[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.1 LDA and sieve (lack of) errors

[Jim McNamara]

On 05/18/2013 05:35 PM, Stephan Bosch wrote:
>
>> root at hostname:/usr/local/dovecot-2.2.1# doveconf -n
>> # 2.2.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
>> # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0
>>
>> mail_debug = yes
>
> So, mail_debug is enabled.
>
>> Here's the file that calls dovecot-lda for user jim:
>>
>> vpopmail at hostname:~/domains/domain.com/jim$ cat .qmail-default
>> |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d 
>> $EXT@$USER
>>
>> Both /var/qmail/bin/preline and 
>> /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda exist.
>
> Are you sure this is actually being executed? What happens if you 
> execute dovecot-lda manually?
I found that LDA was not being executed from the user's .qmail-default 
file, I changed that file to call a non-existent delivery agent, and the 
message still ended up in the inbox, not sorted as it should have been, 
so vpopmail was still handling the delivery. This is a qmail issue, 
simply renaming .qmail-default to .qmail in that user's vpopmail 
directory allowed lda to begin functioning.

>
> This is an example of what you're supposed to see in the logs with 
> mail_debug=yes:
>
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda: Debug: Loading modules from 
> directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda: Debug: Module loaded: 
> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: Effective 
> uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/stephan
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: Namespace inbox: 
> type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, 
> subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: maildir++: 
> root=/home/stephan/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, 
> inbox=/home/stephan/Maildir, alt=
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: userdb lookup 
> skipped, username taken from USER environment
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: none: root=, 
> index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt=
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: Destination 
> address: stephan at klara (source: user at hostname)
> May 18 23:28:02 klara dovecot: lda(stephan): Debug: sieve: Pigeonhole 
> version 0.4.0 initializing
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.
>
>
Now this is interesting - I do have Pigeonhole and sieve enabled 
according to doveconf -n, but the only mention of sieve is as a 
subdirectory of the user's home, no mention of the sieve module at all. 
I do see that Pigeonhole 0.4.0 is enabled. Also, there have only been 0 
mentions of lda in the current dovecot log, and that log is 6 hours old.

I'll try running dovecot-lda manually after checking out the man page.

Thanks again for the help!