Trying to make getmail6 working

[PCarlsson]

Hello,
I am trying to make getmail6 to work but need some help.

docker exec -it mailserver setup debug getmail
getmailrc_gmail:

  retriever:  SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever(ca_certs="None", certfile="None", getmaildir="/var/lib/getmail", imap_on_delete="None", imap_search="None", keyfile="None", mailboxes="('INBOX',)", move_on_delete="None", password="*", password_command="()", port="993", record_mailbox="True", server="imap.gmail.com", ssl_cert_hostname="None", ssl_ciphers="None", ssl_fingerprints="()", ssl_version="None", timeout="180", use_cram_md5="False", use_kerberos="False", use_peek="True", use_xoauth2="False", username="[email protected]")
  destination:  Maildir(filemode="384", path="/var/mail/jmpcarlsson.se/peter/Maildir/", user="None")
  options:
    delete : False
    delete_after : 0
    delete_bigger_than : 0
    delivered_to : False
    fingerprint : False
    logfile : None
    max_bytes_per_session : 0
    max_message_size : 0
    max_messages_per_session : 500
    message_log : None
    message_log_syslog : True
    message_log_verbose : True
    netrc_file : None
    read_all : False
    received : False
    skip_imap_fetch_size : False
    to_oldmail_on_each_mail : False
    use_netrc : False
    verbose : 2

docker compose logs -f mailserver 
mailserver  | 2025-11-30 12:48:18+01:00 INFO  start-mailserver.sh: Welcome to docker-mailserver v15.1.0
mailserver  | 2025-11-30 12:48:18+01:00 INFO  start-mailserver.sh: Checking configuration
mailserver  | 2025-11-30 12:48:18+01:00 INFO  start-mailserver.sh: Configuring mail server
mailserver  | 2025-11-30 12:48:27+01:00 INFO  start-mailserver.sh: Starting daemons
mailserver  | 2025-11-30 12:48:28+01:00 INFO  start-mailserver.sh: mail.jmpcarlsson.se is up and running
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:27.721435+01:00 mail dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.3.19.1 (9b53102964) starting up for imap, lmtp
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:27.864369+01:00 mail opendkim[984]: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 starting (args: -f)
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:27.922542+01:00 mail opendmarc[990]: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 starting (args: -f -p inet:8893@localhost -P /var/run/opendmarc/opendmarc.pid)
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:27.922547+01:00 mail opendmarc[990]: additional trusted authentication services: mail.jmpcarlsson.se
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.089461+01:00 mail postfix/postfix-script[1065]: warning: not owned by root: /etc/postfix/./client_access_dms_local.db
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.097310+01:00 mail postfix/postfix-script[1080]: starting the Postfix mail system
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.099039+01:00 mail postfix/master[1081]: daemon started -- version 3.7.11, configuration /etc/postfix
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.239596+01:00 mail getmail: Initializing SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever:[email protected]@imap.gmail.com:993:
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.256431+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: starting. /usr/sbin/amavisd at mail.jmpcarlsson.se amavis-2.13.0 (20230106), Unicode aware, LC_CTYPE="C.UTF-8"
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.256443+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: perl=5.036000, user=, EUID: 999 (999);  group=(), EGID: 999 999 (999 999)
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.265827+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: Net::Server: Group Not Defined.  Defaulting to EGID '999 999'
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.265837+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: Net::Server: User Not Defined.  Defaulting to EUID '999'
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268483+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No ext program for   .zoo, tried: zoo
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268500+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No ext program for   .doc, tried: ripole
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268598+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No ext program for   .zst, tried: unzstd
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268605+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No decoder for       .F   
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268608+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No decoder for       .doc 
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268610+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No decoder for       .zoo 
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:28.268612+01:00 mail amavis[1036]: No decoder for       .zst 
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:29.439986+01:00 mail getmail: Delivery error (maildir delivery 1164 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (refuse to deliver mail as root)))
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:29.439997+01:00 mail getmail: msg  1/21 (2354 bytes) msgid 658576813/230430 from <[email protected]>
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:29.814161+01:00 mail getmail: Delivery error (maildir delivery 1165 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (refuse to deliver mail as root)))
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:29.814174+01:00 mail getmail: msg  2/21 (3450 bytes) msgid 658576813/230440 from <[email protected]>
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:30.300041+01:00 mail getmail: Delivery error (maildir delivery 1169 error (127, maildir delivery process failed (refuse to deliver mail as root)))
mailserver  | 2025-11-30T12:48:30.300052+01:00 mail getmail: msg  3/21 (4380 bytes) msgid 658576813/230510 from <[email protected]>

Please let me know if you need additional information.

Thanks in advance!

[casperklein]

Maildir is wrong, use MDA_external instead. See our documentation for more information: https://docker-mailserver.github.io/docker-mailserver/latest/config/advanced/mail-getmail/

This works for me:

[retriever]
type = SimplePOP3SSLRetriever
server = pop.gmail.com
username = [email protected]
password = YYY

[destination]
type = MDA_external
path = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
allow_root_commands = true
arguments =("-d","[email protected]")

[PCarlsson]

Thank you for your quick response!

Yes, changing to that made it work!