Re: [Dovecot] New install on Ubuntu Fiesty 7.04
Ok. I started with the example file and edited it as the Quick Start suggested and here is the final working result:
wadesmart@wadesmart:~$ sudo dovecot -n Password: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: ~/Maildir maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot wadesmart@wadesmart:~$
I was able to login in via telnet like the tutorial said. In my Maildir/new I had 884 new messages. The tutorial said to access the Inbox, and I did and could. However, then my 884 messages were gone!!! I do not understand what the heck happened. Did I just loose all my messages?
On 4/28/07, Wade Smart wadesmart@gmail.com wrote:
Ok. I started with the example file and edited it as the Quick Start suggested and here is the final working result:
wadesmart@wadesmart:~$ sudo dovecot -n Password: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: ~/Maildir maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot wadesmart@wadesmart:~$
I was able to login in via telnet like the tutorial said. In my Maildir/new I had 884 new messages. The tutorial said to access the Inbox, and I did and could. However, then my 884 messages were gone!!! I do not understand what the heck happened. Did I just loose all my messages?
Wade Smart wrote:
I was able to login in via telnet like the tutorial said. In my Maildir/new I had 884 new messages. The tutorial said to access the Inbox, and I did and could. However, then my 884 messages were gone!!! I do not understand what the heck happened. Did I just loose all my messages? Of course you created a backup before you tried a new IMAP server on your important e-mails. :) I don't think your messages are gone. What about using a mail client like Thunderbird to look into your mailbox instead of telnet? If they're still gone (and also on the file system level), I'd suggest looking at the logfile of dovecot to figure out why.
Regards, Philipp
Wade Smart wrote:
Ok. I started with the example file and edited it as the Quick Start suggested and here is the final working result:
I really don't think the below can qualify as a 'working result'.
wadesmart@wadesmart:~$ sudo dovecot -n Password: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap
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Nor do I think you followed the directions for editing it... if you really did, then please provide the location of the instructions that told you to use ':' instead of ' = ' for your config file parameters.
The tutorial said to access the Inbox, and I did and could. However, then my 884 messages were gone!!! I do not understand what the heck happened. Did I just loose all my messages?
Probably not... you're probably just not finding them, because you're config file is hosed.
Start over, and this time, follow the instructions without adding anything to them.
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Best regards,
Charles
Ok. This is right out of my dovecot.conf: # passwd-like file with specified location # http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile userdb passwd-file { # Path for passwd-file args = /etc/passwd.dovecot }
And this is the result of the command: sudo dovecot -n userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd.dovecot
wade
On 4/29/07, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
Nor do I think you followed the directions for editing it... if you really did, then please provide the location of the instructions that told you to use ':' instead of ' = ' for your config file parameters.
Charles Marcus wrote:
Nor do I think you followed the directions for editing it... if you really did, then please provide the location of the instructions that told you to use ':' instead of ' = ' for your config file parameters.
Charles,
I think you are forgetting that this is the output of the command "dovecot -n", not the dovecot.conf file itself.
John
-- John Allen Bofferdange, Luxembourg allen@vo.lu http://www.homepages.lu/allen
I think you are forgetting that this is the output of the command "dovecot -n", not the dovecot.conf file itself.
Ack...
Heh - you know, the many times I've used it to see what my settings were, I never actually 'noticed' that the format was different.
Sorry, Wade...
Timo - reformatting it like that - isn't it possible that a typo might get 'fixed' somehow? If not, I guess its ok, but somehow it seems to me that it should just spit out the settings just like they look in the conf file...
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Best regards,
Charles
Thats ok. Im still very new to linux so all of this stuff is new to me.
I have my setup working and I have access to my email - 2069 now in my inbox. And I have one question. I read in the QuickStart about using Dovecot to send my mail as well. Dovecot LDA with Posftix. Well, I thought I had better check into that since I cant send email yet. I wasnt sure if I should just set up my client to send directly or let this stuff do what it can do.
wade
On 4/29/07, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
I think you are forgetting that this is the output of the command "dovecot -n", not the dovecot.conf file itself.
Ack...
Heh - you know, the many times I've used it to see what my settings were, I never actually 'noticed' that the format was different.
Sorry, Wade...
Timo - reformatting it like that - isn't it possible that a typo might get 'fixed' somehow? If not, I guess its ok, but somehow it seems to me that it should just spit out the settings just like they look in the conf file...
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Best regards,
Charles
I have my setup working and I have access to my email - 2069 now in my inbox.
Ok, good you figured out the earlier problem...
And I have one question. I read in the QuickStart about using Dovecot to send my mail as well.
Hmmm... I'd like to see that entry, because dovecot doesn't send mail - it is not an MTA, it is only a POP/IMAP server.
It is postfix that would send your mail for you.
Dovecot LDA with Posftix.
The dovecot LDA delivers INCOMING mail - through postfix. In other words, it is postfix that uses the dovecot LDA.
I use postfix, so can probably help you, but we'll need to take that private, since it isn't a dovecot issue. Feel free to email me off-list if you like, although I'm about to go home for the day...
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Best regards,
Charles Marcus I.T. Director Media Brokers International 678.514.6200 x224 678.514.6299 fax
Well, it uses postfix to actually send it bit it said that dovecot actually does the work of getting to postfix.
http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix
I have already quickly moved beyond my comfort zone but that is the link to the page.
wad
On 4/29/07, Charles Marcus CMarcus@media-brokers.com wrote:
I have my setup working and I have access to my email - 2069 now in my inbox.
Ok, good you figured out the earlier problem...
And I have one question. I read in the QuickStart about using Dovecot to send my mail as well.
Hmmm... I'd like to see that entry, because dovecot doesn't send mail - it is not an MTA, it is only a POP/IMAP server.
It is postfix that would send your mail for you.
Dovecot LDA with Posftix.
The dovecot LDA delivers INCOMING mail - through postfix. In other words, it is postfix that uses the dovecot LDA.
I use postfix, so can probably help you, but we'll need to take that private, since it isn't a dovecot issue. Feel free to email me off-list if you like, although I'm about to go home for the day...
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Best regards,
Charles Marcus I.T. Director Media Brokers International 678.514.6200 x224 678.514.6299 fax
Wade Smart wrote:
Well, it uses postfix to actually send it bit it said that dovecot actually does the work of getting to postfix.
As I said - that is about using dovecot LDA for delivering INCOMING mail so that dovecot can then serve it up. It has nothing to do with sending OUTGOING mail. Dovecot has nothing to do with that (and probably never will - unless Timo decides to build a suite of products, like Sam has done with Courier.
I have already quickly moved beyond my comfort zone but that is the link to the page.
Well, you must already have postfix working at least partially, if new mail is being delivered. So, if you want to get sending working, I'll be happy to try to help, just email me privately.
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Best regards,
Charles
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Charles Marcus
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John and Catherine Allen
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Philipp Wollermann
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Wade Smart