Sorry for this bump, but isn't there a better solution to have those folders than to be watching the logs for warnings and recreate them?
Regards, Joan 2013/5/14 Joan <aseq...@gmail.com> > Yes, all folder tree has vmail:vmail as the owner, and dovecot can create > the folders without issues. > I verified that when manually creating those folders, the warnings > disappear, the main issue still remains though. > When I send the first mail to a user he has this layout: > cur > dovecot.index.cache > dovecot.index.log > dovecot-uidlist > dovecot-uidvalidity > dovecot-uidvalidity.5191f7ad > maildirsize > new > tmp > > Sadly ,there's no home folder, so I've no other option than to create the > folder by hand? > > > > 2013/5/14 Angel L. Mateo <ama...@um.es> > > El 13/05/13 17:50, Steffen Kaiser escribió: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> On Mon, 13 May 2013, Joan wrote: >>> >>> Hi Steffen, that was an error I hadn't spotted (copypasting error). >>>> Still >>>> after changing mail_home to the proper value (/home/vmail/%d/%n/home) >>>> the >>>> errors in the logs are the same >>>> >>> >>> Am I supposed to create the folders via an external script? Or is >>>>> there any option to make this automatic. >>>>> >>>> >>> As far as I know, the home directory is not created automatically. You >>> will need to use an external script. >>> >>> I have this config: >> >> mail_home = /mail/users/mailboxes/%2Ln/%Ln >> mail_location = mdbox:%h/mdbox:INDEX=/mail/**indexes/%2Ln/%Ln >> >> In my config, mail_home is also auto created (I have dovecot >> 2.1.16) >> >> Do you have any error? Has dovecot user permissions to create >> direcotories/files under your /var/mail? >> >> -- >> Angel L. Mateo Martínez >> Sección de Telemática >> Área de Tecnologías de la Información >> y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) >> http://www.um.es/atica >> Tfo: 868887590 >> Fax: 868888337 >> > >
