March 2008 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] [PATCH, RFC] add APOP authentication mechanism
by Andrey Panin 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Hello all, this patch add APOP authentication mechanism to dovecot 1.0-test23. Please take a look. Best regards. -- Andrey Panin | Linux and UNIX system administrator pazke(a)donpac.ru | PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net

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[Dovecot] Spliting Folders for Efficiency
by Daniel Watts 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Dear Timo, Would there be any sense in giving Dovecot the option to split folders into multiple subfolders when they reached a specified size (probably message count) limit? Dovecot would monitor folders and when they reached, say, 10,000 messages, silently split the folder on the filesystem to ensure that access remains fast. I know that Dovecot scales very well but this would give practically unlimited storage capability and also keep things fast. You could even have it so that the latest 100 messages are kept in their own folder for fast access. .Folder.new .Folder.cur .Folder.tmp could become: .Folder__1.new .Folder__1.cur .Folder__1.tmp and .Folder__2.new .Folder__2.cur .Folder__2.tmp with Dovecot merging them before display as just "Folder" within the mail client. This could be further extended so that Dovecot could be configured to store 'old' message folders in a separate location. We could then have slower+cheaper+larger storage mounted so that 'old mail' does not take up the expensive local SCSI disks on the machine. Mail from 2 years ago is much less likely to be accessed than mail from the last week. This would provide very neat behind-the-scenes archiving functionality. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts. Best, Daniel -- Squirrelmail Stable 1.4.8 (and developing on 1.5.2) PHP 5.x Hardened with Eaccelerator Apache 2.x Mysql 5.0.x Imapproxy over Dovecot 1.0.rc27 with Maildir all running on Gentoo Linux for ~5,000 users.

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[Dovecot] compressed mbox patch
by Axel Thimm 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

Some ages ago there existed a compressed mbox patch, but now all I can find are posting about it. Does such a beast exist and would it remotely apply to today's dovecot? If not, is there any hope that something like that emerges? Thanks! -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net

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[Dovecot] Feature Missing OUTBOX Folder
by Frank Doege 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Hi Dovecot People, i have switched my system from courier-imap to dovecot and iam quite happy with it, the performance is well and i had nearly no problems. One little feature iam missing is in Courier i had a folder called "Outbox" there i could paste mails which i want to sent out. In some networks its not always available to sent mails via port 21, i know i could just set up my email server to another port but it was a nice feature. Is this a big afford or is it just alittle hack ? could it done via a little plugin ? Thanks Timo & all others for the great work ! Frank

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[Dovecot] store sieve scripts with maildir
by Samuel HAMEAU 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

Hi, I am using dovecot 1.0.10 and pysieved, in a master/slave cluster with ldap (auth_bind=yes). For conceptuals reasons, i would like to keep on the same partition the mailstore + sieve scripts. I have try to set "sieve" and "home" variables under the "plugin" section with an absolute path, and i have tried to override home variable in user_attrs (dovecot-ldap.conf) as well with an absolute path, but in vain. Is there a solution ? sam

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[Dovecot] Bug? Expunging Symlinked Maildir w/ Lazy_expunge Enabled
by Rich at Whidbey Telecom 05 Oct '08

