So I have done a very basic install of Postfix and Dovecot on my Ubuntu Server 16.04 and I am having trouble to setup / login to my account with Thunderbird.
Installed of Postfix by following steps 1-5 in this guide: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-postfix-on-ubuntu-16-04 Installed Dovecot with the help from this link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot
The error I got from Thunderbird is "Configuration could not be verified - Is the username or password wrong?". When I look in syslog, auth.log and mail.log I am unable to see why and where the login fails. Mail.err does not include any details either.
If I run "postconf -n" I get the following:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
home_mailbox = Maildir/
inet_interfaces = all
inet_protocols = all
mailbox_size_limit = 104857600
mydestination = $myhostname, example.com, mail.example.com, localhost.example.com, localhost
myhostname = localhost.localdomain
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
myorigin = /etc/mailname
readme_directory = no
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtpd_use_tls = yes
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
If I run "dovecot -n" I get the following:
# 2.2.22 (fe789d2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.4.13 (7b14904)
# OS: Linux 4.4.0-93-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
driver = pam
}
protocols = imap
service imap-login {
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
userdb {
driver = passwd
}
If I run "telnet localhost imap2" and then A1 LOGIN username password I get this result:
anders@toshiban:~$ telnet localhost imap2
Trying ::1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready.
A1 LOGIN anders password
A1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SPECIAL-USE] Logged in
e logout
* BYE Logging out
e OK Logout completed.
Connection closed by foreign host.
Please let me know if there is anything I can add to this question in order to help you help me figure this out.
Best regards Anders
