dovecot - May 2010 - Cannot Access Inbox

Hello Folks,

Yesterday while messing around with procmail for SpamAssassin I had my IMAP
client open and it lost it's ability to see my Inbox except for two
messages.  I tried another IMAP client and no success.  I can see all other
directories such as sent and the ones I have made.  The mbox file is there and
catable/grepable.  I even made a new one.   I can read a test account Inbox from
the same server with my usual client.  Also my small number of other users
appear to be using pop3 as normal.

Tried so far:
* Multiple clients including pop3.
* Removed spamd and procmail stuff.
* Various permissions.
* New mbox.
* Restart everything, although I am not sure I rebooted the server last night.
* Searched for lock files that may need to be deleted.?
* Googled.

Server setup:
* Mandriva Linux 2009.1
* Dovecot 1.1.13
* Postfix 2.5.6


The mailbox in question is my business and some personal email so I would
greatly appreciate any help towards fixing this issue.  I am self-employed and
largely out of business without my email.

Thanks,
Robert A. Ober

On May 27, 2010, at 11:14 AM, robertober <robertober at mac.com> wrote:
> Hello Folks,
>
> Yesterday while messing around with procmail for SpamAssassin I had my IMAP
client open and it lost it's ability to see my Inbox except for two
messages. I tried another IMAP client and no success. I can see all other
directories such as sent and the ones I have made. The mbox file is there and
catable/grepable. I even made a new one. I can read a test account Inbox from
the same server with my usual client. Also my small number of other users appear
to be using pop3 as normal.
>
> Tried so far:
> * Multiple clients including pop3.
> * Removed spamd and procmail stuff.
> * Various permissions.
> * New mbox.
> * Restart everything, although I am not sure I rebooted the server last
night.
> * Searched for lock files that may need to be deleted.?
> * Googled
>
> Server setup:
> * Mandriva Linux 2009.1
> * Dovecot 1.1.13
> * Postfix 2.5.6

Hello Again,

I finally decided to specify the mbox paths in the dovecot.conf and all is ok
now.  Not sure why I had to do that since it has been working for years through
upgrades as it was.

Robert A. Ober?