On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:07:53 +0100 Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 26/07/2019 19:30, Phil Reynolds via Exim-users wrote: > > Jul 26 14:56:08 fitzalan dovecot: > > imap(phil)<26727><ZKUF05WOtpcgAQiwDOMAASJonf/+Bp+v>: Error: Mailbox > > INBOX: > > open(/home/phil/Maildir/cur/1564133392.H197929P18087.fitzalan.tinsleyviaduct.com:2,) > > failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(phil) egid=1000(phil) missing > > +r > > perm: > > /home/phil/Maildir/cur/1564133392.H197929P18087.fitzalan.tinsleyviaduct.com:2,) > > > > At the time, it seems the relevant file is owned by root, yet > > ownership is changed to phil before long. This looks rather like a > > problem with the way mail is delivered to the inbox by exim. It > > could, instead, be a misbehaviour of dovecot, but in any case its > > main effect is that I have an empty main inbox in my MUA. > > > > Is this an effect of any behaviour of exim? > > You'll need to tell us what configuration of the exim transport doing > the delivery is. I withdraw this, at least until it starts happening again, as, on checking today, some files were owned by root, but on changing the ownership to phil, normal service was restored. -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
