Hello, I installed a server on the basis of "The Perfect Setup". The system is running with Debian Etch 4.0. During the installtion there were no errors, everything worked. I get, however, an error when I try to establish a new pop3 connection. The error message of my mail programm is: So, I checked the server and connection settings and read some threads about this error, but I still cannot find the bug. Thanks for your help!
Did you send a message to that mail account, you usually need to send one before you can use pop3 or imap as it needs to create the folder structure. (if it doesnt, give the postfix user write access to the main dir)
Thanks for your response. Sending a mail to the mail account doesn't help. The users and their mail addresses are listed in /etc/postfix/virtusertable. The mails are also received and saved in /var/mail/{username}. These files have got the right owner and reading permissions as well. Any other idea? Thanks!
Do you think that it makes sense to remove postfix and to re-install it? Could there be any problems with ISPConfig? Thanks.
You must enable Maildir in ISPConfig (Management > Server > Settings > Email) (and/or run Code: postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' postconf -e 'mailbox_command =' /etc/init.d/postfix restart )
Ah! Got it! I forgot to active the checkbox "Maildir" in ISPConfig. Why isn't it activated by default? I have never done it before and it always worked well. Anyway: Thank you very much! I love this community!
Same problem Hello I am having the same problem on my server but only with one domain - each day the users cannot log in because of the rejection message chdir Maildir failed. If I reset their passwords they can access their email but only for another day. Can anyone think of what has gone wrong? Thanks and regards Andrew
More info I followed the Debian Lenny tutorial and am using ISPConfig Version: 2.2.35. We have been running the server for about five months without any issues until now.
I have tried deleting the users and recreating them but the same problem occurs - initially they can log in and then a few hours later they can't. main.cf looks like this: # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = no # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = first.form3.com.au alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname #mydestination = mail.form3.com.au, first.form3.com.au, localhost.form3.com.au, localhost.localdomain, localhost relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all inet_protocols = all smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtp_use_tls = yes smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names # code added by AW July 12 to block spam before it hits the server smtpd_helo_required = yes disable_vrfy_command = yes strict_rfc821_envelopes = yes invalid_hostname_reject_code = 554 multi_recipient_bounce_reject_code = 554 non_fqdn_reject_code = 554 relay_domains_reject_code = 554 unknown_address_reject_code = 554 unknown_client_reject_code = 554 unknown_hostname_reject_code = 554 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 554 unknown_relay_recipient_reject_code = 554 unknown_sender_reject_code = 554 unknown_virtual_alias_reject_code = 554 unknown_virtual_mailbox_reject_code = 554 unverified_recipient_reject_code = 554 unverified_sender_reject_code = 554 smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client multi.uribl.com, reject_rbl_client dsn.rfc-ignorant.org, reject_rbl_client dul.dnsbl.sorbs.net, reject_rbl_client list.dsbl.org, reject_rbl_client sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.sorbs.net, reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org, reject_rbl_client ix.dnsbl.manitu.net, reject_rbl_client combined.rbl.msrbl.net, reject_rbl_client rabl.nuclearelephant.com, permit I did a send and receive on one of the accounts and this is what appears in the log file (you can also see the successful send and receive underneath on the same server): Feb 10 08:18:29 first pop3d-ssl: Connection, ip=[::ffff:203.171.75.54] Feb 10 08:18:36 first pop3d-ssl: chdir Maildir: Permission denied Feb 10 08:18:58 first pop3d-ssl: Connection, ip=[::ffff:203.171.75.54] Feb 10 08:18:59 first pop3d-ssl: LOGIN, user=1_andrew, ip=[::ffff:203.171.75.54], port=[62253] Feb 10 08:19:00 first pop3d-ssl: LOGOUT, user=1_andrew, ip=[::ffff:203.171.75.54], port=[62253], top=0, retr=0, rcvd=24, sent=2881, time=1 Maildir is definitely enabled. regards Andrew
Solved! No, the directories did not have the correct ownership settings! You're a legend - thanks very much.
Hi...I just install postfix....it doesn't have a problem when I use mbox...the mail are delivered (using localhost test setup), i want to change it into maildir system, but after I run Code: postconf -e 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' postconf -e 'mailbox_command =' /etc/init.d/postfix restart the mail are failed to arrived...although in the smtp are queued. Any help will be very appreciate. Thanks.
