[Dovecot] POP3 says no new mail.

[Hubert Jastrzębski]

Hi
Let's list some files in user homedir:
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dog:/home/domain/users/username# ls
autoresponse  dovecot.index.log    dovecot-uidvalidity.4be1e480  saved
trash
config        dovecot-uidlist      new                           sent
cur           dovecot-uidvalidity  tmp
dog:/home/domain/users/username# ls cur
1273093948.30793.dog:2
dog:/home/domain/users/username# ls new
1273097763.13545.dog  1273118766.1674.dog
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As you can see one mail is in cur and two new mails are in new folder. Let's
fetch them via pop3:

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dog:/home/domain/users/username# nc -v localhost 110
localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] 110 (pop3) open
+OK Dovecot ready.
user username at domain.pl
+OK
pass secret
+OK Logged in.
stat
+OK 1 7824
quit
+OK Logging out.
dog:/home/domain/users/username#
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It said there is only one mail. Where are my new mails? Let's check log
file:


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May  6 07:42:46 dog dovecot: POP3(username at domain.pl): Effective uid=1002,
gid=1002, home=/home/domain/./users/username
May  6 07:42:46 dog dovecot: POP3(username at domain.pl): maildir:
data=/home/domain/./users/username
May  6 07:42:46 dog dovecot: POP3(username at domain.pl): maildir++:
root=/home/domain/./users/username, index=, control=,
inbox=/home/domain/./users/username
May  6 07:42:46 dog dovecot: POP3(username at domain.pl): Namespace : Using
permissions from /home/domain/./users/username: mode=0700 gid=-1
May  6 07:42:46 dog dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<username at domain.pl>,
method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
May  6 07:42:52 dog dovecot: POP3(username at domain.pl): Disconnected: Logged
out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/1, size=7824
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No error logged looking at the good dir. Permissions OK. When I remove
dovecot.index.log new messages appears:

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dog:/home/domain/users/username# rm dovecot.index.log
dog:/home/domain/users/username# nc -v localhost 110
localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] 110 (pop3) open
+OK Dovecot ready.
user username at domain.pl
+OK
pass secret
+OK Logged in.
stat
+OK 3 76974
quit
+OK Logging out.
dog:/home/domain/users/username#
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Any clue what can it be?


dovecot -n
# 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.22 i686 Debian 5.0.4
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
login_process_per_connection: no
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:%h
mail_debug: yes
mmap_disable: yes
mail_nfs_index: yes
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle
imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle
imap_client_workarounds(pop3):
pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %f
auth default:
  passdb:
    driver: checkpassword
    args: /usr/local/bin/checkvpw-dovecot-wrapper
  userdb:
    driver: prefetch