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Re: [Dovecot] Auth Worker failures
by Timo Sirainen 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 10:24 -0400, Simon Brereton wrote: > > > Of all the accounts on the box, it's only mine that throws this up. > Since its LIP is localhost, it could really only be for webmail - but > I don't always leave the webmail open, so I'm curious to know how this > gets there and what it is. > > Any suggestions? I find it difficult to believe I have an IMAP > process in a script somewhere (especially with my user account - the > postmaster account, I could believe, but not with my personal one).. > You could enable auth_debug_passwords=yes and see what password it tries.

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[Dovecot] doveadm altmove -r
by Lars Täuber 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hi there, there is the ubuntu version 2.0.13 ov dovecot installed on our server. But in contrast to http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Altmove the option -r isn't supported in this version. altmove: invalid option -- 'r' doveadm altmove [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] <search query> In which version of dovecot is this option supported? Thanks Lars

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Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube
by Maria Arrea 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

We follow the guidelines about timekeeping RHEL in vmware vsphere located here http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=di… These problems happens in peak hours. Any dovecot config parameter I could set to mitigate this problem? Regards Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed W Sent: 11/03/11 11:57 AM To: Maria Arrea, Dovecot Mailing List Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube On 03/11/2011 10:49, Maria Arrea wrote: > All the ESXs hosts and all the VM use the same NTP server. > > Any other idea? > Doesn't ESX have issues with the time drifting when certain kernel options are set? Something to do with it rescheduling machines and them not counting idle ticks or something..? Does this problem happen during idle hours or peak hours? I should home in on clock problems... Probably vmware related issues to the kernel you are using? Good luck Ed W

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[Dovecot] Difference between LOGIN and PLAIN
by Simon Brereton 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hi Could someone explain to me the difference between LOGIN and PLAIN? I've been googling for a while, but haven't found anything. Thanks. Simon

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[Dovecot] How can we horizontally scale Dovecot across multiple servers?
by Arlin 04 Nov '11

04 Nov '11

Hi, How can we horizontally scale Dovecot across multiple servers? Do we require to install independent instances of Dovecot on each server? We are planning to use a NAS/SAN device using ZFS or EFS for email storage. Each logical unit will be of 10TB and similarly as the no: of user increases we are planning to add multiple 10TB units. In this case how we can manage the email storage on multiple volumes from Dovecot. The configuration of our existing system is:- Dovecot 1.0.15 / Maildirs Postfix 2.5.5 Debian 5.0.9 (Lenny) MySQL 5.0.15 Please advise. Thanks in advance. Creative Regards, Arlin

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[Dovecot] looking for Dovecot-code + SQL consultants
by Rich 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hi, We're using Dovecot2. Trying, given our own spread-too-thin bandwidth, to make it work within our evolving SQL application environment. When there's a problem, we post to this list (e.g., http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-October/061609.html) but aren't getting any/timely responses. We've decided to look for a consultant (hourly or retainer) that can be available for working with our in-house staff to straighten these issues out -- by helping us identify & fix our own mess, and by working to get fixes pushed to Dovecot project code, where appropriate. If you provide these services, rather than simply deployment or hosting, and are available, please drop me a line *offlist*. We're in the San Francisco area, and local is best, but remote work is certainly an option. Thanks, Rich

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Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube
by Maria Arrea 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

All the ESXs hosts and all the VM use the same NTP server. Any other idea? Regards Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: Giulio Casella Sent: 11/03/11 11:38 AM To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube This could be the problem. Double check the time also on your host system(s), not only on guest. Bye, gc Il 03/11/2011 11.30, Maria Arrea ha scritto: > We use ntpd daemon, all our systems are configured equal. Another thing, this is VM on vmware vsphere 4.1 > > Regards > > Maria > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed W > Sent: 11/03/11 11:25 AM > To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube > > Hi> We are running dovecot 2.0.13 with mdbox+zlib on RHEL 5.7 x64, ext4. We use NTP. Quick check, but by "NTP" you mean the background daemon and you don't have some cron job running ntpdate or similar every so often? No idea, but since it looks like a clock related curiousity, then knowing if the clock is spot on accurate or drifting would be interesting to know? Simple comparison against other machines over a similar period to you having problems might be accurate enough? Good luck Ed W > -- Giulio Casella giulio at dsi.unimi.it System and network manager Computer Science Dept. - University of Milano

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Re: [Dovecot] How can we horizontally scale Dovecot across multiple servers?
by Arlin 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Could anyone please respond to this query. Thank you! From: Arlin [mailto:arlin@mvs.us] Sent: 28 October 2011 17:06 To: 'dovecot(a)dovecot.org' Subject: How can we horizontally scale Dovecot across multiple servers? Hi, How can we horizontally scale Dovecot across multiple servers? Do we require to install independent instances of Dovecot on each server? We are planning to use a NAS/SAN device using ZFS or EFS for email storage. Each logical unit will be of 10TB and similarly as the no: of user increases we are planning to add multiple 10TB units. In this case how we can manage the email storage on multiple volumes from Dovecot. The configuration of our existing system is:- Dovecot 1.0.15 / Maildirs Postfix 2.5.5 Debian 5.0.9 (Lenny) MySQL 5.0.15 Please advise. Thanks in advance. Creative Regards, Arlin

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Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube
by Maria Arrea 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

We use ntpd daemon, all our systems are configured equal. Another thing, this is VM on vmware vsphere 4.1 Regards Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed W Sent: 11/03/11 11:25 AM To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dot Lock timestmap, users disconnections from roundcube Hi > We are running dovecot 2.0.13 with mdbox+zlib on RHEL 5.7 x64, ext4. We use NTP. Quick check, but by "NTP" you mean the background daemon and you don't have some cron job running ntpdate or similar every so often? No idea, but since it looks like a clock related curiousity, then knowing if the clock is spot on accurate or drifting would be interesting to know? Simple comparison against other machines over a similar period to you having problems might be accurate enough? Good luck Ed W

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Re: [Dovecot] Imap/pop gateway
by Maria Arrea 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

