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SMTP authentication setup
by Brian 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

At my company we've had a longstanding problem of not being able to send email from devices outside of our internal network and any specific IP address that we open the relay to. As it turns out, SASL has never been set up. I need to set up SASL ASAP but none of the guides I've found seem to work. This is the latest guide I tried: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL I did everything on here minus the last part because it's on the same server. Also, instead of submission inet n - - - - smtpd I did: 127.0.0.1:1025 inet n - - - - smtpd After all is done, however, I'm unable to send any mail. Thunderbird just says sending message but doesn't send and I don't even get an error. I end up having to disable SASL again before I can send mail. Dovecot version 2.0.9 Postfix version 2.6.6 CentOS 6 I have Postfix, Dovecot, and ASSP on the same server. Thanks everyone. -- This email was Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. http://www.sophos.com

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90-sieve.conf syntax - moving from v2.0.x to v2.2.x
by deoren 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Hi, I'm currently running version v2.0.x in production (using Maildir storage) and it's been working well. I'm interested in moving to version 2.2.x and am preparing a test server to do so. As I have been merging the conf file changes between the two versions I noticed syntax changes for the 90-sieve.conf file. There are now 'locations' and presumably to keep referring to local content I'll need to use the 'file:' location type. On my production box (v2.0.x) I have 90-sieve.conf configured like so: sieve = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/vmail/sieve/global.sieve sieve_dir = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/sieve_dir Inside of the /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/ directory (i.e., /var/vmail/sieve/example.com/testuser/) I find: drwxr-xr-x 3 vmail vmail 64 Oct 19 12:07 . drwxr-xr-x 9 vmail vmail 101 Jun 21 10:47 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 vmail vmail 25 Jun 21 11:10 .dovecot.sieve -> sieve_dir/roundcube.sieve -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 3694 Oct 19 12:07 .dovecot.svbin drwx------ 3 vmail vmail 38 Oct 19 11:58 sieve_dir and that works well. I look at the current wiki documentation: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration and I find that the 'seive_dir' conf option is still listed, but the comments for it appear very similar to the comments that precede the 'sieve' conf option in the stock 90-sieve.conf file: # The location of the user's main Sieve script or script storage. The LDA # Sieve plugin uses this to find the active script for Sieve filtering at # delivery. The "include" extension uses this location for retrieving # :personal" scripts. This is also where the ManageSieve service will store # the user's scripts, if supported. Assuming that the 'sieve' and 'sieve_dir' conf settings have not been merged into just 'sieve' (and that I need to use the 'file:' location specifier), is this how I would configure the two settings for Dovecot 2.2.x? sieve = file:/var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = file:/var/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/sieve_dir If the two have been merged, how would I go about configuring the 90-sieve.conf file to get the same results? Thanks for your help.

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Re: last_login plugin with MySQL
by Joseph Tam 21 Oct '14

21 Oct '14

Michael Cramer <michael(a)bigmichi1.de> writes: > anybody knows how this can be achieved with postgresql, because 'ON > DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE' syntax is mysql specific A clear, concise explanation of consistency problems with SQL update-or-insert ("upsert") operation, including a PostgreSQL implementation: http://www.depesz.com/2012/06/10/why-is-upsert-so-complicated/ Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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replication sieve settings
by Martin Schmidt 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hello, can someone give me a hint, where to find an info, how to setup dovecote replication with sieve? On my active.active setup, it replicates the user mdboxes and sieve works also, on the active destination fileserver. Client changes the sieve, tests work fine. But the sieve file won't get replicated to the replica server. As i've researched, it was introduced in dovecot v2.2.rc3 Is it default, that doveadm replicator replicate '*' includes the sieve and i made a config error? Or is there an option to set for the replication service? On dovecot director server, i've set director in conf.d/20-managesieve.conf service managesieve-login { executable = managesieve-login director inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } and added sieve to plugins in conf.d/20-lmtp.conf protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve } doveconf -n ... director_mail_servers = 192.168.200.10 192.168.200.11 director_servers = 192.168.200.1:9090 192.168.200.2:9090 disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_port = 24245 lmtp_proxy = 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 duplicate plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" ... service managesieve-login { executable = managesieve-login director inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } ... protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb mail_plugins = " sieve" } ... Thank you Martin Schmidt Germany

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fixes for quota support on NetBSD
by Thomas Klausner 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi! dovecot-2.2.13 already has quota support for NetBSD, but it's buggy. The attached patches by Manuel Bouyer <bouyer(a)NetBSD.org> fix the issues. There is one thing that's not nice in them: one include is now for "/usr/include/quota.h" since dovecot comes with its own file "quota.h" which is earlier in the search path. Perhaps dovecot's copy can be renamed to dovecot-quota.h or to some other non-conflicting name? Cheers, Thomas

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2.2.14 Panic in imap_fetch_more()
by Hans Morten Kind 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

This panic happens with different users, and it also occured in 2.2.13 Panic: file imap-fetch.c: line 556 (imap_fetch_more): assertion failed: (ctx->client->output_cmd_lock == NULL || ctx->client->output_cmd_lock == cmd) hmk GNU gdb 6.8 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-pc-solaris2.10"... Reading symbols from /datapool/local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libz.so...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libz.so Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.2 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libiconv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libiconv.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/librt.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/librt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libsocket.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libsocket.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libsendfile.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libsendfile.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so Reading symbols from /lib/libaio.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libaio.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libmd.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libmd.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/ld.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld.so.1 Core was generated by `dovecot/imap imap-postlogin'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 79111 ] #0 0xfe7fc8e5 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 #0 0xfe7fc8e5 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #1 0xfe7f7765 in thr_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #2 0xfe7a376f in raise () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #3 0xfe7829e1 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #4 0xfeda13ba in default_fatal_finish (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0) at failures.c:152 backtrace = 0x8093560 "0xfeda22d7 -> 0xfeda15d3 -> 0x806d60b -> 0x805d326 -> 0x806aa61 -> 0x80699d2 -> 0x8069cb7 -> 0x8069d15 -> 0x8069e57 -> 0x8069fe0 -> 0xfedba96d -> 0xfedbc0cc -> 0xfedbab06 -> 0xfedbaa5d -> 0xfed41db1 -"... #5 0xfeda22d7 in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=0x80479e0, format=0x807f310 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0x8047a04 "\236ó\a\b,\002") at failures.c:152 status = 0 #6 0xfeda15d3 in i_panic (format=0x807f310 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:152 ctx = {type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, exit_status = 0, timestamp = 0x0, timestamp_usecs = 0} args = 0x8047a04 "\236ó\a\b,\002" #7 0x0806d60b in imap_fetch_more (ctx=0x80c20e0, cmd=0x80c2018) at ../../src/lib/array.h:158 ret = 135365712 __FUNCTION__ = "imap_fetch_more" #8 0x0805d326 in cmd_fetch (cmd=0x80c2018) at cmd-fetch.c:37 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b8 ctx = (struct imap_fetch_context *) 0x80c20e0 args = (const struct imap_arg *) 0x80c99f0 next_arg = (const struct imap_arg *) 0x80c9a20 list_arg = (const struct imap_arg *) 0x8047a98 search_args = (struct mail_search_args *) 0x0 qresync_args = {qresync_sample_seqset = 0x80c20a8, qresync_sample_uidset = 0x807ee7e} messageset = 0x80c9ab8 "1899" send_vanished = false ret = 1 #9 0x0806aa61 in command_exec (cmd=0x80c2018) at imap-commands.c:101 hook = (const struct command_hook *) 0x809bfd8 ret = 8 #10 0x080699d2 in client_command_input (cmd=0x80c2018) at imap-client.c:130 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b8 command = (struct command *) 0x3 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #11 0x08069cb7 in client_command_input (cmd=0x80c2018) at imap-client.c:130 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b8 command = (struct command *) 0x809d41c __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #12 0x08069d15 in client_handle_next_command (client=0x80b17b8, remove_io_r=0x8047b9d) at imap-client.c:130 No locals. #13 0x08069e57 in client_handle_input (client=0x80b17b8) at imap-client.c:130 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 ret = 10 remove_io = false handled_commands = false __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #14 0x08069fe0 in client_input (client=0x80b17b8) at imap-client.c:130 cmd = (struct client_command_context *) 0x80aa9ac output = (struct ostream *) 0x80abe10 bytes = 1143 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #15 0xfedba96d in io_loop_call_io (io=0x80b7fc8) at ioloop.c:28 ioloop = (struct ioloop *) 0x809bf20 t_id = 2 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_call_io" #16 0xfedbc0cc in io_loop_handler_run_internal (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop-poll.c:96 ctx = (struct ioloop_handler_context *) 0x809ca10 pollfd = (struct pollfd *) 0x809e0a8 tv = {tv_sec = 299, tv_usec = 996793} io = (struct io_file *) 0x80b7fc8 msecs = 299997 ret = 0 call = true #17 0xfedbab06 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop.c:28 No locals. #18 0xfedbaa5d in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop.c:28 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_run" #19 0xfed41db1 in master_service_run (service=0x809be68, callback=0x80771da <client_connected>) at master-service.c:75 No locals. #20 0x08077577 in main (argc=2, argv=0x809bc78) at main.c:72 set_roots = {0x8092fe0, 0x0} login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x80930e8 "\2201\t\b\200", postlogin_socket_path = 0x8093120 "UID FETCH UID FETCH UID FETCH", postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x8076f4e <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x807715d <login_client_failed>, request_auth_token = 1} service_flags = MASTER_SERVICE_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG_OPEN storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT username = 0x0 c = -1

