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On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:21:24 -0000 (UTC), Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
> At the moment I am stuck because any attempt to log in ends by returning
> to commandline instantly:
>
> [592 root@rpi-inst /tmp]# doveadm auth login dov
> Password:
> passdb: dov auth succeeded
> extra fields:
> user=dov
>
> userdb extra fields:
> dov
> system_groups_user=dov
> uid=1010
> gid=1010
> home=/home/dov
> auth_mech=PLAIN
> [593 root@rpi-inst /tmp]#
>
> No chance to create a mailbox here.
You?re expecting doveadm to enter some kind of interactive command
mode? Looking at the various man pages, I don?t think it works that
way.
I just tried doveadm as root, and I think it lets me perform admin
actions without having to do a dovecot login.
I?ve never used this command before, because I have my Dovecot (and
Postfix) setup to keep all mail in ~/.maildir in users? home
directories, and this gets created automatically as mail comes in.
Here?s the relevant change to the default configuration that was
installed on my Debian setup:
root@theon:~ # diff -u /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf{-orig,}
--- /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf-orig 2025-10-23 12:40:26.294676269
+1300
+++ /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf 2025-10-23 12:42:46.602025244 +1300
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@
# against its use in production environments. See further information
# at
#
https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/mailbox/formats/mbox.html
-mail_driver = mbox
+# Notes for upgrade to 2.4:
ng>
+# <https://doc.dovecot.org/main/core/config/mailbox_formats/maildir.html>
+mail_driver = maildir
mail_home = /home/%{user | username}
-mail_path = %{home}/mail
-mail_inbox_path = /var/mail/%{user}
+mail_path = %{home}/.maildir
+mailbox_list_layout = maildir++
+mail_inbox_path = .
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