First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working

[mick crane]

On 2016-10-18 07:55, Moi wrote:
>> Two things to check:
>> 
>  >	# What does dovecot think user "mailtest" has?
>  >	doveadm user mailtest
> 
> I get this:
> field   value
> uid     1002
> gid     8
> home    /home/mailtest
> mail    mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/mailtest

this looks wrong I don't think /var should be your home directory.


> system_groups_user      mailtest
> 
>  >	# The sticky bit should be set on /var/mail (you didn't mention
>  >	# setting it.  It probably doesn't have bearing on this problem,
>  >	# but it will make it a little more secure.
>  >	chmod 1777 /var/mail
> 
> You're right, I didn't do it.
> 
>> I usually don't use this command, I look at the log file which seems 
>> to
> have more details.  Try > looking there for more diagnostics.  Also, 
> look at
> your MTA's logs as well.
> 
> I'll try to locate them.
> Thank you.

I always install "locate" and whenever I change anything do as root
"/usr/bin/updatedb"
then you can type
"locate *.log"
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