I decided to give dovecot a try this morning. To create a test system I copied mail from my wife and myself into /var/spool/imap. This mail was already in maildir format from our mail clients. I set the mail env to maildir:/var/spool/imap/%u.
Below is a session (via telnet):
<begin> . OK Logged in. . list "" * * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox-devel" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-devel" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-dpkg" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-ipv6" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-laptop" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-legal" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-lint" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-mentors" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-policy" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-private" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-publicity" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-python" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-qa" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-release" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-security" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-spi" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-testing" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-user" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-vote" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "drafts" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-impl" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bad" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-test" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "maradns" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "narval" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-list" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "sent-mail" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "spam" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "storage" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "trash" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "xdg" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "outbox" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bf-python" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-bug" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-tutor" * LIST (\Marked) "." "INBOX" . OK List completed. . select inbox . NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:50:51] . examine inbox . NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:52:22] . examine bad * NO Couldn't use index files * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1057341147] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID . OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. <end>
I can find no cause of the inbox error in any log. Suggestions?
All of my sub folders come back as read only (even when I use select). I presume this is a permissions issue. What should the perms be?
I am using 0.99.10 from Debian if it matters.