[Dovecot] Dovecot creating aditional folders?

Pablo boinker at gmail.com
Wed Sep 1 14:10:43 EEST 2010


Thank you again.

Yes, you're on the way :-)

Problem was that in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf was:

mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%u/

instead of my new line:

mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%u/

I think it's all right now. Well...not all right, I see no mails with
a client (it's on the mailserver filesystem) but it's another history
;-)

Thanks in advance!


2010/9/1  <spamvoll at googlemail.com>:
> mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%u/
>
> check if there is the correct home in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>
> maybe that is different, but not sure
>
> 2010/9/1 Pablo <boinker at gmail.com>:
>> Thank you for your response.
>>
>> Yes, I know that I'm using maildir, but when we create an account,
>> file sistem look likes:
>>
>> /home/vmail/domain.com/user1/new
>> /home/vmail/domain.com/user1/cur
>> /home/vmail/domain.com/user1/tmp
>>
>> My problem is that dovecot is creating additional folders:
>>
>> /home/vmail/user1/new
>> /home/vmail/domain.com/user/cur
>> /home/vmail/domain.com/user/tmp
>>
>> Mail are received in first directories, second ones are created but not used.
>>
>> What's the problem?
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> 2010/9/1  <spamvoll at googlemail.com>:
>>> its because u using maildir to store your mails.
>>>
>>> THE MAILDIR STRUCTURE
>>>     A directory in maildir format has three subdirectories,  all
>>>     on the same filesystem:  tmp, new, and cur.
>>>
>>> 2010/9/1 Pablo <boinker at gmail.com>:
>>>> Hi guys.
>>>>
>>>> My conf:
>>>>
>>>> # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>>> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-23-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS reiserfs
>>>> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
>>>> protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
>>>> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/mail/dovecot.crt
>>>> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/mail/dovecot.key
>>>> disable_plaintext_auth: no
>>>> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
>>>> login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
>>>> login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
>>>> login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
>>>> mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%u/
>>>> mail_debug: yes
>>>> mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
>>>> mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
>>>> mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
>>>> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
>>>> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
>>>> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
>>>> mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
>>>> auth default:
>>>>  mechanisms: plain login
>>>>  verbose: yes
>>>>  debug: yes
>>>>  debug_passwords: yes
>>>>  passdb:
>>>>    driver: sql
>>>>    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>>>>  userdb:
>>>>    driver: sql
>>>>    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
>>>>  socket:
>>>>    type: listen
>>>>    client:
>>>>      path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>>>>      mode: 432
>>>>      user: postfix
>>>>      group: postfix
>>>>    master:
>>>>      path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>>>>      mode: 384
>>>>      user: vmail
>>>>      group: vmail
>>>> -------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> My problem is that dovecot is creating aditional folders:
>>>>
>>>> #ls -l /home/vmail
>>>>
>>>> drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 184 2010-09-01 01:31 escuelasuperiordecoaching.com
>>>> drwx------ 8 vmail vmail 392 2010-09-01 10:58
>>>> pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com
>>>>
>>>> # ls -l escuelasuperiordecoaching.com/
>>>> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 120 2010-08-30 14:35 pablo.rodriguez
>>>>
>>>> I'm receiving mail in
>>>> /home/vmail/escuelasuperiordecoaching.com/pablo.rodriguez/new without
>>>> problem, but why is dovecot creating aditional folders?
>>>>
>>>> My log:
>>>>
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot: auth(default): master in:
>>>> REQUEST^I162^I4003^I1
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot: auth-worker(default):
>>>> sql(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com,127.0.0.1): SELECT
>>>> maildir, 1001 AS uid, 1001 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username =
>>>> 'pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com'
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot: auth(default): master out:
>>>> USER^I162^Ipablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com^Imaildir=escuelasuperiordecoaching.com/pablo.rodriguez/^Iuid=1001^Igid=1001
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot: imap-login: Login:
>>>> user=<pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com>, method=PLAIN,
>>>> rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot:
>>>> IMAP(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com): Effective
>>>> uid=1001, gid=1001, home=(none)
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot:
>>>> IMAP(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com): maildir:
>>>> data=/home/vmail/pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com/
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot:
>>>> IMAP(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com): maildir++:
>>>> root=/home/vmail/pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com,
>>>> index=, control=,
>>>> inbox=/home/vmail/pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot:
>>>> IMAP(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com): Namespace : Using
>>>> permissions from
>>>> /home/vmail/pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com: mode=0700
>>>> gid=-1
>>>> Sep  1 10:58:30 socrates dovecot:
>>>> IMAP(pablo.rodriguez at escuelasuperiordecoaching.com): Disconnected:
>>>> Logged out bytes=117/1383
>>>>
>>>> I can see that Dovecot is creating when...I login?
>>>>
>>>> What's the problem? I can't understand...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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