May 2006 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] running only the dovecot-auth service
by Udo Rader 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hi, we are just testing postfix 2.3 in combination with its new dovecot SASL plugin. Now what we would like to have was dovecot SASL without acutally running dovecot ... The reason for this is because we have the "real" dovecot running on a different server than the postfix instance and it would be nice if it would not be necessary running an "full" dovecot on that server for only SASL support. So is it possible to start only the "dovecot-auth" part of dovecot? Another idea that I had was to export the created auth socket via nfs. Somewhere, sometimes I think to have read that it was possible to use unix domain sockets over nfs mounted shares, but I am not sure about this (and have failed so far). Udo Rader -- bestsolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at

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[Dovecot] Bug in new mail-index-transaction.c
by Bill Boebel 04 May '06

04 May '06

These changes apparently broke something: > 2006-04-24 09:17 Timo Sirainen <timo.sirainen(a)movial.fi> > > * src/lib-index/mail-index-transaction.c: Fixed crash while > updating keywords (broken by recent changes). > > 2006-04-20 14:10 Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> > > * src/lib-index/mail-index-transaction.c: If we sorted appended > messages, we weren't sorting extensions and keywords so they were > mapped to wrong messages (dbox-only problem, keywords not yet > fixed by this change). What I am seeing is when there are messages that have keywords set, Dovecot occasionally hangs while building the index and/or uidlist. It leaves a lock file "dovecot-uidlist.lock" around and the IMAP process reading that folder never completes successfully. To fix it, I have have to rename the message files to remove the keyword. For example: $ mv 1146246349.P365Q2.mail1b.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com:2,Sa 1146246349.P365Q2.mail1b.r1.iad.emailsrvr.com:2,S I reverted back to the copy of src/lib-index/mail-index-transaction.c from the 4/14/2006 CVS snapshot, and this problem completely went away. And mailboxes that were encountering the .lock problem suddenly worked again. If there is any additional information that you need in order to troubleshoot this bug, please let me know and I'll be happy to send it. Bill

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Re: [Dovecot] Expunge is not expunging unless it is called twice
by Bill Boebel 03 May '06

03 May '06

On Tue, May 2, 2006 18:21, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> said: > > Dovecot is requiring two "expunge" calls before it deletes an email. It just >> seems to ignore the first expunge call, leaving the email file in the maildir cur/ >> folder. Any idea why? I even waited 10 seconds after setting the Deleted flag, >> but still the first expunge call did nothing.... > > Fixed now. > I have tested this and works now. Thanks, Bill

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[Dovecot] help server crash
by Luis Atala 03 May '06

03 May '06

chek this out how can i fix this pple? http://channels.debian.net/paste/2475 http://channels.debian.net/paste/2476 pls i need help

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[Dovecot] dovecot, procmail, postfix & SpamAssassin working together
by Paul Matthews 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi there, i'm trying to get dovecot, procmail, postfix & SpamAssassin working together http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=441062 But i'm not having a lot of luck, a question about dovecot, what kind of mail box am i using? mbox? if so does anyone know if procmail can use mbox? /etc/dovecot.conf protocols = imap pop3 imap_listen = [::] pop3_listen = [::] imaps_listen = pop3s_listen = log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login = imap login = pop3 default_mail_env = mbox:/home/CATHEDRAL/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd auth_passdb = pam auth_user = root -- Paul Matthews I.T Trainee | The Cathedral School Ph (07) 47222 194 | Fax (07) 47222 111 PO Box 944 Aitkenvale Q 4814 E: paul.matthews(a)cathedral.qld.edu.au W: www.cathedral.qld.edu.au Anglican coeducation | Day and Boarding | Early Childhood to Year 12 Educating for life-long success **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** *********************************** IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY This electronic email message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that any transmission, distribution or photocopying of this email is strictly prohibited. The confidentiality attached to this email is not waived, lost or destroyed by reasons of a mistaken delivery to you.

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Re: [Dovecot] FreeBSD 6 - DirectAdmin - dovecot
by Floris van den Berg 03 May '06

03 May '06

Jim Trigg schreef: > On Tue, May 2, 2006 1:27 pm, Floris van den Berg wrote: > >> Jim Trigg schreef: >> >>> On Tue, May 2, 2006 10:45 am, Floris van den Berg wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Jim Trigg schreef: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 2, 2006 1:15 am, Floris van den Berg wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Since version 1.0 I experience strange problems with dovecot. At the >>>>>> moment I have beta 7 installed. I use FreeBSD 6.0. >>>>>> >>>>>> * Pop3 works >>>>>> * Imap works, but only when i telnet to localhost >>>>>> * In all other cases I can't connect to the server. Tried with >>>>>> squirrelmail, uebimau and thunderbird. Squirrelmail after a long >>>>>> time >>>>>> waiting: "ERROR: Connection dropped by IMAP server." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> What happens if you try to telnet to the imap port other than >>>>> localhost? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Hi, that works too. It didn't work before because i didn't properly >>>> disable the firewall. >>>> >>>> >>> Do the mail clients work now, then, or do we need to keep >>> troubleshooting? >>> >>> >> Webmail still doesn't work. Other clients however do work. >> I still have no clue what's wrong :( >> > > Actually, here are all of my imap-related entries from Squirrelmail's > config.php -- what is different in your setup? > > $imapServerAddress = 'localhost'; > $imapPort = 143; > $imap_server_type = 'other'; > $imap_auth_mech = 'login'; > $use_imap_tls = false; > No difference. It's getting weirder and weirder. 1) imap works fine when i connect to this dovecot from a remote client (e.g. thunderbird or scripts provided above) 2) everything works fine when i use the troubled box and connect to a remote dovecot server, using telnet and the scripts provided above. 3) the scripts above do work when used with localhost but they are extremely slow. It takes about 1,5 to 2 minutes to complete just to perform a login/logout sequence. Seems to be something wrong with connecting to localhost on that port. Can't pinpoint what it is. Oh by the way, results do not differ when the firewall is enabled or disabled. Floris

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-1.0.beta7 Build Fedora 3 Error REMOVE
by Luke Jackson 03 May '06

03 May '06

Sorry about the double post and I did search google but it didn't provide me with the information i needed. You can delete the last 2 posts I was forced to use google as I was not receving emails from the list at ljackson at luteck.com Thanks for your help hope to be more informed next time I post. -Luke

