[Dovecot] file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory

[Rene Bakkum]

Hi,

I am having some problems with my vacation messages using dovecot. The 
mail is send without problems, and the auto-respond is working as well. 
But its always auto-responding, because the lda-dupes file can't be 
created.

See mail log below:
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/smtpd[6501]: connect from 
mail-bw0-f211.google.com[209.85.218.211]
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/smtpd[6501]: D6FE6F64F: 
client=mail-bw0-f211.google.com[209.85.218.211]
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/cleanup[6505]: D6FE6F64F: 
message-id=<4B014929.1000008 at gmail.com>
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: D6FE6F64F: 
from=<[my.gmail.account]>, size=1946, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): 
file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/pickup[5934]: F202DF690: uid=5000 from=<>
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): 
msgid=<4B014929.1000008 at gmail.com>: sent vacation response to 
<[my.gmail.account]>
Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/cleanup[6505]: F202DF690: 
message-id=<dovecot-1258375383-947629-0 at mail003>
Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: F202DF690: from=<>, 
size=570, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): 
msgid=<4B014929.1000008 at gmail.com>: saved mail to INBOX
Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/pipe[6506]: D6FE6F64F: 
to=<[my.test.account]>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.21, 
delays=0.08/0.01/0/0.12, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot 
service)
Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: D6FE6F64F: removed
Nov 16 13:43:05 mail003 postfix/smtp[6510]: F202DF690: 
to=<[my.gmail.account]>, 
relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.93.114]:25, delay=1.6, 
delays=0.07/0.01/0.32/1.2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 
1258375453 7si18156568qwb.35)
Nov 16 13:43:05 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: F202DF690: removed

I manually created the file, but its keeping getting the message:
root at mail003:/home/vmail/mydomain.com/info/.Maildir# ls -la
drwx------ 6 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 .
drwx------ 3 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 12:37 ..
drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 cur
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail   340 2009-11-16 13:49 dovecot.index
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail 22528 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.cache
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail  7000 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.log
-rwx------ 1 vmail vmail     0 2009-11-16 14:03 .dovecot.lda-dupes
-rwx------ 1 vmail vmail   485 2009-11-16 12:33 .dovecot.sieve
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail   208 2009-11-16 12:56 .dovecot.sievec
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail   522 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot-uidlist
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail     8 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail     0 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.4afabcaa
drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 new
-rw------- 1 vmail vmail     6 2009-11-11 14:45 subscriptions
drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 tmp
drwx------ 5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-11 14:45 .Trash

Is the ~/.dovecot.lda-dupes linking to another path, and how can I 
adjust this so it searches for /home/vmail/%d/%n/.Maildir/ ?

Thanks,
- Rene