[Dovecot] /var/dovecot /var/spool/mail permissions, setup help (w/ config info)

[Mark Nienberg]

Mark Nienberg wrote:
> Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> 
>>  dovecot: Jul 05 18:36:10 Info: IMAP(namefirst.namelast): mbox:
>> data=/var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast:INDEX=/var/dovecot/namefirst.namelast 
>>
> 
>>  dovecot: Jul 05 18:36:10 Info: IMAP(namefirst.namelast): mbox: INBOX 
>> defaulted
>> to /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast/inbox
> 
> That isn't what you want.  Dovecot guessed that your inboxes are 
> /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast/inbox
> but they are really
> /var/spool/mail/namefirst.namelast
> 
> 
>>  default_mail_env = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/dovecot/%u
> 
> Ah, here is the problem. You  have confused the mail directory with the 
> inbox location.  For standard mbox arrangement this would typically be
> 
> default_mail_env = mbox:%h/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

Whoops, of course I meant:

default_mail_env = mbox:%h/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u

Mark