how to receive message in outlook express from dovecot.

Hi fosiul01:
I don't get any error when i send mail and mail is received by server which i can see, but when i click on
send and reveive button no error is appeared.

and when  i run the below comman to check port 110 and 25 are open or not.
netstat -an | grep :25
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
i received that output for port 25.

 netstat -an | grep :110
when i run that comman nothing appear on the screen.

ok that meant your dovecot is not running i guess

what about this command

lsof -i:110

ps aux | grep dovecot

from Windows pc, can you telnet to your server with port 110

telnet serverip 110


also, have you setup pop account in your outlook ?? ( it wired that outlook did not give you any error)

In dovecot.conf is the following directive permitting pop?

  protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s

netstat -an | grep 110
 -> for pop

netstat -an | grep 143
 -> for imap

If you have to add pop downloading in dovecot.conf, when complete
  service dovecot restart

hi _jesper

Iam sending you dovecot.conf file. please check

iam also sending you the file output of below command-
ps aux | grep dovecot

iam still net able to receive mail.

Hi
yoru dovocot.conf looks allright

you didnot answer 2 thing from my previous post

output
lsof -i:110

from Windows pc, can you telnet to your server with port 110

telnet serverip 110

hi fosiul01:
i am sending you telnet and lsof output files.

Ok your dovecot is allright


i guess its your outlook setting

how ever one test i will do


telnet yourserverip 110

when it will connect type like this

USER username
PASS password-forthe-user

if all goes good
then type
LIST
it will show your all mail saved in pop3

let  me know how it goes

also :
when outlook will try to connect to your pop3

keep on eye on, maillog

tail -f /var/log/maillog

you  should see some entery like this

Jul 23 10:24:41 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<xxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:xxx.xx.xx.66, lip=::ffff:xx.xx.xx.xx
Jul 23 10:24:41 mail dovecot: POP3(xxx): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0


let me know if you can see those

or if there is any error

Hello fosiul01:

Every thing is working good whatever you said.
When I type list after giving user name and password through telnet-
It gives +OK no message message.

And I also run tail f /var/log/maillog command-
I can see the entry as you said

Should I have to make some changes in mail_location types entry in dovecot.conf file
because i can check mails in mbox file or just type "mail".

hmmmm

Normaly you dont have to do anything in dovecot ....

Ok so you saying

when you type

LIST

its say , no messages.

but was there really message or dovecot saying NO messgage when there is actually message in the server ??

close your outlook. dont open outlook
now sent an email to your server .

so that email should of store in your server.

now if you telnet to the server port 110
and if you type LIST

can you see list of email ? or it say NO message ??

here i am trying to understand if dovecot can read email from your mbox


also , can you try with another username  aswell

fosiul01:

i close my outlook and sent an email to server .
that email is stored in my server.

now if i telnet to the server port 110
and if you type LIST
i received the same message
+OK no message
and i also try with new user, but still i am not able to receive mail in my outlook.

thisi wired ...

for some reason dovecot is not reading email from your mail directory ..

did you change your default maillocation  ~/Maildir  any time ???

is your email storing in

/var/mail/

location ? or some other plcae ??

when you try to view email in server by yourself

what location do you go ??

what are you trying to say about this line-
 "default maillocation  ~/Maildir  any time ???"

 email is storing in
/var/mail/username

hi fosiul01:

i have disabled these lines in  dovecot.conf

And now problem is resolved.

thankyou very much

LOL!!
Good,

and Good luck

try to use webmin , its easy to administration ... although i prefer command line, but some times its realy helpful