[Dovecot] question about /var/mail/xxx

[Daniel Tröder]

Am 19.06.2015 um 08:29 schrieb Mickael Choisnard:
> Hi,
> I need your help to use dovecot with sendmail
> I use a fresh debian 8 jessie and i installed sendmail and dovecot 2.
> Sendmail works fine.
> 
> All mails go to /var/mail/xxx
> 
> this is problem for dovecot. dovecot cannot get it.
> 
> # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.1
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = yes
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> first_valid_uid = 116
> last_valid_uid = 116
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> mail_home = /srv/mail/%u
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mail_privileged_group = mail
> namespace inbox {
>   inbox = yes
>   location =
>   mailbox Drafts {
>     special_use = \Drafts
>   }
>   mailbox Junk {
>     special_use = \Junk
>   }
>   mailbox Sent {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>     special_use = \Sent
>   }
>   mailbox Trash {
>     special_use = \Trash
>   }
>   prefix =
> }
> passdb {
>   args = scheme=SHA-CRYPT /etc/dovecot/users
>   driver = passwd-file
> }
> postmaster_address = root at arpagon
> protocols = " imap pop3"
> service auth {
>   unix_listener auth-userdb {
>     group = vmail
>     user = vmail
>   }
> }
> ssl = no
> userdb {
>   args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n
>   driver = static
> }
> 
> cat /var/log/dovecot.log
> 
> Jun 19 08:14:18 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
> rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18799, session=<z46U1dgY+gAKCwwe>
> Jun 19 08:14:18 imap(mc110771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=8 out=395
> Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
> rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18801, session=<bNcE1tgY+wAKCwwe>
> Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
> rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18803, session=<sEIP1tgY/AAKCwwe>
> Jun 19 08:14:26 imap(mc120771): Error: open() failed with mbox file
> /var/mail/mc120771: Permission denied
> Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=137
> out=640
> Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=74
> out=547
> Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0
> secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93,
> session=<H/mV5dgYhwAKCwwt>
> Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0
> secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93,
> session=<2gOX5dgYigAKCwwt>
> Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0
> secs): user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93,
> session=<ojeY5dgYjQAKCwwt>
You have to configure Sendmail to "give" mails to Dovecot, so it can
save them itself: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail

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