OK. Figured it out. I needed to leave the file name off the INDEX path, so it pointed to a directory.

I no longer get any errors reported.

My problem now is that dovecot doesn't think that there are any messages.

Log reads:

Jul 28 16:42:04 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2 starting up
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective uid=501, gid=501
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: data=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: INBOX defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: root=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, inbox=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

My server calls the mailbox file "mbox". Is dovecot expecting it to be "inbox"?

Why does it say "mbox: INBOX defaulted to .../INBOX.mbox/inbox"?

This is really frustrating having it act as though it works but no emails being read!

Thanks,

James.

On 28/07/2006, at 11:14 AM, James Brown wrote:

I'm having problems getting dovecot to read my mbox file. I have turned on mail_debug. Log says:

Jul 28 11:03:20 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2 starting up
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective uid=501, gid=501
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: data=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: INBOX defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: root=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index, inbox=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mkdir_parents(/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2006-07-28 11:03:36]
Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): No INBOX for user top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

In dovecot.conf my mailbox location is:

default_mail_env = mbox:/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index

Contents of Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/ are:

inbox (created by dovecot)
mbox
mbox.index
mbox.info

Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,

James.