see replies below -------------------------------------------------- From: "Adam Tauno Williams" <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 12:56 AM To: <info-cyrus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: cannot retrieve mail in desktop client > Please reply to list if your MUA support it, rather than Reply-All. > > On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 23:11 +0800, JonL wrote: >> after adding the required command in main.cf >> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp >> I'm now getting the following error >> Jun 30 23:05:24 mmtlnx postfix/qmgr[13978]: 05C4A19B8A: >> from=<839556+2D3-jlmiller=mmtnetworks.com.au@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, >> size=4281, nrcpt=1 (queue active) >> Jun 30 23:05:24 mmtlnx postfix/lmtp[14146]: 05C4A19B8A: >> to=<jlmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, relay=none, delay=3, status=deferred >> (connect to /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]: >> Permission >> denied) > > Does "/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" exist? What are the permissions? jlm: srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 2011-07-01 09:42 lmtp > I assume lmtpd (the LMTP receiver is running [Cyrus is started]). > jlm: from master.cf lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp > Where LMTP listens is defined in /etc/cyrus.conf > jlm /etc/cyrus.conf lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0 > See the Cyrus chapter of WMOGAG for an explanation of cyrus.conf. > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/coils/files/WMOGAG-Coils.pdf/download> > >> I'm using: >> Suse Linux Enterprise Server v 10 SP1 (will be moving to SP4) >> Unfortunately I find the documentation not as clear as I had hoped. >> Also do I need to make any changes to my transport table? > > Probably not; as seen via your error it is already trying to deliver via > LMTP. > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ > List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/