Dovecot Error Invalid User Settings
worked fine till todays morning. Created new site, added new user and when I
Dovecot Initialization Failed: Namespace ''
want to login to mail I've got such error: Dec 20 mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/ 08:57:31 fed dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=1.1.1.1, lip=2.2.2.2, mpid=25798 Dec 20 08:57:31 fed dovecot: pop3(web24_ttt): Error: initialization failed: namespace '': mail storage autodetection failed with home user web24_ttt: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/var/www/web24/user/web24_ttt Dec 20 08:57:31 fed dovecot: pop3(web24_ttt): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to
Dovecot Mail_location
server log for more information. Also there is no entry in vhosts_ispconfig.conf about new site. Is it possible to fix? Where to start? TIA andron26, Dec 20, 2012 #1 till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer Try to restart ispconfig and then check again a minute later. till, Dec 20, 2012 #2 andron26
Dovecot Initialization Failed Namespace Configuration Error Inbox Yes Namespace Missing
Member Everything the same. With old sites everything works fine. With new one, not. andron26, Dec 20, 2012 #3 falko Super Moderator ISPConfig Developer Are there any errors in your mail log (in the /var/log/ directory)? falko, Dec 20, 2012 #4 andron26 Member Always same error: Dec 20 15:36:53 fed dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=1.1.1.1, lip=2.2.2.2, mpid=2884, TLS Dec 20 15:36:53 fed dovecot: imap(web24_ttt): Error: user web24_ttt: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/var/www/web24/user/web24_ttt Dec 20 15:36:53 fed dovecot: imap(web24_ttt): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Dec 20 15:37:03 fed dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=1.1.1.1, lip=2.2.2.2, mpid=2890, TLS Dec 20 15:37:03 fed dovecot: imap(web24_ttt): Error: user web24_ttt: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/var/www/web24/user/web24_ttt Dec 20 15:37:03 fed dovecot: imap(web24_ttt): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. andron26, Dec 20, 2012 #5 falko Super Moderator ISPConfig
sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:38:44 +0200, Jason X, Maney wrote: > Dear all, > > I hope someone can point me in the right direction. here. I have setup my > Dovecot v2.0.13 on Ubuntu 11.10. The logs tells me that the mail location > has failed as follows: > > https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/dovecot-login-problem.60006/ ========= > Jan 16 14:18:16 myservername dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=, > method=PLAIN, rip=aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd, lip=www.xxx.yyy.zzz, mpid=1360, TLS > Jan 16 14:18:16 myservername dovecot: pop3(userA): Error: user molla: > Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail > storage autodetection failed with home=/home/userA > Jan 16 14:18:16 myservername dovecot: pop3(userA): Error: Invalid user http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2012-January/080612.html > settings. Refer to server log for more information. > ========= > > Yet my config also come out strangely as below: > > # path given in the mail_location setting. > # mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir > # mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > # mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%1n/%n > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir > # explicitly, ie. mail_location does nothing unless you have a namespace > # mail_location, which is also the default for it. Hi, Jason. I will describe my configuration and probably you will find some usefull information. I am using Postfix as MTA and have configured Dovecot to be LDA. I have several domains, so I am using the following folder schema: /var/mail/vhosts = the root of the mail storage /var/mail/vhosts/domain_1 = first domain /var/mail/vhosts/domain_1/user_1 = first mailbox in this domain .... /var/mail/vhosts/domain_2 = another domain /var/mail/vhosts/domain_2/user_1 = first mailbox in the other domain This is achieved with the following setting in mail.conf: mail_locatio
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