[Dovecot] upgrade from version 1.0.3 to version 1.0.7

dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
Mon Nov 26 16:40:05 EET 2007


Quoting Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi>:

> On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 09:32 -0500, dhottinger at harrisonburg.k12.va.us
> wrote:
>> Nov 26 09:28:10 mail dovecot: IMAP(someuser):
>> open(/var/mail/.temp.mail.harrisonburg.k12.va.us.23157.22aab3df3f835fed)
>> failed: Permission denied
>> Nov 26 09:28:10 mail dovecot: IMAP(someuser): file_lock_dotlock()
>> failed with mbox file /var/mail/someuser: Permission denied.
>
> Typical workaround to this is to set mail_extra_groups = mail.
> Alternative is to change /var/mail directory to be world writable (and
> with sticky bit).
>
>
That seems to have done it.  I saw this in the wiki I think.  Sorry to  
bother you with a problem that is already documented.  Is there any  
other tweaks or settings that I should know about?

ddh



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Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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