If you are going to use an imap proxy for security reasons, consider using a software DIFFERENT than in your real mailboxes. If you use dovecot in your backend, you could use perdition in the frontend. Regards Maria ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed W Sent: 11/03/11 11:31 AM To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Imap/pop gateway On 31/10/2011 22:20, nuno marques wrote: > > > > Hello, > How can i make a imap/pop gateway? that is, putting the mailboxes on a server on the internal network and put the gateway in the dmz. > The question isn't entirely clear, but I *think* you just want to use the normal "proxy" feature of dovecot. This accepts connections on one machine, examines them until the end of the auth stage and passes them onto some other machine based on the results of the auth process Also there are other imap/pop proxies such as nginx That said I'm not sure how much security this really buys you versus port forwarding POP/IMAP ports to your real server? If the proxy machine were to get hacked (over imap?) then the same hack can jump from the proxy to the real server. Also your only exposure in each case is via POP/IMAP, which means you would be mainly chasing buffer overflow vulnerabilities and the like. These can also be mitigated by chrooting the server machine (please consider virtualisation options, it's usually simpler/faster/saner, eg see my favourite: linux-vservers), MAC controls on the dovecot process (grsec/selinux, etc), and compiler extensions (gcc hardened) Good luck Ed W

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[Dovecot] Imap/pop gateway
by nuno marques 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Hello, How can i make a imap/pop gateway? that is, putting the mailboxes on a server on the internal network and put the gateway in the dmz. regards

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird slow in talking with dovecot IMAP AND to sendmail
by Linda Walsh 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

I'm trying to find out what's causing this slowdown -- it's INTOLERABLE.... over 1 minute and less than 1% done. (400MB file)... After trying 3 times, I gave up and logged in using X to the server and ran Tbird from there.... Mail sent out in < 1 minute, though the copy to dovecot took about 50% longer. So... I looked at the network trace. and everyfrackin' body was using 4K packet sizes (at the application level!, the window size on TCP was over 64K...but no one was using it)....especially galling with my network's MTU at 9K, BTW, because small packets are really bad on a 1Gb network. sendmail -- 4K, dovecot /ssl, 4K... wazzup .. is t-bird forcing this, or is there some ssl requirement? but it can't just be ssl -- as it's talking to sendmail on port 25 unencrypted (it's a local net anyway)... I could see the entire binary going out in text form... 1 line at a time...a "C" line in sendmail, with lens of 4096...is that some max? I don't see it in the sendmail.cf files...wanted to see if anyone knew of dovecot restrictions that might limit packets to 4k, before I lamblasted the thunderbird people for another act of mindless stupidity (the first being when they decided to cache all your IMAP store on every local client in the client's ROAMING profile...*brilliant*!!!... sides, if I wanted it on local I would have set 'store on local', but in TB3, they know better and change that for me... Something about them being too stupid to use indexing and searching on an imap server? Maybe I just imagined hearing that...

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Re: [Dovecot] doveadm delete-user ?
by Joseph Tam 03 Nov '11

03 Nov '11

Jan-Frode Myklebust writes: > IMHO it would be great if we could both provision and un-provision users > without having the provisioning system mess with files in the > filesystem. Provisioning new users works fine since dovecot will create > all files/directories on first login, but I haven?t found the tools to > un-provison them. > I see "doveadm mailbox delete" can delete individual > mailboxes, but what about indexes, sieve-scripts and home-directories? > Are there any tools to clean out these ? I coundn't find any, so I wrote my own executable cron job that scans the index cache and checks if the corresponding mailbox exists. If not, it echo the commands to remove the stale indices. From there, you can review it, or pipe it into sh. I can post it if there's any interest, but it's not that hard to write. This is only necessary, of course, if you store the indices in a different place than the mail folder. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Upgrading dovecot 1.0.7 -> 2.0.14 / Redhat EL 5.7
by Götz Reinicke 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi, recently I debugged some load and performance and 'log out' problems and found an error in the dovecot logs: Error: pipe() failed: Too many open files Googling around and reading some posts led to the conclusion, that my problem is a bug, which will not be removed. So I'm thinking of upgrading to the latest prebuild rpm from here: http://packages.atrpms.net/dist/el5/dovecot/ As far as I understand the upgrading instructions, I'll be save as we dont use special setting, but I'll check all changes. My question: Dose anybody has done such an upgrade yet? Or are there any suggestion or hints? Thanks a lot and best regards. Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke(a)filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Jürgen Walter MdL Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt

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[Dovecot] antispam for dovecot 2.0
by Lars Täuber 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Hi! Is there anybody out there who has ported the antispam-storage-1.x.c to antispam-storage-2.0.c? Or is there an alternative to the antispam plugin? Thanks Lars

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[Dovecot] dsync should sync sieve-dirs to!
by Peer Heinlein 01 Nov '11

01 Nov '11

Having dsync to make backups from existing mail-spaces, it would be nice to make dsync syncing the sieve-dirs too. -Otherweise backups aren't complete... Peer -- Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 40 50 51 - 0 Fax: 030 / 40 50 51 - 19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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[Dovecot] Problems with permissions on mail_location
by Vlad 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Hi, All! I have 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef) Trying to set up Dovecot with virtual users. mail_uid=mail mail_gid=mail mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%n /var/mail owner is mail:mail, permissions is 777 From error log: Oct 31 13:34:17 imap(test): Error: user test: Initialization failed:Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: mkdir(/var/mail/test) failed: Permission denied (euid=8(mail) egid=12(mail) missing +w perm: /var/mail, euid is not dir owner) but /var/mail owner is mail:mail (same the euid, egid). In what may be the problem? (With full rights to the directory dovecot does not want to write it :-\ ) If I change /var/mail to /tmp/mail (for testing), then everything works fine, dovecot can write to this directory. But if i create /test/mail, or /mail with chmod 777 and chown mail:mail - again the same error :-( -- С уважением, Vlad mailto:vladsol@ukr.net

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[Dovecot] dovecot creating literal %d/%n/ folders
by sean darcy 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

