[Dovecot] Error that I don't understand

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Andre wrote:

> IMAP(username at cubeholding.com): Error: read(mail, uid=58284) failed: Is a directory
>
> I’ve looked at sources and found this message in 
> src/lib-storage/index/index-mail.c, function static int 
> index_mail_stream_check_failure(struct index_mail *mail) but I don’t 
> understand where it come from, I understand it is something about 
> indexes, anyone can explain me more, please?

Turn on mail_debug and check the output regarding the login of the 
session, there are entries telling you the home directory and mailbox 
locations and mailbox formats.

I bet that you have configured a mailbox location, e.g. for the INBOX, 
that ought to be a file, but is in fact a directory.

Regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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