[Dovecot] dovecot: lda(root): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to

[Thufir]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:58:55 -0600, /dev/rob0 wrote:


> Judging from your previous post where deliver tried to write to
> /root/Maildir/, I suppose your mail will be found in
> ~thufir/Maildir/new/
> .
>
> Now Postfix is fine, Dovecot seems to be fine also. Your remaining issue
> is with "mail". If it's old BSD mailx, that is not very configurable.
> Consider other choices, such as mutt, alpine, or Heirloom mailx.

Thanks, it's right there:

thufir at dur:~$
thufir at dur:~$ ll Maildir/new/
total 20
drwx------ 2 thufir thufir 4096 Nov 16 18:56 ./
drwx------ 5 thufir thufir 4096 Nov 16 18:56 ../
-rw------- 1 thufir thufir  410 Nov 16 11:57
1353095866.M305477P3932.dur,S=410,W=422
-rw------- 1 thufir thufir  424 Nov 16 17:20
1353115248.M841336P2990.dur,S=424,W=436
-rw------- 1 thufir thufir  445 Nov 16 18:56
1353121003.M187706P3838.dur,S=445,W=457
thufir at dur:~$
thufir at dur:~$ nl Maildir/new/1353121003.M187706P3838.dur\,S\=445\,W\=457
      1	Return-Path: <thufir at example.net>
      2	X-Original-To: thufir at localhost
      3	Delivered-To: thufir at localhost
      4	Received: from me (localhost [127.0.0.1])
      5		by dur.bounceme.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 43D6F2A07C1
      6		for <thufir at localhost>; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:55 -0800
(PST)
      7	subject: to evolution mail
      8	Message-Id: <20121117025613.43D6F2A07C1 at dur.bounceme.net>
      9	Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:55:55 -0800 (PST)
     10	From: thufir at example.net

     11	we'll see if this goes through.
thufir at dur:~$


and it even looks like Evolution's supported :)

thanks again for the help with what turned not to be dovecot at all.



-Thufir