[Dovecot] Error that I don't understand

[Andre]

On 29/giu/2010, at 15.57, Steffen Kaiser wrote:

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> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, Andre wrote:
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>> IMAP(username at cubeholding.com): Error: read(mail, uid=58284) failed: Is a directory
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>> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Regards,
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Found the problem: in one maildir there was a directory, that was threated like a message, that is what “Is a directory”.

Regards
Andrea