dovecot - Apr 2013 - .dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not a directory

stat(/var/spool/vmail/example.com/user/.dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not
a directory

auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_uid = 2000
last_valid_uid = 2000
mail_gid = 2000
mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/vmail/%d/%n
mail_uid = 2000
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character
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mbox_write_locks = fcntl
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}
service auth {
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0600
    user = vmail
  }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}

According to the Wiki

"It is not wise to place this link inside your mail store, as it may be
mistaken for a mail folder. Inside a maildir for instance, the default
.dovecot.sieve would show up as phantom folder */dovecot/sieve* in your
IMAP tree."

Sorry i am a bit of a noob, the docs don't explain clearly what to do...

On 2013-04-25 9:20 AM, JC Putter <jancarel.putter at gmail.com>
wrote:
> stat(/var/spool/vmail/example.com/user/.dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not
> a directory
>
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
Looks like an ancient version, since the version info is not included 
with doveconf -n output?
> According to the Wiki
Always provide a link too... is this the wiki for version 1 (wiki1.) or 
2 (wiki2.)?
> "It is not wise to place this link inside your mail store, as it may
be
> mistaken for a mail folder. Inside a maildir for instance, the default
> .dovecot.sieve would show up as phantom folder */dovecot/sieve* in your
> IMAP tree."
>
> Sorry i am a bit of a noob, the docs don't explain clearly what to
do...
You need to create and set a 'home' directory for each user for this 
kind of things (even if they are virtual users, they need a 'home'
dir)...

http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation

Scroll down to where it discusses 'Homeless users'...

If you are still on version 1, the first thing you need to do is upgrade 
to at least the latest 2.1, but I'd recommend just upgrading to the 
latest 2.2 (currently 2.2.1)...

-- 

Best regards,

Charles

On 4/25/2013 3:20 PM, JC Putter wrote:
> stat(/var/spool/vmail/example.com/user/.dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not
> a directory
Could you send dovecot -n output?

The config data you sent looks incomplete.

Regards,

Stephan.