<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">OK. Figured it out. I needed to leave the file name off the INDEX path, so it pointed to a directory.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I no longer get any errors reported.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My problem now is that dovecot doesn't think that there are any messages.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Log reads:</DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:04 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2 starting up</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective uid=501, gid=501</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: data=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: INBOX defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: root=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, inbox=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox</DIV><DIV>Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>My server calls the mailbox file "mbox". Is dovecot expecting it to be "inbox"?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Why does it say "mbox: INBOX defaulted to .../INBOX.mbox/inbox"?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>This is really frustrating having it act as though it works but no emails being read!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>James.</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 28/07/2006, at 11:14 AM, James Brown wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm having problems getting dovecot to read my mbox file. I have turned on mail_debug. Log says:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:20 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2 starting up</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective uid=501, gid=501</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: data=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: INBOX defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: root=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index, inbox=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mkdir_parents(/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2006-07-28 11:03:36]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): No INBOX for user top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">In dovecot.conf my mailbox location is:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">default_mail_env = mbox:/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Contents of Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/ are:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">inbox<SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>(created by dovecot)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mbox</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mbox.index</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">mbox.info</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">James.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>