October 2008 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Can't login in Dovecot, clues needed.
by Andre Lopes 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi, I'am using Ubuntu Server, and I can't get Dovecot working. Please give me a clue if you can. Ok, my gide to configuration was https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot I tryed to "telnet mydomain.com 110", but the authentication fails, give this error: -ERR Authentication failed. Besides this, I can't "telnet mydomain.com 110" outside my localhost My mail.log tells this: Oct 5 19:25:29 mydomain dovecot: Killed with signal 15 Oct 5 19:25:29 mydomain dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.10 starting up Oct 5 19:29:33 mydomain dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: user=<andre(a)mydomain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured What's wrong in here? Best regards, Andre.

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[Dovecot] FETCH for mailbox mailboxname UID #1 got too little data: #2 vs #3
by Diego Liziero 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

I got it with multiple imaptest instances even with current dovecot-1.1 hg tree. I checked the emails with that UIDs and they are actually truncated. Some things I noted on these mails: - they are all with MIME multipart attachments. - the last multipart attachment is truncated - the truncated last line is not complete - the following line is the beginning of a new mail (From line) without any empty line after the truncated attachment. - in "got too little data: #2 vs #3" 0 <= #2 < #3 (zero included) - Content-Length: #4 is sometimes bigger than both #2 and #3, sometimes smaller. Regards, Diego.

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[Dovecot] How to bypass checking of system users by virtual users?
by Dâniel Fraga 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi, I have one real domain (abusar.org) and the others are virtual. So I configured dovecot.conf as the following: # for abusar.org, real domain mail_location = mbox:~/.mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%n # for the remaining virtual domains userdb static { args = uid=17 gid=17 home=/var/spool/virtual/%d/.home/%n mail=mbox:/var/spool/virtual/%d/home/%n:INBOX=/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n } passdb passwd-file { args = username_format=%n /etc/virtual/%d/passwd } *** Everything works perfectly except for the fact that when virtual users authenticate, dovecot uses the configuration for real users first and then authenticate succesfully with the virtual configuration, generating those annoying log error messages: Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=belforts(a)ragio.com.br rhost=201.6.150.188 Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=belforts(a)telecomex.com.br rhost=201.6.150.188 Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Oct 3 03:11:40 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=info(a)mostrasocioambiental.com.br rhost=201.6.150.188 Oct 3 03:12:00 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Oct 3 03:12:00 teleporto dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=comprovante(a)ragio.com.br rhost=200.204.124.212 This messages happen because dovecot is trying to check virtual users in the system password file (which just contains real users and not virtual users). So is there a way to force it to check virtual users just on the /etc/virtual/%d/passwd? I mean, if the domain is the real one, abusar.org, or it doesn't have a domain, it will check in the system passwords, but if it's some other domain except abusar.org, it should skip checking system passwords and check directly in the /etc/virtual/%d/passwd. I just don't know how to do that. Any hints? Thank you! -- Linux 2.6.27-rc8: Rotary Wombat http://u-br.net http://www.soninha23.can.br

