October 2004 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Folders with . in them
by Tom Sommer 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Hey guys, When I create a IMAP folder called "php.net" in Thunderbird, a folder called "php" is created with a subfolder called "net", is this a bug in Thunderbird or is it something that I or you can fix? -- Tom

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[Dovecot] Hooking postfix into dovecot
by Tom Sommer 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Cyrus has to be added to master.cf and transport_maps has to be set to "cyrus:localhost". So my question is how do I get the mails from postfix to dovecot? Hope it's okay to submit these type of questions here :) Thanks -- Tom Sommer

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[Dovecot] test51 dumping core
by jross＠wykids.org 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

OpenBSD 3.6 -current (i386) dovecot-1.0-test51 I'm now getting this error message as soon as I start dovecot: "Authentication client 0 not compatible with this server (mixed old and new binaries?)" Here's the process I'm using: ./configure --sysconfdir=/etc \ --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-pam=NO \ --with-ldap=no \ --with-vpopmail=no \ --with-rawlog make svc -d /service/dovecot make install mv /etc/dovecot.conf /etc/dovecot.conf.49 mv /etc/dovecot.conf.51 /etc/dovecot.conf svc -u /service/dovecot dovecot throws a dovecot-auth.core. Here's the backtrace from it: gdb /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth /etc/dovecot/dovecot-auth.core GNU gdb 6.1 Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-openbsd3.6"... warning: exec file is newer than core file. Core was generated by `dovecot-auth'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.34.1...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.34.1 Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/libexec/ld.so #0 0x1c00573a in auth_client_input_auth (conn=0x0, args=0x3c014080 "À@\001<") at auth-client-connection.c:204 204 request->id = id; (gdb) bt full #0 0x1c00573a in auth_client_input_auth (conn=0x0, args=0x3c014080 "À@\001<") at auth-client-connection.c:204 mech = (struct mech_module *) 0x0 request = (struct auth_request *) 0xffffffff list = (char **) 0x3c006414 name = 0x0 arg = 0x0 initial_resp = 0xcfbefe38 "Xþ¾Ï8ü\036\n\001" initial_resp_data = (void *) 0xcfbefecc initial_resp_len = 0 id = 1006715072 buf = (buffer_t *) 0x3c014080 valid_client_cert = 0 #1 0x1c00570f in auth_client_input_auth (conn=0x0, args=0x8b824024 "") at auth-client-connection.c:196 mech = (struct mech_module *) 0x5 request = (struct auth_request *) 0x1 list = (char **) 0xa1efc38 name = 0x0 arg = 0xd0bd985 "\203Äüj" initial_resp = 0xcfbefe58 "hþ¾Ïó¾" initial_resp_data = (void *) 0x1000 initial_resp_len = 218880389 id = 3485400780 buf = (buffer_t *) 0x3c006000 valid_client_cert = 1 #2 0x1c00bda0 in passwd_file_init (args=0x3c0140c0 "ðt") at userdb-passwd-file.c:39 args = 0xffffffff <Address 0xffffffff out of bounds> #3 0x1c00b986 in checkpassword_verify_plain (request=0x1, password=0xcfbeff18 "`", callback=0xcfbefeb8) at passdb-checkpassword.c:277 request = (struct auth_request *) 0x0 chkpw_auth_request = (struct chkpw_auth_request *) 0x0 fd_in = {1006715072, -809566572} fd_out = {-809566600, 469809542} pid = -809566648 #4 0x1c007eae in mech_init () at mech.c:313 mechanisms = (char **) 0x0 env = 0x1 "" #5 0x1c007f3a in mech_init () at mech.c:336 mechanisms = (char **) 0x1 env = 0x1c00555f "E\bÿp\020è¿\b" #6 0x1c005491 in auth_callback (request=0x1, result=3485400856, reply=0xcfbeff20, reply_size=0) at auth-client-connection.c:71 result = 3485401184 reply_size = 3485400780 str = (string_t *) 0xcfbeff18 ret = 0 #7 0x1c005407 in auth_callback (request=0x0, result=3485401197, reply=0xcfbf007d, reply_size=3485401232) at auth-client-connection.c:62 result = 0 reply_size = 4096 str = (string_t *) 0xcfbeff14 ret = 0 #8 0xcfbf0060 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #9 0x00000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #10 0xcfbf006d in ?? () No symbol table info available. #11 0xcfbf007d in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0xcfbf0090 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #13 0xcfbf00a2 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #14 0xcfbf00b4 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #15 0xcfbf00c7 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #16 0xcfbf00d8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #17 0xcfbf00e0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #18 0xcfbf00ef in ?? () No symbol table info available. #19 0xcfbf00fd in ?? () No symbol table info available. #20 0xcfbf010b in ?? () No symbol table info available. #21 0xcfbf015e in ?? () No symbol table info available. #22 0xcfbf0174 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #23 0xcfbf0191 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #24 0xcfbf019e in ?? () No symbol table info available. #25 0x00000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #26 0x00000003 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #27 0x1c000034 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #28 0x00000004 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #29 0x00000020 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #30 0x00000005 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #31 0x00000009 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #32 0x00000006 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #33 0x00001000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #34 0x00000007 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #35 0x0d0ba000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #36 0x00000008 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #37 0x00000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #38 0x00000009 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #39 0x1c0053f0 in auth_callback (request=0x0, result=0, reply=0x18cfbefe, reply_size=2161098494) at auth-client-connection.c:57 result = AUTH_CLIENT_RESULT_CONTINUE reply_size = 3485400864 str = (string_t *) 0xcfbeff18 ret = 0 Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?) (gdb) -- http://wykids.org/

