Dovecot-lmtp Connection refused
Issue : Mails are not delivering to Roundcube OR any other webmail and the Logs showing the following error.
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Oct 16 19:27:45 server.example.com postfix/error[30545]: DF7YHSA90: to=<admin@example.com>, relay=none, delay=924, delays=924/0.13/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (delivery temporarily suspended: connect to mail.example.com[private/dovecot-lmtp]: Connection refused)
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Cause : “lmtp” protocol not correctly enabled on the server
Fix : Please go the “/etc/dovecot” and search for all the files for the string “protocols”.
Command and Output :
Please make sure that lmtp is enabled /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf as given below.
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protocols = imap lmtp
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Also make sure that there is no duplicate entries added in other files.
It’s worked 🙂