Spam Folder does not auto created when first spam arrives

Submitted by IS-V on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 04:41

Dear Developers!

My - not new - problem is that when a new mailbox created and the first spam message arrives into, the spam folder does not auto created.

For the domain there is Server Configuration » Spam and Virus Delivery » Destination for spam emails » Write to standard spam file ~/mail/spam selected.

When I create the spam folder manually the spam messages start to arrive there directly.

The /var/log/procmail.log contains the - procmail: Error while writing to "/home/.../homes/.../mail/spam" - procmail: Lock failure on "/var/spool/mail/.../....lock" lines when it fails.

Please help in this case.

Many thanks and greetings.

Gergo Giczy Hungary/EU

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 12:23

That's odd, this works for me. Do your users have a ~/mail directory though?

In a typical Virtualmin install, spam is delivered to a sub-directory under ~/Maildir , so you should select "Write to standard spam Maildir ~/Maildir/.spam/" on the Spam And Virus Delivery page.

Submitted by JelckedeBoer on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 19:20

Same problem here but with virus dir not being created. Results in virusses being delivered to users! because of error:

procmail: Program failure (1) of "/etc/webmin/virtual-server/clam-wrapper.pl" procmail: Error while writing to "/home/webfauna/homes/marjon/mail/virus"

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 12/13/2009 - 21:26

The next Virtualmin release will resolve this issue by pre-creating the spam and virus directories for new mailboxes ..

Submitted by Issues on Wed, 12/30/2009 - 19:21

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.