Here's the dovecot -n output: # 1.1.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting_capability: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u auth default: passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: passwd passdb: driver: shadow userdb: driver: passwd
sample temp files that gets create in /var/spool/mail -rw------ jane mail _43398509485894865jane -rw------ jane mail jane.lock
other users create these files randomly as well in /var/spool/mail, /var/spool/mail is an NFS mount.
Thank you, Jane