[olug] DoveCot

[Lou Duchez]

Well, warnings and errors aren't going to help; let's start there.

I don't have a "protocols" or equivalent statement in my dovecot.conf; 
comment it out.

Comment out the "ssl_ ..." lines as well; SSL can be sorted out later.

It looks like, for most of the rest of it, the messages are telling you 
what the fixes need to be.


Here's what my "doveconf -n" looks like:

auth_mechanisms = plain login
disable_plaintext_auth = no
mail_location = maildir:/maildirectory/%d/%n
passdb {
   args = /maildirectory/passwordfile
   driver = passwd-file
}
service auth {
   unix_listener /maildirectory/passwordfilesocket {
     group = postfix
     mode = 0660
     user = postfix
   }
   user = vmail
}
userdb {
   args = /maildirectory/passwordfile
   driver = passwd-file
}
protocol lda {
   postmaster_address = postmaster at paprikash.com
}


And here's what /maildirectory/passwordfile looks like -- a bunch of 
lines of this nature:

lou at paprikash.com:{plain-md5}91e2b3ef58778be043d21a65fab87e73:vmail:vmail





> no, but i don't know why i haven't
>
> Sam
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:
>
>> A whole buncha warnings there, have you acted on them?
>>
>>   doveconf -n:
>>> # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>>> doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with:
>>> doveconf
>>> -n > dovecot-new.conf
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:1:
>>> protocols=imaps is no longer necessary, remove it
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:1:
>>> protocols=pop3s is no longer necessary, remove it
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:5:
>>> ssl_cert_file has been replaced by ssl_cert = <file
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:6:
>>> ssl_key_file has been replaced by ssl_key = <file
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:8:
>>> namespace private {} has been replaced by namespace { type=private }
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:24: add
>>> auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section
>>> completely
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:25:
>>> auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user }
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:27:
>>> passdb
>>> sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql }
>>> doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:31:
>>> userdb
>>> static {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=static }
>>> # OS: Linux 3.8.4-linode50 i686 CentOS release 6.2 (Final) ext3
>>> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
>>> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/**Maildir
>>> namespace {
>>>     inbox = yes
>>>     location =
>>>     prefix = INBOX.
>>>     separator = .
>>>     type = private
>>> }
>>> passdb {
>>>     args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.**conf
>>>     driver = sql
>>> }
>>> protocols = imap pop3
>>> service auth {
>>>     unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/**auth {
>>>       group = postfix
>>>       mode = 0660
>>>       user = postfix
>>>     }
>>>     unix_listener auth-master {
>>>       mode = 0600
>>>       user = vmail
>>>     }
>>>     user = root
>>> }
>>> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/**dovecot.pem
>>> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/**dovecot.pem
>>> userdb {
>>>     args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes
>>>     driver = static
>>> }
>>> protocol lda {
>>>     auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>>>     log_path = /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.**log
>>>     postmaster_address = postmaster at flintfam.org
>>> }
>>> protocol pop3 {
>>>     pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
>>> }
>>>
>>> end doveconf -n
>>>
>>> There you go.
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>   You're going to have to post some configuration before anyone's going to
>>>> have an idea what's going on.  Can you run "doveconf -n" and post the
>>>> results?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Well, I have dovecot setup according to this guide:
>>>>
>>>>> http://library.linode.com/****email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-****centos-5<http://library.linode.com/**email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-**centos-5>
>>>>> <http://library.**linode.com/email/postfix/**dovecot-mysql-centos-5<http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-centos-5>
>>>>>
>>>>> and when I telnet to the server, i get this message:
>>>>> * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond..
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>
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