Nataraj wrote: >>> I would check the ownership and permissions of the mail directories and >>> files. You might also try a different mail client. >> All the dovecot mail directories and files are in ~/Maildir , >> and are owned by me, with all directories having 700 permission, >> and all files having 664 permssion. > Well that could be your problem. Thanks again for responding. But the permissions in lower folders, where I can create sub-folders, are exactly the same as the permissions in the top folders, where I cannot. > And yes I have created new folders with mkdir. Are you using maildir format? If so, do you also create cur, new and tmp sub-directories? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College Dublin