March 2006 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Re: [Dovecot] maildir locking and 'racing'
by William Ross 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

On 2 Mar 2006, at 21:44, Andy Cravens wrote: > I had this problem on a Sun Solaris 9 host using maildir. I had to > set lock_method = fcntl in dovecot.conf > > All accounts on this system are on local disk (not NFS) Fantastic! Fixed it just like that. Thank you. Oddly, this too is a Sun box but it's running Debian. I'm ccing this back to the list in case anyone else needs to know that (or can tell me what's wrong with my flock). thanks again, will > > > > > > > William Ross wrote: > >> hello Timo, list, >> >> quick error-message question. A few of the accounts on my main >> mailserver are failing to log in with errors like this: >> >> dovecot: Mar 02 19:33:35 Error: imap(user(a)example.com): >> maildir_file_do(/var/lib/vpopmail/domains/example.com/user/ >> Maildir) racing >> >> if I log in by telnet everything is fine, and from the source it >> looks like the error happens when dovecot fails to get a lock on >> some important file or other. Could it be to do with concurrent >> connections? No idea. Has anyone seen this, and can you suggest a >> quick fix? I can't see any obvious difference between the >> accounts that work and those that don't :( >> >> nb. this is with vpopmail, and the Maildirs have just been moved >> over from another server that was also running the same version >> of dovecot. Some of the accounts do work. Perhaps it's just an >> obscure file permissions problem, or something? I'd be very glad >> of any suggestions. >> >> thank you, >> >> will >> > >

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[Dovecot] permission/ownership of SSL cert, key & their directories
by Stewart Dean 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

This ought to be a simple question. Have I got this right? drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 512 Mar 03 15:16 certs drwxr-x--- 2 root system 512 Mar 03 15:10 private ./certs: -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1403 Mar 03 15:16 dovecot.pem ./private: -rw------- 1 root system 887 Mar 03 15:16 dovecot.pem -- ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] getting lock error
by Bas van den Dikkenberg 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

I'm getting this error for al my users does anybody know wat the problem is and how i can fix it pop3(bas(a)giskit.nl): Mar 06 09:10:37 Error: file_wait_lock() failed with index file /mailstore/vmail/giskit.nl/bas/.INBOX/.imap.index: No locks available Met vriendelijk groet, Bas van Dikkenberg GISkit bv BFVD1-RIPE Tel: +3130-6340430 Fax: +3130-6342433 Prive Tel: +3130-6372769 Mob: +316-52384841

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[Dovecot] convert tool
by lenny＠edpausa.com 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Trying out the new convert tool, to migrate from mbox to maildir. Using this syntax ( both inbox and folders are in user's home dir, in mbox format ) ./convert-tool pinetest/export/home2/pinetest \ mbox:/export/home2/pinetest/:INBOX=/export/home2/pinetest/mbox \ maildir:/export/home2/pinetest/Maildir/ I get this error. "Error: Mailbox conversion: Couldn't create mailbox home/Trash Error: Internal failure" Where does it get home/Trash from is hard to guess. I'm not using any variables, every path explicitly says "/export/home2/pinetest" Any ideas ?

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[Dovecot] How to create .dovecot.sieve through IMAP?
by Sergey A. Lipnevich 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hi All, I suspect that the answer is "no way," but there's hope. I'm trying to set up a PHP application Ingo (part of Horde suite) to create the file <home>/.dovecot.sieve for the "advanced" LDA to do mail sorting. Because PHP is running under a Web server user, Ingo can't really write this file directly. My question is, is there any way for Ingo (or any other tool, for that matter) to create that file via IMAP protocol interaction? Horde authenticates users and "knows" login/password combination (that's how it accesses mail folders). Thank you! Sergey.

