By speamy
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 - You need to use a mail reader that can be configured to use IMAP (port 143) or IMAPS (port 993). For instance, Thunderbird can be configured this way. Make one or both of those imap ports available through your firewall. Good luck.
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