I have a virtual user test1. cat /etc/dovecot/users test1@<mydomain>:{PLAIN}test1pass:504:504::/home/vmail/%d/%n catchall@<mydomain>:{PLAIN}password:504:504::/home/vmail/%d/%n @<mydomain>:{PLAIN}password:504:504::/home/vmail/<mydomain>/catchall test1@example.com:{PLAIN}test1pass:504:504::/home/vmail/%d/%n ls /home/vmail/%d/%n/mail cur dovecot.index.cache dovecot.index.log dovecot-uidlist dovecot-uidvalidity dovecot-uidvalidity.4eab20a7 new tmp and mail to test1@<mydomain> goes into this %d/%n folder. In fact dovecot created the folder - at least I didn't. from dovecot-info.log Oct 28 17:43:11 auth: Debug: master in: USER 4 test1@<mydomain> service=lmtp Oct 28 17:43:11 auth: Debug: passwd(test1@<mydomain>): lookup Oct 28 17:43:11 auth: Info: passwd(test1@<mydomain>): unknown user Oct 28 17:43:11 auth: Debug: passwd-file(test1@<mydomain>): lookup: user=test1@<mydomain> file=/etc/dovecot/users Oct 28 17:43:11 auth: Debug: master out: USER 4 test1@<mydomain> uid=504 gid=504 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n Oct 28 17:43:11 lmtp(4533, test1@<mydomain>): Info: l6DnLacgq061EQAABoXEcA: msgid=<4EAB21EC.9070905(a)gmail.com>: saved mail to INBOX I would have expected dovecot to expand this to /home/vmail/<mydomain>/test1. Or are the %u %d variables only expanded in certain files? sean

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[Dovecot] Manage dovecot maildir on multiple servers
by Arlin 31 Oct '11

31 Oct '11

Any suggestions on how to implement dovecot maildir on multiple servers. Does this required independent installation of Dovecot on each servers, or a single instance of Dovecot with shared MailDir would serve the purpose? Thanks, Arlin

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[Dovecot] how to tell dovecot v2.0.1 not to listen on port 143
by Lars Täuber 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi. Sorry for breaking this thread, but I just subscribed from a different address. I made a mistake. I didn't mean »imaps« but »imap2« How can I configure dovecot not to listen for imap connections on port 143. I want dovecot to listen only on port 993. And ssl = required is already set. So this is not the right solution. I just comemnted the whole inet_listener imap {...} section out. But this seems to be some kind of default setting. I tried to set: inet_listener { address = none } I tried to leave the address variable blank. But no succes. Good night Lars

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[Dovecot] how to tell dovecot v2.0.1 not to listen on port 143
by Lars Täuber 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi there. How can I configure dovecot not to listen for imaps connections on port 143. Thanks Lars

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[Dovecot] Are you successfully using using SQL queries to manage Dovecot2 Quota Values & Limits?
by Rich 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Rich <pgnet.dev+rich-dovecot(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm able to consistently reproduce this problem/behavior, but not > workaround or fix it, yet. > > Rich > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Rich <pgnet.dev+rich-dovecot(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I've made some progress, but quota 'Limit' is still not fully >> functioning for me. >> >> A couple of changes have helped: >> >> Specifying a "%u% as username format, >> >> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-quota.conf >> plugin { >> - quota = dict:User Quota::proxy::quota >> + quota = dict:User Quota:%u:proxy::quota >> quota_rule = *:bytes=1073741824:messages=10000 >> quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% >> } >> >> using 'username' rather than 'user' in the user iteration query >> >> /etc/dovecot/sql/virtmail-userdb-sql.cf >> driver = mysql >> connect = host=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock dbname=my_db user=my_user >> password=my_pass >> user_query = CALL UserDBQuery('%n','%d'); >> - iterate_query = SELECT `MAILBOX_user_domain` AS user FROM `PARAMS`; >> + iterate_query = SELECT `MAILBOX_user_domain` AS username FROM `PARAMS`; >> >> and adding to my user_query, >> >> CREATE PROCEDURE `UserDBQuery`( >> ... >> SELECT ... >> concat('*:bytes=', quota_bytes, ':messages=10000') AS quota_rule, >> ... >> >> Now, at init, >> >> doveadm quota get -A >> Username Quota name Type Value Limit % >> myuser(a)domain1.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 >> myuser(a)domain1.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 >> myuser(a)domain2.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 >> myuser(a)domain2.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 >> >> mysql> select * from PARAMS; >> +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ >> | ai | MAILBOX_user_domain | quota_bytes | quota_msgs | >> +----+------------------------+-------------+------------+ >> | 1 | myuser(a)domain1.com | 0 | 0 | >> | 2 | myuser(a)domain2.com | 0 | 0 | >> +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ >> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) >> >> and, after sending a single message to 'myuser(a)domain1.com', I do see >> that Dovecot now recognizes/calculates a quota change, and only for >> one domain, >> >> doveadm quota get -A >> Username Quota name Type Value Limit % >> myuser(a)domain1.com User quota STORAGE 3 3 100 >> myuser(a)domain1.com User quota MESSAGE 1 10000 0 >> myuser(a)domain2.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 >> myuser(a)domain2.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 >> >> mysql> select * from PARAMS; >> +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ >> | ai | MAILBOX_user_domain | quota_bytes | quota_msgs | >> +----+------------------------+-------------+------------+ >> | 1 | myuser(a)domain1.com | 3269 | 1 | >> | 2 | myuser(a)domain2.com | 0 | 0 | >> +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ >> 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) >> >> >> But, the Limit's wrong. It's not picking up the global Limit from >> >> /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-quota.conf >> ... >> --> quota_rule = *:bytes=1073741824:messages=10000 >> ... >> >> and once a message quota Value is calculated, the Limit is set == >> Value, resulting in an incorrrect quota %-age of 100%. >> >> Is Limit supposed to be specified per-user? >> >> Rich >> >

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[Dovecot] Quotas with Maildir and mdbox
by Dr Matthew Williams 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, We use LDAP to store our Maildir++ quota information for our Maildir mailboxes. I notice in the documentation that only SQL and flat files are supported by the dictionary quota if I want to use quota with mdbox? Are there any plans to allow LDAP to be used as the store? Regards, Matthew. -- Dr Matthew Williams MEng PhD MBCS Systems Administrator - IT Services - Bangor University Prifysgol Bangor Tel: (44) (0)1248 382414 Adeilad Deiniol Mob: (44) (0)7979 778269 Ffordd Deiniol URL: www.bangor.ac.uk Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UX EMail: matthew.williams(a)bangor.ac.uk -- Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilëwch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio â defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. www.bangor.ac.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of the Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office. www.bangor.ac.uk

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[Dovecot] adding dovecot to webmin list of services
by Spyros Tsiolis 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello , I am playing with webmin these days and find it really fun to install and use everyday. However, on the services option, amongst other services, the dovecot service is not shown. Does anyone out there have similar experience with webmin and dovecot and know how to make it appear there ? I am using CentOS (5.5/5.6/5.7) 32-bit Dovecot was installed manually and not from yum (.rpm) Dovecot v1.2.15 TIA, s. ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] IMAP shows forwarding and vacation files
by Nico Suhl 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hello, I'm migrating our mailserver from a linux machine to solaris and got some small problems with our forwarding and vacation files, which are stored in the maildir of each user. I'm now using 2.0.15, on the old machine there was a dovecot 1. Now the problem is, that the .forward and .vacation files, which are used by exim, are shown as folders (they have a point...) in imap lists. This problem only occurs on the new solaris machine and not on the old linux system (with dovecot v1) or another testing machine with dovecot 2, which runs also under linux. userdb lookups are static with system account/group of exim. Is there any way to "hide" the .forward and .vacation files or do i have to rename or move them? Why are they shown here and not on our testsystems? regards, Nico Suhl

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Re: [Dovecot] newbie: can't login as virtual user
by Joseph Tam 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

sean darcy writes: > Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd(test1(a)example.com, ): lookup > Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Info: passwd(test1(a)example.com, ): unknown user > Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd-file(test1(a)example.com, ): > lookup: user=test1(a)example.com file=/etc/dovecot/users > Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: master out: USER 2303328257 test1(a)example.com > Oct 22 21:45:55 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<test1(a)example.com>, > method=PLAIN, rip= , lip= , mpid=27062, TLS I think up to now it's OK (not quite sure about "master out" log entry but it looks innocuous enough). Dovecot reports to have looked in the system password file, failed, then looked in /etc/dovecot/users and found the user and logged them in. I think the problem happens later and you will have to show the subsequent log entries. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Temporary Failure that's Permanent!
by Jack Fredrikson 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

Hi; I continue to be plagued with this error: Oct 25 10:49:18 myserver postfix/pipe[3712]: 0423257901AB: to=<foo(a)bar.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=109318, delays=109318/0.14/0/0.1, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure It's been a week that I've been working day and night to get this fixed. I forgot to add this information: [root]# doveconf -n auth_mechanisms = plain login first_valid_gid = 12 first_valid_uid = 86 mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.myserver.com.cert ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail.myserver.com.key ssl_key_password = passwd userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { hostname = myserver.com info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)creative.vi sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix } [root] # vi main.cf queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix myorigin = $mydomain command_directory = /usr/sbin daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix mail_owner = postfix inet_interfaces = all unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 debug_peer_list = sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq setgid_group = postdrop html_directory = no manpage_directory = /usr/local/man sample_directory = /etc/postfix readme_directory = no mydomain = myserver.com mydestination = $mydomain, $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail home_mailbox = Mailbox disable_vrfy_command = yes show_user_unknown_table_name = no data_directory = /var/lib/postfix # --------------- local settings ------------------ myhostname = myserver.com inet_interfaces = localhost, $myhostname mynetworks = $config_directory/mynetworks #mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $myhostname #uncomment if you need relay_domains... do not list domains in both relay and virtual relay_domains = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_relay_domains_maps.cf # ---------------------- VIRTUAL DOMAINS START ---------------------- virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 89 virtual_uid_maps = static:89 virtual_gid_maps = static:89 virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 # ---------------------- VIRTUAL DOMAINS END ---------------------- # ---------------------- SASL PART START ---------------------- smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth smtpd_sasl_application_name = smtpd # ---------------------- SASL PART END ---------------------- smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10 smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20 smtpd_helo_required = yes disable_vrfy_command = yes non_fqdn_reject_code = 504 invalid_hostname_reject_code = 450 maps_rbl_reject_code = 554 alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases reject_unknown_client = false reject_unknown_hostname = false mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f "$SENDER" -a "$RECIPIENT" [root] # vi master.cf smtp inet n - n - - smtpd submission inet n - - - - smtpd -D -o smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_sasl_type=dovecot -o smtpd_sasl_path=private/auth -o smtpd_sasl_security_options=noanonymous -o smtpd_sasl_local_domain=$myhostname -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject -o smtpd_sender_login_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/virtual -o smtpd_sender_restrictions=reject_sender_login_mismatch -o smtpd_recipient_restrictions=reject_unknown_recipient_domain,reject_non_fqdn_recipient,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject amavisfeed unix - - n - 2 lmtp -o lmtp_data_done_timeout=1200 -o lmtp_send_xforward_command=yes -o disable_dns_lookups=yes -o max_use=20 587 inet n - n - - smtpd pickup fifo n - n 60 1 pickup cleanup unix n - n - 0 cleanup qmgr fifo n - n 300 1 qmgr tlsmgr unix - - n 1000? 1 tlsmgr rewrite unix - - n - - trivial-rewrite bounce unix - - n - 0 bounce defer unix - - n - 0 bounce trace unix - - n - 0 bounce verify unix - - n - 1 verify flush unix n - n 1000? 0 flush proxymap unix - - n - - proxymap smtp unix - - n - - smtp relay unix - - n - - smtp -o fallback_relay= showq unix n - n - - showq error unix - - n - - error discard unix - - n - - discard local unix - n n - - local virtual unix - n n - - virtual lmtp unix - - n - - lmtp anvil unix - - n - 1 anvil scache unix - - n - 1 scache maildrop unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/bin/maildrop -d ${recipient} uucp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fqhu user=uucp argv=uux -r -n -z -a$sender - $nexthop!rmail ($recipient) ifmail unix - n n - - pipe flags=F user=ftn argv=/usr/lib/ifmail/ifmail -r $nexthop ($recipient) bsmtp unix - n n - - pipe flags=Fq. user=foo argv=/usr/local/sbin/bsmtp -f $sender $nexthop $recipient retry unix - - n - - error proxywrite unix - - n - 1 proxymap dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=dovecot argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} ${recipient} spamfilter unix - n n - - pipe flags=Rq user=spamfilter argv=/usr/local/bin/spamfilter -f ${sender} -- ${recipient} TIA, Jack

