[Dovecot] Problem with IMAP and MAIL environment

Tom Allison
2004-07-19T11:41:15Z

Luis Miguel Cruz wrote:
> Here is the problem:
>
> Jul 19 10:40:17 mail1 pop3(master): mbox: Can't create root IMAP folder
> /home/usuarios/master/mail: Permission denied
> Jul 19 10:40:17 mail1 pop3(master): MAIL environment missing and
> autodetection failed (home /home/usuarios/master)
> Jul 19 10:40:17 mail1 dovecot: child 3528 (pop3) returned error 89
>
> Is there anyway to avoid it?
> Thanks.
>

Do you need to create a directory ~/master/ ?
I know that in my set up I had to create a directory for all the dovecot
mail.