lmtp read error

[Mitrana Cristian]

* Morgan Sackett <msackett at suckafoo.net> [25-03-03 21:12]:
 
> I have a freshly configured Cyrus IMAP system set up.  I am using 
> Postfix to deliver mail to the system, and I currently have it set up to 
> deliver via lmtp over tcp.  Whenever postfix tries to deliver a message, 
> I get an error.  Here is an example
> 
> Mar 25 14:42:06 kang postfix/lmtp[10398]: 537991FCA07: 
> to=<msackett at suckafoo.net>, relay=none, delay=10231, status=deferred 
> (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: read timeout)
> 
> I get the same error when I use a local socket.  
> 
> When I try to telnet to the lmtp port this is what I get:
> 
> kang# telnet localhost lmtp
> Trying ::1...
> telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 
> 
> Then it just hangs.  What is going on?
> 

 It seems no lmtpd is started on localhost:lmtp, check your cyrus.conf
and make sure you start a lmtpd daemon over tcp.

mitu