dovecot --version

2.1.7

I am getting he following errors in the logs eve though there is no
'apply' user in /etc/dovecot/users

I'm not sure wat to do next to diagnose. Can anyone advise please? It
says 'refer to server log for more information' but I thought this was
the server log?

May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx postfix/local[18901]: 1B17763738:
to=<apply@localhost>, orig_to=<apply@example.org>, relay=local,
delay=147501, delays=147501/0.54/0/0.06, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred
(temporary failure) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Error: user
apply: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/home/vmail//apply)
failed: Permission denied (euid=1001(apply) egid=1001(apply) missing
+w perm: /home/vmail/, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0755) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Error: user
apply: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/home/vmail//apply)
failed: Permission denied (euid=1001(apply) egid=1001(apply) missing
+w perm: /home/vmail/, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0755) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Fatal: Invalid
user settings. Refer to server log for more information. May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Fatal: Invalid
user settings. Refer to server log for more information. May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx postfix/local[18926]: 9E5376357A:
to=<apply@localhost>, orig_to=<apply@example.org>, relay=local,
delay=235638, delays=235637/0.6/0/0.06, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred
(temporary failure) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx postfix/local[18908]: 252106364B:
to=<apply@localhost>, orig_to=<apply@example.org>, relay=local,
delay=218930, delays=218929/0.6/0/0.06, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred
(temporary failure) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Error: user
apply: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/home/vmail//apply)
failed: Permission denied (euid=1001(apply) egid=1001(apply) missing
+w perm: /home/vmail/, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0755) May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: lda(apply): Fatal: Invalid
user settings. Refer to server log for more information. May 1 22:40:44 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx postfix/local[18900]: 9A94063274:
to=<apply@localhost>, orig_to=<apply@example.org>, relay=local,
delay=306900, delays=306900/0.66/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred
(temporary failure) May 1 22:41:23 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<my.name@example.org

, method=PLAIN, rip=101.103.174.186, lip=10.172.21.51, mpid=18952,
session=<mc9XXV74CwBlZ666> May 1 22:41:24 ip-xx-xxx-xx-xx dovecot: pop3(my.name@example.org):
Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/424, size=57179196 [/var/log]

dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 13.10 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded- character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational
regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment
mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/passdb driver = passwd-file } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mail.example.org.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA: +HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/mail.example.org.key userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_plugins = sieve postmaster_address = postmaster quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected: %n%r } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } [/etc/dovecot]