On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 23:25 -0500, Tom wrote:

What is the correct set of permissions for the file .subscriptions and what is the correct directory location?

It's created in mail root directory, ie. usually in ~/Maildir or ~/mail. It's a per-user file created, read and modified by Dovecot, so it should have user's normal permissions (same as mailboxes).