[Dovecot] Re: %d empty even though username has @domain

[Daniel Watts]

William Ross wrote:
> hello,
> 
> Sorry to jump straight in with a question, but I've searched the  
> archive[0] and I'm pretty sure the answer's not there.
> 
> I'm using dovecot to replace courier imap, so authentication is by  
> vpopmail and the Maildirs are stored in the usual domains/domain/user/ 
> Maildir. Everything seems to work very well, and setting it up has  been 
> easy, so thank you very much for that.
> 
> I have only one problem left: %d is empty when interpolated into  
> default_mail_env. I expect there's something obvious I'm doing wrong,  
> but it's hard to tell because the wiki isn't always up to date (i'd  be 
> happy to update the vpopmail sections once this is working):
> 
> Config has this [1]:
> 
>     default_mail_env = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/Maildir
> 
> and i log in over imaps with the account i'm using for testing:
>     
>     username: sysadmin at spanner.org
>     password: ...
> 
> Authentication seems to work perfectly, but then the logs show:
> 
> dovecot: Dec 05 12:24:59 Info: imap(sysadmin): maildir: root=/home/ 
> vpopmail/domains//sysadmin/Maildir, index=/home/vpopmail/domains// 
> sysadmin/Maildir, control=, inbox=
> 
> any suggestions, please?
> 
> thank you,
> 
> will
> 

Will, Timo,

[CCed to Timo as he implemented a solution to a related problem].

Digging this up from the archives - I have the same problem and can't 
find the solution. However: I've traced the problem through my mail logs:

Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH     1 PLAIN 
service=IMAP    lip=xxx.xxx.35.122       rip=xxx.xxx.32.85 
resp=AGRhbkBhbHVtaW5hdGkubmV0AHBhc3Mx
Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth-worker(default): 
sql(dan at domain.net,xxx.xxx.32.85): query: SELECT username as user, 
password, mailenv as userdb_mail, uid as userdb_uid, gid as userdb_gid 
FROM users WHERE username = 'dan' AND domain = 'domain.net'
Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth-worker(default): 
auth(dan at domain.net,xxx.xxx.32.85): username changed dan at domain.net -> dan
Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth(default): 
auth(dan at domain.net,xxx.xxx.32.85): username changed dan at domain.net -> dan
Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK      1 user=dan
Mar 22 18:16:43 tg1 dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST  1 24736   1


The line to look for says:

username changed dan at domain.net -> dan

After this point %d is empty which is a problem if you use it in any 
configuration settings (which I'm trying to do).

The login now works because I use the prefetch to fetch the mail and 
home directory informatin out of the database (rather than dynamically 
work it out) but there are some other settings (ie namespaces) where I 
wan to use %d.

Can anyone suggest how to maintain the information in %d?
Particularly why does it shorten the username to "dan"?

Daniel