dovecot - Oct 2006 - Upgrade from RC7 to RC10 didn't go too well...

Hi,

On the weekend I tried to upgrade from RC7 to RC10.  Clearly, I have to change 
some things before I can do this.  What does it take to get to RC10?  

As is, my mail client got an error trying to list messages in /INBOX (via 
IMAP) and the mail.err log shows the following messages:

Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): 
open(/var/mail/archangel/inbox, O_CREAT) failed: Not a directory
Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): 
mkdir_parents(/var/mail/archangel/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory
Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): open() failed with 
subscription file /var/mail/archangel/.subscriptions:
Not a directory

My dovecot.conf includes
default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u

And other then enabling SSL, I've got a pretty vanilla configuration (e.g. 
nothing in the IMAP section at all, no odd namespaces...)

/var/mail/archangel is an mbox file, why is dovecot trying to open files under 
there?


I know at least part of the discussion has happened on the list before so
I'm
sorry for duplicating other questions.  My TODO is about ten km long so I 
hope someone can at least give me a couple good pointers.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Dominic Lepiane
The IRMACS Centre


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On 30.10.2006, at 20.59, Dominic Lepiane wrote:
> My dovecot.conf includes
> default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u
That won't work. From rc8 release announcement (or NEWS file):

         * "mbox:/var/mail/%u" no longer works as the mail location.  
You'll
           have to specify the mail root explicitly, just like the  
examples
           always have: "mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u"

ie. Dovecot no longer does guessing.

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I have the same problem after upgrading to RC10. Did you find a solution?
Should I update to RC11 or rather downgrade back to an earlier version?

Thanks,
Ivo Truxa
>>>>>>> original message >>>>>>>
Hi,

On the weekend I tried to upgrade from RC7 to RC10.  Clearly, I have to
change 
some things before I can do this.  What does it take to get to RC10?  

As is, my mail client got an error trying to list messages in /INBOX (via 
IMAP) and the mail.err log shows the following messages:

Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): 
open(/var/mail/archangel/inbox, O_CREAT) failed: Not a directory
Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): 
mkdir_parents(/var/mail/archangel/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory
Oct 29 10:27:32 siona dovecot: IMAP(archangel): open() failed with 
subscription file /var/mail/archangel/.subscriptions:
Not a directory

My dovecot.conf includes
default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u

And other then enabling SSL, I've got a pretty vanilla configuration (e.g. 
nothing in the IMAP section at all, no odd namespaces...)

/var/mail/archangel is an mbox file, why is dovecot trying to open files
under 
there?


I know at least part of the discussion has happened on the list before so
I'm 
sorry for duplicating other questions.  My TODO is about ten km long so I 
hope someone can at least give me a couple good pointers.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Dominic Lepiane
The IRMACS Centre