imapc_port not working

Aki Tuomi aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com
Tue Oct 27 11:57:22 EET 2020


Not sure what happens if you do that with Sieve refilter (UID FILTER) command with imapc. 

Are you sure you want to use imapc and not something like fetchmail here instead?

Aki


> On 27/10/2020 11:52 David Tildesley <davotnz at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Aki ,
> 
> I need to Sieve to match the message headers TO, CC, BCC against a list of email addresses. If it gets a match, I want Sieve to set the x-original-to header to that email address (I think I can do that with Sieve extension).
> 
> Is this doable?
> 
> Thanks,
> David.
> 
> On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 10:47:02 pm NZDT, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> imap proxy is a "dumb proxy", it will just pass everything to google & back after you've authenticated.
> 
> imapc allows you to use imap sieve to some extent. I'm not sure what kind of Sieve manipulations you have in mind.
> 
> Aki
> 
> 
> > On 27/10/2020 11:42 David Tildesley <davotnz at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Aki,
> > 
> > Thanks. I didn't know that about imapc - but by the way, I finally got it working.
> > 
> > The reason why I am inserting Dovecot between my (single) client and our Exchange server (eventually - I am still testing against imap.gmail.com) is to that I can manipulate the email with Sieve due to limitations of my client (Genesys).
> > 
> > Give the above scenario, should I use imapc or proxy ?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > David.
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 10:17:37 pm NZDT, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > You know that imapc != imap proxy.
> > 
> > imapc is a thin client, which is a "mail storage provider" like maildir.
> > 
> > imap proxy is when you proxy the connection somewhere. this is done with proxy_ settings in passdb.
> > 
> > You need to specify
> > 
> > ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
> > 
> > to get cert verification working with imapc. it's required.
> > 
> > Aki
> > 
> > 
> > > On 27/10/2020 10:54 David Tildesley <davotnz at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have solved the port problem by specifying it in the passdb section as userdb_imapc_port=993
> > > 
> > > But:
> > > This is in the error log when I make a connection from the client:
> > > 
> > > Oct 27 08:49:16 imapproxy01 dovecot: auth: Fatal: passdb imap: Cannot verify certificate without ssl_ca_dir or ssl_ca_file setting
> > > Oct 27 08:49:16 imapproxy01 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 09:48:49 pm NZDT, David Tildesley <davotnz at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > xxxx at imapproxy01:/etc/dovecot/conf.d$ dovecot -n
> > > # 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> > > # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 ()
> > > # OS: Linux 5.4.0-1031-azure x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
> > > # Hostname: imapproxy01.trf04sdec2hu1b4wur4lazeo3f.px.internal.cloudapp.net
> > > auth_verbose = yes
> > > disable_plaintext_auth = no
> > > imapc_host = imap.gmail.com
> > > imapc_password = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > > imapc_port = 993
> > > imapc_ssl = imaps
> > > imapc_ssl_verify = no
> > > imapc_user = xxxxxx at gmail.com
> > > mail_home = /home/vmail/%u
> > > mail_location = imapc:~/imapc
> > > mail_privileged_group = mail
> > > namespace inbox {
> > > inbox = yes
> > > location =
> > > mailbox Drafts {
> > > special_use = \Drafts
> > > }
> > > mailbox Junk {
> > > special_use = \Junk
> > > }
> > > mailbox Sent {
> > > special_use = \Sent
> > > }
> > > mailbox "Sent Messages" {
> > > special_use = \Sent
> > > }
> > > mailbox Trash {
> > > special_use = \Trash
> > > }
> > > prefix =
> > > }
> > > passdb {
> > > args = host=imap.gmail.com port=993 ssl=imaps
> > > default_fields = userdb_namespace=gmail userdb_namespace/gmail/list=yes userdb_namespace/gmail/subscriptions=no userdb_namespace/gmail/separator=. userdb_namespace/gmail/prefix=INBOX.gmail. userdb_namespace/gmail/location=imapc: userdb_imapc_host=imap.gmail.com userdb_imapc_user=xxxx at gmail.com userdb_imapc_password=#hidden_use-P_to_show# userdb_imapc_ssl=imaps userdb_imapc_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl/certs userdb_imapc_port=993
> > > driver = imap
> > > }
> > > plugin {
> > > sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
> > > }
> > > protocols = " imap"
> > > ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> > > ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
> > > ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > > ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > > userdb {
> > > driver = prefetch
> > > }
> > > 
> > > On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 09:16:51 pm NZDT, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > On 27/10/2020 10:08 David Tildesley <davotnz at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > Dovecot v2.3.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04LTS
> > > > 
> > > > I have configured for imap proxy to imap.gmail.com
> > > > 
> > > > However whilst the imapc_host setting is working, imapc_port is not - it ignores the value I set and dovecot always tries to connect to gmail on port 143 (as per error log output).
> > > > 
> > > > I have the imapc settings in the 10-mail.conf which gets loaded by dovecoat.conf
> > > > 
> > > > Looks like a bug.
> > > > 
> > > > Any assistance would appreciated.
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > > David.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Can you provide output of `doveconf -n`?
> > > 
> > > Aki
> > >


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