[Dovecot] Mail being delivered but MUA showing empty inbox

Nigel Smith gb10hkzo-dovecot at yahoo.co.uk
Fri Aug 2 15:17:57 EEST 2013


> So, I'll now be a bit insisting, but could you now try with:

> mail_location = maildir:~/mails

Axel,

This seems to bring up a new problem. ;-(

Before that change, I could see the new mails in both Telnet and Apple Mail.

Now, I can only see the mail in Telnet and not in Apple Mail.   No config changes apart form your suggestion (mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir) 

Logs below.....

RECEIVING EMAIL......
Aug  2 13:10:06 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/smtpd[5089]: connect from unknown[10.1.123.43]
Aug  2 13:10:26 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/smtpd[5089]: 0331F448FD: client=unknown[10.1.123.43]
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/cleanup[5092]: 0331F448FD: message-id=<>
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/qmgr[2093]: 0331F448FD: from=<an at example.com>, size=208, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt=
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700): Connect from local
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700): Debug: auth input: test at ops.example.com uid=1001 gid=1001 home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700, test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700, test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700, test at ops.example.com): Debug: Namespace : /srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir doesn't exist yet, using default permissions
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700, test at ops.example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir: mode=0700 gid=-1
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700, test at ops.example.com): mCAHILah+1FcEgAAwf4bjw: msgid=unspecified: saved mail to INBOX
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/lmtp[5093]: 0331F448FD: to=<test at ops.example.com>, relay=ukc-vm02-mx01.ops.example.com[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=11, delays=10/0.01/0/0.13, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <test at ops.example.com> mCAHILah+1FcEgAAwf4bjw Saved)
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: lmtp(4700): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset)
Aug  2 13:10:30 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/qmgr[2093]: 0331F448FD: removed
Aug  2 13:10:32 ukc-vm02-mx01 postfix/smtpd[5089]: disconnect from unknown[10.1.123.43]

ls -la /srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir/
total 48
drwx------ 5 its-virtmail its-virtmail  4096 Aug  2 13:12 .
drwx------ 3 its-virtmail its-virtmail  4096 Aug  2 13:10 ..
drwx------ 2 its-virtmail its-virtmail  4096 Aug  2 13:11 cur
-rw------- 1 its-virtmail its-virtmail 16384 Aug  2 13:12 dovecot.index.cache
-rw------- 1 its-virtmail its-virtmail   580 Aug  2 13:11 dovecot.index.log
-rw------- 1 its-virtmail its-virtmail   104 Aug  2 13:10 dovecot-uidlist
-rw------- 1 its-virtmail its-virtmail     8 Aug  2 13:10 dovecot-uidvalidity
-r--r--r-- 1 its-virtmail its-virtmail     0 Aug  2 13:10 dovecot-uidvalidity.51fba1b6
drwx------ 2 its-virtmail its-virtmail  4096 Aug  2 13:11 new
drwx------ 2 its-virtmail its-virtmail  4096 Aug  2 13:10 tmp


TELNET
Aug  2 13:12:09 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5404, TLS
Aug  2 13:12:09 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:12:09 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:13:11 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=59/1273


APPLE MAIL
Aug  2 13:11:14 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5394, TLS
Aug  2 13:11:14 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:11:14 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5396, TLS
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5398, TLS
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:11:15 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:11:16 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5400, TLS
Aug  2 13:11:16 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:11:16 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=
Aug  2 13:11:16 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Connection closed bytes=17/340
Aug  2 13:11:17 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test at ops.example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.1.123.43, lip=172.16.1.71, mpid=5402, TLS
Aug  2 13:11:17 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=1001, home=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test
Aug  2 13:11:17 ukc-vm02-mx01 dovecot: imap(test at ops.example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/srv/mail/ops.example.com/test/Maildir, alt=


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