Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] exim behaving strangely when writing to maildirs? Or is
this dovecot being silly?
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.
