> >>>find > >>>as we have millions and millions of folders. In theory it could even > >>>be an NFS server bug, although we havent seen this in the mailspool > >>>directories. > >> > >>Do you see any errors related to this in log files? Do you see > >>maildirfolder file inside that directory? If it really is created > >>without +x, then Dovecot should fail the maildirfolder file creation > >>and log it. > > > >Yes, I do see errors, thats how I find them. Permission denied errors. > > But what about the maildirfolder file? Does it exist? If not, do you > see an error in logs: > > open(.../maildirfolder, O_CREAT) failed: Permission denied
I dont see any logged errors with O_CREAT. Only these: dovecot-uidlist) failed: Permission denied The created directories are empty: userimap1# cd /var/spool/mail/dovecot-control/r/ro/rossXXX/INBOX/.Sport.NKR userimap1# ls -al total 8 drw------- 2 rossXXX user 4096 Jul 2 18:35 . drwx------ 33 rossXXX user 4096 Jul 31 07:39 .. Cor