[Dovecot] INBOX cant be created

[Palatine Support]

I have tried to unsubscribe from this mailing list 10 times now.
Remove my email address please asap.

Thanks
Paul

On 20/03/2012 00:18, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> On 19/03/2012 20:23, Radim Kolar wrote:
>>
>>> doveadm(admin): Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX: Permission denied
>>>
>>> The INBOX exists but has a wrong owner.
>> nope
>> ponto# cd /var/mail
>> ponto# mv admin/ admin.X
>> ponto# doveadm mailbox create -u admin INBOX
>> doveadm(admin): Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX: Permission denied
> get into the maildir folder and use:
> ls -la to see all the directories and permissions.
> it might be with a starting "." what will make it "invisible" to 
> regular ls.
>
> Regards,
> Eliezer
>
>>
>> but it might be that ordinary user admin cant create directories in
>> /var/mail
>> message from IMAP reply is wrong for sure because mailbox does not 
>> exists:
>>
>> ponto# cd /var/mail
>> ponto# mv admin admin.x
>> ponto# telnet localhost imap
>> 3 select inbox
>> 3 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX
>> 4 create INBOX
>> 4 NO [ALREADYEXISTS] Mailbox already exists: INBOX
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