After trying several ones, I've come down to the simplest of server configurations and still can't get it to work. It's just Postfix/Dovecot by the tutorial from centos.org. I can send mail using telnet fine but when I try to connect from home via Thunderbird I get 'Internal error occurred'. The log says directories don't exist. Now, I guess this should be created by dovecot so maybe it's a permissions issue? Please, help! Versions: Centos 5.5 / Postfix 2.3.3 / Dovecot 1.0.7 /var/log/maillog: Code: Jun 27 19:12:47 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): open(/home/admont/Maildir/temp./root.19207.839b277620b0522c) failed: No such file or directory Jun 27 19:12:47 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): file_dotlock_open(/home/admont/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory Jun 27 19:13:49 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<admont>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:88.23.112.146, lip=::ffff:173.203.80.152 Jun 27 19:13:49 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): open(/home/admont/Maildir/.temp./root.19212.d7d30d9638e5dad9) failed: No such file or directory Jun 27 19:13:49 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): file_dotlock_open() failed with file /home/admont/Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No such file or directory Jun 27 19:13:49 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): open(/home/admont/Maildir/temp./root.19212.f9c7a315ab83b6d0) failed: No such file or directory Jun 27 19:13:49 mail dovecot: IMAP(admont): file_dotlock_open(/home/admont/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot.conf Code: protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s login_process_size = 64 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { postmaster_address = [email protected] } auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root } dict { } plugin { } /postfix/main.cf Code: queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix command_directory = /usr/sbin daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix mail_owner = postfix myhostname = mail.estacionposibilidad.es mydomain = estacionposibilidad.es myorigin = $mydomain inet_interfaces = all inet_interfaces = localhost mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 relay_domains = alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases home_mailbox = Maildir/ debug_peer_level = 2 debugger_command = PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin xxgdb $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5 sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix setgid_group = postdrop html_directory = no manpage_directory = /usr/share/man sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/samples readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.3.3/README_FILES smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_helo_hostname, permit smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, permit smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination, check_sender_access hash:/etc/postfix/sender_access, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, check_policy_service unix:postgrey/socket, permit
Thanks for taking the time, Falko. I tried again and got one line: Code: Jun 29 15:51:28 mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=::ffff:79.153.177.214, lip=::ffff:173.203.80.152 Now, along with that I just saw this from earlier, which sounds important though I have no clue what it means: Code: Jun 29 15:40:34 mail postfix/qmgr[19069]: 7A68CA85B0: from=<[email protected]>, size=691, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 29 15:40:34 mail postfix/local[17867]: warning: valid_hostname: invalid character 47(decimal): /root Jun 29 15:40:34 mail postfix/local[17867]: fatal: unable to use my own hostname Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/qmgr[19069]: warning: premature end-of-input on private/local socket while reading input attribute name Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/qmgr[19069]: warning: private/local socket: malformed response Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/qmgr[19069]: warning: transport local failure -- see a previous warning/fatal/panic logfile record for the problem description Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/master[19052]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/local pid 17867 exit status 1 Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/master[19052]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/local: bad command startup -- throttling Jun 29 15:40:35 mail postfix/qmgr[19069]: 7A68CA85B0: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<root>, relay=none, delay=43833, delays=43832/1.1/0/0, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (unknown mail transport error)
Can you post your /etc/postfix/main.cf? What's the output of Code: hostname and Code: hostname -f ? What's in /etc/hosts?
#hostname /root #hostname -f hostname: Unknown host /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain 173.203.80.152 mail.estacionposibilidad.es And my /etc/postfix/main.cf is the same I posted in my first message. I haven't changed anything.
OK. Now that part was an easy fix. I found my hostname was correct in network config, so I figured a reboot might work. I would've tried that earlier had I realized something was wrong with hostname, so thanks for the tip. I still need to figure out the rest. Now, I don't understand one thing. When I first tried configuring Postfix, I did with Courier and MySQL, so I knew exactly what the usernames and passwords were because I added them myself to the db. But with this "simple" config, I don't know what I should use to connect and how to add new addresses. My first guess is I create new addresses by creating new server users and passwords. Is that right? Now, after reboot I tried sending an email and then checking my mail again and this is what I got in /var/log/maillog: Code: Jul 2 12:05:37 mail dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=::ffff:79.153.177.214, lip=::ffff:173.203.80.152 Jul 2 12:06:43 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<admont>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:79.153.177.214, lip= ::ffff:173.203.80.152 Jul 2 12:07:11 mail last message repeated 2 times Jul 2 12:19:49 mail dovecot: Time just moved backwards by 73 seconds. This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now. http://wiki.dovecot.org/TimeMovedBackwards I will check the solutions for this in that web page but I'll go ahead and post this in case you have any suggestions.
Update on the 'time moved backwards' error: I checked and ntpd does start at boot before dovecot does, so the problem isn't there. I'll keep checking the other possible causes for this problem.
I don't know the exact configuration, but if you're using a MySQL database with this setup, then the username probably is the email address. Otherwise, you probably have to create system users for your email accounts. This link might help: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2
