Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir and Temporary_error_on_maildir_delivery

[qdeb]

In my Debian I have ~/user/ with these permissions: 755 user.popusers

If the ~/Maildir (and sub-directories) has permissions 700 or 750 or 770 useropusers, then I can receive all external messages except messages from/to localdomain internal addresses (internal lan mail). When Qmail try to delivery a message from/to localdomain address, mail.log tells this error:

starting delivery 1236: msg 14237 to local user@server.localdomain
status: local 1/20 remote 0/90
delivery 1236: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/

If the ~/Maildir (and sub-directories) has permissions 777 useropusers than I can receive all messages from/to localdomain addresses BUT:
1. the messages have these strange permissions: 600 507:231 (only in numerical format!)
2. mail.log reports this new error: Temporary_error_on_maildir_delivery._(#4.3.0)/
3. pop3 clients can't download these messages

Why? What's wrong?

Thanx

 

[thedaver]

Sounds like you've got the wrong username.groupname assigned to the folder(s).

I'm not familiar with Debian defaults for building qmail in terms of usernames and groupnames.

shouldn't qmaill be an owner?

See... 2.5.4

http://www.lifewithqmail.org/lwq.html#build

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