Fwd: Everything works except sending mail

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
Tue Mar 20 13:13:14 EET 2018


This sounds more like postfix problem.

Aki


On 20.03.2018 13:04, Armin Tangelder wrote:
> Hi people,
>
>  
>
> Version of my beloved Dovecot installation:
>
> 2.2.27 (c0f36b0)
>
>  
>
> I moved from a OS X server to a Linux (Ubuntu) Headless server.
> All fun and good to play around with. Love almost everything.
>
> In the combination with Postfix and Dovecot I’m stuck to despair into
> oblivion.
>
>  
>
> Everything works except I cannot send mail from my (OS X) Outlook
> client I keep getting:
>
>  
>
> Connection to the server failed or was dropped. Error Code -3253
>
>  
>
> Nothing More and nothing less. O do not get any other error in a
> logfile or anything.
> And I followed almost every installation manual I found. Postfix I can
> send and receive through telnet.
> But I just can’t get this to work…
>
> The mail doesn’t even reach Postfix queue as I cannot connect to send.
> I do have a awesome connection receiving my mail though ☺
>
> Anyway:
>
> dovecot -n gives this (and I probably don’t see it anymore as I’ve
> been at this for several days now)
>
> # 2.2.27 (c0f36b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>
> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (fed8554)
>
> # OS: Linux 4.13.0-37-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 17.10 
>
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
>
> auth_realms = formule1.demon.nl <http://formule1.demon.nl>
>
> login_greeting = Dovecot ready.
>
> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
>
> mail_max_userip_connections = 50
>
> 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 = imap
>
> service auth {
>
>   unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
>
>     group = postfix
>
>     mode = 0666
>
>     user = postfix
>
>   }
>
> }
>
> ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server.crt
>
> ssl_key =  # hidden, use -P to show it
>
> userdb {
>
>   driver = passwd
>
> }
>
>  
>
> Anything useful I would love to see.
> Any information needed.
>
>  
>
> THNKS…
>
>  
>
> Armin
>
> --
>
> Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes…
>
>

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