Re: [Courier-imap] NO Unable to open this mailbox.

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23.2.2025 15:16, Sam Varshavchik
      wrote:<br>
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      via Courier-imap writes:
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      <blockquote type="cite">Hey,
        <br>
        <br>
        Recently I setup a courier-imap server to recover a Maildir from
        a machine that crashed.
        <br>
        <br>
        The Maildir looks like it is intact having the correct folder
        structures present and the correct metadate files.
        <br>
        <br>
        When I connect to the new server it lists all the subscribed
        folders correctly but when I try to get the contents of a folder
        I get:
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        NO Unable to open this mailbox.
        <br>
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        The Maildir permissions are of the connecting user.
        <br>
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        I am not sure how to proceed with troubleshooting from here.
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      authtest is in the courier-authlib package, run it as root with
      the login id as a parameter.
      <br>
      <br>
      # authtest mrsam
      <br>
      Authentication succeeded.
      <br>
      <br>
          Authenticated: mrsam  (system username: mrsam)
      <br>
         Home Directory: /home/mrsam
      <br>
                Maildir: (none)
      <br>
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      Drop root to either the system username shown, or the numerical
      uid and gid values, if so. Then, cd to the home directory then cd
      either to the Maildir subdirectory, or whatever's shown in Maildir
      here. One of these cds will fail and you will know where to look
      further.
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    <p>Hey Sam,</p>
    <p>Thanks for the reply!</p>
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    <p>All cds work fine.</p>
    <p>I can also ls -R, du or find on the Maildir with the user without
      getting permission denied errors.</p>
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    <p>Eliyahu - אליהו<br>
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