On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 04:16:26AM +0100, Sam Kuper wrote: > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 11:03:37AM +0300, Aki Tuomi wrote: >> Edit your dovecot.conf and add >> >> namespace { >> inbox = yes >> # or use '.' here. >> separator = / >> } > > Thanks for the suggestion! I added those lines to the bottom of > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf . > > However, when I attempted the mbox to maildir conversion afterwards, I > still received an error, albeit a different one: > > $ dsync -Dv \ > -o 'mail_location=maildir:/tmp/dsync_test/maildir' \ > backup \ > mbox:/tmp/dsync_test/mbox/:INBOX=/tmp/dsync_test/mbox/2002-September > > [..] > > doveadm(sampablokuper): Error: User initialization failed: > namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" > > doveadm(sampablokuper): Error: User init failed > > > I was able to resolve this error by commenting out this line in my > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: > > include conf.d/*.conf
I meant to add, for anyone else reading this who might be experiencing the same error, that the following thread was quite helpful: https://forum.vestacp.com/viewtopic.php?t=17154 -- A: When it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: When is top-posting a bad thing? () ASCII ribbon campaign. Please avoid HTML emails & proprietary /\ file formats. (Why? See e.g. https://v.gd/jrmGbS ). Thank you.