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Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server responded: chdir maildir failed

Asked by martingoya in Linux, Thunderbird Email Client, Ubuntu

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Trying to set up mail server (Postfix) - Linux Distro (Ubuntu). Everything is running good except that I'm not able to get mail from the server using mail client (Thunderbird). I can successfully telnet server on port 110. The error message I'm receiving is in the subject line of this request.

Checked mail.log- here is a snippet:

Jun  6 10:54:13 d301-srvl pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:192.168.94.74]
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: received auth request, service=pop3, authtype=login
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: trying this module
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: sysusername=jgreer, sysuserid=<null>, sysgroupid=100, homedir=/home/jgreer, address=jgreer, fullname=Josh Greer, maildir=<null>, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: clearpasswd=<null>, passwd=x
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: pam_service=pop3, pam_username=jgreer
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: dopam successful
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: Authenticated: sysusername=jgreer, sysuserid=<null>, sysgroupid=100, homedir=/home/jgreer, address=jgreer, fullname=Josh Greer, maildir=<null>, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl authdaemond: Authenticated: clearpasswd=help, passwd=AIR/t1Fj0uXHI
Jun  6 10:54:19 d301-srvl pop3d: chdir Maildir: No such file or directory
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl pop3d: Connection, ip=[::ffff:192.168.94.74]
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: received auth request, service=pop3, authtype=login
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: trying this module
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: sysusername=jgreer, sysuserid=<null>, sysgroupid=100, homedir=/home/jgreer, address=jgreer, fullname=Josh Greer, maildir=<null>, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: authpam: clearpasswd=<null>, passwd=x
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: pam_service=pop3, pam_username=jgreer
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: dopam successful
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: Authenticated: sysusername=jgreer, sysuserid=<null>, sysgroupid=100, homedir=/home/jgreer, address=jgreer, fullname=Josh Greer, maildir=<null>, quota=<null>, options=<null>
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl authdaemond: Authenticated: clearpasswd=help, passwd=AIR/t1Fj0uXHI
Jun  6 10:54:21 d301-srvl pop3d: chdir Maildir: No such file or directory

Things I have tried w/ no success:
- create directory /home/jgreer/maildir
- edited postfix main.cf to be maildir instead of mbox

I must be missing a configuration setting somewhere, but I'm new to Linux and mail servers. Please help!!Start Free Trial
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