On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, matbic@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all, I have tried very hard to solve this problem but turn to the
mailing list as a last resort.In the log I get, for just one account:
Jul 31 09:06:17 bickertons dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<matthew>,
method=PLAIN, rip=78.130.81.201, lip=168.143.5.18, TLS Jul 31 09:06:17 bickertons dovecot: IMAP(matthew): Effective uid=1003,
gid=1003, home=/home/matthew Jul 31 09:06:17 bickertons dovecot: IMAP(matthew): maildir: data=/home/ matthew/Maildir Jul 31 09:06:17 bickertons dovecot: IMAP(matthew): maildir: root=/home/ matthew/Maildir, index=/home/matthew/Maildir, control=, inbox= Jul 31 09:06:17 bickertons dovecot: IMAP(matthew): unlink(/home/ matthew/Maildir/cur/new) failed: Operation not permitted Jul 31 09:06:18 bickertons last message repeated 3 timesAll the other accounts work fine.
This pretty much looks like a b0rked Maildir structure, and .../cur/new being a directory rather than a file - and you cannot unlink() a directory (rmdir would have to be used, but that's a different story).
The layout should be:
/home/matthew/Maildir/cur /home/matthew/Maildir/new /home/matthew/Maildir/tmp
where cur and possibly new should contain some mail files, and folders being similar to:
/home/matthew/Maildir/.somefolder/{cur,new,tmp,.maildirfolder}
Check how the Maildir looks like and possibly correct it by moving cur/new or its contents into the right place, and check if the mail filtering/delivery rules designate the proper places to drop mail off.
-- Matthias Andree