[Dovecot] openbsd + dovecot not downloading emails

[Pascal Volk]

On 07/31/2012 05:35 PM GVG GVG wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> first my doveconf -n output:
> 
> --------------
> # 2.0.17 (684381041dc4+): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: OpenBSD 5.1 i386  ffs
> mail_location = mbox:/var/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> mmap_disable = yes
> passdb {
>   driver = bsdauth
> }
> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecotcert.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
> userdb {
>   driver = passwd
> }
> protocol imap {
>   imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags
> }
> protocol pop3 {
>   pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> }
> ---------------
> 
> when using evolution from a remote linux machine, and try to download/fetch
> the e-mails from my e-mail server, I get a pop-up window indicationg that
> is trying to do so (after I did sign-in with my user-id and password!). The
> problem is taht this process stays there forever and no messages get
> downloaded!

Your mail_location setting looks a little bit strange to me.
I'd suggest to use: mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

If that shouldn't solve the issue, make Dovecot more verbose:
mail_debug = yes


Regards,
Pascal
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