Error: User initialization failed

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Fri, 14 Aug 2015, @lbutlr wrote:

> On Aug 14, 2015, at 8:51 AM, @lbutlr <kremels at kreme.com> wrote:
>> dovecot: lda(chance at example.com): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': Ambiguous mail location setting, don't know what to do with it: /usr/local/virtual/chance@ example.com (try prefixing it with mbox: or milder:)
>
> Here’s the dovecot -n output
>
> $ dovecot -n
> # 2.2.18: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p3 i386
> auth_failure_delay = 5 secs
> auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN
> default_process_limit = 200
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> first_valid_uid = 89
> login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> %r %m %c
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

> userdb {
>  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
>  default_fields = uid=vpopmail gid=vchkpw mail_location=/usr/local/virtual/%u mail=maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%u

looks like this mail_location is confusing Dovecot. If you wanted to 
specify "home" here, be aware that home and mail location should (aka 
must) be separate directories.

>  driver = sql
> }
>
>

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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