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[Dovecot] ./configure --with-mysql --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --with-ssl=openssl
by Tom Sommer 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Hi, I installed dovecot from dovecot-1.0-test51 with this configure line: ./configure --with-mysql --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --with-ssl=openssl When I add this to my dovecot.conf: passdb = mysql /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf I get this in /var/log/maillog when I run "dovecot -c /etc/dovecot.conf": Oct 21 13:59:16 one dovecot: Dovecot v1.0-test51 starting up Oct 21 13:59:17 one dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down Oct 21 13:59:17 one dovecot: auth(default): Unknown userdb type 'mysql' Oct 21 13:59:17 one dovecot: child 13203 (auth) returned error 89 After my ./configure was complete it was also noted that mysql would be built into dovecot as passwd and userdb, so MySQL should be in there. Any ideas? I use MySQL 4.0.17. Thanks -- Tom Sommer

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[Dovecot] RE: build errors on cvs
by Alex S Moore 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

Building on Solaris 8 with Sun's compiler, I get the following error. Would you fix this? Using gcc is not really a good option for me. /opt/forte8/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/opt/csw/inclu\de -fast -xarch=v8 -I/opt/csw/include -c buffer.c "buffer.c", line 159: void function cannot return value "buffer.c", line 205: void function cannot return value cc: acomp failed for buffer.c *** Error code 2 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `buffer.o' Current working directory /export/medusa/asmoore/build/dovecot-sparc/src/lib Thanks, Alex

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[Dovecot] Problems with thunderbird
by Jonas Lundgren 21 Oct '04

21 Oct '04

I'm running dovecot-1.0-test50 on openbsd 3.4 and it's working great, exept with thunderbird. Everything works fine with squirrelmail. The instant i log in with thunderbird the imap process goes up to 100% cpu, and instantly goes back down to 0 when i log out. I configured dovecot with the following arguments: --with-vpopmail --with-storages=maildir --without-passwd --without-passwd-file --without-static --without-pop3d --with-mysql --disable-ipv6 --with-ssl=openssl --without-checkpassword --without-bsdauth --without-static-userdb I'm usig the sql as auth, with vpopmail. I've also tried 1.0-test19, test46, 47, 48 and 49. Going to try 0.9.11 now, but in the 0.9-series i've had huge problems with indexes becoming fucked up every couple of hours. (The last 0.9 I tried is 0.9.10.6) Am i doing something wrong or what? -- Best regards, Jonas Lundgren ICQ: #52064961 IRC: neonman @ EFnet, Undernet, Quakenet Mail: jonas.lundgren(a)local.se