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[Dovecot] newbie: can't login as virtual user
by sean darcy 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

dovecot -n # 2.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.38.8-32.fc15.i686.PAE i686 Fedora release 15 (Lovelock) auth_debug_passwords = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_access_groups = mail mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve } cat /etc/dovecot/users .......... test1@example.com:{PLAIN}test1pass BUT, . OK Pre-login capabilities listed, post-login capabilities have more. a login test1(a)example.com test1pass * BYE Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. closed From the server: Oct 22 21:45:53 auth-worker: Debug: passwd-file /etc/dovecot/users: Read 5 users Oct 22 21:45:53 auth-worker: Debug: pam(test1(a)example.com,www.xx.yy.zz): lookup service=dovecot Oct 22 21:45:53 auth-worker: Debug: pam(test1(a)example.com, ): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Oct 22 21:45:55 auth-worker: Info: pam(test1(a)example.com, ): unknown user Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd-file(test1(a)example.com, ): lookup: user=test1(a)example.com file=/etc/dovecot/users Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=test1(a)example.com Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 2303328257 27060 1 964b20421c19356f1cbdefbf976467e0 Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd(test1(a)example.com, ): lookup Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Info: passwd(test1(a)example.com, ): unknown user Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: passwd-file(test1(a)example.com, ): lookup: user=test1(a)example.com file=/etc/dovecot/users Oct 22 21:45:55 auth: Debug: master out: USER 2303328257 test1(a)example.com Oct 22 21:45:55 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<test1(a)example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip= , lip= , mpid=27062, TLS What's wrong with my configuration? Thanks, sean

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[Dovecot] Configuring mbox and maildir formats - dovecot-1.2.15
by Albert E. Whale 28 Oct '11

28 Oct '11

I am transitioning an existing server from using exclusively mbox, to being able to support both mbox and then fully maildir formats. I need to support the mbox format until I can get everyone switched over to maildir. What do I need to to use in the config of /etc/dovecot.conf to support the default of mbox, and then the new Maildir format (users will get upgraded individually from mbox to Maildir, and need to be upgraded). Thank you. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Senior Technology & Security Director *ABS Computer Technology, Inc. * 412-635-7488 ext 100 aewhale(a)ABS-CompTech.com <mailto:aewhale@ABS-CompTech.com> www.ABS-CompTech.com <http://www.ABS-CompTech.com>

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[Dovecot] variable for gid
by Limperis Antonis 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

Hi Is possible for a variable for gid of each user, such as %ifor uid . Thanks for your attention Antonis

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[Dovecot] Marathon Day 6 of First Install: MySQL Connection Problem
by Jack Fredrikson 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hi; This is my 6th day installing my first Postfix/Dovecot installation. The Postfix mailing list indicates I've got the MTA under control so now I'm seeking your help with the MDA. I get these errors with legitimate email addresses: Oct 24 11:47:38 myserver dovecot: auth-worker: Error: mysql(localhost): Connect failed to database (postfix): Access denied for user 'dovecot'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 25 seconds before retry Now I've logged in myself: mysql -u dovecot -p Enter password: xxx and succeeded. What am I doing wrong? I've noticed that every time I restart dovecot I get this error in the dovecot-deliver.log: Oct 24 11:31:11 lda: Error: userdb lookup: connect(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: Permission denied (euid=512(vmail) egid=512(vmail) missing +r perm: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0755) Oct 24 11:31:11 lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. Every time I go to chmod 666 on that file, restarting dovecot wipes those permissions. How fix? Even when I fix that, I still get the "temporary failure". Please advise. TIA, Jack

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Re: [Dovecot] sieve-pipe Error
by Stephan Bosch 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Op 25-10-2011 9:33, Ian Barton schreef: > On 24/10/11 23:33, Stephan Bosch wrote: >> On 10/24/2011 12:00 PM, Ian Barton wrote: >>> I am using Dovecot 2.0.15 on Arch. I have cloned the hg repo and >>> compiled the plugin using the following options: >>> >>> ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot >>> --with-pigeonhole=/usr/include/dovecot/sieve/ >>> >>> The relevant section of my dovecot.conf looks like: >>> >>> plugin { >>> sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve >>> sieve_global_path = /home/vmail/globalsieverc >>> sieve_dir = ~/ >>> >>> sieve_plugins = sieve_pipe >>> # This directory contains the scripts that are available. >>> sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe >>> } >>> >>> When I restart Dovecot I get the following error: >>> >>> ian:dovecot/ $ sudo rc.d restart dovecot [10:50:53] >>> :: Stopping dovecot daemon [DONE] >>> :: Starting dovecot daemon [BUSY] managesieve: Fatal: >>> opendir(/usr/lib/dovecot/modules/sieve) failed: No such file or >>> directory >>> doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 >> >> Apparently, the plugin is not installed in the correct location. Try >> supplying a --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules . >> >> After make install, the /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/sieve directory should >> contain lib90_sieve_pipe_plugin.so. >> > > Thank you that worked. Now to test if it's working:) Please reply to the mailing list as well. Regards, Stephan.

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[Dovecot] sieve-pipe Error
by Ian Barton 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

I am using Dovecot 2.0.15 on Arch. I have cloned the hg repo and compiled the plugin using the following options: ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot --with-pigeonhole=/usr/include/dovecot/sieve/ The relevant section of my dovecot.conf looks like: plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_global_path = /home/vmail/globalsieverc sieve_dir = ~/ sieve_plugins = sieve_pipe # This directory contains the scripts that are available. sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe } When I restart Dovecot I get the following error: ian:dovecot/ $ sudo rc.d restart dovecot [10:50:53] :: Stopping dovecot daemon [DONE] :: Starting dovecot daemon [BUSY] managesieve: Fatal: opendir(/usr/lib/dovecot/modules/sieve) failed: No such file or directory doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 Ian.

