On 2014-03-11 18:41 , Graham Leggett wrote: > On 11 Mar 2014, at 7:32 PM, Graham Leggett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Giving the different prefix a try on a test account, a mailbox directory is >> created, but the rest of the maidir directories (new, cur, tmp) aren't >> created, and the error below is returned. >> >> The key is the message "Error: user [email protected]: Initialization failed: >> namespace configuration error: There can be only one namespace with >> inbox=yes" > > This is somewhat of a moot point - the addition of maildir: breaks maildrop: > > Mar 11 17:35:36 monica postfix/pipe[25561]: 10E29804B4: to=<[email protected]>, > relay=maildrop, delay=0.21, delays=0.15/0.02/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status > =deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/bin/maildrop: Unable to > change to home directory. ) > > Is there a way to get dovecot autocreate to work without fiddling with the > paths? For example, declare a global maildir default?
See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/maildrop that has a global default settings file documented. Personally, I am in favor of using LMTP (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LMTP) especially as you gain SIEVE powers (when enabled) ;) Grets, Jeroen
