[Dovecot] Freebsd 4 error DSN stat=Service Unavailable after dovecot install

[Biffy Bob]

Charles Marcus wrote:
> Biffy Bob wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> I am getting an error message on FreeBSD 4 after I install dovecot.  
>> To start off, I create two regular users, testuser and testuser1.
>
> Hi Bob,
>
> You might get a response if you provided a bit more info that might 
> help, like, maybe...
>
> dovecot version
>
> dovecot -n output
>
> Since dovoecot isn't an smtp server, and what you have is a delivery 
> problem, assuming that you had done enough troubleshooting to lead you 
> to believe this was a dovecot problem, you would also want to provide 
> some details on the smtp server and config.
>
> The only reason I can think of that you might think this might be a 
> dovecot issue is:
>
> are you using dovecot LDA?
>
> Otherwise, this would be an issue with your smtp server.
>
> From the logs below, it looks to me like you don't have your delivery 
> mechanism set up properly (sm-mta - service unavailable), but since 
> you didn't provide any details whatsoever about your environment, all 
> anyone can do is guess...
>
>> I send each user emails then I install dovecot.  After installing 
>> dovecot I set up the users in Maildir format then proceed to send 
>> them emails and here is what shows up in the maillogs:
>> Email to testuser3 -
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sendmail[4379]: l2TMYqwj004379: from=root, 
>> size=54, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
>> msgid=<200703292234.l2TMYqwj004379 at myserver.vwh.net>, relay=r
>> oot at localhost
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4380]: l2TMYqMi004380: 
>> from=<root at myserver.vwh.net>, size=342, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
>> msgid=<200703292234.l2TMYqwj004379 at myserver
>> .vwh.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sendmail[4379]: l2TMYqwj004379: 
>> to=testuser3 at myserver.vwh.net, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, 
>> xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pr
>> i=30054, relay=localhost.. [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent 
>> (l2TMYqMi004380 Message accepted for delivery)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004380: 
>> to=<testuser3 at myserver.vwh.net>, ctladdr=<root at myserver.vwh.net> 
>> (0/0), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:0
>> 0, mailer=local, pri=30560, relay=local, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service 
>> unavailable (something didn't work)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004380: 
>> l2TMYqMi004381: DSN: Service unavailable (something didn't work)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: to=myserver, 
>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31584, 
>> relay=local, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Se
>> rvice unavailable (something didn't work)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: 
>> l2TMYqMj004381: return to sender: Service unavailable (something 
>> didn't work)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMj004381: to=myserver, 
>> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32608, 
>> relay=local, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Se
>> rvice unavailable (something didn't work)
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: Losing 
>> ./qfl2TMYqMi004381: savemail panic
>> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: SYSERR(root): 
>> savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere
>>
>> Here is what the user looks like in /etc/passwd:
>> testuser3:*:2400:2400:My very own test 
>> user:/home/testuser3:/sbin/nologin
>>
>> For the other users that have shell access, they don't get this 
>> problem.  It seems to be only the users with no shell.
>> Does anybody know of a fix for this problem?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Thanks for the quick replies.  I realize that some things might be 
seemingly out of date, but I have all the recent security patches 
loaded, etc.  I realize that the error "appears" to be a sendmail issue, 
however, the error only manifests itself after I install dovecot.  I 
only see the problem with the people who have no shell.  The reason why 
I am writing to this list and not the sendmail list is because the 
problems only happen with dovecot installed.  I can send and receive 
mail just fine before dovecot is installed.  The problem doesn't happen 
on my FreeBSD 6 boxes, but I don't have the luxury of upgrading the 
FreeBSD 4 boxes.

Here's a printout of my dovecot -n:
# /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
disable_plaintext_auth: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
verbose_proctitle: yes
first_valid_gid: 0
mail_extra_groups: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3
imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle 
netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep
imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh 
tb-extra-mailbox-sep
imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle
pop3_uidl_format(default):
pop3_uidl_format(imap):
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_client_workarounds(default):
pop3_client_workarounds(imap):
pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
auth default:
  passdb:
    driver: pam
  userdb:
    driver: passwd

The dovecot version is:
dovecot-1.0.r28

Any help would be appreciated.