December 2006 - dovecot

[Dovecot] NEWBIE: Package Requirements List?
by Aaron J Weber 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

I can't seem to find a succinct listing of the packages (and optional packages) required to compile dovecot. I see references to various RDBMS's, but nothing that says I actually _require_ one, etc. I see references to openssl, but similarly, I don't see that it's technically required. Is there a link I'm missing that indicates the pre-conditions (pre-installed/configured software) before compiling and linking dovecot? Thanks in advance! -AJ

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[Dovecot] First Login (Thunderbird) Aborted in RC15?
by Timothy White 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Not sure if this is anything to worry about. Just upgraded to RC15 to do some testing, and like always, I monitor the logs when I do this. I restarted the server (basically a clean install, uninstalled RC2, installed RC15, same config file), and then opened Thunderbird. (Ip's masked) Dec 15 14:35:50 mafeking dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<joeblogs>, method=plain, rip=<me>, lip=<server>, TLS Dec 15 14:35:50 mafeking dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=<me>, lip=<server>, TLS Dec 15 14:35:50 mafeking dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<joeblogs>, method=plain, rip=<me>, lip=<server>, TLS It seems ether Thunderbird tried to login twice and one failed, or it failed the first time but succeeded the second time? Doing the equivalent from Sylpheed (all IMAP, same account) produced just the following line. Dec 15 14:38:31 mafeking dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<joeblogs>, method=PLAIN, rip=<me>, lip=<server>, TLS Any ideas? Thanks Tim -- Linux Counter user #273956

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[Dovecot] dovecot and yahoo
by jason oommd 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Hi gang, We just yum updated BQ server and now use dovecot instead of imapd/pop3 with a slight config all is well accept for one of our users that has a fancy yahoo account that allows them to pop other accounts into it. Used to work great until we switched to dovecot. any ideas ? jason intuitiveisp

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[Dovecot] dovecot lda truncates messages
by Jef Driesen 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

