[Dovecot] How to create home directories for virtual users?

[Tom Hendrikx]

On 24-11-11 10:22, Olli Räisänen wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I,m using Dovecot 1.2.9, now finishing a migration from Courier IMAP. 
> Documentation (http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home) says that home 
> directory should not be the same as mail directory. When I create new user 
> accounts with PostfixAdmin the mail directory is not a problem but is there 
> some smart way to create the home directory as well (locating it for instance 
> in '/srv/vmail/%d/%n/home')?
> 

How about using /srv/vmail/%d/%n for homedir, and /srv/vmail/%d/%n/mail
as mailstore?

Otherwise, postfixadmin has a post-create hook that is able to execute
arbitrary scripts, creating homedirs should be among the included examples.

--
Tom