Hello everyone.
I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running exim4 and dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware and I moved the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on the new system.
These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was.
dovecot config: https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb exim config: https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi ssion denied
I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still get the same message.
Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission.
Thanks.
Hello everyone. I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running exim4 and dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware and I moved the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on the new system. These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was. dovecot config: [1]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb exim config: [2]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi ssion denied I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still get the same message. Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission. Thanks.
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Thanks, but I am not using any of those.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM dovecot--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission denied
Common places to look for trouble shooting permission issues are:
- selinux
- apparmor
- charoot
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Thanks, but I am not using any of those. On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 4:53PM dovecot--- via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
> No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
>
> dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file
> /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission denied
Common places to look for trouble shooting permission issues are:
- selinux
- apparmor
- charoot
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Your exim systemd unit is likely defining readwrite locations that exclude that location. Using LMTP spares lot of troubles.Aki -------- Original message --------From: dovecot--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> Date: 12/6/25 23:52 (GMT+02:00) To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: Can't get Dovecot working with Exim > No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:> > dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file> /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission deniedCommon places to look for trouble shooting permission issues are: - selinux - apparmor - charoot_______________________________________________dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.orgTo unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-leave@dovecot.org
Your exim systemd unit is likely defining readwrite locations that exclude that location. Using LMTP spares lot of troubles. Aki -------- Original message -------- From: dovecot--- via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> Date: 12/6/25 23:52 (GMT+02:00) To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Re: Can't get Dovecot working with Exim
No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission denied
Common places to look for trouble shooting permission issues are: - selinux - apparmor - charoot
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On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running exim4 and dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware and I moved the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on the new system. These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was. dovecot config: [1]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb exim config: [2]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi ssion denied I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still get the same message. Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission. Thanks.
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory? Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello everyone.
I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running
exim4 and
dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware and I
moved
the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on
the new
system.
These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor
changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was.
dovecot config: [1][2]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb
exim config: [2][3]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file
/var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi
ssion denied
I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on
/var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still
get the
same message.
Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've
exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission.
Thanks.Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory? Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [4]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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- https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb
- https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Some thoughts, as I’m on the road:
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
Does that particular log file exist?
That particular log file is written during ‘lda’, therefore, I believe, as the user for whom the Mail is (system user or virtual mail user).
Kind regards,
EdmundOn 07 Dec 2025, at 09:40, Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running exim4 and dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware and I moved the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on the new system. These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was. dovecot config: [1][2]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb exim config: [2][3]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi ssion denied I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still get the same message. Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission. Thanks.Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory? Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [4]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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/var/log/dovecot is: mail:mail drwxr-x---
ls -alh /var/log/dovecot
total 2.8M drwxr-x--- 2 mail mail 4.0K Dec 6 14:15 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Dec 7 05:56 .. -rw------- 1 mail mail 206 Dec 6 14:16 deliver-error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 6 14:15 deliver.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 2.7M Dec 6 12:43 error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 61K Dec 6 14:24 info.log
On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 3:54 AM Edmund Lodewijks <edmund@proteamail.com> wrote:
Some thoughts, as I’m on the road:
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
Does that particular log file exist?
That particular log file is written during ‘lda’, therefore, I believe, as the user for whom the Mail is (system user or virtual mail user).
Kind regards,
EdmundOn 07 Dec 2025, at 09:40, Odhiambo Washington via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
Hello everyone. I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian running exim4 and dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackwareand I moved the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim on the new system. These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some minor changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was. dovecot config: [1][2]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb exim config: [2][3]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi ssion denied I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions on /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I still get the same message. Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since I've exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission. Thanks.
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory? Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [4]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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/var/log/dovecot is: mail:mail drwxr-x---
ls -alh /var/log/dovecot
total 2.8M drwxr-x--- 2 mail mail 4.0K Dec 6 14:15 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Dec 7 05:56 .. -rw------- 1 mail mail 206 Dec 6 14:16 deliver-error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 6 14:15 deliver.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 2.7M Dec 6 12:43 error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 61K Dec 6 14:24 info.log On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 3:54AM Edmund Lodewijks <[1]edmund@proteamail.com> wrote:
Some thoughts, as I'm on the road:
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
Does that particular log file exist?
