Included below are my config files: sendmail.mc, dovecot.m4,
dovecot.conf, dovecot-sql.conf. Whenever I try to send email into
this system, it rejects it with user does not exist, however, the
user does exist as far as dovecot (imap) is concerned, it is in the
database.

THANKS - Yossie

# for i in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf / usr/share/sendmail-cf/mailer/dovecot.m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc; do
echo "FILE: $i"; echo ===; echo ""; egrep -v '^ *(#|$)' $i; echo "";
echo ""; done

FILE: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

listen = [::] disable_plaintext_auth = no ssl_disable = yes ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir namespace private { separator = . inbox = yes hidden = no } namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = no hidden = yes } first_valid_uid = 0 protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@example.com main_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/lda mail_plugins = cmusieve quota } auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } user = root socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0666 } client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0666 } } } dict { } plugin { }

FILE: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf

driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=dovecot user=root default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT userPassword as password, user, concat("/var/ spool/dovecot/",substr(user,1,1),"/user/",user) as userdb_home, 97 as
userdb_uid, 97 as userdb_gid FROM authdb WHERE user = '%n' and
userPassword = '%w' user_query = SELECT concat("/var/spool/imap/",substr(user,1,1),"/ user/",user) as home, 97 as uid, 97 as gid FROM authdb WHERE user = '%n'

FILE: /usr/share/sendmail-cf/mailer/dovecot.m4

Mdovecot, P=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver, F=DFMPhnu9, S=EnvFromSMTP/HdrFromSMTP, R=EnvToSMTP/HdrFromSMTP, T=DNS/RFC822/X-Unix, A=deliver -d $u

FILE: /etc/mail/sendmail.mc

divert(-1) dnl This is the macro config file used to generate the /etc/sendmail.cf dnl file. If you modify the file you will have to regenerate the dnl /etc/sendmail.cf by running this macro config through the m4 dnl preprocessor: dnl dnl m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf dnl dnl You will need to have the sendmail-cf package installed for this to dnl work. include(/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl define(confDEF_USER_ID',``mail:mail'')dnl OSTYPE(linux')dnl undefine(UUCP_RELAY')dnl undefine(BITNET_RELAY')dnl define(confALIAS_WAIT', 30')dnl define(confTO_CONNECT', 1m')dnl define(confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl define(confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl define(PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',/usr/bin/procmail')dnl dnl define delivery mode: interactive, background, or queued dnl define(confDELIVERY_MODE', i') MASQUERADE_AS(ford.qa.laszlosystems.com')dnl FEATURE(limited_masquerade')dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope')dnl FEATURE(smrsh',/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl FEATURE(mailertable)dnl dnl virtusertable: redirect incoming mail to virtual domain to
particular user or domain FEATURE(virtusertable',hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable')dnl dnl genericstable: rewrite sender address for outgoing mail FEATURE(genericstable)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(local_procmail)dnl FEATURE(access_db')dnl FEATURE(blacklist_recipients')dnl FEATURE(relay_based_on_MX')dnl dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, blackholes.mail-abuse.org', Rejected - see http://www.mail-abuse.org/rbl/')dnl dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, dialups.mail-abuse.org', Dialup - see http:// www.mail-abuse.org/dul/')dnl dnl FEATURE(dnsbl, relays.mail-abuse.org', Open spam relay - see http://www.mail-abuse.org/rss/')dnl FEATURE(delay_checks')dnl FEATURE(stickyhost')dnl dnl SASL Configuration dnl extract from http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html dnl dnl Next two lines are for SMTP Authentication TRUST_AUTH_MECH(LOGIN PLAIN')dnl define(confAUTH_MECHANISMS', LOGIN PLAIN')dnl dnl dnl Next line stops sendmail from allowing auth without encryption define(confAUTH_OPTIONS', Apy')dnl dnl dnl STARTTLS configuration dnl extract from http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/starttls.html dnl define(CERT_DIR', /etc/ssl/sendmail')dnl define(confCACERT_PATH', CERT_DIR')dnl define(confCACERT', CERT_DIR/CAcert.pem')dnl define(confSERVER_CERT', CERT_DIR/MYcert.pem')dnl define(confSERVER_KEY', CERT_DIR/MYkey.pem')dnl define(confCLIENT_CERT', CERT_DIR/MYcert.pem')dnl define(confCLIENT_KEY', CERT_DIR/MYkey.pem')dnl dnl dnl Uncomment next lines to hide identity of mail serve define(confPRIVACY_FLAGS',goaway,restrictqrun,restrictmailq')dnl dnl define(confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG', $j server ready at $b')dnl MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl MAILER(dovecot)dnl

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