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Mail Server Can't Receive Email But Can Send Email - Postfix, Dovecot, Postgresql
I have server where I want to set up a mail server to let me receive and send email from my domain. I’m currently having a problem where while I am can not receive mails. Sending emails works perfect.
I’m going off of this script, which shows how to configure a mail server using Postfix, Dovecot, and using Postgresql as the backend (https://gist.github.com/solusipse/7ed8e1da104baaee3f05).
/etc/postfix/main.cf:
relay_domains =
virtual_alias_maps = proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail
virtual_mailbox_limit = 512000000
virtual_minimum_uid = 5000
virtual_transport = virtual
virtual_uid_maps = static:5000
virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
local_transport = virtual
local_recipient_maps =
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options =
smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/private/server.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/server.key
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
mydestination = localhost
/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:
protocols = imap
auth_mechanisms = plain
passdb {
driver = sql
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
}
userdb {
driver = sql
args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
}
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
user = root
}
mail_home = /home/vmail/%d/%u
mail_location = maildir:~
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/server.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server.key
/var/logs/mail.log:
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/smtpd[8837]: connect from ***
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/smtpd[8837]: 62D6A3E0DC9: client=***
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/cleanup[8843]: 62D6A3E0DC9: message-id=***
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/smtpd[8837]: disconnect from ***
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/qmgr[9001]: 62D6A3E0DC9: from=<***>, size=1160, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/virtual[8844]: 62D6A3E0DC9: to=<***>, relay=virtual, delay=0.05, delays=0.01/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Apr 17 19:46:18 v22015072919626549 postfix/qmgr[90
```01]: 62D6A3E0DC9: removed
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@speamy - Your mail log shows that it delivered to maildir. Send yourself mail, then look at your maildir area for recently received files, which you can find using the following command line:
Look at the contents of files in directories that have “cur” as the subdirectory.
Yes, I find the mail in this folder. How work the mapping so that i can call away this in my mail programme?
@speamy - From the command line, run the following and monitor the output (note where the output ends, or press return a few times to mark the end of the current output):
From your external email reader program, try to read your inbox as you normally would. Copy and post any new output that shows up as you try to read your inbox.