On 31/01/17 13:36, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/30/2017 4:13 PM, TE Dukes wrote: >> This is a fresh install, I haven't changed anything except adding >> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf > > the mail transfer agent (postfix) needs a mail delivery agent for > locally delivered mail, in traditional email systems this was often > procmail or fetchmail. dovecot is a mail client, although it contains an > optional local delivery agent. a bit of googling found > http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix This is incorrect. Postfix comes with it's own lda (local(8)) which fills this role. It is true that it can use a 3rd party lda but it is not necessary. To the OP: Set: "home_mailbox = Maildir/" in main.cf. Peter