[Dovecot] User Unknown Sendmail Error

[Paul Roberts]

Sorry I wasn't clearer...when I send mail to that user from an  
external account (in this case my gmail account) I get the "user  
unknown" error from sendmail.

-Paul



On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Uldis Pakuls <neko at it4u.lv> wrote:

> Paul Roberts wrote:
>> I am totally stumped here.  I have setup a dovecot user and I can  
>> telnet to
>> port 110 and login no problem with that user.  When I try to send  
>> mail I get
>> an error from sendmail:
>> Mar  4 13:39:56 flashyhome sendmail[5014]: m24JdtGp005014: <paul at fleeky.com 
>> >...
>> User unknown
>>
>>
>
> "When I try to send mail I get an error from sendmail"
>
> dovecot _is not_ sendmail.... your MX setup is separate thing. check  
> your MX setup or at least provide your "sendmail": (postfix,  
> sendmai,l exim?) config.
>
> Uldis
>