Inexplicable missing permissions issue

[Timo Sirainen]

On 19 Sep 2017, at 5.28, Nelson Crosby <nc at sourcecomb.com> wrote:
> 
> I've tried letting Dovecot create this directory, I've tried creating this
> directory manually and giving it any permission I can think of, I've tried
> playing about with the permissions throughout the entire /var/logmail tree,
> but to no avail.

That usually means you've SELinux enabled and it prevents the access.