[SOLVED] dovecot: cannot read/write to folder (file)

boxb29 · 08-14-2009, 08:44 PM

dovecot : cannot read/write to folder <file>
Ubuntu: v8.10
Postfix: v2.5.5
Dovecot: v1.1.4

I have a folder (newspam) where I place junk mail - someone else created it for me. I recently deleted the contents of the file using

Code:

echo "" > newspam

Now I get an error from my client (thunderbird) everytime I try to open the folder or drag emails into it. error "Mailbox is not a valid mbox file". I assume this is an imap issue, but I am not sure.

Any help would be appreciated.

-tom

boxb29 · 08-15-2009, 12:53 AM

fixed it (sort of)....if you delete the file (rm) and then re-create (touch)...everything works. Only has a problem when you try to keep the file and delete only the content.