can't use thunderbird to access my mail.

Those files all configure Postfix, which is the sending side of things (SMTP).

What e-mail server are you using to store messages? An IMAP server like dovecot? A POP3 server? A remote server?
 
phoenix said:
Those files all configure Postfix, which is the sending side of things (SMTP).

What e-mail server are you using to store messages? An IMAP server like dovecot? A POP3 server? A remote server?
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Yes, I have dovecot installed. That is my IMAP server. I use thunderbird as mail client application. Just to check my mail. I've been testing it out. I can send mail to the internet and thunderbird would store the sent mail. I then used my aol account to reply back.

Yet, In my server I can physically see the fail in the directory but I can't see it in my thunderbird as a new mail message.
 
I think the problem I have with dovecot is maybe the mail direct? Here is the location: /usr/local/virtual/domain/user

That is the current location on my computer. Domain would be the name of the website and user would be the person's username.

However, I keep seeing thunderbird keep making user folders in: /usr/local/virtual. Any ideas what I can try?

What do you need? Logs? Configs?
 
Does anyone know what could be the problem? What do I need to post on here? I know for a fact the mail is being delivered in the wrong area and I don't think thunderbird or dovecot isn't configured right. I get no errors but still can't get Thunderbird to display mail. I can send mail and it will show a new folder called sent showing the e-mails I sent. Yet, won't show any e-mails sent to my e-mail address.
 
anomie said:
It's been a while since I have configured an IMAP server / MDA, but this seems like the most pertinent clue in your case.

Please triple-check your mail location directive: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation
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Ya, I have my Mail location config is :

Code: 
mail_location = [FILE]maildir:usr/local/virtual/%d/%n[/FILE]

That's the path. That's the same path with postfix.

I can receive the e-mails. Which are sent to maildir:usr/local/virtual/%d/%n/new

The problem is that Thunderbird won't grab whats in that new folder. I renamed it INBOX. To see if that makes a difference.

what can I try or test to see in terminal how it's setup? I don't know if doveco creates the new,tmp,trash folders in the directory?

what can I type in terminal that should give me some kind of print of where mail gets sent and where Thunderbird gets the mail.

Postfix mail base is located at
Code: 
[FILE]/usr/local/virtual[/FILE]

So, I see when I send an e-mail to my e-mail account I notice that in /usr/local/virtual I would get something created like
Code: 
[FILE]/usr/local/virtual/bob[/FILE]
yet, the folder named bob needs to be inside the domain name folder. Yet, it dosen't.

Is there a any type of command I can toss at the terminal and get a read out as to how the mail is being directed and is there any helpful logs? other then mail.log.?
 
My question is how should one set up the mail location for dovecot and postfix? Give me examples. I have postfix setup to virtual mail locations using a mysql database. My mail location is
Code: 
/usr/local/virtual

Which is the virtual mail base location? In mysql I have the mailbox path set to something like
Code: 
/domain_name/username
That is what I have in postfix.

Then in dovecot I have this:
Code: 
/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n

So, I need an example and someone to tell me how thunderbird mail client fetches the mail?

I notice it uses INBOX and other folders. I don't understand how mail is delivered to these locations and how thunderbird would find the mail.

So far thunderbird shows 0 mail yet, I can see it in the server that there is new mail. Seems like thunderbird is looking at the wrong place on my server to find new mail.
 
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