[Dovecot] question regarding rw-access on mailbox on creation/login (dovecot 1.2.17)

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:

> currently I have one new user with a problem. When she logs in to
> dovecot with pop3 from her apple mail, dovecot tells problems with the
> +w permission.
>
> Error: open(/var/mail/******) failed: Permission denied
> (euid=3462(******) egid=548(dozenten) missing +w perm: /var/mail)
>
> /var/mail is rw by root.mail

Do the other users have "mail" as secondary group?

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Steffen Kaiser
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