Dovecot showing dotlock error.

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Issue

  • Dovecot showing dotlock error.
Aug 08 13:48:35 example.com dovecot[23159]: pop3(usertest): Error: file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/usertest) failed: Permission denied (euid=50006(usertest) egid=50006(usertest) missing +w perm: /var/mail, we're not in group 12(mail), dir owned by 0:12 mode=0775) (set mail_privileged_group=mail)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Dovecot

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