Verify email setup

[meekish]

I went through the tutorial here on howtoforge for setting up the perfect ubuntu dapper server. I then installed ISPConfig. Everything with ISPConfig seems to be working fine, except for email. I have deployed four sites using ISPConfig and have created email users for each, but I still can't login to my POP3 server using the accounts ISPConfig created.

Where do I need to look to begin troubleshooting?

[edge]

Are you using the ISPconfig's "User" name as account name in your email client, or the email address?

If it's the email address, change it to the User name (web1_info, or whatever it is on your system for that email address), and try again

[meekish]

Are you using the ISPconfig's "User" name as account name in your email client, or the email address?

If it's the email address, change it to the User name (web1_info, or whatever it is on your system for that email address), and try again

I've tried logging in with just the User name, but to no avail. In my email client, it just tells me that the password was rejected. Here's the tail of my /var/log/mail.log file:

Oct 2 03:57:32 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 03:57:33 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 03:57:37 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 03:57:37 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied


I tried changing my password for this user to a couple of different things, but still can't seem to get in. Does the permission denied line in the log mean that my password was incorrect, or that the courierpop3login process doesn't have adequate permissions to access the file that stores the passwords?

Also, is the address of my POP3 server just www.mydomain.com, or mydomain.com, or mail.mydomain.com?

[till]

Have you enabled the "Maildir" Checkbox in ISPConfig under Management > server > settings?

What is the output of:

ls -la /var/www/web3/user/

Also, is the address of my POP3 server just www.mydomain.com, or mydomain.com, or mail.mydomain.com?

That depends on your DNS setup. You can use any domain that points to your server IP.

[meekish]

I did not have the "maildir" checkbox enabled...

Here is the output before enabling that checkbox
ls -la /var/www/web3/user
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data web3 1024 Sep 9 23:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 ..
-r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web3_jhurt
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test

And the output after enabling that checkbox and adding another user "jed.hurt" :

ls -la /var/www/web3/user
total 5
drwxr-xr-x 5 www-data web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 ..
-r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jed.hurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 web3_jed.hurt
drwxr-xr-x 4 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 web3_jhurt
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test

And here's the tail of my mail.log file after trying to check the email of the new user I just created:

Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/master[14203]: daemon started -- version 2.2.10, configuration /etc/postfix
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/pickup[14219]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/pickup[14219]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/qmgr[14220]: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
Oct 2 16:43:09 reformationstudios postfix/qmgr[14220]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
Oct 2 16:43:30 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 16:43:35 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 16:43:35 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 16:45:39 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 16:45:45 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 2 16:45:45 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]

[falko]

I did not have the "maildir" checkbox enabled...

Here is the output before enabling that checkbox
ls -la /var/www/web3/user
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 www-data web3 1024 Sep 9 23:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 ..
-r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web3_jhurt
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test

And the output after enabling that checkbox and adding another user "jed.hurt" :

ls -la /var/www/web3/user
total 5
drwxr-xr-x 5 www-data web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 www-data web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 ..
-r-------- 1 root root 0 Sep 9 22:55 .no_delete
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jed.hurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 web3_jed.hurt
drwxr-xr-x 4 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 web3_jhurt
drwxr-xr-x 3 meekish web3 1024 Sep 12 04:10 web3_test

Please run
chown web3_jhurt /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt
chown web3_test /var/www/web3/user/web3_testWhen you want to log in with your email client to the web3_jhurt account, you're using the usernamr web3_jhurt, right?

What's the output of ls -la /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt?

[meekish]

Here is the output after chowning those directories:


ls -la /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt
total 87
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 103 Oct 2 16:41 .antivirus.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 789 Oct 2 16:41 .autoresponder.rc
-rw------- 1 meekish web3 24 Oct 2 16:41 .forward
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 67866 Oct 2 16:41 .html-trap.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 3889 Oct 2 16:41 .local-rules.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 204 Oct 2 16:41 .mailsize.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 451 Oct 2 16:41 .procmailrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 656 Oct 2 16:41 .quota.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 1146 Oct 2 16:41 .spamassassin.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 2010 Oct 2 16:41 .user_prefs
-rw-r--r-- 1 meekish root 32 Oct 2 16:41 .vacation.msg
drwx------ 5 meekish web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 Maildir
drwxrwxr-x 2 meekish web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web

I'm still unable to login using my POP3 client...

[till]

You have to change the owner to recursively.

