May 2008 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] Web-based shared calendar synchronizable with Outlook
by Samuel HAMEAU 30 May '08

30 May '08

Hi, I know this request is a a little off-topic but may be interesting for dovecot users (at least i hope!) Does anybody has already had an experience with a calendar sharing solution including a webcalendar and an outlook connector, "compatible" with dovecot ? Today, there are many projects aiming to be a "M$ Exchange Killer" (such as Zimbra, OBM, open-exchange, etc) but they offers a global package with MTA and imap server included. I saw the page about BynariConnector (http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/BynariConnector) but unfortunatly they do not provide a webmail :( I'm afraid What I am looking for is a shared agenda solution providing a webcalendar, an outlook connector and eventually a pda connector, using (or not) dovecot, and a corporate ldap server... What are you guys using ? sam

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.1 significantly faster than 1.0
by Marc Perkel 30 May '08

30 May '08

It appears to be that 1.1 is a lot faster that 1.0. And server load levels have dropped.

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[Dovecot] v1.1.rc6 released won't compile
by webbie 30 May '08

30 May '08

I got a compile error with rc6, rc5 works fine. amd64:dovecot-1.1.rc6# uname -a FreeBSD amd64.objtech.com 7.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1 #3: Fri Apr 18 02:18:13 EDT 2008 ./configure \ --prefix=/opt1/dovecot \ --localstatedir=/var \ --without-shadow \ --without-cyrus-sasl2 \ --without-pop3d \ --without-gssapi \ --disable-ipv6 \ --disable-debug \ --with-ioloop=kqueue \ --with-ssl=openssl make [trimmed] gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-mail -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mail-index-view-sync.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Tpo -c -o mail-index-view-sync.o mail-index-view-sync.c mv -f .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Tpo .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Po gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-mail -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mail-index-write.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/mail-index-write.Tpo -c -o mail-index-write.o mail-index-write.c mail-index-write.c: In function 'mail_index_write': mail-index-write.c:179: error: 'struct stat' has no member named 'st_ctim' mail-index-write.c:179: error: 'struct stat' has no member named 'st_ctim' *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.1.rc6/src/lib-index. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.1.rc6/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.1.rc6. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.1.rc6.

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[Dovecot] no bookeeping using public folders
by Claude Frantz 30 May '08

30 May '08

Using dovecot 1.0.10. In the config: namespace public { separator = / hidden = no prefix = Flock/ location = maildir:/home/baratin/PublicMaildir:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/Flock:INDEX=/var/dovecot/index/%u/Flock } This should be a public mail folder owned by "baratin", "read only" for all other users. Every user has his/her own control and index area related to this public folder. I have verified, they are owner and "group" of the respective control and index area. The problem, while using Thunderbird: The "read only" user can delete messages or mark then read. But after a new session, all the messages are still "new". Of course, only "baratin" is the owner. The problem, while using mutt and IMAP: mutt refuse to change any flag because the folder is "read only". Of course, this is correct. My question: Why is no bookkeeping maintained for "other" users, although every one has his/her own control and index structure ? Thanks a lot ! Claude

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[Dovecot] Compile error with 1.1rc6
by Trent Stevens 30 May '08

30 May '08

I'm trying a very basic ./configure; make of v1.1rc6 under Mac OS X 10.5.3. I have previously installed v1.1rc5 with no problems (although I was running OS X 10.5.2 at the time). Machine is an Intel based Mac Mini running on an Journaled HFS+ partition. When I attempt the make I am running into: <snip> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib- mail -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing- declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad- function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mail-index-view-sync.o -MD -MP - MF .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Tpo -c -o mail-index-view-sync.o mail- index-view-sync.c mv -f .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Tpo .deps/mail-index-view-sync.Po gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib- mail -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing- declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad- function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mail-index-write.o -MD -MP - MF .deps/mail-index-write.Tpo -c -o mail-index-write.o mail-index- write.c mail-index-write.c: In function 'mail_index_write': mail-index-write.c:179: error: 'struct stat' has no member named 'st_ctim' mail-index-write.c:179: error: 'struct stat' has no member named 'st_ctim' make[3]: *** [mail-index-write.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2

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[Dovecot] Upgrading from 1.0x to 1.1x
by Marc Perkel 30 May '08

30 May '08

OK - about to jump to the new version of dovecot. Is there anything I need to change in the config files or things I should know? I'm using maildir format running under Fedora 8.

