postfix pop3 problem -- Connection refused
The gist of the problem: I can send email from my home system to it with SMTP, but I cannot retrieve messages via pop3.
When I telnet to port 110 from home, I get a connection refused. But when I telnet from the localhost to port 110, it goes through.
It's not a firewall issue. When the firewall is blocking that port, I can see the connection getting blocked in the log files, and disabling the firewall completely yields the same result.
My linode is setup as a subdomain of a domain hosted elsewhere. I don't think that could be related but …
My best estimate is that there's something Ive got screwed up in the main.cf or master.cf file.
Here's my main.cf:
smtpdbanner = $myhostname ESMTP $mailname (Ubuntu)
biff = no
appenddotmydomain = no
readme_directory = no
smtpdtlscert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpdtlskey_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpdusetls=yes
smtpdtlssessioncachedatabase = btree:${datadirectory}/smtpdscache
smtptlssessioncachedatabase = btree:${datadirectory}/smtpscache
myhostname = localhost
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
myorigin = /etc/mailname
mydestination = subdomain.domain.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain, localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128,aa.bb.cc.dd # Home IP
mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION"
mailboxsizelimit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
virtualaliasmaps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
virtualaliasdomains = $virtualaliasmaps
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master.cf is in it's virgin form. I'll post that if appropriate.
I've been on this more than a day with no progress.
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer.
2 Replies
Postfix does SMTP.
sudo apt-get install courier-pop
sudo apt-get install courier-imap
I've now got another issue with "Maildir invalid" when I check email but that's something for another thread.
Best to you…