On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Teodor MICU wrote:
Hi,
Considering that mailbox auto detection is not always working, I
recommend to just add a big NEWS entry telling people to manually set
the 'mail_location' parameter in /etc/dovecot/local.conf.
I will add some info about /etc/dovecot/local.conf in NEWS but that is not
the answer. mail_location should have been included all along and that it
wasn't was a flaw which is now fixed and will not be repeated.
I've always set this parameter manually, but after reading how much
problems it could cause I prefer to keep it in /etc/dovecot/local.conf
to avoid it from being replaced on upgrades. Of course, the default
config *must* not set this parameter (leave it as an example).
It has to be set to something to make the package plug-and-play for new
users. Part of the problem is that I am trying to satisfy novice and
advanced users at the same time.
On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Mark Olsen wrote:
I just upgraded my Wheezy installation, which upgraded both dovecot-core
and dovecot-imapd from 1:2.1.7-2 to 1:2.1.7-6, and after the upgrade I
could also no longer access my mailboxes.
The change Jerry Quinn mentioned fixed it for me again, but Wheezy has
been frozen for quite a while now. I didn't expect a (supposed) bugfix
upgrade of Dovecot to completely break mail access on my system.
I realize this is of little comfort but the bug was that mail_location was
not set. That it worked anyway was a coincidence. Please be assured I am
not trying to break your mail on purpose!
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