First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working

[Aki Tuomi]

On 18.10.2016 13:42, mick crane wrote:
> On 2016-10-18 07:55, Moi wrote:
>>> Two things to check:
>>>
>>  >    # What does dovecot think user "mailtest" has?
>>  >    doveadm user mailtest
>>
>> I get this:
>> field   value
>> uid     1002
>> gid     8
>> home    /home/mailtest
>> mail    mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/mailtest
>
> this looks wrong I don't think /var should be your home directory.
>

It's just location of INBOX file, which is in this case just right.

>
>> system_groups_user      mailtest
>>
>>  >    # The sticky bit should be set on /var/mail (you didn't mention
>>  >    # setting it.  It probably doesn't have bearing on this problem,
>>  >    # but it will make it a little more secure.
>>  >    chmod 1777 /var/mail
>>
>> You're right, I didn't do it.
>>
>>> I usually don't use this command, I look at the log file which seems to
>> have more details.  Try > looking there for more diagnostics.  Also,
>> look at
>> your MTA's logs as well.
>>
>> I'll try to locate them.
>> Thank you.
>
> I always install "locate" and whenever I change anything do as root
> "/usr/bin/updatedb"
> then you can type
> "locate *.log"

Aki