05 Oct '08

Hi all, Using Dovecot 1.0.3 on RedHat Enterprise 5 (kernel 2.6.18-8.1.6.el5PAE), and NFS storage, we symlinked a Maildir folder: /mailstore/user/Maildir/.Junk -> /junkstore/user/Junkmaildir Everything works fine, until we try to expunge, which produces: A04 NO BUG: Unknown internal error This only happens if "lazy_expunge" is enabled: mail_plugins = quota imap_quota acl lazy_expunge lazy_expunge = .EXPUNGED/ .EXPUNGED/ .EXPUNGED/ Lazy_expunge works great on non-symlinked folders. We tried version 1.1 alpha2, which actually crashes in this scenario. The only fix we've found is to disable "lazy_expunge". Attached is our "dovecot -n" config. Anyone have an idea what might be causing this or a workaround? Thanks! Rich richs(a)whidbey.net # 1.0.3: /shared/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/dovecot-mail/ log_path: /var/dovecot-mail/dovecot.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_ca_file: /adminstore/exim/ssl/instantsslroot.crt ssl_cert_file: /adminstore/exim/ssl/public-mail.crt ssl_key_file: /adminstore/exim/ssl/private-mail.key disable_plaintext_auth: no shutdown_clients: no login_dir: /var/dovecot-mail//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_user: exim login_greeting: System ready. login_processes_count: 32 login_max_processes_count: 400 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:/mailstore/%Lu/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY mail_cache_fields: mail_cache_min_mail_count: 65536 mailbox_idle_check_interval: 10 mmap_disable: yes lock_method: dotlock maildir_stat_dirs: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota acl lazy_expunge mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota acl lazy_expunge 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 outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %Mf pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: . inbox: yes namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: .EXPUNGED/ location: maildir:/mailstore/%u/Expunged:INDEX=MEMORY hidden: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam args: exim userdb: driver: ldap args: /adminstore/configs/dovecot-ldap.conf plugin: quota: maildir:storage=250000:ignore=Junk acl: vfile:/adminstore/configs/dovecot-acls

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[Dovecot] sieve discard
by Jim Horner 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

Does the keyword/action discard work by default or is there something I have to do in the configuration to get to work... maybe I missed something on http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Sieve I have the following rule: if anyof ( header :contains ["Subject"] ["Test Discard"] ) { discard; stop; } but it delivers to INBOX with or w/o the "stop;". If I change the rule to if anyof ( header :contains ["Subject"] ["Test Discard"] ) { fileinto "spam"; stop; } the message will deliver into my spam folder which makes me think I am doing something wrong with "discard". Using 1.0.2 sieve plug-in. Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Sorting a folder (by THREAD) takes a long time
by Asheesh Laroia 30 Aug '08

30 Aug '08

My email workflow with Dovecot is that mail gets delivered to INBOX, where I handle it and then move it into a folder called archive. I have alpine set to use the Default sort of "THREAD" of a folder. After moving a (few) mail(s) from INBOX to archive, archive takes a long time (10-50s) to load while alpine tells me: [Sorting "archive" ... ] (I can do the IMAP traces, but I figure alpine's terminology is going to be so similar to IMAP terminology that it should be straightforward enough for Timo to know what I'm talking about.) I don't actually know enough about Dovecot to say for sure what makes this slow, but maybe it's just indexes not being updated? What might be making this slow, and what hope is there for it being fast? (-: It seems like the really nice thing to do would be, after the save, in the background examine the archive folder and update whatever caches need to be updated. The more work that happens while I'm not waiting, the happier I'll be! (Same goes for my mom, and the other less-technical users of Dovecot.) Is this the kind of thing I could write a plugin for...? -- Asheesh. -- It seems to make an auto driver mad if he misses you.

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[Dovecot] Expire plugin with Mysql
by Eric 05 Aug '08

05 Aug '08

Hey guys, got a question about the expire plugin. According to the wiki, the expire plugin "keeps an internal database (Berkeley DB or SQL)". I was wondering what fields in the mysql table are needed for expire to work. I assume it is setup is similar to the quota dict setup, so was just wondering what fields are required (i.e: select_field, where_field, username_field, for quota). Thanks

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[Dovecot] DoveCot IMAP and "inconsistent state" messages
by Chris Richards 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

