namespace...mailbox doesn't exist

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Mon, 4 Apr 2016, Eric wrote:

> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 20:23:34 -0600
> From: Eric <ebroch at whitehorsetc.com>
> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Subject: namespace...mailbox doesn't exist
> 
> Hello list,
>
> I have a namespace called 'projects' which when clicked in Thunderbird 
> (nonexistent in eM Client) yields the following error:
>
> "The current operation on 'projects' did not succeed. The mail server for 
> account
> user at domain.tld responded: mailbox doesn't exist: projects.projects (0.00 + 
> 0.00 secs)."
>
> The namespace is configure as follows:
>
> # Shared namespace 'projects'
> namespace {

           ^^ IMHO first try to give that namespace a name, e.g.

namespace projects {

>   location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/shared/projects
>   prefix = projects.
>   separator = .
>   type = public
> }
>
> This is the log:
> 1: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Effective uid=89, 
> gid=89, home=/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster
> 2: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Quota root: 
> name=ignore=Trash backend=maildir args=
> 3: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Quota rule: 
> root=ignore=Trash mailbox=? bytes=0 messages=0
> 4: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Quota grace: 
> root=ignore=Trash bytes=0 (10%)
> 5: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Namespace : 
> type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, 
> subscriptions=yes location=
> 6: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: mdbox: 
> access(/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster/mdbox, rwx): failed: No 
> such file or directory
> 7: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: mdbox: couldn't find 
> root dir
> 8: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: sdbox: 
> access(/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster/sdbox, rwx): failed: No 
> such file or directory
> 9: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: sdbox: couldn't find 
> root dir
> 10: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: maildir: root exists 
> (/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster/Maildir)
> 11: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: maildir++: 
> root=/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, 
> control=, inbox=/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/postmaster/Maildir, alt=
> 12: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: Namespace : 
> type=public, prefix=projects., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, 
> subscriptions=yes 
> location=maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/shared/projects
> 13: Apr 04 20:00:30 imap(postmaster at domain.tld): Debug: maildir++: 
> root=/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.tld/shared/projects, index=, indexpvt=, 
> control=, inbox=, alt=
>
>
> This did not happen with other versions of dovecot (I think) but just started 
> happening with the upgrade. While it is not
> a serious problem and I can live with it, what would be causing it in the new 
> dovecot iteration (2.2.23) ? And, could it be
> that I'm missing the necessary setting to mitigate this? Please let me know 
> if any additional information is necessary.
>
> I'm thinking that the problem lies in lines 6/7 and 8/9 where Dovecot is 
> looking for mdbox/sdbox.
>
> Eric
>

- -- 
Steffen Kaiser
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