I'm trying to build a mail server for a friend using Postfix, Dovecot and Postfixadmin, using Mariadb as the backend for user information and authentication.
I've got it *almost* working. (dovecot -n at the bottom because I don't think the problem is in the SQL)
I have things up to the point where mail comes in, and where you can get Thunderbird to connect to Dovecot, but delivery is looking at a different directory than IMAP: root@mailserver:/var/mail/vmail# find ./ ./ ./petro@republicofmean.com ./petro@republicofmean.com/dovecot.index.log ./petro@republicofmean.com/dovecot-uidvalidity.6136d995 ./petro@republicofmean.com/tmp <...> ./petro@republicofmean.com/new ./petro@republicofmean.com/subscriptions ./republicofmean.com ./republicofmean.com/petro ./republicofmean.com/petro/tmp ./republicofmean.com/petro/cur ./republicofmean.com/petro/new ./republicofmean.com/petro/new/1630897562.Vfd00Ib40009M307139.mailserver <....> ./republicofmean.com/petro/new/1630899062.Vfd00Ib40011M264001.mailserver ./republicofmean.com/cer ./republicofmean.com/cer/tmp ./republicofmean.com/cer/cur ./republicofmean.com/cer/new ./republicofmean.com/cer/new/1630900562.Vfd00Ib40013M218855.mailserver ./republicofmean.com/cer/new/1630899062.Vfd00Ib40010M259724.mailserver
The SQL I think Dovecot is using: root@mailserver:/etc/dovecot# grep -i select dovecot-sql.conf.ext | grep -v "^#" password_query = SELECT username as user, domain, password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = select CONCAT("/var/mail/vmail/",maildir) as home, 500 as uid, 500 as gid from mailbox where username="%u"
Here's what Postfix is using: mysql_virtual_alias_domain_catchall_maps.cf: query = SELECT goto FROM alias,alias_domain WHERE alias_domain.alias_domain = '%d' and alias.address = CONCAT('@', alias_domain.target_domain) AND alias.active = 1 AND alias_domain.active='1' mysql_virtual_alias_domain_mailbox_maps.cf: query = SELECT maildir FROM mailbox,alias_domain WHERE alias_domain.alias_domain = '%d' and mailbox.username = CONCAT('%u', '@', alias_domain.target_domain) AND mailbox.active = 1 AND alias_domain.active='1' mysql_virtual_alias_domain_maps.cf: query = SELECT goto FROM alias,alias_domain WHERE alias_domain.alias_domain = '%d' and alias.address = CONCAT('%u', '@', alias_domain.target_domain) AND alias.active = 1 AND alias_domain.active='1' mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf: query = SELECT goto FROM alias WHERE address='%s' AND active = '1' mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf: query = SELECT domain FROM domain WHERE domain='%s' AND active = '1' mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf: query = SELECT quota FROM mailbox WHERE username='%s' AND active = '1' mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf: query = SELECT maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username='%s' AND active = '1'
# dovecot -n # 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 () # OS: Linux 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS ext4 # Hostname: <redacted> auth_mechanisms = plain login log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = Not your mail server mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%u/ mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_privileged_group = vmail 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 = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocols = " imap lmtp pop3 submission" service auth-worker { user = vmail } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = dovecot } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert =