Hans Neukomm
2010-Jul-03 12:36 UTC
[Dovecot] dovecot created mailbox empty - all mail forwarded to main MX server and cyrus-dovecot conflict
Hi all after lots of trial and error and the help of THIS mail list, finally my dovecot-postfix combination seems to work yet the dovecot mail spool always is empty all mail forwarded to my main mail server - but i have no mail relay configured. why is the mail NOT in the dovecot inbox but forwarded to another mail server ?? and why does postconf -A show cyrus and NOT dovecot ?? below some relevant config data. my goal is to have a clean simple dovecot+postfix mail system with nothing else (cyrus or so) involved when ever possible. ---------- DNS MX stuff dig mx kriyayoga.com ;; ANSWER SECTION: kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.kriyayoga.com. kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 0 mail.kriyayoga.com. the new dovecot setup is tested on smtp.kriyayoga.com and when successfully working shall be used on both mail MX servers. ---------- postfix stuff relevant to dovecot > postconf -A cyrus > postconf -a cyrus dovecot my postconf -n shows nothing about cyrus in the config NOR anything about mail-relay to my main MX relayhost mailbox_transport mailbox_command smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot virtual_transport = dovecot ---------- below the mail log for sending mail to my dovecot box Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: connect from unknown[124.108.51.96] Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=27801 Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=smtp#011nologin#011lip=78.46.101.111#011rip=124.108.51.96#011resp=aGFucwBoYW5zAEk4Q3Nhd084MUR4Y1JlTTh1QmgwTA=Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK#0111#011user=hans Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: BC90129D9F: client=unknown[124.108.51.96], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=hans Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/cleanup[27807]: BC90129D9F: message-id=<201007032031.07830.hans at kriyayoga.com> Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: from=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, size=1287, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: to=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 97FCE138024) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: to=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 97FCE138024) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: removed at this point the mail is gone already - NO mail in my dovecot inbox - NO error - just automatically relayed to my main MX ---------- any help or tip or pointer to a howto is welcome and highly appreciated. greetings Hans <hans at kriyayoga.com> Cyberspace Ashram http://www.kriyayoga.com/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20100703/74c642e3/attachment-0002.bin>
/dev/rob0
2010-Jul-03 15:15 UTC
[Dovecot] dovecot created mailbox empty - all mail forwarded to main MX server and cyrus-dovecot conflict
On Sat, Jul 03, 2010 at 08:36:03PM +0800, Hans Neukomm wrote:> after lots of trial and error and the help of THIS mail list,FWIW this one is posted on the wrong list; this one's a Postfix issue. Your hint for that should have been to see that the logs demonstrating the problem were entirely from Postfix.> finally my dovecot-postfix combination seems to work > yet > the dovecot mail spool always is empty > all mail forwarded to my main mail server - but i have no mail > relay configured. > > why is the mail NOT in the dovecot inbox but forwarded to > another mail server ??Because the kriyayoga host does not know it's supposed to be the final destination for kriyayoga.com. Anything not recognized as a locally-hosted destination will be routed as per DNS lookup. http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASS_README.html http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html> and why does postconf -A show cyrus and NOT dovecot ??Irrelevant to your issue, this is normal. Dovecot does not have a client SASL implementation.> below some relevant config data. > > my goal is to have a clean simple dovecot+postfix mail system > with nothing else (cyrus or so) involved when ever possible. > > ---------- DNS MX stuff > > dig mx kriyayoga.com > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.kriyayoga.com. > kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 0 mail.kriyayoga.com.The dual MX is usually not a good idea. To do it right is far from simple. Your lower priority MX host will be a spam magnet.> the new dovecot setup is tested on smtp.kriyayoga.com and when > successfully working shall be used on both mail MX servers.Two mailstores? Again, this is not simple to set up.> ---------- > > postfix stuff relevant to dovecot > > > postconf -A > cyrus > > > postconf -a > cyrus > dovecot > > my postconf -n shows nothing about cyrus in the config > NOR > anything about mail-relay to my main MX > > relayhost > mailbox_transport > mailbox_commandThose all being default settings, they do not belong in main.cf.> smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > virtual_transport = dovecot > > ---------- below the mail log for sending mail to my dovecot box > > Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: connect from > unknown[124.108.51.96] > Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: > pid=27801 > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client in: > AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=smtp#011nologin#011lip=78.46.101.111#011rip=124.108.51.96#011resp=aGFucwBoYW5zAEk4Q3Nhd084MUR4Y1JlTTh1QmgwTA=> Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): > passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans > file=/etc/dovecot/passwd > Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: > OK#0111#011user=hansOkay, those are Dovecot logs, but not entirely relevant to the problem. The user hans authenticated successfully and is being permitted to relay to an external domain, kriyayoga.com.> Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: BC90129D9F: > client=unknown[124.108.51.96], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=hans > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/cleanup[27807]: BC90129D9F: > message-id=<201007032031.07830.hans at kriyayoga.com> > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: > from=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, size=1287, nrcpt=2 (queue active) > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: > to=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, > delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: > queued as 97FCE138024) > Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: > to=<hans at kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, > delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: > queued as 97FCE138024)According to the MX records you posted, mail.kriyayoga.com. is the highest priority ("0") MX host for kriyayoga.com. So the rest of the non-spamming world is going to send all kriyayoga.com. mail there as well.> Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: removed > > > at this point the mail is gone already - NO mail in my dovecot > inbox - NO error - just automatically relayed to my main MXIf you need to followup on this to the Postfix list, see: http://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail -- Offlist mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header