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An IMAP and POP3 email server. When asking about Dovecot problems, please include relevant maillog lines and output of the following command: `doveconf -n`

Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for *nix systems. It emphasizes security, and is also easy to set up and use, as well as having high performance.

More information about dovecot is available at http://www.dovecot.org/

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SendMail: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]

So I've installed Sendmail service, Dovecot and SquirrelMail in my server. I arrived to receive mails from local clients (different hosts in the same newtork). But I cannot send mails from server to clients, and also when a client host try to send…
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Domain aliases in Postfix / Dovecot setup

My mailserver is known by 3 different domains, e.g. mail.local, mail.foo.example.com, mail.bar.example.com. I want delivery to be the same no matter which address was chosen. Ideally I want dovecot to put user@mail.any.of.those into the user…
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SpamAssassin sendmail permission denied with Postfix

My server worked, but I installed SpamAssassin using a tutorial from Digital Ocean. Here is my /etc/default/spamassassin: # /etc/default/spamassassin # Duncan Findlay # WARNING: please read README.spamd before using. # There may be security…
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Dovecot storing mails in /var/mail, but mail_location set to maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n

I have setup Mail Server Using Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL using this link. In Brief: My issue is I have made the postfix to handle off the mail delivery to dovecot as mentioned below. I have set the mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n in…
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Managesieve unable to connect to server when trying to install Roundcube autoresponder with Dovecot on Ubuntu

In order to establish an autoresponder i'm trying to install filters through activating the plugin Managesieve in Roundcube. Probably i'm doing something wrong, there's an errormessage in Roundcube saying 'unable to connect to server' The…
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Dovecot administration without headaches?

I've run Dovecot+Postfix mail servers in medium-to-large corporate environments, where email addresses are mostly generated via LDAP accounts, or passed down through some HR system or other. I also run that combination (Dovecot+Postfix) with a…
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postfix/dovecot - how to view smtp auth user in log files?

I am using postfix with dovecot and virtual users on a centos 6 system. I had a rush of spam recently, with tons of packs of 50 recipients delivered from an unknown account. The current logging (maillog) does not display anything about SMTP…
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How can I fire off a script every time a particular user receives an email?

I have a (Linux) mail server that consists of postfix for receiving mail, amavisd-new for content filtering (using clamav and SpamAssassin), and dovecot for delivery and IMAP. I'd like to set things up so that a script is fired off every time an…
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Postfix SSL certificates with Comodo (PostivieSSL) - "Unknown Authority"

I have an issue with my mail server running a postfix/dovecot setup, essentially when I run the various security tests I get told that my certificates can't be validated, see here: https://ssl-tools.net/mailservers/brailsford.xyz The certificates…
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StartSSL cert doesn't work with Dovecot/OpenSMTPD

I've an issue with my StartSSL certificate. When I try to use it to activate SSL encryption on Dovecot, I get the following error in my log when a client attempt a connection to the imap server : dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Couldn't parse private…
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Dovecot Sieve does not run?

I'm quite new to Dovecot but it has worked out for me pretty good so far for me. I run dovecot with postfix and amavis and spamassassin and it works out all fine, mails get tagged as junk, sending, receiving, all fine. Now I wanted to add the sieve…
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Maildir on Debian Squeeze - Finding email boxes on /lost+found

A server that I'm helping to administrate had a severe file system problem and now there's a lot of files inside the /lost+found directory. I'd like to find the user@example.com's received and sent mail boxes. We're using Maildir email format,…
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OpenDKIM errors

When sending mail, Outlook errors 4.7.1 Service unavailable - try again later. I have installed postfix, dovecot and openDKIM, but OpenDKIM is giving me errors: Mar 30 10:19:32 x opendkim[16762]: can't load key from /etc/ssl/private/mail.x.nl.key:…
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Installation of Postfix and Dovecot Mail Server on Ubuntu and Postfix will not start

Information on the Mail Server Installation Process Followed... Hello I have a server with DigitalOcean that I am trying to install an email server on so I can add and manage email accounts. This is my first time trying to install these servers as…
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how to use doveadm -A correctly

I'd like to use doveadm to expunge (and more). When I run doveadm search -u 'some@email.com' mailbox Trash savedbefore 90d it works. But when I use -A, it doesn't. doveadm search -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 90d The result is (with debug…
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