June 2007 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[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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[Dovecot] quota calculating
by Scott Zahn 25 Jun '07

25 Jun '07

Hey everyone, Currently where I work we use qmail. Every time a message is delivered, qmail seems to walk through the user's entire maildir in order to calculate quota usage. Delivering messages simultaneously to just a few users who are allowed large maildirs (1-2GB) will bring our servers to their knees. Which brings me to dovecot. I use dovecot whereever I can, but haven't yet needed to set up quotas. I would like to migrate my servers at work to use dovecot, but have a few questions regarding quotas. Could someone explain how dovecot calculates quota usage on mail delivery? Also, is there anyone here on the list that uses quoatas on large maildirs (>=2GB)? How well has it worked for you? thanks, Scott

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