Dovecot 2.4 - Issue with mail_location after Upgrade

[Klaus Tachtler]

Hi Andreas,

> mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n

The old %d variable is now %{user | domain}
The old %n variable is now %{user | username }

See also: https://doc.dovecot.org/latest/installation/upgrade/2.3-to-2.4.html


Greetings
Klaus.

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> Hi Klaus,
>
> your suggest runs an my file looks like:
>
> mail_driver = maildir
> mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n
> mail_inbox_path = .
> mail_path = ~/Maildir
> namespace inbox {
>  type = private
>  prefix =
>  inbox = yes
>
>  separator = /
> }
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> mail_plugins = quota quota_clone acl fts fts_solr
> mail_plugins {
>  plugin = yes
> }
> protocol !indexer-worker {
> }
>
> Thanks for this. But I'm still curious why it worked via  
> dovecot.conf, but not
> via the included file 10-mail.conf.
>
> Greetings
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Am Donnerstag, 6. November 2025, 12:13:45 CET schrieb Klaus Tachtler via
> Dovecot:
>> Hi Andreas,
>>
>> try:
>>
>> mail_driver = maildir
>> mail_inbox_path = .
>> mail_path = ~/Maildir
>>
>> instead of mail_location.
>>
>>
>> Greetings
>> Klaus.


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