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-1.0.beta7 Build Fedora 3 Error
by Luke Jackson 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hello I'm attempting to configure Dovecot with mysql support so I'm able to have a single database of users and point both postfix and dovecot to this db. I currently have an rpm src that I have download and placed in my RPMBUILDROOT of my linux box. Next I configured the .spec file and attempted to run a rpmbuild -bb Near the end of the install phase I receive an error which has me stumped. I ran rpmbuild again and used the -bi --short-circuit options and logged the output for you to see. Any help would be greatly appreciated..... rpmbuild -bi --short-circuit dovecot-fc5.spec Executing(%install): /bin/sh -e /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44599 Making install in src make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src' Making install in lib make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib' Making install in lib-dict make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-dict' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-dict' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-dict' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-dict' Making install in lib-sql make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-sql' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-sql' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-sql' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-sql' Making install in lib-ntlm make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-ntlm' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-ntlm' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-ntlm' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-ntlm' Making install in lib-settings make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-settings' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-settings' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-settings' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-settings' Making install in lib-charset make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-charset' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-charset' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-charset' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-charset' Making install in lib-mail make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-mail' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-mail' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-mail' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-mail' Making install in lib-imap make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-imap' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-imap' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-imap' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-imap' Making install in lib-index make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-index' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-index' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-index' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-index' Making install in lib-storage make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' Making install in index make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' Making install in maildir make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' Making install in mbox make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/mbox' make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/mbox' make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/mbox' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/mbox' Making install in dbox make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/index' Making install in subscription-file make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/subscription-file' make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/subscription-file' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/subscription-file' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/subscription-file' Making install in register make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make install-am make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make[5]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[5]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage/register' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' make[4]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[4]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-storage' Making install in lib-auth make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-auth' make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-auth' make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-exec-am'. make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install-data-am'. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-auth' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib-auth' Making install in auth make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/auth' /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link --tag=CC gcc -std=gnu99 -O2 -g -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -I/usr/kerberos/include -o dovecot-auth auth.o auth-cache.o auth-client-connection.o auth-master-connection.o auth-master-listener.o auth-module.o auth-request.o auth-request-handler.o auth-stream.o auth-worker-client.o auth-worker-server.o db-ldap.o db-sql.o db-passwd-file.o main.o mech.o mech-anonymous.o mech-plain.o mech-login.o mech-cram-md5.o mech-digest-md5.o mech-ntlm.o mech-gssapi.o mech-rpa.o mech-apop.o passdb.o passdb-blocking.o passdb-bsdauth.o passdb-cache.o passdb-ldap.o passdb-passwd.o passdb-passwd-file.o passdb-pam.o passdb-checkpassword.o passdb-shadow.o passdb-vpopmail.o passdb-sql.o userdb.o userdb-blocking.o userdb-ldap.o userdb-passwd.o userdb-passwd-file.o userdb-prefetch.o userdb-static.o userdb-vpopmail.o userdb-sql.o libpassword.a ../lib-settings/libsettings.a ../lib-ntlm/libntlm.a ../lib-sql/libsql.a ../lib/liblib.a -lcrypt -lpam -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lresolv -lldap -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -export-dynamic -ldl gcc -std=gnu99 -O2 -g -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -I/usr/kerberos/include -o dovecot-auth auth.o auth-cache.o auth-client-connection.o auth-master-connection.o auth-master-listener.o auth-module.o auth-request.o auth-request-handler.o auth-stream.o auth-worker-client.o auth-worker-server.o db-ldap.o db-sql.o db-passwd-file.o main.o mech.o mech-anonymous.o mech-plain.o mech-login.o mech-cram-md5.o mech-digest-md5.o mech-ntlm.o mech-gssapi.o mech-rpa.o mech-apop.o passdb.o passdb-blocking.o passdb-bsdauth.o passdb-cache.o passdb-ldap.o passdb-passwd.o passdb-passwd-file.o passdb-pam.o passdb-checkpassword.o passdb-shadow.o passdb-vpopmail.o passdb-sql.o userdb.o userdb-blocking.o userdb-ldap.o userdb-passwd.o userdb-passwd-file.o userdb-prefetch.o userdb-static.o userdb-vpopmail.o userdb-sql.o -Wl,--export-dynamic libpassword.a../lib-settings/libsettings.a ../lib-ntlm/libntlm.a ../lib-sql/libsql.a ../lib/liblib.a -lpam -lgssapi_krb5 -lkrb5 -lk5crypto -lcom_err -lldap -L/usr/lib/mysql /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a -lcrypt -lnsl -lc -lnss_files -lnss_dns -lresolv -lz -lm -ldl make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/auth' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src' RPM build errors: /BUILD/dovecot-1.0.beta7/src/lib/sha1.c:233: first defined here /usr/bin/ld: Warning: size of symbol `sha1_result' changed from 190 in ../lib/liblib.a(sha1.o) to 126 in /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(sha1.o) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [dovecot-auth] Error 1 make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44599 (%install) Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.44599 (%install) Thanks, -m3

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[Dovecot] "0" quota and Maildir++
by Apps Lists 03 May '06

03 May '06

Hi Timo. I saw the "0" quota should be interpreted as unlimited in the ChangeLog from yesterday's snapshot. I just tested and it's still seeing zero as zero. I am unable to append any messages. Can you double-check this feature? Thanks! Steve

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[Dovecot] Unoffical Survey - What MTA/Spam filtering do you use?
by Marc Perkel 03 May '06

03 May '06

I like this unofficial survey of hardware but wondering what MTA and spam filtering everyone is using. I do front end spam filtering for other servers as well. (junkemailfilter.com) I'm using Exim 4.61 SpamAssassin 3.11 Some version of DSpam that I'm experimenting with Most of my spam filtering happens on the Exim level. My mail spam filter server is: AMD 3800 Dual Core Athlon 2 100gb SATA drives 4 gigs ram 64 bit Fedora Core 4 2 backup servers on higher MX recored that are similar configuration.

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