dovecot - Feb 2006 - If mbox does not exist dovecot creates directory

Hi,

I've searched the archive of mailing list but did not find anything about
this issue.

dovecot 1.0alpha5, using mbox format and MySQL DB of users

When user is trying to login via POP3 and there is no corresponding mailbox
for it dovecot creates a directory instead of mbox file.

In this time log looks like
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(ivan.sid at
my.com.ua,192.168.3.9): query: SELECT `password` FROM `users` WHERE login =
'ivan.sid at my.com.ua'
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH   1       PLAIN  
service=POP3    lip=192.168.5.23        rip=192.168.3.9
resp=AGl2YW4uaXZhbm9mZkBmY2JhbmsuY29tLnVhADEFeb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot:
auth(default): client out: OK    1       user=ivan.sid at my.com.ua
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(ivan.sid at
my.com.ua,192.168.3.9): SELECT
"mbox:/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INBOX=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INDEX=MEMORY"
AS `mail`, 'mailnull' AS `uid`, 'mail' AS `gid` FROM users WHERE
login = 'ivan.sid at my.com.ua'
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST        101    
98738   1
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER  101     ivan.sid
at my.com.ua     
mail=mbox:/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INBOX=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INDEX=MEMORY
uid=26  gid=6
Feb 10 10:39:36 orion dovecot: pop3(ivan.sid at my.com.ua): Effective uid=26,
gid=6
Feb 10 10:39:37 orion dovecot: pop3(ivan.sid at my.com.ua): mbox:
data=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INBOX=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INDEX=MEMORY
Feb 10 10:39:37 orion dovecot: pop3(ivan.sid at my.com.ua): mbox:
root=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid, index=,
inbox=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid
Feb 10 10:39:37 orion dovecot: pop3(ivan.sid at my.com.ua): open() failed with
mbox file /var/mail/virtual/fcbank.com.ua/ivan.sid: Is a directory
Feb 10 10:39:37 orion dovecot: pop3(ivan.sid at my.com.ua): Mailbox init failed
top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/0, size=0
Feb 10 10:39:37 orion dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<ivan.sid at
my.com.ua>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.3.9, lip=192.168.5.23

Please help me with this issue!
Thanks in advance, Alexander

-- 
Kind Regards,	Alexander Shikoff
minotaur at crete.org.ua

On 10.2.2006 10:54, "Alexander Shikoff" <minotaur at
crete.org.ua> wrote:
> When user is trying to login via POP3 and there is no corresponding mailbox
> for it dovecot creates a directory instead of mbox file.
> 
>
"mbox:/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/ivan.sid:INBOX=/var/mail/virtual/my.com.ua/i
> van.sid:INDEX=MEMORY"
Well, I'm actually wondering why it works at all. The first path is supposed
to be a directory where to store other mailboxes than INBOX. If you don't
want it, see the bottom of http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation