[Dovecot] LDA Problem

[Dumitru Negara]

Hi Alexander,

First, tell me one thing. What kind of mail users do you have?

Real, system users in /etc/passwd or virtual users in other db?

Regards,
Dumitru

Alexander Dreweke wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm having a problem with dovecot deliver. I'm using a dovecot version
> 1.0.beta8. As I am using a chrooted (/var/spool/postfix) postfix
> (version: 2.2.10) with cyrus-sasl authentification (all working).
> Postfix config is changed according to the http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA:
>
> main.cf:
>   mailbox_command = dovecot
>
> master.cf:
>   dovecot   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>   flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d
>   ${recipient}
>
> I have adopted the dovecot.conf also according to
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA but changed the auth_socket_path to point
> into the chroot of postfix. I have attached my dovecot.conf at the end
> of this email.
>
> The mails that are sent to the machine are not delivered at all. In the
> mail-logfile I can see the following error message for each mail that
> can't be deliverd:
>
> postfix/pipe[21344]: BC254154E5BD: to=<root>, orig_to=<root>,
>   relay=dovecot, delay=0, status=bounced (user unknown)
>
> I've already search the net but could not find any clue how to solve
> this. Can anyone give me a hint what to do?
>
> cu
>   Alexander
>
> dovecot.conf:
> ===========================================================
> protocols = imap imaps
> listen = localhost
> ssl_listen = *
> first_valid_uid = 1000
> first_valid_gid = 1000
> mail_extra_groups = mail
> mail_save_crlf = no
> default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%u
> protocol imap {
> }
> protocol lda {
>   postmaster_address = postmaster at domain.com
>   auth_socket_path = /var/spool/postfix/var/run/dovecot-auth-master
> }
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> ssl_disable = no
> ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/executor.pem
> ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/executor.key
> ssl_cipher_list = HIGH:MEDIUM
> auth default {
>   mechanisms = plain
>   passdb pam {
>   }
>   userdb passwd {
>   }
>   user = root
>     socket listen {
>       master {
>         path =
>         /var/spool/postfix/var/run/dovecot-auth-master
>         mode = 0660
>         user = dovecot
>         group = mail
>       }
>
>       client {
>         path = /var/spool/postfix/var/run/dovecot-auth-client
>         mode = 0660
>         user = dovecot
>         group = mail
>       }
>     }
>   }
> }
> ===========================================================
>
>