On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Patrick Shirkey <pshir...@boosthardware.com > wrote:
> > On Thu, November 8, 2012 7:21 pm, Robert Schetterer wrote: > > Am 08.11.2012 08:48, schrieb Patrick Shirkey: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have an exim4 and dovecot system. The system has multiple accounts. > >> Exim4 is receiving emails in the /var/mail/user files and dovecot is > >> configured to use /home/user/mail (mbox) folder. > >> > >> I have one account that dovecot is not processing replies/bounces/etc... > >> The data is being written in the /var/mail/user file by exim4 but as far > >> as dovecot is aware there is nothing in the pop3 inbox. > >> > >> Can anyone suggest how I can enable dovecot to know that the data is in > >> the /var/mail/user file and deliver it to the pop3 inbox for this > >> account? > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Patrick Shirkey > >> Boost Hardware Ltd > >> > > > > show logs > > and config like doveconf -n > > > > > > There is nothing in the dovecot logs afaict > > echo "my test" | mail -s "test message" test@xxx > > 2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s <= root@xxx U=root P=local S=398 > 2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s => xxx <test@xxx> R=local_user > T=mail_spool > 2012-11-08 08:34:38 1TWNZO-0000TG-8s Completed > > > exim -bt test@xxx > R: system_aliases for xxx@localhost > R: userforward for xxx@localhost > R: procmail for xxx@localhost > R: maildrop for xxx@localhost > R: lowuid_aliases for xxx@localhost (UID 1238) > R: local_user for xxx@localhost > xxx@localhost > <-- test@xxx > router = local_user, transport = mail_spool > > > - Here's the dovecot config: > > # dovecot -n > # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.6 > log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S > protocols: pop3 pop3s > listen: 127.0.0.1 > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login > mail_privileged_group: mail > mail_location: mbox:~/mail > mail_debug: yes > mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock > mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 > mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 > auth default: > debug: yes > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: passwd > > > You are telling dovecot that mails are in mbox format (why you even use mbox instead of Maildir++ beats me, but that's not what you asked for help with) and are stored in /home/$user/mbox so go ahead at also tell Exim to deliver to the same location! If you want Exim to deliver to /var/mail/$user then change your mail_location in dovecot.conf to point to this too. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
