namespace...mailbox doesn't exist

[Eric]

I tried that and am sad to say it did not work. Hmmm...

On 4/5/2016 12:43 AM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:
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> On Mon, 4 Apr 2016, Eric wrote:
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>> 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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