Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail

Hi, I've been setting a mail server with this tutorial.

I've had some problems but overall it started to work

I've got one small advice:

when doing :
postconf -e 'mydestination = server1.example.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain'

you shouldn't place here the domain because it will be stored indatabase as virtual one.


But still I have one problem with squirrelmail. Everything installed and after logging in from website i get: "ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server."
But in log i get:

Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: received auth request, service=imap, authtype=login
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: authmysql: trying this module
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: authmysqllib: connected. Versions: header 50051, client 50051, server 50051
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: SQL query: SELECT email, password, "", 5000, 5000, "/home/vmail", CONCAT(SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',-1),'/',SUBSTRING_INDEX(email,'@',1),'/'), quota, "", "" FROM users WHERE email = "[email protected]"
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: password matches successfully
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: authmysql: sysusername=<null>, sysuserid=5000, sysgroupid=5000, homedir=/home/vmail, [email protected], fullname=<null>, maildir=best.media.pl/marcinp/, quota=209715200, options=<null>
Jul 24 10:27:29 best authdaemond: Authenticated: sysusername=<null>, sysuserid=5000, sysgroupid=5000, homedir=/home/vmail, [email protected], fullname=<null>, maildir=best.media.pl/marcinp/, quota=209715200, options=<null>

So the communication i thionk is ok... what can be the problem?

 

Did you configure Squirrelmail as shown in the tutorial? Did you configure it to use Courier?

 

Ok, i've just solved it now.

I had wrong permissions to vmail directory... now everything worsk great!

Thanks for great tutorial

 

maildir error

Hello guys! I'm pretty new to the linux world and I've tried falko's howto:
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-domains-postfix-courier-mysql-squirrelmail-ubuntu8.04
Everything went smoothly untill logging on to squirrelmail when I get the message:
ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.

The mail.log states that there is no such file or directory, I've tried Falko's advice on sending the initial email, but that did not help. One user mentioned editing the permissions on the /home/vmail folder, however he did not state exactly what rights and to whom, so I tried giving everybody read and write rights however to no result.


If anyone has any ideas please be so kind and a share it. Thanks

 

Hi

Under the folder /home/vmail you need to create folder corresponding to domain name so for example.com just create folder example.com

To create mailbox (examaple [email protected]) for user change directory to your domain folder and inside run maildirmake:

cd /home/vmail/example.com
maildirmake sales


That should do it. Just remember to chown all folders to vmail user.

 

Hello Garther

Thx a lot for the additional info on the permissions, it eventually worked for that specific user([email protected]). However I'm a little bit puzzled, do you have to manually create the maildir folder for every user manually? I've tried creating a new user using phpmyadmin site as stated in the howto however that did not create the folder in /home/vmail/mydomain/.. . I tried sending an initial email however that did not help either. There has to be a method for this folders to be created automatically once u create the user. I mean that would be the elegant way or am I absurd?

 

Are there any errors in the mail log when you send an email to that account?

 

Hello guys! I'm having problems in sending the messages, as they do not reach their addressees.

Can anyone help to indicate the error? this is my mail.log


Aug 3 08:15:10 mrteam postfix/smtpd[2347]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 3 08:15:10 mrteam postfix/smtpd[2347]: CD27372DDA: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 3 08:15:10 mrteam postfix/cleanup[2263]: CD27372DDA: message-id=<[email protected]>
Aug 3 08:15:10 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: CD27372DDA: from=<[email protected]>, size=1096, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 3 08:15:10 mrteam postfix/smtpd[2347]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Aug 3 08:15:11 mrteam amavis[17348]: (17348-10) Passed CLEAN, LOCAL [192.168.93.1] [192.168.93.1] <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <[email protected]>, mail_id: 5GzRYlRUGlvD, Hits: 1.045, size: 614, queued_as: CD27372DDA, 24153 ms
Aug 3 08:15:11 mrteam postfix/smtp[2264]: B143772DD9: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=25, delays=0.14/0.01/1.2/23, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as CD27372DDA)
Aug 3 08:15:11 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: B143772DD9: removed

Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: CD27372DDA: from=<[email protected]>, size=1096, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/smtp[2410]: CD27372DDA: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=368, delays=368/0.12/0.07/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for mrteam.osxbrazil.com loops back to myself)
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/cleanup[2412]: E05CE72DDC: message-id=<[email protected]>
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: E05CE72DDC: from=<>, size=3043, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/bounce[2411]: CD27372DDA: sender non-delivery notification: E05CE72DDC
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: CD27372DDA: removed
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/smtp[2410]: E05CE72DDC: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.07, delays=0.07/0/0.01/0, dsn=5.4.6, status=bounced (mail for mrteam.osxbrazil.com loops back to myself)
Aug 3 08:21:18 mrteam postfix/qmgr[2060]: E05CE72DDC: removed
Aug 3 08:26:05 mrteam imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]

 

Please add mrteam.osxbrazil.com to the mydestination line in /etc/postfix/main.cf and restart Postfix.

 

Hello!
I did what you asked me.
still the same problem, the messages did not arrive to their recipients.



Aug 4 19:07:32 server amavis[4915]: (04915-04) Passed CLEAN, <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Message-ID: <[email protected]>, mail_id: 9gKSPrwPdWKq, Hits: 1.449, size: 329, queued_as: 9ACB8E119, 13150 ms
Aug 4 19:07:32 server postfix/smtp[7191]: 6B2E9E125: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=13, delays=0.1/0.01/0.02/13, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 9ACB8E119)
Aug 4 19:07:32 server postfix/trivial-rewrite[7203]: warning: do not list domain mrteam.osxbrazil.com in BOTH mydestination and virtual_mailbox_domains
Aug 4 19:07:32 server postfix/qmgr[7167]: 6B2E9E125: removed

 

I have the same problem as this user had. But i do not know what you does mean when u say "chown all forlders to vmail user." What should i write in the terminal as example.com as exapmle.

Best regards.

 

http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/sh...=listed+mydestination+virtual_mailbox_domains

 

Try this:

Code:

chown -R vmail /home/vmail

 

Hmm still got:

ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server.

Do I need to restart something before it works?
Perhaps i do need open some ports in my router?

Else, someone know where i can find my logfile?

Best regards

 

Cant login to Squirrel mail

Hi Guys

I really hope someone out there can help me see the wood for the trees. I have not followed these instructions to a t, mainly as im not interested in quotas. the rest is pretty much the same. Either way, hopefully i can provide you with enough info to fix this headache.

This has been getting to me all night, i have reinstalled, -purge removed, removed, installed and eveything else i can imagine and still it never lets me login.

It just wont let me log in via squirell mail. Mail is being dumped in the right directories. I just cant access it. I have full loggin on and what you see below is all I get in my mail log when trying to log in.

I ave read through the entire thread and many other websites and none have a fix, hence my asking on here.

Many thanks in advance.

My mail.log out put when i try and login

Aug 5 23:20:51 xxxxxx imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Aug 5 23:20:51 xxxxxx imapd: LOGIN FAILED, [email protected], ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Aug 5 23:20:56 xxxxxx imapd: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1], rcvd=57, sent=332

 

Did you configure Squirrelmail for the right IMAP/POP3 server?
The logs are in the /var/log directory.

 

I'm having this problem too.

As well as squirrelmail giving that message, when I try to use pop3 I get this message:

Code:

-ERR chdir mydomain.com/username failed
Connection closed by foreign host

And this in my logs:

Code:

Aug  7 00:28:55 mydomain pop3d: chdir mydomain/username: No such file or directory

The directories are there and has the appropriate permissions.

 

Hmm i think so... Else where can I change this?

 

I seemed to have fixed it, by telling it to use /home/vmail/domain.com/user (I was trying to use a different location).

Don't see how it matters if the permissions were right, but hey if it works I'm happy!

 

I have now checked the log and it says:

Aug 7 18:09:45 Inleed-S1 imapd: Connection, ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Aug 7 18:09:45 Inleed-S1 imapd: authdaemon: s_connect() failed: Connection refused
Aug 7 18:09:45 Inleed-S1 imapd: [Hint: perhaps authdaemond is not running?]
Aug 7 18:09:45 Inleed-S1 imapd: LOGIN FAILED, [email protected], ip=[::ffff:127.0.0.1]
Aug 7 18:09:45 Inleed-S1 imapd: authentication error: Connection refused
Aug 7 18:09:49 Inleed-S1 postfix/local[31345]: fatal: open /etc/postfix/mysql-aliases.cf: No such file or directory

What should mysql-aliases.cf contain?