Am using ubuntu 14.04 and get a lot of errors like this

A84952061AC4 1457 Thu Apr 30 19:46:11 theeducationchannel@astarmathsandphysics.com (delivery temporarily suspended: conversation with astarmathsandphysics.com[private/lmtp] timed out while receiving the initial server greeting)

postconf -n returns

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no config_directory = /etc/postfix html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 mydestination = localhost myhostname = astarmathsandphysics.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = /etc/mailname readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem smtpd_use_tls = yes virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/ mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/lmtp

dovecot -n returns # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = mail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = lmtp imap pop3 service auth-worker { user = vmail } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = dovecot } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_plugins = sieve postmaster_address = postmaster quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh }

all the mail folders in /var/mail/vhosts/domains are empty

ports 25 and 995 are open (but 465/587 are not)