Please login as root and execute the command:

chown -R web3_jhurt:web3 /var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt
chown -R web3_test:web3 /var/www/web3/user/web3_test

[meekish]

I ran the chown recursively. I'm still unable to login... Here is a recurvsive listing of the web3_jhurt directory:

ls web3_jhurt -Rla
web3_jhurt:
total 87
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 www-data web3 1024 Oct 2 16:43 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 103 Oct 2 16:41 .antivirus.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 789 Oct 2 16:41 .autoresponder.rc
-rw------- 1 web3_jhurt web3 24 Oct 2 16:41 .forward
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 67866 Oct 2 16:41 .html-trap.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 3889 Oct 2 16:41 .local-rules.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 204 Oct 2 16:41 .mailsize.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 451 Oct 2 16:41 .procmailrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 656 Oct 2 16:41 .quota.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 1146 Oct 2 16:41 .spamassassin.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 2010 Oct 2 16:41 .user_prefs
-rw-r--r-- 1 web3_jhurt web3 32 Oct 2 16:41 .vacation.msg
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 Maildir
drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 web

web3_jhurt/Maildir:
total 5
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 ..
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 cur
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 new
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 tmp

web3_jhurt/Maildir/cur:
total 2
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 ..

web3_jhurt/Maildir/new:
total 2
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 ..

web3_jhurt/Maildir/tmp:
total 2
drwx------ 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 .
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 ..

web3_jhurt/web:
total 4
drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Sep 9 22:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 1024 Oct 2 16:41 ..
-rwxrwxr-x 1 web3_jhurt web3 1197 Sep 9 22:56 index.html


I sent an email to jhurt@reformationstudios.com and did not get a returned to sender email, but my mail.log now looks like this:

Oct 7 00:31:09 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/343316.25656: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:09 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/343491.25612: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:14 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/955896.25799: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:19 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/344780.25656: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:19 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/344789.25612: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:24 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/957392.25799: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:29 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25656]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/345266.25656: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:29 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25612]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/345269.25612: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:31 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 7 00:31:32 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:34 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[25799]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/958869.25799: Permission denied
Oct 7 00:31:38 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 7 00:31:38 reformationstudios courierpop3login: chdir "/var/www/web3/user/web3_jhurt": Permission denied

Looks like the postfix process is trying to write the received email file to maildir, but can't get directory permissions?

[meekish]

Is it hopeless? :(

[till]

Your mail.log output is abit uncommon for ISPConfig. It seems that your psotfix configuration uses maildrop to deliver the emails, ISPConfig needs procmail.

Please post the content of your main.cf file.

[falko]

Also, the correct permissions for the web3_jhurt directory should be as follows:

drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 4096 1. Okt 01:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 534 28. Dez 2005 .antivirus.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 772 28. Dez 2005 .autoresponder.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22 28. Dez 2005 .bounce-exceed-quota.txt
-rw------- 1 web3_jhurt web3 24 28. Dez 2005 .forward
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 67866 28. Dez 2005 .html-trap.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3889 28. Dez 2005 .local-rules.rc
drwx------ 5 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 Maildir
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 175 28. Dez 2005 .mailsize.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 732 28. Dez 2005 .procmailrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2680 28. Dez 2005 .quota.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1153 28. Dez 2005 .spamassassin.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1641 28. Dez 2005 .user_prefs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 28. Dez 2005 .vacation.msg
drwxrwxr-x 2 web3_jhurt web3 4096 15. Okt 2004 web

[meekish]

Great, I will track down the main.cf file and make sure those permissions are set correctly... *crossing my fingers*

[meekish]

Your mail.log output is abit uncommon for ISPConfig. It seems that your psotfix configuration uses maildrop to deliver the emails, ISPConfig needs procmail.

Please post the content of your main.cf file.

Here it is... How bad is it doc?

cat /etc/postfix/main.cf
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version


# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
#myorigin = /etc/mailname

smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
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

# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.crt
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.key
smtpd_use_tls = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache

# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.

myhostname = reformationstudios.com
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
#mydestination = reformationstudios.com, localhost.com, , localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8
mailbox_command =
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
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
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
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 = /etc/postfix/local-host-names

[till]

looks fine so far. Which linux distribution do you use?

[meekish]

Dapper Drake. I followed the perfect server setup HOWTO for Dapper.

[falko]

Your main.cf looks ok.

[meekish]

Is there anything else I can check?

[falko]

Please check the permissions of your user directories (see http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=43901&postcount=12 ). I guess you made a chown -R sometime.

[meekish]

I ran a 'postfix check' and found out that I had accidentally chowned a bunch of files in /usr/lib/postfix. I chowned those back to root. However, 'postfix check' is still yielding the following warnings:

root@reformationstudios:/home/meekish# postfix check
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postqueue
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postdrop

How would I go about fixing those?

[falko]

What's the output of ls -l /usr/sbin/postdrop?

