June 2007 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] 1.0.rc28 released
by Timo Sirainen 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

http://dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.rc28.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.rc28.tar.gz.sig Still a bit more fixes. My coding TODO list is again empty. Unless something special happens in the next few weeks, I'll still make rc29 with the documentation included and v1.0 will be released April 13. * deliver + userdb static: Verify the user's existence from passdb, unless allow_all_users=yes * dovecot --exec-mail: Log to configured log files instead of stderr * Added "-example" part to doc/dovecot-sql-example.conf and doc/dovecot-ldap-example.conf. They are now also installed to $sysconfdir with "make install". + When copying/syncing a lot of mails, send "* OK Hang in there" replies to client every 15 seconds so it doesn't just timeout the connection. + Added idxview and logview utilities to examine Dovecot's index files + passdb passwd and shadow support blocking=yes setting now also + mbox: If mbox file changes unexpectedly while we're writing to it, log an error. + deliver: Ignore -m "" parameter to make calling it easier. + deliver: Added new -n parameter to disable autocreating mailboxes. It affects both -m parameter and Sieve plugin's fileinto action - mbox: Using ~/ in the mail root directory caused a ~ directory to be created (instead of expanding it to home directory) - auth cache: If unknown user was found from cache, we didn't properly return "unknown user" status, which could have caused problems in deliver. - mbox: Fixed "UID inserted in the middle of mailbox" in some conditions with broken X-UID headers - Index view syncing fixes - rc27 didn't compile with some non-GCC compilers - vpopmail support didn't compile in rc27 - NFS check with chrooting broke home direcotry for the first login - deliver: If user lookup returned "unknown user", it logged "BUG: Unexpected input" - convert plugin didn't convert INBOX

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[Dovecot] Fatal: Login process must not run as root
by santhosh 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

Hi all, I am new to dovecot, i had installed dovecot in RH9 machine and when i tried to run( as root) it, i am getting the below message in the log file. dovecot: Jun 11 18:57:16 Fatal: Login process must not run as root I have done the installation as below ( as normal user): ./configure make sude make install When i try to run as a normal user i am getting the error like Error: Can't write to log directory /var/log: Permission denied Can anybody tell me where i am doing mistake ? Thanks in advance Regards, Santhosh

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[Dovecot] Public Namespace and ACLs with pure virtual users
by Marc Delling 27 Jun '07

27 Jun '07

hi! i would appreciate to have some comments on my below scenario: # from the config userdb static { args = uid=vmail gid=mail home=/vmail/%d/%n } namespace public { separator = / prefix = All/ location = maildir:/vmail/%d/all/Maildir:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/ all:INDEX=~/Maildir/index/all inbox = no hidden = no } namespace private { separator = / prefix = location = maildir:~/Maildir inbox = yes hidden = no } # end config the public namespace is also the maildir of the user "all@mydomain". a sieve skript is dropping mail for all@mydomain to the appropriate maildir within this maildir/namespace (e.g. .Support/) first of all: this works to some point but is such a configuration valid? can a public namespace be the maildir of a user? if a new mail for all@mydomain comes in, all subscribed users (of this domain) can view it and it is marked as /Seen individually. the important feature to me: the /Seen flags are managed per user as configured in the public namespace now the problem: the whole mail system runs with one uid/gid and virtual users, which has the effect that some user can delete mails in the public namespace or drop mails into it, create folders etc. this is not wanted. i wanted a read-only public namespace. so i decided to use acls. as namespace prefixes are ignored i needed to create them globally. my first try was: /etc/dovecot/acls/Support: owner lrwstiekxa authenticated lr which lead to the result that other users than all@mydomain cannot manipulate the public namespace at all, including setting their /Seen flag. that was the first surprise to me as i thought this flag would be managed seperately in the users homes. after a (very short) thought i came to this (allow setting the /Seen flag for others): owner lrwstiekxa authenticated lrs which lead to another unexpected result: the /Seen flag is now set globally. if one user marks a mail /Seen, it is /Seen for all other users too. where is the problem? except for the iso/osi layer 8 problem i am aware of... marc

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[Dovecot] dovecot -n segfault
by Luca Corti 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

# uname -a Linux ns2 2.6.18-4-sparc64 #1 Mon Mar 26 11:16:07 UTC 2007 sparc64 GNU/Linux # dovecot -n # 1.0.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf Segmentation fault uhu? ciao Luca

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[Dovecot] set maildir and directory default for deliver?
by Mark Edwards 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

