Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Postfix & tpop3d problem (virtual new mailbox permissions)

[M. Boelen]

> Hi!
>
> Can anybody help me to resolve my problem?
> I use tpop3d with Postfix+Mysql.
>
> <snip>
>
> Everything work really fine, but postfix virtual create new mailbox in /var/spool/mail 
> with permissions 600, so tpop3d cannot access mailbox, because there is no access for 
> group "mail":
>
> address@hidden ls -l /var/spool/mail
> -rw-------    testmailbox 1000     mail         1554 Dec  4 12:19 777
>
> <snip>
>
> Is the only solution for that problem "chmod 660 /var/spool/mail/mailbox_name" after creating every new mailbox? 
>
> BR, Egor
>
>  
I think you have to configure that in Postfix. I have the same "problem" 
with Exim. The solution is simple: most MTA's support file permissions 
of newly created files.

So check your Postfix documentation about this issue.

Michael Boelen