I had an ubuntu server with 8.04LTS upgraded to 10.04LTS (not quite making it to 12.04, but that’s in the works) with webmin, LAMP, postfix, etc. I used webmin to install dovecot after I already configured postfix to receive mail without requiring SSL with plaintext. It’s an internal only server used to testing purposes, so I don’t mind if someone is sniffing the test passwords that only apply to this box.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I was receiving the following in my \/var\/log\/mail.err<\/p>\n
Oct 17 08:35:33 SERVERNAME dovecot: POP3(USERNAME): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=\/home\/USERNAME
\nOct 17 08:35:33 SERVERNAME dovecot: POP3(USERNAME): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed<\/p><\/blockquote>\nGreat. Brief search tells me that dovecot’s automatic detection failed (duh) and the fix is to enable the mail location in the configuration file
\nnano \/etc\/dovecot\/dovecot.conf<\/code>
\nFind #mail_location
\nAssuming it’s commented out, I just added the following below the line:
\nmail_location = maildir:~\/Maildir<\/code>
\nSave and close
\n\/etc\/init.d\/dovecot restart<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I had an ubuntu server with 8.04LTS upgraded to 10.04LTS (not quite making it to 12.04, but that’s in the works) with webmin, LAMP, postfix, etc. I used webmin to install dovecot after I already configured postfix to receive mail without requiring SSL with plaintext. It’s an internal only server used to testing purposes, so … Continue reading Dovecot 1.2.9 Ubuntu Autodetection Failed<\/span>