Steve Fairhead <st...@fivetrees.com> writes:
> Hi folks,
Hi,
> I'm preparing a new machine (OpenBSD 5.5, Dovecot 2.2.10) to replace an
> elderly but venerable (OpenBSD 4.3, Dovecot 1.0.10) mailserver. Access
> from mail clients to the IMAP Maildirs is working fine (so it's not an
> auth issue, I think), but local mail delivery (to/from system users) is
> failing. The maillog shows this:
>
> May 4 12:03:10 hglserver-test1 dovecot: lda(steve): Error: user steve:
> Initialization failed: Namespace '': Home directory not set for user.
> Can't expand ~/ for mail root dir in: ~/Maildir
>
> May 4 12:03:10 hglserver-test1 dovecot: lda(steve): Fatal: Invalid user
> settings. Refer to server log for more information.
>
> May 4 12:03:10 hglserver-test1 sendmail[5139]: s440WjIS026017: to="|
> /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver", ctladdr=steve (1000/1000),
> delay=10:30:25, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=2269378, dsn=4.0.0,
> stat=Deferred: prog mailer (/bin/sh) exited with EX_TEMPFAIL
>
> The configuration for mail location is:
>
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
>
> and again, mail clients can see this. I'm using sendmail with .forward
> files calling the LDA as documented in the Dovecot wiki:
>
> "| /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver"
Note that this is now merely a symlink to
/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda.
> where dovecot/deliver is a stock symlink to dovecot-lda. The
> conf.d/15-lda.conf file is stock, which appears correct to me.
>
> I've searched and searched for clues; the lack of relevant results in
> e.g. Google leads me to the humbling conclusion that I'm doing something
> monumentally stupid. Any cluebats gratefully accepted.
I use the dovecot, just to fill and access my maildir (no listener or
auth involved), with ''dovecot-lda -kc conffile'' from my .forward. It
uses the environment to expand my ~/Maildir path, and userdb { driver =
passwd } (just to avoid spam about disabling the duplicates database).
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