Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
dovecot: Jul 05 18:36:10 Info: IMAP(namefirst.namelast): mbox: data=/var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast:INDEX=/var/dovecot/namefirst.namelast
dovecot: Jul 05 18:36:10 Info: IMAP(namefirst.namelast): mbox: INBOX defaulted to /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast/inbox
That isn't what you want. Dovecot guessed that your inboxes are /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast/inbox but they are really /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast
default_mail_env = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot/%u
Ah, here is the problem. You have confused the mail directory with the inbox location. For standard mbox arrangement this would typically be
default_mail_env = mbox:%h/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
Also, either give users permissions to write in the /var/dovecot directory or just let dovecot put indexes in the user's home directories.
See http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation
Mark