I asked this question in a more detailed post, with no response, so I'm going to ask point blank. Is there a way make dovecot's deliver use default mailbox and directory settings? I'm thinking of the mail_location parameter, which deliver seems to ignore. Thanks! -- Mark Edwards

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[Dovecot] APPEND fails
by Dirk Müller 26 Jun '07

26 Jun '07

hi list, i wrote a small tool in java which transfers all mails from one imap-server account to another imap-server account using the javax.mail API. when i use cyrus as source and destination imap server everything is fine. when i use dovecot as destination server occasionally exceptions occur when appending the mails. i was not able to see what's really going wrong so i used wireshark to get the imap command that fails: A23 APPEND INBOX.MYSUBFOLDER () "14-Mar-2007 14:20:45 +0100" {0+} A23 NO Append aborted. this is easy to check via telnet, always the same error. i'm not sure why the javax.mail API uses the "{0+}" but somehow it occurs every now and then. sending this command to a cyrus imap server does not fail. any idea? is this a javax.mail problem? thanks and best regards, dirk

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot.conf authentication after Debian upgrade
by Didier Misson 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Bruno Puga a écrit : > I don't know what are the exactly parameters changed from sarge to etch, > but you can send us more detailed information changing this settings in > your dovecot's conf: > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Debugging/Authentication > > See this section to find out if you are looking for logs in the right > place accordingly to you configuration. > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging <http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging> > > Send us the dovecot -n output instead of dovecot.conf. Thanks for you reply Bruno ;-) Between Sarge and Etch, many parameters changed between the 2 Dovecot version ... example : imaps_listen = * ---> replace by ---> replace by protocol imap { listen = 127.0.0.1:143 ssl_listen = *:993 } ... of course, simply replacing the package version, and new Dovecot doesn't run ! :-( --------------------------------------------- dovecot -n (I discover this command today) ks:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S listen: 127.0.0.1:143 ssl_listen: *:993 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 1000 mail_extra_groups: mail default_mail_env: maildir:~/Maildir mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir imap_client_workarounds: outlook-idle delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default: passdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd --------------------- I will try to read the documentation on the authentication debugging. Thanks a lot for your help. ;-) -- Didier Google Talk : didier.misson(a)gmail.com Jabber : didier.misson(a)amessage.be http://didier.misson.net

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot.conf authentication after Debian upgrade
by Didier Misson 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Bruno Puga a écrit : > but you can send us more detailed information changing this settings in > your dovecot's conf: > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Debugging/Authentication > > See this section to find out if you are looking for logs in the right > place accordingly to you configuration. > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging <http://wiki.dovecot.org/Logging> > > Send us the dovecot -n output instead of dovecot.conf. I read this documentation about Authentication and Logging debuggind. I add : auth_debug=yes auth_debug_passwords=yes --------------------------- for this test, I change my password = "MyPasswd" (and I change again after) My client is Thunderbird on Ubuntu 7.04 in /var/log/syslog dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Isecured^Ilip=87.98.98.98^Irip=212.71.11.157 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT^I1^IAGRpZGllcgBNeVBhc3N3ZA== dovecot: auth(default): passwd(didier,212.71.11.157): password mismatch dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL^I1^Iuser=didier I try to check myself : printf 'didier\didier\MyPasswd' | mmencode ZGlkaWVyXGRpZGllclxNeVBhc3N3ZA== The end seem to be the same... Is it correct ? So why Dovecot don't accept my password ? Dovecot or Debian ? ... I don't know what I can check more... Thanks ;-) -- Didier Google Talk : didier.misson(a)gmail.com Jabber : didier.misson(a)amessage.be http://www.misson.net

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[Dovecot] Setting retention policies
by Don Russell 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

I access e-mail from different PCs, typically using Thunderbird e-mail client. Thunderbird has a a "retention policy" it can set on a folder by folder basis. Policies such as how long to keep messages for, or how many messages to keep. Is there a way to set those policies on the server itself? Thank you

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[Dovecot] Quota from passdb sql
by Bruno Puga 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hello folks! Is it possible to retrieve quota information from a passdb sql lookup and using static userdb? I've tried here without success, and I can't find in the wiki or forum. Some ways I configured dovecot-sql.conf: 1) password_query = SELECT email AS user, CONCAT('maildir:storage=',quota) AS quota, password FROM users WHERE email = '%u' 2) password_query = SELECT email AS user, CONCAT('maildir:storage=',quota) AS userdb_quota, password FROM users WHERE email = '%u' With userdb sql things worked perfect, but as I can use static userdb I just need quota information per user from passwd sql. Thanks, Bruno.

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