Sendmail Dovecot Trouble

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 18 Jul 2018, John Rowan wrote:

> /var/mail is a symlink to /var/spool/mail
>
> I tried both, neither works.
>
> I just wiped out the server, reinstalled from scratch this time I selected 
> e-mail server while selecting packages after specifying GUI-server on the 
> CentOS install.
>
> I had previously installed Dovecot after the initial server build.
>
> This time Dovecot was installed and active at boot but still can't find my 
> mail in /var/spool/mail.

Actually, I would use the LMTP service anyway,

https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-August/091799.html

> On 7/13/2018 11:44 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>> Should your INBOX path be /var/spool/mail/%u then?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ---
>> Aki Tuomi
>> Dovecot oy
>> 
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: John Rowan <rowan at rownetco.com>
>> Date: 13/07/2018 17:44 (GMT+02:00)
>> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
>> Subject: Sendmail Dovecot Trouble
>> 
>> I've been struggling trying to get Thunderbird to read e-mail off a
>> CentOS 7 server.
>> 
>> Sendmail writes mail in /var/spool/mail
>> 
>> I've configured dovecot to try to read from there using Thunderbird
>> (POP3/SMTP).
>> 
>> The firewall allows ports 25/110.
>> 
>> I verified I have mail in /var/spool/mail
>> 
>> but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail.
>> 
>> I've googled sendmail / dovecot config, I've looked a the wiki but I
>> just can't figure this out.
>> 
>> Please don't suggest using postfix, I just want to get sendmail /
>> dovecot working.
>> 
>> 
>> [@mail conf.d]# dovecot --version
>> 2.2.10
>> 
>> [root at mail conf.d]# dovecot -n
>> # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # OS: Linux 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511
>> (AltArch)
>> auth_mechanisms = plain login
>> disable_plaintext_auth = no
>> 
>> mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
>> 
>> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
>> 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
>> }
>> protocols =
>> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
>> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
>> userdb {
>>   driver = passwd
>> }
>> 
>> 
>> ---
>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>> 
>
>

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Steffen Kaiser
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