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Author:  Neal [ Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:58 pm ]
Post subject:  postfix pop3 problem -- Connection refused

Okay, I've got something stumping me here on postfix setup on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 64bit.

The gist of the problem: I can send email from my home system to it with SMTP, but I cannot retrieve messages via pop3.

When I telnet to port 110 from home, I get a connection refused. But when I telnet from the localhost to port 110, it goes through.

It's not a firewall issue. When the firewall is blocking that port, I can see the connection getting blocked in the log files, and disabling the firewall completely yields the same result.

My linode is setup as a subdomain of a domain hosted elsewhere. I don't think that could be related but ...

My best estimate is that there's something Ive got screwed up in the main.cf or master.cf file.

Here's my main.cf:
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smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
append_dot_mydomain = no
readme_directory = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
myhostname = localhost
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = subdomain.domain.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain, localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128,aa.bb.cc.dd # Home IP
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps
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master.cf is in it's virgin form. I'll post that if appropriate.

I've been on this more than a day with no progress.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.

Author:  mwalling [ Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:02 pm ]
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Postfix doesn't do POP. Or IMAP. Or MAPI.

Postfix does SMTP.

Author:  Neal [ Sat Sep 05, 2009 2:11 pm ]
Post subject: 

Thank you very much! I've gotten past this problem with:

sudo apt-get install courier-pop
sudo apt-get install courier-imap

I've now got another issue with "Maildir invalid" when I check email but that's something for another thread.

Best to you...

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