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| Author: | SSharp_Admin [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 1:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
I have been working on this for a while i searched past forums post and goolged still no luck I cannot for the life of me get Thunderbird to verify my server settings. I am trying to make an IMAPS connection. I have been through my firewall settings and I am def listening on the correct ports and I can telenet from my local computer just fine. So I can eliminate a port issue. I am not sure if Thunderbird is trying to interface with postfix or dovecot or what the issue is at this point. I have a feeling its related to the fact that I am forcing and Secure connection and the SSL certificate based on the chatter on the web. so here are the details email SSharp_Admin hostname mail.stemsharp.com protocol IMAPS inbound Port 993 outbound Port 465 SSL SSLTLS encrypted passwor MX domains mail.stemsharp.com (I am not sure if I need anything else) Code: Jan 3 12:40:10 www postfix/smtpd[10006]: cfg_get_str: /etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf: user = mailadmin No activity is shown in the dovecot log I am not sure what else I can do any ideas? |
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| Author: | Vance [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
IMAP is going to be handled by Dovecot, not by Postfix. You don't currently seem to have anything listening on the imaps port (993). |
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| Author: | SSharp_Admin [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
How do you know its not listening to the port 993? Here is my /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf Code: service imap-login {If it is not how can I fix. below is my iptable -L Code: Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) How can I resolve? |
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| Author: | SSharp_Admin [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
arggghhh I am going backwards cannot telenet to 993 or 995. Should I config thunderbird without a firewall then put it up? |
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| Author: | derfy [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
I was able to nmap your server just fine. It showed both 993 and 995 as closed which means the port isn't blocked, but nothing is listening. Check to make sure dovecot is up and running. If not, check the wiki for the your dovecot version. Dovecot 1.x or Dovecot 2.x. Regardless of the version, your first stop should probably be the 'Why doesn't Dovecot work?' (1.x) page, third link down. |
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| Author: | SSharp_Admin [ Fri Jan 03, 2014 11:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
OK I am close, I am connecting it seems over 993 which is a first buuuuuuuut, for whatever reason it is failing when checking the email and password against the server which i have confirmed. here is the log file Code: admin@STEMSharp:/var/mail/vhosts$ sudo tail -f /var/log/mail.log Should I just redo the record on the mailserver to make sure it is right? I should mention that i followed the linode guide which has an encrypted pasword but I log in via thunderbird with normal password. I am not sure if that is the issue |
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| Author: | Vance [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 1:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
I am now able to connect to port 993 on your machine. The log is saying that the user "SSharp_Admin" is not set up in the MySQL virtual_users table. Possible corrections may be using an uppercase "H" (your posts in another thread used "SSHarp_Admin"), or including the domain with the username (i.e., "SSharp_Admin@stemsharp.com"). You want to log in using the normal password; the encrypted (hashed) one is stored in the database instead of the plaintext for safety. Note that you just included your password* in the log you posted - you should immediately change your mail password! *It is Base-64 encoded, but this is trivial to decode. Your password is twelve lowercase letters. |
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| Author: | SSharp_Admin [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
Thanks for your help vance I can now connect via Thunderbird and view mail I have recieved. I tried sending mail and no luck. I also tried sending mail to myself and it seem dovecot is finicky again per the following where it seems to do all this handshake business only to refuse delivery at the end. Code: Jan 4 02:08:47 www postfix/smtpd[6187]: send attr address = mjrich79@gmail.com one last problem, sending mail I am getting the following error Sending of message failed. The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.stemsharp.com timed out. Try again or contact your network administrator. my settings for outgoing are port 465 connection SSLTLS server mail.stemsharp.com username SSharp_Admin@stemsharp.com I can telenet and openssl port 465 but I cannot send from thunderbird doesnt seem to be connecting and the log has no activity? Bring me on home pleeeeeasse... and thanks again my main.cf is Code:
I made slight alteration to the master.cf file to open port 465 Code: # |
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| Author: | Vance [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Connecting to Linode Mail Server through Thunderbird |
Have you set up the "service lmtp" section in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf as specified in Dovecot step #34 in the library guide? If so, there should be a socket /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp which exists. You should see something like the following: Code: # ls -l /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp The first letter must be "s" (a socket), followed by "rw" (meaning the owner can read and write to it), and the owner must be "postfix". |
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