[Dovecot] dovecot dreate directory instead mailbox

[Timo Sirainen]

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 11:07 +0200, Roberto Tagliaferri wrote:
> Hi, i've dovecot 1.0b7 with postfix (pop3, real user) and i see a 
> strange thing: if i create a new user and i log in in pop3, dovecot 
> create a directory (and then postfix reject the email with an error); i 
> must send an email and THEN log in pop server...

Your default_mail_env is most likely wrong. I guess you've pointed it
to /var/spool/mail/%u? Change it instead to something like:

default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u

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