Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed

Sami Ketola sami.ketola at dovecot.fi
Tue Oct 1 12:31:38 EEST 2019



> On 1 Oct 2019, at 12.20, Alex La via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> When I run the backup I always get this error.
> 
> ```
> [root at mail.DOMAIN.com:~]# doveadm -o mail_fsync=never backup -D -R -u
> office at DOMAIN.com imapc:
> 
> dsync(office at DOMAIN.com): Info: imapc(imap.mailbox.org:993): Connected to
> 2001:67c:2050:106::143:199:993 (local 2a01:4f8:c2c:6d05::1:59928)
> 
> dsync(office at DOMAIN.com): Info: Mailbox deleted: Drafts
> 
> dsync(office at DOMAIN.com): Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed:
> INBOX can't be deleted.
> ```
> 
> The suggested solution from this mail works, but is this still the best solution
> for the error above?

With Maildir yes. Doveadm refuses to delete INBOX.

Sami



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