Hi
Am running debian etch + exim4 + dovecot 1.0.rc15-2etch with both an IMAP
and a POP3 server
The issue is when i try and get my mail using the IMAP protocol outlook
gives and error "cannot find Inbox on 192.0.0.1"
its happens with thunderbird and with Kmail -
I assume i have misconfigured it some how and my mail is set to
"mail_spool"
in Exim4
I have pasted the output of "dovecot -n"
# /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: pop3 imap
listen(default): *:143
listen(imap): *:143
listen(pop3): *:110
ssl_disable: yes
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
login_greeting: The Chisipite Mail Server is ready.
login_processes_count: 5
max_mail_processes: 100
verbose_proctitle: yes
mail_extra_groups: mail Debian-exim
mailbox_idle_check_interval: 5
mail_debug: yes
maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
pop3_uidl_format(default):
pop3_uidl_format(imap):
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv
auth default:
verbose: yes
passdb:
driver: pam
passdb:
driver: passwd
args: /etc/passwd
passdb:
driver: shadow
args: /etc/shadow
userdb:
driver: passwd
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Hannibal Ndlovu wrote:> [...] > > The issue is when i try and get my mail using the IMAP protocol outlook > gives and error "cannot find Inbox on 192.0.0.1"Didn't really look at the rest of your settings, and it's probably a typo, but 192.0.0.1 is an odd address to be using. Are you sure you don't want 192.168.0.1? (192.0.0.1 doesn't appear to be valid outside of IANA. 192.168.0.0/16 is the range that's blocked off for "Private Use". cf. RFC's 3330 and 1918) Best, Ben
On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Hannibal Ndlovu wrote:> Hi > > Am running debian etch + exim4 + dovecot 1.0.rc15-2etch with both an IMAP > and a POP3 server > > The issue is when i try and get my mail using the IMAP protocol outlook > gives and error "cannot find Inbox on 192.0.0.1" > > its happens with thunderbird and with Kmail - > > I assume i have misconfigured it some how and my mail is set to "mail_spool" > in Exim4 > > [dovecot -n output trimmed]Sorry for the noise about the obfuscated IP address. It sounds like you have exim set to deliver mail to /var/mail/(username). Then you should set in your dovecot.conf: mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/%u Or, if you want other mbox folders to appear in ~/mail: mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u For full details, see: http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation Best, Ben