On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:41:59 +0200 Firma Averlon articulated:

The following settings are in place: main.cf of postfix:

virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-virtual.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 1000 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_transport = dovecot mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver

Why use a mailbox command? I don't have one and I deliver via virtual using dovecot. You have dovecot listed in the master.cf file. Are you trying to deliver to both virtual and non-virtual users?

-- Jerry ✌ Dovecot.user@seibercom.net

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looks like your missing the -d option to lda.

Quoting Firma Averlon <info@averlon.net>:

Hi, thanks for offering the oportunity to place a question here.

I am now already working since a week to get postfix and dovecot
working on a ubuntu 11.04 server. Hard task. First step was naturally to get familiar with the idea
behind the archtitecture.

I have come very far, but the "last dirty mile" is probably the hardest.

My architecture: Postfix Dovecot OpenLDAP Thunderbird as client with pop3

I can meanwhile send e-mails and open my mailbox in thunderbird (not
receiving mails so far).

The reason why not receiving e-Mails is simply: When sending the
mails they are stored in a different directory as where dovecot will
look for them !!!!

Error message from log: Aug 8 14:09:01 server dovecot: deliver(vmail): maildir:
data=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir Aug 8 14:09:01 server dovecot: deliver(vmail): maildir:
data=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir Aug 8 14:09:01 server dovecot: deliver(vmail): maildir++:
root=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir, index=, control=,
inbox=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir Aug 8 14:09:01 server dovecot: deliver(vmail): maildir++:
root=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir, index=, control=,
inbox=/home/vmail//vmail/Maildir

What you immediatly see: "vmail//vmail"

Although, when authenticating, the result is: Aug 8 14:06:30 server dovecot: auth(default): master out:
USER#0113#011userxxx@av.loc#011gid=5000#011home=/home/userxxx#011uid=5000#011mail=/home/vmail/av.loc/userxxx/Maildir/

The following settings are in place: main.cf of postfix:

virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-virtual.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 1000 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_transport = dovecot mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver

beside others.

master.cf of postfix dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f
${sender} -a ${recipient}

dovecot.conf sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir

beside others.

I guess, these are the ones influencing where to store the mail and
pick it up.

A list of the related filesystem: /home/vmail/ drwx-w--w- 4 vmail vmail 4096 2011-08-08 08:56 av.loc/ drwx------ 3 vmail vmail 4096 2011-08-08 09:42 vmail/

Wher you can see, the structure according "mail_location" parameter
of dovecot.conf does show effect, but the mails are stored in
/home/vmail//vmail.....".

The whole bunch of documentation I have read meanwhile makes my head
circle around. You could hopefully give me some help.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards

Hr. Karl-Heinz Fischbach