[Bug 512975] [NEW] mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/USERNAME

[Kees Cook]

Public bug reported:

Logins fail for new users (autodetection is always failing):

Jan 26 21:20:22 sec-lucid-amd64 dovecot: IMAP(tardvrnm): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/tardvrnm
Jan 26 21:20:22 sec-lucid-amd64 dovecot: IMAP(tardvrnm): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed

The only way around this is to hard-code "mail_location" in the dovecot config which limits users from choosing mbox or Maildir.  This is a regression from karmic, identified by:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-bugcontrol/qa-regression-testing/master/annotate/head%3A/scripts/test-fetchmail.py

** Affects: dovecot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: regression-potential

** Tags added: regression-potential

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mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/USERNAME
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/512975
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