>> I copied the .maildir - folders within the single homedirs onto the new
>> server, chown'ed them to the new UIDs/GIDs and configured postfix to
>> deliver to them. This works good. But here's my problem: When opening
>> the maildirs with Thunderbird (Courier over IMAP), and accessing a
>> folder other than Inbox, then the following error is printed: "Unable to 
>> 
>> open this mailbox". I double checked the permissions and tried to create 
>> 
>
> Not just the permission, but the ownership of all files and 
> subdirectories
> in the maildir, and that it must match the userid and the groupid defined 
> in
> the account record.

Hi Sam,

Thank you for your answer. I set the ownership (user and group) recursively 
on the whole maildir folder. I used the UID and GID of the system. What do 
you mean with "account record"? Is there another database?

Greets Marc 

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