[Dovecot] Mail does not arrive at my server.

[Charles Marcus]

Obviously, then, this is a postfix issue.

Dovecot is simply an IMAP/POP3 server, it is not responsible for 
accepting mail from the outside, that is the job of your smtp server, in 
your case postfix.

I suggest you go ask on their list...

Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz wrote:
> <snip>
> 1) the mails reach your server at all (check  your postfix logs)
> That is my problem, the mails do not get back to my server at all. the 
> maillog file only shows me the ountgoing mails but nothing which 
> indicates that a mail from outside is coming.
> The only mails I receive are from the linux system as such (background 
> kobs finished, etc...)
> 
> Again, the parameters I set are the following:
> myhostname = srv01.ipnspain.biz <http://srv01.ipnspain.biz>
> mydomain = ipnspain.biz <http://ipnspain.biz>
> myorigin = $mydomain
> inet_interfaces = all
> mydestination = $mydomain, $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost
> mynetworks_style = subnet
> 
> My firewall (INPUT only) looks like this:
> Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
>  pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               
> destination
>   195 37274 ACCEPT     all  --  lo     *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>
> 42367   33M ACCEPT     all  --  *      *       192.168.5.0/24 
> <http://192.168.5.0/24>       192.168.5.0/24 <http://192.168.5.0/24>
>   305 31699 ACCEPT     all  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
>     0     0 DROP       all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state INVALID
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:22 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:25 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:465 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:80 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:443 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:143 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:110 flags:0x17/0x02
>     0     0 ACCEPT     tcp  --  eth1   *       0.0.0.0/0 
> <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>           
> state NEW tcp dpt:993 flags:0x17/0x02
> 
> 
> On 9/11/06, *Jakob Curdes* <jc at info-systems.de 
> <mailto:jc at info-systems.de>> wrote:
> 
>     Christian Schmidt schrieb:
> 
>      >Hello Wolfgang,
>      >
>      >Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz, 11.09.2006 (d.m.y):
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >>I setup postfix and can send emails. When replying to these emails
>      >>they do not get to my server (I checked in the Maildir directory
>     of the user, there is no file)
>      >>
>      >>
>      >
>      >
>      >
>     Make sure
>     1) the mails reach your server at all (check  your postfix logs)
>     2) to what type of inbox postfix or the local delivery agent (often
>     procmail) delivers these mails : maildir, mbox, or /var/spool/mail
>     3) if dovecot looks in the right place (see above) for incoming mails.
> 
> 
>     Hope this helps,
> 
>     Jakob Curdes
> 
> 
> 


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Best regards,

Charles