On 10.9.2004, at 20:43, Web Enabled Info Systems wrote:
i can send email to the server. the email is then appended to the /var/mail/{user} file. i can view the /var/mail/{file} and see the email. i cannot retrieve the email from the local machine using Ximian Evolution (version 1.4.6). however if i use good ole #mail in a terminal it access the file and reads all emails. also as an added twist if i type in an incorrect email for the receiving email server it fails to login. however if i change it back it gets pass the login but it just hangs at retrieving messages. (again this is all on the local machine)
Is there anything in log file (/var/log/maillog or something)?
Also you should set default_mail_env correctly to have both "root mail directory" and INBOX. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/VirtualUsers