I'm running dovecot 1.0.rc2 (package from ubuntu 6.10) and use the dovecot lda 'deliver' (also a package from ubuntu 6.10 with sieve filtering) to deliver messages to maildir. Everything works well, until I discovered a truncated message this week. The problematic message is a message bounced by the majordomo mailinglist software. I think the problem is related to the fact that the message body is another mail message (including the original headers and body). I attached two (scramled) versions of the message. The first one (message-normal.txt) is the file which is delivered to the maildir by the built-in postfix lda. The second one (message-truncated.txt) is delivered by the dovecot lda. Return-Path: <xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx> X-Original-To: xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx Delivered-To: xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxx [xxx.x.x.x]) xx xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Delivered-To: xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx Received: xxxx xxx.xxxxxxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx] xx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (xxxxxxxxx-x.x.x) xxx <xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx> (xxxxxx-xxxx); xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: (xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx); xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx -xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) (xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx <xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>) xx xxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxx-xxxx-x.xx) xxxx xxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx -xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (x.xx.x/x.xx.x) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: xxxx xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx (xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx [xxx.xx.xx.xx]) xx xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx xxxx xxxxx (xxxx x.xx) xx xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xx xxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx To: xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx From: xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx Subject: xxxxxx xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx: xxxxxxx xxx xxxx (>xxxxx xxxxx) Message-Id: <xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xx(a)xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:31:45 +0100 >From xxx.xxxx.xxxx(a)xxxxx.xx Fri Dec 15 13:31:44 2006 Received: xxxx xxxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx xxxx xxxxxx (xxxxx:xxxxxx-xxx:xxx) (xxxx x.xx) xx xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xx xxx xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx.xx (xxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx (x.xx.x/x.xx.x) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx Received: xxxx [xxx.xxx.xx.xx] ([xxx.xxx.xx.xx]) xx xxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx.xx xxxx xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx(x.x.xxxx.xxxx); xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx Message-ID: <xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx(a)xxxxx.xx> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:28:50 +0100 From: xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxxx <xxx.xxxx.xxxx(a)xxxxx.xx> Reply-To: xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx User-Agent: xxxxxxxxxxx x.x.x.x (xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx) MIME-Version: x.x To: xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx <xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx> Subject: xxxxxxx: [xxx: xxx xxxxxxxx xxxx] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; xxxxxxxx="------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" X-OriginalArrivalTime: xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx.xxxx (xxx) xxxxxxxx=[xxxxxxxx:xxxxxxxx] X-Greylist: xxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx, xxx xxxxxxx xx xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-x.xxxx (xxxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]); xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) X-Envelope-Recipient: <xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx> X-Virus-Scanned-By: xxxxxxxx.xx.xx.xx xxxxx xxxxx. xxxxxx: xxxxx. X-Scanned-By: xxxxxxxxxx x.xx xx xxx.xxx.xxx.xx xxxx xx x xxxxx-xxxx xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxx. --------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxx: xxxx/xxxxx; xxxxxxx=xxx-xxxx-x; xxxxxx=xxxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx: xxxx -------- xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx -------- xxxxxxx: xxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx: xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx xxxx: xxxxxx xxxxxx <xxxxxx.xxxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx> xxxxx xxxxxxx , xx xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx xx xxxx xxxx xx xxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xx xxxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxxxxx.xxxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx xx xx xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxx xx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxx --------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxx: xxxxxxxxxxx/xxx; xxxx="xxxxxxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx.xxx" xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx: xxxxxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx: xxxxxxxxxx; xxxxxxxx="xxxxxxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx.xxx" --------------xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- >From xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx Sat Dec 16 16:48:08 2006 Return-Path: <xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx> X-Original-To: xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx Delivered-To: xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxx [xxx.x.x.x]) xx xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Delivered-To: xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx Received: xxxx xxx.xxxxxxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx] xx xxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (xxxxxxxxx-x.x.x) xxx <xxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx> (xxxxxx-xxxx); xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: (xxxxx xxxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxxxxx); xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx -xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx ([xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) (xxxxxxxx-xxxxxx <xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>) xx xxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxx-xxxx-x.xx) xxxx xxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx -xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (x.xx.x/x.xx.x) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx Received: xxxx xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx [xxx.xxx.xxx.xx]) xx xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: xxxx xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx (xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx [xxx.xx.xx.xx]) xx xxxxx.xxxxxxx-xxx.xx (xxxxxxx) xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxx xxx <xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxx.xx>; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx (xxx) Received: xxxx xxxxxxxxx xx xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx xxxx xxxxx (xxxx x.xx) xx xxxxxx-xxxxxx-xx xxx xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx; xxx, xx xxx xxxx xx:xx:xx +xxxx To: xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx From: xxxxx-xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx Subject: xxxxxx xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxxx.xx: xxxxxxx xxx xxxx (>xxxxx xxxxx) Message-Id: <xxxxxxx-xxxxxx-xx(a)xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:31:45 +0100

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[Dovecot] Configuration Question.
by James Andrews 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Hi Everyone. I have recently installed dovecot for the first time on a RHEL3 server. I have it working for the most part, but am a bit baffled by part of the configuration, something that I am sure I am just doing incorrectly. I can successfully access my normal mailbox which is in /var/spool/ mail/username, but I also want to create mail folders, and that's the problem I am having. I want the folders to live in ~/mail/ I have tried default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u and default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u What on earth am I doing wrong? I'm sure it's something small that I just don't understand. Thanks James

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[Dovecot] Bug: (dovecot-auth), exited on signal 6
by art 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

Hello What additional information I should give? uname -a FreeBSD mail 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #1: Thu Oct 19 16:57:14 UTC 2006 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/my i386 mail# dovecot --version 1.0.rc15 mail# dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=kqueue notify=kqueue openssl SQL drivers: mysql Passdb: checkpassword pam passwd passwd-file sql Userdb: checkpassword passwd prefetch passwd-file sql static Dec 19 12:49:42 mail dovecot: auth(default): cache(m52(a)academ.org): Password mismatch Dec 19 12:49:42 mail dovecot: auth(default): file passdb-blocking.c: line 125 (passdb_blocking_verify_plain): assertion failed: (request->extra_fields == NULL) Dec 19 12:49:42 mail dovecot: child 91510 (auth) killed with signal 6 Dec 19 09:20:39 mail pid 96304 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 09:43:31 mail pid 21093 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 09:49:54 mail pid 36637 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 10:02:08 mail pid 40803 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 10:52:43 mail pid 50557 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 10:57:30 mail pid 91182 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:33:11 mail pid 94522 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:38:21 mail pid 27978 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:43:22 mail pid 32969 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:48:31 mail pid 36764 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:53:32 mail pid 40849 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 11:58:41 mail pid 45037 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:03:52 mail pid 49541 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:08:51 mail pid 54324 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:14:02 mail pid 58746 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:19:02 mail pid 63283 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:24:11 mail pid 68142 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:29:22 mail pid 72969 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:34:21 mail pid 77396 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:39:32 mail pid 81976 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:44:36 mail pid 86217 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6 Dec 19 12:44:41 mail pid 91404 (dovecot-auth), uid 65534: exited on signal 6

