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[Dovecot] Deliver-Problem
by Michael Schröder 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Hi, I installed a Emailserver based on Debian Sarge, exim (4.50-8sarge2) and dovecot (1.0.rc2-1bpo1). Delivering Mails with Exim to my Maildir works fine. Because I want to filter my messages with Sieve, I tried to deliver mails with deliver, but get the following error message (example with a testmail and user "Debian-exim", not delivered via Exim): --8<-- dovecot: 2006-09-19 13:17:23 Error: auth(default): deliver(username(a)domain.tld): "2006-09-19 13:17:23 "Fatal: setgid(1003) failed: Operation not permitted --8<-- Here's the relevant part of my configuration file: --8<-- auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = virtual group = virtual } } } --8<-- User "Debian-exim" is in the same group as user "virtual". Both have r/w-permissions on /var/run/dovecot/auth-master: 0 srw-rw---- 1 virtual virtual 0 2006-09-18 13:58 /var/run/dovecot/auth-master Is there anybody who had the same problems and can help me? Best regards, Michael. PS: Sorry for my horrible english.

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[Dovecot] sieve unresolved problem
by Amadou Toure 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

hello, I have submitted a few weeks ago problem on sieve implementantion but there not useful solution for me at this time. I think that it depend on my mail architecture : _One NFS server _two dovecot POP/IMAP server (for pop and webmail access) : the POP/IMAP don't run dovecot LDA _two delivery serveur with exim and dovecot LDA : they communicate with external relay servers and deliver mail in box. The mailbox format is maildir and the dovecot version is 1.0 rc2 Question : On which server and how to implement sieve for dovecot. Regards Amadou TOURE

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[Dovecot] dovecot quota proxy mysql question
by Robert Schetterer 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi @ll is there sombody who has experience with http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict which is a quota check trough mysql i do not unstand the syntax here plugin { quota = dict:storage=10240:messages=1000 proxy::quotadict } why i have to build in storage=10240:messages=1000 in , if i only want to have the value of quota in my existing mysql i understand storage and messages as default parameters foer all users so this shouldnt be needed plugin { quota = proxy::quotadict } but this dont work as i expected an i also have problems with /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf connect = host=localhost dbname=mails user=mailuser table = quota select_field = current where_field = path username_field = username i still have this quota field allready in db postfix table mailbox where username = '%u' it seems this is an old style sql query so i tried this connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfixadmin pass..... dbname = postfix table = mailbox select_field = quota username_field = '%u' but this does not work ( which i am not wondering about *g ) and finally is thera a compliant to to the quotawarn feature with maildrop in dovecot? - -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer robert_at_schetterer_dot_org Munich / Bavaria / Germany https://www.schetterer.org https://www.schetterer.com/public-gpg-robert-schetterer.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFEqvDNxddAhXBw7QRAijsAKCYcLAa1KNT4LylfznencPauKn4FACeP93S aYgiwwni4FUIdcaKAuSrBW0= =y0Cx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Diese Nachricht wurde auf Viren und andere gefährliche Inhalte untersucht und ist - aktuelle Virenscanner vorausgesetzt - sauber.

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[Dovecot] Problems restoring from dump
by Paul Lathrop 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Hello all, First, the vital stats: FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, dovecot 1.0.rc7 from ports. I have run into a vexing little problem that has brought my deployment of a shiny new dovecot server to a screeching halt. Using 'periodic' I've configured regular backups to occur using 'dump'. I have a monthly level 0, a weekly level 4, and a daily level 8. These dumps take advantage of snapshots to ensure they are taking a backup of a consistent filesystem. As part of the beta testing, I decided to delete my maildir and attempt to recover from the dumps. Recovery went well, as dump/restore is a wonderful piece of software. I did a quick check at the file level to be sure my mailbox looked like it had when I took the last level 8 dump, and everything looked good. The problem came when I started up Thunderbird to take a look at my mail. When I selected a message, say one that said "knockout daily run output", I'd be reading a different message entirely, like a recent email from my boss! Most of the messages were like this - hopelessly scrambled! I tried just deleting the account in Thunderbird and connecting again, but that didn't change a thing. What happened!? Dump has faithfully restored the files, including the dovecot indexes... so why are my messages scrambled? Thanks for your help, Paul

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[Dovecot] deliver vda maildir postfix problem
by Robert Schetterer 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi @ll, sorry i am new to dovecot so this may asked before i this in dovecot.conf protocols = pop3 imap ssl_disable = yes mail_extra_groups = mail valid_chroot_dirs = /usr/local/virtual/ default_mail_env = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n disable_plaintext_auth = no protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)test.de } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } auth default_with_listener { mechanisms = plain userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb prefetch { } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = vmail group = mail } } } plugin { quota = dirsize:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n convert_mail = maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n } this in dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = dbname=postfix user=postfixadmin host=localhost password= default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = SELECT maildir, 1001 AS uid, 1001 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' the result for maildir is like test.de/robert/ in postfix master.cf # Dovecot LDA dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} in main.cf dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = dovecot this all works nice but at the final deliver the mail cant get to the maildir with Sep 21 14:00:54 testserv deliver(robert(a)test.de): userdb(robert(a)test.de) didn't return a home directory it seems that the correct maildir path isnt reportet to deliver , cause either i need another query, or deliver must have a default path the setup works nice if i switch virtual_transport = virtual in main.cf ( cause i have the postfix vda patch ) sombody know this problem , and can help me out? dovecot version is 1.0.rc7 - -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer robert_at_schetterer_dot_org Munich / Bavaria / Germany https://www.schetterer.org https://www.schetterer.com/public-gpg-robert-schetterer.key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFEoFjNxddAhXBw7QRAkYyAJ0SmcNhQez7zLI2ncvfKjT6/8VGVACfSYbQ 5Y+ZM2DmjrVFnpRNvGu30Zo= =+UuD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Diese Nachricht wurde auf Viren und andere gefährliche Inhalte untersucht und ist - aktuelle Virenscanner vorausgesetzt - sauber.

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[Dovecot] Corrupt mbox folders after migration from uw-imap
by Ian Mortimer 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

After migrating our mail server from uw-imap to dovecot at the weekend we've had a few corrupted mbox folders. I assume this is due to messages with bad Content-length headers. Is there any way of checking the Content-length of messages in mbox folders? Thanks -- Ian

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[Dovecot] deliver to root account
by Luis Venegas 21 Sep '06

21 Sep '06

Hi list., With dovecot-rc7 I am getting the following error when delivering to root while queue gets bigger with failed attempts: deliver(nobody): stat(/root/Maildir) failed: Permission denied deliver(nobody): stat(/root/.dovecot.sieve) failed: Permission denied deliver(nobody): lstat(/root/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied What am I missing? In postfix/main.cf home_mailbox = Maildir/ mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver Thanks !

