[Dovecot] permissions for dbox attachment directory

[Johan Hendriks]

imap at tnde.org schreef:
> I am running dovecot 2.0.13 on CentOS5, set up with only local system
> users, and single instance store set up in a single directory.
>
> e.g.
> mail_attachment_dir = /var/mail/attachments
>
>
> I get errors when importing mail to IMAP because the attachment
> directories are owned by the respective mail account user(s) and so cannot
> be accessed or written to by other users.
>
> Are there some user id setting I need to change, or do I have to run
> dovecot with virtual users under a single system account?
>
> Thanks!
>
Please post the exact error message, and the output of dovecot -n

This way it is much easier for people to help you, and it takes less 
guessing what is going on.

Gr
Johan Hendriks
Double L Automatisering