RE: Email receiving problems
Thanks for the reply David,
The directive 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' is already in the main.cf file.
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Here is the main.cf file contents:
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete
version
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
myhostname = www.boredomhost.com
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = @
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
home_mailbox = Maildir/
virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtusertable
mydestination = boredomhost.com
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
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Here is the file contents for IMAPD:
##VERSION: $Id: imapd.dist.in,v 1.29 2004/04/18 15:54:39 mrsam Exp $
#
# imapd created from imapd.dist by sysconftool
#
# Do not alter lines that begin with ##, they are used when upgrading
# this configuration.
#
# Copyright 1998 - 2004 Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for
# distribution information.
#
# This configuration file sets various options for the Courier-IMAP
server
# when used with the couriertcpd server.
# A lot of the stuff here is documented in the manual page for
couriertcpd.
#
# NOTE - do not use \ to split long variable contents on multiple
lines.
# This will break the default imapd.rc script, which parses this file.
#
##NAME: ADDRESS:0
#
# Address to listen on, can be set to a single IP address.
#
# ADDRESS=127.0.0.1
ADDRESS=0
##NAME: PORT:1
#
# Port numbers that connections are accepted on. The default is 143,
# the standard IMAP port.
#
# Multiple port numbers can be separated by commas. When multiple port
# numbers are used it is possible to select a specific IP address for a
# given port as "ip.port". For example, "127.0.0.1.900,192.68.0.1.900"
# accepts connections on port 900 on IP addresses 127.0.0.1 and
192.68.0.1
# The previous ADDRESS setting is a default for ports that do not have
# a specified IP address.
PORT=143
##NAME: AUTHSERVICE:0
#
# It's possible to authenticate using a different 'service' parameter
# depending on the connection's port. This only works with
authentication
# modules that use the 'service' parameter, such as PAM. Example:
#
# AUTHSERVICE143=imap
# AUTHSERVICE993=imaps
##NAME: MAXDAEMONS:0
#
# Maximum number of IMAP servers started
#
MAXDAEMONS=40
##NAME: MAXPERIP:0
#
# Maximum number of connections to accept from the same IP address
MAXPERIP=20
##NAME: PIDFILE:0
#
# File where couriertcpd will save its process ID
#
PIDFILE=/var/run/courier/imapd.pid
##NAME: TCPDOPTS:0
#
# Miscellaneous couriertcpd options that shouldn't be changed.
#
TCPDOPTS="-nodnslookup -noidentlookup"
##NAME: AUTHMODULES:0
#
# Authentication modules. Here's the default list:
#
# authdaemon
#
# The default is set during the initial configuration.
#
# If this is currently set to AUTHMODULES="authdaemon", DO NOT CHANGE
IT.
# Instead, change the parameter authmodulelist in authdaemonrc.
AUTHMODULES="authdaemon"
##NAME: AUTHMODULES_ORIG:0
#
# For use by webadmin
AUTHMODULES_ORIG="authdaemon"
##NAME: DEBUG_LOGIN:0
#
# Dump additional login diagnostics to syslog
#
# DEBUG_LOGIN=0 - turn off login debugging
# DEBUG_LOGIN=1 - turn on login debugging
# DEBUG_LOGIN=2 - turn on login debugging + log passwords too
#
# Note that most information is sent to syslog at level 'debug', so
# you may need to modify your /etc/syslog.conf to be able to see it.
DEBUG_LOGIN=0
##NAME: IMAP_CAPABILITY:1
#
# IMAP_CAPABILITY specifies what most of the response should be to the
# CAPABILITY command.
#
# If you have properly configured Courier to use CRAM-MD5 or CRAM-SHA1
# authentication (see INSTALL), set IMAP_CAPABILITY as follows:
#
# IMAP_CAPABILITY="IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA AUTH=CRAM-MD5
AUTH=CRAM-SHA1 IDLE"
#
IMAP_CAPABILITY="IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE"
##NAME: KEYWORDS_CAPABILITY:0
#
# IMAP_KEYWORDS=1 enables custom IMAP keywords. Set this option to 0 to
# disable custom keywords.
IMAP_KEYWORDS=1
##NAME: SMAP1_CAPABILITY:0
#
# EXPERIMENTAL
#
# To enable the experimental "Simple Mail Access Protocol" extensions,
# uncomment the following setting.
#
# SMAP_CAPABILITY=SMAP1
##NAME: IMAP_CAPABILITY_ORIG:1
#
# For use by webadmin
IMAP_CAPABILITY_ORIG="IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA AUTH=CRAM-MD5
AUTH=CRAM-SHA1 IDLE"
