[Dovecot] Freebsd 4 error DSN stat=Service Unavailable after dovecot install

[Charles Marcus]

Biffy Bob wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> I am getting an error message on FreeBSD 4 after I install dovecot.  To 
> start off, I create two regular users, testuser and testuser1.

Hi Bob,

You might get a response if you provided a bit more info that might 
help, like, maybe...

dovecot version

dovecot -n output

Since dovoecot isn't an smtp server, and what you have is a delivery 
problem, assuming that you had done enough troubleshooting to lead you 
to believe this was a dovecot problem, you would also want to provide 
some details on the smtp server and config.

The only reason I can think of that you might think this might be a 
dovecot issue is:

are you using dovecot LDA?

Otherwise, this would be an issue with your smtp server.

 From the logs below, it looks to me like you don't have your delivery 
mechanism set up properly (sm-mta - service unavailable), but since you 
didn't provide any details whatsoever about your environment, all anyone 
can do is guess...

> I send each user emails then I install dovecot.  After installing 
> dovecot I set up the users in Maildir format then proceed to send them 
> emails and here is what shows up in the maillogs:
> Email to testuser3 -
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sendmail[4379]: l2TMYqwj004379: from=root, 
> size=54, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
> msgid=<200703292234.l2TMYqwj004379 at myserver.vwh.net>, relay=r
> oot at localhost
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4380]: l2TMYqMi004380: 
> from=<root at myserver.vwh.net>, size=342, class=0, nrcpts=1, 
> msgid=<200703292234.l2TMYqwj004379 at myserver
> .vwh.net>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA-v4, relay=localhost [127.0.0.1]
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sendmail[4379]: l2TMYqwj004379: 
> to=testuser3 at myserver.vwh.net, ctladdr=root (0/0), delay=00:00:00, 
> xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pr
> i=30054, relay=localhost.. [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent 
> (l2TMYqMi004380 Message accepted for delivery)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004380: 
> to=<testuser3 at myserver.vwh.net>, ctladdr=<root at myserver.vwh.net> (0/0), 
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:0
> 0, mailer=local, pri=30560, relay=local, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service 
> unavailable (something didn't work)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004380: l2TMYqMi004381: 
> DSN: Service unavailable (something didn't work)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: to=myserver, 
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=31584, relay=local, 
> dsn=5.0.0, stat=Se
> rvice unavailable (something didn't work)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: l2TMYqMj004381: 
> return to sender: Service unavailable (something didn't work)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMj004381: to=myserver, 
> delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=32608, relay=local, 
> dsn=5.0.0, stat=Se
> rvice unavailable (something didn't work)
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: Losing 
> ./qfl2TMYqMi004381: savemail panic
> Mar 29 22:34:52 myserver sm-mta[4381]: l2TMYqMi004381: SYSERR(root): 
> savemail: cannot save rejected email anywhere
> 
> Here is what the user looks like in /etc/passwd:
> testuser3:*:2400:2400:My very own test user:/home/testuser3:/sbin/nologin
> 
> For the other users that have shell access, they don't get this 
> problem.  It seems to be only the users with no shell.
> Does anybody know of a fix for this problem?
> 
> 
> 


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Best regards,

Charles Marcus
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