hello i have installed postfix and dovecot ,i have done it few times with no problem.I can send emails the emails are stored to maildir but dovecot dont seem to work properly so i can receive them to my email client. port 25 is working both local and remote. So when i try from localhost pop3 or 110 Code: [root@hosted-by ~]# telnet localhost pop3 Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. quit +OK Logging out Connection closed by foreign host. Seems ok Remote Code: [root@server ~]# telnet myip*** pop3 Trying 128.127.108.65... telnet: connect to address myip***: Connection refused Dovecot status Code: [root@hosted-by ~]# service dovecot status Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status dovecot.service dovecot.service - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service; enabled) Active: active (running) since Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:15:25 -0400; 15min ago Main PID: 25265 (dovecot) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/dovecot.service ├ 25265 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F ├ 25281 dovecot/anvil └ 25282 dovecot/log /var/log/maillog Code: Apr 27 08:49:09 localhost dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pi d=1 uid=0 code=kill) Apr 27 08:49:09 localhost dovecot: log: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=1 uid=0 code=kill) Apr 27 08:49:48 localhost dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.20 starting up (core dum ps disabled) Apr 27 08:50:28 localhost dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured Apr 27 09:11:19 localhost dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pi d=1 uid=0 code=kill) Apr 27 09:11:19 localhost dovecot: anvil: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid =1 uid=0 code=kill) Apr 27 09:11:19 localhost dovecot: log: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=1 uid=0 code=kill) Apr 27 09:15:25 localhost dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.20 starting up (core dum ps disabled) Apr 27 09:18:54 localhost dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=::1, lip=::1, secured
iptables are stoped [root@hosted-by ~]# netstat -tap | grep pop tcp 0 0 *op3s *:* LIST EN 25265/dovecot tcp 0 0 localhostop3 *:* LIST EN 25265/dovecot tcp 0 0 *op3s *:* LIST EN 25265/dovecot tcp 0 0 localhostop3 *:* LIST EN 25265/dovecot [root@hosted-by ~]#