[CentOS] dovecot problem -- not deleting messages from server after downloading them - SOLVED

[Charlie Brune]

On 08/13/2011 02:44 PM, Charlie Brune wrote:
> I recently installed CentOS 6.0 and Dovecot 2.0.
>
> My problem is that, when I download emails to my laptop (running
> Thunderbird), the emails are NOT deleted from my server.  They stay
> there and are downloaded again and again.  8-(
>
> The "Leave messages on server" option in Thunderbird is not checked.
>
> I have several laptops that used to work when I ran CentOS 5.6 / Dovecot
> 1.x.  I haven't changed their configuration and they all have the same
> problem.
>
> Here's a sample (personal data removed) of /var/log/maillog when I
> download messages (note the "del=0/487" on the 2nd line):
>
> Aug 13 14:28:54 chasserver dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<centos>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.2, lip=192.168.0.27, mpid=18393, TLS
> Aug 13 14:29:28 chasserver dovecot: pop3(centos): Disconnected: Logged
> out top=0/0, retr=487/2134628, del=0/487, size=2126323
>
> My "dovecot -n" output is below.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
> # dovecot -n
> # 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final)
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> passdb {
>     driver = pam
> }
> ssl_cert =</etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key =</etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> userdb {
>     driver = passwd
> }
>
>
>
>
>
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I solved the problem by disabling SELinux. Not sure why that fixed it, 
but it did make me dislike SELinux just a little bit more. LOL

Regards,
Charlie