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[Dovecot] using uid in ldap to send email with postfix to dovecot-users!!
by hotten 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hallo @All I want to use the uid entry in an ldap-database to send email to virtuell dovecot users. What have I to to in postfix?? Allways get an error message user does not exist!! Can abybody help with an example?? Thanks a lot

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[Dovecot] Does it work with ispman
by Dennis K 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Hello guys, I have just installed ispman. According to the manual it supports cyrus & courier. I was wondering if it will support dovecot. Dennis Kaplan

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RE: [Dovecot] Really dumb question
by Al Blake 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Thanks Reuben......I got there just as your reply came in......for some reason I didn’t find them before. Found them all as hidden directories under Maildir. Now I can switch off my windows mail server :) Al. -----Original Message----- From: Reuben Farrelly [mailto:reuben-dovecot@reub.net] Sent: Sunday, 5 March 2006 9:31 PM To: Al Blake Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Really dumb question On 5/03/2006 11:25 p.m., Al Blake wrote: > Just got dovecot running inside MEPIS 3.3.2 SOHO (debian). I am > impressed. It works really well and I am planning to move my mail away > from my Win server and access the mail from dovecot using imap. I have > copied some folders from my existing Outlook mail system into the imap > mail server without any problems....so here is the dumb question: > where are the mail files/folders stored on the MEPIS server? I have > been all over the file system and cant find any files that look right. > The dovecot doco talks about mail location for the index files - but I > have looked in all of those and cant find anything. > The MEPIS system has a Maildir for the user......but that looks just > as it did at install: contains three folders, cur, new and tmp all of > which are empty :( Do you see anything if you run: ls -la Maildir/ in the users directories? That's where the indexes are often stored.. reuben -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006

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[Dovecot] Really dumb question
by Al Blake 05 Mar '06

05 Mar '06

Just got dovecot running inside MEPIS 3.3.2 SOHO (debian). I am impressed. It works really well and I am planning to move my mail away from my Win server and access the mail from dovecot using imap. I have copied some folders from my existing Outlook mail system into the imap mail server without any problems....so here is the dumb question: where are the mail files/folders stored on the MEPIS server? I have been all over the file system and cant find any files that look right. The dovecot doco talks about mail location for the index files - but I have looked in all of those and cant find anything. The MEPIS system has a Maildir for the user......but that looks just as it did at install: contains three folders, cur, new and tmp all of which are empty :( Please dont flame - I have looked and I did try to find the answer but I although I can see the folders and messages through the imap client I cant actually find anything on the server.......and I would like to see something before I turn my Win mail server off. Thanks Al Blake (australia) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006

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[Dovecot] Apple Mail cannot connect (1.0 beta3)
by Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

I'm testing 1.0 beta3 on our mail server, and finding that Apple Mail seems unable to connect to it. I'm running the 1.0b3 on port 997 so we can test it in parallel to 0.91 to compare performance (so far, it's hella faster). I've ensured that the users testing are _not_ connecting in any way to the 0.91 version running on port 993. From the OS X client side (10.4.5 + latest patches), Apple Mail simply sits there and spins, and eventually times out. The error it gives is: ----- Alert There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for account "UCSD" or try again. The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "csefast.ucsd.edu" on port 0 timed out. ----- I'm thinking, "port 0, WTF?" ... On the server, I get this out of the logs: ----- Mar 2 11:54:48 csefast dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=<client_ip_address>, lip=<server_ip_address>, TLS Mar 2 11:54:48 csefast dovecot: imap-login: SSL_accept() syscall failed: EOF [<client_ip_address>] ----- Apple Mail is configured to connect to port 997 and has "Use SSL" checked. I'm not getting anything else useful out of the Mac in terms of debugging info. Thunderbird seems to be working fine (all platforms). The configuration file in use is: ----- protocols = imaps ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/<servername>_cert.pem ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/<servername>_key.pem login_greeting = Dovecot ready. max_mail_processes = 2048 verbose_proctitle = yes verbose_ssl = yes first_valid_uid = 100 mail_debug = yes default_mail_env = mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_full_filesystem_access = yes mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no protocol imap { ssl_listen = *:997 login_greeting_capability = yes } protocol pop3 { } auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { args = session=yes dovecot } userdb passwd { } user = root } ----- Any ideas? Thanks, Gregory -- Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade Sr. Systems Administrator Computer Science and Engineering University of California, San Diego Office: EBU3b 1216 Phone: (858) 822-2625 E-mail: gkra(a)ucsd.edu

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