I've been trying to figure this out for a week now...

When I send mail through my smtp server, it stores the mail in /var/
vpopmail/domain/<domain>/<user>/.maildir . I'm using vpopmail with a
mysql database. I fixed that so it delivers to /home/<user>/.maildir
by manually changing the path to the maildir in my mysql database.

Here's the problem, when it creates new mail, it does so with
ownership vpopmail:vpopmail and file mode 700. So, now my users dont
have permission to view their mail.

How can I fix this?

Thanks. Let me know if you need any more information.