dsync error: Can't sync mailbox tmp: Mailbox isn't selectable

Hagen Bauer hagen.bauer at caserio.de
Sat Mar 27 12:16:07 EET 2021


Ok, that was it. I did delete everything in the mail folder of the user before. But there where some dotfiles left over. 

I deleted and recreated the Maildir directory with the proper rights and its working now. 

Regards
Hagen 

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 02:56:49AM -0600, @lbutlr wrote:
>On 26 Mar 2021, at 05:44, Hagen Bauer <hagen.bauer at caserio.de> wrote:
>> dsync(username2): Error: Can't sync mailbox tmp: Mailbox isn't selectable
>
>Permissions seems obvious, but since tmp is a folder used by Maildir and you are creating the maildir…
>
>Maybe the user already has a mailbox named tmp and that is causing confusion in the process?
>
>Examining the existing mail folders for the user that is failing will probably reveal something of interest. Be sure and check permissions though.
>
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