I've been struggling trying to get Thunderbird to read e-mail off a
CentOS 7 server.
Sendmail writes mail in /var/spool/mail
I've configured dovecot to try to read from there using Thunderbird
(POP3/SMTP).
The firewall allows ports 25/110.
I verified I have mail in /var/spool/mail
but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail.
I've googled sendmail / dovecot config, I've looked a the wiki but I
just can't figure this out.
Please don't suggest using postfix, I just want to get sendmail /
dovecot working.
[@mail conf.d]# dovecot --version
2.2.10
[root at mail conf.d]# dovecot -n
# 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511
(AltArch)
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
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
}
protocols ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
? driver = passwd
}
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Should your INBOX path be /var/spool/mail/%u then?
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-------- Original message --------From: John Rowan <rowan at rownetco.com>
Date: 13/07/2018 17:44 (GMT+02:00) To: dovecot at dovecot.org Subject:
Sendmail Dovecot Trouble
I've been struggling trying to get Thunderbird to read e-mail off a
CentOS 7 server.
Sendmail writes mail in /var/spool/mail
I've configured dovecot to try to read from there using Thunderbird
(POP3/SMTP).
The firewall allows ports 25/110.
I verified I have mail in /var/spool/mail
but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail.
I've googled sendmail / dovecot config, I've looked a the wiki but I
just can't figure this out.
Please don't suggest using postfix, I just want to get sendmail /
dovecot working.
[@mail conf.d]# dovecot --version
2.2.10
[root at mail conf.d]# dovecot -n
# 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511
(AltArch)
auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
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
}
protocols ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
? driver = passwd
}
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Am 13.07.2018 um 16:44 schrieb John Rowan:> I've been struggling trying to get Thunderbird to read e-mail off a > CentOS 7 server. > > Sendmail writes mail in /var/spool/mail > > I've configured dovecot to try to read from there using Thunderbird > (POP3/SMTP).You didn't explicitly configure pop3 as a protocol. ss -tanlpe | grep "110"> The firewall allows ports 25/110.SMTP doesn't matter here.> I verified I have mail in /var/spool/mail > > but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail. > > I've googled sendmail / dovecot config, I've looked a the wiki but I > just can't figure this out. > > Please don't suggest using postfix, I just want to get sendmail / > dovecot working.Look at the source of truth: the mail log https://wiki2.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging Alexander> [@mail conf.d]# dovecot --version > 2.2.10 > > [root at mail conf.d]# dovecot -n > # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 > (AltArch)Why don't you keep your install updated? Alexander