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[Dovecot] xi.rename-it.nl down?
by Jim Knuth 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Hello, is http://xi.rename-it.nl down? Apticron shows me permanently errors. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, with kind regards, Jim Knuth --------- Wenn ein wirklich großer Geist in der Welt erscheint, kann man ihn untrüglich daran erkennen, daß sich alle Dummköpfe gegen ihn verbünden. (Jonathan Swift)

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[Dovecot] [bug] Changing dovecot 'quota' Value incorrectly overwrites Limit with same value
by Rich 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

I'm able to consistently reproduce this problem/behavior, but not workaround or fix it, yet. Rich On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Rich <pgnet.dev+rich-dovecot(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I've made some progress, but quota 'Limit' is still not fully > functioning for me. > > A couple of changes have helped: > > Specifying a "%u% as username format, > > /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-quota.conf > plugin { > - quota = dict:User Quota::proxy::quota > + quota = dict:User Quota:%u:proxy::quota > quota_rule = *:bytes=1073741824:messages=10000 > quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% > } > > using 'username' rather than 'user' in the user iteration query > > /etc/dovecot/sql/virtmail-userdb-sql.cf > driver = mysql > connect = host=/var/run/mysql/mysql.sock dbname=my_db user=my_user > password=my_pass > user_query = CALL UserDBQuery('%n','%d'); > - iterate_query = SELECT `MAILBOX_user_domain` AS user FROM `PARAMS`; > + iterate_query = SELECT `MAILBOX_user_domain` AS username FROM `PARAMS`; > > and adding to my user_query, > > CREATE PROCEDURE `UserDBQuery`( > ... > SELECT ... > concat('*:bytes=', quota_bytes, ':messages=10000') AS quota_rule, > ... > > Now, at init, > > doveadm quota get -A > Username Quota name Type Value Limit % > myuser(a)domain1.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 > myuser(a)domain1.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 > myuser(a)domain2.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 > myuser(a)domain2.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 > > mysql> select * from PARAMS; > +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ > | ai | MAILBOX_user_domain | quota_bytes | quota_msgs | > +----+------------------------+-------------+------------+ > | 1 | myuser(a)domain1.com | 0 | 0 | > | 2 | myuser(a)domain2.com | 0 | 0 | > +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ > 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > and, after sending a single message to 'myuser(a)domain1.com', I do see > that Dovecot now recognizes/calculates a quota change, and only for > one domain, > > doveadm quota get -A > Username Quota name Type Value Limit % > myuser(a)domain1.com User quota STORAGE 3 3 100 > myuser(a)domain1.com User quota MESSAGE 1 10000 0 > myuser(a)domain2.com User quota STORAGE 0 0 0 > myuser(a)domain2.com User quota MESSAGE 0 10000 0 > > mysql> select * from PARAMS; > +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ > | ai | MAILBOX_user_domain | quota_bytes | quota_msgs | > +----+------------------------+-------------+------------+ > | 1 | myuser(a)domain1.com | 3269 | 1 | > | 2 | myuser(a)domain2.com | 0 | 0 | > +----+------------------------+------------+-------------+ > 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > > But, the Limit's wrong. It's not picking up the global Limit from > > /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-quota.conf > ... > --> quota_rule = *:bytes=1073741824:messages=10000 > ... > > and once a message quota Value is calculated, the Limit is set == > Value, resulting in an incorrrect quota %-age of 100%. > > Is Limit supposed to be specified per-user? > > Rich >

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[Dovecot] userdb with NoSQL database
by Francisco Wagner C. Freire 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hi, I'm searching, but not found nothing about using userb with NoSQL databases: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase Are there any plans to implement this option? Thanks

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[Dovecot] execute command in quota warning
by nuno marques 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

hi, I cant run any script in "quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u". Any ideia? Thanks # 2.0.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject size vsize flags quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded, please go to http://www.example.com/over_quota_help for instructions on how to fix this. quota_rule = fs:storage=+10M quota_rule2 = Trash:ignore quota_rule3 = SPAM:ignore quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=50%% quota-warning 50 %u } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = root mode = 0666 user = root } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota quota" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" }

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[Dovecot] Temporary Failures
by Jack Fredrikson 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

Hi; I keep getting errors like this one: Oct 22 16:51:08 example postfix/pipe[12021]: C2F705790169: to=<soandso(a)yup.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=2.1, delays=2/0.01/0/0.08, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:5: imap_client_workarounds=outlook-idle is no longer necessary doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:19: passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21: userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:23: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } doveconf: Why don't they get delivered? Also, I've tried to follow the advice in the warnings and it never works. I've tried the doveconf -n > dovcot-new.conf command and the same conf file I've been using pops up. Can someone post some code that reflects how the new conf file should look? TIA, Jack

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[Dovecot] off topic question, ammended
by Spyros Tsiolis 23 Oct '11

23 Oct '11

Sorry chaps, I meant MUA not MTA. I am trying to find a mail reader doing LDAP writes. Regards, s. ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] off topic question
by Spyros Tsiolis 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hello list, Is anybody out there who knows of an MTA that can do LDAP writes ? I apologize for bringing this to the list, however, I did some googling and cannot find any answer to this. Thank you all, spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] First Installation, Problems...
by Jack Fredrikson 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi; [root@example jack]# /usr/local/sbin/dovecot --version 2.0.15 [root@example jack]# /usr/local/bin/doveconf -n # 2.0.15: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:5: imap_client_workarounds=outlook-idle is no longer necessary doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21: passdb sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:24: userdb sql {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:27: userdb prefetch {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=prefetch } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:29: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } # OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab094.3 x86_64 CentOS release 5.4 (Final) vzfs auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf } service auth { unix_listener /var/run/dovecot/auth-master { group = mail mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = nobody } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { driver = prefetch } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)creative.vi } It appears that I have postfix at least partially working: postfix/pipe[5280]: 9FDE0579012F: to=<uhuh(a)yup.com>, relay=spamfilter, delay=6, delays=3/0.01/0/3, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via spamfilter service) I don't know where it ended up :-} There's nothing in /var/vmail, the dovecot destination. This is true even before I set the postfix content_filter to spamassassin (when it said "delivered to Maildir" or some such). Please advise. TIA, Jack

