[Dovecot] POP3 download problem
Hi All
I am experiencing a mail download problem with dovecot's pop3 protocol. We use outlook XP 2002 mail clients and I have setup a mail system with pop accounts on a Fedora 2 installation using dovecot.
Some of the clients download email fine but others do not download email and also do not give any error messages. I have enabled the "verbose" options in the /etc/dovecot.conf and all the logged messages appear the same for those who get email and for those who don't. I listed the /var/spool/mail directory and can see mail in the accounts who do not seem to download. We are running an 80 - 90 user system.
I have even tried IMAP on the clients with no success. There is nothing viable in the system log.
I would appreciate it if you could help.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Eddie
Eddie du Plessis IT Administrator
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(05.06.03 kl.11:55) Eddie du Plessis skrev följande till dovecot@dovecot.org:
If you are using dovecot-test72 you can try and apply the attached patch. Other dovecot versions I have no idea. (kindly always report the version of the software you are using if you want help).
It will log every POP command.
Also for testing purposes make sure you disable all "secure" or TLS connections made from clients. Thats is in client configuration. We have had some confusing problems due to TLS certificates etc.
Cheers, Jens
Hi All
I am experiencing a mail download problem with dovecot's pop3 protocol. We use outlook XP 2002 mail clients and I have setup a mail system with pop accounts on a Fedora 2 installation using dovecot.
Some of the clients download email fine but others do not download email and also do not give any error messages. I have enabled the "verbose" options in the /etc/dovecot.conf and all the logged messages appear the same for those who get email and for those who don't. I listed the /var/spool/mail directory and can see mail in the accounts who do not seem to download. We are running an 80 - 90 user system.
I have even tried IMAP on the clients with no success. There is nothing viable in the system log.
I would appreciate it if you could help.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Eddie
Eddie du Plessis IT Administrator
Now Media(PTY) Ltd 32 Fricker Road Illovo Boulevard Johannesburg Cell: 082 777 8110 Tel: 011 214 7302 Fax: 011 327 4094 www.nowmedia.co.za
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SWEDENEddie du Plessis wrote:
Hi All
I am experiencing a mail download problem with dovecot’s pop3 protocol. We use outlook XP 2002 mail clients and I have setup a mail system with pop accounts on a Fedora 2 installation using dovecot.
Some of the clients download email fine but others do not download email and also do not give any error messages. I have enabled the “verbose” options in the /etc/dovecot.conf and all the logged messages appear the same for those who get email and for those who don’t. I listed the /var/spool/mail directory and can see mail in the accounts who do not seem to download. We are running an 80 – 90 user system.
I have even tried IMAP on the clients with no success. There is nothing viable in the system log.
I would appreciate it if you could help.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Eddie
Hi Eddie,
With the customers that have problems, does it just stop in the middle of downloading their mail? If so you might want to look at switching on the outlook-no-nuls work around.
Regards Andrew
-- Andrew Hutchings (A-Wing) Linux Guru - Netserve Consultants Ltd. - http://www.domaincity.co.uk/ Admin - North Wales Linux User Group - http://www.nwlug.org.uk/ BOFH excuse 397: T-1's congested due to porn traffic to the news server.
Hi Andrew
Is seems as if it is not even seeing any of the messages. It does connect and disconnect successfully though from outlook.
I have tried the workaround and I have also telnet to port 110 and logged in as a user I have created for testing and the following is what I get:
Connected to server1.nowmedia.co.za (192.168.3.218). Escape character is '^]'. +OK dovecot ready. USER test1 +OK PASS 1234 +OK Logged in. LIST +OK 0 messages: .
And when I do a listing of the /var/spool/mail directory this is what I see there:
-rw-rw---- 1 test1 mail 4.8K Jun 3 12:14 test1
I am using version "dovecot-0.99.14-1.1.fc2.rf"
Thank you
Eddie
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hutchings [mailto:info@a-wing.co.uk] Sent: 03 June 2005 12:44 PM To: Eddie du Plessis; dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] POP3 download problem
Eddie du Plessis wrote:
Hi All
I am experiencing a mail download problem with dovecot's pop3 protocol. We use outlook XP 2002 mail clients and I have setup a mail system with pop accounts on a Fedora 2 installation using dovecot.
Some of the clients download email fine but others do not download email and also do not give any error messages. I have enabled the "verbose" options in the /etc/dovecot.conf and all the logged messages appear the same for those who get email and for those who don't. I listed the /var/spool/mail directory and can see mail in the accounts who do not seem to download. We are running an 80 - 90 user system.
I have even tried IMAP on the clients with no success. There is nothing viable in the system log.
I would appreciate it if you could help.
Thank you
Kind regards,
Eddie
Hi Eddie,
With the customers that have problems, does it just stop in the middle of downloading their mail? If so you might want to look at switching on the outlook-no-nuls work around.
Regards Andrew
-- Andrew Hutchings (A-Wing) Linux Guru - Netserve Consultants Ltd. - http://www.domaincity.co.uk/ Admin - North Wales Linux User Group - http://www.nwlug.org.uk/ BOFH excuse 397: T-1's congested due to porn traffic to the news server.
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Should you have received this email in error, kindly notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Do not disclose or use this e-mail in any manner whatsoever.
Views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, unless clearly stated as those of Now Media (Proprietary) Limited. Now Media (Proprietary) Limited accepts no liability for any loss or damages whatsoever and howsoever incurred or suffered, resulting or arising from the use of this email or its attachments.
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On 3.6.2005, at 13:56, Eddie du Plessis wrote:
USER test1 +OK PASS 1234 +OK Logged in. LIST +OK 0 messages: .
And when I do a listing of the /var/spool/mail directory this is what I see there:
-rw-rw---- 1 test1 mail 4.8K Jun 3 12:14 test1
Does this user have ~/mail directory (with "inbox" file in it)? It sounds like you've let Dovecot do autodetection for the mail location, and it guesses it wrong. Uncomment default_mail_env and set it to mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
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Andrew Hutchings
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Eddie du Plessis
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Jens Laas
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