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[Dovecot] auto-detection of user mailbox type
by John Harper 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

The config file indicates that if mail_location is empty, dovecot will try to find the mailboxes automatically (and by implication determine if the user is using mbox or Maildir format). But if the mbox inbox is non-standard (I have procmail delivering to ~/.mail) then one needs to specify mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/.mail and presumably dovecot will no longer try to determine what each user is doing. I'd like to slowly convert users from mbox to Maildir (putting DEFAULT=Maildir/ in the users' .procmailrc accomplishes that from the delivery side) and have dovecot still automatically figure out which way to work, based on finding ~/Maildir (or not). Somehow I don't think mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/.mail is going to do what I want. I saw the example on multiple mailboxes using namespaces, but I confess I'm not clear on that especially with ragard to the INBOX setting. I know I can set mail_location on a per-user basis using the userdb (eg ldap) but was hoping to avoid that. Is there a way to specify the details of the mbox configuration, but have dovecot instead use Maildir if that exists? Thanks, John Harper ------------------------------------------------- Senior Systems Administrator Information and Instructional Technology Services University of Toronto Scarborough harper(a)utsc.utoronto.ca

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[Dovecot] Lazy expunge plugin
by Timo Sirainen 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

There's now a plugin called lazy_expunge in CVS. Instead of EXPUNGE expunging the mails directly, they're moved to a mailbox with same name in another namespace where user can still copy the mails back. Also DELETEd mailboxes are moved to another namespace. See http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Lazyexpunge for more information. This is similar to Cyrus's two phase expunge: http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/~dpc22/cyrus/two_phase_expunge.html

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[Dovecot] TR: Mail location
by Fatou Ndiaye 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

-----Message d'origine----- De : Fatou Ndiaye [mailto:fatou.ndiaye@orange.sn] Envoyé : jeudi 21 décembre 2006 08:47 À : 'Dovecot Mailing List' Cc : 'Timo Sirainen' Objet : Mail location Hi all, Is it possible to have two mail locations in the dovecot.conf? In fact, the disk where were the mailboxes is almost full and It will be easier for me to just add an other disk hotplug and add an other mail location. -----Message d'origine----- De : dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] De la part de Timo Sirainen Envoyé : mercredi 16 août 2006 13:02 À : Marcin Deranek Cc : dovecot(a)dovecot.org Objet : Re: [Dovecot] dovecot 1.0rc6 and LDAP problem On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 09:38 +0200, Marcin Deranek wrote: > Aug 15 18:58:36 ftp dovecot: login: tried to change state 2 -> 2 (if you > can't login at all, see src/lib/fdpass.c) I'm not sure about the LDAP problems, but this is interesting. Are you using login_process_per_connection=yes or no?

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[Dovecot] umask 007 ineffective with newly created Maildir message
by Steve James 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

This is for Dovecot 1.0.rc15 from Debian Backports on 3.1 Stable, x86; Filesystems are local reiserfs; IMAPs client is KMail 1.9.5 Non-default settings in dovecot.conf: protocols = imaps ssl_cert_file = /etc/dovecot/mail.cert.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/dovecot/mail.key.pem mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/ambrosia.plus.com/%n mail_extra_groups = mail first_valid_uid = 1000 first_valid_gid = 1000 umask = 007 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes To reproduce:- 1. Using your IMAP client with two IMAP accounts, copy a message from a folder in one account, to a folder in the other account 2. See that the newly created message file is -rw------- If a message is moved between folders on the _same_ account, however, the group permissions are preserved (ie not masked off). So it seems that the umask option is ineffective when the imap daemon creates a new maildir message file. Thanks, Steve. -- BOFH excuse #400: We are Microsoft. What you are experiencing is not a problem; it is an undocumented feature.

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