INBOX issue

Simon Matter simon.matter at ch.sauter-bc.com
Fri Aug 27 04:06:07 EDT 2004


> Hi all,
>
> I'm sure this is been asked a bazillion times in various forms but I've
> tried everything and this is my last resort.
>
> Redhat Fedora Core 3
> Squirrelmail 1.4.3-1
> Apache 2.0.50-4
> cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.19-1
> cyrus-imapd-2.2.6-2.FC3.5
> cyrus-imapd-utils-2.2.6-2.FC3.5
> cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.19-1
> cyrus-sasl-2.1.19-1
> cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.19-1
>
> I've created a couple users with 'cyradm', the mail log shows me as

Okay,
- did you create your users as 'user.somename'?
- can you access a mailbox with telnet, like 'telnet localhost pop3'?
- if both of the above are okay, your squirrelmail config isn't.

Simon

> logged in, as far as the system is concerned. When I login to
> squirrelmail, the left panel looks normal and without errors, minus
> any folders, but the right panel gives me this error:
>
>                      ERROR:
> ERROR : Could not complete request.
> Query: SELECT "INBOX"
> Reason Given: Mailbox does not exist
>
>  I've gone through all Squirrelmail configs over and over and am sure
> that is OK, so I'm left with IMAP. I've checked and triple checked
> permissions to the best that I understand they are to be. I just don't
> know what to do anymore, I've spent days on this and am fried. :)
> Here are my configs:
> /etc/imapd.conf:
>
> configdirectory: /var/lib/imap
> partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> admins: cyrus
> sievedir: /var/lib/imap/sieve
> sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail
> hashimapspool: true
> sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> sasl_mech_list: PLAIN
> tls_cert_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_key_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/cyrus-imapd.pem
> tls_ca_file: /usr/share/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
>
> [root at vzwmail etc]# cat cyrus.conf
> # standard standalone server implementation
>
> START {
>   # do not delete this entry!
>   recover       cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
>
>   # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
> #  idled                cmd="idled"
> }
>
> # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/lib/imap/sockets
> SERVICES {
>   # add or remove based on preferences
>   imap          cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=5
>   imaps         cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=1
>   pop3          cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=3
>   pop3s         cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=1
>   sieve         cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
>
>   # these are only necessary if receiving/exporting usenet via NNTP
> #  nntp         cmd="nntpd" listen="nntp" prefork=3
> #  nntps                cmd="nntpd -s" listen="nntps" prefork=1
>
>   # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> #  lmtp         cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
>   lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=1
>
>   # this is only necessary if using notifications
> #  notify       cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/notify"
> proto="udp" prefork=1
> }
>
> EVENTS {
>   # this is required
>   checkpoint    cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
>
>   # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression,
>   # Sieve or NNTP
>   delprune      cmd="cyr_expire -E 3" at=0400
>
>   # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions
>   tlsprune      cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
> }
>
> Anyone have any suggestions, or see anything lame? I'm so frustrated I
> don't even know what to ask!  :)
>
> Thanks for any assistance
>
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