[Dovecot] Invalid mbox file /var/spool/mail/username: No such file or directory

[Obantec Support]

Hi

dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3

when i create a user account with pop3 email i find that if i don't send and
email to the account (so that sendmail creates the file under
/var/spool/mail/testuser) where "testuser" is the users username. If the
user logs in with Outlook or Outlook express they get an error and maillog
shows.

Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Invalid mbox file
/var/spool/mail/testuser: No such file or directory
Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Failed to create storage with
data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/testuser

if "testuser" file does not exist it would be better if Dovecot created an
empty file IMHO.

as a temp fix i now fire off emails to new accounts to avoid this.

Mark