On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 15:39 +0200, Andre Labuschagne wrote: > Good day all, > > [Dovecot version 1.2.1] > I've set up postfix and dovecot on Centos. I have a problem with the > mail, it is begin received but not "processed" by dovecot. I've looked > in the maillog file and found two problems; the first is that > private/dovecot directory (I think it should be a directory) did not > exist and the second problem is "mail transport unavailable".
private/dovecot is typically dovecot authentication socket for SMTP AUTH. deliver doesn't need it. > I've create a directory called /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot but I > get the following error in the log file: Connection refused (Is this an > ownership issue? I've made the owner postfix) > As for the second problem, I've spend the most of the past 3 days > googling the error and found very little "useful" information. > > Do I need to supply more info? Yeah. Postfix configuration, dovecot -n output and exact log messages what happens when you try to deliver a mail.
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