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QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTFIX ADMINISTRATION ARE OFF-TOPIC. Dovecot is an IMAP and POP3 server for Linux

Dovecot is an open-source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux originally developed by Timo Sirainen in 2002.

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Postfix/Dovecot - Mail not delivered

I've setup a mail server using postfix and dovecot. Things look mostly ok in that: - my server (a VPS) has MX records set correctly and resolving - authentication via dovecot for SMTP and IMAP works ok (Thunderbid can connect to both for sending and…
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Postfix and database

I am about to install postfix/Dovecot in Redhat Linux server. After checking this link http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/server/postfix.html, I knew that I had to install berkley database too. But after checking softwares installed on…
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SASL LOGIN authentication failed: Invalid authentication mechanism

I always get this error. I got default dovecot and postfix installed. Sending mail from Thunderbird and PHP pear mail works fine but if I the mail server in vbulletin 4 it gives me this error in the mail.log. Part from my config…
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dovecotpw returns different hash when used the $ symbol

I tried in PHP via SSH to generate password with the command dovecotpw and if the password contains the $ sign symbol than it generates different hash from the hash the dovecotpw generates in command line. here is the line that generates the…
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sendmail lda parameter for full recipients address

Using this: define('LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', 'procmail -t -Yo -a $h -d $u') in my sendmail mc gives a procmail LOGNAME like user instead of user@domain.com using define('LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', 'procmail -t -Yo -a $h -d $u@$h') gives…
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How do you properly set up ssl on and installation of postfix using zpanel

So about a week ago I worked on setting up a mail server for my company's mail service. I ended up using zpanel to make it easier to create new mail accounts. Zpanel uses postfix and dovecot that is configured via the installation. I've been trying…
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Solution for Multidomain Email?

I'm using a custom root server to handle multiple domains on one IP. The basic OS is Debian and the WWW is done with: Nginx+MariaDB. Now I'm trying to install any working non MySQL based Email service on it. I've watched several tutorials and…
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Differences between Dovecot and cyrus

What are the differences between dovecot and cyrus SASL which is being used with postfix ? Which is the commonly used one nowadays?
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Emails not arriving on dovecot/postfix (debian)

I've setup the lasts postfix/dovecot on Debian. I can login and check mails from thunderbird in ssl. But when I send a mail to the test user (test@blue-lands.com), the mails nevers arrives and no error message sent back... Here is the…
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Can't get dovecot to run as vmail user

I am attempting to set up a postfix/dovecot environment using virtual users with a maildir structure. I have set up a directory for the virtual maildirs and Postfix works with it fine as user 'vmail'. User authentication happens via LDAP connections…
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MySQL ENCRYPT field to MD5

I am having trouble to transfer email user account which is saved in MySQL to another server. Here is the detail: I have an old email server which using MySQL to store user account information. The password field uses MySQL ENCRYPT function to save…
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Postfix Dovecot SquirrelMail

Hoping someone can help me out with this. Current Setup Home Verzion router -- Dynamic IP address port 25 blocked Windows server 2008 --> Hyper-V --> Centos6 Postfix Dovecot SquirrelMail **Removed Sendmail So i can receive an email from…
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Running a PHP script on email arrival in an IMAP Server

I'm trying to implement a webmail in PHP. I would like to write a PHP CLI script which is run on every email arrival to store some parts of (not all of) incoming email into database for search purposes. Then when the user finished searching and…
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Change smtp outgoing port on PostFix

I have PostFix set up and everything is working, except I can't send emails. Now I know most ISPs ports block port 25, as can be seen in this error log entry: Jan 2 04:29:08 mail postfix/smtp[5835]: connect to…
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Do I need a POP3/IMAP server running to use PHPMailer?

We have deployed Google Apps for our email so don't use POP/IMAP. However, some of our website's scripts (WordPress, OpenCart) use PHP mail function to send emails. Do I need to keep running a POP3/IMAP server like Dovecot running or can I safely…
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