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[Dovecot] Crash of 1.0rc7
by Bernhard Schmidt 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi, I pasted the logs in #dovecot already, but maybe someone here has a little bit more insight. I'm running dovecot cvs branch_1_0 from Sep. 16th. Dovecot is doing LDAP userdb/passdb and I'm using deliver for local deliveries. Today my users complained about not being able to login anymore. I opened ssh to that box and found the following messages Sep 20 15:58:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user1>, method=LOGIN, rip=::ffff:129.187.246.129, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 [ couple of mail deliveries using dovecot ] Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: IMAP(user1): Disconnected for inactivity Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user2>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:82.135.86.26, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user2>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:82.135.86.26, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user3>, method=LOGIN, rip=::ffff:83.170.6.71, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user4>, method=LOGIN, rip=::ffff:83.170.6.71, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user3>, method=LOGIN, rip=::ffff:83.170.6.71, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<user5>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:84.151.241.209, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user1>, method=LOGIN, rip=::ffff:129.187.246.129, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 27514.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 26788.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 27198.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 27470.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 26654.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 26654 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 26788 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 27198 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 27470 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 27514 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: auth(default): Master request 27515.1 not found Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Master sent reply with unknown tag 1 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: child 27515 (login) returned error 89 Sep 20 16:38:03 vs02 dovecot: IMAP(user1): Disconnected Sep 20 16:38:04 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=::ffff:83.170.6.71, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:04 vs02 dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down Sep 20 16:38:04 vs02 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=::ffff:83.170.6.71, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 Sep 20 16:38:04 vs02 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=::ffff:84.151.241.209, lip=::ffff:83.170.6.69 after that the daemon apparently quit and was restarted automatically. No errors reoccured after that. The box only has a few private users. xenU guest domain running a mix of amd64 Ubuntu dapper/edgy. This is the first problem I've seen in this setup. Regards, Bernhard

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[Dovecot] Help problem compiling dovecot-1.0.rc7 on Solaris 10x86
by Harvey Hou 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi, I hope someone can help point me in the right direction. I have a Sunfire x4100 running Solaris 10x86 06/06 with the Sun Studio 11 compiler. I am just trying to do a stock compile of dovecot-1.0.rc7 Ran the ./configure fine. See Below. Install prefix ...................... : /usr/local File offsets ........................ : 64bit I/O loop method ..................... : poll File change notification method ..... : none Building with SSL support ........... : no Building with IPv6 support .......... : yes Building with pop3 server ........... : yes Building with mail delivery agent .. : yes Building with GSSAPI support ........ : no Building with user database modules . : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword (modules) Building with password lookup modules : passwd passwd-file shadow pam checkpassword (modules) Then I typed make to compile and I receive a Segmentation fault error. See Below. /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -g -o imap cmd-append.o cmd-capability.o cmd-check.o cmd-close.o cmd-copy.o cmd-create.o cm d-delete.o cmd-examine.o cmd-expunge.o cmd-fetch.o cmd-idle.o cmd-list.o cmd-logout.o cmd-lsub.o cmd-namespace.o cmd-noop.o cmd-rename.o cmd-search.o cmd-select.o cmd-sort.o cmd-status.o cmd-store.o cmd-subscribe.o cmd-threa d.o cmd-uid.o cmd-unselect.o cmd-unsubscribe.o client.o commands.o commands-util.o imap-expunge.o imap-fetch.o i map-fetch-body.o imap-messageset.o imap-search.o imap-sort.o imap-sync.o imap-thread.o mail-storage-callbacks.o main.o namespace.o ../lib/mountpoint.o -L/usr/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib ../lib-storage/register/lib storage-register.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/maildir/libstorage_maildir.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/mbox/lib storage_mbox.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/dbox/libstorage_dbox.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/libstorage_index.a ../../src/lib-index/libindex.a ../lib-storage/libstorage.a ../lib-storage/subscription-file/libstorage_subscrip tion_file.a ../lib-imap/libimap.a ../lib-mail/libmail.a ../lib-dict/libdict.a ../lib-charset/libcharset.a ../lib /liblib.a -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -lsendfile -R/usr/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib make[3]: *** [imap] Segmentation Fault make[3]: *** Deleting file `imap' make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/imap' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7' make: *** [all] Error 2 The strange thing is that when I compile dovecot-1.0.beta8 it works fine. No compile error messages. I've also tried compiling with gcc 3.4.3 and I receive the same segmentation fault. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Harvey Hou Computer/Network/System Administrator UNC Highway Safety Research Center email: harvey_hou(a)unc.edu http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> mQCNAzMXB/YAAAEEAPkb8vDVZvfUz4WorNTzQztCqvBok7s38pQZrrILwzwe1ey5 LznGlkBhBdWzNWveKq8W1rC43JOVOVbPA9XRgHqzhN+Aa7/sX50WgoNoC6AunsKO 7jJcZIf+lyYKMPwE4OX9DSi52fnbaar7RTJaM6rLO7tXmcsox8GOWV0EYQjJAAUR tCRIYXJ2ZXkgSG91IDxob3VAY2xhaXJlLmhzcmMudW5jLmVkdT4= =VsUa -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Re: [Dovecot] Corrupted Transaction Log caused by deliver
by Alex Pimperton 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi All, I've just upgraded to Dovecot 1.0.rc7-1 with Postfix 2.3 on Debian Etch and it's trashing my email. I get lots of the errors below as well as other strange ones in my logs. I don't use NFS. Mail comes in via Postfix, gets passed through MailScanner, gets passed back to Postfix and then Postfix passes it to Dovecot's LDA via: mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver Deliver then chokes and get's a little upset. Is there anyway to wipe out all the indexes/uidlists etc and just have Dovecot regenerate them all with a clean slate? Has anybody seen this with dovecot LDA before? Any hints about troubleshooting it? Is the best plan just to copy my imap mail out, nuke the folders and then copy the mail back in again? Regards, Alex Errors: Sep 20 08:43:41 server01 deliver(alex): Corrupted transaction log file /home/alex/mail/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 1, but next_uid = 94 Sep 20 08:43:43 server01 deliver(alex): sieve runtime error: Fileinto: Generic Error Sep 20 08:43:43 server01 deliver(alex): Unexpected transaction log desync with index /home/alex/mail/dovecot.index

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[Dovecot] Postfix - Dovecot - SASL
by Matt 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

I am trying to get Dovecot - Postfix - SASL to work. So, I do not have to use the pop-before-smtp goofy way of authenticating pop3 users when they want to SEND mail. dovecot.conf ------------ pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/dovecot/config/dovecot-mysql.conf } userdb sql { args = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/dovecot/config/dovecot-mysql.conf } socket listen { client { path = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/postfix/queue/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } postfix main.cf --------------- smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth postconf -a (yields dovecot so I know it is compiled into postfix) Any ideas why it is failing? Am I missing something?

