Re: Sent, Junk and Drafts are not created

i use the following, same except missing at end

prefix & seperator.

also making 2 sent folders is probably not a good idea?

IMAP standard is 'Sent'
Microsoft is 'Sent Items'

fyi


namespace inbox {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   mailbox Drafts {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Drafts
   }
   mailbox Sent {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox Trash {
     auto = subscribe
     special_use = \Trash
   }
   prefix =
   separator = /
}




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On 2026-05-25 3:06 p.m., Thomas Jensen via dovecot wrote:
> I have a new dovecot 2.4.2 setup. All seems to work fine, except Sent, 
> Junk and Drafts are not created. In 15-mailboxes.conf I have:
> 
> namespace inbox {
>    # These mailboxes are widely used and could perhaps be created 
> automatically:
>    mailbox Drafts {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = \Drafts
>    }
>    mailbox Junk {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = \Junk
>    }
>    mailbox Trash {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = \Trash
>    }
> 
>    # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark 
> both of
>    # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates are 
> created.
>    mailbox Sent {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = \Sent
>    }
>    mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = \Sent
>    }
> }
> 
> But nothing is created. And dovecot -n return this:
> 
> (note the "\\")
> 
> root@rpix:~# dovecot -n
> # 2.4.2 (0962ed2104): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # Pigeonhole version 2.4.2 (767418c3)
> # OS: Linux 7.0.0-15-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
> # Hostname: rpix.dk
> # 9 default setting changes since version 2.4.0
> dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0
> auth_default_domain = rpix.dk
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_username_format = %{user|lower}
> dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0
> fts_autoindex = yes
> fts_autoindex_max_recent_msgs = 999
> fts_search_add_missing = yes
> mail_driver = maildir
> mail_home = /var/vmail/%{user | domain}/%{user | username}
> mail_path = ~/Maildir
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> protocols = imap lmtp
> sql_driver = mysql
> ssl = required
> passdb sql {
>    default_password_scheme = ARGON2I
>    query = SELECT username AS user,password FROM mailbox WHERE username 
> = '%{user}' AND active='1'
> }
> userdb sql {
>    iterate_query = SELECT username AS user FROM mailbox
>    query = SELECT 2000 AS uid, 2000 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = 
> '%{user}' AND active='1'
> }
> mysql localhost {
>    dbname = postfixadmin
>    password = # hidden, use -P to show it
>    user = postfixadmin
> }
> namespace inbox {
>    inbox = yes
>    mailbox Drafts {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = "\\Drafts"
>    }
>    mailbox Junk {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = "\\Junk"
>    }
>    mailbox Trash {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = "\\Trash"
>    }
>    mailbox Sent {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = "\\Sent"
>    }
>    mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>      auto = create
>      special_use = "\\Sent"
>    }
> }
> service imap-login {
>    inet_listener imap {
>    }
>    inet_listener imaps {
>    }
> }
> service pop3-login {
>    inet_listener pop3 {
>    }
>    inet_listener pop3s {
>    }
> }
> service submission-login {
>    inet_listener submission {
>    }
>    inet_listener submissions {
>    }
> }
> service lmtp {
>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
>      group = postfix
>      mode = 0600
>      user = postfix
>    }
> }
> service imap {
> }
> service pop3 {
> }
> service submission {
> }
> service auth {
>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>      group = postfix
>      mode = 0666
>      user = postfix
>    }
> }
> service auth-worker {
> }
> service dict {
>    unix_listener dict {
>    }
> }
> service stats {
>    unix_listener stats-reader {
>      group = www-data
>      mode = 0660
>      user = www-data
>    }
>    unix_listener stats-writer {
>      group = www-data
>      mode = 0660
>      user = www-data
>    }
> }
> ssl_server {
>    cert_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail/fullchain.pem
>    key_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail/privkey.pem
>    prefer_ciphers = server
> }
> protocol lmtp {
>    auth_username_format = %{user | lower}
> }
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> 

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