On Dec 2, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Darius Bohni wrote: > I try to set up dovecot with imap and maildir. I run into a permission > problem. > I need to have read and execute rights of all folders and mails for the > group (needed by the backup deamon).
Easiest solution: Upgrade to Dovecot v1.2 and just set up the directories' permissions the way you want them. Dovecot will use those permissions for all files it creates.