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I installed dovecot with 

yum install dovecot

Added the following configuration options to /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:

protocols = imap pop3 lmtp
disable_plaintext_auth = NO
listen =*

To /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf added:

mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

When I type dovecot -n | less, I get:

# 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) 
disable_plaintext_auth = no
listen = *
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
passdb {
  driver = pam
}
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}

I'm able to send email via Outlook and I see it on my mail server, but I can't download email via Outlook.

EDIT1: The log shows the following, when trying to connect:

Aug 1 23:04:49 test dovecot: pop3(user1): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
Aug 1 23:04:49 test dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user2>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.151, lip=192.168.0.150, mpid=31779 Aug 1 23:04:49 test dovecot: pop3(user2): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

The used Local Delivery Agent is sendmail.

EDIT2: After setting mail_location in dovecot to maildir:/var/spool/mail/%u I got the following error message in Thunderbird: Couln't not open Inbox: Internal error occurred

$MAIL of user1 is set to /var/spool/mail/user1

EDIT3: I think i fixed it by setting mail_location to mbox:~/var/spool/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u. But now it only works for user1, not user2.

ducngm.hn
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  • @NickW I check mail on server mail "[user1@test ~]$ mail Heirloom Mail version 12.4 7/29/08. Type ? for help. "/var/spool/mail/user1": 3 messages > 1 root Thu Jul 31 23:04 59/2585 "testing mail" 2 root Fri Aug 1 00:17 21/728 "test user" 3 user2 Fri Aug 1 22:56 45/1387 "testmail" & " – ducngm.hn Aug 01 '14 at 16:53
  • Does dovecot has the right permissions to create `/var/spool/mail/user2` if necessary and to create files and dirs inside? And what is the error message you get (client and log)? – sebix Aug 01 '14 at 18:26
  • @sebix Thank you , i think i that my proplem i use command `chmod 777 /var/spool/mail chmod 777 /var/spool/mail/user1 chmod 777 /var/spool/mail/user2` but if i add new acc , example `user3` , i need more command , can you fix it ? – ducngm.hn Aug 01 '14 at 18:45
  • Please don't set everyting world-read- and even worse -writeable!!! Give sendmail and dovecot the ability to write there, via their group, so `chgrp mail /dir` and so one. And please learn some linux basics, otherwise you will face plant it sooner or later. – sebix Aug 01 '14 at 18:54
  • @sebix I am understand , thank for help – ducngm.hn Aug 01 '14 at 19:03
  • I've tried to clean up some of the comments. Please make sure that when you edit your question or try something new, that you also update the question with the new information and remove any old information that is no longer relevant. – Michael Hampton Aug 01 '14 at 21:27

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