"chdir Maildir failed"

[Jürgen]

Hello,

I installed a server on the basis of "The Perfect Setup". The system is running with Debian Etch 4.0.

During the installtion there were no errors, everything worked. I get, however, an error when I try to establish a new pop3 connection. The error message of my mail programm is:

Error while sending the password. The server responsed: chdir Maildir failed.

So, I checked the server and connection settings and read some threads about this error, but I still cannot find the bug.

Thanks for your help!

[Flash]

Did you send a message to that mail account, you usually need to send one before you can use pop3 or imap as it needs to create the folder structure. (if it doesnt, give the postfix user write access to the main dir)

[Jürgen]

Thanks for your response.

Sending a mail to the mail account doesn't help.

The users and their mail addresses are listed in /etc/postfix/virtusertable.

The mails are also received and saved in /var/mail/{username}. These files have got the right owner and reading permissions as well.

Any other idea? Thanks!

[Jürgen]

Do you think that it makes sense to remove postfix and to re-install it? Could there be any problems with ISPConfig?

Thanks.

[falko]

The mails are also received and saved in /var/mail/{username}. These files have got the right owner and reading permissions as well.

You must enable Maildir in ISPConfig (Management > Server > Settings > Email) (and/or run
postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/'
postconf -e 'mailbox_command ='
/etc/init.d/postfix restart)

[Jürgen]

Ah! Got it!
I forgot to active the checkbox "Maildir" in ISPConfig.
Why isn't it activated by default?
I have never done it before and it always worked well.

Anyway: Thank you very much! I love this community!

[falko]

Why isn't it activated by default? Because then the users that use mbox would complain. ;)