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[Dovecot] Unable to compile dovecot with Solaris 9 and Forte C
by Toni Viemero 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Just a "heads up". I tried to search mailinglist archives and wiki, but found no similar configurations. Dovecot is unbuildable with the following configuration: SunOS mail 5.9 Generic_112233-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V210 cc: Forte Developer 7 C 5.4 2002/03/09 config.log output from ./configure is at: http://iso.ego.fi/misc/dovecot_1.0-test50.log I guess I'll have to bend over for GCC :) -- Toni Viemerö | http://selfdestruct.net "It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself."

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[Dovecot] procmail, mutt, and Mac OS X
by Alan Schmitt 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi, I'm using procmail to deliver my mail to my maildir boxes, that are watched by dovecot, and I configured mutt to use imap to access these boxes. After installing a more recent procmail (the default one from Apple has a bug with "/" in the filenames, so I used the one from Fink), I sent myself a message, which was delivered correctly to Maildir/.INBOK/new (I can see the file there). However, I cannot see this file from mutt. I think it is dovecot that is not seeing it, as I tried quitting and restarting mutt. So my question is: how can I tell dovecot that it should check the mailboxes, and is there a way to make it do so regularly? Or is my problem from somewhere else? Thanks a lot, Alan Schmitt -- The hacker: someone who figured things out and made something cool happen. .O. ..O OOO

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[Dovecot] installing dovecot on Mac OS X
by Alan Schmitt 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi, I'm trying to install dovecot on Mac OS X, and I'm having trouble to make it run. If someone could point me to what I'm doing wrong or suggest some documentation to read, I'd be very glad (I've search the wiki for Mac OS X specific documentation, but could not find any). I installed dovecot using darwinports. The version installed is 0.99.10.5. (It's running well enough to tell me that when I do a: sudo /opt/local/sbin/dovecot --version ;-) Before trying to tweak the configuration file, I wanted first to get dovecot to run. When I first launched it, it told me that there was no dovecot user. After searching for a while, I finally found how to create one (and a dovecot group as well), doing the following: sudo niutil -create / /groups/dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /groups/dovecot gid 300 sudo niutil -createprop / /groups/dovecot passwd '*' sudo niutil -create / /users/dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot uid 300 sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot gid 300 sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot name dovecot sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot passwd '*' sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot _writers_passwd root sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot change 0 sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot shell /dev/null sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot home /var/empty sudo niutil -deleteprop / /users/dovecot realname sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot realname 'Dovecot user' sudo niutil -createprop / /users/dovecot expire 0 This seems to create the correct thing, and looking in NetInfo it looks like the other users and groups used for daemons. I then launched dovecot and I got (trying to run it as a normal user, then as root): top% /opt/local/sbin/dovecot Fatal: fchown() failed for /opt/local/var/run/dovecot: Operation not permitted top% sudo /opt/local/sbin/dovecot Warning: Corrected permissions for base directory /opt/local/var/run/dovecot Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login zsh: bus error sudo /opt/local/sbin/dovecot and it seems that this happens every time I try to launch dovecot. Could someone point me at what I'm doing wrong? The setting I'm aiming for is the following: - being able to read local mail in maildir format using mutt - being able to read local mail using Mail.app and IMAP access - being able to use ssh to connect to the machine and locally run the IMAP server (in order to synchronize mail maybe using isync.sf.net) Thanks a lot, Alan Schmitt -- The hacker: someone who figured things out and made something cool happen. .O. ..O OOO

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[Dovecot] Subscription problem with various clients
by Lucky U 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Hi, I'm a newbie with dovecot but i managed to install it and it's running great except i have this weird problem when trying to subscribe folders. I can subscribe to one folder at the time (for example inbox + sent), but if i try to subscribe an other directory client (tried with outlook express 6, Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8, Iloha Webmail) automaticly unsubscribes other directories. I've tried to search a solution for this problem without success. Please help. I'm using Dovecot 0.99.10.2 on FreeBSD 5.0

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