Re: Sent, Junk and Drafts are not created

Argh, auto = subscribe did the trick. Strange, create used to be enough 
in 2.3..

Thanks!

Thomas

Den 26.05.2026 kl. 11.28 skrev Paul Kudla via dovecot:
>
> 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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>
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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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