New dovecot user needs installation help
Hey Everyone,
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 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@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 =
Let me know if there is anything else you need, or where to go from here!
Thanks in advance!
Jason Pruim pruimj@gmail.com
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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@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 =
Let me know if there is anything else you need, or where to go from here!
Thanks in advance!
Jason Pruim pruimj@gmail.com
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On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:22 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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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?
I used telnet to connect to port 143 and issued some smtp commands including logging into an account.
Did you've read: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
I did yes... But I will go back over it tonight when I get back home.
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@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 =
Let me know if there is anything else you need, or where to go from here!
Thanks in advance!
Jason Pruim pruimj@gmail.com
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Thanks for taking the time to look!
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2016, Jason Pruim wrote:
On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:22 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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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?
I used telnet to connect to port 143 and issued some smtp commands including logging into an account.
I issued SMTP commands on port 143 ?
Did you've read: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
I did yes... But I will go back over it tonight when I get back home.
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@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 =
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Jason Pruim pruimj@gmail.com 352.234.3175
On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:21 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2016, Jason Pruim wrote:
On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:22 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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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?
I used telnet to connect to port 143 and issued some smtp commands including logging into an account.
I issued SMTP commands on port 143 ?
telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'.
- OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a login "beth" "beth4338" a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS] Logged in select inbox select BAD Error in IMAP command INBOX: Unknown command.
Did you've read: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
I did yes... But I will go back over it tonight when I get back home.
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@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 =
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2016, Jason Pruim wrote:
On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:21 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2016, Jason Pruim wrote:
On Mar 15, 2016, at 3:22 AM, Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de wrote:
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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?
I used telnet to connect to port 143 and issued some smtp commands including logging into an account.
I issued SMTP commands on port 143 ?
telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'.
- OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a login "beth" "beth4338" a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS] Logged in select inbox select BAD Error in IMAP command INBOX: Unknown command.
add any word before the select, too, e.g.:
a select inbox
OK, it's working from inside, now:
telnet external-IP 143 from the same host, to verify that Dovecot listens on the external interface, then try from outside ...
Did you've read: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation
I did yes... But I will go back over it tonight when I get back home.
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@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 =
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