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[Dovecot] FWD: Re: put procmail between postfix and dovecot
by M. Fioretti 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

(sorry if you received it already, I had a server crash and never received this from the list, so I thought I'd resend it) ----- Forwarded message from "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> ----- Subject: Re: [Dovecot] put procmail between postfix and dovecot From: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:48:49 +0200 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Reply-To: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609161206220.1126(a)bbs.intern> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 12:07:31 PM +0200, Gerhard Wiesinger (lists(a)wiesinger.com) wrote: > You can try my procmail patch posted on this list, Er... sorry, but why is a patch needed for this? I was expecting to find just some folder naming rule. Aren't both dovecot and procmail maildir compatible? Apart from this, running patched software would go against this: > >I have to do all this sorting with procmail for two reasons: > > > >- I want to have as little sw as possible on that server, and > >update it semi-automatically, if possible only from the official > >repositories and "I want" isn't really correct, I basically "have to", for reasons irrelevant here, make the maintainance of that server as automatic as possible, without installing compilers or using anything else but the local (intranet) mirrors of the official repositories. So unfortunately this patch isn't for me, not this time at least, but thanks. Ciao, Marco (still interested to know if there are solutions not involving patches) -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. R. A. Heinlein ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives -- Abba Eban

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[Dovecot] Problem with pop3 login
by Erick Perez 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Hi, Im using dovecot version 0.99.11 and I'm facing a situation with one pop3 client. This is a fax application (faxmaker for windows) written by a third party that tries to login to the dovecot as USER username@domain. When the application tries to login that way, my dovecot rejects the auth. All the other pop3 clients (outlook, eudora,etc) in the system log in correctly because they do just USER username. The only failures related to the login (and I have debug enabled in dovecot) are: Sep 15 15:17:57 mail pop3-login: Aborted login [ipaddress] How ca I tell dovecot to ignore the domain part for that user? I am not using virtual support. Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Erick Perez Panama Sistemas Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos Panama, Republica de Panama Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 ------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] Nuby experiences
by Victor Rini 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Hello all, I am new to dovecot and have had a good experience so far. I'm using fetchmail - exim - dovecot - my email clients (mac os mail and thunderbird so far). I'm also using Ubuntu Server i.e. debian. I didn't like the inflexibility of mbox so I did a tweak to exim to deliver mail to a Maildir folder in my home directory on the server. I restarted Dovecot and it found it! Very nice but mysterious. I don't remember if I did anything to the dovecot.conf file. My clients balk at the ssl certificate that was created at install time. I see a little bit of documentation on SSL. I'll struggle with it. I'm going to look at more client setups like evolution and a webmail client. Can anyone recommend a good ajax-driven webmail client? Dovecot is good software. I'm happy I found it.

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot dreate directory instead mailbox
by Roberto Tagliaferri 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Johannes Berg ha scritto: > Sorry, I can't really debug your problem. Please always post back to the > mailing list things originated from. > > johannes > > sorry :-( -- Roberto Tagliaferri Responsabile Progettazione & Produzione TosNet s.r.l. - Internet Service Provider r.tagliaferri(a)tosnet.it www.tosnet.it

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[Dovecot] Dovecot using authsasld
by Dag Wieers 17 Sep '06

17 Sep '06

Hi, Trying to simplify the postfix/dovecot/saslauthd setup with less than 10 users, I was looking for some way to NOT duplicate the username/password setup. Currently I need to use a seperate file for dovecot as I do for saslauthd. (One is a simple shadow-alike file, the other the sasldb) I know that postfix 2.3 can use dovecot directly for sasl authentication, and that would be a neat solution, but we're stuck with postfix 2.2. I was wondering if anyone ever succeeded in making dovecot use saslauthd for authentication so that saslauthd becomes the authoritative source for password authentication for virtual users. (both for smtp auth as pop3/imap) My other idea to simplify was using something like pam_unix, but modified to use a seperate file (not /etc/shadow) and use pam in both dovecot and saslauthd. But I can't find something like that, pam_unix is fixed, and pam_userdb is something I'd like to avoid. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]

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[Dovecot] put procmail between postfix and dovecot
by M. Fioretti 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

Hello, a couple of months ago, also thanks to help from this list, I set up postfix and dovecot for virtual domains on a Centos 4 remote server. I have postfix set up to deliver all email for marco(a)domain1.net to /var/mail/vhosts/marco_domain1.net/ Everything is fine, as far as postfix is concerned: all email to marco(a)domain1.net goes in that mailbox, dovecot sees it, etc... Now I need to add sorting all incoming email in subfolders: mail from SOME_LIST to marco_domain1.net/SOMELIST/ (lots of other rules for custom folders) all else to main inbox I have to do all this sorting with procmail for two reasons: - I want to have as little sw as possible on that server, and update it semi-automatically, if possible only from the official repositories: procmail has these characteristics - I want to reuse as is, with the smallest possible amount of translation, filtering, etc, the very long and complicated procmailrc files I have built over the years on several servers. My question is how do I have to modify (with a perl or similar script) the procmail rules so that they sort messages in maildir folders which: - are fully compatible with dovecot (and Squirrelmail) - (very useful, but not mandatory) can be viewed in categories and subcategories from Squirrelmail: personal/ friends/ family/ mailing_lists/ postfix/ dovecot/ .... work/ - *all* the messages, no matter how they were sorted on the server, can still be downloaded with fetchmail from home Note that I am not asking anybody to write the script for me (if you want to share a ready one, of course, I'll be glad). I just need to know what is the exact syntax/ folder naming conventions I have to follow to make all I wrote above happen. TIA, Marco -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 5 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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[Dovecot] Locally accessing IMAP folders from Windows
by Dídac Busquets 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi all, I've just configured Dovecot as my IMAP server in my Ubuntu machine. Everything works fine: I can access my IMAP folders remotely, I have also installed Squirrel webmail to access it thru the web... Although I'm most of the time working with Ubuntu, sometimes I boot my machine with Windows XP. However, since the server is not running then (because I'm not running Ubuntu), the only thing I can do is read the files directly. Is there any client able to display the messages directly from the files and folders stored in Maildir? Thanks, Dídac Busquets -- Didac Busquets i Font Dept. d'Electronica, Informatica i Automatica Institut d'Informatica i Aplicacions Edifici P-IV Despatx 128 Universitat de Girona Campus Montilivi 17071-Girona web: http://eia.udg.es/~busquets email: busquets(a)eia.udg.es Tel. (+34) 972.41.81.79 Fax. (+34) 972.41.80.98

