Re: cyrus not responding

From: Eleknader (no email)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 04:40:50 EST


Thanks again!

I'm using Postfix, so this is a configuration problem there.

Checking it out

Eleknader
> * I can see local mail with pine, and can send mail with command line or
> pine * to local users, but it never gets delivered to imap. I'm sure that
> this is in * the docs, but I could not find it.
>
> Maybe not. Which MTA do you employ? If problems arise within LMTP you
> won't see them:
>
> your mail -> sendmail/postfix/other-MTA -> deliver -> lmtpd -> cyrus-box
> ^^-- problem?
>
> One way to debug problems within LMTP (maybe box does not exist/cannot be
> found) goes as follows:
>
> - set preforks within /etc/cyrus.conf to 0
> - start cyrus master
> - do an "strace -f -p <pid of cyrus master>", let it run
> - and send some mail while looking at the strace output
>
> (you will see even more with an "ltrace". Both are linux specific, if you
> use some other OS, those utils are called "truss", "ktrace" ....)
>
> You may then see that deliver/lmtpd could not deliver the mail because
> of some misconfiguration/permission problems.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> - Birger








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