Hi, I found this in my dovecot.log dovecot: Jan 05 15:13:42 Error: IMAP(jane): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/spool/mail/jane: Permission denied dovecot: Jan 05 15:13:42 Error: IMAP(jane): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/spool/mail/jane: Permission denied
My current /var/spool/mail is -rw-rw---- 1 jane mail Jan 5 15:51 /var/spool/mail/jane from this reference http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/mbox I've added mail_privileged_group = mail I also did the chmod +t /var/spool/mail Restarted dovecot. I still get the same problem? What is the mtime of your dovecot.index.cache file? Is it significantly older than the last new message? --Where can I find this? I am new to dovecot. Rdgs, Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: Timo Sirainen <t...@iki.fi> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009 10:00 am Subject: Re: [Dovecot] cannot delete emails in inbox To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org> > On Jan 4, 2009, at 12:33 AM, JANE CUA wrote: > > > I am working on upgrading our current squirrelmail and replace > uw- > > imap with dovecot. I have what looks like a > successful > > installation. My current setup is: > > Centos 5.2 > > sendmail 8.13.8 > > dovecot 1.1.17 (imap) > > squirrelmail 1.4.17 > > > > I can send and receive email fine. However when I try to > delete an > > email in my Inbox, it doesn't get deleted. It only sends > a copy to > > the Trash folder. But the email is still in the > Inbox. I can purge > > and delete the contents in my Trash and Sent folder, no > problem. I > > am not sure if this is a Squirrelmail issue or a Dovecot > issue. > > Please advice. Thank you -- Jane > > Is this with mbox? Have you looked at the logs if there are > error > mesages (http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging)? Sounds like INBOX is > read- > only because it can't create a dotlock file to /var/mail. > http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/mbox >