[Dovecot] Unable to create imap nested dirs. [linux/debian/lenny]

[Andrzej Adam Filip]

Leo <pippo1973 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to config a dovecot server on a debian-lenny box but I'm
> experiencing a problem that serveral users have on the net, but I
> haven't found any solution.
>
> I'm trying to create nested dirs with my thunderbird 2.0.0.23 client
> but without any luck :( I can create dir in the root, but not subdirs.
>
> have you any ideas?
>
> here you can you see the small config and attached my full config
>
> dovecot -n
> # 1.2.4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.12.6-arm1 armv5tejl Debian 5.0.3
> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
> protocols: imaps
> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
> login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
> mail_privileged_group: mail
> mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
> auth default:
>   passdb:
>     driver: pam
>   userdb:
>     driver: passwd
> # dovecot -a
> [...]
> mail_location:
> [...]

0) You are the socond person asking such question.
1)

http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation
<quote>
  By default the mail_location setting is empty, which means that
  Dovecot attempts to locate automatically where your mails are. This is
  done by looking at ~/Maildir, /var/mail/username, ~/mail and ~/Mail in
  that order. It's usually a good idea to explicitly specify where the
  mails are, even if the autodetection happens to work. Autodetection
  commonly fails for new users who don't have the mail directory created
  yet.
</quote>

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