IMAP logins via fetchmail are failing on my mailserver
r...@grelber:/home/esr# tail -f /var/log/mail.err
Nov 24 16:56:48 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and
autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy
Nov 24 16:56:48 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization
failed
Nov 24 16:57:39 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and
autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy
Nov 24 16:57:39 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization
failed
Nov 24 16:57:52 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and
autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy
Nov 24 16:57:52 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization
failed
Nov 24 17:05:15 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and
autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy
Nov 24 17:05:15 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization
failed
Nov 24 17:09:41 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): mail_location not set and
autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/cathy
Nov 24 17:09:41 grelber dovecot: IMAP(cathy): Fatal: Namespace initialization
failed
However:
r...@grelber:/home/esr# dovecot -n
# 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: mbox:~/mail:/var/mail/%u
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
auth default:
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
And cathy is a real user:
r...@grelber:/home/esr# grep cathy /etc/passwd
cathy:x:1001:1001:Cathy Raymond,,,:/home/cathy:/bin/bash
o...@grelber:/home/esr# ls -l /var/mail/cathy
-rw------- 1 cathy mail 14296599 2010-11-24 17:30 /var/mail/cathy
Dovecot appears confused about whether or not mail_location is set.
Just to make matters more perplexing, when *I* fetch from IMAP - using a
fetchmail configuration identical except for username - it works.
This is driving me nuts. Help?
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
"Taking my gun away because I might shoot someone is like cutting my tongue
out because I might yell `Fire!' in a crowded theater."
-- Peter Venetoklis
