[Dovecot] Calling dovecot-lda from maildrop/shell

[Pascal Volk]

On 11/18/2013 11:08 AM Florian Lindner wrote:
> …
> First try was to call dovecot-lda from command line:
> 
> /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d spam at xgm.de < testmail
> 
> which gave return code 75 (EX_TEMPFAIL) and logged:
> 
> dovecot: auth-worker(3533): mysql(localhost): Connected to database 
> system
> dovecot: lda(spam at xgm.de): Error: user spam at xgm.de: Initialization 
> failed: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with 
> home=/home/flindner/Mail/spam
> dovecot: lda(spam at xgm.de): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server 
> log for more information.
> 
> My userdb/password is like that home == maildir == 
> /home/flindner/Mail/spam  (without prefixed "maildir:"). It works fine 
> for dovecot-imap, it detects that spam is a maildir.
> 
> I've also tried prefixing home and or maildir with "maildir:" or 
> calling: HOME=maildir:~/Mail/spam /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda < 
> testmail which gave:
> 
> dovecot: lda: Error: user flindner: Relative home directory paths not 
> supported: maildir:/home/flindner/Mail/spam
> dovecot: lda: Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more 
> information.
> 
> What is the problem with the LDA here?

Please provide the output from `doveconf -n` and `doveadm user flindner`.


Regards,
Pascal
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