Inboxes incorrectly become /var/mail/%u
With configuration "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir", incoming mails are always saved to /var/mail/%u , which are invisible to Thunderbird.
How do I configure Dovecot to save incoming mails to ~/Maildir/cur/ and ~/Maildir/new/ ?
Thank you in advance!
context:
I replaced my host recently. Version 2.3.13 running in the old host used to correctly save incoming mails to ~/Maildir.
I copied the files in /home/user1/Maildir/ Dovecot 2.3.13 managed to my new host where the new Dovecot 2.3.19.1 runs.
Thunderbird now correctly displays files in /home/user1/Maildir/cur/ in the new server as inbox mails, but obviously it can not see file /var/mail/user1 in the new server.
===== Output of "dovecot -n" follows.
# 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.19 (4eae2f79) # OS: Linux 6.1.0-22-amd64 x86_64 Debian 12.7 # Hostname: example auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = " imap" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
======== Output of "ls -la /home/user1/Maildir/" in my new host follows.
total 112 drwx------ 9 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 . drwxr-xr-x 4 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 .. drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 22:18 .Drafts drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 29 00:11 .Sent drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 .Templates drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 29 00:12 .Trash drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 21:14 cur -rw------- 1 user1 user1 609 Oct 26 20:15 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 user1 user1 8 Nov 13 2023 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 user1 user1 0 Oct 15 2022 dovecot-uidvalidity.634a88ee -rw------- 1 user1 user1 600 Oct 18 16:39 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 user1 user1 13296 Oct 26 21:23 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 user1 user1 26084 Oct 26 21:14 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 user1 user1 744 Oct 22 18:32 dovecot.list.index -rw------- 1 user1 user1 7232 Oct 29 00:12 dovecot.list.index.log -rw------- 1 user1 user1 96 Nov 13 2023 dovecot.mailbox.log drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 20:15 new -rw------- 1 user1 user1 33 Nov 13 2023 subscriptions drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 25 21:32 tmp
==== Output of "ls -l /var/mail" follows.
total 288 -rw------- 1 user1 mail 35086 Oct 29 18:02 user1 -rw------- 1 daemon mail 36244 Oct 28 12:32 daemon -rw------- 1 debian mail 36223 Oct 26 21:32 debian -rw------- 1 dovecot mail 36248 Oct 28 19:18 dovecot -rw------- 1 games mail 36223 Oct 27 12:38 games -rw------- 1 news mail 36237 Oct 27 13:52 news -rw------- 1 nobody mail 36266 Oct 27 15:31 nobody -rw------- 1 sshd mail 36195 Oct 29 12:36 sshd
I am new to dovecot and have just done my first install, but, looking at your output, you are using Local Delivery rather than LMTP? If so, isn't the local delivery MTA (postfix, exim or whatever) responsible for dropping the mail into the correct location? From your config, you are using postfix? In which case what is the setting for home_mailbox on /etc/postfix/main.cf?
On 29/10/2024 10:10, LCN via dovecot wrote:
With configuration "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir", incoming mails are always saved to /var/mail/%u , which are invisible to Thunderbird.
How do I configure Dovecot to save incoming mails to ~/Maildir/cur/ and ~/Maildir/new/ ?
Thank you in advance!
context:
I replaced my host recently. Version 2.3.13 running in the old host used to correctly save incoming mails to ~/Maildir.
I copied the files in /home/user1/Maildir/ Dovecot 2.3.13 managed to my new host where the new Dovecot 2.3.19.1 runs.
Thunderbird now correctly displays files in /home/user1/Maildir/cur/ in the new server as inbox mails, but obviously it can not see file /var/mail/user1 in the new server.
===== Output of "dovecot -n" follows.
# 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.19 (4eae2f79) # OS: Linux 6.1.0-22-amd64 x86_64 Debian 12.7 # Hostname: example auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = " imap" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } } ssl = required ssl_cert =
======== Output of "ls -la /home/user1/Maildir/" in my new host follows.
total 112 drwx------ 9 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 . drwxr-xr-x 4 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 .. drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 22:18 .Drafts drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 29 00:11 .Sent drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 23:39 .Templates drwx------ 5 user1 user1 4096 Oct 29 00:12 .Trash drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 21:14 cur -rw------- 1 user1 user1 609 Oct 26 20:15 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 user1 user1 8 Nov 13 2023 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 user1 user1 0 Oct 15 2022 dovecot-uidvalidity.634a88ee -rw------- 1 user1 user1 600 Oct 18 16:39 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 user1 user1 13296 Oct 26 21:23 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 user1 user1 26084 Oct 26 21:14 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 user1 user1 744 Oct 22 18:32 dovecot.list.index -rw------- 1 user1 user1 7232 Oct 29 00:12 dovecot.list.index.log -rw------- 1 user1 user1 96 Nov 13 2023 dovecot.mailbox.log drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 26 20:15 new -rw------- 1 user1 user1 33 Nov 13 2023 subscriptions drwx------ 2 user1 user1 4096 Oct 25 21:32 tmp
==== Output of "ls -l /var/mail" follows.
total 288 -rw------- 1 user1 mail 35086 Oct 29 18:02 user1 -rw------- 1 daemon mail 36244 Oct 28 12:32 daemon -rw------- 1 debian mail 36223 Oct 26 21:32 debian -rw------- 1 dovecot mail 36248 Oct 28 19:18 dovecot -rw------- 1 games mail 36223 Oct 27 12:38 games -rw------- 1 news mail 36237 Oct 27 13:52 news -rw------- 1 nobody mail 36266 Oct 27 15:31 nobody -rw------- 1 sshd mail 36195 Oct 29 12:36 sshd
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I am new to dovecot and have just done my first install, but, looking at your output, you are using Local Delivery rather than LMTP? If so, isn't the local delivery MTA (postfix, exim or whatever) responsible for dropping the mail into the correct location?
postfix does not know some mailbox formats, so if you are using mdbox you have to go through lmtp.
From your config, you are using postfix? In which case what is the setting for home_mailbox on /etc/postfix/main.cf?
On 29/10/2024 10:10, LCN via dovecot wrote:
With configuration "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir", incoming mails are always saved to /var/mail/%u , which are invisible to Thunderbird.
~ is home folder
How do I configure Dovecot to save incoming mails to ~/Maildir/cur/ and ~/Maildir/new/ ?
check if your home exists?
On 29/10/2024 10:58, Marc wrote:
I am new to dovecot and have just done my first install, but, looking at your output, you are using Local Delivery rather than LMTP? If so, isn't the local delivery MTA (postfix, exim or whatever) responsible for dropping the mail into the correct location? postfix does not know some mailbox formats, so if you are using mdbox you have to go through lmtp. I don't think that is correct. I initially set up postfix with:
home_mailbox = Maildir/and used the LDA and successfully delivered to Dovecot which had:
mail_location = maildir:~/MaildirOnly when that worked did I switch to using LMTP. When using LMTP, the postfix setting is ignored.
From your config, you are using postfix? In which case what is the setting for home_mailbox on /etc/postfix/main.cf?
On 29/10/2024 10:10, LCN via dovecot wrote:
With configuration "mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir", incoming mails are always saved to /var/mail/%u , which are invisible to Thunderbird. ~ is home folder
How do I configure Dovecot to save incoming mails to ~/Maildir/cur/ and ~/Maildir/new/ ? check if your home exists?
If the users /home exists, Dovecot will create Maildir and Maildir/new on first use.
The incoming mails now go into ~/Maildir/ with parameter "home_mailbox = Maildir/" added to /etc/postfix/main.cf.
Thank you very much!
I would like to close this case and start to learn LMTP and more.
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