Jeffery Small writes:

I'm new to dovecot and have a configuration question. I'm attempting to have a Windows 7 system on my secure LAN connect to the Ubuntu server using POP3 on channel 110 and retrieve mail from the /var/mail directory. The user is defined on the Ubuntu machine and when running the Windows Internet E-Mail Settings tool, the Test Account Settings Logs onto the server successfully and sends a test message.

Sending message is a distinct service from retrieving Email.

However, when I perform a Send/Receive operation from the user's Outlook, all steps complete but no mail is pulled down from the server.

I have tried setting: mail_location = /var/mail/%u

and restarted dovecot, but nothing changes. How can I debug this? I'm unsure where to look for clues as to what's happening under the hood. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Log files would be a good start. Maybe start with something like

log_path = /path/to/logfile
auth_verbose = yes
auth_debug = yes
mail_debug = yes
verbose_ssl = yes

Joseph Tam <jtam.home@gmail.com>