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[Dovecot] help please with lda and exim transports
by razor 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

hello All i am trying to fix the dovecot quotas and red that LDA helps... so i looked wikki and : dovecot_delivery: driver = pipe debug_print = "T: ldap_maildir_home for $local_part@$domain" command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $local_part@$domain message_prefix = message_suffix = user = mailnull group = mail delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add log_output but in exim.log i received 2006-09-15 15:40:41 1GOCzo-0006ih-Vw ** xxx(a)xxxxx.Xx R=ldap_user T=dovecot_delivery: Child process of dovecot_delivery transport returned 67 (could mean user nonexistent) from command: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver what it can be? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] Problem with MySQL
by Emmeran Sollner 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi there, I tried to setup a passwddb with mysql, but it wont connect to my database, even if I patch the driver-mysql.c Here a test program I wrote to check the connection: int main() { MYSQL mysql; mysql_init(&mysql); if (mysql_real_connect(&mysql, NULL, "root", "asd2sdf3", "ccc", 0, "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock", 0) == NULL) printf("connection failed: %s\n", mysql_error(&mysql)); else printf("nos problemos\n"); return 0; } This program executed says "nos problemos" --> connection works The same data in dovecot.conf brings up this: Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): ok... connecting to mysql: host='(null)', user='root', pass='asd2sdf3', db='ccc', port='0', sock='/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (ccc): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry I added a i_info() in front of the mysql_real_connect command to test if the data from the config file is transmitted correctly (first line above) --> it is So i tried to connect to mysql with the line from my test-program. this is the patched code: i_info("ok... connecting to mysql: host='%s', user='%s', pass='%s', db='%s', port='%i', sock='%s'", host, db->user, db->password, db->dbname, db->port, unix_socket); /* failed = mysql_real_connect(conn->mysql, host, db->user, db->password, db->dbname, db->port, unix_socket, db->client_flags) == NULL; */ failed = mysql_real_connect(conn->mysql, NULL, "root", "asd2sdf3", "ccc", 0, "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock", 0) == NULL; And it still says: Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): ok... connecting to mysql: host='(null)', user='root', pass='asd2sdf3', db='ccc', port='0', sock='/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (ccc): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry Any ideas? Thx in advance, Emmeran

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[Dovecot] 1.0rc7 - dumb question
by Odhiambo WASHINGTON 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

I am configuring dovecot 1.0rc7 to authenticate users (system users) in /etc/passwd. Is it possible to use a different auth mechanism, other than "plain", when the encrypted password is in /etc/master.passwd (BSD style)? -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash(a)wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. -- Emerson

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[Dovecot] ldap quota limitation problem
by razor 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

thx 4 your answer i thought that my post didnt in list, so i regestered and repost in: http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2006-September/016132.html > Where does the message goes? Is it delivered to the recipient or to a > mailbox of the user? > First one is usual as it uses SMTP. > Bye, > - --Steffen Kaiser yes it is delivered to recipient maildir = Maildir/cur. and no error to my box ... -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] ldap quota limitation (one more time)
by razor 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

hi there i have a such problem: in dovecot.conf ... protocol imap { listen = *:143 ssl_listen = *:993 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } ... quota = dirsize:storage=10240 ... in dovecot-ldap.conf: ... user_attrs = uid,,,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,boxQuota=quota=dirsize:storage ... when an user try to answer out from overquoted box he got the message "overquota blahblahblah", BUT the message still goes... it seems that the imap_quota worked (report about the overquota) but plugin quota dont work. in dovecot logs : ... Sep 14 09:10:23 xxxxxxxxxxx dovecot: IMAP(test4): dirsize quota limit = 1000kB ... but in user maildir/maildirsize: 0S,0C 1179466 16 1248 1 what it can be? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] Migrating from uw-imapd to dovecot
by Anne Hammond 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

We recently switch from up-imapd to dovecot But many users are reporting that they cannot access certain mail folders. The log file has: imap(dws): Sep 14 00:06:19 Error: File isn't in mbox format: /home/research/dws/mail/TaskDL The files in the logs are "MBX mail folders", not "ASCII English text" as are the folders that can be read under Outlook. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? This is a serious problem in switching. I've read the FAQ and documentation but it doesn't speak to this specific problem. Thanks in advance, Anne Hammond Tech-X Corporation

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Re: [Dovecot] PRoblems using password database
by Bas van den Dikkenberg 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

My password file looks this : jaap@aap.nl:$1$bQm0BeAc$0gyjz/JkuYmKIaeGAjJ8b0 What kind of mechanisms must i use? In dovecot 0.9 it was default but when I use play I get the error uid 0 not allowd -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Morgan Nightbear [mailto:morgan@nightbear.net] Verzonden: woensdag, september 2006 20:59 Aan: Bas van den Dikkenberg Onderwerp: Re: [Dovecot] PRoblems using password database On Sep 13, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Bas van den Dikkenberg wrote: > Hi every body, > > I am upgrading form 0.9 to 1.0.rc7 > > In the old version I had the following entry's: > > auth_userdb = passwd-file /mailstore/users > auth_passdb = passwd-file /mailstore/passwd > auth=default > > and can't get working I ekeep anding up with the following error : > > -ERR Authentication failed. Check out http://wiki.dovecot.org/MainConfig However, want you want now is something like: auth default { passdb passwd-file { args = /mailstore/passwd } userdb ... -----Morgan

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[Dovecot] Pop get all maildir subfolder
by Beber 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi, I'm just starting using dovecot, and find it powerfull and really fast, and have a so configuration, It's just making me happy :) (after tests, and test, and tests). So thanks you for the great job. I've got a question : POP get all my mail in all my maildir subfolder. I find it great and was searching for a pop daemon doing that (and discoved it accidentaly). Althought, I would like that pop daemon don't send mail in INBOX/.Spam. How could I do that ? Thanks -- Beber - E-Mail / Jabber (+GMail) : beber_AT_meleeweb.net http://www.meleeweb.net

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[Dovecot] Active Directory
by Peter Fraser 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi all I've been doing research but haven't found anything yet. Is there a doc to show how to get Dovecot to authenticate directly against active directory.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0.beta9, emails disappearing?
by Martin Végiard 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi, I've been using Dovecot successfully for a while and I've recently encountered an issue : I got to work today and half the emails, were deleted... and after careful investigation : - On Monday it seems, the emails magically vanished .. (what I've been told) - My backup from Tuesday morning at 3am, indicates that all the files (mailbox) are intact but the subscription file is missing half the entries. - At noon, on Tuesday, half the subscriptions are still missing and half the files now also missing. Any ideas, known issues, suggestions? Details : # dovecot --version 1.0.beta9 # uname -a NetBSD Z 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC.MPACPI) #0: Fri Aug 18 08:34:05 EDT 2006 m@Z:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MPACPI i386 the server in question is usually just idling away... and nothing abnormal in my logs thanks for your time, Martin