That particular log file is written during `lda', therefore, I believe,
as the user for whom the Mail is (system user or virtual mail user).
Kind regards,
Edmund
> On 07 Dec 2025, at 09:40, Odhiambo Washington via dovecot
<[2]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot
> <[1][3]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
> I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian
running
> exim4 and
> dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware
and I
> moved
> the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim
on
> the new
> system.
> These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some
minor
> changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was.
> dovecot config: [1][2][4]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb
> exim config: [2][3][5]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
> No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
> dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file
> /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi
> ssion denied
> I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions
on
> /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I
still
> get the
> same message.
> Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since
I've
> exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission.
> Thanks.
>
> Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
> Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
> In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-)
> [How to ask smart
> questions: [4][6]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
>
> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:[7]dovecot@dovecot.org
> 2. [8]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb
> 3. [9]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
> 4. [10]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
- mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org
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Christopher,
Please try and put your replies below the responses you receive, and also leave some space between them. It's good for readability. Having said that, I am putting my reply below yours!
On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
/var/log/dovecot is: mail:mail drwxr-x---
ls -alh /var/log/dovecot
total 2.8M drwxr-x--- 2 mail mail 4.0K Dec 6 14:15 . drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Dec 7 05:56 .. -rw------- 1 mail mail 206 Dec 6 14:16 deliver-error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 6 14:15 deliver.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 2.7M Dec 6 12:43 error.log -rw------- 1 mail mail 61K Dec 6 14:24 info.log
On this new server, what user is dovecot running as? I suspect it is not user 'mail'.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ :-) [How to ask smart questions: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
Christopher, Please try and put your replies below the responses you receive, and also leave some space between them. It's good for readability. Having said that, I am putting my reply below yours! On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 2:03PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
/var/log/dovecot is: mail:mail drwxr-x---
# ls -alh /var/log/dovecot
total 2.8M
drwxr-x--- 2 mail mail 4.0K Dec 6 14:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Dec 7 05:56 ..
-rw------- 1 mail mail 206 Dec 6 14:16 deliver-error.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 6 14:15 deliver.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 2.7M Dec 6 12:43 error.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 61K Dec 6 14:24 info.logOn this new server, what user is dovecot running as? I suspect it is not user 'mail'.
Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS. "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' -\_(Tu)_/- :-) [How to ask smart questions: [2]http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
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- mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org
- http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
On this new server, what user is dovecot running as? I suspect it is not user 'mail'.
It doesn't really matter. Dovecot can be running as root and I will still have the same issue. For example right now:
ps aux | grep doveco
root 690 0.0 0.1 7916 3348 ? Ss 07:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot root 691 0.0 0.1 5324 3184 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 692 0.0 0.1 5428 3284 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/log root 693 0.0 0.6 60740 13012 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/config
And yet...
2025-12-07 07:21:19 1vSDlO-000000000Ba-29Cg <ccurzio@britney.accipiter.org>: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission denied 2025-12-07 07:21:19 1vSDlO-000000000Ba-29Cg == ccurzio@britney.accipiter.org <admin@accipiter.org> R=localuser T=dovecot_delivery defer (0): Child process of dovecot_delivery transport returned 75 (could mean temporary error) from command: /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
Similarly, I can set the permissions of /var/log/dovecot recursively to a+rw and I still have the same problem. In these cases it shouldn't matter who owns what or what user owns the process.
On this new server, what user is dovecot running as?
