dovecot - Apr 2005 - Invalid mbox file /var/spool/mail/username: No such file or directory

Hi

dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3

when i create a user account with pop3 email i find that if i don't send and
email to the account (so that sendmail creates the file under
/var/spool/mail/testuser) where "testuser" is the users username. If
the
user logs in with Outlook or Outlook express they get an error and maillog
shows.

Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Invalid mbox file
/var/spool/mail/testuser: No such file or directory
Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Failed to create storage with
data: mbox:/var/spool/mail/testuser

if "testuser" file does not exist it would be better if Dovecot
created an
empty file IMHO.

as a temp fix i now fire off emails to new accounts to avoid this.

Mark

On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 14:49 +0100, Obantec Support
wrote:
> Hi
> 
> dovecot-0.99.11-1.FC3.4.i386.rpm on FC3
> 
> Apr 11 14:18:58 proteus2a pop3(testuser): Invalid mbox file
> /var/spool/mail/testuser: No such file or directory
> 
> if "testuser" file does not exist it would be better if Dovecot
created an
> empty file IMHO.
Newer Dovecot versions create it automatically, although I'm not sure if
it's only with 1.0-tests/1.0-stables.
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