On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 18:39, Matthew Daubenspeck wrote: > I am currently using squirrelmail and courier-imap for a webmail only > mail server and am having problems adding new users. I created a new > user and sent a test message to the account to which exim creates the > correct ~/Maildir directories, and delivers the mail into the correct > folder. However, when I try to login through squirrelmail, I get the > following error: > > Preference database error (connect failed). Exiting abnormally > > I checked with other servers where I use the same config/setup, and I > noticed that in the ~/Maildir directory, there are two files named > courierimapsubscribed and courierimapuiddb, which is not on the new > system. How can I create this?
those two files are created automatically. Make sure that exim is using the maildir format - i.e. there are the cur, new and tmp folders in ~/Maildir. Also, you could check syslog / messages for errors. HTH, Shri -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shri Shrikumar U R Byte Solutions I.T. Consultant 23 McDonald Road Tel: (0131) 558 9990 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Edinburgh EH7 4LX Web: www.urbyte.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