[meekish]

meekish@reformationstudios:~$ ls -l /usr/sbin/postdrop
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root postdrop 8608 Jun 8 08:22 /usr/sbin/postdrop
meekish@reformationstudios:~$

[meekish]

And the output of 'postfix check' again

meekish@reformationstudios:~$ sudo postfix check
Password:
Sorry, try again.
Password:
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postqueue
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix/postfix-script: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postdrop
meekish@reformationstudios:~$

[falko]

Please run
chmod 2555 /usr/sbin/postdrop

[meekish]

Please run
chmod 2555 /usr/sbin/postdrop

Done. My mail.log now looks like this:

meekish@reformationstudios:~$ sudo tail -f /var/log/mail.log
Oct 23 13:58:41 reformationstudios postfix/postmap[28020]: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
Oct 23 13:58:48 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/861108.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:58:50 reformationstudios courierpop3login: Connection, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 23 13:58:51 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/285488.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:58:57 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGIN FAILED, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 23 13:58:58 reformationstudios courierpop3login: LOGOUT, ip=[::ffff:69.92.207.127]
Oct 23 13:58:58 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/861610.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:01 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/286006.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:08 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/863070.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:11 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/287462.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:18 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/863557.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:21 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/287946.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:28 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/865065.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:31 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/289444.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:38 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/865528.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:41 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/289963.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:48 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/867011.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:51 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/291431.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 13:59:58 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/868548.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:01 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/292969.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:08 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/869161.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:11 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/293403.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:18 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/942455.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:21 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/294862.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:28 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/942942.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:31 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/295347.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:38 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/944424.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:41 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/296870.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:48 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/944935.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:51 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/297323.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:00:58 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/946398.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:01 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/298804.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:08 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/947913.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:11 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/299332.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:18 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/948368.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:21 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/300976.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:28 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/949856.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:31 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/302317.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:38 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/950348.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:41 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/302754.11973: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:48 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[9750]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/951889.9750: Permission denied
Oct 23 14:01:51 reformationstudios postfix/postdrop[11973]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/304234.11973: Permission denied



And here is the output on the var/spool/postfix dirs

meekish@reformationstudios:~$ sudo ls -l /var/spool/postfix/
total 38
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Oct 23 06:23 active
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Oct 23 06:23 bounce
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 corrupt
drwx------ 3 postfix root 1024 Oct 16 12:43 defer
drwx------ 3 postfix root 1024 Oct 16 12:43 deferred
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 23 13:57 etc
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 flush
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 hold
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Oct 23 06:23 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 23 13:57 lib
drwx-wx--T 2 postfix postdrop 1024 Sep 8 03:03 maildrop
drwxr-xr-x 2 postfix root 1024 Oct 16 12:43 pid
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Oct 23 13:57 private
drwx--s--- 2 postfix postdrop 1024 Oct 23 13:57 public
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 saved
-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Oct 20 04:54 smtp_scache.db
-rw------- 1 root root 8192 Oct 20 02:54 smtpd_scache.db
drwx------ 2 postfix root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 trace
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 8 03:03 usr
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Sep 8 03:10 var
meekish@reformationstudios:~$ sudo ls -l /var/spool/postfix/private
total 0
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 anvil
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 bounce
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 bsmtp
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 defer
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 discard
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 error
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 ifmail
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 lmtp
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 local
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 maildrop
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 mailman
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 proxymap
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 relay
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 rewrite
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 scache
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 scalemail-backend
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 smtp
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 tlsmgr
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 trace
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 uucp
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 verify
srw-rw-rw- 1 postfix postfix 0 Oct 23 13:57 virtual
meekish@reformationstudios:~$



So, I still have some problems... I still can't login to my email accounts from a POP3 client, but at least this is looking much better :)

meekish@reformationstudios:~$ sudo postfix check
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postfix: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: IPv6 support is disabled: Address family not supported by protocol
postsuper: warning: inet_protocols: configuring for IPv4 support only
meekish@reformationstudios:~$

[meekish]

I fear this is hopeless. Is it going to break ISPConfig's ability to configure Postfix if I just purge and reinstall Postfix?

[till]

I fear this is hopeless. Is it going to break ISPConfig's ability to configure Postfix if I just purge and reinstall Postfix?

You can try that. But make a backup of your main.cf file and make sure that you copy the lines for the local-host-names and virtusertable files from your old myin.cf to your new main.cf file.

[meekish]

I ran dpkg --purge postfix, reinstalled postfix following the steps from the Perfect Dapper Setup guide, and I'm still getting the same errors. I also haven't been able to get my proftpd logins to work. Are you (till & falko) still available for hire for remote installations?

[falko]

Are you (till & falko) still available for hire for remote installations?
Yes, please send a mail to info [at] projektfarm.de