[Dovecot] New admin, not much success

Pascal Volk user+dovecot at localhost.localdomain.org
Wed Jun 16 20:44:53 EEST 2010


On 06/16/2010 05:28 PM Chuck McManis wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Pascal Volk <
>> what happens when you set:
>>    mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/Mailbox:INBOX=/home/%u/Mailbox
>> or:
>>    mail_location = mbox:~/Mailbox:INBOX=~/Mailbox
>>
> 
> If I set the mailbox location to point to the file, I get another error
> about how the root directory can't be a file. The exact error is:
> Jun 16 08:21:57 eeebox dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.beta6 starting up
> Jun 16 08:22:07 eeebox dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<cmcmanis>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=66.125.189.27, lip=66.125.189.30, mpid=80225, TLS
> Jun 16 08:22:07 eeebox dovecot: pop3(cmcmanis): Error: user cmcmanis:
> Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting
> failed: mbox: mbox root directory can't be a file: /home/cmcmanis/Mailbox (
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Mbox)
> Jun 16 08:22:07 eeebox dovecot: pop3(cmcmanis): Error: Invalid user
> settings. Refer to server log for more information.

Oops, sorry, my bad. I'm sure I meant:
    mail_location = mbox:~/:INBOX=~/Mailbox


But the configuration suggested by William Blunn look OK.

And the .imap folder is only created when you are using the (obsolete)
mdbox mailbox format. It has nothing to with the used protocols.


Regards,
Pascal
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