Debian - Postfix + Dovecot, send but not receive mail
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The problem was with with mailbox_command. When i just commented out the line containing mailbox_command, it worked.
So if anyone faces the same problem simply run:
sed -i "/mailbox_command/ s/^/# /" /etc/postfix/main.cf
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Christos Baziotis almost 2 years
I have followed the instructions in this tutorial. I can successfully sent emails but i cannot receive. Here is exactly what happens:
When i sent an email from my hotmail account if i do
# ls /home/vmail/example.com/info/mail/new/ 1386353921.V918aI67830c7M607456.myvps
i see the mail, but if i login to squirrelmail i don't.
here is my /etc/postfix/main.cf
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = no # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_use_tls=yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = myvps alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases mydestination = myvps, localhost.localdomain, , localhost relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all home_mailbox = Maildir/ virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps virtual_minimum_uid = 999 virtual_uid_maps = static:999 virtual_gid_maps = static:999
Here is the dig output:
# dig example.com MX +short 0 mail.example.com.
EDIT And here is my /var/log/mail.log when i send an email to my vps email account:
Dec 6 13:46:01 myvps postfix/smtpd[23920]: connect from dub0-omc3-s2.dub0.hotmail.com[157.55.2.11] Dec 6 13:46:01 myvps postfix/smtpd[23920]: F0DB267E137F: client=dub0-omc3-s2.dub0.hotmail.com[157.55.2.11] Dec 6 13:46:02 myvps postfix/cleanup[23925]: F0DB267E137F: message-id=<[email protected]> Dec 6 13:46:02 myvps postfix/qmgr[23905]: F0DB267E137F: from=<[email protected]>, size=1650, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Dec 6 13:46:02 myvps postfix/smtpd[23920]: disconnect from dub0-omc3-s2.dub0.hotmail.com[157.55.2.11] Dec 6 13:46:02 myvps postfix/virtual[23926]: F0DB267E137F: to=<[email protected]>, relay=virtual, delay=0.08, delays=0.06/0.02/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to maildir) Dec 6 13:46:02 myvps postfix/qmgr[23905]: F0DB267E137F: removed
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Christos Baziotis over 10 yearsStill nothing...
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Atle over 10 yearsWhat does
/var/log/mail.log
say when you send a mail to the server? Post in your question. Is the client you are sending from resolvingdomain.com
correctly? If you don't own the domaindomain.com
, you should use another domain which you control instead. -
Christos Baziotis over 10 yearsi edited my post.
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Atle over 10 yearsCan you find the mails you send in /home/info/Maildir ?