dovecot - Jul 2003 - "Internal Error" from maildirs (new user)

I decided to give dovecot a try this morning.  To create a test system I 
copied mail from my wife and myself into /var/spool/imap.  This mail was 
already in maildir format from our mail clients.  I set the mail env to 
maildir:/var/spool/imap/%u.

Below is a session (via telnet):

<begin>
. OK Logged in.
. list "" *
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox-devel"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-devel"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-dpkg"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-ipv6"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-laptop"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-legal"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-lint"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-mentors"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-policy"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-private"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-publicity"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-python"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-qa"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-release"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-security"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-spi"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-testing"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-user"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-vote"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "drafts"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-impl"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bad"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-test"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "maradns"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "narval"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-list"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "sent-mail"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "spam"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "storage"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "trash"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "xdg"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "outbox"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bf-python"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-bug"
* LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-tutor"
* LIST (\Marked) "." "INBOX"
. OK List completed.
. select inbox
. NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:50:51]
. examine inbox
. NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:52:22]
. examine bad
* NO Couldn't use index files
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox.
* 0 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1057341147] UIDs valid
* OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
. OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed.
<end>

I can find no cause of the inbox error in any log.  Suggestions?

All of my sub folders come back as read only (even when I use select).  I 
presume this is a permissions issue.  What should the perms be?

I am using 0.99.10 from Debian if it matters.

On Friday, July 4, 2003, at 08:57 PM, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> . NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:50:51]
>
> I can find no cause of the inbox error in any log.  Suggestions?
Internal errors always write to error log what the real error message 
was. By default Dovecot logs to mail service, which often goes to 
/var/log/mail.log. If you still can't find it, set log_path in config 
file to where you want the log to go.
> All of my sub folders come back as read only (even when I use select). 
>  I
> presume this is a permissions issue.  What should the perms be?
Everything should be readable and writable by the logged in user's UID.