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[Dovecot] Quota plugin API documentation ?
by Craig Huckabee 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

What is the best reference for the quota plugin API ? I have some code that can return the disk quota from AFS that I would like to add to the existing file system quota plugin (or perhaps create a new plugin) but I am having a hard time deciphering what each function should return and the data formats (e.g. kilobytes versus bytes). Any pointers are appreciated. --Craig

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Parando
by Kleiton L R Soares 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Olá, estou com um problema que é o seguinte: Tenho uma rede com 400 pessoas, estas possuem cada uma seu e-mail. Quando recebo muitos e-mails ao mesmo tempo meu Dovecot para. Ele continua em execução porém não responde mais, então tenho que reiniciar o serviço. Alguêm pode me ajudar neste problema ? Agradeço desde já, Abraços. -- --- --------------------------- Kleiton L R Soares (21-2620-0735 | 21-9639-5829) PCS - Processos Consultoria Soluções www.pcs.com.br / kleiton(a)pcs.com.br

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[Dovecot] MySQL Authentication
by Peter Fraser 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi all I have this interesting issue. I installed dovecot on FreeBSD 6.1. The install went well. I'm trying to get it to use a mysql database that postfix is already using to authenticate. When I use this in dovecot.conf userdb mysql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf } passdb mysql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf } I get this error. auth(default): Unknown passdb driver 'mysql' (typo, or Dovecot was built without support for it? Check with dovecot --build-options) This is strange because I did compile it with mysql support. Any ideas here?

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[Dovecot] TAB characters in subject header continuation/wrap lines
by Stephen Warren 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I have some emails where the Subject line has been wrapped, and subsequent lines are indented with TAB characters. Specifically, here's a dump of a portion of an email: 0002020 C c : sp nl S u b j e c t : sp [ B 0002040 u i l d b o t ] sp B u i l d B o 0002060 t sp S U C C E S S nl ht ( B l d _ 0002100 g s s d k _ g s s d k _ t e s t 0002120 _ 2 0 0 6 _ 0 9 _ 1 2 _ 0 0 _ 0 0002140 1 _ 0 0 _ I n c r e m e n t a l 0002160 _ 2 ) nl X - B e e n T h e r e : Note the HT about half way through the third line. When I view this email using Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 on Windows XP, with Dovecot 1.0.rc7 running on CentOS 4.3, this TAB character shows up as a funny character in the subject line, as displayed by the Thunderbird. My question is: Should Dovecot be detecting mail header continuation lines that start with a TAB, and stripping the TAB (converting to a space)? I *think* that's what the RFCs implied when I read up on this a few months ago, but I may easily be mis-remembering. A second somewhat off-topic question: When the automated system that sends out these messages sends them to me directly, this problem does not occur, because the email titles are not wrapped. However, when I receive these emails via a mailman mailing list, mailman prepends the text "[Buildbot]" on the front of the title, thus making the title long enough to require wrapping. As such, I imagine that it's mailman that is indenting the Subject continuation line with the TAB character. Is there an issue in mailman - should mailman be indenting with e.g. a SPACE character, or is mailman's action perfectly legal? Thanks for any pointers.

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[Dovecot] Using pgsql with 'cram-md5 auth' and 'hmac-md5 scheme'
by Jonathan Ballet 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hello, I want to use PostgreSQL to store my Dovecot users. I setup a very basic configuration, following word for word this page http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotPostgresql and it works ... almost. In fact, it works if I use PLAIN password scheme in my database. However, I would like to store them encrypted. But, if I replace the password field for my user with {HMAC-MD5}-... (the password generated by dovecotpw), it doesn't work. Here is the log, using PLAIN password scheme (all debug options activated) : =================================================== auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5 service=IMAP secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 auth(default): client out: CONT 1 PDU3NTgxMTE5MTcwMTYzNjguMTE1ODAxMTQzN0BkZWI2ND4= auth(default): client in: CONT 1 am9uIDJjN2RmMDVmZWZiNWU4MmE0MzFkMjM2YThhYzc2MDAx auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT userid as user, password FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): password(jon,127.0.0.1): Credentials: 3fd9989457cb3edf1fb8d31dddaf11f3f0efee3423aeb9ebf9bbe981f86a079b auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=jon auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 23748 1 auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): master out: USER 1 jon home=/var/mail/jon/ uid=5000 gid=5000 IMAP(jon): Effective uid=5000, gid=5000 IMAP(jon): maildir: data=/var/mail/jon IMAP(jon): maildir:root=/var/mail/jon, index=/var/mail/jon, control=, inbox= imap-login: Login: user=<jon>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured IMAP(jon): Disconnected: Logged out And here is the log, using HMAC-MD5 password scheme (all debug options activated too) : ===================================================== auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5 service=IMAP secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 auth(default): client out: CONT 1 PDI0MDc4NTQzMDc5NjU2NTIuMTE1ODAxMTkxNUBkZWI2ND4= auth(default): client in: CONT 1 am9uIDViNmE4NDI5ZjUzZTQ3YTEzZmEzNjhiOThlYjI5OTFi auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT userid as user, password FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): password(jon,127.0.0.1): Credentials: auth(default): cram-md5(jon,127.0.0.1): password mismatch auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=jon imap-login: Disconnected: user=<jon>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured The login + password used for those tests are 'jon'/'jonpwd'. In the second example, I didn't get any Credentials, whereas in the first case (PLAIN scheme), the Credentials output correspond to the 'dovecotpw' generated password (as in `dovecotpw -s HMAC-MD5 -p jonpwd`). I don't know if it's normal or not. So, I'm not sure what to do next :/ I use this kind of 'auth mechanism'/'password scheme' on another computer, with passwd-like files, and it works. So, I don't know why the same data, coming from another location, doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated ! Thanks, -- Jonathan

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[Dovecot] Dovecot go Down !
by Kleiton L R Soares 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Excuse-me mr. Luca. Translating to you understand. Hello Peoples of the list. I'm have a problem I'm have a wide with 400 people, each user have a self mail. But when my server receive much mails the dovecot goes down and only return to activity when i restart the service. The service dovecot don-t stop, the service dovecot don't answer ! Somepeople can help-me ? Thanks ! Agradeço desde já, Abraços. :) -- --- --------------------------- Kleiton L R Soares (21-2620-0735 | 21-9639-5829) PCS - Processos Consultoria Soluções www.pcs.com.br / kleiton(a)pcs.com.br