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[Dovecot] Quota warning
by nuno marques 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi, I cant run quota warning or other script. any suggestions? Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Effective uid=1002, gid=1002, home=/home/user4 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=10485760 messages=0 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Trash bytes=+1048576 messages=0 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=9961472 (95%) messages=0 reverse=no command=script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 95 user4 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=8388608 (80%) messages=0 reverse=no command=script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 80 user4 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=7340032 (70%) messages=0 reverse=no command=script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 70 user4 Oct 22 10:02:52 userseuac dovecot: imap(user4): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/user4/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/user4/Maildir, alt= # 2.0.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject size vsize flags quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded!!!!!!!!!!!!!! quota_rule = *:storage=10M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+1M quota_warning = storage=95%% script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 80 %u quota_warning3 = storage=70%% script /etc/dovecot/conf.d/teste 70 %u } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } The system as a whole is composed of: dovecot-2.0.14-1_130.el6.x86_64 openldap-servers-2.4.19-15.el6_0.2.x86_64 postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64 mailscanner-4.84.3-1.noarch spamassassin-3.3.1-2.el6.x86_64 centos 6 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[Dovecot] Quota fs
by nuno marques 22 Oct '11

22 Oct '11

Hi, I have the following error, any help? imap(user4): Error: quotactl(Q_GETQUOTA, /dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root) failed: Permission denied The system as a whole is composed of: dovecot-2.0.14-1_130.el6.x86_64 openldap-servers-2.4.19-15.el6_0.2.x86_64 postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64 mailscanner-4.84.3-1.noarch spamassassin-3.3.1-2.el6.x86_64 centos 6 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # 2.0.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 6.0 (Final) auth_username_format = %Lu disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota = fs:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=10M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+1M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=10%% quota-warning 10 %u } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv

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[Dovecot] can not receive email upgrading from ubuntu 11.4 to 11.10
by Nikolaos Petronikolos 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Dear all, I have the following error when i am sending an email to my email server postfix + dovecot. #5.3.0 x-unix; /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver: invalid option -- 'n' Usage: dovecot-lda [-c <config file>] [-a <address>] [-d <username>] [-p <path>] [-f <envelope sender>] [-m <mailbox>] [-e] [-k]> #SMTP# The problem occurred after i upgraded my server from ubuntu 11.4 to 11.10. i kindly ask you if you can help me thank you in advance for your kind attention. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/can-not-receive-email-upgrading-from-ubuntu-11.4-to-1… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Don't Know Where Emails Are Or What's Happening
by Jack Fredrikson 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Hi; I'm new to Dovecot and Postfix. I'm trying to enable these with MySQL support and postfixadmin. I've got all those services up and running (finally!); however, I can't figure out if the emails are being received and/or stored. I'm pretty sure Postfix is receiving them because I dealt with certain errors and they're now gone. Here's some data: Dovecot ver. 0.91 [root@example postfix]# /sbin/service dovecot -n doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:5: imap_client_workarounds=outlook-idle is no longer necessary doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:17: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:21: passdb sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:24: userdb sql {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:27: userdb prefetch {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=prefetch } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:29: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } Usage: /etc/init.d/dovecot {start|stop|reload|restart|force-reload} tail /var/log/maillog Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28141]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30178 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30179 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28458]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30180 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30181 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28483]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28460]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30182 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28455]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30183 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28484]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30184 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[29917]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30185 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[29953]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30186 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/smtpd[28485]: warning: problem talking to service rewrite: Success Oct 20 10:13:59 example postfix/master[4000]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/trivial-rewrite pid 30187 exit status 1 Oct 20 10:14:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: connect from unknown[66.248.165.32] Oct 20 10:14:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: lost connection after EHLO from unknown[66.248.165.32] Oct 20 10:14:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: disconnect from unknown[66.248.165.32] I also get this in there: Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: cannot load Certificate Authority data: disabling TLS support Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: warning: TLS library problem: 30152:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory:bss_file.c:122:fopen('/etc/pki/tls/c erts/cert.pem','r'): Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: warning: TLS library problem: 30152:error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file:bss_file.c:125: Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: warning: TLS library problem: 30152:error:0B084002:x509 certificate routines:X509_load_cert_crl_file:system lib:by_file.c:279: Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: connect from unknown[66.248.165.32] Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: lost connection after EHLO from unknown[66.248.165.32] Oct 20 10:13:15 example postfix/smtpd[30152]: disconnect from unknown[66.248.165.32] Oct 20 10:13:57 example postfix/proxymap[28446]: warning: mysql query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version f or the right syntax to use near '??gifteatszone.com??? AND active = 1' at line 1 Oct 20 10:13:57 example postfix/trivial-rewrite[30154]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem Oct 20 10:13:57 example postfix/trivial-rewrite[30155]: fatal: proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf(0,lock|fold_fix): table lookup problem Oct 20 10:13:57 example postfix/proxymap[28444]: warning: mysql query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version f or the right syntax to use near '??awakelunch.info??? AND active = 1' at line 1 I reckon the failing of mysql inquiries just has to do with hackers trying to hack me. The TLS problem isn't mission-critical since it's just getting disabled. [root@example jack]# ps wax|grep dovecot 20223 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/sbin/dovecot 20224 ? S 0:00 dovecot/anvil 20225 ? S 0:00 dovecot/log 31832 ? S 0:00 dovecot/config 31833 ? S 0:00 dovecot/auth 31836 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep dovecot [root@example jack]# ps wax|grep postfix 4000 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/libexec/postfix/master 31839 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep postfix [root@example jack]# ps wax|grep postfixadmin 31842 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep postfixadmin [root@example jack]# ps wax|grep saslauthd 16337 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/run/saslauthd -a pam -n 2 16338 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -m /var/run/saslauthd -a pam -n 2 25718 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -d -a pam 25719 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -d -a pam 25720 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -d -a pam 25721 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -d -a pam 25722 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/saslauthd -d -a pam 32052 pts/2 S+ 0:00 grep saslauthd I also tried this: First send a test mail to yourself (as your own non-root user): echo "Hello me" | mail -s "Dovecot test" $USER Now, find where the mail went. Here's a simple script which checks the most common locations: for mbox in /var/mail/$USER /var/spool/mail/$USER ~/mbox ~/mail/* ~/*; do grep -q "Dovecot test" $mbox && echo "mbox: $mbox" done grep -q "Dovecot test" ~/Maildir/new/* 2>/dev/null && echo "Maildir: ~/Maildir" and the mail was not found. This from my dovecot.conf file: mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u #but there's nothing there. ... auth default { # Having "login" also as a mechanism make sure outlook can use the auth smtpd as well # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = nobody socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = vmail group = mail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = mail } } } Telnetting to port 25 brings up Postfix, to port 110 brings up Dovecot TIA,Jack

