On 2025-11-03 12:30, demo--- via dovecot wrote: > as a newbie suddenly requiring a mail server the configuration of dovecot and > postfix is proving elusive. if i get one element working another fails. i > think it would help readers if i supply my status report and ask for > suggestions as to how to ensure a remote client can access the mail just > delivered from another remote in addition for mutt to see the mail on the > sever.
Trying to break down what you want to achieve: 1. Receive mail (hence Postfix) 2. Read mail from a remote client (hence Dovecot) 3. Read mail via `mutt` (not specified whether it should be from a remote client, or directly on the server) >From the rest of your email, it would appear that you used an LLM, which is only so useful... It can give you an idea, but it won't give you a proper guide with copy and paste commands to set up a mail server. Perhaps you would be interested in reading through the following guide for setting up a mail server (recently updated for Debian 13 and, therefore, for Dovecot 2.4), and see if you could use it? It will explain how to set up a mail server with Postfix and Dovecot (and others), with mail accessible from remote clients (via IMAP, which leaves the emails on the server). You can also use `mutt` as a remote - or, if really needed, as a local - client to read mail via IMAP (either via imap.domain.com or so, or via localhost). https://workaround.org/ispmail-trixie If you have more specific questions, ask. > regards > jsm Regards, Edmund -- Edmund Lodewijks <[email protected]> TZ: UCT+2 / GMT+2 _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
