[Dovecot] Maildir, procmail, and locks

[Matthias Andree]

Mark Nienberg <gmane at tippingmar.com> writes:

> I'm using procmail as the local delivery agent for Maildir style
> mailboxes.

That's the problem. procmail...

> "PATH=/home/mark/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin"
>
> procmail: Couldn't create or rename temp file "/home/mark/Maildir/new/msg.A"

Why not? Check the permissions on /home/mark/Maildir/new/ and
/home/mark/Maildir/tmp/ and /home/mark/Maildir/cur/ (use "ls -ld")

...just falls through to other mailboxes when encountering errors.

The best bet is to get rid of procmail and to replace it by maildrop.

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Matthias Andree