Hi!
As a new user, I'm trying to set up a postfix + dovecot combination, and so far all is running smoothly. I'm using the guidelines that came with postfix and adjusting them as I go.
My user and alias database is stored in MySQL, using the scheme from 'PostfixAdmin' (http://high5.net/page9.html) and I am using the dovecot LDA 'deliver' to drop messages into mailboxes that exist solely as virtual users.
Users can login using both pop3 and imap, and retrieve the e-mails sent directly to them, so I'm happy with that.
One of the features supported by postfix, and required for my setup is recipient delimiters. Using recipient delimiters, you can basically send extra information in the e-mail address, to maybe deliver the message into subfolders directly, or to run anti-spam software such as TMDA against.
When I try to deliver such a message, I get a user unknown:
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/pickup[91477]: 4574A6420: uid=0 from=<root>
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/cleanup[91487]: 4574A6420:
message-id=20061209142501.4574A6420@vm-mail.mydomain
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/qmgr[91478]: 4574A6420:
from=root@vm-mail.mydomain, size=290, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER 1
user+test@mydomain service=deliver
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user+test@mydomain): SELECT maildir, 143 AS uid, 143 AS gid FROM
mailbox WHERE username = 'user+test@mydomain' AND active = '1'
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user+test@mydomain): User not found
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND 1
Dec 9 14:25:01 vm-mail postfix/pipe[91489]: 4574A6420:
to=user+test@mydomain, relay=dovecot, delay=0.14,
delays=0.07/0.03/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown)
Relevant snippets from postfix's master.cf:
# Dovecot LDA dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=dovecot:dovecot argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient}
and postfix's main.cf:
virtual_gid_maps = static:143 virtual_mailbox_base = /mail/virtual virtual_minimum_uid = 125 dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:143
and dovecot's dovecot.conf:
protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@mydomain sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master }
auth default {
passdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf }
userdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf }
socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix }
master {
path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master
mode = 0600
user = dovecot
group = dovecot
}} }
And offcourse dovecot-mysql.conf:
# Database driver: mysql, pgsql driver = mysql
# Currently supported schemes include PLAIN, PLAIN-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, and CRYPT. default_pass_scheme = CRYPT
# Database options connect = host=myhost dbname=mydb user=myuser password=mypass
password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, 143 AS uid, 143 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' #EOF
Now, I am pretty sure the problem lies with the %u, expanding to user+test@mydomain, which in some way should become user@mydomain, since the latter is the actual mailbox name of the user, but: how?
Thanks in advance,
Nils
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