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last_login plugin with MySQL
by Luigi Rosa 20 Oct '14

20 Oct '14

Hi, I have a Dovecot test installation with MySQL userbase and authentication where I am trying to setup last_login plugin with SQL dictionary I read http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/LastLogin and I addes this to my configuration plugin { last_login_dict = sql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext } mail_plugins = $mail_plugins stats protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_stats last_login } When I log in with IMAP I get this error: Error: last_login_dict: dict_init(sql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext) failed: Unknown dict module: sql /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext is the file taht contains the SQL configuration. If I put mysql instead of sql the result is the same: Error: last_login_dict: dict_init(mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext) failed: Unknown dict module: mysql The output of doveconf -n follows. Do you have any idea on how to use MySQL for last_login? Ciao, luigi # 2.2.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 100 k auth_cache_ttl = 8 hours auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ listen = 127.0.0.1, 10.19.67.253 login_greeting = Ready. login_trusted_networks = 10.xx.xx.0/24, 2001:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::/64 mail_plugins = " stats" mailbox_list_index = yes maildir_stat_dirs = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { last_login_dict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve stats_refresh = 10s stats_track_cmds = yes } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0666 } } ssl_cert = </etc/xxxxx/xxxxxx.luigirosa.com.crt ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/xxxxx/xxxxx.luigirosa.com.key ssl_parameters_regenerate = 202 hours ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 syslog_facility = local5 userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugins = " stats imap_stats last_login" } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ Microsoft launches site to help those with H1N1. No help for those with Windows 7 --fark.com

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Re: doveadm-move(1)
by Joseph Tam 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Pascal Volk writes: >> Cut&pasted off the terminal man page output. Looking into >> man1/doveadm-move.1, I see >> >> .B doveadm move \-u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox INBOX BEFORE \(rs >> .B 2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011 >> >> so it's a problem with my nroff, not dovecot's man pages. (Hmm, it >> happens with groff too -- it appears to be some sort of line length bug.) > > Well, there was a problem with non-escaped dashes. But that was fixed 10 > months ago: > http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/diff/8a3d0426f514/doc/man/doveadm-move.1.… Nope, that didn't fix it. > I'm not sure, if that is the reason for the problem. > > Which OS, *roff are you using? Maybe I'm able to reproduce the problem. :-) It's Solaris10 nroff, and GNU groff 1.19.1. Ancient stuff so I wouldn't spend too much time looking at it. It's weird that two independent software implementations would do the same thing. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Fwd: Re: Wiki advice on running getmail on INBOX access - how does that work?
by c128 mail 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Just re-tried this, and it doesn't seem to fire getmail on access for me. My incrontab is as follows: /home/user/Maildir/cur/ IN_ALL_EVENTS,IN_ONESHOT /home/user/bin/mvmail.sh The incrontab rule does work, but only if I make a physical change in /home/user/Maildir/cur/ e.g. by moving a mail from another folder in there. Just accessing the particular inbox doesn't seem to trigger anything. On 18/10/14 19:54, c128 mail wrote: > Yeah, I see what you mean - it should trigger by IN_ACCESS (from > IN_ALL_EVENTS) shouldn't it. I hadn't previously scanned over the full > set of events: > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man5/incrontab.5.html > > I'll set this up again and report back one way or another. > > Thanks. > > On 18/10/14 19:50, Gedalya wrote: >> On 10/18/2014 02:38 PM, c128 mail wrote: >>> > What exactly did happen? >>> >>> Oh, yeah, didn't make that clear ;-) >>> >>> Nothing happened...not without coaxing. >>> >>> If I forced a change to the directory, then it worked - but there >>> wouldn't be a change to the directory in normal operation, other than >>> by mail population? >> It's not supposed to require changes. Note the IN_ALL_EVENTS definition. >> This would include any attempt to open the directory and take a peek. >> If you configured it according to the wiki and it's not working then we >> have troubleshooting to do, but that's the theory. >> I'm not familiar with incron but I've worked with Linux's inotify. >> >>> >>> On 18/10/14 19:28, Gedalya wrote: >>>> On 10/18/2014 01:24 PM, c128 mail wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I'm currently running getmail in a cron job every 2 minutes, so I was >>>>> quite intrigued by this on the wiki: >>>>> >>>>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/TriggerGetmailOnIMAPAccess >>>>> >>>>> Thing is - I couldn't see how it would work and, when I tried it, it >>>>> didn't work (at least not for me). >>>> What exactly did happen? >>>> >>>>> >>>>> It details using incrontab to monitor /home/username/.maildir/cur in >>>>> order to trigger getmail. >>>>> >>>>> However, "cur" won't change unless populated with mail...as an initial >>>>> result of actually running getmail? Seems like a chicken and egg >>>>> situation. >>>> access != change >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I reckon I'm missing something fundamental :-), but what is it? >>>>> >>>>> Ta. >>>> >>

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sieve folder separator
by Thomas Koch 19 Oct '14

19 Oct '14

Hi, I'm moving from one email provider (me) to another (mailbox.org) and observed that the new provider uses "/" instead of "." as a folder separator. Now I need to adapt my sieve script. It's not too much work and I can even just define a variable at the beginning of my script: set "SEP" "/" But it would be great, if SIEVE would come with a predefined constant for the folder separator. Or does this already exists and I didn't find it? Thank you, Thomas Koch

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Wiki advice on running getmail on INBOX access - how does that work?
by c128 mail 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

Hi, I'm currently running getmail in a cron job every 2 minutes, so I was quite intrigued by this on the wiki: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/TriggerGetmailOnIMAPAccess Thing is - I couldn't see how it would work and, when I tried it, it didn't work (at least not for me). It details using incrontab to monitor /home/username/.maildir/cur in order to trigger getmail. However, "cur" won't change unless populated with mail...as an initial result of actually running getmail? Seems like a chicken and egg situation. I reckon I'm missing something fundamental :-), but what is it? Ta.

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Recap: last_login plugin with MySQL
by Luigi Rosa 18 Oct '14

18 Oct '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 With many thanks to Gedalya and Sven Hartge Situation: Dovecot installation with userbase in a MySQL table with the same structure described in Postfix.Admin installation; filesystem permission is flat with a single user (vmail) who owns maildir mailbox files and directories. Procedure to implement last-login plugin to update mailbox table. The lastlogin value is an integer in time() format Alter mailbox SQL table to add a `lastlogin` unsigned int field Add this to 10-master.conf service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0660 user = vmail } } In 90-plugin.conf add this: plugin { last_login_dict = proxy::lastlogin last_login_key = last-login/%u # default } dict { lastlogin = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } Enable last login for IMAP and POP3: protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins last_login } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins last_login } Finally edit dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext and add this lines: connect = {same values as dovecot-sql.conf.ext} map { pattern = shared/last-login/$user table = mailbox username_field = username value_field = lastlogin fields { username = $user } } Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ After things have gone from bad to worse, the cycle will repeat itself. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUQp/PAAoJEO5WT/qgw4yKLscP/1ysmNOP23fQeqN2I7gxfhKp 4TF0Buf0rxKjxzjE5jcw4T/vDKhdjj2uaYtpUkE188l+tmGdeQ55ENyXEml/Svvw eEs9Kc2UJTlSQpQFpspUezvOtPwgb0L3720rCqs61BshGFgpZsiUEpPW8mHeVoo1 j5zmo9TVdrSPr8XqLzoR+fdIamZRzZH2pLA9x9cgzsVMmqSlMm4Xv3f/JMloNs98 fwWo13Ji5uFCRbbMmNUDCDOpd4wPYZ7ASS64Jf9nR4DZ75fnQmRgvsbl3EWicrqT 94Z4hlSEkOYWxDzooFta37+Sp61IjQWkWFiM+0260Q5u8IArpatW+tT2eD3jzaxP Gu0HB8jg+bT9cXXtfo1HyA+JYswEtwKiUvUKa/09j6oDGgBD2KR1yhDJNsZsJXkB bEKsACdSztEvfe9j91AzW8S/W3Uk5c7l9RH1CXVNTCbQXaeagScAguh94KKP0oiW P43mBkuFg2mM+5+bXz0U8EYfswt/zYkp/pKFajEwyXIWdeUICPmFJA+GKpBXeJPn CL8nJCnUpKNsy85+Z6MXYXIv6a0D0utocdsQzR8gjG2whNnv7EFeHa2hyagKfG5g ydOSG6tKlWHCOSFaTogmUVZVXEGsE1gUmJZMeoyZVI5jEl3b3KJSTxB7QHtMsm5q NOyZ+PdNJtyDC8n4T48t =MJj6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Disk Encryption
by Simon Brereton 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi As I understand it email headers need to be unencrypted (otherwise DKIM doesn't work). From the MUA to either Postfix, or Dovecot the connection is (or can/should be) secured with TLS/SSL. What I would like to know is if it is possible to encrypt the mailstore? Postfix is using Dovecot for delivery so it's only Dovecot that would need to encrypt/decrypt the mailstore. Is this possible? Is there a terrible reason to do it even if it is possible? I realise that from MTA to MTA there's no guarantee of encryption (and in fact it's very unlikely unless keys have been exchanged), but my primary goal is supplement the physical security of the mail store of mails we already have or have sent. Mostly just idle curiosity as to what has been done, or what could be done. What is worth doing is a separate thread entirely. Thanks. Simon

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High memory usage
by Hanna Ruotsalainen 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi I recently (about 2 weeks ago) moved over my users over to a new version of dovecot (2.0.9) and now the memory usage on the new server seems much higher than it was before. The new server is a CentOS 6 VM with 4 GB of RAM and 4 CPUs and according to top, it's used up all of the RAM and all of the Swap. Here's a sample of the output from top (sorted by allocated memory). top - 10:42:36 up 22 days, 21:57, 1 user, load average: 1.04, 1.40, 1.52 Tasks: 1643 total, 1 running, 1642 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.7%us, 0.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 93.3%id, 5.1%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st Mem: 3924432k total, 3779236k used, 145196k free, 23740k buffers Swap: 4063228k total, 3181164k used, 882064k free, 156420k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 16738 root 20 0 399m 182m 436 S 0.0 4.8 5:50.58 config 18790 dovenull 20 0 54528 11m 2036 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.05 imap-login 22277 dovenull 20 0 54528 11m 2156 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.04 imap-login 22796 dovenull 20 0 54528 11m 2140 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.03 imap-login 22749 dovenull 20 0 54528 11m 2148 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.03 imap-login 22825 dovenull 20 0 54528 11m 2156 S 0.0 0.3 0:00.03 imap-login This is with 1015 imap processes and 484 imap-login processes. The old version was 1.0.rc15 and running on a CentOS 4 box with 2GB of RAM. It was overloaded but the RAM usage wasn't maxed out like this one is (not much swap usage and a large amount of cached memory). Is this amount of memory usage normal? What could be causing it, if it isn't? Thanks for your help, Hanna Here is the output of dovecot -n: # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) nfs auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * login_greeting = Ready. mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/mail/%1Lu/%u:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/indexes/%1Lu/%u mail_plugins = " mail_log notify" maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes mbox_lazy_writes = no namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-pass.conf driver = ldap } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size } protocols = imap pop3 service anvil { client_limit = 1250 } service auth { client_limit = 4300 user = root } service imap-login { process_limit = 600 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 1536 } service pop3-login { process_limit = 600 service_count = 1 } service pop3 { process_limit = 1536 } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-user.conf driver = ldap } version_ignore = yes protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/imap.ecuad.ca.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/imap.ecuad.ca.pem } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/pop.ecuad.ca.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/pop.ecuad.ca.pem } protocol lda { postmaster_address = _postmaster(a)example.com_ } -- Hanna Ruotsalainen Coordinator of Information Applications, IT Services | tel 604 844 3875 local 3875 emily carr university of art + design <http://www.ecuad.ca> | 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver BC V6H 3R9

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replicating (manage)sieve - no symlink on replica?
by Philipp 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

2.2.13/0.4.2, both from source-tarball, no fancy options. tcp-replication between two nodes and following plugin parameters (same on both sides, except the ip-addr) plugin { sieve_before = /home/ssfn/etc/dovecot/sieve.default sieve_global_dir = /home/ssfn/etc/dovecot sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/.sieve sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.duplicate sieve_duplicate_period = 6h mail_replica = tcp:10.66.50.15:9993 } mail_location = sdbox:/home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/%n mail_home = /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/%n Testbed: user getting first email delivered, the subdir %n/.sieve/tmp is automatically created as expected. User logs into managesieve on node1 and uploads a script. The %n/.sieve/managesieve.sieve and the symlink .dovecot.sieve -> .sieve/managesieve.sieve is created as expected. One node2 (via replica) happens: automatically create %n/.sieve/tmp automatically create/sync %n/.sieve/managesieve.sieve just NOT the symlink .dovecot.sieve -> .sieve/managesieve.sieve Logfiles for lmtp,doveadm,dsync-local dont indicate an error why it could not create the link or such, to me it looks like it wouldnt even try. mail-syncing works flawlessly (for delivery, just read about the expunge .. hum.) I tried to force a full-resync via doveadm replicator afterwards, to no change on the matter. Any input? Log from node2 after the moment managesieve saves everything correctly on node1: Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: auth input: user=ssfntest Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: auth input: ssfntest Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/=yes Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: Effective uid=993, gid=993, home=/home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=sdbox:/home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest:INDEX=/home/ssfn/var/mail/index/ssfntest:ALT=/home/ssfn/var/mail/alternate/ssfntest Sep 11 15:20:12 doveadm(10.66.30.15,ssfntest): Debug: fs: root=/home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest, index=/home/ssfn/var/mail/index/ssfntest, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt=/home/ssfn/var/mail/alternate/ssfntest Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest: mode=0700 gid=default Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: doveadm-sieve: Iterating Sieve mailbox attributes Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve: Pigeonhole version 0.4.2 initializing Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve-storage: using active sieve script path: /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest/.dovecot.sieve Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve-storage: using sieve script storage directory: /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest/.sieve Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve-storage: permission lookup failed from /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest/.sieve Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve-storage: created storage directory /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest/.sieve/tmp Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve-storage: relative path to sieve storage in active link: .sieve/ Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: sieve: script file /home/ssfn/var/mail/boxes/ssfntest/.sieve/managesieve.sieve not found Sep 11 15:20:12 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: doveadm-sieve: Value missing for key `vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/managesieve' (last change: 1970-01-01 01:00:00) Sep 11 15:20:13 dsync-server(ssfntest): Debug: doveadm-sieve: Assigned value for key `vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/managesieve' FS tree node2 after that: [..boxes]# find ssfntest -ls|grep -v mailb 24442 4 drwx------ 4 ssfnimp dlagimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest 21048 4 drwx------ 3 ssfnimp dlagimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve 21052 4 drwx------ 2 ssfnimp dlagimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve/tmp 21056 4 -rw------- 1 ssfnimp dlagimp 69 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve/managesieve.sieve 21016 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 ssfnimp dlagimp 38 Sep 11 15:05 ssfntest/dbox-alt-root -> /home/dlag/var/mail/alternate/ssfntest FS tree node1 "before": [..boxes]# find ssfntest -ls|grep -v mailb 1835841 4 drwx------ 4 ssfnimp ssfnimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest 1835861 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 ssfnimp ssfnimp 24 Sep 11 15:05 ssfntest/.dovecot.sieve -> .sieve/managesieve.sieve 1835854 4 -rw------- 1 ssfnimp ssfnimp 8 Sep 11 15:05 ssfntest/dovecot-uidvalidity 1835856 4 drwx------ 3 ssfnimp ssfnimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve 1835857 4 drwx------ 2 ssfnimp ssfnimp 4096 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve/tmp 1835860 4 -rw------- 1 ssfnimp ssfnimp 69 Sep 11 15:20 ssfntest/.sieve/managesieve.sieve 1835846 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 ssfnimp ssfnimp 38 Sep 11 15:05 ssfntest/dbox-alt-root -> /home/ssfn/var/mail/alternate/ssfntest

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Re: Unable to get virtual users set up with database auth
by Gedalya 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

When you reply, try to make sure you reply to the list (dovecot(a)dovecot.org) in Thunderbird you should have a Reply List button, or just use reply to all. btw I meant: the output of the 'dovecot -n' command, sorry :D OK so, first of all, lda doesn't do any passdb lookup at all, only userdb. It doesn't have any password to check. Just as a comment, your password query could just as well be: password_query = SELECT uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND uDomain = '%d' auth_username_format = %Lu -- which I believe is set by default, would lowercase the username for you on the way in from the client, so if all your usernames are meant to be purely lowercase, there is no need to return these fields from the database. Set it explicitly just to be sure. You're using a somewhat old version, I'm not sure how it was back then. Either way, this shouldn't be affecting lda. Now, this seems to be wrong. mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u You probably want it more like: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u The first value, ~/mail, will be a /mail directory under the 'home' directory set in your static userdb, and that's where mailboxes (folders) other than INBOX will be stored. It must be a directory, not a file! I'm a little confused about some of the other details in your log. Let's try to correct your mail_location first and see where that takes us. Also, under namespace, you might as well comment out the 'location = ' and 'prefix = ' lines, though I'm not sure it matters. On 10/16/2014 12:51 PM, Cliff Hayes wrote: > Here it is: > > [root@avalon dovecot]# dovecot -n output > # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 Scientific Linux release > 6.5 (Carbon) ext4 > auth_debug = yes > auth_debug_passwords = yes > auth_verbose = yes > auth_verbose_passwords = plain > first_valid_uid = 496 > mail_access_groups = mail > mail_debug = yes > mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > namespace { > hidden = no > inbox = yes > list = yes > location = > prefix = > separator = . > subscriptions = yes > type = private > } > passdb { > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext > driver = sql > } > protocols = imap > ssl_ca = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/intermediate.crt > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/avalon20140929.crt > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/avalon20140929.key > userdb { > args = uid=497 gid=12 home=/var/email/%u > driver = static > } > verbose_ssl = yes > protocol imap { > imap_id_log = * > } > > [root@avalon dovecot]# cat dovecot-sql.conf.ext > > driver = mysql > > default_pass_scheme = PLAIN > > connect = host=localhost dbname=email user=blah password=blah > > password_query = SELECT uName as user, uNameDomain as username, > uDomain as domain, uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND > uDomain = '%d' > > > > > On 10/16/2014 11:24 AM, Gedalya wrote: >> On 10/16/2014 12:19 PM, Cliff Hayes wrote: >>> well i don't want to use system users. but how do I assign a UID and >>> GID to virtual users to eliminate the permissions errors? >>> >> For dovecot, it is like this: >> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/SQL#User_database_lookups >> >> I don't know if this would be OK with your sendmail side. >> >> You should really post your complete dovecot config (dovecot -n output + >> any ".ext" files) so that we can get a better picture. >>

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ssd for /home
by Luciano Gabriel Andino 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi, I am thinking to change sata disk for /home and I want to know if change to a SSD hd, is a good option. I have 30-40 accounts with 30-50K email in boxes. -- Saludos!! Luciano Andino GNU/Linux user #185103 Santa Fe - Argentina -----------------------------------------------

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dsync duplicating identical messages
by Bruno Viaris 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Dear list, I’m trying to setup dovecot/postfix/getmail for a single user application: I have 3 email accounts and 2 main computers (home and work). I want to have an imap server on each machine with sync/replication so that read/reply/delete status and sorting into folders are identical. This part is achieved via dsync and seems to work. Messages are fetched from my ISPs with getmail on both machines. The problem I have is that dsync does not see that a message already fetched on both sides is identical, and duplicates it. I use sdbox (because I like the compression option and the separate storage of attachments). The content of the messages (headers and body) are identical, but the sdbox files have differences in the header and/or trailer. In fact, for each incoming message, I get 4 slightly different files (2 on each machine). Do you know where I could find documentation on how dsync compares messages, and also on sdbox file format ? If you explain me that there is no way to prevent this duplication and that anyway dsync does the right thing, I will probably use getmail only on one machine and let dsync propagate the messages to the other site, but I will miss the redundancy (and some speed) of my wished setup... Thanks -- Bruno P.S. : Background: Home has DSL with 10 MBit/s down and 1 MBit/s up, and full control over NAT / firewall Work internet access is limited by the 100 MBit LAN and has strict firewall and complicated VPN. So it is not easy for my home email client to access the imap server of my work machine, and it is slow for my work email client to access my home imap server. I don’t trust any company for archiving my emails.

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Re: Unable to get virtual users set up with database auth
by Gedalya 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

On 10/16/2014 12:19 PM, Cliff Hayes wrote: > well i don't want to use system users. but how do I assign a UID and > GID to virtual users to eliminate the permissions errors? > For dovecot, it is like this: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/SQL#User_database_lookups I don't know if this would be OK with your sendmail side. You should really post your complete dovecot config (dovecot -n output + any ".ext" files) so that we can get a better picture.

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Unable to get virtual users set up with database auth
by Cliff Hayes 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

I can't seem to get imap virtual users to work with database authentication on new Scientific Linux 6.5 server with Sendmail 8.14.4 & Dovecot 2.0.9 Apparently I have to also create system users because sendmail/procmail/dovecot want to check directory ownership. So I created a database, made entry for the user, created the user chayes on the system. But %u always contains just chayes instead of chayes(a)domain.tld even though I tried different select statements to put the entire username in the username field. This causes the following errors: Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon sendmail[2536]: s9G5APo9002535: forward /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes/.forward.avalon: Group writable directory Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon sendmail[2536]: s9G5APo9002535: forward /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes/.forward: Group writable directory Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Effective uid=497, gid=497, home=/var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Home dir not found: /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:/var/spool/mail/chayes:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/mail/chayes, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Error: user chayes: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mbox: mbox root directory can't be a file: /var/spool/mail/chayes (http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Mbox) Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. protocols = imap mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u password_query = SELECT uNameDomain as username, uDomain as domain, uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND uDomain = '%d' also tried password_query = SELECT uName as username, uDomain as domain, uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND uDomain = '%d' # file: /etc/procmailrc # system-wide settings for procmail SHELL="/bin/bash" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" LOGFILE="/var/log/procmail.log" DROPPRIVS=yes DELIVER="/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver" #MAILDIR=$HOME/ #DEFAULT=$HOME/ :0 w * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes | $DELIVER -m spam :0 w | $DELIVER Thanks in advance

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Unable to get virtual users set up with database auth
by Cliff Hayes 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

I can't seem to get imap virtual users to work with database authentication on new Scientific Linux 6.5 server with Sendmail 8.14.4 & Dovecot 2.0.9 Apparently I have to also create system users because sendmail/procmail/dovecot want to check directory ownership. So I created a database, made entry for the user, created the user chayes on the system. But %u always contains just chayes instead of chayes(a)domain.tld even though I tried different select statements to put the entire username in the username field. This causes the following errors: Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon sendmail[2536]: s9G5APo9002535: forward /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes/.forward.avalon: Group writable directory Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon sendmail[2536]: s9G5APo9002535: forward /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes/.forward: Group writable directory Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Effective uid=497, gid=497, home=/var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Home dir not found: /var/spool/mail/chayes(a)domain.tld/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:/var/spool/mail/chayes:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/mail/chayes, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/chayes Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Error: user chayes: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mbox: mbox root directory can't be a file: /var/spool/mail/chayes (http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Mbox) Oct 16 00:10:26 avalon dovecot: lda(chayes): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. protocols = imap mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u password_query = SELECT uNameDomain as username, uDomain as domain, uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND uDomain = '%d' also tried password_query = SELECT uName as username, uDomain as domain, uPass as password FROM users WHERE uName = '%n' AND uDomain = '%d' # file: /etc/procmailrc # system-wide settings for procmail SHELL="/bin/bash" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" LOGFILE="/var/log/procmail.log" DROPPRIVS=yes DELIVER="/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver" #MAILDIR=$HOME/ #DEFAULT=$HOME/ :0 w * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes | $DELIVER -m spam :0 w | $DELIVER Thanks in advance

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[Dovecot/VirtualUsers/VirtualMailBoxes] No mails into mua
by aleskandro 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi all, I've configured postfix with multiple host and virtual mailboxes (main.cf is here: http://pastebin.com/798VVxbv) So I can receive email to vuser(a)mydomain.tld into /var/mail/vhosts/mydomain.tld/vuser file. Now I'm configuring dovecot 2.2.13-r1; this is my dovecot -n and /etc/dovecot/passwddir/mydomain.tld/passwd: http://pastebin.com/b4xcjj7t - The auth and server subscribe from a mua is ok and in the vuser file there are some mails but I can't see them in my mua. mail.log doesn't report any error. Where I'm wrong? Aleskandro

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Strange quota warning behavior
by Gordon Grubert 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hi, we are using dovecot 2.2.14. So far, we used the following quota warning configuration quota_rule = *:storage=10G quota_warning = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %n quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %n quota_warning3 = storage=70%% quota-warning 70 %n This works fine. Now, we wanted to add the all clear feature for the quota warning by adding this line: quota_warning4 = -storage=70%% quota-warning 70 %n below The result is really strange. Test 1: 70% exceeded: warning3 executed => OK fall below 70%: quota_warning2 executed => NOT OK quota_warning4 executed => OK Test 2: 70% exceeded: warning3 executed => OK 80% exceeded: warning2 executed => OK fall below 80% (but still more than 70%): quota_warning executed => NOT OK fall below 70%: quota_warning2 executed => NOT OK quota_warning4 executed => OK At the moment, we are running the minimal configuration quota_warning = storage=70%% quota-warning 70 %n quota_warning2 = -storage=70%% quota-warning 70 %n below working like expected (warning when exceeding 70% and all clear when falling below 70%). Does anybody know if there is an error in our configuration or maybe, could this be a bug in dovecot? Best regards, Gordon -- Technischer Leiter & stellv. Direktor Universitätsrechenzentrum (URZ) E.-M.-Arndt-Universität Greifswald Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 12 17489 Greifswald Germany Tel. +49 3834 86 1456 Fax. +49 3834 86 1401

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index problem with only 1 folder of 1 box
by Guillaume 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Hello, First of all, sorry for my poor english level. I pass to solr indexing. All is OK, except for the inbox of one of the mailboxes. For this inbox (other folders of the same mailbox have no problems), when i do text search, there is always no response. Others mailboxes have no problems. If i do a : "doveadm -Dv fts rescan -u mybox(a)domain.tld", i can do one and only one search with the correct response. It index the folder, take a few seconds and give me the good answer. If i redo the same search, it's extremly quick with no answers. It's like a cache problem but i don't know where and why... Logs are not very verbose... Here is an example of command line search : ---------------------------------------- $ nc 127.0.0.1 143 * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Bienvenue sur le serveur IMAP de Domain.tld 10 LOGIN "mybox(a)domain.tld" "MyBigSecret" 10 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE SEARCH=FUZZY QUOTA] Logged in 20 SELECT INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft unknown-2 unknown-9 unknown-0 unknown-10 unknown-1 unknown-4 $MDNSent unknown-3 unknown-8 $Forwarded NonJunk) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft unknown-2 unknown-9 unknown-0 unknown-10 unknown-1 unknown-4 $MDNSent unknown-3 unknown-8 $Forwarded NonJunk \*)] Flags permitted. * 8437 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1412669180] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 8439] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 20] Highest 20 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.000 secs). 30 SEARCH text "coucou" * OK Indexed 14% of the mailbox, ETA 0:57 * OK Indexed 29% of the mailbox, ETA 0:47 * OK Indexed 72% of the mailbox, ETA 0:11 * OK Mailbox indexing finished * SEARCH 35 108 153 175 176 182 348 357 360 431 472 479 520 574 575 576 577 578 586 949 984 1025 1032 1033 1034 1087 1099 1129 1284 1313 1314 1315 1366 1372 1465 1538 1711 1726 1758 1759 1969 1981 1983 1984 2036 2077 2104 2116 2162 2181 2193 2437 2504 2587 2663 2808 2809 2854 2861 2862 3076 3087 3088 3137 3188 3189 3190 3191 3192 3193 3196 3197 3250 3251 3252 3327 3328 3329 3330 3331 3332 3379 3464 3481 3494 3521 3528 3582 3589 3593 3596 3651 3667 3672 3695 3787 3789 3939 3940 3941 3942 3943 3944 3945 3946 4019 4020 4034 4043 4134 4146 4175 4241 4346 4379 4422 4490 4491 4537 4540 4542 4543 4544 4550 4627 4727 4742 4767 4790 4817 4828 4831 4839 4862 4888 4899 4901 4906 4911 4916 4957 4999 5003 5004 5008 5009 5010 5011 5012 5013 5039 5062 5081 5092 5119 5138 5145 5150 5152 5185 5186 5187 5216 5246 5247 5282 5283 5314 5316 5320 5322 5325 5337 5353 5360 5363 5385 5432 5447 5472 5485 5496 5498 5500 5528 5551 5564 5567 5595 5598 5642 5794 5841 5896 5933 5960 5961 5994 6001 6005 6016 6017 6051 6075 6125 6152 6163 6215 6238 6239 6240 6241 6287 6311 6342 6350 6353 6357 6369 6431 6472 6689 6928 6945 6951 7026 7030 7045 7046 7115 7210 7212 7214 7230 7256 7295 7298 7340 7489 7490 7492 7654 7655 7658 7660 7676 7767 7768 7800 7801 7913 7937 7956 8075 8085 8102 8111 8144 8266 8329 8333 8394 8395 8431 30 OK Search completed (36.029 secs). 40 SEARCH text "coucou" * SEARCH 40 OK Search completed (0.002 secs). 50 SEARCH text "blabla" * SEARCH 50 OK Search completed (0.002 secs). 60 LOGOUT * BYE Logging out 60 OK Logout completed. ---------------------------------------- To close this question, here is dovecot -n: ---------------------------------------- # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-36-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 5000 hostname = mailserver.domain.tld info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log last_valid_uid = 5000 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_original_recipient_header = X-Original-To listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot-err.log login_greeting = Bienvenue sur le serveur IMAP de Domain.tld mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 5000 mail_location = maildir:/data/mails/%d/%n mail_plugins = " quota fts fts_solr" mail_uid = 5000 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 passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { fts = solr fts_autoindex = yes fts_solr = break-imap-search url=http://localhost:8080/solr/ quota = maildir:User quota sieve = /home/vmail/managesieve/.%n(a)%d.sieve sieve_dir = /home/vmail/managesieve/%d/%n sieve_global_dir = /home/vmail/sieve/ } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)domain.tld protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = root mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } inet_listener sieve_deprecated { port = 2000 } } ssl_ca = </data/certificats/web/domain.tld/ca.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota fts fts_solr sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota fts fts_solr imap_quota" } ------------------------------- By the way, i try to clean solr cache with an : echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches and a restart of the server, but there is always the same problem... Does anyone have an idea to explore? sincerly yours, Guillaume

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Re: doveadm-move(1)
by Joseph Tam 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

Pascal Volk writes: >> EXAMPLE >> Move janes messages - received in September 2011 - from her >> INBOX into her archive. >> >> doveadm move -u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox >> 2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011 >> >> [Is this a typo: "2011-10-01" should be "INBOX"?] >> ? > > Where did you find this example? Cut&pasted off the terminal man page output. Looking into man1/doveadm-move.1, I see .B doveadm move \-u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox INBOX BEFORE \(rs .B 2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011 so it's a problem with my nroff, not dovecot's man pages. (Hmm, it happens with groff too -- it appears to be some sort of line length bug.) > Also http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Move#section_example > shows the correct example. Yes, this makes much more sense. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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pop3-login segfaulting
by James Shewey 16 Oct '14

16 Oct '14

I upgraded dovecot from v1 to v2 as part of a CentOS upgrade (5.6->6.5) and am now running on 2.0.9. Any time I connect to the pop or imap ports however I get "master: Error: service(imap-login): child 2860 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped - add -D parameter to service imap-login { executable }" after following the core dump instructions at http://www.dovecot.org/bugreport.html. The problem is that I'm not sure how these processes are spawned in order to add the switch. Can I spawn them directly? If so, I ought to be able to do an strace to track down the issue as well. Regards, James Shewey NOC Systems Administrator I Product Support Engineering [Description: Panasonic Avionics] Panasonic Avionics Corporation Phone: +1 (949) 672-2000 Direct: +1 (949) 595-5187

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Permissions problem on new installation
by Cliff Hayes 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

I am setting up a new mail server using imap only on Scientific Linux 6.5 and dovecot 2.0.9. How do I fix this problem? I keep getting these errors regardless of permissions ... even up to 777. Oct 15 13:56:01 avalon dovecot: imap(chayes(a)domain.tld): Error: opendir(/var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=497(chayes) egid=12(mail) missing +r perm: /var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir, euid is not dir owner) Oct 15 13:56:01 avalon dovecot: imap(chayes(a)domain.tld): Error: opendir(/var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=497(chayes) egid=12(mail) missing +r perm: /var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir, euid is not dir owner) Oct 15 13:56:01 avalon dovecot: imap(chayes(a)domain.tld): Error: opendir(/var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir/new) failed: Permission denied (euid=497(chayes) egid=12(mail) missing +r perm: /var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir/new, euid is not dir owner) Oct 15 13:56:07 avalon dovecot: imap(chayes(a)domain.tld): Error: opendir(/var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir/new) failed: Permission denied (euid=497(chayes) egid=12(mail) missing +r perm: /var/email/chayes(a)domain.tld/Maildir/new, euid is not dir owner) Yet when i check, chayes is directory owner as follows (currently showing 760 but I've tried everything): drwx------. 3 chayes mail 4096 Oct 15 12:56 chayes(a)domain.tld drwxrwx---. 6 chayes mail 4096 Oct 15 13:55 Maildir drwxrw----. 2 chayes mail 4096 Oct 15 12:56 cur -rw-------. 1 chayes mail 104 Oct 15 12:56 dovecot.index.log -rw-------. 1 chayes mail 0 Oct 15 12:56 dovecot.mailbox.log -rw-------. 1 chayes mail 51 Oct 15 12:56 dovecot-uidlist drwxrw----. 2 chayes mail 4096 Oct 15 12:56 new -rw-------. 1 chayes mail 6 Oct 15 12:56 subscriptions drwxrw----. 2 chayes mail 4096 Oct 15 12:56 tmp dovecot config: protocols = imap mail_access_groups=mail mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir Thanks in advance.

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Re: delete/archive old mail
by Joseph Tam 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

"F." <sottilette(a)rfx.it> writes: >>> doveadm-altmove seems interesting, but in the man page it is reported >>> only work with dbox (dbox-only), and my inboxes are in mbox format. >>> >>> Any other advice? > > As I originally wrote, my need is script or a command like the old > Expire_mail.pl that parse a local mbox folder and move/copy mail older > than NN days to another local mbox folder. > Probably for a Perl programmer is only matter of modify this script or > something similar. > I searched in docs, wiki, ... but not noticied something that can simply > be inserted in a cron job to do the work. > > Only migration tools or complex (for me), library that can be used to > manipulate folders :-) I don't understand how you could have found doveadm-altmove, but miss doveadm-move -- doesn't this dovecot command do exactly what you want? $ man doveadm-move NAME doveadm-move - Move messages matching the given search query into another mailbox ... EXAMPLE Move janes messages - received in September 2011 - from her INBOX into her archive. doveadm move -u jane Archive/2011/09 mailbox 2011-10-01 SINCE 01-Sep-2011 [Is this a typo: "2011-10-01" should be "INBOX"?] The example is fairly close to what you want. Apart from the obvious change to user and mailbox name, the condition would be "savedbefore ${NN}d". You might have to follow this up with an expunge if this operation does not do that. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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mmap_disable=yes not honored always
by Peter Benko 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Hi all, I'm experimenting with having the mail store on a 9p file system that lacks mmap() functionality. So I disabled it in dovecot: mmap_disable = yes However, I keep getting the following error messages in my log: Oct 15 16:55:00 computer-name dovecot: imap user(a)domain.com[192.168.1.3] Error: mmap() failed with file /mail/mailboxes/domain.com/user/indexpvt-accounts/other-user/mailboxes/INBOX/dovecot.index.pvt.log: Invalid argument I only get those messages for the shared folder's private indexes. This setup works perfectly on an ext2/3/4 fs. Any opinions, is this a bug? Is mmap_disable not mandatory for all operations? Best regards, Peter

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Request to list owner
by Jorge Bastos 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Hi list owner, Sorry for this. Is it possible to change the reply-to in mailman to be the list, and not the person who replied? Also the [Dovecot] on the subject would be handy. Just two things to get better. Thanks,

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permissions when moving mails
by Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

Hi! I am using Unix groups to control access to shared mailboxes. This works fine as long as files are not moved between mailboxes that are owned by different groups. The move operation doesn't change group ownership of the mail. Is there a way to force dovecot to e.g. inherit the ownership from the parent folder, not only for new messages bot also for messages moved from one folder to another? The wiki says: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions -------------------- 8< -------------------- When mails are copied between Maildirs, it's usually done by hard linking. If the source and destination directory permissions are different, Dovecot create a new file and copies data the slow way so that it can assign the wanted destination permissions. The source and destination permission lookups are done only by looking at the mailbox root directories' permissions, not individual mail files. This may become a problem if the mail files' permissions aren't as Dovecot expects. -------------------- 8< -------------------- Does dovecot only look at the permissions or does it also take user/group ownership into account? The behavior I experience is that even though the mailbox directories are owned by different groups, dovecot doesn't copy the mails. (See my example below.) Setting maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no seems to fix the problem but maybe this behavior should be considered as a bug? I am using dovecot 2.2.14 and maildir mailboxes. Cheers, --leo P.S.: Here is an example of the current behavior: before the move from PAS to GSD: -------------------- 8< -------------------- GSD/.Eingang/cur/: total 0 drwxrws--- 2 nobody gsd 6 Oct 13 13:46 . drwxrws--- 5 nobody gsd 81 Oct 15 09:41 .. PAS/.Eingang/cur/: total 4 drwxrws--- 2 nobody pas 89 Oct 15 09:39 . drwxrws--- 5 nobody pas 79 Oct 15 09:39 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 nobody pas 4073 Jul 8 08:14 1404967500.M656935P20690.samba.intern.rk-klosterneuburg.at,S=4073,W=4213:2,S -------------------- 8< -------------------- after the move: -------------------- 8< -------------------- GSD/.Eingang/cur/: total 4 drwxrws--- 2 nobody gsd 87 Oct 15 09:42 . drwxrws--- 5 nobody gsd 81 Oct 15 09:42 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 nobody pas 4073 Jul 8 08:14 1413358925.M22574P3008.samba.intern.rk-klosterneuburg.at,S=4073,W=4213:2,S PAS/.Eingang/cur/: total 0 drwxrws--- 2 nobody pas 6 Oct 15 09:42 . drwxrws--- 5 nobody pas 79 Oct 15 09:42 .. -------------------- 8< -------------------- Mailbox directories are: -------------------- 8< -------------------- drwxrws--- 4 nobody pas 143 Nov 25 2013 PAS drwxrws--- 5 nobody pas 79 Oct 15 09:57 PAS/.Eingang drwxrws--- 10 nobody gsd 4096 Dec 11 2013 GSD drwxrws--- 5 nobody gsd 81 Oct 15 09:42 GSD/.Eingang -------------------- 8< -------------------- (In my own litte world, the mail should now be owned by the gsd group.. :-)) -- e-mail ::: Leo.Bergolth (at) wu.ac.at fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050 location ::: IT-Services | Vienna University of Economics | Austria

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Dbox and Exim
by C Peters 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

The Dovecot wiki [1] doesn't list either Exim, Postfix or anything else as supporting the dbox. I did some searching in the Exim archives and have found only one message mentioning dbox, sdbox or mdbox. [2] I think an RFC would go a long way towards getting the format supported. Has Timo, or anyone else, considered submitting an RFC to the IETF? My question was how are we going to use it if Exim doesn't support it. It looks like we can filter it and convert it with dovecot-lda. [3] I have generally avoided using Procmail for a few years because of various problems and it's a dead software project that hasn't been developed in what 15 to 20 years. I am thinking about trying it with Exim's built in Maildrop filtering support. Has anybody tried that? What else are people using to enable dbox? The more specific question on the problem I am trying to solve. I have been using mbox for years, and I can't even get Dovecot, IMAP and Thunderbird working on the LAN because it can't handle the GB's of old mail. Mutt works on the local machine, but I want something that works while I am using something other than ssh and mutt. For example I want to try Mailpile and K9. I would like to try dbox, but given it's lack of support in Exim or Postfix, I'll probably convert to maildir. Thanks, Chuck 1. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat 1. https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20110220.014144.87010abd.en.html Thread view: https://lists.exim.org/lurker/thread/20110216.223226.015539ba.en.html#i2011… 2. http://ramblings.narrabilis.com/mdboxprocmail

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Proxy problem: "[COMPRESSIONACTIVE] TLS compression already enabled"
by Ralf Hildebrandt 15 Oct '14

15 Oct '14

We're proxying using 2.2.14~rc1 (on our IMAP Proxy) to two dovecot backend servers running dovecot-2.2.13-r1 When we're using Thundebird to connect to the dovecot proxy, we're getting the message "The mail server for account ACCOUNTNAME responded: [COMPRESSIONACTIVE] TLS compression already enabled" But why? Capabilities reported by the proxy: . OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE SEARCH=FUZZY COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA] Logged in Capabilities of the backend servers when connecting directly: . OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE SEARCH=FUZZY COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA] Logged in -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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bandwidth shaping
by Alan Bailward 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hey all, sorry if this has been asked before, but I haven’t really found a good solution. I have a mac at home and randomly, maybe once a week or once a month, Mail.app will go crazy and use as much bandwidth as I have to pull down mail. I’m not home so I can’t tell what it’s done or why, and sometimes it stops after an hour, sometimes it goes all night, leaving me with a potentially big bandwidth bill for my colo’d server which hosts my mail (dovecot 1.2.9, postfix 2.7.0 on Ubuntu LTS 10.04). I’m wondering if there’s a way to restrict bandwidth that’s the “accepted” and proper way with dovecot? There isn’t anything (AFAICT) built into dovecot, and the alternative seems to be setting up bandwidth shaping with ‘ip’, but that is a pretty horrible nest of ugliness. Is there a fairly simple setup to set it so imap/pop traffic can only ever use 1mb/s (or some arbitrary number)? I’m not looking for a one liner, but each time this happens I say “I’m going to figure this out and fix this”, then get lost in ip and shaping queues and give up in frustration until the next time it happens, when I say “I’m *really* going to figure this out this time…”. Anyone have any pointers? TIA Alan

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auth-worker goes wild
by Hans Morten Kind 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

dovecot-2.2.13 running on Solaris-10, app 5000 concurrent connections, and a pretty standard config where passdb is set up with driver = pam. We have had some situations where an auth-worker gets into a loop, the load on the server rises and the auth-master seems blocked untill finally no new imap nor pop session are accepted. A 'doveadm reload' restores normal operations. With debug logging enabled we are observing this: auth: Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33,<7WMu3UkEGQCBsR4h>): cache miss auth-worker(24556): Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33): lookup service=dovecot auth-worker(24556): Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33): #1/1 style=2 msg=Please enter user name: ... auth-worker(24556): Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33): #1/1 style=2 msg=Please enter user name: etc etc After some time dovecot only logs Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting) Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 26 secs) 'truss -wall -aep PID' on the looping auth-worker shows the loop: 0.0757 write(2, 0x080AE0C0, 71) = 71 0101 2 4 5 5 6 p a m ( , 1 0 . 1 0 . 3 0 . 3 3 ) : # 1 / 1 s t y l e = 2 m s g = P l e a s e e n t e r u s e r n a m e : \n 0.0826 write(2, 0x080AE0C0, 71) = 71 0101 2 4 5 5 6 p a m ( , 1 0 . 1 0 . 3 0 . 3 3 ) : # 1 / 1 s t y l e = 2 m s g = P l e a s e e n t e r u s e r n a m e : \n The host at 10.10.30.33 is running RoundCube for app 1000 concurrent users. This problem started after we provided our users RoundCube, and every time we end up in this stuck situation, it is the RoundCube-server making the connections where the username has zero length. I am unable to reproduce how RoundCube puts dovecot into this mess. With the enclosed patch installed, the loop terminates and normal operation are restored immediately: auth: Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33,<Q8kV6AEFYwCBsR4h>): cache miss auth-worker(18658): Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33): lookup service=dovecot auth-worker(18658): Debug: pam(,10.10.30.33): #1/1 style=2 msg=Please enter user name: auth-worker(18658): Fatal: NO USER? auth-worker(18658): Error: Raw backtrace: 0xfef0798c -> 0xfef06d3b -> 0x807ca6e -> 0xfecc460e -> 0xfecc1d1e -> 0xfe3c0af4 -> 0xfecc2608 -> 0xfecc27f1 -> 0x807cc5e -> 0x807d162 -> 0x807d310 -> 0x8069ca1 -> 0x806ab72 -> 0x806aeec -> 0xfef1e866 -> 0xfef2001c -> 0xfef1e9ff -> 0xfef1e956 -> 0xfeeb0172 -> 0x8071bf2 -> 0x805a650 auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted PASSV request for : Worker process died unexpectedly I think however, that the pam driver should not have been initiated when the username has zero length, definitely there is nobody around to answer the prompt for a username ... hmk

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Doveadm quota recalc sets quota for wrong quota root
by Rick van den Hof 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hi, In our setup, we use two quota roots. One for user quota and one for domain quota. If a user has no quota, then the domain quota is applied. For a user with user quota this is how it looks: # doveadm quota get -u test(a)shellz.nl Quota name Type Value Limit % Domain quota STORAGE 1439155 2560000 56 Domain quota MESSAGE 21257 - 0 User quota STORAGE 0 102400 0 User quota MESSAGE 0 - 0 In this case, the whole domain contains 21257 messages but the account itself contains 0. For a user with only domain quota, this is how it looks: # doveadm quota get -u rick(a)shellz.nl Quota name Type Value Limit % Domain quota STORAGE 1439155 2560000 56 Domain quota MESSAGE 21257 - 0 User quota STORAGE 693299 - 0 User quota MESSAGE 12876 - 0 So far so good. My account contains 12876 messages. Now I've sent a message containing a 1mb.bin as attachment to test(a)shellz.nl: # doveadm quota get -u test(a)shellz.nl Quota name Type Value Limit % Domain quota STORAGE 1440540 2560000 56 Domain quota MESSAGE 21258 - 0 User quota STORAGE 1384 102400 1 User quota MESSAGE 1 - 0 Seems to be fine, the message on disk is indeed 1.4MB and this has been added to both domain and user quota. Now see what happens when I run the following command: # doveadm quota recalc -u test(a)shellz.nl # doveadm quota get -u test(a)shellz.nl Quota name Type Value Limit % Domain quota STORAGE 1384 2560000 0 Domain quota MESSAGE 1 - 0 User quota STORAGE 1384 102400 1 User quota MESSAGE 1 - 0 The recalc action has updated the domain usage to reflect the specific user's usage (my 12876 messages are no longer counted). We log domain usage (usage_domain) in a seperate table from mailbox usage (usage_mailbox). These are the queries that set the usage: 256 Query BEGIN 256 Query DELETE FROM usage_domain WHERE domain = 'shellz.nl' 256 Query DELETE FROM usage_domain WHERE domain = 'shellz.nl' 256 Query INSERT INTO usage_domain (bytes,domain) VALUES ('1418118','shellz.nl') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE bytes='1418118' 256 Query INSERT INTO usage_domain (messages,domain) VALUES ('1','shellz.nl') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE messages='1' 256 Query COMMIT 257 Query BEGIN 257 Query DELETE FROM usage_mailbox WHERE userdomain = 'test(a)shellz.nl' 257 Query DELETE FROM usage_mailbox WHERE userdomain = 'test(a)shellz.nl' 257 Query INSERT INTO usage_mailbox (bytes,userdomain) VALUES ('1418118','test(a)shellz.nl') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE bytes='1418118' 257 Query INSERT INTO usage_mailbox (messages,userdomain) VALUES ('1','test(a)shellz.nl') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE messages='1' 257 Query COMMIT How do I prevent this from happening? It should only update the usage_mailbox table when I run the recalc command. Could this be because we use seperate tables for domain and user usage? dovecot -n: # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890+=_.-@& dict { expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-expire.conf quotadomaindict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-quota-domain.conf quotauserdict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-quota-user.conf } disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = *,[::] mail_fsync = never mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = quota expire 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 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-user.conf driver = sql } plugin { expire = Trash expire2 = Spam expire_dict = proxy::expire mail_log_events = delete copy save expunge mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = dict:Domain quota:%d:proxy::quotadomaindict quota_rule2 = Trash:ignore quota_warning = storage=99%% doquotawarning 99 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% doquotawarning 95 %u quota_warning3 = storage=75%% doquotawarning 75 %u quota2 = dict:User quota::proxy::quotauserdict quota2_rule2 = Trash:ignore quota2_warning = storage=99%% doquotawarning 99 %u quota2_warning2 = storage=95%% doquotawarning 95 %u quota2_warning3 = storage=75%% doquotawarning 75 %u } protocols = imap pop3 service auth-worker { unix_listener auth-worker { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = vmail } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service doquotawarning { executable = script /usr/bin/doquotawarning.py unix_listener doquotawarning { user = vmail } user = vmail } service imap-login { chroot = process_limit = 200 process_min_avail = 2 } service imap { executable = imap postlogin } service managesieve-login { chroot = } service pop3-login { chroot = process_limit = 50 process_min_avail = 2 } service pop3 { executable = pop3 postlogin } service postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/postfixint/dolastlogin.py user = $default_internal_user } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/wild.totaal.net/wild.totaal.net.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/ssl/certs/wild.totaal.net/wild.totaal.net.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-user.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota mail_log notify expire } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota expire pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, bytes=%i/%o pop3_uidl_format = %f } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = quota sieve expire postmaster_address = hostmaster(a)vps04.totaal.net rejection_reason = Your message to <%t>' was automatically rejected:%n%r } dovecot-sql-quota-domain.conf: connect = xxx map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = usage_domain username_field = domain value_field = bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = usage_domain username_field = domain value_field = messages } dovecot-sql-quota-user.conf: connect = xxx map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = usage_mailbox username_field = userdomain value_field = bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = usage_mailbox username_field = userdomain value_field = messages } Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to shed some light in this situation :). Kind regards, Rick van den Hof -- Manager Engineering Totaalnet Internet Works B.V. IJsselburcht 4e 6825 BP Arnhem +31(0)26-3844944 | r.vandenhof(a)tiw.eu (PGP Key: 0x5A66E935)

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Re: delete/archive old mail
by F. 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

>>>> Hi everybody, >>>> I store user's mail in the old mbox format. >>>> I have many scripts to manage users that works fine with mbox. >>>> I use the very old Expire_mail.pl script to delete mail older than NN >>>> days for selected users (nightly cron job). Still works fine with my >>>> CentOS dovecot-2.0.16. >>>> Now I want move the mail to a sort of archive folder instead of simply >>>> deleting it from the inbox for some users. >>>> Is there a similar script or some simple triks? >>>> >>>> Thanks, F. >>> >>> perhaps you will find some ideas here >>> >>> https://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/02/07/mailarchiv-mit-dovecot-und-postfix-sorti… >>> >>> >>> ... >>> #/bin/bash >>> YEAR=`/bin/date +%Y` >>> /usr/bin/doveadm expunge -d -u *(a)backup.server.org mailbox >>> user-backup\*$YEAR*\* savedbefore 10d >>> ... >> >> Thanks for replay. >> My German is really poor, but from a quick look of the example above and >> man doveadm[-expunge], seems that it can be used to replace the old >> Expire_mail.pl (I need to study the right syntax ...) >> >> But still there is the move/archive old mail activity not solved. > > i use the bc feature of postfix to move a copy of all mail per > maildomain into a backup maildomain archive folder, as this is done via lmtp > i am able to sort mails via sieve per user and date folder, depending > on how you like to setup you may use imap acl to give seen rights to the > orig user, so the may restore their own mail whenever they want and/or > their domain postmaster can do it for them. > > But thats only one chance you can do it, you have to decide what fits > best to your needs. > > >> >> doveadm-altmove seems interesting, but in the man page it is reported >> only work with dbox (dbox-only), and my inboxes are in mbox format. >> >> Any other advice? Sorry for the replay to sender instead of the list. As I originally wrote, my need is script or a command like the old Expire_mail.pl that parse a local mbox folder and move/copy mail older than NN days to another local mbox folder. Probably for a Perl programmer is only matter of modify this script or something similar. I searched in docs, wiki, ... but not noticied something that can simply be inserted in a cron job to do the work. Only migration tools or complex (for me), library that can be used to manipulate folders :-) Thanks, F.

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Re: Mailbox format
by Robert Schetterer 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Am 13.10.2014 um 23:29 schrieb Jorge Bastos: > Guys, > > Whats the best mailbox format: > - dbox > - mbox > - maildir > - ?!? there is no universal answer to this a minimum answer might be, maildir is ok in a small non cluster setup ever, please study wiki and archive for more info Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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[Pigeonhole Sieve interpreter] :create argument and lda_mailbox_autosubscribe setting
by Vivien Lacourba 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hi, I am using dovecot and dovecot-sieve packages from Debian Wheezy (2.1.7-7+deb7u1). I noticed that while using ":create" (from the mailbox extension) in my Sieve filter and "lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes" in Dovecot's LDA config it automatically subscribes to the destination mailbox even if that mailbox already existed. Reading Dovecot's documentation and the mailbox extension RFC it seems subscription should happen only if it is a newly created mailbox and should not happen if the mailbox already existed. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5490#section-3.2 [[ 3.2. ":create" Argument to "fileinto" Command (...) If the mailbox already exists, this argument is ignored. (...) ]] /etc/dovecot/conf.d/15-lda.conf [[ # Should automatically created mailboxes be also automatically subscribed? lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes ]] Also I noticed that if I don't use ":create" in my filters and instead set "lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes" in Dovecot's LDA config, then this time the behavior looks correct as the automatic subscription will only happen for a newly created mailbox. Thanks, Vivien -- Vivien Lacourba World Wide Web Consortium Systems & Network Engineer http://www.w3.org vivien(a)w3.org Tel: +33.4.92.38.78.89 http://www.w3.org/People/Vivien Fax: +33.4.92.38.78.22 -- Vivien Lacourba World Wide Web Consortium Systems & Network Engineer http://www.w3.org vivien(a)w3.org Tel: +33.4.92.38.78.89 http://www.w3.org/People/Vivien Fax: +33.4.92.38.78.22

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Re: Mailbox format
by Gedalya 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

On 10/13/2014 05:29 PM, Jorge Bastos wrote: > Guys, > > Whats the best mailbox format: > - dbox Dovecot-specific. Higher performance, saves I/O. > - mbox Don't bother. > - maildir Simple, compatible, resilient. > - ?!? > > Pros and cons? > No short answer is the right answer. Try to thoroughly read http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat and child pages.

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Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support
by Daniel Parthey 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Hi, please have a look at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Installation Kind regards Daniel

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Mailbox format (was: RE: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support)
by Jorge Bastos 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Guys, Whats the best mailbox format: - dbox - mbox - maildir - ?!? Pros and cons? > -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Jorge > Bastos > Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 21:35 > To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: RE: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > > I see, > > If i need anything else i'll post, > > Thanks, > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:larryrtx@gmail.com] > > Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 21:05 > > To: Jorge Bastos > > Subject: Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > > > > Pigeonhole does ManageSieve as well...... > > > > On 10/13/14, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > > > Larry & Pascal, > > > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > > > Ok this is the lib for sieve, and the sieved, I see in debian > > packages > > > that there is a dovecot-managesieved, the daemon, does this > > pigeonhole > > > is the daemon also? > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:larryrtx@gmail.com] > > >> Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 20:12 > > >> To: Jorge Bastos > > >> Subject: Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > > >> > > >> look at pigeonhole. That's the Sieve implementation for Dovecot > > >> 2.x > > >> > > >> On 10/13/14, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > > >> > Hi guys, > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > I'd like to have dovecot with sieve support, but can't find any > > >> > information on how to enable the sieve/managesieve support. > > >> > > > >> > Does anyone can light me up on this? > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Thanks, > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > > >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > > >> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688 > > > > > > > > > -- > > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > > US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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RE: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support
by Jorge Bastos 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

I see, If i need anything else i'll post, Thanks, > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:larryrtx@gmail.com] > Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 21:05 > To: Jorge Bastos > Subject: Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > > Pigeonhole does ManageSieve as well...... > > On 10/13/14, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > > Larry & Pascal, > > > > Thanks for the reply. > > > > Ok this is the lib for sieve, and the sieved, I see in debian > packages > > that there is a dovecot-managesieved, the daemon, does this > pigeonhole > > is the daemon also? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:larryrtx@gmail.com] > >> Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 20:12 > >> To: Jorge Bastos > >> Subject: Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > >> > >> look at pigeonhole. That's the Sieve implementation for Dovecot 2.x > >> > >> On 10/13/14, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > >> > Hi guys, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > I'd like to have dovecot with sieve support, but can't find any > >> > information on how to enable the sieve/managesieve support. > >> > > >> > Does anyone can light me up on this? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > >> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688 > > > > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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RE: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support
by Jorge Bastos 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Larry & Pascal, Thanks for the reply. Ok this is the lib for sieve, and the sieved, I see in debian packages that there is a dovecot-managesieved, the daemon, does this pigeonhole is the daemon also? > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:larryrtx@gmail.com] > Sent: segunda-feira, 13 de Outubro de 2014 20:12 > To: Jorge Bastos > Subject: Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support > > look at pigeonhole. That's the Sieve implementation for Dovecot 2.x > > On 10/13/14, Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > I'd like to have dovecot with sieve support, but can't find any > > information on how to enable the sieve/managesieve support. > > > > Does anyone can light me up on this? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > -- > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com > US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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Re: Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support
by Pascal Volk 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

On 10/13/2014 07:10 PM, Jorge Bastos wrote: > Hi guys, > > > > I'd like to have dovecot with sieve support, but can't find any information > on how to enable the sieve/managesieve support. > > Does anyone can light me up on this? http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole should provide all the information you need. Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: defaced.1428621(a)localdomain.org

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Compile dovecot with sieve/managesieve support
by Jorge Bastos 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi guys, I'd like to have dovecot with sieve support, but can't find any information on how to enable the sieve/managesieve support. Does anyone can light me up on this? Thanks,

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To dovecot-ee or not to dovecot-ee
by Jens Dueholm Christensen 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi At the moment I'm running an ageing 2.0.13 install that need to be upgraded and moved to new HW. I was looking around, and saw that dovecot-ee is listed as a "free" (ie. 0$) product on dovecot.fi. Apart from the need to register an account in order to "purchase" an -ee license, are there any cavats by switching to the -ee version compared to compiling and running the regular releases? I've got no problems with downloading, building and installing the normal releases and I have no need for object storage, so will the -ee version give me anything else but access to a YUM repo and RPM packages? Regards, Jens Dueholm Christensen Survey IT

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Dovecot domain quota
by Filip Bartmann 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

I have dovecot version 2.1.7 and I have quota configured as: ----------------------------------- dict { quota_domain = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } mail_plugins = quota protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota quota imap_quota } plugin { quota = dict:domain:%d:proxy::quota_domain quota_rule = *:storage=1M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M } ----------------------------------- /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext: ----------------------------------- map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = quota_dict username_field = domain value_field = bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = quota_dict username_field = domain value_field = messages } map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } ----------------------------------- But the problem is that quota table created as: ----------------------------------- CREATE TABLE `quota_dict` ( `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `bytes` bigint(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `messages` int(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', PRIMARY KEY (`domain`) ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 ----------------------------------- counts quota only for last user as defined /etc/dovecot/users or in database table. So if I have in /etc/dovecot/users (the contents is from testing VPS): ----------------------------------- test@debian.jd:{plain}radegast:8:8::/srv/mail/debian.jd/::userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=500k bartmann@debian.jd:{plain}radegast:8:8::/srv/mail/debian.jd/::userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=500k ----------------------------------- After running `doveadm quota recalc -A` I have in my db: ----------------------------------- +-----------+--------+----------+ | domain | bytes | messages | +-----------+--------+----------+ | debian.jd | 505758 | 81 | +-----------+--------+----------+ ----------------------------------- whith is from account bartmann(a)debian.jd not both accounts at testing VPS domain debian.jd. The same is with quota enforcing - quota if enforced on the latter of the accounts in /etc/dovecot/users on testing machine or database in production machine. What I do wrong? Thanks Filip Bartmann

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delete/archive old mail
by sottilette＠rfx.it 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi everybody, I store user's mail in the old mbox format. I have many scripts to manage users that works fine with mbox. I use the very old Expire_mail.pl script to delete mail older than NN days for selected users (nightly cron job). Still works fine with my CentOS dovecot-2.0.16. Now I want move the mail to a sort of archive folder instead of simply deleting it from the inbox for some users. Is there a similar script or some simple triks? Thanks, F.

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2.2.14rc1 - dsync in backup mode still changes source permissions
by Peter Mogensen 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi, It seems we are still able to reproduce this: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-May/096367.html However... there's no longer any error-messages. It just silently changes permissions on some dovecot files in the source maildir. (most often dovecot-uidlist) We're running dsync as root, with hardwired userdb values for other reasons. So it has the OS permissions to change source. But still, running in "backup" shouldn't change source ever, should it? The command line is of this format - running on destination-host: # dsync -R -o mail_home=/users/user/maildir backup ssh -c arcfour -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i /root/.ssh/id-rsa-dsync source-host "dsync -o mail_home=/users/user/maildir" /Peter

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