Re: Config parser bug?
Pat Suwalski via dovecot <[email protected]>
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That is precisely why I wanted to unset the global config variable. But that doesn't work. Thus my email. Why does unsetting not work? --Pat On August 21, 2026 3:24:42 p.m. EDT, Michael Slusarz <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 08/21/2026 12:47 PM MDT Pat Suwalski via dovecot <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I recently upgraded my servers from Debian Bullseye to Trixie (2.3 -> 2.4). >> >> I have a pretty basic config, though I use Maildir instead of Debian's >> default of mbox. >> >> In the process of getting things working correctly for the new config >> format, I believe I have stumbled on a bug. >> >> To make the inbox work correctly, I need the mail_inbox_path variable to >> be unset. This is because the default shipped 10-mail.conf file from >> Debian has: >> >> mail_driver = mbox >> mail_home = /home/%{user | username} >> mail_path = %{home}/mail >> mail_inbox_path = /var/mail/%{user} >> >> So, I overrode the mail_driver and mail_path in my local.conf. From the >> documentation, it seems like I should be able to set: >> >> mail_inbox_path = >> >> And that should clear it. Certainly, doveconf shows no mail_inbox_path >> variable set when that happens. However, no inbox! If I comment out >> mail_inbox_path from 10-mail.conf, doveconf output is identical, however >> the inbox works. >> >> My workaround is to make it the same as mail_path: >> >> mail_inbox_path = ~/Maildir >> >> However, I think the variable unsetting is buggy. > >See https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.4/core/summaries/settings.html#mail_inbox_path , specifically the WARNING box. > >michael _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]