root@mail:/var/vmail# ls -l
total 24
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 18 05:44 backup
drwx------ 2 mlmmj mlmmj 4096 Nov 18 05:44 mlmmj
drwx------ 2 mlmmj mlmmj 4096 Nov 18 05:44 mlmmj-archive
drwx------ 2 www-data www-data 4096 Nov 18 05:44 pgp-keys
drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4096 Nov 18 05:44 public
drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4096 Nov 18 06:07 sieve
lrwxrwxrwx 1 vmail vmail 31 Nov 18 06:09 vmail1 -> /mount/ubuntu/maail/new/vmail1/
this is the output after doing chown vmail:vmail and chmod 0700 to vmail1