[Dovecot] pop3 exim4 dovecot

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Thu, November 8, 2012 7:21 pm, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> Am 08.11.2012 08:48, schrieb Patrick Shirkey:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an exim4 and dovecot system. The system has multiple accounts.
>> Exim4 is receiving emails in the /var/mail/user files and dovecot is
>> configured to use /home/user/mail (mbox) folder.
>>
>> I have one account that dovecot is not processing replies/bounces/etc...
>> The data is being written in the /var/mail/user file by exim4 but as far
>> as dovecot is aware there is nothing in the pop3 inbox.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest how I can enable dovecot to know that the data is in
>> the /var/mail/user file and deliver it to the pop3 inbox for this
>> account?
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Patrick Shirkey
>> Boost Hardware Ltd
>>
>
> show logs
> and config like doveconf -n
>
>

There is nothing in the  dovecot logs afaict

echo "my test" | mail -s "test message" test at xxx

2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s <= root at xxx U=root P=local S=398
2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s => xxx <test at xxx> R=local_user
T=mail_spool
2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s Completed


exim -bt test at xxx
R: system_aliases for xxx at localhost
R: userforward for xxx at localhost
R: procmail for xxx at localhost
R: maildrop for xxx at localhost
R: lowuid_aliases for xxx at localhost (UID 1238)
R: local_user for xxx at localhost
xxx at localhost
    <-- test at xxx
  router = local_user, transport = mail_spool


- Here's the dovecot config:

# dovecot -n
# 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.6
log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
protocols: pop3 pop3s
listen: 127.0.0.1
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: mbox:~/mail
mail_debug: yes
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
auth default:
  debug: yes
  passdb:
    driver: pam
  userdb:
    driver: passwd


--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd