Trish
2011-May-07 02:58 UTC
[Dovecot] could someone check my conf files for dovecot and postfix
*> dovecot -n* # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd I get this error in my log May 6 20:33:00 craftboard dovecot: IMAP(support.perlygates.com): mail_location: maildir: Unknown setting: mbox May 6 20:33:00 craftboard dovecot: IMAP(support.perlygates.com): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed I'm not sure what mbox is. But I am using the Maildir/ in conf file Where is mbox set at?
Timo Sirainen
2011-May-10 15:57 UTC
[Dovecot] could someone check my conf files for dovecot and postfix
On Fri, 2011-05-06 at 19:58 -0700, Trish wrote:> *> dovecot -n* > # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-31-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS..> mail_location: maildir:~/MaildirThis looks ok.> May 6 20:33:00 craftboard dovecot: IMAP(support.perlygates.com): mail_location: maildir: Unknown setting: mboxThere's no reason this error could come from that above config file. So I bet your problem is that you installed dovecot-postfix package, and Ubuntu is actually using /etc/dovecot/dovecot-postfix.conf (or something like that) and that config file is broken.