[Dovecot] Invalid mbox file /var/spool/mail/username: No such file or directory
Hi
dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3
when i create a user account with pop3 email i find that if i don't send and email to the account (so that sendmail creates the file under /var/spool/mail/testuser) where "testuser" is the users username. If the user logs in with Outlook or Outlook express they get an error and maillog shows.
Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Invalid mbox file /var/spool/mail/testuser: No such file or directory Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/testuser
if "testuser" file does not exist it would be better if Dovecot created an empty file IMHO.
as a temp fix i now fire off emails to new accounts to avoid this.
Mark
On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:49 +0100, Obantec Support wrote:
Hi
dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3
Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Invalid mbox file /var/spool/mail/testuser: No such file or directory
if "testuser" file does not exist it would be better if Dovecot created an empty file IMHO.
Newer Dovecot versions create it automatically, although I'm not sure if it's only with 1.0-tests/1.0-stables.
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