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...import -u Foo mbox:/home/phoffman/project1/ "Project 1" > all > > untested When I try this: Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location parameter failed: mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied (euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm: /home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755) Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file instead of reading it? If so, why? --Paul Hoffman

On 3 Aug 2015, at 7:16, Steffen Kaiser wrote: > On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, Paul Hoffman wrote: >> On 2 Aug 2015, at 23:27, Steffen Kaiser wrote: >>> On Sun, 2 Aug 2015, Paul Hoffman wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings. I have a bunch of mbox files that I want to import to an >>>> existing user, each into a new mailbox. That is, I want to import >>>>

Paul Hoffman skrev den 2015-08-09 20:20: > Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail > storage from mail_location parameter failed: > mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied > (euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm: > /home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755) > > Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file > instead of reading it? If so, why? nope, you have to tell dovecot auth backend more how to write to homedir of 'id...

...15 13:36, Benny Pedersen wrote: > Paul Hoffman skrev den 2015-08-09 20:20: > >> Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail >> storage from mail_location parameter failed: >> mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied >> (euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm: >> /home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755) >> >> Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file >> instead of reading it? If so, why? > > nope, you have to tell dovecot auth backend more how to writ...