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Topic: bulk create users

Hi. I found the create_mail_user_SQL.sh script for creating users in the sql database. However, what about creating the underlying filesystem mailboxes ?

thanks.

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Re: bulk create users

dwbotsch wrote:

Hi. I found the create_mail_user_SQL.sh script for creating users in the sql database. However, what about creating the underlying filesystem mailboxes ?

There is no need to create mailboxes on filesystem as they are created automatically by dovecot (see autocreate options in dovecot.conf)

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Re: bulk create users

Thanks.

However, it looks like the autocreate plugin does not create anything unless the user first logs in. Which means that there is a potentially large interim during which email won't be delivered.

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dwbotsch wrote:

Hi. I found the create_mail_user_SQL.sh script for creating users in the sql database. However, what about creating the underlying filesystem mailboxes ?

There is no need to create mailboxes on filesystem as they are created automatically by dovecot (see autocreate options in dovecot.conf)

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Re: bulk create users

dwbotsch wrote:

Thanks.

However, it looks like the autocreate plugin does not create anything unless the user first logs in. Which means that there is a potentially large interim during which email won't be delivered.

Mail is delivered using dovecot (LDA) as well. So maildirs are created also before delivering of the first email.

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Re: bulk create users

I sent a test message, and dovecot did not auto create the mail user directory upon delivery. Nor upon repeated delivery attempts.

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Re: bulk create users

My box running iRedMail does autocreate the mailboxes - what is in your mail.log and dovecot.log?

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Re: bulk create users

dwbotsch wrote:

I sent a test message, and dovecot did not auto create the mail user directory upon delivery. Nor upon repeated delivery attempts.

Dovecot will create mailboxes/folders for mail user automatically as @camel1cz says.

If it doesn't work as expected, please track Postfix log file (/var/log/maillog on RHEL) and Dovecot log files (/var/log/dovecot.log and /var/log/sieve.log on RHEL). Turning on debug mode in Dovecot to get detailed debug log is recommended for troubleshooting.
Reference: http://www.iredmail.org/wiki/index.php? … In.Dovecot

P.S. Hi @camel1cz, thanks very much for helping solving issue in this forum. smile

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Re: bulk create users

I suspect if I were to login via imap, dovecot would then autocreate. But, since I"m not (and am not about to for a couple of hundred new email addresses), it's not.

Anyway, nothing in dovecot.log.

maillog shows:

status=deferred (temporary failure

I suspect the "temporary failure" is the absence of the underlying mail directory.