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   On Sat, 17 Jan 2026 23:21:24 -0000 (UTC), Markus Robert Kessler wrote:   
      
   > At the moment I am stuck because any attempt to log in ends by returning   
   > to commandline instantly:   
   >   
   > [592 root@rpi-inst /tmp]# doveadm auth login dov   
   > Password:   
   > passdb: dov auth succeeded   
   > extra fields:   
   >   user=dov   
   >   
   > userdb extra fields:   
   >   dov   
   >   system_groups_user=dov   
   >   uid=1010   
   >   gid=1010   
   >   home=/home/dov   
   >   auth_mech=PLAIN   
   > [593 root@rpi-inst /tmp]#   
   >   
   > No chance to create a mailbox here.   
      
   You?re expecting doveadm to enter some kind of interactive command   
   mode? Looking at the various man pages, I don?t think it works that   
   way.   
      
   I just tried doveadm as root, and I think it lets me perform admin   
   actions without having to do a dovecot login.   
      
   I?ve never used this command before, because I have my Dovecot (and   
   Postfix) setup to keep all mail in ~/.maildir in users? home   
   directories, and this gets created automatically as mail comes in.   
   Here?s the relevant change to the default configuration that was   
   installed on my Debian setup:   
      
   root@theon:~ # diff -u /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf{-orig,}   
   --- /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf-orig       2025-10-23 12:40:26.294676269   
   +1300   
   +++ /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf    2025-10-23 12:42:46.602025244 +1300   
   @@ -33,10 +33,14 @@   
    # against its use in production environments. See further information   
    # at   
    # https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.1/core/config/mailbox/formats/mbox.html   
   -mail_driver = mbox   
   +# Notes for upgrade to 2.4:   
   +#    
   +#    
   +mail_driver = maildir   
    mail_home = /home/%{user | username}   
   -mail_path = %{home}/mail   
   -mail_inbox_path = /var/mail/%{user}   
   +mail_path = %{home}/.maildir   
   +mailbox_list_layout = maildir++   
   +mail_inbox_path = .   
      
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