[GH-ISSUE #581] Webmail: Bug: Error: ["Mailbox doesn't exist: virtual"] #548

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opened 2026-02-27 11:12:20 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-02-27 11:12:20 +03:00

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Originally created by @piwats on GitHub (Jul 4, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/581

Hello Antoine,

I recently discovered dovecots' virtual mailboxes (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual).

The config is pretty simple:
from 10-mail.conf:

namespace {
prefix = virtual/
separator = /
location = virtual:~/dbox/virtual
}

After having them enabled and configured, Modoboa webmailer refuses to work as desired with this error, no erros in the log:

"Error: ["Mailbox doesn't exist: virtual"]"

If I disable the aforementioned namespace, the webmailer is working properly again.

This is definitely not a blocker or high priority. Yet there might be some use cases and users who depend on this.

-Paul

Originally created by @piwats on GitHub (Jul 4, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/581 Hello Antoine, I recently discovered dovecots' virtual mailboxes (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual). The config is pretty simple: from 10-mail.conf: namespace { prefix = virtual/ separator = / location = virtual:~/dbox/virtual } After having them enabled and configured, Modoboa webmailer refuses to work as desired with this error, no erros in the log: "Error: ["Mailbox doesn't exist: virtual"]" If I disable the aforementioned namespace, the webmailer is working properly again. This is definitely not a blocker or high priority. Yet there might be some use cases and users who depend on this. -Paul

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-27 11:12:21 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:12:21 +03:00

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2014):

Hi Paul,

I've never tried this feature so I don't think modo supports it atm. I'll take a look into it.

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Jul 11, 2014): Hi Paul, I've never tried this feature so I don't think modo supports it atm. I'll take a look into it.

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:12:21 +03:00

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@tonioo commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015):

This issue was moved to modoboa/modoboa-webmail#7

@tonioo commented on GitHub (Apr 30, 2015): This issue was moved to modoboa/modoboa-webmail#7