I've setup a postfix/dovecot mail server including a proper SSL. I've setup the account within gmail and it authenticates properly.

From within gmail I can send FROM server address TO gmail address and receive properly.

If I send FROM gmail TO server address I receive the email on the server end, but any updates on the gmail end find no server emails.

I'm stumped and google hasn't been helpful with this weird issue.

Hi,

>>I've setup a postfix/dovecot mail server including a proper SSL. I've setup the account within gmail and it authenticates properly.

OK

>> From within gmail I can send FROM server address TO gmail address and receive properly.
OK

>>If I send FROM gmail TO server address I receive the email on the server end,
OK

>>but any updates on the gmail end find no server emails.
This sentence is not clear unfortunately.

LQ forum users wil be able to help you if you can provide a detailed descrpition of the issue with exact configurations you used in gmail so that we could visualize your situation.

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sherin

I've followed the Ubuntu postfix/dovecot (Maildir) setup verbatim:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot

What I was trying to express is that postfix is working since I can send via Gmail through my server address. However when I try to retrieve mail from my server address via Gmail no emails are found. However when I check locally on the server the emails are there. I was noting the SSL setup worked since Gmail now has strict SSL enforcement for third party addresses.

I'm new to this whole process so from what I gather I think this means my postfix is working and my dovecot is setup incorrectly. I don't want to post the whole conf, so if there's a problematic section I should post please let me know.

Well I'm a big dumb animal. Turns out everything was correct, Gmail just outsmarted me and doesn't retrieve emails it originated. I received an email from another user without issue. I then checked with another account and it worked perfectly.