I have a recipient_bcc_maps which contains a bcc map that is updated everyday:

rbcc.pcre: if !/backup.*@/ /^([^+_]*).*@([^.]*)/ backup+071.${1}-${2}@adomain.tld endif

the 071 portion is changed each day to the current day of the year.

Everything works, but I get an error from dovecot on every message:

lda(backup@adomain.tld): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': Ambiguous mail location setting, don't know what to do with it: /usr/local/virtual/backup@adomain.tld (try prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:)

The mail is delivered two the right directory anyway, but after a temporary failure.

I'd like to eliminate the error.

the backup user is not a 'real' user (it is not in the lookup map) so should I bypass dovecot entirely in delivering these messages? (and if so, how)

If not, where/how would I add the prefix maildir:

Is there something I can add to dovecot to specifically deal with messages coming in to backup@adomain.tld and add the maildir: specification there?

(Still on dovecot 2.2.35)

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