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[Dovecot] Mail does not arrive at my server.
by Wolfgang Paul Rauchholz 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I run under FC5. I want to setup a mail server with postfix (already runnung) and dovecot. Once this i working I add spamassassin and clamav. I setup postfix and can send emails. When replying to these emails they do not get to my server (I checked in the Maildir directory of the user, there is no file) The server has 2 NICs. there is a firewall where I opened the port 143 (that is for IMAP?) 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- eth1 * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state NEW tcp dpt:143 flags:0x17/0x02 the only change I made to the dovecot.conf files is: protocols = imap I did not touch the rest as in the comments of the file it says # Default values are shown after each value, it's not required to uncomment # any of the lines. Any hint on what I am doing wrong is welcomed. Thanks in advance

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[Dovecot] userdb/autdb via ldaps
by Jürgen Herz 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hello, I'm using a OpenLDAP server to store mail users infos like maildir location and password. This server is running on a separate machine and I'd like to protect the connection to it by using SSL/TLS. The server is configured so that it offers ldaps and it works with other clients. But I haven't found how to configure dovecot to use ldaps. Would someone please direct me to the right place or directly help how to? Greets, Jürgen

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[Dovecot] Plugins for Dovecot at FreeBSD 6.0
by Boris Ivanov 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi I met problem developing plug-in under FreeBSD 6.1. First I tried to use internal plugins like quota and acl but I got: IMAP(xxx): module /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so: dlsym(acl_plugin_init) failed: Shared object "nss_dns.so.1" not found, required by "imap" This library doesn't exist on FreeBSD 6.1 Same story when u mention any plugin in dovecot.conf… Any ideas how to fix it? -- Yours Boris

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[Dovecot] Namespace with a single mailbox (for spam)
by Tom Alsberg 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi there. Perhaps this is answered somewhere, but a short search through the mailing list and Wiki yielded nothing. We have spam filtering set up for all users, with all messages over some spam threshold going to a separate mbox. There is one directory containing the spam mboxes of all users (call it "/var/spool/spam", right now), with the spam box of a user residing in /var/spool/spam/<user>. I am trying to achieve that, in IMAP, each user will see his spam mbox as a folder named "SPAM" or something like that (possibly under some new namespace), without creating a symbolic link for each user. Is there any facility for that? Specifically, I do not want to create a single namespace pointing to the directory, since that will cause each user to have to access his spam folder under a different name (e.g. #spam.<user>), and users will also see (although not be able to read) others' spam folders. Regards, -- Tom -- Tom Alsberg - hacker (being the best description fitting this space) Web page: http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~alsbergt/ DISCLAIMER: The above message does not even necessarily represent what my fingers have typed on the keyboard, save anything further.

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[Dovecot] bug report, from apple.com
by Jason Fesler 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Bruce includes detailed information including the imap session. Bruce works at Apple, on the Apple Mail.app product. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Arthur <barthur(a)apple.com> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Cc: Bruce Arthur <barthur(a)apple.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:04:35 -0700 Subject: Problem using Apple Mail with Dovecot Server Configuration: dovecot-1.0.rc6 Built with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 running on ufs Client configuration Mac OS X 10.4.7, using Apple Mail client. Issue: Apple Mail is able to connect to the server, but it is not seeing the available folder correctly. I did a little debugging and it looks like dovecot is failing to provide the separator in response to the LIST command. I did not spend anytime trying to figure out how other mail clients are getting this (my tcpdump is a little rusty these days). Here is what I see Mail sending to the server, and it's responses. 1 LOGIN applecot ******** 1 OK Logged in. 2 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS 2 OK Capability completed. 3 LIST "" "" 3 OK List completed. The "LIST" command should be sending back the mailbox separator. The IMAP spec seems pretty clear about this (but reading RFC's is always a bit of a challenge). From the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt 6.3..8. LIST Command Arguments: reference name mailbox name with possible wildcards Responses: untagged responses: LIST Result: OK - list completed NO - list failure: can't list that reference or name BAD - command unknown or arguments invalid An empty ("" string) reference name argument indicates that the mailbox name is interpreted as by SELECT. The returned mailbox names MUST match the supplied mailbox name pattern. A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of mailbox hierarchy, and indicates a context in which the mailbox name is interpreted in an implementation-defined manner. An empty ("" string) mailbox name argument is a special request to return the hierarchy delimiter and the root name of the name given in the reference. The value returned as the root MAY be null if the reference is non-rooted or is null. In all cases, the hierarchy delimiter is returned. This permits a client to get the hierarchy delimiter even when no mailboxes by that name currently exist. Example: C: A101 LIST "" "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" "" S: A101 OK LIST Completed C: A102 LIST #news.comp.mail.misc "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "." #news. S: A102 OK LIST Completed C: A103 LIST /usr/staff/jones "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" / S: A103 OK LIST Completed C: A202 LIST ~/Mail/ % S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ~/Mail/foo S: * LIST () "/" ~/Mail/meetings S: A202 OK LIST completed -- Bruce ------- From: Jason Fesler <jfesler(a)gigo.com> To: Bruce Arthur <barthur(a)apple.com> Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:41:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Problem using Apple Mail with Dovecot > Server Configuration: > dovecot-1.0.rc6 > Built with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local > OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 running on ufs Thanks, Bruce. Timo et all; Bruce specifically has been looking at my instance of dovecot after a friend of his reported problems with Mail.app and my server. More information: Stock dovecot namespaces work; This name space does not: namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes hidden = no } namespace private { separator = / inbox = no hidden = yes prefix = "#mail/" location = mbox:/home/%u/mail }

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[Dovecot] what defines dovecot LOG perms?
by OpenMacNews 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 on dovecot launch, 'dovecot.log' is created as: -rw------- 1 root testuser 271 2006-09-11 07:58 dovecot.log which causes an apparent perms prob with exim using dovecot's LDA ... what/how do i define/change the LOG's ownership/perms with? it seems to ignore the dovecot.conf umask setting, etc. thx. richard - -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkUFepwACgkQlffdvTZxCMaXoACfdGwNb8NQUZCfn6AlCswqbgrB T6IAoI0OMmhFsjWts3zAqIK3Ol32MwP7 =w1XL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Wrong content-type reported for messages with only a text/html body?
by Mathijs den Burger 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hi all, It looks like Dovecot 1.0rc7 reports the wrong content-type for messages with only a text/html body. An example of such a message is: --- From: mathijs(a)izecom.com Subject: test To: foobar(a)example.com Content-Type: text/html; test --- When I talk IMAP to Dovecot directly using telnet and fetch the bodystructure of this message, Dovecot replies: * 1 FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE ("text" "plain" ("charset" "us-ascii") NIL NIL "7bit" 6 1 NIL NIL NIL)) I guess that should be 'text/html', not 'text/plain'. Is this a bug or am I missing something here? FYI: I run Dovecot on Debian stable with version 1.0rc7 compiled from source. cheers, Mathijs

