I have been trying to fix my mail server for 3 days now. I'm not really new to Debian and Apache and such but I am new to Dovecot and Postfix.
At this point I have set up the virtual users and the authentication and that all works. I manage it through postfixadmin. There is no problem there and I am able to log in to the roundcube interface without a problem. I THINK Dovecot is working fine as it doesn't really give me errors in the logs.
Postfix doesn't really seem to matter what I do to it. It simply refuses to send or receive ANY mail. If I send mail I get either a timeout or a useless authentication failed error in the logs. If I email myself from gmail I get
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[15969]: error: open database /etc/postfix/sender_access.db: No such file or directory
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[15969]: connect from mail-qg0-f47.google.com[209.85.192.47]
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[15969]: Anonymous TLS connection established from mail-qg0-f47.google.com[209.85.192.47]: TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bit$
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/trivial-rewrite[15973]: warning: do not list domain mail.myserver.space in BOTH mydestination and virtual_mailbox_domains
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[15969]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-qg0-f47.google.com[209.85.192.47]: 554 5.7.1 <mail-qg0-f47.google.com[209.85.192.47]>: Client host rejected: A$
Mar 27 16:23:08 mail postfix/submission/smtpd[15969]: disconnect from mail-qg0-f47.google.com[209.85.192.47]
I noticed it said that my server name was listed 2x. I searched through my config many times and it is listed once. I even commented out that one listing and I still got the error.
Here is my main.cf
debug_peer_list = localhost
# See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version
# Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first
# line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default
# is /etc/mailname.
myorigin = /etc/mailname
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU)
biff = no
# appending .domain is the MUA's job.
append_dot_mydomain = no
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
readme_directory = no
# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.
myhostname = mail.mydomain.space
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
#mydestination = mail.mydomain.space, 127.0.0.1, localhost.localdomain, localhost
#relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8, [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104, [::1]/128, mail.mydomain.space
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
mynetworks_style = subnet
# SASL parameters
# ---------------------------------
# Use Dovecot to authenticate.
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
# Referring to /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
#smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
# TLS parameters
# ---------------------------------
# The default snakeoil certificate. Comment if using a purchased
# SSL certificate.
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
# Uncomment if using a purchased SSL certificate.
# smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/example.com.crt
# smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/example.com.key
# The snakeoil self-signed certificate has no need for a CA file. But
# if you are using your own SSL certificate, then you probably have
# a CA certificate bundle from your provider. The path to that goes
# here.
# smtpd_tls_CAfile=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
# Ensure we're not using no-longer-secure protocols.
smtpd_tls_mandatory_protocols=!SSLv2,!SSLv3
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
#smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
#smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
# Note that forcing use of TLS is going to cause breakage - most mail servers
# don't offer it and so delivery will fail, both incoming and outgoing. This is
# unfortunate given what various governmental agencies are up to these days.
#
# Enable (but don't force) all incoming smtp connections to use TLS.
smtpd_tls_security_level = may
# Enable (but don't force) all outgoing smtp connections to use TLS.
smtp_tls_security_level = may
# See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for
# information on enabling SSL in the smtp client.
# Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings
#delay_warning_time = 4h
# will it be a permanent error or temporary
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450
# how long to keep message on queue before return as failed.
# some have 3 days, I have 16 days as I am backup server for some people
# whom go on holiday with their server switched off.
maximal_queue_lifetime = 7d
# max and min time in seconds between retries if connection failed
minimal_backoff_time = 1000s
maximal_backoff_time = 8000s
# how long to wait when servers connect before receiving rest of data
smtp_helo_timeout = 60s
# how many address can be used in one message.
# effective stopper to mass spammers, accidental copy in whole address list
# but may restrict intentional mail shots.
smtpd_recipient_limit = 16
# how many error before back off.
smtpd_soft_error_limit = 3
# how many max errors before blocking it.
smtpd_hard_error_limit = 12
# This next set are important for determining who can send mail and relay mail
# to other servers. It is very important to get this right - accidentally producing
# an open relay that allows unauthenticated sending of mail is a Very Bad Thing.
#
# You are encouraged to read up on what exactly each of these options accomplish.
# Requirements for the HELO statement
smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,
warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_hostname,
reject_invalid_hostname,
permit
# Requirements for the sender details
smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated,
permit_mynetworks,
warn_if_reject reject_non_fqdn_sender,
reject_unknown_sender_domain,
reject_unauth_pipelining,
permit
smtpd_client_restrictions = reject_rbl_client sbl.spamhaus.org,
reject_rbl_client blackholes.easynet.nl,
reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org
# Requirement for the recipient address. Note that the entry for
# "check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023" enables Postgrey.
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining,
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
reject_unknown_recipient_domain,
reject_unauth_destination,
check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023,
permit
# This is a new option as of Postfix 2.10, and is required in addition tocheck_sender_access
# smtpd_recipient_restrictions for things to work properly in this setup.
smtpd_relay_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining,
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
reject_unknown_recipient_domain,
reject_unauth_destination,
permit
reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org,
reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net,
check_policy_service unix:postgrey/socket,
permit
# require proper helo at connections
smtpd_helo_required = yes
#waste spammers time before rejecting them
smtpd_delay_reject = yes
disable_vrfy_command = yes
# General host and delivery info
# ----------------------------------
#myhostname = mail.mydomain.space
#myorigin = /etc/hostname
# Some people see issues when setting mydestination explicitly to the server
# subdomain, while leaving it empty generally doesn't hurt. So it is left empty here.
# mydestination = mail.example.com, localhost
#mydestination =
# If you have a separate web server that sends outgoing mail through this
# mailserver, you may want to add its IP address to the space-delimited list in
# mynetworks, e.g. as 10.10.10.10/32.
#mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
#mailbox_size_limit = 0
#recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
#mynetworks_style = host
# This specifies where the virtual mailbox folders will be located.
virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail
# This is for the mailbox location for each user. The domainaliases
# map allows us to make use of Postfix Admin's domain alias feature.
virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domainaliases_maps.cf
# and their user id
virtual_uid_maps = static:150
# and group id
virtual_gid_maps = static:8
# This is for aliases. The domainaliases map allows us to make
# use of Postfix Admin's domain alias feature.
virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf, mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_domainaliases_maps.cf
# This is for domain lookups.
virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf
Sorry for the messy config file. Part of the problem is that I have to do all of this config from my Nexus 7 tablet.
