[Dovecot] General questions about TCP replication with dsync

[Patrick De Zordo]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] Im Auftrag von James
> TD Smith
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Juni 2014 18:29
> An: dovecot at dovecot.org
> Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] General questions about TCP replication with dsync
> 
> On 2014-06-05 17:39:26(+0200), Patrick De Zordo wrote:
> > > > > > 2. Question (much more important):
> > > > > >
> > > > > > We are using sieve scripts for our users, they are replicated
> > > > > > to the replica-host but this errors appears in logs on every
> > > > > > synchronized
> > > message:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ---8<---------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > ----
> > > > > > ---------
> > > > > > dsync-server(email at example.com): Error: Failed to access
> > > > > > mailbox
> > > > > > dovecot/sieve: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log
> > > > > > for more information.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > dsync-server(email at example.com): Error:
> > > > > > stat(/var/vmail/example.com/email/.dovecot.sieve/tmp) failed:
> > > > > > Not a directory
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ---8<---------------------------------------------------------
> > > > > > ----
> > > > > > ---------
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So what’s going on there?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is strange and should not be, right?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any hints?
> > >
> > > It looks like it thinks the .dovecot.sieve file should be a Maildir.
> > > Are you using the Maildir++ format for your mail stores? That uses
> > > "." as a separator for mailbox names. You might want to try changing
> > > the "sieve" config option from ".dovecot.sieve" to something which
> > > doesn't contain dots and rename the files to match.
> > >
> >
> > I'm using "/" as separator ("separator = /" in configuration)..
> > SO it shouldn't be the problem..
> 
> That parameter controls how the mailbox names are presented over IMAP,
> not how they are stored on disk. If you run "doveadm mailbox list -u
> email at example.com"
> you'll get a list like
> 
> INBOX
> Sent
> Drafts
> MailingLists/dovecot
> 
> etc, but if you look in /var/vmail/example.com/email you'll see something
> like
> 
> cur/
> new/
> tmp/
> .Sent/
> .Drafts/
> .MailingList.dovecot/
> 
> If you add LAYOUT=fs to the mail_location option it will store the mailboxes
> as a directory hierarchy. You'll need to convert all the mailboxes to the new
> layout, changing the sieve file name will be much less work.
> 

Absolutely TRUE!
In http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/ManageSieve/Configuration there is this little very small paragraph:
" . Note: It is not wise to place this link inside your mail store, as it may be mistaken for a mail folder. Inside a maildir for instance, the default .dovecot.sieve would show up as phantom folder /dovecot/sieve in your IMAP tree."

But in the example configuration they use "sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve", well probably no one is using Maildir? ;-)

DAMN!	 A day full of researches because of this little error..

Well thank you very much for pointing me on the right way!



> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir
> 
> > Is your sync up and running? With sieve scripts?
> 
> Yes, my sync works. I don't use sieve though.
> 
> James
> 
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