in my /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf i added this line : mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%u
when i atempt to connect using webmail (roundcube) and do a "tail -f /var/log/maillog", i have : Dec 5 15:45:19 mailserver dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<wesley>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=1502, secured Dec 5 15:45:19 mailserver dovecot: imap(wesley): Error: user wesley: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: mbox: mbox root directory can't be a file: /var/mail/wesley (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Mbox) Dec 5 15:45:19 mailserver dovecot: imap(wesley): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Also, mail are in : /var/mail/%u (mbox) If i add a user, does it need a home directory ? If someone can help me. On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:26:55 +0100, Vitali <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Wesley M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> Already done. But still doesn't work. >> I have "connection error on imap server" >> >> I have 3 users created, with 3 2 domains hosted. >> 993, 143 dovecot ports (imaps,imap) listen OK. >> >> ? > > Please, try to connect to your IMAP port manually to see what it's > going to reply. > > # telnet your.imap.host 143 > here there will be imap server messages... > you then type: > a001 login username passwd > here must imap server's messages... > a002 logout > # > > V.
