[Dovecot] dovecot sendmail mysql no inbox error

[jan gestre]

On 4/27/07, Charles Marcus <CMarcus at media-brokers.com> wrote:
>
> >>> tried google but not much of help, they just suggested to update
> >>> or replace dovecot. i already update dovecot and made some
> >>> changes to default_mail_env parameter, still the same result.
> >>>
> >>> dovecot version is 0.99 on a fedora 4 box
> >>>
> >>> any idea?
>
> >> You said you tried to update - to what version? If 1.0.0 (the NEW,
> >> actual 1.0 release just released this month), did you read the update
> >> instructions? There were some major config file changes, so it is not
> an
> >> update that you can perform blindly.
>
> > i updated via yum update dovecot command, i think it is still version
> > 0.99
>
> 0.99 is no longer supported. I recommend seeing if you can find an RPM
> for 1.0.0 for Fedora4 (someone on this list can probably point you to
> one) or build one of your own (sorry, can't help you there)) but you'll
> also need to be aware of the changes, so be sure to read the upgrade
> instructions/release notes:
>
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/UpgradingDovecot
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles



finally i was able to determine the  root cause of the problem, it was due
to the user corrupted mbox, the solution was to delete the 1st two lines of
the /var/mail/username file, restarted dovecot and whoala, i can now telnet
successfully.