[Dovecot] dovecot-lmtp does not work

[He Shiming]

I discovered that the line is actually overridden
by /etc/dovecot/conf.d/01-mail-stack-delivery.conf:protocols = imap pop3
sieve . Therefore the protocol is not up. I've modified this line and it
worked. Thanks for you help.


On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 9:34 AM, He Shiming <heshiming at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Andy. But I do have this line 'protocols = lmtp imap pop3' in
> dovecot.conf. This line doesn't contain 'sieve' either. Is it possible for
> other config file to override this line?
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Andy R <spinner.dc at delphinidae.org.uk>wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> Have you added 'lmtp' to the protocols line in dovecot.conf ? It's not
>> listed in your doveconf -n.
>>
>> IE :-
>>
>> # Protocols we want to be serving.
>> #protocols = imap pop3 sieve
>> protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp
>>
>>
>> For logging, set "mail_debug = yes" (in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-**logging.conf
>> on my system).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 31/05/2013 15:33, He Shiming wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Community,
>>>
>>> I've got a weird problem regarding lmtp setup with dovecot 2.0.19 on
>>> ubuntu
>>> 12.04.2 LTS. My reference of the configuration is at
>>> https://library.linode.com/**email/postfix/postfix2.9.6-**
>>> dovecot2.0.19-mysql<https://library.linode.com/email/postfix/postfix2.9.6-dovecot2.0.19-mysql>,
>>> and my configuration is identical to it with the exception of opening the
>>> 110 pop3 port, and enabling plain text auth. Everything from imap, smtp,
>>> pop3 (including auth) works except for lmtp.
>>>
>>> I saw thousands of the following messages in /var/log/mail.log:
>>>
>>> May 31 09:05:24 postfix/lmtp[3664]: 2FD80321F4: to=<myaddress at me.com>,
>>> relay=none, delay=0.41, delays=0.41/0/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred
>>> (connect to me.com[private/dovecot-lmtp]: No such file or directory)
>>>
>>> And it happens when an incoming email is received.
>>>
>>> Here's the output of configuration:
>>>
>>> root at prosp:/etc/dovecot/conf.**d# dovecot -n
>>> # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>> # OS: Linux 3.8.4-linode50 i686 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS ext3
>>> auth_mechanisms = plain login
>>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>>> mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
>>> mail_privileged_group = mail
>>> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
>>> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character
>>> vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex
>>> imap4flags
>>> copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
>>> passdb {
>>>    args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.**ext
>>>    driver = sql
>>> }
>>> plugin {
>>>    sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
>>>    sieve_dir = ~/sieve
>>> }
>>> protocols = imap pop3 sieve
>>> service auth-worker {
>>>    user = vmail
>>> }
>>> service auth {
>>>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/**auth {
>>>      group = postfix
>>>      mode = 0666
>>>      user = postfix
>>>    }
>>>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/**dovecot-auth {
>>>      group = postfix
>>>      mode = 0660
>>>      user = postfix
>>>    }
>>>    unix_listener auth-userdb {
>>>      mode = 0600
>>>      user = vmail
>>>    }
>>>    user = dovecot
>>> }
>>> service imap-login {
>>>    inet_listener imap {
>>>      port = 0
>>>    }
>>> }
>>> service lmtp {
>>>    unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/**dovecot-lmtp {
>>>      group = postfix
>>>      mode = 0600
>>>      user = postfix
>>>    }
>>> }
>>> service pop3-login {
>>>    inet_listener pop3 {
>>>      port = 110
>>>    }
>>> }
>>> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
>>> ssl_cipher_list =
>>> ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!**ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:**+MEDIUM
>>> ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
>>> userdb {
>>>    args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
>>>    driver = static
>>> }
>>> protocol imap {
>>>    imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail
>>>    mail_max_userip_connections = 10
>>> }
>>> protocol pop3 {
>>>    mail_max_userip_connections = 10
>>>    pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
>>> }
>>> protocol lda {
>>>    deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$
>>>    mail_plugins = sieve
>>>    postmaster_address = postmaster
>>>    quota_full_tempfail = yes
>>>    rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically
>>> rejected:%n%r
>>> }
>>>
>>> This problem has been discussed here:
>>> http://serverfault.com/**questions/512219/dovecot-lmtp-**does-not-exist<http://serverfault.com/questions/512219/dovecot-lmtp-does-not-exist>. I've
>>> then tried switching from unix socket to inet listener, and still got the
>>> same result. I cannot get lmtp service to start.
>>>
>>> I'm also seeing no errors in the log when dovecot is restarted (see the
>>> above link for the log).
>>>
>>> I'm wondering how do I go about troubleshooting this problem? What might
>>> be
>>> the possible cause? Is it possible for dovecot to output verbose logs
>>> regarding service startups?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Best regards,
> He Shiming
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