Userdb userdb_mail=, error Mailbox list driver maildir++: maildir_name not supported by this driver

[Marc Roos]

Yes, I have still inbox mbox format because I have sendmail delivering 
there. I trying to migrate/convert 
 step by step, with least possible impact for users.



-----Original Message-----
From: Aki Tuomi  
Sent: dinsdag 14 mei 2019 6:19
To: Marc Roos; Marc Roos via dovecot
Subject: Re: Userdb userdb_mail=, error Mailbox list driver maildir++: 
maildir_name not supported by this driver


> On 14 May 2019 00:05 Marc Roos via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> 
wrote:
> 
>  
> I have this default configuration [0], when use the userdb_mail to 
> point to the mdbox location, the inbox subfolders show differently in 
> a firebird client. So I decided to copy the whole default 
> mail_location into the userdb_mail configuration [2]. But then I get 
errors [3].
> Should I change the namespace configuration here, how? My default 
> namespaces are inbox and 4archives
> 
> [0]
> [@ ]# doveconf | grep mail_loc
> mail_location =
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:CONTROL=~/mail/control:INDEX=/var
> /d
> ovecot/%u/index:LAYOUT=maildir++
> 
> [1]
> [@dovecot]# cat special-userdb
> test:x:8267:231:Account with special settings for 
> dovecot:/home/popusers/test:/bin/false:userdb_mail=mdbox:~/mdbox
> 
> [2]
> [@dovecot]# cat special-userdb
> test:x:8267:231:Account with special settings for 
> dovecot:/home/popusers/test:/bin/false:userdb_mail=mdbox:~/mdbox:INBOX
> =/ 
> var/spool/mail/%u:CONTROL=~/mail/control:INDEX=/var/dovecot/%u/index:L
> AY
> OUT=maildir++
> 

Are you intentionally mixing mbox and mdbox? You see that [0] has mbox, 
and [2] has mdbox.

Aki