Though there are conversion scripts, I'd like to give the convert plugin a chance. I have Dovecot 1.0.1 on Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 (Linux 2.4.27), and we had UW IMAP 2002e. Dovecot seems to work OK (e.g. I can add copy messages to it), but things break when I activate the convert plugin.

The Wiki suggests convert_mail = mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u # <--- locally changed to /var/spool/mail/%u convert_skip_broken_mailboxes=yes

However, when I start Dovecot, then I get: Starting Dovecot Imap: ILoading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap IModule loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_convert_plugin.so IEffective uid=65534, gid=65534, home= Imbox: data=~/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/dump-capability Imbox: root=, index=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/dump-capability Eopen(/.temp.localhost.localdomain.7834.96dd6ef6b7dfc402) failed: Permission denied Error: imap dump-capability process returned 89 Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot.conf

So based on a tip on the mailing list, I try convert_mail = mbox:/home/users/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u

But the session fails, and Thunderbird can't connect properly.

/var/log/dovecot.log Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_convert_plugin.so Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): Effective uid=501, gid=501, home=/home/users/andrewz Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): mbox: data=/home/users/andrewz:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/andrewz Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): mbox: root=/home/users/andrewz, index=/home/users/andrewz, inbox=/var/spool/mail/andrewz Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): mbox: data=/home/users/andrewz:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/andrewz Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): mbox: root=/home/users/andrewz, index=/home/users/andrewz, inbox=/var/spool/mail/andrewz Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): maildir: data=/home/users/andrewz/Maildir Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: IMAP(andrewz): maildir: root=/home/users/andrewz/Maildir, index=/home/users/andrewz/Maildir, control=, inbox= Jun 26 11:39:25 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<andrewz>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.230, lip=192.168.0.60

/var/log/mail/errors Jun 26 11:39:25 localhost dovecot: IMAP(andrewz): Mailbox conversion: Couldn't copy mailbox Maildir/cur/1182879232.P7263Q0M965055.localhost.localdomain:2,Sa: BUG: Unknown internal error Jun 26 11:39:25 localhost dovecot: IMAP(andrewz): Mailbox conversion: Couldn't create mailbox directory Maildir..Trash Jun 26 11:39:25 localhost dovecot: IMAP(andrewz): Sending log messages too fast, throttling.. Jun 26 11:39:25 localhost dovecot: child 7888 (imap) returned error 89

I also tried convert_mail = mbox:%h:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u , but that acts like mbox:/home/users/%u.

Then, I tried removing ~/Maildir . That doesn't help.

When I connect via telnet, I get "1 OK Logged in.", and the remote host closes the connection.

Also, I am not clear how Dovecot knows when to stop. With mbox in ~/mail, then dovecot can rename it, but we have mbox in ~/ which of course cannot be renamed. (I suggest moving mboxes to a new subdirectory.)

I rebuild Dovecot based from a modified Fedora RPM .spec. My configuration is: # 1.0.1: /etc/dovecot.conf info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_plugins: convert auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd plugin: convert_mail: mbox:/home/users/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u convert_skip_broken_mailboxes: yes

Andrew