Postfix problem solved! It was due to FQDN problem. I tempared left out the host part in the full hostname, which was supped to be something like 'loalhost.localdomain.ltd Thanks for you speedy response. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Res <res@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Ahmed Mohamed wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> I have a CENTOS 5.4 postfix mailserver. It was working fine untill >> yesterday >> when >> >> I could't fetch mail from the default directory "'Maildir/". I could see >> the >> mail in the home users directory under /home/users/Maildir/new/ but >> >> users are not able to access through mail client Evollution. The mail >> client agent delays response and after a minute or so gives up >> >> with the following errors: >> >> >> Error while Fetching Mail. >> Could not connect to xyz.com: Connection timed out >> >> both postfix and dovecot services are up and running fine. The mail server >> is also response to port 25. >> > > > Since you can see the mail in Maildir, this is not a postfix problem, but a > dovecot related issue, did you restart dovecot? > > Can you " telnet your.mail.serer 110 " > > if it repsonds type : > > user your_username > > pass your password > > it should them let you know if youve logged in by showing you: > +OK Logged in. > > then type: list > it should return the number of messages waiting, ( quit to logout ) > if that works the problem then lies with evolution > > > If not working, in dovecot.conf add: > mail_debug = yes > > then restart dovecot, and review the logs.. > > > -- > Res > > "What does Windows have that Linux doesn't?" - One hell of a lot of bugs! > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
