Re: Problem with INBOX

On fredag 25 september 2009 13:02:30 Anne Wilson wrote:
> One user has a problem with INBOX (on a local IMAP server).  All subfolders
> work fine.  I have removed index files, but the problem persists.  The
>  error message says
> 
> Error while querying the server status.  Unable to open folder INBOX.  The
> server replied: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more
> information.
> 
> There's nothing in /var/log/maillog.  Which log should I be reading?

Three short questions:
1. What OS?
2. Which IMAP-server
3. Which syslog-server? 


Usually courier, cyrus or dovecot for IMAP. I use courier and there it is 
courierlogger that handles the logs. Courierlogger logs to syslog. My syslog 
is syslog-ng and the options is normally in /etc/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf. 
I've got:

destination mail { file("/var/log/mail"); };

So for me it's /var/log/mail. But it is also up to what OS you're using to 
define where the syslog should go. 

/bengan