New dovecot user needs installation help

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Jason Pruim wrote:

> So I just setup my first dovecot install with postfix running for the 
> mail server… I can telnet into my dovecot install and login just fine

what does "telnet into my dovecot install" mean exacly?

Did you've read:
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation

> with my user locally… But when I try to add the account from my phone, 
> computer, or telnetting from my local computer, it just hangs and 
> eventually kicks back a generic error saying it can’t be added… Where 
> can I start looking? I’m hosted with amazon web services and I’m waiting 
> on them to approve my request to white list my IP on my instance, but 
> that should only restrict my ability to send email out on port 25… I 
> should still be able to operate locally…
>
>
> According to the firewall on amazon port 143 and 993 are both allowed from any IP address into the server (All outbound traffic is currently open until I get it working)
>
> I’m thinking it’s something easy, and I can handle pointers! I don’t necessarily need my hand held the entire way… At least not yet…
>
> Here is the output of my dovecot -n:
>
> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-22-222 log]$ dovecot -n
> # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.14.48-33.39.amzn1.x86_64 x86_64
> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> passdb {
>  driver = pam
> }
> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> userdb {
>  driver = passwd
> }
> [ec2-user at ip-172-31-22-222 log]$
>
>
>
>
> Let me know if there is anything else you need, or where to go from here!
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jason Pruim
> pruimj at gmail.com
>
>

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Steffen Kaiser
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