need help with getting Dovecot mail server to work

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 10:47 PM

IP Removed. Is it working? What was the final change?

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 10:50 PM

thanks

it's not fixed but i know why you got the "relay access denied" and why i can't sent mail

read the last bit of text from "3b. Install Dovecot" from here:

http://www.mysql-apache-php.com/#mailserver

i just need to setup SASL correctly.. if i knew how.. i did what it said :\

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 10:55 PM

No - you shouldn't need to relay mail I send to you from outside unless you are forwarding to another internal server.

Is the domain name you gave me in mydestination in main.cf (hence my request for postconf -f)

Edit - did my connection show up in you logs - you should see a relaying denied at your end too.

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 10:59 PM

are you sure it really sounds like a problem with the sasl setup

and the mydestination it commented out like you suggested but there are 2 in there:

# mydestination = ubuntu, localhost.localdomain, , localhost

# mydestination = /etc/postfix/local-host-names

(a side not my hostname is server1 not the old ubuntu??)

dit: yes it did show up (i emailed it)

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 11:02 PM

if you type "hostname" at the command prompt, do you get something like ubuntu.thenameyousentme.com (where thenameyousentme.com is the same as the rhs of your email address)

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:05 PM

no i just get thenameyousentme.com weird

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 11:12 PM

Hmm- may stuff up postfix.

Set

mydomain = thenameyousentme.com
myhostname = ubuntu.thenameyousentme.com
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, $mydomain, localhost

And I'll resend an email.

Authentication shouldn't be necessary where your server is the final destination (servers out in the ether can't authenticate to you)

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:20 PM

done send the email

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:26 PM

it worked try it again plz

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 11:27 PM

I notice I made your logs before, that's good.

Did the mail arrive - I haven't received a rejection yet, and that's good too.

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 11:28 PM

2nd test sent

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:31 PM

both received so it looks like it all sorted now

thanks you VERY much i now have my server setup 100%

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:44 PM

i really hate to be a pain but i have 1 last little question:

i setup a second mail address on a second domain but it's coming from the first domain (username2@domain1.com)

so how do i set a mail account to a domain?

billymayday · 03-19-2008, 11:51 PM

The easiest way is to set it in your mail client

steve51184 · 03-19-2008, 11:54 PM

but i mean if (for example) if someone send an email to me@domain1.com and something@domain2.com they will both show from *@domain1.com

should i just look at there username's (user@*.com) and ignore this or can it be easily fixed?