[Dovecot] Dovecot, pop3, mBox

[Timo Sirainen]

On Jan 11, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Matej Golob wrote:

> I have to migrate some old system to new one with installed dovecot  
> (It's my
> first time using dovecot). I have all mails inside /var/spool/mail  
> folder
> (mbox files). I can connect and receive mails via POP3, but problem  
> is that
> dovecot doesn't clear mbox file (everytime when I make send/receive in
> mailclient program I get all mails again).
>
> If I look into log file I see (when I do send/receive in mail client
> program)
> Jan 11 21:09:12 ns1 dovecot: POP3(matej): Disconnected: Logged out  
> top=0/0,
> retr=5/23934, del=5/5, size=23848

Do you also see any error messages? They may be in a different log  
file: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging

My guess would be that there's a permission error with creating the  
dotlock file. http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Mbox