): passdb didn't return userdb entries (#0) host dovecot: auth(default): ldap(person@mydomain.com): user search: base=dc=mydomain,dc=com scope=subtree filter=(&(objectclass=postfixuser)(mail=person@mydomain.com)) fields=uid host deliver(person@mydomain.com): auth input: person@mydomain.com (#1) host deliver(person@mydomain.com): auth input: user=person~mydomain.com host deliver(person@mydomain.com): auth input: uid=501 host deliver(person@mydomain.com): auth input: gid=12 (#2) host deliver(person@mydomain.com): maildir: data=/var/spool/mail/data/person@mydomain.com:INDEX=/var/spool/mail/index/person@mydomain.com (#3) host deliver(person@mydomain.com): maildir: root=/var/spool/mail/data/person@mydomain.com, index=/var/spool/mail/index/person@mydomain.com, control=, inbox= host dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 1 person@mydomain.com user=person~mydomain.com uid=501 gid=12 host deliver(person@mydomain.com): msgid=20081121103114.5B449EA2C6@host: saved mail to INBOX host postfix/pipe[8929]: 5B449EA2C6: to=person@mydomain.com, relay=dovecot, delay=0.69, delays=0.19/0.02/0/0.48, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) host postfix/qmgr[8894]: 5B449EA2C6: removed

What I don't get is that since I use userdb (read mail log lines marked (#0-3) and the "mail_location" option from dovecot.conf), mail should be saved to "person~mydomain.com" and not "person@mydomain.com" on the disk(?).

Q2: Did I misunderstood the meaning of userdb/mail_location, is that right (this behavior)? Q3: Is it misconfigured? I want to save mail on the disk to person~mydomain.com, when I get that right (save mail to what line #1 tells is "user"), I'll use mailRoutingAddress (my mailroutingaddress = person~mydomain.com@mydomain.com, mail_location would use %Ln).

The passdb and userdb prefetch are working ok on the user is checking mail.

thanks

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