Comments on: Setup a mailserver with Exim and Dovecot on a CentOS 7 https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/ Premium Linux Tutorials Since 2001 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: admin https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-47298 Fri, 28 Sep 2018 01:14:13 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-47298 In reply to karthik.

Instructions on how to create system user and how to configure the email client you can find in the blog post. If you experience some problems you can check your Exim/Dovecot log files for errors.

]]> By: karthik https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-47292 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:03:17 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-47292 In reply to admin.

can please briefly elaborate .how to create a system user and configure email client.I have done every thing in the post but only thunderbird username and password is in valid out reading every post can you please post this Answer for this issue

]]> By: admin https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-46807 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:55:49 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-46807 In reply to Richard.

The email user is a system user, so you should use test instead of test@mydomain.com while configuring the email client. Check the CREATE SYSTEM USER and CONFIGURE YOUR EMAIL CLIENT
 sections for more information. If you want to learn more, you can check the Exim and Dovecot documentations. Thanks.

]]> By: Richard https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-46803 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 18:34:42 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-46803 I know this tutorial probably hasn’t been updated but goddamn it I am going to fix my server.
When launching Thunderbird and inputting test@mydomain.com (with my actual domain lol), and my password I get: “user name or password invalid”
How can I double check user name and password?
Where, in this tutorial did we make the User and pass?
Is there a file containing these Users?
If yes do I add further users with that file?
Are you annoyed yet?
Is there any recommended tutorials to help me understand better?
Any books?
Thanks for reading and I hope this actually gets answered one day. Oh and thanks for the tutorial. I’m just new and still learning :).

]]> By: admin https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-45986 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 09:27:32 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-45986 In reply to Shobhit.

Did you create an email account?

]]> By: Shobhit https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-45984 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 07:34:02 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-45984 Hi, I followed this tutorial to setup exim and dovecot on my CentOS 7 VM, but when I am trying to use Thunderbird client from my local Windows machine, it is giving me “username or password invalid” error. Please help!!

]]> By: admin https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-44721 Wed, 18 May 2016 13:29:28 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-44721 In reply to Minh Trinh.

You should check for:
– dovecot mail_location setting,
– blocking firewall rules,
– MX records.
– errors in the exim log file

]]> By: Minh Trinh https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/setup-a-mailserver-with-exim-and-dovecot-on-a-centos-7-vps/#comment-44720 Wed, 18 May 2016 10:20:11 +0000 https://secure.rosehosting.com/blog/?p=4793#comment-44720 Hello,
Thanks for your tutorial , but i having an error .
I can sent but cant receive . Can u help me fix it ?
I create 2 users for test : samsung , nokia
/var/log/exim/main.log
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2016-05-16 10:30:41 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=1326, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 10:30:41 Start queue run: pid=1328
2016-05-16 10:30:41 End queue run: pid=1328
2016-05-16 10:49:21 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=1651, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 10:49:21 Start queue run: pid=1653
2016-05-16 10:49:21 End queue run: pid=1653
2016-05-16 10:50:18 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=1093, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 10:50:18 Start queue run: pid=1097
2016-05-16 10:50:18 End queue run: pid=1097
2016-05-16 10:50:34 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=1179, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 10:50:34 Start queue run: pid=1181
2016-05-16 10:50:34 End queue run: pid=1181
2016-05-16 10:51:54 1b29ZS-0000LS-8f nokia R=localuser T=local_delivery
2016-05-16 10:51:54 1b29ZS-0000LS-8f Completed
2016-05-16 10:52:16 1b29Zo-0000La-1o samsung R=localuser T=local_delivery
2016-05-16 10:52:16 1b29Zo-0000La-1o Completed
2016-05-16 10:53:20 1b29aq-0000Pn-TD nokia R=localuser T=local_delivery
2016-05-16 10:53:21 1b29aq-0000Pn-TD Completed
2016-05-16 10:53:32 1b29b1-0000Px-UW nokia R=localuser T=local_delivery
2016-05-16 10:53:32 1b29b1-0000Px-UW Completed
2016-05-16 10:54:39 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=1740, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 10:54:39 Start queue run: pid=1742
2016-05-16 10:54:39 End queue run: pid=1742
2016-05-16 11:02:20 1b29jY-0000Uu-IV samsung R=localuser T=local_delivery
2016-05-16 11:02:20 1b29jY-0000Uu-IV Completed
2016-05-16 11:06:44 exim 4.84_2 daemon started: pid=2071, -q1h, listening for SMTP on port 25 (IPv6 and IPv4) port 587 (IPv6 and IPv4) and for SMTPS on port 465 (IPv6 and IPv4)
2016-05-16 11:06:44 Start queue run: pid=2073
2016-05-16 11:06:44 End queue run: pid=2073

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