I suspect it is not user 'mail'.It doesn't really matter. Dovecot can be running as root and I will still have the same issue. For example right now:
ps aux | grep doveco
root 690 0.0 0.1 7916 3348 ? Ss 07:18 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot root 691 0.0 0.1 5324 3184 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 692 0.0 0.1 5428 3284 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/log root 693 0.0 0.6 60740 13012 ? S 07:18 0:00 dovecot/config And yet... 2025-12-07 07:21:19 1vSDlO-000000000Ba-29Cg <[1]ccurzio@britney.accipiter.org>: dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permission denied 2025-12-07 07:21:19 1vSDlO-000000000Ba-29Cg == [2]ccurzio@britney.accipiter.org <[3]admin@accipiter.org> R=localuser T=dovecot_delivery defer (0): Child process of dovecot_delivery transport returned 75 (could mean temporary error) from command: /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver Similarly, I can set the permissions of /var/log/dovecot recursively to a+rw and I still have the same problem. In these cases it shouldn't matter who owns what or what user owns the process.
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On 07/12/2025 14:22 EET Christopher Curzio via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On this new server, what user is dovecot running as? I suspect it is not user 'mail'.
Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP? I think it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.
Aki
Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP? I think
it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.
I'll be honest, I don't know what any of those things are but I'll look into them.
Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP? I think
it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.I'll be honest, I don't know what any of those things are but I'll look into them.
On 2025/12/07 20:33, Christopher Curzio via dovecot wrote:
Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP?
I think
it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.I'll be honest, I don't know what any of those things are but I'll look into them.
The systemd service file can be read here 0.
Could you test if the following fixes the issue?
Edit the service file:
sudo systemctl edit exim4-daemon-light.service
And add:
[Service] ReadWritePaths=/var/log/dovecot
This allows the sandboxed Exim process to write to /var/log/dovecot while keeping all other protections.
-- Edmund Lodewijks <edmund@proteamail.com> TZ: UCT+2 / GMT+2
The systemd service file can be read here [0].
Could you test if the following fixes the issue?
Edit the service file:
sudo systemctl edit exim4-daemon-light.serviceAnd add:
[Service] ReadWritePaths=/var/log/dovecot
This allows the sandboxed Exim process to write to /var/log/dovecot while keeping all other protections.
Ohhh no, this shouldn't apply in my setup as I'm not using systemd to manage the exim service.
On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM Edmund Lodewijks via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On 2025/12/07 20:33, Christopher Curzio via dovecot wrote:
Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP?I think
it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.I'll be honest, I don't know what any of those things are but I'll
look
into them. The systemd service file can be read here [0].
Could you test if the following fixes the issue?
Edit the service file:
sudo systemctl edit exim4-daemon-light.serviceAnd add:
[Service] ReadWritePaths=/var/log/dovecot
This allows the sandboxed Exim process to write to /var/log/dovecot while keeping all other protections.
[0]:
https://salsa.debian.org/exim-team/exim4/-/blob/master/debian/exim4-daemon-l...
-- Edmund Lodewijks <edmund@proteamail.com> TZ: UCT+2 / GMT+2
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The systemd service file can be read here [0].
Could you test if the following fixes the issue?
Edit the service file:
`sudo systemctl edit exim4-daemon-light.service`
And add:
[Service]
ReadWritePaths=/var/log/dovecot
This allows the sandboxed Exim process to write to /var/log/dovecot
while keeping all other protections.Ohhh no, this shouldn't apply in my setup as I'm not using systemd to manage the exim service. On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 2:38PM Edmund Lodewijks via dovecot <[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
On 2025/12/07 20:33, Christopher Curzio via dovecot wrote:
> Did you look at exim's systemd unit rules? And did you try LMTP?
I think
> it's exim's unit not mounting /var/log/dovecot read-write.
>
> I'll be honest, I don't know what any of those things are but I'll
look
> into them.
The systemd service file can be read here [0].
Could you test if the following fixes the issue?
Edit the service file:
`sudo systemctl edit exim4-daemon-light.service`
And add:
[Service]
ReadWritePaths=/var/log/dovecot
This allows the sandboxed Exim process to write to /var/log/dovecot
while keeping all other protections.
[0]:
[2]https://salsa.debian.org/exim-team/exim4/-/blob/master/debian/exim4-daemon-light.exim4.service
--
Edmund Lodewijks <[3]edmund@proteamail.com>
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participants (6)
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Aki Tuomi
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aki.tuomi
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Christopher Curzio
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dovecot＠ptld.com
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Edmund Lodewijks
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Odhiambo Washington