We have CentOS 6.2 running on our VPS server (provided by Linode VPS hosting), but since the only instructions for setting up Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL in the Linode library (or on Linode's site) is for the configuration on CentOS 5 [
http://library.linode.com/email/post...mysql-centos-5 ], I followed it for the installation/configuration of Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL on our CentOS 6.2
Everything seemed to work fine until I got to the editing of the dovecot.conf file..
I replaced the content of the dovecot.conf file with stuff that the instruction asked to use to replace the dovecot.conf, but unsurprisingly, there were warnings.
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Bye
[root@myserver1 /]# service mysqld restart
Stopping mysqld: [ OK ]
Starting mysqld: [ OK ]
[root@myserver1 /]# chmod o= /etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_*.cf
[root@myserver1 /]# useradd -g vmail -u 5000 vmail -d /home/vmail -m
useradd: group 'vmail' does not exist
[root@myserver1 /]# chgrp postfix /etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_*.cf
[root@myserver1 /]# groupadd -g 5000 vmail
[root@myserver1 /]# useradd -g vmail -u 5000 vmail -d /home/vmail -m
[root@myserver1 /]# clear
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'myhostname = myserver1.kuiperhost.com'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'mydestination = $myhostname, localhost, localhost.localdomain'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'inet_interfaces = all'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'message_size_limit = 30720000'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_alias_domains ='
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_uid_maps = static:5000'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_gid_maps = static:5000'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_use_tls = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_create_maildirsize = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_maildir_extended = yes'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'virtual_transport = dovecot'
[root@myserver1 /]# postconf -e 'dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1'
[root@myserver1 /]# service sendmail stop
sendmail: unrecognized service
[root@myserver1 /]# chkconfig sendmail off
error reading information on service sendmail: No such file or directory
[root@myserver1 /]# chkconfig postfix on
[root@myserver1 /]# service postfix start
Starting postfix: [ OK ]
[root@myserver1 /]# cd /etc/dovecot
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# chgrp dovecot /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
chgrp: cannot access `/etc/dovecot-sql.conf': No such file or directory
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# chgrp dovecot /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# chmod o= /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# chkconfig dovecot on
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# service dovecot start
Starting Dovecot Imap: doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:3: protocols=imaps is no longer necessary, remove it
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:3: protocols=pop3s is no longer necessary, remove it
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:7: ssl_cert_file has been replaced by ssl_cert = <file
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:8: ssl_key_file has been replaced by ssl_key = <file
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:10: namespace private {} has been replaced by namespace { type=private }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:26: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:27: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:29: passdb sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql }
doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:33: userdb static {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=static }
[ OK ]
[root@myserver1 dovecot]# telnet localhost pop3
-bash: telnet: command not found
and the /var/log/maillog file looks like this
Code:
May 4 23:26:21 myserver1 postfix/postqueue[15764]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
May 4 23:26:36 myserver1 postfix/postqueue[15902]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
May 5 01:05:40 myserver1 postfix/postdrop[17280]: warning: unable to look up public/pickup: No such file or directory
May 5 07:03:39 myserver1 postfix/postqueue[2519]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/postfix-script[3400]: starting the Postfix mail system
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: daemon started -- version 2.6.6, configuration /etc/postfix
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/pickup[3404]: warning: BA7DF3C3BB: message has been queued for 12 days
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/pickup[3404]: BA7DF3C3BB: uid=0 from=<root>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/cleanup[3406]: BA7DF3C3BB: message-id=<20120505122104.BA7DF3C3BB@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BA7DF3C3BB: from=<root@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>, size=502, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/pickup[3404]: BE5833C3BC: uid=48 from=<apache>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/cleanup[3406]: BE5833C3BC: message-id=<20120505122104.BE5833C3BC@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BE5833C3BC: from=<apache@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>, size=1364, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/pickup[3404]: warning: BF1A53C3BD: message has been queued for 13 days
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/pickup[3404]: BF1A53C3BD: uid=0 from=<root>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/cleanup[3406]: BF1A53C3BD: message-id=<20120505122104.BF1A53C3BD@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BF1A53C3BD: from=<root@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>, size=502, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/local[3412]: BA7DF3C3BB: to=<root@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>, orig_to=<root>, relay=local, delay=1053360, delays=1053360/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
May 5 08:21:04 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BA7DF3C3BB: removed
May 5 08:21:05 myserver1 postfix/local[3414]: BF1A53C3BD: to=<root@myserver1.kuiperhost.com>, orig_to=<root>, relay=local, delay=1140058, delays=1140057/0.01/0/1, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
May 5 08:21:05 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BF1A53C3BD: removed
May 5 08:21:07 myserver1 postfix/smtp[3413]: BE5833C3BC: to=<Jimmyadelanwa@yahoo.com>, relay=mta7.am0.yahoodns.net[98.139.54.60]:25, delay=26128, delays=26125/0.01/0.34/2.5, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 ok dirdel)
May 5 08:21:07 myserver1 postfix/qmgr[3405]: BE5833C3BC: removed
May 5 08:21:11 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3415]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:21:12 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3415]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:21:12 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3415]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:21:13 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3415 exit status 1
