More mail problems - Unable to open mailbox

started at 22 Apr 2008 by Nick
  • Nick
    22 Apr 2008

    Having solved the last problem of not a failure to create a mailbox, I now have new error in the mail log:

    to=<nick@xxxxxxxx>, relay=maildrop, delay=90883, delays=90872/0.32/0/10, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: /usr/local/bin/maildrop: Unable to open mailbox. )

    As far as I can see I have followed the instructions on the site...

    Details:

    Mac Mini 10.5.3
    Postfix-2.5.1
    Maidrop-2.0.4

    Mails should be delivered to:

    /usr/local/virtual/xxxxx/nick

    Now, should the next level down be:

    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/Maildir
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/mail
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/mailbox

    And below that:

    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/??????/cur
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/??????/new
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/??????/tmp

    From virtual down the directory tree things are set owner:_vmail group:_postfix permission: 770

    I am really at a loss as to where to go from here. I have rerun installs. Read tons of sites. I have spent hours and hours on this. What is causing the real problems is the lack of details in the mail log... 'Unable to open mailbox.' Not very informative.....

  • Richard
    22 Apr 2008

    Nick, a few lines above that line in the logfile courier auth is retrieving the Maildir from the database. You hould se sometinh like a SQL statement. Does that correspond to what you are expecting ?

    Just to make sure could you mail me your /usr/local/etc/authlib/authmysqlrc file, /usr/local/etc/imapd and impad-ssl files.

  • Nick
    22 Apr 2008

    Problem solved (I was being really, really thick....)

    Mail box structure should be:

    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/cur
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/new
    /usr/local/virtual/mapped.at/nick/tmp

    Obvious really!

    Nick

  • Richard
    23 Apr 2008

    Well it was that or a configuration error...

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