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Andrei Dascalu
Andrei Dascalu

Reputation: 1177

Postfix/Dovecot - Mail not delivered

I've setup a mail server using postfix and dovecot. Things look mostly ok in that: - my server (a VPS) has MX records set correctly and resolving - authentication via dovecot for SMTP and IMAP works ok (Thunderbid can connect to both for sending and receiving email) - mail is sent correctly when using mThunderbird to external addresses (like yahoo)

Tutorial follows initially: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-set-up-a-postfix-e-mail-server-with-dovecot

Problem is that incoming mail never shows in the IMAP folders managed by dovecot. Mail logs say that incoming mail was delivered but when I use netcat to login and browser IMAP folders, they are always empty.

I noticed a few online sites saying that postfix might be unable to relay the mail to dovecot. I am not sure how the communication between them should take place and especially how it should be configured.

Can somebody please help?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4172

Answers (1)

AnFi
AnFi

Reputation: 10903

Have you tried to check IMAP INBOX folder accessing it via IMAP protocol?

As I understand new messages are delivered to default mailbox file [/var/mail/UserName] and dovecot treats it at INBOX IMAP folder.

Relevant dovecot configuration part:

 mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u

Upvotes: 1

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