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[Dovecot] Quota
by nuno marques 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

hi, I'm having some difficulty understanding the connection between postfix, dovecot and quota. What is the best way to set up quotas? through the file system quota and maildir? Need the dovecot lda working? The postfix needs a patch? I was thinking about setting quotas on file system, then configure Postfix to connect to dovecot-lda. Any suggestion? The system as a whole is composed of:dovecot-2.0-0.10.beta6.20100630.el6.x86_64 -> 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef)openldap-servers-2.4.19-15.el6_0.2.x86_64postfix-2.6.6-2.1.el6_0.x86_64mailscanner-4.84.3-1.noarchspamassassin-3.3.1-2.el6.x86_64centos 6 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 27 19:49:27 BST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[Dovecot] Email filters
by Jos Chrispijn 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Can someone tell me how I can configure Dovecot to use message filters on incoming email? When I now activate my mail account on my mobile phone and Thunderbird (or any other mail client with message filters) is not online, I get a huge pile of email in my INBOX that I have to go thru, while 90% is not that interesting to read as they belong to Spam messages, newsletters etc. Thanks in advance Jos Chrispijn

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[Dovecot] Expire plugin not executing for sieve plugin?
by Dan Swartzendruber 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Running dovecot 1.2.12 on ubuntu 10.10. Here is the problem: I have mysql backend for expire. I am using the dovecot-postfix package which creates /etc/dovecot/conf.d/01-mail-stack-delivery.conf which looks like this: # Some general options protocols = imap imaps managesieve disable_plaintext_auth = no ssl = yes ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ # IMAP configuration protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail mail_plugins = expire } # LDA configuration protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster mail_plugins = sieve expire quota_full_tempfail = yes deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } # Plugins configuration plugin { sieve=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir=~/sieve # If the user has no personal active script (i.e. if the file # indicated in sieve= does not exist), use this one: sieve_global_path = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve } The sieve is: require "fileinto"; require "imap4flags"; if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" { setflag "\\Seen"; fileinto "SPAM"; stop; } Originally, this did not have the setflag or stop - I added them hoping to fix the problem, but no luck. The problem is this: when spam assassin has flagged a message as spam, the sieve runs and the message is in fact filed into the SPAM folder, but no expire entry is added to the database. If I move such a message from the SPAM folder to the Inbox and then back to SPAM, voila, I *do* get the entry created. Here is the mysql table before and after I did the move/move: mysql> select * from expires; +----------+---------------+--------------+ | username | mailbox | expire_stamp | +----------+---------------+--------------+ | dswartz | Deleted Items | 1319720163 | | dswartz | Sent | 1319120165 | | denise | Trash | 1319139920 | | samantha | Trash | 1319136146 | | denise | Sent | 1319655872 | | danielle | Sent | 1319192230 | | samantha | Sent | 1319268855 | | dswartz | Trash | 1319725884 | | samantha | SPAM | 1321504531 | +----------+---------------+--------------+ 9 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from expires; +----------+---------------+--------------+ | username | mailbox | expire_stamp | +----------+---------------+--------------+ | dswartz | Deleted Items | 1319720163 | | dswartz | Sent | 1319120165 | | denise | Trash | 1319139920 | | samantha | Trash | 1319136146 | | denise | Sent | 1319655872 | | danielle | Sent | 1319192230 | | samantha | Sent | 1319268855 | | dswartz | Trash | 1319725884 | | samantha | SPAM | 1321504531 | | dswartz | SPAM | 1321714666 | +----------+---------------+--------------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec) It's almost like the fileinto stuff is not running the plugin code at all, or am I totally on drugs? If I can't get a fix for this, I at least now can think of a hack to "fix" it. e.g. every night, run a script that adds a "now" timestamp for everyone's SPAM folder to trick the periodic expire tool code into checking that folder, but obviously I'd rather have a real fix :) If this is just 'how it works', is it better in 2.0?

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[Dovecot] too many open files and v1.2
by Michael Moritz 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Hi I've found an older thread http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-March/047886.html which mentions that this is a bug in version 1. I'm on Debian squeeze (1:1.2.15-7) and got errors like these recently Oct 5 11:29:29 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Oct 5 11:29:32 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Oct 5 11:29:32 mail dovecot: dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now As a work around I've increased login_max_processes_count from 256 to 512 and it seems to have helped (as I suspected stale opened files). My colleague thinks it's hitting the kernel open file limit ulimit -n (currently at 1024) but I don't see how that could happen if the number of process is nowhere near that. Any ideas? Thanks, Michael

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[Dovecot] Is '*:bytes=" quota specification the quota 'Value', or 'Limit'?
by Rich 19 Oct '11

19 Oct '11

Docs for quota configuration http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Configuration#Limit_configuration state that the 'bytes=' specification defines the quota **LIMIT** "bytes: Quota limit in bytes, 0 means unlimited" as used in plugin { ... quota_rule = *:bytes=10000000 ... BUT, documentation for quota dict http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict states "MySQL uses the following queries to update the quota" and provides an SQL example of Dovecot decrementing the 'bytes' value, "UPDATE table SET bytes=bytes-14433,messages=messages-2 ..." I'm working on a current problem (http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-October/061538.html) with 'doveadm' reporting mixing up quote Value & Limit. Question: Is 'bytes' supposed to contain the Value, or the Limit? Rich

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