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

[Biffy Bob]

Biffy Bob wrote:
> 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.
Never mind, I found out the problem to be sendmail.  The version I have 
just doesn't work well with this setup.  Upgrading to the latest version 
of sendmail fixed my problem.  Thanks!