dovecot - Apr 2011 - IMAP Client Not Recieving Email (DoveCot + PostFix + IMAP Client)

- Postfix is doing its job sending and receiving email.  It puts the email
in the unix user mailboxes (MBOX).
 - My Outlook client is authenticating with DoveCot using IMAP protocol
without issue.

The Problem:

The mail that is placed my system users mailbox by postfix is not being
transmitted to my outlook client by dovecot.   

/etc/postfix/main.cf:
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smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
append_dot_mydomain = no
readme_directory = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
myhostname = mail.somewhere.org
#alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
#alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = somewhere.org, somewhere.home, localhost.home, , localhost
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 192.0.0.0/8  [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
relayhost = outgoing.verizon.net:587
smtp_sasl_auth_enable=yes
smtp_sasl_password_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd
smtp_sasl_security_options=   
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dovecot -n
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# 1.2.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.35-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
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
first_valid_uid: 1000
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
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
auth default:
  passdb:
    driver: pam
    args: dovecot
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
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I would appreciate any input :)
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on 4/1/2011 8:15 PM ShepN spake the following:
> 
>  - Postfix is doing its job sending and receiving email.  It puts the email
> in the unix user mailboxes (MBOX).
>  - My Outlook client is authenticating with DoveCot using IMAP protocol
> without issue.
> 
> The Problem:
> 
> The mail that is placed my system users mailbox by postfix is not being
> transmitted to my outlook client by dovecot.   
> 
<snip>
> 
> I would appreciate any input :)
Dovecot does not transmit anything to your client. Outlook has to go and get it.
Are you sure that the mail is getting delivered into the proper mbox file?
Is the mail set with proper ownership?
Does dovecot have adequate access into the mail store?

On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 08:15:59PM -0700, ShepN wrote:
> The mail that is placed my system users mailbox by postfix is not being
> transmitted to my outlook client by dovecot.   
My first thought was that dovecot was not looking in the place
where postfix put the mail, but that seems not to be it.

dovecot is looking for the mail in "/var/mail/$USER":
> [dovecot] mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
And after checking procmail's man page, OK, the default location
for the mbox is /var/mail/$LOGNAME
> [postfix] mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
Maybe the names aren't the same? It would be useful to confirm
what the exact filenames are in /var/mail, and th have the log
lines from postfix and dovecot when a mail is delivered by
postfix and dovecot tries to read it.

By the way,
> [postfix] mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 192.0.0.0/8  [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104
[::1]/128
"192.0.0.0/8" invites a LOT of problems. I suspect/hope you
meant "192.168.0.0/16". The exception would be if you have
a specific static public IP range attributed by your ISP
and attributed to your ISP, as verified by IP WHOIS . . .
and "192.0.0.0/8" is CERTAINLY not it. You should change
immediately.

HTH