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[Dovecot] How to configure POP3 access in Dovecot?
by Andre Lopes 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi, I'am new to Dovecot and Postfix... I have made a Postfix installation as "Internet with Smarthost". I'am using a domain in Godaddy, I have point "A (Host) Record" to my IP and the "MX Record" is also pointing to my IP. I have tested sending e-mail from my gmail.com account to my server, the server receive e-mails from gmail.comto my /home/andre/mbox successfully, the server is also sending mails by SMTP successfully. Now I need to configure POP3, I have been searching but I don't know what to do... I only need to receive e-mails in my windows machines in Outlook Express. I have test telnet in my localhost with "telnet mydomain.com 110" It appears: Trying 127.0.0.1 Connected to localhost +OK Dovecot ready Then I try to auth by telnet with: user andre(a)mydomain.com +OK pass mypass -ERR Authentication failed. I know that my password it's ok. When I try to "telnet mydomain.com 110" on other computer with another IP on Internet I get blank screen. My question: What can I do to, or what can I read to configure POP3 successfully? Best Regards, Andre.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.1.3 crash & backtrace
by Ralf Hildebrandt 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Backtrace:/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap GNU gdb 6.8-debian Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libdl-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/lib/ld-2.7.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so Reading symbols from /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so...done. done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/gconv/ISO8859-1.so Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 Core was generated by `/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 6239] #0 0xb7f20424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #0 0xb7f20424 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0xb7de1640 in raise () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb7de3018 in abort () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x080d6785 in default_fatal_finish (type=<value optimized out>, status=0) at failures.c:150 backtrace = 0x97bc1d8 "/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap [0x80d6771] -> /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap [0x80d67f2] -> /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap [0x80d6189] -> /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap [0x80d93e1] -> /usr/local/l"... #4 0x080d67f2 in i_internal_fatal_handler (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0, fmt=0x80ea60c "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0xbf83b334 "g�\017\b\037") at failures.c:430 No locals. #5 0x080d6189 in i_panic ( format=0x80ea60c "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:197 No locals. #6 0x080d93e1 in file_lock_do (fd=-1, path=0x97d1e38 "/home/m/r/mrowka/Maildir/dovecot.index.search", lock_type=1, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL, timeout_secs=60) at file-lock.c:31 ret = <value optimized out> __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "file_lock_do" #7 0x080d94fe in file_wait_lock (fd=-1, path=0x97d1e38 "/home/m/r/mrowka/Maildir/dovecot.index.search", lock_type=1, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL, timeout_secs=60, lock_r=0x97db704) at file-lock.c:129 ret = <value optimized out> #8 0xb7d95875 in squat_trie_lock (trie=0x97d0448, lock_type=1, file_lock_r=0x97db704, dotlock_r=0x97db708) at squat-trie.c:294 ret = 0 #9 0xb7d98996 in squat_trie_build_deinit (_ctx=0x97db720, expunged_uids=0xbf83b548) at squat-trie.c:1600 ctx = (struct squat_trie_build_context *) 0x97db6f8 unlock = <value optimized out> ret = 0 #10 0xb7d948ee in fts_backend_squat_build_deinit (_ctx=0x97db718) at fts-backend-squat.c:182 uids = {arr = {buffer = 0x97dbe20, element_size = 8}, v = 0x97dbe20, v_modifiable = 0x97dbe20} ret = <value optimized out> #11 0xb7da4abd in fts_backend_build_deinit (_ctx=0x97db774) at fts-api.c:108 ctx = (struct fts_backend_build_context *) 0x6 #12 0xb7da6330 in fts_build_deinit (_ctx=<value optimized out>) at fts-storage.c:240 ctx = (struct fts_storage_build_context *) 0x97db728 box = (struct mailbox *) 0x97cee50 ret = 0 #13 0xb7da6eda in fts_mailbox_search_next_nonblock (ctx=0x97dac68, mail=0x97dbec8, tryagain_r=0xbf83b68b) at fts-storage.c:393 fctx = (struct fts_search_context *) 0x97dad08 #14 0x08060826 in cmd_search_more (cmd=0x97c85f0) at cmd-search.c:83 ctx = (struct imap_search_context *) 0x97c86b0 end_time = {tv_sec = 3, tv_usec = 159225840} tryagain = <value optimized out> ret = 3 #15 0x08060c76 in cmd_search_more_callback (cmd=0x97c85f0) at cmd-search.c:132 client = (struct client *) 0x97c83a8 finished = <value optimized out> #16 0x080ddb09 in io_loop_handle_timeouts (ioloop=0x97c49b0) at ioloop.c:298 _data_stack_cur_id = 2 #17 0x080de3e2 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x97c49b0) at ioloop-epoll.c:175 ctx = (struct ioloop_handler_context *) 0x97c4aa8 event = <value optimized out> list = <value optimized out> io = <value optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 0, tv_usec = 0} t_id = <value optimized out> msecs = 0 ret = 0 i = <value optimized out> j = <value optimized out> call = <value optimized out> #18 0x080dd8b0 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x97c49b0) at ioloop.c:320 No locals. #19 0x0806b51a in main (argc=) at main.c:293 No locals. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandt(a)charite.de) snickebo(a)charite.de Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.arschkrebs.de I'm looking for a job "General Failure's Fault. Not Yours." -Anon.

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Re: [Dovecot] GETQUOTAROOT (part 2)
by Patrick Medina 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

--- On Mon, 9/1/08, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > From: Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] GETQUOTAROOT (part 2) > To: cpjmedina(a)yahoo.com > Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 1:55 AM > On Aug 31, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Patrick Medina wrote: > > > Did some further testing: > > 1. maildirsize was initially = 5119 bytes > > 2. login via imap command line, verified GETQUOTAROOT > > returns correct quota, then logged out > > 3. sent test email and is delivered by deliver > > 4. maildirsize is updated but now = 5126 bytes > > (i.e. it is _not_ recreated) > > 5. log in again and GETQUOTAROOT now returns empty > > 6. quota thereafter no longer works > > OK, that's clearly a bug. If it's not gone in v1.1 > I'll look at it again. And in any case it would be more > reliable if you could have your userdb return the quota Upgraded to 1.1.2 from atrpms.net but I'm still getting the same behavior. I am trying to look at the quota plugin source (e.g. quota-maildir.c), but I'm very rusty in that aspect already. Thank you.

