Hi
Thank you for the response.
The dovecot's config is:
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# 1.2.1: /usr/etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-x86_64-linode1 x86_64 CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/paranoidandroidCA/server.crt
ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/paranoidandroidCA/server.key
login_dir: /usr/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
auth default:
mechanisms: plain login cram-md5 ntlm
passdb:
driver: sql
args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot_sql_passdb.conf
userdb:
driver: sql
args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot_sql_userdb.conf
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
master:
path: /usr/var/run/dovecot/auth-master
mode: 384
user: vmail
The log file snippet is:
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Aug 8 14:54:51 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: connect from
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]
Aug 8 14:54:51 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: E571527388:
client=mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]
Aug 8 14:54:52 li73-31 postfix/cleanup[25202]: E571527388: hold: header
Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com
[209.85.219.209])??by mail.paranoidandroid.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id
E571527388??for <Andre at paranoidandroid.co.za>; Sat, 8 Aug 20 from
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]; from=<tungsten15 at gmail.com>
to=<Andre at paranoidandroid.co.za> proto=ESMTP
helo=<mail-ew0-f209.google.com>
Aug 8 14:54:52 li73-31 postfix/cleanup[25202]: E571527388:
message-id=<898bcad90908080554i45eb5dfakad36de457c2ba255 at
mail.gmail.com>
Aug 8 14:54:52 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: New Batch: Scanning 1
messages, 2705 bytes
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Virus and Content Scanning:
Starting
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Requeue: E571527388.AC203 to
9C2282738E
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/qmgr[20163]: 9C2282738E:
from=<tungsten15 at gmail.com>, size=1981, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/qmgr[20163]: warning: connect to
transport private/dovecot: Connection refused
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/error[25208]: 9C2282738E:
to=<andre at paranoidandroid.co.za>, relay=none, delay=11,
delays=11/0.01/0/0.15, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (mail transport
unavailable)
Aug 8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Deleted 1 messages from
processing-database
Aug 8 14:55:22 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: disconnect from
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]
Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 15:39 +0200, Andre Labuschagne wrote:
>
>> Good day all,
>>
>> [Dovecot version 1.2.1]
>> I've set up postfix and dovecot on Centos. I have a problem with
the
>> mail, it is begin received but not "processed" by dovecot.
I've looked
>> in the maillog file and found two problems; the first is that
>> private/dovecot directory (I think it should be a directory) did not
>> exist and the second problem is "mail transport unavailable".
>>
>
> private/dovecot is typically dovecot authentication socket for SMTP
> AUTH. deliver doesn't need it.
>
>
>> I've create a directory called /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot
but I
>> get the following error in the log file: Connection refused (Is this an
>> ownership issue? I've made the owner postfix)
>> As for the second problem, I've spend the most of the past 3 days
>> googling the error and found very little "useful"
information.
>>
>> Do I need to supply more info?
>>
>
> Yeah. Postfix configuration, dovecot -n output and exact log messages
> what happens when you try to deliver a mail.
>