I need some help troubleshooting this problem. It only shows up with IMAP connections. I initially thought it was related to SquirrelMail (because it gives me an 'EXPUNGE' error), but after attempting to send IMAP commands directly to the server as shown below, I'm thinking there is something else going on. The system configuration is PostFix as the MTA delivering to procmail in the mailbox (maildir format), with Dovecot handling POP3 and IMAP Postfix is version 2.3.3 Dovecot is version 1.0.rc15 procmail is version 3.22 2001/09/10 kernel is 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5, CentOS 5 There is additional info about the system configuration after the command sequence and log entries below. I've left my typos in, just in case they somehow bear on the problem. I omitted about 2050 messages from the mailbox FETCH listing, since they were all identical but for the message number, and I didn't figure you'd want to read all of that. :) Command sequence: [me@myserver~]$ telnet locahost 143 locahost/143: Name or service not known [me@myserver~]$ telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. * OK myserver awaiting command login me mypass login BAD Error in IMAP command received by server. a001 login me mypass a001 OK Logged in. a002 list "Mail" "*" a002 OK List completed. a003 list "Folders" "*" a003 OK List completed. a004 list "Inbox" a004 BAD Error in IMAP command LIST: Invalid arguments. a005 list "Inbox" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" a005 OK List completed. a006 list "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Drafts" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Spam" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" a006 OK List completed. * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 2088 EXISTS * 1 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 2088] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1190322195] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 89700] Predicted next UID a007 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. a008 FETCH l:* FLAGS a008 BAD Error in IMAP command FETCH: Invalid messageset a008 FETCH 1:* FLAGS * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 3 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 4 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 5 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 6 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) . . . * 2083 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2084 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2085 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2086 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2087 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2088 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent)) * BYE Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. Connection closed by foreign host. These are the corresponding entries from my mail syslog during the same time period. I've included the postfix entries, as they might be relevant to the problem. Mar 31 13:55:14 myserver dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Mar 31 13:55:33 myserver dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<me>, method=PLAIN, rip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy Mar 31 13:55:35 myserver dovecot: POP3(me): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=1/18590, del=2/2089, size=10863040 Mar 31 13:56:29 myserver postfix/smtpd[26589]: connect from unknown[79.165.160.211] Mar 31 13:56:30 myserver postfix/smtpd[26589]: 1A57E2F7E6: client=unknown[79.165.160.211] Mar 31 13:56:30 myserver postfix/cleanup[26646]: 1A57E2F7E6: message-id=<000901c89360$061afdf8$11e5c1ae@qawbud> Mar 31 13:56:35 myserver postfix/qmgr[2254]: 1A57E2F7E6: from=<amsonson(a)impsat.com.ar>, size=61232, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/smtpd[26651]: connect from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/smtpd[26651]: C98262F893: client=localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/cleanup[26646]: C98262F893: message-id=<000901c89360$061afdf8$11e5c1ae@qawbud> Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/smtpd[26651]: disconnect from localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver amavis[26499]: (26499-03) Passed SPAMMY, [79.165.160.211] [79.165.160.211] <amsonson(a)impsat.com.ar> -> <me(a)digitalvoice.com>, Message-ID: <000901c89360$061afdf8$11e5c1ae@qawbud>, mail_id: 47TfQi44++zM, Hits: 17.608, size: 61232, queued_as: C98262F893, 1372 ms Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/smtp[26648]: 1A57E2F7E6: to=<me(a)mydomain.com>, orig_to=<postmaster(a)digitalvoice.com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=6.8, delays=5.4/0.01/0.01/1.4, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as C98262F893)Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/qmgr[2254]: C98262F893: from=<amsonson(a)impsat.com.ar>, size=62235, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/qmgr[2254]: 1A57E2F7E6: removed Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/local[26653]: C98262F893: to=<me(a)mydomain.com>, relay=local, delay=0.12, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/bin/procmail) Mar 31 13:56:36 myserver postfix/qmgr[2254]: C98262F893: removed Mar 31 13:58:07 myserver dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<someone>, method=PLAIN, rip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy Mar 31 13:58:07 myserver dovecot: POP3(someone): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/291, size=11570114 Mar 31 14:00:58 myserver dovecot: IMAP(me): Maildir /home/me/.Maildir sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox (85953 > 85053, file = msg.XL7B:2,) Mar 31 14:00:58 myserver dovecot: IMAP(me): Disconnected: Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. output of dovecot -n: # /etc/dovecot.conf listen: * login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: myserver awaiting command mail_location: maildir:~/.Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postdrop master: So, now I've got two questions: 1. Is accessing a mailbox via POP3 and IMAP at the same time considered to be a Bad Thing? 2. Is having procmail drop messages directly into the directory that the IMAP process is scanning a Bad Thing? 3. Is there a better/preferred way to have Postfix/procmail deliver mail to the maildir that will keep Dovecot IMAP happy? (There don't seem to be any issues with pure POP3 access). Thanks in advance for your help, and if there's anything else you need to know that I can provide, please ask. I've tried to provide as much information up front as I can. Later, Chris

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