[Dovecot] question about /var/mail/xxx

[Mickael Choisnard]

Hi,
I need your help to use dovecot with sendmail
I use a fresh debian 8 jessie and i installed sendmail and dovecot 2.
Sendmail works fine.

All mails go to /var/mail/xxx

this is problem for dovecot. dovecot cannot get it.

# 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.1
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_uid = 116
last_valid_uid = 116
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_home = /srv/mail/%u
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace inbox {
   inbox = yes
   location =
   mailbox Drafts {
     special_use = \Drafts
   }
   mailbox Junk {
     special_use = \Junk
   }
   mailbox Sent {
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
     special_use = \Sent
   }
   mailbox Trash {
     special_use = \Trash
   }
   prefix =
}
passdb {
   args = scheme=SHA-CRYPT /etc/dovecot/users
   driver = passwd-file
}
postmaster_address = root at arpagon
protocols = " imap pop3"
service auth {
   unix_listener auth-userdb {
     group = vmail
     user = vmail
   }
}
ssl = no
userdb {
   args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n
   driver = static
}

cat /var/log/dovecot.log

Jun 19 08:14:18 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN, 
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18799, session=<z46U1dgY+gAKCwwe>
Jun 19 08:14:18 imap(mc110771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=8 out=395
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN, 
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18801, session=<bNcE1tgY+wAKCwwe>
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN, 
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18803, session=<sEIP1tgY/AAKCwwe>
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap(mc120771): Error: open() failed with mbox file 
/var/mail/mc120771: Permission denied
Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=137 
out=640
Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=74 out=547
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 
secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, 
session=<H/mV5dgYhwAKCwwt>
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 
secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, 
session=<2gOX5dgYigAKCwwt>
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 
secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, 
session=<ojeY5dgYjQAKCwwt>