On Wed, May 25, 2011 1:49 pm, M. Fioretti wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Fedora 14 x86_64 computer. I run dovecot 2.0.12 on it, only to > keep a local imap copy of all my email, in maildir format. A couple days > ago the hard disk broke, so I bought a new one, and reinstalled Fedora 14 > x86_64 with all the updates. > > Then I copied all the maildirs from a backup to the new drive. > > But I can't access email now. No matter how I change sticky bits or > ownership and permissions of all the involved files and directories, etc.. > Login succeeds, but I get this error whenever I try to create new > mailboxes or access existing ones:
sorry to nag the list, but is it possible that there is no way to restore this dovecot install, or at least any indication of what else I should check/try to do? Should I provide more information? TIA for any feedback, Marco