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Description of problem: Can't read POP3 mail. Mail files locations set in dovecot.conf Authentication works but mail read failed with error in logfile Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): dovecot-2.0.11-1.fc14.x86_64 How reproducible: repeated Steps to Reproduce: 1. dovecot.conf mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY 2. access mail from evolution with SSL on 3. authentication succeeded but mail fetch failed with following in logfile Actual results: in maillog ------------- pop3-login: Login: user=<roman>, method=PLAIN, rip=, lip=, mpid=2771, TLS dovecot: pop3(roman): Error: user roman: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/roman dovecot: pop3(roman): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. -------------- Expected results: reading POP3 mail Additional info:
I'd solved this one. It appears webmin dovecot module was writing settings at /etc/dovecot.conf while dovecot v 2.0.11 was trying to read settings from /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf run dovecot -n to see the settings. Hope this helps many others too...