Renaud Allard wrote:

Did you define pop3_uidl_format in the configuration file?

Gerard wrote:

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OK, I am brand new to this so please bear with me.

I have an FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE system. Postfix is installed with qpopper. The mailboxes are standard mbox format.

I just installed Dovecot. At some point I want to update to a mdir format, etc., but quite frankly I do not know how to go about that. In any case, I shut down qpopper and started Dovecot. I modified the Dovecot.conf file SSL settings (turned them off) since I do not have the files it needs built yet.

Anyway, when using a mail client on another PC on my network, although it makes a connection, no mail is ever downloaded. Ther is mail in the folders however. Obviously I am doing something really wrong, but I am not sure what. I would sure appreciate any assistance available.

The only information I have is in the 'log' file which shows the a pop3-login, the user name, method=PLAIN, and two numeric addresses.

Thanks!

I found the problem. Several users on this system (FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE) are really only virtual users. They do not have a home directory, but rather '/nonexistent' in the passwd file is listed as the home directory. Obviously, that does not exist.

Temporarily, I created home directories for them. I have to learn how to set up postfix for virtual users, and then get Dovecot to accept them. I have a lot to learn yet it would seem.

Thanks!

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