##NAME: IMAP_IDLE_TIMEOUT:0
#
# This setting controls how often
# the server polls for changes to the folder, in IDLE mode (in seconds).
IMAP_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60
##NAME: IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS:0
#
# The following setting will advertise SASL PLAIN authentication after
# STARTTLS is established. If you want to allow SASL PLAIN
authentication
# with or without TLS then just comment this out, and add AUTH=PLAIN to
# IMAP_CAPABILITY
IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS="$IMAP_CAPABILITY AUTH=PLAIN"
##NAME: IMAP_TLS_ORIG:0
#
# For use by webadmin
IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS_ORIG="$IMAP_CAPABILITY_ORIG AUTH=PLAIN"
##NAME: IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT:0
#
# Set IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT to disable the THREAD and SORT commands -
# server side sorting and threading.
#
# Those capabilities will still be advertised, but the server will
reject
# them. Set this option if you want to disable all the extra load from
# server-side threading and sorting. Not advertising those capabilities
# will simply result in the clients reading the entire folder, and
sorting
# it on the client side. That will still put some load on the server.
# advertising these capabilities, but rejecting the commands, will stop
this
# silliness.
#
IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT=0
##NAME: IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS:0
#
# Set IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS to 1 if you want the server to check for
new
# mail in every folder. Not all IMAP clients use the IMAP's new mail
# indicator, but some do. Normally new mail is checked only in INBOX,
# because it is a comparatively time consuming operation, and it would
be
# a complete waste of time unless mail filters are used to deliver
# mail directly to folders.
#
# When IMAP clients are used which support new mail indication, and when
# mail filters are used to sort incoming mail into folders, setting
# IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS to 1 will allow IMAP clients to announce new
# mail in folders. Note that this will result in slightly more load on
the
# server.
#
IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS=0
##NAME: IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT:0
#
# Set IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT if your IMAP client expects \\NoInferiors to
mean
# what \\HasNoChildren really means.
IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT=0
##NAME: IMAP_ULIMITD:0
#
# IMAP_ULIMITD sets the maximum size of the data segment of the server
# process. The value of IMAP_ULIMITD is simply passed to the "ulimit
-d"
# command (or ulimit -v). The argument to ulimi sets the upper limit on
the
# size of the data segment of the server process, in kilobytes. The
default
# value of 65536 sets a very generous limit of 64 megabytes, which
should
# be more than plenty for anyone.
#
# This feature is used as an additional safety check that should stop
# any potential denial-of-service attacks that exploit any kind of
# a memory leak to exhaust all the available memory on the server.
# It is theoretically possible that obscenely huge folders will also
# result in the server running out of memory when doing server-side
# sorting (by my calculations you have to have at least 100,000 messages
# in a single folder, for that to happen).
IMAP_ULIMITD=65536
##NAME: IMAP_USELOCKS:0
#
# Setting IMAP_USELOCKS to 1 will use dot-locking to support concurrent
# multiple access to the same folder. This incurs slight additional
# overhead. Concurrent multiple access will still work without this
setting,
# however occasionally a minor race condition may result in an IMAP
client
# downloading the same message twice, or a keyword update will fail.
#
# IMAP_USELOCKS=1 is strongly recommended when shared folders are used.
IMAP_USELOCKS=1
##NAME: IMAP_SHAREDINDEXFILE:0
#
# The index of all accessible folders. Do not change this setting
unless
# you know what you're doing. See README.sharedfolders for additional
# information.
IMAP_SHAREDINDEXFILE=/etc/courier/shared/index
##NAME: IMAP_ENHANCEDIDLE:0
#
# If Courier was compiled with the File Alteration Monitor, setting
# IMAP_ENHANCEDIDLE to 1 enables enhanced IDLE mode, where multiple
# clients may open the same folder concurrently, and receive updates to
# folder contents in realtime. See the imapd(8) man page for additional
# information.
#
# IMPORTANT: IMAP_USELOCKS *MUST* also be set to 1, and IDLE must be
included
# in the IMAP_CAPABILITY list.
#
IMAP_ENHANCEDIDLE=0
##NAME: IMAP_TRASHFOLDERNAME:0
#
# The name of the magic trash Folder. For MSOE compatibility,
# you can set IMAP_TRASHFOLDERNAME="Deleted Items".
#
# IMPORTANT: If you change this, you must also change IMAP_EMPTYTRASH
IMAP_TRASHFOLDERNAME=Trash
##NAME: IMAP_EMPTYTRASH:0
#
# The following setting is optional, and causes messages from the given
# folder to be automatically deleted after the given number of days.
# IMAP_EMPTYTRASH is a comma-separated list of folder:days. The default
# setting, below, purges 7 day old messages from the Trash folder.
# Another useful setting would be:
#
# IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7,Sent:30
#
# This would also delete messages from the Sent folder (presumably
copies
# of sent mail) after 30 days. This is a global setting that is applied
to
# every mail account, and is probably useful in a controlled, corporate
# environment.
#
# Important: the purging is controlled by CTIME, not MTIME (the file
time
# as shown by ls). It is perfectly ordinary to see stuff in Trash
that's
# a year old. That's the file modification time, MTIME, that's
displayed.
