remove mailboxes_dir as default option

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,22 +6,21 @@
   outside by accepting their localized "encrypted subject" strings. 
   ([#370](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/370))
 
-- migrate and remove sqlite database in favor of password/lastlogin tracking 
-  in a user's maildir.  This removes the need for "passdb_path" setting in ini file
-  which was introduced through #351 below. 
+- Migrate and remove sqlite database in favor of password/lastlogin tracking 
+  in a user's maildir.  
   ([#379](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/379))
 
 - Require pyinfra V3 installed on the client side,
   run `./scripts/initenv.sh` to upgrade locally.
   ([#378](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/378))
 
-- BREAKING: new required chatmail.ini values:
-
-  mailboxes_dir = /home/vmail/mail/{mail_domain}
-  passdb = /home/vmail/passdb.sqlite
-  
-  reducing hardcoding these two paths all over the files, also improving testability. 
+- don't hardcode "/home/vmail" paths but rather set them 
+  once in the config object and use it everywhere else, 
+  thereby also improving testability.  
   ([#351](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/351))
+  temporarily introduced obligatory "passdb_path" and "mailboxes_dir" 
+  settings but they were removed/obsoleted in 
+  ([#380](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/380))
 
 - BREAKING: new required chatmail.ini value 'delete_inactive_users_after = 100'
   which removes users from database and mails after 100 days without any login. 

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/config.py

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class Config:
         self.password_min_length = int(params["password_min_length"])
         self.passthrough_senders = params["passthrough_senders"].split()
         self.passthrough_recipients = params["passthrough_recipients"].split()
-        self.mailboxes_dir = Path(params["mailboxes_dir"].strip())
         self.filtermail_smtp_port = int(params["filtermail_smtp_port"])
         self.postfix_reinject_port = int(params["postfix_reinject_port"])
         self.iroh_relay = params.get("iroh_relay")
@@ -36,6 +35,10 @@ class Config:
         self.privacy_pdo = params.get("privacy_pdo")
         self.privacy_supervisor = params.get("privacy_supervisor")
 
+        # deprecated option
+        mbdir = params.get("mailboxes_dir", f"/home/vmail/mail/{self.mail_domain}")
+        self.mailboxes_dir = Path(mbdir.strip())
+
         # old unused option (except for first migration from sqlite to maildir store)
         self.passdb_path = Path(params.get("passdb_path", "/home/vmail/passdb.sqlite"))
 
@@ -65,14 +68,19 @@ def write_initial_config(inipath, mail_domain, overrides):
 
     # apply config overrides
     new_lines = []
+    extra = overrides.copy()
     for line in content.split("\n"):
         new_line = line.strip()
         if new_line and new_line[0] not in "#[":
             name, value = map(str.strip, new_line.split("=", maxsplit=1))
-            value = overrides.get(name, value)
+            value = overrides.pop(name, value)
             new_line = f"{name} = {value}"
         new_lines.append(new_line)
 
+    for name, value in extra.items():
+        new_line = f"{name} = {value}"
+        new_lines.append(new_line)
+
     content = "\n".join(new_lines)
 
     # apply testrun privacy overrides

chatmaild/src/chatmaild/ini/chatmail.ini.f

@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ passthrough_recipients = xstore@testrun.org groupsbot@hispanilandia.net
 # Deployment Details
 #
 
-# Directory where user mailboxes are stored
-mailboxes_dir = /home/vmail/mail/{mail_domain}
-
 # where the filtermail SMTP service listens
 filtermail_smtp_port = 10080