Is postfix delivering your email to /var/spool/mail/ ? You can cd into that directory and see if there are any files in it and if they have data in them. If your email user has a file there with data in it, you probably just need to enable Maildir delivery in /etc/postfix/main.cf
The line you are looking for is: home_mailbox = and change it to: home_mailbox = Maildir/ You will also want to comment out the line (if it isn't): mail_spool_directory = Then restart postfix and try sending yourself an email and checking it with outlook. Cheers, -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Resume: http://www.thelauders.net/resume/ Gentoo Linux Powered "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction." -- Albert Einstein Shawn Grover said: > Sorry. Should have been more thorough in my details. I do have > Courier-IMAP installed, and the courier-imapd and courier-pop3d services > are > started. If the pop3d service wasn't started, Outlook would be > complaining > that it can't connect to the server. Maybe I need to configure something > more for pop3d? (like what directory to serve mail from?) > > Thanks for the response. > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Postfix - so close, but not quite there.... > > > At 11:23 AM 6/12/03, you wrote: >>I've installed Postfix on my new Gentoo box, and have it configured for >> my >>domain. If I use MUTT from the command line, I can send and receive >> email >>outside my network. However, If I use my windows computer and MS >> Outlook, > I >>am only able to send mail - receive isn't working. Outlook isn't >>complaining that it needs a username or server name, so it appears it is >>connecting and authenticating. And I KNOW the mail is being received > because >>I can use MUTT to view it. So the problem is a communication or >>authentication issue between Outlook and Postfix. >> >>I'm not experienced enough yet to know what parts of the config file(s) >> are >>pertinent in this case, but I suspect the problem is either in main.cf, >> or >>with my sasl configuration (Using Cyrus-sasl for authentication - no SSL >>yet). > > The config has nothing to do with this. MTA don't handle IMAP or POP > themselves. Even Sendmail doesn't do that itself. You need to run a POP3 > or > IMAP Daemon to handle the download of the email to Outlook. I am sure > Gentoo comes with a basic pop3 daemon which probably runs out of > xinetd. You will need to make sure that is running and that your > firewall > isn't blocking tcp and udp packets on port 110. > > For a better and more secure solution. You can look at Courier-IMAP which > you can set to use a different password than the system password and has > support for Maildirs. > > -- > Mark Lane, CET mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hard Data Ltd. http://www.harddata.com > T: 01-780-456-9771 F: 01-780-456-9772 > 11060 - 166 Avenue Edmonton, AB, Canada, T5X 1Y3 > --> Ask me about our Excellent 1U Systems! <-- > >
