Hello,
thanks. After fixing the ssl issue I managed to run the dovecot. Apparently
when I had mail_home set only to /var/maildir. it was not working. Mail client
was reporting something about A000018 NO Character not allowed in mailbox name:
'.' ( 0.001 + 0.000 secs ) . [ CANNOT ].
When I changed it to /var/maildir/%{user} it started working. So apparently
mail_home is the location where dovecot is searching the maildir.
Now I am uncertain what mail_path is then. I have set it to
/var/maildir/${user}. Is it something wrong with that? Why should it be ~/mail?
And what is ~ it is a users $HOME or the /var/maildir/${user} directory?
If I set it to ~/mail, should I create mail directory in the users maildir?
What is the purpose of this directory then?
Hmm, I just received the A000018 NO Character not allowed in mailbox name: '.'
( 0.001 + 0.000 secs ) . [ CANNOT ] error again, but I do not understand why.
Is it related to the mail_path setting?
Thanks
Marek
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štvrtok 20. novembra 2025, 19:31, Aki Tuomi via dovecot <[email protected]>
napísal/a:
> Thats what I wrote too? Although in general we strongly recommend to use
> something like
>
> mail_home = /var/maildir/%{user}
> mail_path = ~/mail
>
> to avoid problems.
>
> Aki
>
>
>
> On 20/11/2025 20:13 EET Marek Gresko via dovecot
> <[1][email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello Aki,
>
> sorry for doubling the question, maybe you missed it in the other text.
> The chatgpt told me to use mail_home = /var/maildir/%{user}, not
> mail_home = /var/maildir/. Does it make some difference? Or should I use
> your version? From my point of view your version seems better, but I am
> unsure of mail_home purpose.
>
> Thanks
>
> Marek
>
>
>
>
>
> Odoslane pomocou bezpecneho emailu Proton Mail.
>
> stvrtok 20. novembra 2025, 15:39, Marek Gresko via dovecot
> <[2][email protected]> napisal/a:
>
>
>
> Hello Aki,
>
> thanks. I already found that options. I was trying also chatgtp to
> help me and it offered me:
>
> mail_home = /var/maildir/%{user}
> mail_driver = maildir
> mail_path = /var/maildir/%{user}
> mail_index_path = /var/dovecot-index/%{user}
> mail_control_path = /var/dovecot-control/%{user}
>
> The difference is the %{user} in mail_home. Should it be with or
> without it?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marek
>
>
>
>
> Odoslane pomocou bezpecneho emailu Proton Mail.
>
>
> stvrtok 20. novembra 2025, 12:27, Aki Tuomi
> [3][email protected] napisal/a:
>
>
> On 20/11/2025 12:25 EET Marek Gresko via dovecot
> [4][email protected] wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just upgraded my server from Fedora 42 to Fedora 43 and found
> out there is an upgrade to dovecot 2.4 which requires completely
> new config.
>
> I am in doubt how I should convert it.
>
> My main issue is now hot co convert this line:
>
> mail_location =
> maildir:/var/maildir/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot-index/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot-control/%u
>
> I am uncertain whether the first part should look like:
>
> Good start
>
> mail_home = /var/maildir/
> mail_driver = maildir
> mail_path = /var/maildir/%{user}
>
> mail_index_path = /var/dovecot-index/%{user}
> mail_control_path = /var/dovecot-control/%u{user}
>
> See [5]https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/core/config/mail_location.html
>
> Aki
>
>
> But I am completely lost how to convert INDEX and CONTROL section.
> Could someone help me in this matter?
>
> Thanks
> Marek Hello,
> I just upgraded my server from Fedora 42 to Fedora 43 and found
> out there
> is an upgrade to dovecot 2.4 which requires completely new config.
> I am in doubt how I should convert it.
> My main issue is now hot co convert this line:
> mail_location =
> maildir:/var/maildir/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot-index/%u:CONTROL=/var/dovecot-control/%u
> I am uncertain whether the first part should look like:
> mail_home = /var/maildir/
> mail_driver = maildir
> mail_path = /var/maildir/%{user}
> But I am completely lost how to convert INDEX and CONTROL section.
> Could
> someone help me in this matter?
> Thanks
> Marek
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