pop3 account [email protected]

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Jinyoki

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Hello,

I have some problems with the 'root' email from an account.

example:
user = testuser
domainname = testuser.com

Standard there is created an email account '[email protected]' when creating the 'testuser' account.

When using pop3 in outlook, I can't login.

I already tried this :
http://help.directadmin.com/item.php?id=129

Then I get this error (with all accounts):
chmod: cannot access `/var/spool/virtual/testuser.com/*': No such file or directory

After that it still doesn't work.

I hope somebody can help me with this.

Thanks, Jiny
 
Are you running Dovecot or the original email system? If you're running Dovecot then the entire /var/spool/virtual path won't exist.

Did you actually create a new mailbox name for [email protected], or are you asking about the email account that gets created when the domain account gets created by Directadmin?

How are you trying to log in using Outlook? What are you using as the login name? Are you using the same password you'd use for FTP to the account, or some other password?

Jeff
 
jlasman said:
Are you running Dovecot or the original email system? If you're running Dovecot then the entire /var/spool/virtual path won't exist.

No I don't use Dovecot

Did you actually create a new mailbox name for [email protected], or are you asking about the email account that gets created when the domain account gets created by Directadmin?

The email account created when the domain account gets created by DA

How are you trying to log in using Outlook? What are you using as the login name? Are you using the same password you'd use for FTP to the account, or some other password?

The same password, login name only the username (without @**.com)

I hope you can help me further :)
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At the moment I only have Dovecot systems.

Do you have a /var/spool/virtual path?

Please post the output of:
Code: 
# ls -al /var/spool/virtual
and the output of:
Code: 
ps waux | grep pop
Jeff
 
You are trying to check mail on the system user (not a virtual user) testuser which is located in /var/spool/mail

So you want to ls -l /var/spool/mail/testuser

Also ls -ld /var/spool/mail
 
So you want to ls -l /var/spool/mail/testuser

Gives: -rw-rw---- 1 testuser mail 0 apr 8 17:17 /var/spool/mail/testuser


Also ls -ld /var/spool/mail[/QUOTE]

Gives: drw-rw---- 2 mail mail 4096 mei 18 13:28 /var/spool/mail
 
We need to know the error that Outlook is giving you? Are you using Outlook or Outloo Express? Are you getting an error when sending or receiving? When you get the error what does /var/log/maillog say about the error? There could also be related error messages in /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure.

There are a bunch of things that may need to be looked at. Likely when you look at the logs you will figure it out yourself. The logs are usually pretty clear.
 
Thank you for replying.

In /var/log/secure/ (also in logwatch) I see the following message:
--
vm-pop3d[11529]: PAM [error: /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory]
vm-pop3d[11529]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so
--

The /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so does not exists.

This message is related to my problem with the pop3 login.

The error in Oulook Express (pop3) is an authorization failure, password refused.

In /var/log/mailog I see the following error:
-
User 'testuser' - failed auth, from=XX.XX.XX.XX
--

I still don't know how to fix, can I make the pam_pwdb.so? If yes, how?

Thanks,

Jiny
 
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