You have lmtp as unix socket configured but want to access from remote via tcp socket? I think you need inet_listener instead of unix_ listener
----- Originale Nachricht ----- Von: "ѽ҉ᶬḳ℠" <v...@gmx.net> Gesendet: 06.08.18 - 20:14 An: dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> Betreff: 2.3.2.1 - relay to lmtps from other lan host > Hi, > > looked into the [ dovecot wiki ] but a search for [ lmtps ] came up > empty and thus hoping to get some assistance here. > > I am trying to relay with [ msmtp ] via [ lmtps ] from a lan host other > than [ dovecot ] is running on. > > [ dovecot config ] > >> service lmtp { >> unix_listener lmtp { >> #mode = 0666 >> } > > [ ss -wxl | grep lmtp ] >> u_strLISTEN 0 100 /var/run/dovecot/lmtp 68262 * 0 > > So far so good. Now from the other lan host -> [ msmtp --serverinfo > --tls --tls-certcheck=off --host=172.24.109.6 --protocol=lmtp --port=262 > ] produces: > >> msmtp: cannot connect to 172.24.109.6, port 262: Connection refused > >