Question : setup centos5/postfix/dovecot problem

Hi, i have problems with setting up a postfix/dovecot mail server. The status of the postfix server without dovecot: running, able to receive and sent mails to the outsite world.

Now trying to connect an attached outlook client. This gives an error in outlook. The mail.log shows the following result:-

Mar  3 04:34:44 trixbox1 postfix/smtpd[19215]: EF2C88ED8C: client=unknown[10.0.0.182]
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/smtpd[19215]: 7215C8ED8C: client=unknown[10.0.0.182]
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/cleanup[19218]: 7215C8ED8C: message-id=<20090303033445.7215C8ED8[email protected]esoa.nl>
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/qmgr[5302]: 7215C8ED8C: from=, size=626, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/local[19220]: 7215C8ED8C: to=, relay=local, delay=0.08, delays=0.07/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/qmgr[5302]: 7215C8ED8C: removed
Mar  3 04:34:45 trixbox1 postfix/smtpd[19215]: disconnect from unknown[10.0.0.182]
Mar  3 04:34:52 trixbox1 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.0.0.182, lip=::ffff:10.0.0.25
Mar  3 04:53:16 trixbox1 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.0.0.182, lip=::ffff:10.0.0.25
Mar  3 04:53:28 trixbox1 last message repeated 2 times
Mar  3 04:53:32 trixbox1 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:10.0.0.182, lip=::ffff:10.0.0.25
Mar  3 04:53:32 trixbox1 dovecot: POP3(fmaster): stat(/home/fmaster/Maildir//cur) failed: Permission denied
Mar  3 04:53:32 trixbox1 dovecot: POP3(fmaster): stat(/home/fmaster/Maildir//cur) failed: Permission denied
Mar  3 04:53:32 trixbox1 dovecot: POP3(fmaster): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-03-03 04:53:32]
Mar  3 04:53:32 trixbox1 dovecot: POP3(fmaster): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0.

Some webpages say that can be solved by issuing the commands as depicted below. However, no result.

I looked at the server but cannot find it (i'm a linux newbie ...)

who can help? thks.

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chmod 777 /var/lib/dovecot/index chmod: cannot access `/var/lib/dovecot/index': No such file or directory > chmod 777 /var/lib/dovecot/control chmod: cannot access `/var/lib/dovecot/control': No such file or directory

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Answer : setup centos5/postfix/dovecot problem

I discovered that recreation of accounts deleted old messages. After sending another message i discovered that it worked.