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[Dovecot] Problem deleting folders with Thunderbird?
by Knute Johnson 30 May '08

30 May '08

I am running Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 on Windows XP. When I try to delete one of the folders I get a dialog with the following "The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Target mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes." I am running dovecot version 1.0.13-6.fc8 under Fedora 8. The output of dovecot -n is below; [root@www knute]# dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imaps pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: yes 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 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: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Is there something to be configured to allow mail box deletion? I know there was a similar discussion this week about users deleting their mailboxes accidentally. Are folders within folders allowed by dovecot? Thanks very much, -- Knute Johnson linux(a)www.knutejohnson.com

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[Dovecot] dovecot's deliver and SELinux
by Dan Horák 29 May '08

29 May '08

Hello, I am the new maintainer of dovecot for Fedora and Red Hat and so I am trying to cleanup some old reported bugs. One of them is a problem when "deliver" writes of temporary files into /tmp are blocked by SELinux policy (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=424091) From the SELinux's point of view it is bad when system services try to write into /tmp (for detail see http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/11467.html) The solution looks simple - just to switch from /tmp to PKG_RUNDIR (line 472 in deliver.c for dovecot 1.0) for writing the temp files. But this raises two questions - will it really work and when yes, is it acceptable for the author? Thanks, Dan -- Fedora and Red Hat package maintainer

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[Dovecot] Fwd: Re: [SOLVED] Configuring Quota on Dovecot 1.0.13-1~bpo40+1
by Lucas Carlessi 29 May '08

29 May '08

Thank you Tomasz! The quota per user worked fine now... The problem was that in dovecot.conf I had these lines: userdb static { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes } And I just changed to: userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } Now it's working... bye! On Wed, 28 May 2008 21:08:51 +0200, Tomasz Suchodolski <suchodolski.tomasz(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all! >> I have just updated my dovecot 1.0.rc15 to 1.0.13-1~bpo40+1 > >> I have a mysql table with this structure: > >> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ >> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | >> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ >> | email | varchar(91) | YES | | NULL | | >> | password | varchar(32) | NO | | | | >> | quota | bigint(20) | NO | | | | >> | home | varchar(255) | NO | | | | >> +----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > >> email returns email(a)domain.com > >> password returns the pass in mysql-crypt format > >> quota returns the quota in bytes(like 100000000) > >> home returns the path to the user home(like >> /home/vmail/domain.com/email/) > >> the mail user and group id are 5000. > >> Now the question: How can I configure the quotas by user using >> mysql... in dovecot 1.0.rc15 didn't work... >> Thanks for your >> help! > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/1.0 > Set global quota and see examples for sql queries. Also try with > kilobytes. > > Ps. 1.0.rc15 - quota per user(with mysql) works - I have tested it. > > Regards

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[Dovecot] "storage error during logout"
by Vegard Svanberg 29 May '08

29 May '08

What is this error message actually trying to tell me? May 28 13:47:24 yyy dovecot: POP3(aaa@bbb): Disconnected: Storage error during logout. top=0/0, retr=2/73195, del=0/435, size=13509375 This user is accessing his mailbox using both POP3 and IMAP, I don't know if that's relevant. The POP3 check is quite aggressive; once every minute or so. Dovecot 1.0.13-1~bpo40+1 -- Vegard Svanberg <vegard(a)svanberg.no> [*Takapa@IRC (EFnet)]

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