# This is generally when the message was originally delivered to this
# mailbox. Purging is controlled by a different timestamp, CTIME, which
is
# changed when the file is moved to the Trash folder (and at other times
too).
#
# You might want to disable this setting in certain situations - it
results
# in a stat() of every file in each folder, at login and logout.
#
IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7
##NAME: IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH:0
#
# Set IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH to move expunged messages to Trash.
This
# effectively allows an undo of message deletion by fishing the deleted
# mail from trash. Trash can be manually expunged as usually, and mail
# will get automatically expunged from Trash according to
IMAP_EMPTYTRASH.
#
# NOTE: shared folders are still expunged as usual. Shared folders are
# not affected.
#
IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH=0
##NAME: OUTBOX:0
#
# The next set of options deal with the "Outbox" enhancement.
# Uncomment the following setting to create a special folder, named
# INBOX.Outbox
#
# OUTBOX=.Outbox
##NAME: SENDMAIL:0
#
# If OUTBOX is defined, mail can be sent via the IMAP connection by
copying
# a message to the INBOX.Outbox folder. For all practical matters,
# INBOX.Outbox looks and behaves just like any other IMAP folder. If
this
# folder doesn't exist it must be created by the IMAP mail client, just
# like any other IMAP folder. The kicker: any message copied or moved
to
# this folder is will be E-mailed by the Courier-IMAP server, by running
# the SENDMAIL program. Therefore, messages copied or moved to this
# folder must be well-formed RFC-2822 messages, with the recipient list
# specified in the To:, Cc:, and Bcc: headers. Courier-IMAP relies on
# SENDMAIL to read the recipient list from these headers (and delete the
Bcc:
# header) by running the command "$SENDMAIL -oi -t -f $SENDER", with the
# message piped on standard input. $SENDER will be the return address
# of the message, which is set by the authentication module.
#
# DO NOT MODIFY SENDMAIL, below, unless you know what you're doing.
#
SENDMAIL=/usr/sbin/sendmail
##NAME: HEADERFROM:0
#
# For administrative and oversight purposes, the return address, $SENDER
# will also be saved in the X-IMAP-Sender mail header. This header gets
# added to the sent E-mail (but it doesn't get saved in the copy of the
# message that's saved in the folder)
#
# WARNING - By enabling OUTBOX above, *every* IMAP mail client will
receive
# the magic OUTBOX treatment. Therefore advance LARTing is in order for
# _all_ of your lusers, until every one of them is aware of this.
Otherwise if
# OUTBOX is left at its default setting - a folder name that might be
used
# accidentally - some people may be in for a rude surprise. You can
redefine
# the name of the magic folder by changing OUTBOX, above. You should do
that
# and pick a less-obvious name. Perhaps brand it with your
organizational
# name ( OUTBOX=.WidgetsAndSonsOutbox )
HEADERFROM=X-IMAP-Sender
##NAME: IMAPDSTART:0
#
# IMAPDSTART is not used directly. Rather, this is a convenient flag to
# be read by your system startup script in /etc/rc.d, like this:
#
# . /etc/courier/imapd
#
# case x$IMAPDSTART in
# x[yY]*)
# /usr/lib/courier/imapd.rc start
# ;;
# esac
#
# The default setting is going to be NO, so you'll have to manually flip
# it to yes.
IMAPDSTART=YES
##NAME: MAILDIRPATH:0
#
# MAILDIRPATH - directory name of the maildir directory.
#
MAILDIRPATH=Maildir
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Here is the output of postconf -n:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
config_directory = /etc/postfix
home_mailbox = Maildir/
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
mydestination = boredomhost.com
myhostname = www.boredomhost.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
myorigin = /etc/mailname
recipient_delimiter = @
relayhost =
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_sasl_authenticated,permit_mynetworks,reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/cacert.pem
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_use_tls = yes
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
Thanks Again
Kelly
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Email receiving problems
> From: "David Hart" <debian@tonix.org>
> Date: Tue, February 20, 2007 4:53 am
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> On Mon 2007-02-19 21:35:37 -0600 Kelly wrote:
>
> > I am working with a test box trying to get a test environment running to
> > switch from Solaris to Debian.
> >
> > I am having a problem with my email. I am running 'Postfix' SMTP
> > server. I am running the 'Courier IMAP' server. I can send email just
> > fine. When I am receiving email there is a problem. The email is
> > supposed to go to the 'maildirs' directory in the home folders for the
> > users. Problem is the email goes to the /var/mail/$username directory.
> >
> > Anyone have an idea of what I did wrong?
>
> Without seeing your configuration I can only guess but, if you haven't
> changed the default configuration, you should only need to add
> 'home_mailbox = Maildir/' to main.cf. Change 'Maildir' to suit the name
> of the users home mail directory. Note the trailing forward slash on
> the mailbox name as this tells postfix to deliver in maildir format.
>
> If this doesn't work, post the output of the command 'postconf -n' which
> will show where your config deviates from default.
>
> --
> David Hart <debian@tonix.org>
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