<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body><div>Should your INBOX path be /var/spool/mail/%u then?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">---<div>Aki Tuomi</div><div>Dovecot oy</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: John Rowan <rowan@rownetco.com> </div><div>Date: 13/07/2018 17:44 (GMT+02:00) </div><div>To: dovecot@dovecot.org </div><div>Subject: Sendmail Dovecot Trouble </div><div><br></div></div>I've been struggling trying to get Thunderbird to read e-mail off a <br>CentOS 7 server.<br><br>Sendmail writes mail in /var/spool/mail<br><br>I've configured dovecot to try to read from there using Thunderbird <br>(POP3/SMTP).<br><br>The firewall allows ports 25/110.<br><br>I verified I have mail in /var/spool/mail<br><br>but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail.<br><br>I've googled sendmail / dovecot config, I've looked a the wiki but I <br>just can't figure this out.<br><br>Please don't suggest using postfix, I just want to get sendmail / <br>dovecot working.<br><br><br>[@mail conf.d]# dovecot --version<br>2.2.10<br><br>[root@mail conf.d]# dovecot -n<br># 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf<br># OS: Linux 3.10.0-327.36.3.el7.i686 i686 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 <br>(AltArch)<br>auth_mechanisms = plain login<br>disable_plaintext_auth = no<br><br>mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u<br><br>mbox_write_locks = fcntl<br>namespace inbox {<br> inbox = yes<br> location =<br> mailbox Drafts {<br> special_use = \Drafts<br> }<br> mailbox Junk {<br> special_use = \Junk<br> }<br> mailbox Sent {<br> special_use = \Sent<br> }<br> mailbox "Sent Messages" {<br> special_use = \Sent<br> }<br> mailbox Trash {<br> special_use = \Trash<br> }<br> prefix =<br>}<br>passdb {<br> driver = pam<br>}<br>protocols =<br>ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem<br>ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem<br>userdb {<br> driver = passwd<br>}<br><br><br>---<br>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br>https://www.avast.com/antivirus<br><br></body></html>