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<p>/var/mail is a symlink to /var/spool/mail</p>
<p>I tried both, neither works.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>I had previously installed Dovecot after the initial server
build.</p>
<p>This time Dovecot was installed and active at boot but still
can't find my mail in /var/spool/mail.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/13/2018 11:44 AM, Aki Tuomi wrote:<br>
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<div>Should your INBOX path be /var/spool/mail/%u then?</div>
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<div>Aki Tuomi</div>
<div>Dovecot oy</div>
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<div>From: John Rowan <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rowan@rownetco.com"><rowan@rownetco.com></a> </div>
<div>Date: 13/07/2018 17:44 (GMT+02:00) </div>
<div>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org">dovecot@dovecot.org</a> </div>
<div>Subject: Sendmail Dovecot Trouble </div>
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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>
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but Thunderbird is unable to retrieve that mail.<br>
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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>
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[@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>
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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>
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