OK. Figured it out. I needed to leave the file name off the INDEX
path, so it pointed to a directory.
I no longer get any errors reported.
My problem now is that dovecot doesn't think that there are any
messages.
Log reads:
Jul 28 16:42:04 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2 starting up
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login:
user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective
uid=501, gid=501
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: data=/
Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/
jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: INBOX
defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/
Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox: root=/
Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/
jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, inbox=/Applications/
4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/
inbox
Jul 28 16:42:13 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown):
Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
My server calls the mailbox file "mbox". Is dovecot expecting it to
be "inbox"?
Why does it say "mbox: INBOX defaulted to .../INBOX.mbox/inbox"?
This is really frustrating having it act as though it works but no
emails being read!
Thanks,
James.
On 28/07/2006, at 11:14 AM, James Brown wrote:
> I'm having problems getting dovecot to read my mbox file. I have
> turned on mail_debug. Log says:
>
> Jul 28 11:03:20 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc2
> starting up
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: pop3-login: Login:
> user=<jlbrown>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.10, lip=192.168.1.9
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Effective
> uid=501, gid=501
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox:
> data=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/
> Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/
> MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox:
> INBOX defaulted to /Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
> Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): mbox:
> root=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/
> Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox, index=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/
> MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/
> mbox.index, inbox=/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
> Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/inbox
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown):
> mkdir_parents(/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
> Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/mbox.index/.imap/
> INBOX) failed: Not a directory
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): Couldn't
> open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
> information. [2006-07-28 11:03:36]
> Jul 28 11:03:36 Bordo-Mail-Server dovecot: POP3(jlbrown): No INBOX
> for user top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
>
> In dovecot.conf my mailbox location is:
>
> default_mail_env = mbox:/Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/
> Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/:INDEX=/Applications/
> 4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/Mailboxes/%u/INBOX.mbox/
> mbox.index
>
> Contents of Applications/4DWebSTAR/MailboxServer/Mail_DefaultSite/
> Mailboxes/jlbrown/INBOX.mbox/ are:
>
> inbox (created by dovecot)
> mbox
> mbox.index
> mbox.info
>
> Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James.
>
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