[IMAP] Nothing in INBOX

Yvon Thoraval yvon.thoraval at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 13:14:40 UTC 2015 

Hey all,

I've just installed Postfix + Dovecot on Xubunto 14.04 LTS.
Following this page :
Setup a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu / Debian
<http://www.binarytides.com/install-postfix-dovecot-debian/>

although I'm able to send emails to GMail and other kind of domain, nothing
appears on Thunderbird INBOX, nor using openssl :

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$ openssl s_client -connect imap.<DOMAIN>.<TLD>:993
CONNECTED(00000003)

<snip />

    Start Time: 1443543797
    Timeout   : 300 (sec)
    Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate)
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* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Ubuntu) ready.
A1 LOGIN <USER>@<DOMAIN>.<TLD> <PASSWORD 4 USER>
A1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE
SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT
MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS
LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN
CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE] Logged in
A2 LIST "" "*"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." GMail
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Drafts) "." Drafts
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." j-kiosk
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "." Trash
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Pourriel
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Linux Mint"
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." free
* LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "." Sent
* LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX
A2 OK List completed.
A3 EXAMINE INBOX
* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)
* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox.
* 0 EXISTS
* 0 RECENT
* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1443454274] UIDs valid
* OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID
* OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences
A3 OK [READ-ONLY] Examine completed (0.000 secs).
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However, using mail, i can read the emails :
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$ mail

Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10.  Type ? for help.

"/var/mail/desktop": 20 messages 9 new 18 unread

 U  1 Desktop User       Sun Sep 27 13:01   19/621   ceci est le sujet

 <snip />

  N 20 Yvon Thoraval      Tue Sep 29 18:02   25/1042  another mail with
Maildir...

?

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my dovecot setup uses vhosts :
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$ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/

total 76K

drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ./

drwxr-sr-x  4 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 27 10:31 ../

drwxr-sr-x  2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 cur/

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail  272 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot.index.log

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail  168 sept. 29 16:16 dovecot.mailbox.log

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail   51 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidlist

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail    8 sept. 29 16:17 dovecot-uidvalidity

-r--r--r--  1 vmail vmail    0 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.56095d49

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:09 .Drafts/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:40 .free/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:41 .GMail/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .j-kiosk/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Linux Mint/

drwxr-sr-x  2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 Maildir/

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail    0 sept. 28 17:31 maildirfolder

drwxr-sr-x  2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 new/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:08 .Pourriel/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Sent/

-rw-r--r--  1 vmail vmail   48 sept. 29 16:16 subscriptions

drwxr-sr-x  2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 tmp/

drwxr-sr-x  5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:06 .Trash/
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with nothing in new subfolder:
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$ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/new

total 8,0K

drwxr-sr-x  2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 ./

drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ../

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my Postfix version :
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$ postconf -d | grep mail_version

mail_version = 2.11.0

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my Dovecot version :
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$ dovecot --version

2.2.9

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my Dovecot conf :

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$ sudo dovecot -n

# 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf

# OS: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS ext4

auth_mechanisms = plain login

listen = *

log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log

mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n

namespace inbox {

  inbox = yes

  location =

  mailbox Drafts {

    special_use = \Drafts

  }

  mailbox Junk {

    special_use = \Junk

  }

  mailbox Sent {

    special_use = \Sent

  }

  mailbox "Sent Messages" {

    special_use = \Sent

  }

  mailbox Trash {

    special_use = \Trash

  }

  prefix =

}

passdb {

  driver = pam

}

passdb {

  args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users

  driver = passwd-file

}

postmaster_address = desktop at j-kiosk.com

protocols = " imap lmtp pop3"

service auth {

  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {

    group = postfix

    mode = 0666

    user = postfix

  }

}

service imap-login {

  inet_listener imaps {

    port = 993

    ssl = yes

  }

}

service lmtp {

  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {

    group = postfix

    mode = 0600

    user = postfix

  }

}

service pop3-login {

  inet_listener pop3s {

    port = 995

    ssl = yes

  }

}

ssl = required

ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem

ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem

userdb {

  driver = passwd

}

userdb {

  args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n

  driver = static

}

protocol imap {

  imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep

}

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my Postfix conf:

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$ postconf -n

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases

append_dot_mydomain = no

biff = no

config_directory = /etc/postfix

inet_interfaces = all

inet_protocols = all

mailbox_size_limit = 51200000

mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain, localhost

mydomain = <DOMAIN>.<TLD>

myhostname = smtp.<DOMAIN>.<TLD>

mynetworks = <DOMAIN IP>.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8

myorigin =<DOMAIN>.<TLD>

readme_directory = no

recipient_delimiter =

relayhost =

smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)

smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated
defer_unauth_destination

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes

smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth

smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot

smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes

smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem

smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache

smtpd_use_tls = yes

virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains

virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp

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