[Dovecot] problem with some mailboxes (failed: Is a directory)

Claudio Prono claudio.prono at atpss.net
Thu Jan 29 18:55:06 EET 2009



mikie at x.org.pl ha scritto:
> I have this problem with some mailboxes (actually Maildirs) on my system.
> After some user's activity there is following information in dovecot logs:
>
> Jan 29 16:24:28 mailserv dovecot: IMAP(username):
> unlink(/var/spool/mail/imap/user/username/Maildir/cur/Sent:2,ST) failed:
> Is a directory
>
> User can not connect to his account neither via POP3 nor IMAP.
> There is one workaround I know which is:
>
> rm /var/spool/mail/imap/user/username/Maildir/dovecot.index*
>
> But after some time (some activity of user) the problem comes back.
>
>
> Mikie
>   
Please post the configuration of dovecot (dovecot -n) for more
information of your problem.

Cordially,

Claudio.


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