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[Dovecot] AppleMail 1.3 filter problem [solved] / fc5 package of 1.0rc7
by Bill McGonigle 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

Hi, Folks, I recently migrated from courier-imapd to dovecot when I migrated a machine from rh9 to fc5. I managed to hit a snag with the 1.0b8 version of dovecot that's currently in fc5. With AppleMail 1.3 I was seeing most of my incoming mail go missing. To make a long story short, AppleMail was applying mail filters inappropriately (walking right past a 'stop processing' rule and moving my incoming mail into folders specified for Act-On actions). This made the AppleMail 1.3 client unusable with 1.0b8. Before complaining here I figured I ought to try the current version, and, sure enough, 1.0rc7 fails to cause AppleMail to go insane like 1.0b8 did. I'm not sure which change between b8 and rc7 is the important one, but rc7 seems to work well. I saw the pointer on the Wiki to the ATRPM's repository which had a current RPM, but looking at the included patches in their SRPM they seem to be doing things somewhat differently than the Fedora guys are (default settings, etc.), so, I figured for my machine I'd rather stay as close to the Fedora methodology to make future upgrades perhaps less painful. To that end I took the SRPM for b8 from fc5 and modified it as little as possible to make it work with 1.0rc7. One bugfix patch was left out as that seems to have been fixed in the Dovecot source during the interim period. I put the resulting RPM and SRPM up here: http://bfccomputing.com/downloads/dovecot/ in case anybody wants to use it, review it, merge it into Fedora Core, their repo, etc. I'm neither an RPM packing nor Dovecot source expert and I've only tested it lightly, but I'm using it currently and haven't seen problems. -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 bill(a)bfccomputing.com Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf

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[Dovecot] Create subfolder
by Hugo Dubé 11 Sep '06

11 Sep '06

I have dovecot on Fedora Core 5 and I want to create a subfolder. By default its impossible!!!! I setup dovecot for maildir and after I able to create a subfolder. But I cant receive my old and new email on this format. I read dovecot documentation at http://wiki.dovecot.org/QuestionsAndAnswers#head-35b621e067b7e72c1d1e47886f4 00a1a784bd95c and its write: For ordinary local Unix users, you may want to specify the mail environment as "maildir:%h/Maildir:INBOX=/var/mail/%n". There are two reasons. First, mail can be delivered there without consuming the user's disk quota on the home directory. Second, the user's home directory may prohibit access to any users other than the owner and the privileged user root. Having the INBOX outside the user's home directory permits mail delivery by programs running without root privileges, but belong to the group mail. I try it with maildir:%h/Maildir:INBOX=/var/mail/%n and dont work. I cant connect to my imap server. Help me please!!! Hugo

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[Dovecot] dovecot LDA w/ exim: "dyld: Library not loaded" & "trace trap" errors
by OpenMacNews 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, i've Dovecot 10branch head built on on OSX 10.4.7. i've also exim 4.63 configured for use with dovecot's AUTH. on local delivery via exim -> dovecot LDA, i see two errors: (1) dovecot_lda transport output: dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib (2) Child process of dovecot_lda transport (running command "/usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -c /var/MailServer/Conf/dovecot.conf -d $local_part@$domain") was terminated by signal 5 (trace trap) the more i stare at this, the more i think this is a dovecot issue ... thoughts/suggestions ? details: % exim -bV Exim version 4.63 #1 built 09-Sep-2006 11:58:58 Copyright (c) University of Cambridge 2006 Berkeley DB: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.29: (June 7, 2006) Support for: crypteq PAM TCPwrappers OpenSSL Content_Scanning Old_Demime Experimental_DomainKeys Lookups: lsearch wildlsearch nwildlsearch iplsearch cdb dbm dbmnz dsearch mysql Authenticators: cram_md5 plaintext dovecot Routers: accept dnslookup ipliteral manualroute queryprogram redirect Transports: appendfile/maildir/mailstore/mbx autoreply lmtp pipe smtp Fixed never_users: 0 Size of off_t: 8 Configuration file is /var/MailServer/Conf/Exim/exim.conf in my exim.conf, i've set up to use dovecot's LDA: ... begin routers ... dovecot_localuser: debug_print = "EXIM-DEBUG [R:dovecot_localuser] for $local_part@$domain" driver = accept domains = +local_domains local_part_suffix = +* local_part_suffix_optional transport = dovecot_lda ... begin transports ... dovecot_lda: debug_print = "EXIM-DEBUG [T:dovecot_lda] for $local_part@$domain" driver = pipe command = /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver \ -c /var/MailServer/Conf/Dovecot/dovecot.conf \ -d $local_part@$domain message_prefix = "" message_suffix = "" delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add log_output user = vmail ... when i test a local smtp exim devliery w/: % exim -v -odf testuser(a)testdomain.com LOG: MAIN cwd=/usr/local 4 args: exim -v -odf testuser(a)testdomain.com Test message. . i see as response in console: LOG: MAIN <= root(a)testdomain.com U=root P=local S=456 LOG: MAIN cwd=/var/MailServer/Mail/Queue 5 args: /usr/local/exim/bin/exim -v - -odi -Mc J5CFC3-0007YC-99 delivering J5CFC3-0007YC-99 EXIM-yes [R:dovecot_localuser] for testuser(a)testdomain.com EXIM-yes [T:dovecot_lda] for testuser(a)testdomain.com LOG: MAIN <testuser(a)testdomain.com>: dovecot_lda transport output: dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/local/ssl/lib/libssl.0.9.8.dylib LOG: MAIN ** testuser(a)testdomain.com F=<root(a)testdomain.com> P=<root(a)testdomain.com> R=dovecot_localuser T=dovecot_lda: Child process of dovecot_lda transport (running command "/usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -c /var/MailServer/Conf/dovecot.conf -d $local_part@$domain") was terminated by signal 5 (trace trap) LOG: MAIN cwd=/var/MailServer/Mail/Queue 9 args: /usr/local/exim/bin/exim -v - -odi -t -oem -oi -f <> -EJ5CFC3-0007YC-99 LOG: MAIN <= <> R=J5CFC3-0007YC-99 U=testuser P=local S=1485 T="Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender" ... if i, however, test the dovecot local delivery directly @ shell: % /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -c /var/MailServer/Conf/Dovecot/dovecot.conf -d testuser(a)testdomain.com i see no 'complaints' about ssl lib ... dovecot: Sep 09 14:06:50 Info: auth(default): master in: USER 1 testuser(a)testdomain.com service=deliver dovecot: Sep 09 14:06:50 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1 testuser(a)testdomain.com static uid=301 gid=301 home=/var/MailServer/Mail/Dovecot/Domains/testdomain.com/Accounts/testuser nice=10 so, where to begin with this? is this an exim or dovecot issue? thanks! richard - -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkUDRakACgkQlffdvTZxCMYoHwCdGSaSeNok1B2ZYMnrNdaGFCj5 z4sAoIAKloPRwMD8GJgHT4BYwbS7Mecr =HKZx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Password mismatch - SHA1 authentication problem.
by guard 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, guard wrote: > > Hello, > I have problem with authentication. > I'm using SHA1 passwords stored in MySQL. > > From debug: > Info: auth-worker(default): sql(test@mail, IP): query: SELECT password FROM > vmail WHERE mail = 'test@mail' > Info: auth-worker(default): sql(test@mail ,IP): Password mismatch > Info: auth-worker(default): sql(test@mail ,IP): SHA1(dupadupa) != > '2bca9dbe8a14811c687bb8c51c0e1cd14db8a018' > > I tried convert password to upper case, but it didn't help. Then I > tried authentication in plain text and everything works fine... > So, does dovecot crypt SHA1 using other method? > > I also use same SHA1 passwords to authenticate users in exim and it doesn't > have any problem with that. > > I'm using mysql 5.0.24 and dovecot 1.0 rc7. I have found the reason why i can not authenticate users using SHA1 passowds. Problem is dovecot stores sha1 as "sum of the password stored in base64" but mysql and exim store it in hex. Question is why, and does anyone have patch for it? Best regards, Tomasz Krynicki

