Call procmail after sieve

George Asenov george.asenov at wpx.net
Thu Sep 1 09:54:09 UTC 2022


You are right, after configuration now procmail is started and piped the 
message.
Unfortunately some loop happen after starting procmail
=================================================
  sieve: Started running script 
`/var/lib/dovecot/sieve_after/procmail.svbin'
  sieve: Finished running script `ok' 
(status=/var/lib/dovecot/sieve_after/procmail.svbin, resource usage: no 
usage recorded)
  sieve: multi-script: Execute result
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Executing 
result (status=ok, commit=no)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Starting 
execution of actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Executing actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Executing pipe 
action
  sieve: action pipe: running program: procmail
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Created
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Pass environment: 
USER=test at uk7.teststring567.tk
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Pass environment: 
HOME=/home/uk7/homes/test
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Pass environment: 
HOST=servername.com
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Pass environment: 
RECIPIENT=test at uk7.teststring567.tk
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Pass environment: 
ORIG_RECIPIENT=test at uk7.teststring567.tk
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing pipe action (status=ok, keep=canceled)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing result (no commit, status=ok, keep=no)
  sieve: multi-script: Sequence ended
  sieve: multi-script: Finishing sequence (status=ok)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Executing 
result (status=ok, commit=yes)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Starting 
execution of actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Executing actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finalizing actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finalize pipe 
action (status=ok, action_status=ok, commit_status=ok, pre-commit=yes)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Commit pipe action
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Establishing connection
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Forked child process
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Connected 
to program
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Finished 
streaming payload to program
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Finished 
input to program
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Disconnected
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Waiting 
for program to finish after 0 msecs (timeout = 10000 msecs)
  procmail[152746]: Error while writing to "/var/log/procmail.log"
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Child 
process ended
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152746): Destroy
  dovecot[152745]: 
lda(test at uk7.teststring567.tk)<152745><ZkfLDZJ9EGOpVAIAsVjU+A>: sieve: 
msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: pipe action: piped 
message to program `procmail'
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
finalizing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finishing actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finish pipe action
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing result (final, status=ok, keep=no)
  sieve: multi-script: Sequence finished (status=ok, keep=no)
  sieve: multi-script: Destroy
  auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot/auth-userdb (pid=152676,uid=0): 
Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=25)
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152744): Child 
process ended
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152744): Destroy
  dovecot[152743]: 
lda(test at uk7.teststring567.tk)<152743><0nIfDZJ9EGOnVAIAsVjU+A>: sieve: 
msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: pipe action: piped 
message to program `procmail'
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
finalizing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finishing actions
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finish pipe action
  sieve: msgid=<20220901093826.065F32C7 at servername.com>: Finished 
executing result (final, status=ok, keep=no)
  sieve: multi-script: Sequence finished (status=ok, keep=no)
  sieve: multi-script: Destroy
  auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot/auth-userdb (pid=152676,uid=0): 
Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=24)
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152742): Child 
process ended
  program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (152742): Destroy
############################################

On 31-Aug-22 10:58 PM, Stephan Bosch wrote:
> 
> 
> On 31-8-2022 17:20, Christian Mack wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> You need to activate vnd.dovecot.pipe extention in dovecots sieve.
> And you need to configure it; i.e. specify where the scripts can be found.
> 
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Christian Mack
>>
>> Am 31.08.22 um 15:13 schrieb George Asenov:
>>> Thanks that was the reason for the permissions error. Unfortunately the
>>> next error comes that isn't explanatory:
>>>
>>> ##########################################
>>>   Starting execution of actions
>>>   Executing actions
>>>   Executing pipe action
>>>   Debug: sieve: action pipe: running program: procmail
>>>   Error: sieve: action pipe: failed to execute program `procmail':
>>> vnd.dovecot.pipe extension is unconfigured
>>>   Finished executing pipe action (status=ok, keep=canceled)
>>>   Finished executing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
>>>   Finished executing result (no commit, status=ok, keep=no)
>>>   Debug: sieve: multi-script: Sequence ended
>>>   Debug: sieve: multi-script: Finishing sequence (status=ok)
>>>   Executing result (status=ok, commit=yes)
>>>   Starting execution of actions
>>>   Executing actions
>>>   Finished executing actions (status=ok, keep=none)
>>>   Finalizing actions
>>>   Finalize pipe action (status=ok, action_status=ok, commit_status=ok,
>>> pre-commit=yes)
>>>   Commit pipe action
>>>   Error: sieve: failed to pipe message to program `procmail': refer to
>>> server log for more information. [2022-08-31 13:58:54]
>>>   Finished finalizing actions (status=failure, keep=none)
>>>   Finalize implicit keep (failure=yes)
>>>   Execute implicit keep (failure=yes)
>>>   Start storing into mailbox INBOX
>>>   Executing implicit keep action
>>>   Execute storing into mailbox 'INBOX'
>>>   Saving to mailbox 'INBOX' successful so far
>>>   Finished executing implicit keep action (status=ok)
>>>   Finalize implicit keep action(status=ok, action_status=ok,
>>> commit_status=ok)
>>>   Commit implicit keep action
>>>   Commit storing into mailbox 'INBOX'
>>>   stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX'
>>>   Finish implicit keep action
>>>   Finishing actions
>>>   Finish pipe action
>>>   Finished executing result (final, status=failure, keep=no)
>>>   Debug: sieve: multi-script: Sequence finished (status=failure, 
>>> keep=no)
>>>   Debug: sieve: multi-script: Destroy
>>>   Error: sieve: Execution of script
>>> /var/lib/dovecot/sieve_after/procmail.sieve failed, but implicit keep
>>> was successful
>>> ##########################################
>>>
>>> On 31-Aug-22 2:27 PM, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>>> You are trying to execute /var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail 
>>>> though...
>>>>
>>>> Aki
>>>>
>>>>> On 31/08/2022 14:14 EEST George Asenov <george.asenov at wpx.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>    [root at uk7 ~]# stat /usr/bin/procmail
>>>>>      File: /usr/bin/procmail
>>>>> Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (   12/    
>>>>> mail)
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at uk7 ~]# stat /usr/bin/
>>>>>      File: /usr/bin/
>>>>> Access: (0555/dr-xr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    
>>>>> root)
>>>>>
>>>>> [root at uk7 ~]# stat /usr
>>>>>      File: /usr
>>>>> Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    
>>>>> root)
>>>>>
>>>>> For me it seems that everything with the permissions is ok. Others 
>>>>> also
>>>>> can execute it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Other suggestions?
>>>>> Is the config correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> I forgot to mention
>>>>> # dovecot --version
>>>>> 2.3.16 (7e2e900c1a)
>>>>> On
>>>>> # cat /etc/redhat-release
>>>>> Rocky Linux release 8.6 (Green Obsidian)
>>>>>
>>>>> On 31-Aug-22 1:16 PM, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 31/08/2022 11:40, George Asenov wrote:
>>>>>> [...]> Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112153]:
>>>>>>> lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: 
>>>>>>> Fatal:
>>>>>>> execvp(/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail) failed: Permission 
>>>>>>> denied
>>>>>> That looks like a permission problem - no x Bits set on the 
>>>>>> executable
>>>>>> and/or directories to it (for the dovecot user)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>        Bernd
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Warm regards
>>>>> George A.
>>>>> WPXHosting
>>
> 

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George A.
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