Hey all, I've just installed Postfix + Dovecot on Xubunto 14.04 LTS. Following this page : Setup a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot on Ubuntu / Debian <http://www.binarytides.com/install-postfix-dovecot-debian/>
although I'm able to send emails to GMail and other kind of domain, nothing appears on Thunderbird INBOX, nor using openssl : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ openssl s_client -connect imap.<DOMAIN>.<TLD>:993 CONNECTED(00000003) <snip /> Start Time: 1443543797 Timeout : 300 (sec) Verify return code: 18 (self signed certificate) --- * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Ubuntu) ready. A1 LOGIN <USER>@<DOMAIN>.<TLD> <PASSWORD 4 USER> A1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE] Logged in A2 LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." GMail * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Drafts) "." Drafts * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." j-kiosk * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Trash) "." Trash * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." Pourriel * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Linux Mint" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." free * LIST (\HasNoChildren \Sent) "." Sent * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." INBOX A2 OK List completed. A3 EXAMINE INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1443454274] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences A3 OK [READ-ONLY] Examine completed (0.000 secs). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, using mail, i can read the emails : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ mail Heirloom mailx version 12.5 6/20/10. Type ? for help. "/var/mail/desktop": 20 messages 9 new 18 unread U 1 Desktop User Sun Sep 27 13:01 19/621 ceci est le sujet <snip /> N 20 Yvon Thoraval Tue Sep 29 18:02 25/1042 another mail with Maildir... ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my dovecot setup uses vhosts : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/ total 76K drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ./ drwxr-sr-x 4 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 27 10:31 ../ drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 cur/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 272 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot.index.log -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 168 sept. 29 16:16 dovecot.mailbox.log -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 51 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidlist -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 8 sept. 29 16:17 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.56095d49 drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:09 .Drafts/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:40 .free/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 18:41 .GMail/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .j-kiosk/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Linux Mint/ drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 Maildir/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 sept. 28 17:31 maildirfolder drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 new/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:08 .Pourriel/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 16:17 .Sent/ -rw-r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 48 sept. 29 16:16 subscriptions drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 tmp/ drwxr-sr-x 5 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 15:06 .Trash/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- with nothing in new subfolder: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ ls -al /var/mail/vhosts/<DOMAIN>/<USER>/new total 8,0K drwxr-sr-x 2 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 28 17:31 ./ drwxr-sr-x 14 vmail vmail 4,0K sept. 29 18:01 ../ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Postfix version : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ postconf -d | grep mail_version mail_version = 2.11.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Dovecot version : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ dovecot --version 2.2.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Dovecot conf : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ sudo dovecot -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.14.32-xxxx-std-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n 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 } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/dovecot-users driver = passwd-file } postmaster_address = desk...@j-kiosk.com protocols = " imap lmtp pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep } ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- my Postfix conf: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $ postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no config_directory = /etc/postfix inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all mailbox_size_limit = 51200000 mydestination = $myhostname, $mydomain, localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = <DOMAIN>.<TLD> myhostname = smtp.<DOMAIN>.<TLD> mynetworks = <DOMAIN IP>.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin =<DOMAIN>.<TLD> readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = relayhost = smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------