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[Dovecot] Quota exceeded message
by Timo Sirainen 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

I just realized that "quota" word probably doesn't mean much to many non-native english speakers. Do even non-technical native speakers understand what "Quota exceeded" really means? It's sent by quota plugin, currently in two different situations: 1) To the user doing the operation via IMAP COPY/APPEND. 2) More importantly: If deliver rejects the mail, it's sent to the sender. Here are some ideas for improvements: "Mail storage disk quota exceeded" "User's mail storage disk quota exceeded" "Quota exceeded - not enough disk storage capasity for the user" Any better ideas? I think it should mention "quota" word in any case so that people who understand it would know immediately what the error message is about. The current code doesn't allow cleanly using separate messages for 1) and 2), so I'd prefer to use the same one. But if you've a great suggestion for them separately I could do it.

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[Dovecot] Stupid question: Need to increase some connection limits
by Jon Callas 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 When I switch from one network to another, I sometimes get dovecot rejecting my connections. The error I get in the log is similar to: Sep 22 15:23:22 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Maximum number of connections from user+IP exceeded: user=<user>, method=METHOD, rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8 So the question is what parameter increases that? My five minutes of looking has failed me. Jon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Universal 2.6.3 Charset: US-ASCII wj8DBQFI2BtFsTedWZOD3gYRAs18AJ4wcFwyUl7JyVg5EO6jiZCWwt8URACdElWW 4pYB51ubkC1I+wf8RLuivYY= =yjuT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.0.10 inet_addr(0.0.0.0)
by Zbigniew Polito 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi, I've got a problem. my Dovecot is not running ;) It immidiately exits when run with no output info I've figuret out that is something wrong with network but i can't find such option in conf any Ideas?? strace output : dup(3) = 5 fcntl64(5, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 6 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, [1], 4) = 0 bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(995), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 getsockname(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(995), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, [16]) = 0 listen(6, 8) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(6, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 7 setsockopt(7, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 setsockopt(7, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, [1], 4) = 0 bind(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(110), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 getsockname(7, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(110), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, [16]) = 0 listen(7, 8) = 0 fcntl64(7, F_GETFL) = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR) fcntl64(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 fcntl64(7, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(5, 0) = 0 dup2(5, 1) = 1 clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7e2b708) = 2692 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- exit_group(0) = ? Process 2691 detached Regards -- Pozdrawiam Zbigniew Polito zbigniew_pol(a)airpost.net -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service.

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[Dovecot] authentication issue - dovecot + Mysql
by Reinhard Sanjeet Lal 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi, I have a FreeBSD 7.0 server with the following version of software's installed: postfix-2.5.4,1 postfixadmin-2.2.1.1 roundcube-0.2.a,1 php5 mysql-server-5.0.67 dovecot-1.1.3_1 Note that pre-reqs for all of the above also has been installed. I have used this guide to walk myself through the setup : http://www.purplehat.org/?page_id=4 My setup uses virtual domain and user style(mostly for hosting provider type) , all stored into the Mysql db, now when I try to telnet to port 110 for pop test or even telnet for IMAP test , I get this error: dovecot: Sep 24 18:51:49 Info: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<rein>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured note : there are numerous of there errors , but I included only this. Dovecot is not able to authenticate by using the query in its dovecot-sql.conf file. I have tried a lot of tricks by changing the mechanism MD5 , PLAIN LOGIN etc, but no avail. Please , could someone assist me in solving this issue, not that I can send and receive emails but pop and IMAP seems not to work , so is the webmail functionality . Here is my dovecot -n output : # 1.1.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/key.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Baby Is Ready. login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 last_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 last_valid_gid: 125 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%n maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-se imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_enable_last(default): no pop3_enable_last(imap): no pop3_enable_last(pop3): yes pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: login plain cram-md5 digest-md5 plain login username_format: %Ln passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 ____________________________ Reinhard Sanjeet Lal Manager Network Operations p + 679 3275040 f + 679 3275053 m + 679 9923147 e sanjeet(a)getunwired.com.fj <http://www.unwired.com.fj> www.unwired.com.fj disclaimer "This transmission is for the intended addressee only and is confidential information. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it and notify the sender. The contents of this e-mail are the opinion of the writer only and are not endorsed by Unwired Fiji unless expressly stated otherwise. Unwired Fiji has virus detection in place and makes every reasonable effort to ensure that this message is free from viruses. However, you should scan this message and any attachments for viruses. Under no circumstances will Unwired Fiji accept liability for any loss or damage that may result from your receipt of this message or any attachments."

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