A guess: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/mbox -> /var/mail/ dotlocks
On 17.1.2013, at 8.30, Tinguaro Barreno Delgado <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello again, > > Permissions seems to be ok; all mboxes has 660 with group 'mail'. > > --- > -rw-rw---- 1 tbarreno mail 1337814 ene 17 06:10 tbarreno > --- > > However, the dovecot service was changed last October in Debian distro: > > --- > * Dovecot uses two system users for internal purposes now by > default: "dovenull" and "dovecot". "dovenull" user is used by > completely untrustworthy processes, while "dovecot" user is used > for slightly more trusted processes. > --- > > The "dovecot" user isn't included in the 'mail' group; I've tryed but it > doesn't work. > > I'll take a look at the Postfix configuration just to see if it's locking the > files. > > Many thanks again. > > Best wishes, > Tinguaro Barreno > > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 08:43:13AM +0200, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 20:38 +0100, Tinguaro Barreno Delgado wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I've running a Dovecot's installation for several years without problems >>> but since last system upgrade (Dec 26) I'm facing a kind of sync issue with >>> the /var/mail/ inbox files. >>> >>> We have got mobile and desktops IMAP clients (mostly Mozilla Thunderbird). >>> The problem is that /var/mail/ files (mbox) aren't updated: we can delete >>> mail from clients but they persist in de /var/mail, so the same user can >>> see the mail again from other IMAP client. >>> >>> Logs seems to be correct. >> >> Sounds like Dovecot thinks the INBOX is read-only. What are the >> filesystem permissions in the files? >> > > -- > Tinguaro Barreno Delgado > <[email protected]> >