May 5 08:21:13 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:22:13 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3420]: connect from mail.swiftng.com[41.222.70.242]
May 5 08:22:13 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3420]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:22:13 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3420]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:22:14 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3422]: connect from 61-221-92-243.HINET-IP.hinet.net[61.221.92.243]
May 5 08:22:14 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3422]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:22:14 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3422]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:22:14 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3420 exit status 1
May 5 08:22:14 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:22:15 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3422 exit status 1
May 5 08:23:55 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3418]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:208.85.49.60) at May 5 08:21:12
May 5 08:23:55 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3418]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:208.85.49.60) at May 5 08:21:12
May 5 08:23:55 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3418]: statistics: max cache size 2 at May 5 08:22:14
May 5 08:24:24 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3439]: connect from mail.firstcitygroup.com[41.223.147.140]
May 5 08:24:24 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3439]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:24:24 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3439]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:24:25 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3439 exit status 1
May 5 08:24:25 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:25:38 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3470]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:25:38 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3470]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:25:38 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3470]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:25:39 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3470 exit status 1
May 5 08:25:39 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:26:39 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3473]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:26:39 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3473]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:26:39 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3473]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:26:40 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3473 exit status 1
May 5 08:26:40 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:27:40 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3477]: connect from intranet.swiftng.com[41.222.70.243]
May 5 08:27:40 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3477]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:27:40 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3477]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:27:41 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3477 exit status 1
May 5 08:27:41 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:29:21 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3441]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:41.223.147.140) at May 5 08:24:24
May 5 08:29:21 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3441]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:41.223.147.140) at May 5 08:24:24
May 5 08:29:21 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3441]: statistics: max cache size 1 at May 5 08:24:24
May 5 08:30:41 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3543]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:30:41 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3543]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:30:41 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3543]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:30:42 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3543 exit status 1
May 5 08:30:42 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:31:55 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3554]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:31:55 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3554]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:31:55 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3554]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:31:56 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3554 exit status 1
May 5 08:31:56 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:32:56 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3557]: connect from mail1215.grapevine.mkt2356.com[208.85.49.60]
May 5 08:32:56 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3557]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: No such file or directory
May 5 08:32:56 myserver1 postfix/smtpd[3557]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms
May 5 08:32:57 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 3557 exit status 1
May 5 08:32:57 myserver1 postfix/master[3402]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.9 starting up (core dumps disabled)
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:3: protocols=imaps is no longer necessary, remove it
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:3: protocols=pop3s is no longer necessary, remove it
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:7: ssl_cert_file has been replaced by ssl_cert = <file
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:8: ssl_key_file has been replaced by ssl_key = <file
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:10: namespace private {} has been replaced by namespace { type=private }
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:26: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:27: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user }
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:29: passdb sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql }
May 5 08:34:36 myserver1 dovecot: config: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:33: userdb static {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=static }
May 5 08:34:37 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3545]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:208.85.49.60) at May 5 08:30:41
May 5 08:34:37 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3545]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:208.85.49.60) at May 5 08:30:41
May 5 08:34:37 myserver1 postfix/anvil[3545]: statistics: max cache size 1 at May 5 08:30:41
Question #1: Can I go on and use the email like this/this way/with the current configuration (notwithstanding the warnings)?
Question #2: Does anybody have a more up-to-date dovecot.conf file or can anybody point me to one?
I would appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks in advance.
