Noel Butler noel.butler@ausics.net:
Set mail_debug=yes
root@grelber:/etc# dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd root@grelber:/etc# tail /var/log/mail.err Nov 24 17:09:41 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 17:09:41 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:34:40 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:34:40 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:34:54 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:34:54 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:35:07 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:35:07 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:39:19 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:39:19 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed root@grelber:/etc# # Running fetchmail, login fails... root@grelber:/etc# tail /var/log/mail.err Nov 24 18:34:40 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:34:40 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:34:54 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:34:54 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:35:07 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:35:07 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 18:39:19 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 18:39:19 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Nov 24 19:46:35 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy Nov 24 19:46:35 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed
Does not seem to yield additional info. Is there somewhere else I should look.
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>