[Dovecot] Temporary Failure that's Permanent!

Charles Marcus CMarcus at Media-Brokers.com
Tue Oct 25 22:34:15 EEST 2011


Jack,

A word of advice... you need to take a breath, and START OVER.

Postfix+Dovecot works very well together... you are doing something 
wrong, and need to figure out what it is.

You are chasing your tail, and will never figure out what you are doing 
wrong the way you are trying to troubleshoot this right now.

Posting the same question over and over here and on the postfix list 
will not get you anywhere.

Charles

On 2011-10-25 2:33 PM, Jack Fredrikson <jackfredrikson at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I continue to be plagued with this error:
>
> Oct 25 10:49:18 myserver postfix/pipe[3712]: 0423257901AB: to=<foo at bar.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=109318, delays=109318/0.14/0/0.1, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure
>
> It's been a week that I've been working day and night to get this fixed.
>
> I forgot to add this information:
>
> [root]# doveconf -n
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> first_valid_gid = 12
> first_valid_uid = 86
> mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u
> passdb {
>    args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf
>    driver = sql
> }
> plugin {
>    quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000
>    trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf
> }
> protocols = imap pop3
> service auth {
>    unix_listener auth-userdb {
>      group = postfix
>      mode = 0660
>      user = postfix
>    }
>    user = root
> }
> ssl_cert =</etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.myserver.com.cert
> ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2
> ssl_key =</etc/pki/tls/private/mail.myserver.com.key
> ssl_key_password = passwd
> userdb {
>    args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf
>    driver = sql
> }
> protocol imap {
>    mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
> }
> protocol pop3 {
>    mail_plugins = quota
>    pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> }
> protocol lda {
>    hostname = myserver.com
>    info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
>    log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log
>    mail_plugins = quota
>    postmaster_address = postmaster at creative.vi
>    sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> }
>
> [root] # vi main.cf
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> myorigin = $mydomain
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> mail_owner = postfix
> inet_interfaces = all
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
> debug_peer_list =
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
> setgid_group = postdrop
> html_directory = no
> manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
> sample_directory = /etc/postfix
> readme_directory = no
> mydomain = myserver.com
> mydestination =
>          $mydomain,
>          $myhostname,
>          localhost.$mydomain
> mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail
> home_mailbox = Mailbox
> disable_vrfy_command = yes
> show_user_unknown_table_name = no
>
>
> data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
> # --------------- local settings ------------------
> myhostname                      = myserver.com
> inet_interfaces                 = localhost, $myhostname
> mynetworks                      = $config_directory/mynetworks
> #mydestination                   = localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $myhostname
> #uncomment if you need relay_domains... do not list domains in both relay and virtual
> relay_domains                   = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_relay_domains_maps.cf
> # ---------------------- VIRTUAL DOMAINS START ----------------------
> virtual_mailbox_base            = /var/vmail
> virtual_mailbox_domains         = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf
> virtual_mailbox_maps            = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
> virtual_alias_maps              = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf
> virtual_mailbox_limit_maps      = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf
> virtual_minimum_uid             = 89
> virtual_uid_maps                = static:89
> virtual_gid_maps                = static:89
> virtual_transport               = dovecot
> dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1
> # ---------------------- VIRTUAL DOMAINS END ----------------------
> # ---------------------- SASL PART START ----------------------
> smtpd_sasl_auth_enable          = yes
> smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
>    permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination
> smtpd_sasl_security_options     = noanonymous
> broken_sasl_auth_clients        = yes
> smtpd_sasl_type                 = dovecot
> smtpd_sasl_path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
> smtpd_sasl_application_name = smtpd
> # ---------------------- SASL PART END ----------------------
> smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10
> smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20
> smtpd_helo_required             = yes
> disable_vrfy_command            = yes
> non_fqdn_reject_code            = 504
> invalid_hostname_reject_code    = 450
> maps_rbl_reject_code            = 554
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> reject_unknown_client           = false
> reject_unknown_hostname         = false
> mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f "$SENDER" -a "$RECIPIENT"
>
>
> [root] # vi master.cf
> smtp      inet  n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
> submission inet n - - - - smtpd -D
>    -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt
>    -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes
>    -o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot
>    -o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth
>    -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous
>    -o smtpd_sasl_local_domain=$myhostname
>    -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
>    -o smtpd_sender_login_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
>    -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=reject_sender_login_mismatch
>    -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=reject_unknown_recipient_domain,reject_non_fqdn_recipient,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
> amavisfeed unix    -       -       n        -      2     lmtp
>      -o lmtp_data_done_timeout=1200
>      -o lmtp_send_xforward_command=yes
>      -o disable_dns_lookups=yes
>      -o max_use=20
> 587     inet    n       -       n       -       -       smtpd
> pickup    fifo  n       -       n       60      1       pickup
> cleanup   unix  n       -       n       -       0       cleanup
> qmgr      fifo  n       -       n       300     1       qmgr
> tlsmgr    unix  -       -       n       1000?   1       tlsmgr
> rewrite   unix  -       -       n       -       -       trivial-rewrite
> bounce    unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce
> defer     unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce
> trace     unix  -       -       n       -       0       bounce
> verify    unix  -       -       n       -       1       verify
> flush     unix  n       -       n       1000?   0       flush
> proxymap  unix  -       -       n       -       -       proxymap
> smtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp
> relay     unix  -       -       n       -       -       smtp
>          -o fallback_relay=
> showq     unix  n       -       n       -       -       showq
> error     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error
> discard   unix  -       -       n       -       -       discard
> local     unix  -       n       n       -       -       local
> virtual   unix  -       n       n       -       -       virtual
> lmtp      unix  -       -       n       -       -       lmtp
> anvil     unix  -       -       n       -       1       anvil
> scache    unix  -       -       n       -       1       scache
> maildrop  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient}
> uucp      unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient)
> ifmail    unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient)
> bsmtp     unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient
> retry     unix  -       -       n       -       -       error
> proxywrite unix -       -       n       -       1       proxymap
> dovecot   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
>    flags=DRhu user=dovecot argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} ${recipient}
> spamfilter unix - n n - - pipe
>    flags=Rq user=spamfilter argv=/usr/local/bin/spamfilter -f ${sender} -- ${recipient}
>
>
> TIA,
> Jack
>


-- 

Best regards,

Charles Marcus
I.T. Director
Media Brokers International, Inc.
678.514.6200 x224 | 678.514.6299 fax



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