Defining INDEX target to other location than maildir seems to have no effect.
Aki Tuomi
aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi
Sat Nov 5 21:40:32 UTC 2016
Hi!
Thank you for reporting this, we'll look into it.
Aki Tuomi
Dovecot oy.
> On November 5, 2016 at 11:31 PM Jules <jules at ispire.me> wrote:
>
>
> How can i commit this as bug report?
>
> > Am 30.10.2016 um 11:04 schrieb Julian Sternberg <jules at ispire.me>:
> >
> > Dovecot Version 2.2.13
> > Linux Distribution: Debian Jessie
> > CPU Architecture: x64
> > Filesystem: GlusterFS/NFS, XFS for Base System/Index Files.
> > Two Dovecot/Postfix nodes accessing same GlusterFS/NFS Maildir.
> >
> > Regardless what i choose in mail_location (:INDEX=MEMORY or :INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n) all Mailbox index files will still get created within the users mail_location maildir: ~/Maildir
> >
> > My mail_location Maildir directory is shared on GlusterFS mount so i need to get index files away from this share due locking mechanism and faster caching.
> >
> > The weird is, if i set INDEX to /var/indexes, the index files getting created sometimes but then not updated frequently and exist parallel on Maildir which are mostly newer than on /var/indexes. If you delete the dovecot.index* files from Maildir, they will get recreated immediatly on Imap access but not on the alternative set INDEX location, they are getting recreated within Maildir again.
> >
> > Here is doveconf -n Output:
> >
> > # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> > # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6
> > auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5
> > disable_plaintext_auth = no
> > first_valid_uid = 2000
> > hostname = censored.hostname.com
> > last_valid_uid = 2000
> > lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
> > lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes
> > listen = *
> > lock_method = dotlock
> > mail_fsync = always
> > mail_gid = 2000
> > mail_home = /storage/vmail/%d/%n
> > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY
> > mail_nfs_storage = yes
> > mail_privileged_group = vmail
> > mail_temp_dir = /var/tmp
> > mail_uid = 2000
> > maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes
> > managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> > managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
> > mmap_disable = yes
> > namespace inbox {
> > inbox = yes
> > location =
> > mailbox Archive {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Archive
> > }
> > mailbox Archives {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Archive
> > }
> > mailbox "Deleted Items" {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Trash
> > }
> > mailbox "Deleted Messages" {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Trash
> > }
> > mailbox Drafts {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Drafts
> > }
> > mailbox Sent {
> > auto = subscribe
> > special_use = \Sent
> > }
> > mailbox "Sent Items" {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Sent
> > }
> > mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \Sent
> > }
> > mailbox Spam {
> > auto = create
> > special_use = \Junk
> > }
> > mailbox Trash {
> > auto = subscribe
> > special_use = \Trash
> > }
> > mailbox virtual/All {
> > auto = no
> > special_use = \All
> > }
> > prefix =
> > separator = /
> > type = private
> > }
> > passdb {
> > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
> > driver = sql
> > }
> > plugin {
> > quota = maildir:User quota
> > quota_rule = *:storage=1G
> > quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M
> > quota_rule3 = Sent:storage=+100M
> > quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u
> > quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u
> > sieve = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/dovecot.sieve
> > sieve_before = /storage/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve
> > sieve_dir = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve
> > sieve_global = /storage/vmail/sieve
> > }
> > postmaster_address = postmaster at censored.hostname.com
> > protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3"
> > quota_full_tempfail = yes
> > service auth {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
> > group = postfix
> > mode = 0660
> > user = postfix
> > }
> > unix_listener auth-userdb {
> > group = vmail
> > mode = 0666
> > user = vmail
> > }
> > }
> > service imap-login {
> > inet_listener imaps {
> > port = 993
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > service_count = 0
> > }
> > service lmtp {
> > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
> > group = postfix
> > mode = 0666
> > user = postfix
> > }
> > }
> > service managesieve-login {
> > inet_listener sieve {
> > port = 4190
> > }
> > service_count = 1
> > }
> > service pop3-login {
> > inet_listener pop3 {
> > port = 110
> > }
> > inet_listener pop3s {
> > port = 995
> > ssl = yes
> > }
> > }
> > service quota-warning {
> > executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh
> > unix_listener quota-warning {
> > user = vmail
> > }
> > user = vmail
> > }
> > ssl = required
> > ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/ssl-bundle-mail.crt
> > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored_hostname.com.crt
> > ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA
> > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored.hostname.com.key
> > ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3
> > ssl_require_crl = no
> > userdb {
> > args = uid=2000 gid=2000 home=/storage/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes
> > driver = static
> > }
> > protocol lmtp {
> > mail_plugins = " quota sieve"
> > }
> > protocol lda {
> > mail_plugins = " sieve quota"
> > }
> > protocol imap {
> > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
> > mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota"
> > }
> > protocol sieve {
> > mail_max_userip_connections = 10
> > }
> > protocol pop3 {
> > mail_plugins = " quota"
> > pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
> > pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> > }
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