cannot retrieve mail in desktop client

[Andrew Morgan]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, JonL wrote:

> after adding the required command in main.cf
> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
>
> I'm now getting the following error
>
> Jun 30 23:05:24 mmtlnx postfix/qmgr[13978]: 05C4A19B8A:
> from=<839556+2D3-jlmiller=mmtnetworks.com.au at lists.techtarget.com>,
> size=4281, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
> Jun 30 23:05:24 mmtlnx postfix/lmtp[14146]: 05C4A19B8A:
> to=<jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>, relay=none, delay=3, status=deferred
> (connect to /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]: Permission
> denied)

Make sure that your Postfix user has permissions to open that socket file. 
You might need to relax the permissions on the parent directories.  Also, 
Postfix is frequently run in a chroot environment, so you may need to 
relocate your lmtp socket somewhere inside the chroot or disable chroot.

 	Andy