Package: dovecot-common Version: 1.0.rc17-1 Severity: minor I've upgraded from 1.0rc1 to 1.0rc17 and my email broke. when attempting to retrieve email via pop3 I received this error:
Jan 23 00:17:16 hades dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc17 starting up Jan 23 00:17:20 hades dovecot: POP3(fred): mkdir_parents(/var/mail/fred/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jan 23 00:17:20 hades dovecot: POP3(fred): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2007-01-23 00:17:20] Jan 23 00:17:20 hades dovecot: POP3(fred): No INBOX for user top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 Jan 23 00:17:20 hades dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<fred>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured This was with this set in dovecot.conf: default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u It seems that dovecot now requires imap folders: default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u fixes this problem . /usr/share/doc/dovecot-common/mail-storages.txt.gz does mention this but I think it might be worth pointing out a bit better - perhaps in README.Debian? I don't think the behaviour could cope with the earlier config (maybe the syntax has changed cf earlier versions?) unless it treats: mbox:foo as (inbox->foo, maildir->???) mbox:foo:INBOX=bar as (inbox->bar, maildir->foo) but that then seems inconsitent with current behaviour. Adrian -- Adrian Bridgett - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG key available on public key servers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
