Hello everybody,my new server is setup with postfix as a MTA and dovecot as a MDA, mysql is used as a user db, and postfixadmin is used to setup accounts. Login via pop works fine, also sending via smtp works fine.

HOWEVER: when i sent a mail by hand via smtp it is delivered in the wrong directory.

For example for test@xdatasystem.com i have the following directory: /home/vmail/xdatasystem.com/test

However the mail is delivered to this directory: /home/vmail/test@xdatasystem.com/

I cannot figure this out as dovecot is correctly configured. ( think) Here is the important part of my dovecot.conf (sorry for the indents):

=== DOVECOT.CONF === *disable_plaintext_auth = no* *log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "* *mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir* *mail_access_groups = vmail* *first_valid_uid = 100* *first_valid_gid = 100* * * *protocol imap {* *}* * * *protocol pop3 {* *pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv* *}* *auth default {* *mechanisms = digest-md5 plain* *passdb sql {* *args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf* *}* *#userdb sql {* *#args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf* *#}* * * *userdb static {* *args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%d/%n*

•  }*

• *user = root* *}* === DOVECOT.CONF ===

Has anybody a clue? Maybe is postfix not correctly forwarding mails to dovecat?

"Here is my postfix master.cf: === MASTER.CF === smtp inet n - - - - smtpd #submission inet n - - - - smtpd

-o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt

-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

-o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject

-o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING

#smtps inet n - - - - smtpd

-o smtpd_tls_wrappermode=yes

-o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes

-o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject

-o milter_macro_daemon_name=ORIGINATING

#628 inet n - - - - qmqpd pickup fifo n - - 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - - - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr #qmgr fifo n - - 300 1 oqmgr tlsmgr unix - - - 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - - - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - - - 0 bounce defer unix - - - - 0 bounce trace unix - - - - 0 bounce verify unix - - - - 1 verify flush unix n - - 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap smtp unix - - - - - smtp

When relaying mail as backup MX, disable fallback_relay to avoid MX loops

relay unix - - - - - smtp -o smtp_fallback_relay=

-o smtp_helo_timeout=5 -o smtp_connect_timeout=5

showq unix n - - - - showq error unix - - - - - error retry unix - - - - - error discard unix - - - - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - - - - lmtp anvil unix - - - - 1 anvil scache unix - - - - 1 scache

====================================================================

Interfaces to non-Postfix software. Be sure to examine the manual

pages of the non-Postfix software to find out what options it wants.

Many of the following services use the Postfix pipe(8) delivery

agent. See the pipe(8) man page for information about ${recipient}

and other message envelope options.

====================================================================

dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f {$sender} -d ${recipient}

maildrop. See the Postfix MAILDROP_README file for details.

Also specify in main## See the Postfix UUCP_README file for configuration

details.

uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)

Other external delivery methods.

ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=bsmtp argv=/usr/lib/bsmtp/bsmtp -t$nexthop -f$sender $recipient scalemail-backend unix - n n - 2 pipe flags=R user=scalemail argv=/usr/lib/scalemail/bin/scalemail-store ${nexthop} ${user} ${extension} mailman unix - n n - - pipe flags=FR user=list argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py ${nexthop} ${user} cf: maildrop_destination_recipient_limit=1

maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}

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Tjerk Wolterink @ GMail