[Dovecot] Unable to get LDA working

[Gerard Seibert]

FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE
Postfix version 2.4-20060806
Dovecot v1.0.rc2

I have the following in the postfix main.cf file:

mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver

This is from the dovecot.conf file:

default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u

However, mail is never delivered with this configuration. This is an excerpt 
from the 'dovecot.log' file:


deliver(gerard): Error: 
open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1928.e70d4dd9d14583ce) failed: 
Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox 
file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: 
open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1932.e70d4dd9d14583ce) failed: 
Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox 
file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: 
open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1950.dd8b6a29139b74ac) failed: 
Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox 
file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: 
open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1951.847c445495634caa) failed: 
Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox 
file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: 
open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1952.847c445495634caa) failed: 
Permission denied
deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox 
file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied

I have several different users, and they all receive the same type of error 
message. I have reverted to having postfix deliver the mail and having 
dovecot as the POPs server. That works fine. I would like to know what I am 
doing wrong though in getting Dovecot to work as an LDA.


-- 
Gerard Seibert
gerard at seibercom.net

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