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I was trying to realized which configuration is telling where cur,tmp and new are created. Of course I've beein using virtual user and I receive and send mails into virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/new and virtualuser/Maildir/cur (I think virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/tmp is very temporarilly and never get and email) but when I create a new Mailbox using Postfixadmin it created like that

virtualuser/domain/user/tmp
virtualuser/domain/user/new
virtualuser/domain/user/cur

then I just need to move this tree folders inside 

 virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir (this is how i would I would like to be created) so I would have:

 virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/cur
 virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/tmp
 virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/new

So in which configuration file have this setting? Is Postfix, Dovecot or Postfixadmin?

In addition I have this conf:

# Postfix:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
home_mailbox = Maildir/
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
local_recipient_maps = $virtual_mailbox_maps
local_transport = dovecot
mail_owner = postfix
mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f "$SENDER" -a "$RECIPIENT"
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
relay_domains = $mydestination
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP
smtpd_delay_reject = yes
smtpd_helo_required = yes
smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_use_tls = yes
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_base = /home/virtualuser
virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_limit = 512000000
virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_transport = virtual

 Dovecot:
 mail_home = 
 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

And /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf has:

 ...
 table = mailbox
 select_field = maildir
 where_field = username

and get from database a folder string like "virtualuser/domain/user"

MikZuit
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  • Dunno... it depends on your configuration... Please post the output of `postconf -n` – masegaloeh Apr 07 '15 at 12:14
  • could you please read again, I think now is little bit clear. it create like virtualuser/domain/user/new and i would like to be like : virtualuser/domain/user/Maildir/new . Now I think , It whould be Postfixadmin configuration, am I wrong? – MikZuit Apr 07 '15 at 12:39

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Taken from postfixadmin FAQ

1) Why isn't PostfixAdmin creating my mailbox?

PostfixAdmin is only a web interface for storing configuration settings. It does not (by default!) have the ability to create mail folders on disk. In a normal setup, sending the 'Welcome' email accomplishes this task - as Courier/Cyrus/etc do it (and have permission to do so)

So, we can conclude that postfix or dovecot who rule the location of your maildir...

Based from output of postconf -n above, apparently you use postfix virtual agent to perform incoming email delivery to Maildir. So we need to learn how virtual agent pick destination mailbox of incoming email. Taken from man 8 virtual

The mailbox location is controlled by the virtual_mailbox_base and virtual_mailbox_maps configuration parameters (see below). The virtual_mailbox_maps table is indexed by the recipient address as described under TABLE SEARCH ORDER below.

The mailbox pathname is constructed as follows:

    $virtual_mailbox_base/$virtual_mailbox_maps(recipient)

where recipient is the full recipient address.

So, in your case (/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf), $virtual_mailbox_maps will selected with this query

SELECT maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username = $recipient;

Together with $virtual_mailbox_base, they construct the absolute path of mailbox.

Now, the question is where maildir field generated? Postfixadmin use 3 parameters to generated the maildir field,

  • $CONF['domain_path']
  • $CONF['domain_in_mailbox']
  • $CONF['maildir_name_hook']

You can search the explanation of those parameters in config.inc.php of postfixadmin.

So, if you need append /Maildir in virtual_mailbox_maps, then you can

  1. Alter select_field of /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf.
  2. Write your maildir_name_hook function in postfixadmin.

If you plan to use option 1, you also needs to change the parameter of dovecot, especially in userdb parameter. Look for home field or mail_location field.

masegaloeh
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  • Weird , my virtual_mailbox_maps.cf look like this: table = mailbox select_field = maildir where_field = username and get from database a folder like "virtualuser/domain/user" because at some point something created like that in the db maildir field, and as far as I know should be the one who inserted in the table , say postfixadmin getting the parameters from postfix , I'm i right? but , you see my postfix configuration? everything look ok to me. Do I miss something? – MikZuit Apr 08 '15 at 15:08
  • I don't familiar with postfixadmin. Please edit the question and post the content of `/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf`, `config.inc.php` from postfixadmin and version of postfixadmin – masegaloeh Apr 09 '15 at 01:38
  • @MikZuit, see updated answer – masegaloeh Apr 09 '15 at 13:45
  • You're right @masegaloeh , and you beat me for little hours I would resolve this for myself (think so) . Is postfixadmin with the $CONF['maildir_name_hook'] , you neew to create a function as config.inc.php to set the Maildir path as you want. Thanks dude – MikZuit Apr 09 '15 at 14:52
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if you get from database a folder string like "virtualuser/domain/user" you should not have these 3 folders.

But if you get from database a folder string like "virtualuser/domain/user/" you should not have these 3 folders.

Alex
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