Why can't Dovecot see .eml messages from Maildir?

Question

linux

here is the config line
mail_location = maildir:~/PycharmProjects/sss/ telnet
connection:
+OK Dovecot (Debian) ready.
user user
+OK
pass user
+OK Logged in.
stat
+OK 0 0
At the same time, maildir contains .eml letters for user
thanks for your attention

Answer 1

Because Dovecot does not store emails in .eml and does not support .eml