On 09/11/2025 14:40 EET Szo"ts Akos via dovecot <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
When I'm trying to synchronise my e-mails from a backup with doveadm
sync, I get an error.
Doveadmin sync command:
doveadm -D sync -1 -f -a "Virtual/All" -R -u [2][email protected] -n
inbox
mdbox:/var/spool/mail/example.net/user_backup
Error message:
dsync: Error: cmd sync: Both source and destination mail_path and
mail_index_path point to same directory:
/var/spool/mail/example.net/user//mail/mailboxes (name
space inbox { mail_path } is set explicitly?)
Relevant config section:
namespace inbox {
separator = /
inbox = yes
# "home" is set in userdb
mail_path = %{home}/mail
mail_index_path = %{home}/index/inbox
mailbox ... { ... }
mailbox ... { ... }
}
mail_driver = mdbox
According to the config, the two directories are explicitly set to be
different. I verified and they exist and they are not symlinks. Do you
know what causes this issue?
Version: 2.4.2
Thank you,
Akos
Hi everyone,
When I'm trying to synchronise my e-mails from a backup with doveadm
sync,
I get an error.
Doveadmin sync command:
doveadm -D sync -1 -f -a "Virtual/All" -R -u [1][3][email protected] -n
inbox
mdbox:/var/spool/mail/example.net/user_backup
Error message:
dsync: Error: cmd sync: Both source and destination mail_path and
mail_index_path point to same directory:
/var/spool/mail/example.net/user//mail/mailboxes (name
space inbox { mail_path } is set explicitly?)
Relevant config section:
namespace inbox {
separator = /
inbox = yes
# "home" is set in userdb
mail_path = %{home}/mail
mail_index_path = %{home}/index/inbox
mailbox ... { ... }
mailbox ... { ... }
}
mail_driver = mdbox
According to the config, the two directories are explicitly set to be
different. I verified and they exist and they are not symlinks. Do you
know what causes this issue?
Version: 2.4.2
Thank you,
Akos
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I would recommend moving mail_path etc outside namespace inbox. Usually
you should set a global one and override it only for non-inbox namespaces
like shared ones.
Also full doveconf output would be helpful.
Aki
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