Folks, I'm trying to get dovecot to check a for mail in a maildir format on Ubuntu. Mail is being delivered to and from the system. I can send and receive mail using Pine & Mutt. But I cannot seem to get dovecot to work with the maildir. So I can't check for mail using Dovecot.
This is what I'm using for reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot
I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far: #mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir Mail is being delivered and I can send mail out with Postfix. But Dovecot not working. Any idea why? Thanks in advance!
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, John Williams wrote:
I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far:
#mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir
What does Dovecot log? Where are your Maildir directories located? What does doveadm user -u username print?
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Dovecot logs as follows: Feb 1 19:36:34 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7481, session=<EbuSsb4qPQCto8NT>Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7483, session=<qfSzsb4qQQCto8NT>Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440Feb 1 19:37:24 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Connection closed in=275 out=995Feb 1 19:37:27 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7485, session=<NAm1tL4qRQCto8NT>Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=298 out=1130Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7487, session=<GKPJtL4qSACto8NT>Feb 1 19:37:30 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7489, session=<5h3qtL4qTACto8NT>Feb 1 19:37:31 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440 The maildir on my instance is located in /var/log/mail. The output of doveadm is as follows: root@speedy:/var/mail# doveadm user -u jsmithuserdb: jsmith system_groups_user: jsmith uid : 1000 gid : 1000 home : /home/jsmith If that home variable is suppose to be the maildir folder it is wrong. It should be /var/mail/jsmith. If that is the problem, where or how do I change it. Thanks in advance!! From: Steffen Kaiser skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de To: John Williams john.1209@yahoo.com Cc: "dovecot@dovecot.org" dovecot@dovecot.org Sent: Monday, February 1, 2016 3:43 AM Subject: Re: Dovecot with Maildir
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On Sat, 30 Jan 2016, John Williams wrote:
I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far:
#mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir
What does Dovecot log?Where are your Maildir directories located? What does doveadm user -u username print?
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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, John Williams wrote:
Dovecot logs as follows: Feb 1 19:36:34 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7481, session=<EbuSsb4qPQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7483, session=<qfSzsb4qQQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440Feb 1 19:37:24 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Connection closed in=275 out=995 Feb 1 19:37:27 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7485, session=<NAm1tL4qRQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=298 out=1130
please increase logging, see mail_debug at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging That will reveal, what mail location and inbox is used really.
The maildir on my instance is located in /var/log/mail.
/var/__log__/mail ??
The output of doveadm is as follows: root@speedy:/var/mail# doveadm user -u jsmithuserdb: jsmith system_groups_user: jsmith uid : 1000 gid : 1000 home : /home/jsmith If that home variable is suppose to be the maildir folder it is wrong.
That looks good. About home vs. mail location see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home (applies to all users) and http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation
It should be /var/mail/jsmith. If that is the problem, where or how do
Is /var/mail/jsmith a directory or a file?
If it is a directory, use something like:
mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n
- -or- mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n/Maildir
depending on how the content of the directory looks like.
If it is a file, use
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=/var/mail/%n
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How does the userdb section of doveconf -n looks like?
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WOE HOE! Worked! So I changed mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildirtomail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n and now it all works! Thanks much!
From: Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de>To: John Williams john.1209@yahoo.com Cc: "dovecot@dovecot.org" dovecot@dovecot.org Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 2:34 AM Subject: Re: Dovecot with Maildir
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On Tue, 2 Feb 2016, John Williams wrote:
Dovecot logs as follows: Feb 1 19:36:34 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7481, session=<EbuSsb4qPQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7483, session=<qfSzsb4qQQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:36:37 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=95 out=440Feb 1 19:37:24 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Connection closed in=275 out=995 Feb 1 19:37:27 speedy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rsmith>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.163.195.83, lip=10.163.195.82, mpid=7485, session=<NAm1tL4qRQCto8NT> Feb 1 19:37:28 speedy dovecot: imap(rsmith): Disconnected: Logged out in=298 out=1130
please increase logging, see mail_debug at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging That will reveal, what mail location and inbox is used really.
The maildir on my instance is located in /var/log/mail.
/var/__log__/mail ??
The output of doveadm is as follows: root@speedy:/var/mail# doveadm user -u jsmithuserdb: jsmith system_groups_user: jsmith uid : 1000 gid : 1000 home : /home/jsmith If that home variable is suppose to be the maildir folder it is wrong.
That looks good. About home vs. mail location see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home (applies to all users) and http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation
It should be /var/mail/jsmith. If that is the problem, where or how do
Is /var/mail/jsmith a directory or a file?
If it is a directory, use something like:
mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n
- -or- mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n/Maildir
depending on how the content of the directory looks like.
If it is a file, use
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=/var/mail/%n
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How does the userdb section of doveconf -n looks like?
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