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[Dovecot] Virtual and system users
by Max A 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi. I can not understand, how at presence of system users (passdb shadow and userdb passwd) and virtual (for example, user(a)host.domain.com as system user and user(a)domain.com as virtual) to allow virtual users to not enter a domain part of username at a login, and to allow system users to use a full name (user(a)host.domain.com)? I have read the documentation and default config - I can not understand, how it can be made? If the parameter "auth_username_format = %n" worked inside of separate passdb{} and userdb{} sections, it can be realized, but it does not work inside of them :( . --- M. Alhimenko.

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[Dovecot] quota infor @ wiki page
by OpenMacNews 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi matthias, reading the dovecot wiki page: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota that, apparently, you last edited (created?): Quota (last edited 2006-06-13 15:27:38 by MatthiasAndree) i note: " plugin { # 10 MB quota limit quota = maildir:storage=10240 # 1000 messages quota limit quota = maildir:messages=1000 # 10 MB + 1000 messages quota limit quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 } The above example shows how to set the same quota globally for everyone. You can override this for one or all users by returning a quota field from the user database. See UserDatabase for more information about how to set them for the user database you are using. Here is an example using a SQL-based user database: " i'm (currently) attempting to assign per-user quotas in a 'userdb static' scenario, where, in my dovecot.conf, i've: protocol imap { ... plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 } ... } auth default { ... passdb passwd-file { args = /var/MailServer/Data/USERS/imap.users } userdb static { args = static uid=300 gid=300 home=/var/MailServer/Mail/Dovecot/Domains/%d/Accounts/%n nice=10 } ... } so, per 'your' suggestion @ the wiki page, i nav to: http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase then: http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile where the example for userdb is given as: Or for passdb and userdb: user:{plain}pass:1000:1000::/home/user::mail=maildir:~/Maildir allow_nets=192.168.0.0/24 which, iiuc, would 'translate' to quota in my scenario as, in the "/var/MailServer/Data/USERS/imap.users" file: user:{plain}pass::::::quota=maildir:storage=4096 Unfortunately, when I do make this change, dovecot starts without error, BUT the given user's QUOTA *remains* at the global setting of (in this example) '10240'. i.e., the per-user override is, seemingly, not recognized. i'd make an add/change/comment *to* the wiki page, but it's set as an "Immutable Page". can you, perhaps, comment/clarify? any suggestions? many thanks! richard - -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkUBgJ8ACgkQlffdvTZxCMYHrQCaAtvv9WvetLoA0BVd8lLfIHa0 rosAoL3l3rNuBHwwJ+sLi3qqT4fw50bH =wl2c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] quota plugin feature request
by Michael Tibben 08 Sep '06

08 Sep '06

Hi am having an issue with the quota plugin To reproduce: - have a mailbox close to its quota limit (say 10 MB), and a large email in the inbox (say 6 MB) - use Squirrelmail or Thunderbird to delete the email The operation fails, as by default the email client seems to try and copy the message into the Trash before deleting it from the inbox, and dovecot will correctly deny the copy operation as the quota will be exceeded if the message is copied... Because of this, I am wondering if it is possible to have an option for the quota plugin to track, but not enforce the quota. This is because I don't require quota enforcement on IMAP operations, as Postfix will enforce quota on incoming mail anyway. Attached is a quick hack job I did on the plugin to strip out the enforcing functionality, but it would be great if this could be a configurable option.. Thanks Michael --- ./dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/plugins/quota/quota-storage.c.orig 2006-09-07 14:56:57.000000000 +1000 +++ ./dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/plugins/quota/quota-storage.c 2006-09-07 15:12:41.000000000 +1000 @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ struct quota_transaction_context *qt = QUOTA_CONTEXT(t); int ret; bool too_large; - - ret = quota_try_alloc(qt, mail, &too_large); + return 0; +/* ret = quota_try_alloc(qt, mail, &too_large); if (ret > 0) return 0; else if (ret == 0) { @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ mail_storage_set_error(t->box->storage, "%s", quota_last_error(quota)); return -1; - } + }*/ } static int @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ { struct quota_transaction_context *qt = QUOTA_CONTEXT(t); struct quota_mailbox *qbox = QUOTA_CONTEXT(t->box); - const struct stat *st; +/* const struct stat *st; int ret; st = i_stream_stat(input, TRUE); @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ I think these don't really matter though compared to the benefit of giving "out of quota" error before sending the full mail. */ - bool too_large; +/* bool too_large; ret = quota_test_alloc_bytes(qt, st->st_size, &too_large); if (ret == 0) {

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[Dovecot] slow attachments loading
by xrado 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

when i browse imap with thunderbird, attachments are loadin/downloading really slow although they are size around 2Mb, it takes up to half minute to get it ..really annoying (server is in the same network as client) any idea why is so slow?

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[Dovecot] dovecot-sieve feature
by Luis Venegas 07 Sep '06

07 Sep '06

Hi all., I am uing dovecot rc7 and dovecot-sieve both compiled from source. If I test sieve with feature redirect require "redirect"; redirect "user@domain"; keep; log says "sieve parse error: line 1: Unsupported features in require line" Is this normal? Thanks !

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