[Dovecot] Mail not begin processed

[André Labuschagné]

Hi

Thank you for the response.
The dovecot's config is:
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# 1.2.1: /usr/etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18.8-x86_64-linode1 x86_64 CentOS release 5.3 (Final)
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/paranoidandroidCA/server.crt
ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/paranoidandroidCA/server.key
login_dir: /usr/var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
auth default:
  mechanisms: plain login cram-md5 ntlm
  passdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot_sql_passdb.conf
  userdb:
    driver: sql
    args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot_sql_userdb.conf
  socket:
    type: listen
    client:
      path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
      mode: 432
      user: postfix
      group: postfix
    master:
      path: /usr/var/run/dovecot/auth-master
      mode: 384
      user: vmail

The log file snippet is:
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Aug  8 14:54:51 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: connect from 
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]
Aug  8 14:54:51 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: E571527388: 
client=mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]
Aug  8 14:54:52 li73-31 postfix/cleanup[25202]: E571527388: hold: header 
Received: from mail-ew0-f209.google.com (mail-ew0-f209.google.com 
[209.85.219.209])??by mail.paranoidandroid.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 
E571527388??for <Andre at paranoidandroid.co.za>; Sat,  8 Aug 20 from 
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]; from=<tungsten15 at gmail.com> 
to=<Andre at paranoidandroid.co.za> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-ew0-f209.google.com>
Aug  8 14:54:52 li73-31 postfix/cleanup[25202]: E571527388: 
message-id=<898bcad90908080554i45eb5dfakad36de457c2ba255 at mail.gmail.com>
Aug  8 14:54:52 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: New Batch: Scanning 1 
messages, 2705 bytes
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Virus and Content Scanning: 
Starting
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Requeue: E571527388.AC203 to 
9C2282738E
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/qmgr[20163]: 9C2282738E: 
from=<tungsten15 at gmail.com>, size=1981, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/qmgr[20163]: warning: connect to 
transport private/dovecot: Connection refused
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 postfix/error[25208]: 9C2282738E: 
to=<andre at paranoidandroid.co.za>, relay=none, delay=11, 
delays=11/0.01/0/0.15, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (mail transport 
unavailable)
Aug  8 14:55:02 li73-31 MailScanner[24606]: Deleted 1 messages from 
processing-database
Aug  8 14:55:22 li73-31 postfix/smtpd[25196]: disconnect from 
mail-ew0-f209.google.com[209.85.219.209]


Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 15:39 +0200, Andre Labuschagne wrote:
>   
>> Good day all,
>>
>> [Dovecot version 1.2.1]
>> I've set up postfix and dovecot on Centos.  I have a problem with the 
>> mail, it is begin received but not "processed" by dovecot.  I've looked 
>> in the maillog file and found two problems; the first is that 
>> private/dovecot directory (I think it should be a directory) did not 
>> exist and the second problem is "mail transport unavailable".
>>     
>
> private/dovecot is typically dovecot authentication socket for SMTP
> AUTH. deliver doesn't need it.
>
>   
>> I've create a directory called /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot but I 
>> get the following error in the log file: Connection refused (Is this an 
>> ownership issue? I've made the owner postfix)
>> As for the second problem, I've spend the most of the past 3 days 
>> googling the error and found very little "useful" information.
>>
>> Do I need to supply more info?
>>     
>
> Yeah. Postfix configuration, dovecot -n output and exact log messages
> what happens when you try to deliver a mail.
>