Hey all, I've just installed Postfix + Dovecot on Xubunto 14.04 LTS. Following this page : Setup a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu / Debian <http://www.binarytides.com/install-postfix-dovecot-debian/> although I'm able to send emails to GMail and other kind of domain, nothing appears on Thunderbird INBOX, nor using openssl : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ openssl s_client -connect imap.<DOMAIN>.<TLD>:993 CONNECTED(00000003) <snip /> Start Time: 1443543797 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate) --- * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Ubuntu) ready. A1 LOGIN <USER>@<DOMAIN>.<TLD> <PASSWORD 4 USER> A1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE] Logged in A2 LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." GMail * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Drafts) "." Drafts * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." j-kiosk * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "." Trash * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Pourriel * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Linux Mint" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." free * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "." Sent * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX A2 OK List completed. A3 EXAMINE INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1443454274] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences A3 OK [READ-ONLY] Examine completed (0.000 secs). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, using mail, i can read the emails : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ mail Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10. Type ? for help. "/var/mail/desktop": 20 messages 9 new 18 unread U 1 Desktop User Sun Sep 27 13:01 19/621 ceci est le sujet <snip /> N 20 Yvon Thoraval Tue Sep 29 18:02 25/1042 another mail with Maildir... ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my dovecot setup uses vhosts : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/ total 76K drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ./ drwxr-sr-x 4 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 27 10:31 ../ drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 cur/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 272 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot.index.log -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 168 sept. 29 16:16 dovecot.mailbox.log -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 51 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidlist -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 8 sept. 29 16:17 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.56095d49 drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:09 .Drafts/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:40 .free/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:41 .GMail/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .j-kiosk/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Linux Mint/ drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 Maildir/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 maildirfolder drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 new/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:08 .Pourriel/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Sent/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 48 sept. 29 16:16 subscriptions drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 tmp/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:06 .Trash/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- with nothing in new subfolder: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/new total 8,0K drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 ./ drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ../ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Postfix version : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ postconf -d | grep mail_version mail_version = 2.11.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Dovecot version : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ dovecot --version 2.2.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Dovecot conf : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ sudo dovecot -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n namespace inbox { inbox = yes location mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users driver = passwd-file } postmaster_address = desktop at j-kiosk.com protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Postfix conf: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no config_directory = /etc/postfix inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = <DOMAIN>.<TLD> myhostname = smtp.<DOMAIN>.<TLD> mynetworks = <DOMAIN IP>.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin =<DOMAIN>.<TLD> readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter relayhost smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Yvon, perhaps you can take a look into your logs at /var/log/mail.log (and dovecot.log as you configured). There Postfix should pickup the incoming email and deliver it to Dovecot. From this communication the problem should be pretty obvious. Philon> Am 30.09.2015 um 15:14 schrieb Yvon Thoraval <yvon.thoraval at gmail.com>: > > Hey all, > > I've just installed Postfix + Dovecot on Xubunto 14.04 LTS. > Following this page : > Setup a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu / Debian > <http://www.binarytides.com/install-postfix-dovecot-debian/> > > although I'm able to send emails to GMail and other kind of domain, nothing > appears on Thunderbird INBOX, nor using openssl : > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > $ openssl s_client -connect imap.<DOMAIN>.<TLD>:993 > CONNECTED(00000003) > > <snip /> > > Start Time: 1443543797 > Timeout : 300 (sec) > Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate) > --- > * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE > AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Ubuntu) ready. > A1 LOGIN <USER>@<DOMAIN>.<TLD> <PASSWORD 4 USER> > A1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE > SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS > LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN > CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE] Logged in > A2 LIST "" "*" > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." GMail > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Drafts) "." Drafts > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." j-kiosk > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "." Trash > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Pourriel > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Linux Mint" > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." free > * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "." Sent > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX > A2 OK List completed. > A3 EXAMINE INBOX > * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) > * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. > * 0 EXISTS > * 0 RECENT > * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1443454274] UIDs valid > * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID > * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences > A3 OK [READ-ONLY] Examine completed (0.000 secs). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > However, using mail, i can read the emails : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ mail > > Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10. Type ? for help. > > "/var/mail/desktop": 20 messages 9 new 18 unread > > U 1 Desktop User Sun Sep 27 13:01 19/621 ceci est le sujet > > <snip /> > > N 20 Yvon Thoraval Tue Sep 29 18:02 25/1042 another mail with > Maildir... > > ? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > my dovecot setup uses vhosts : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/ > > total 76K > > drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ./ > > drwxr-sr-x 4 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 27 10:31 ../ > > drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 cur/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 272 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot.index.log > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 168 sept. 29 16:16 dovecot.mailbox.log > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 51 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidlist > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 8 sept. 29 16:17 dovecot-uidvalidity > > -r--r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.56095d49 > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:09 .Drafts/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:40 .free/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:41 .GMail/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .j-kiosk/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Linux Mint/ > > drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 Maildir/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 maildirfolder > > drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 new/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:08 .Pourriel/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Sent/ > > -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 48 sept. 29 16:16 subscriptions > > drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 tmp/ > > drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:06 .Trash/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > with nothing in new subfolder: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/new > > total 8,0K > > drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 ./ > > drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ../ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > my Postfix version : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ postconf -d | grep mail_version > > mail_version = 2.11.0 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > my Dovecot version : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ dovecot --version > > 2.2.9 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > my Dovecot conf : > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ sudo dovecot -n > > # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > > # OS: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS ext4 > > auth_mechanisms = plain login > > listen = * > > log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log > > mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n > > namespace inbox { > > inbox = yes > > location > > mailbox Drafts { > > special_use = \Drafts > > } > > mailbox Junk { > > special_use = \Junk > > } > > mailbox Sent { > > special_use = \Sent > > } > > mailbox "Sent Messages" { > > special_use = \Sent > > } > > mailbox Trash { > > special_use = \Trash > > } > > prefix > > } > > passdb { > > driver = pam > > } > > passdb { > > args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users > > driver = passwd-file > > } > > postmaster_address = desktop at j-kiosk.com > > protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" > > service auth { > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > > group = postfix > > mode = 0666 > > user = postfix > > } > > } > > service imap-login { > > inet_listener imaps { > > port = 993 > > ssl = yes > > } > > } > > service lmtp { > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { > > group = postfix > > mode = 0600 > > user = postfix > > } > > } > > service pop3-login { > > inet_listener pop3s { > > port = 995 > > ssl = yes > > } > > } > > ssl = required > > ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem > > ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem > > userdb { > > driver = passwd > > } > > userdb { > > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n > > driver = static > > } > > protocol imap { > > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep > > } > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > my Postfix conf: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ postconf -n > > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > > append_dot_mydomain = no > > biff = no > > config_directory = /etc/postfix > > inet_interfaces = all > > inet_protocols = all > > mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 > > mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain, localhost > > mydomain = <DOMAIN>.<TLD> > > myhostname = smtp.<DOMAIN>.<TLD> > > mynetworks = <DOMAIN IP>.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 > > myorigin =<DOMAIN>.<TLD> > > readme_directory = no > > recipient_delimiter > > relayhost > > smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache > > smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) > > smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated > defer_unauth_destination > > smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes > > smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth > > smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot > > smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes > > smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem > > smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key > > smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache > > smtpd_use_tls = yes > > virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains > > virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello Yvon, On 30.09.2015 15:14, Yvon Thoraval wrote:> I've just installed Postfix + Dovecot on Xubunto 14.04 LTS. > Following this page : > Setup a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu / Debian > <http://www.binarytides.com/install-postfix-dovecot-debian/> > > although I'm able to send emails to GMail and other kind of domain, nothing > appears on Thunderbird INBOX, nor using openssl : > [..] > However, using mail, i can read the emails : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ mail > > Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10. Type ? for help. > > "/var/mail/desktop": 20 messages 9 new 18 unread > [..] > my dovecot setup uses vhosts : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/ > [..] > with nothing in new subfolder:As you wrote, mail accesses and displays /var/mail/desktop, but you told dovecot to serve mails from var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>. You probably want postfix to hand over mails to dovecot via lmtp. Mit freundlichen Gr??en Christian Schmidt -- No signature available. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5326 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20151001/8002b8c9/attachment.p7s>
? 2015-10-01 14:07 GMT+02:00 Christian Schmidt < Christian.Schmidt at chemie.uni-hamburg.de>:> As you wrote, mail accesses and displays /var/mail/desktop, but you told > dovecot to serve mails from var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>. > > You probably want postfix to hand over mails to dovecot via lmtp. >right ! Vielen dank !