Just in case someone else has this problem, here is the cause of my
wasted hours.
I had unixheirarchysep set to yes ( that's what I wanted ).
This meant that to create a mailbox using cyradm I should have typed
>cm user/sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The forward slash between user and sforster is required because a full
stop would be considered as part of the username ( that's what
"unixheirarchysep: yes" is for. Seems blindingly obvious now of course. )
Instead I typed:
>cm user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That created an mailbox "user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" in the cyrus
spool mail tree, which I was able to list using cyradm or through
imapd... unfortunately, what I ought to have created and have been able
to list - if unixheirarchysep is set to 'yes' - was an account
"user/sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
My persistent misreading of the email account syntax listed through
cyradm, and the attempt to deliver to a similarly named, but different
email account, lead me to believe the problem rested with the
configuration of cyrus lmtpd... and many hours of installs, reconfigs,
hundreds of bounced and queued test emails, and dozens cups of coffee
resulted.
Hope that saves someone a bit of angst.
Steve
Stephen Forster wrote:
>FORMER 03 | Baltasar Cevc wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Stephen,
>>
>>On 05.04.2007, at 15:01, Stephen Forster wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I am running cyrus imap 2.2 ( Debian etch package ) and have been
>>>trying
>>>to configure it to accept connections through lmtpd tcp/ip.
>>>
>>>I can connect though imapd using telnet, or imtest or cyradm using the
>>>admin user listed in /etc/imapd.conf. In each case, the admin user is
>>>authenticated, and can list the mailboxes.
>>>
>>>
>>I'd use lmtpd -a in cyrus.conf to test whether it's an authentication
>>problem. You surely shouldn't leave that setting (preauth
>>connection), but for debugging, it may be useful.
>>
>>
>
>Hi Baltasar,
>
>Thanks for your reply. I feel as though I have tried everything ( but
>obviously have missed something )
>
>In any case, I tried "lmtpd -a" and tested the connections again.
>
>Below is the output from lmtptest, cyradm and the imtest to the imapd port.
>
>Still no joy via lmtp.
>
># From the lmtptest interaction
>mail from:<sforster@xxxxxxxxx>
>250 2.1.0 ok
>rcpt to:<sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>550-Mailbox unknown. Either there is no mailbox associated with this
>550-name or you do not have authorization to see it.
>550 5.1.1 User unknown
>
># The output from /var/log/mail.log showing unsuccesful listing of
>mailbox via lmtp:
>Apr 6 19:47:47 malthus cyrus/lmtp[4281]: accepted connection
>Apr 6 19:47:47 malthus cyrus/lmtp[4281]: connection from
>malthus.kidik.net [81.187.233.169] preauth'd as postman
>Apr 6 19:53:08 malthus cyrus/lmtp[4281]:
>verify_user(monkey.kidik.net!user.sforster) failed: Mailbox does not exist
>...
>
># cyradm output showing the existence of the 'sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
>mailbox and the open permissions.
>sforster@malthus:/etc$ cyradm --user cyrus localhost
>Password:
>localhost> lm
>user.sforster (\HasNoChildren)
>user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (\HasNoChildren)
>user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (\HasNoChildren)
>localhost> lam
>usage: listaclmailbox mailbox
>localhost> lam user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>all lrswipcda
>anyone lrswipcda
>localhost>
>
># Finally, I list the interaction with imapd using imtest. The
>'sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' mailbox is listed no problem.
>sforster@malthus:/etc$ imtest -acyrus -u cyrus -m login malthus.kidik.net
>S: * OK kidik.net Cyrus IMAP4 v2.2.13-Debian-2.2.13-10 server ready
>C: C01 CAPABILITY
>S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS
>NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND
>BINARY SORT THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES ANNOTATEMORE IDLE
>AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-MD5 SASL-IR
>S: C01 OK Completed
>Please enter your password:
>C: L01 LOGIN cyrus {6}
>S: + go ahead
>C: <omitted>
>S: L01 OK User logged in
>Authenticated.
>Security strength factor: 0
>C: select user.sforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>* FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen)
>* OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Draft \Deleted \Seen \*)]
>* 0 EXISTS
>* 0 RECENT
>* OK [UIDVALIDITY 1173562958]
>* OK [UIDNEXT 1]
>C: OK [READ-WRITE] Completed
>...
>
>
>Any advice or suggestions gratefully received.
>
>
>Stephen Forster
>
>
>
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>>
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