June 2008 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] quota-rewrite patch & userdb quota overriding
by Alan Premselaar 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've spent the past couple of hours trying to figure this out by checking the wiki and googling, but haven't come up with anything that works yet. I just installed dovecot 1.0.14 with the quota-rewrite (1.09) patch and i'm trying to get the quota overridden via a passwd-file type userdb. I had 1.0.13 without the new quota style patched in working but having trouble figuring this out. any help would be appreciated. prior to the quota-rewrite patch (which i installed with the hopes of using quota_warn feature) i was able to put the following line into my passwd-file userdb and it was working: alan:*:1000:1000::/home/alan::userdb_quota=maildir:storeage=2048000:ignore=Sent (which is what I wanted) but now with the new quota definition style, I'm not sure what I need to define the extra fields as. here is dovecot -n: # 1.0.14: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap imaps managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/tls/private/dovecot.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(managesieve): no verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(managesieve): ~/sieve sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(managesieve): ~/.dovecot.sieve auth default: ~ passdb: ~ driver: pam ~ userdb: ~ driver: passwd-file ~ args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.passwd ~ userdb: ~ driver: passwd ~ socket: ~ type: listen ~ master: ~ path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master ~ mode: 384 ~ user: dovecot ~ group: dovecot plugin: ~ quota_rule: *:storage=1G ~ quota_rule2: Trash:storage=100M thanks, alan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkhPd+cACgkQE2gsBSKjZHQNMACghSk7awVX1Aj5HVeo0KjRxyZc lT0AoLJA00SiYiefi2wNrAOt7L6N5eg4 =mA8L -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Wrong message information
by Anders 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

We have a few users that every so often get empty data in their message overview. From and subject are empty, and the date is 1-Jan-1970. When opening the message in full view, all things are fine. Also, the data in the actual maildir file is fine. It looks a lot like the issue described here: http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2008-March/029282.html The server is Linux, ext3, no NFS, and Dovecot 1.1.rc4. The few clients that have had this problem so far have been Outlook Express. What can be done to debug this? Thanks, Anders.

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[Dovecot] Mutually exclusive Exim setup instructions
by Karl Schmidt 12 Jun '08

12 Jun '08

The correct way has to be one or the other: http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Exim are mutually exclusive with http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/DebianStable It appears that exim can either call dovecot's LDA or make the delivery itself. There may be good reasons to do it one way or the other. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Karl Schmidt EMail Karl(a)xtronics.com Transtronics, Inc. WEB http://xtronics.com 3209 West 9th Street Ph (785) 841-3089 Lawrence, KS 66049 FAX (785) 841-0434 If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate. ----------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] outlook windows problem
by rashantha de silva 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

hello, client can not connect using outlook. has any of you noticed this problem. can not connect with imap or as pop. i am using a self signed certificate.

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[Dovecot] Status of Dbox in 1.1
by Steve Fosdick 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

What is the status of dbox in dovecot 1.1 please? I have read the release notes and checked the archives but I can't find this information. TiA, Steve.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.1 rc9 compilation warnings
by Chris Wakelin 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

I've tried compiling 1.1.rc9 on everything to hand and I get various compilation warnings (but the compilation finishes). I don't know whether any of them are worth tracking down? I'm guessing most of the differences depend on the default gcc options and a couple of them are probably specific to our setup. All were configured with ./configure --prefix=/opt/RDGdovect --with-ssl=openssl --with-ldap Best Wishes, Chris Solaris 8/10 (SPARC gcc 3.3.2/3.4.3) > In file included from lib.h:6, > from restrict-access.c:7: > ../../config.h:564:1: warning: "_FILE_OFFSET_BITS" redefined > In file included from /opt/RDGgcc3/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/3.3.2/include/sys/types.h:29, > from restrict-access.c:4: > /usr/include/sys/feature_tests.h:96:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition Solaris 10 > charset-utf8.c: In function `charset_to_utf8': > charset-utf8.c:73: warning: implicit declaration of function `buffer_append' Solaris 8 and SuSE Enterprise Linux 9 (x86-64 gcc 3.3.3) > mail-index-map.c: In function `mail_index_map_ext_hdr_check': > mail-index-map.c:171: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned > mail-index-map.c: In function `mail_index_map_clone': > mail-index-map.c:1112: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned > mail-index-sync-update.c: In function `sync_header_update': > mail-index-sync-update.c:418: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned > mail-transaction-log-file.c: In function `log_file_track_mailbox_sync_offset_hdr': > mail-transaction-log-file.c:682: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned > mailbox-list-fs-iter.c: In function `list_file_subdir': > mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:414: warning: `real_path' might be used uninitialized in this function Solaris 8/10 and SLES 9 > maildir-sync-index.c: In function `maildir_sync_index': > maildir-sync-index.c:420: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned Solaris 8/10 and Ubuntu 8.04 (i386 gcc 4.2.3) > maildir-uidlist.c: In function `maildir_uidlist_refresh_fast_init': > maildir-uidlist.c:783: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned Solaris 8/10 and SLES 9 > mail-storage.c: In function `mail_storage_create': > mail-storage.c:175: warning: `storage' might be used uninitialized in this function SLES 9 > ssl-proxy-openssl.c: In function `ssl_info_callback': > ssl-proxy-openssl.c:619: warning: passing arg 1 of `SSL_get_ex_data' discards qualifiers from pointer target type Solaris 8 and SLES 9 > idxview.c: In function `dump_extensions': > idxview.c:104: warning: `extensions' might be used uninitialized in this function Solaris 8/10, SLES 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 > fts-backend-squat.c: In function `fts_backend_squat_expunge_finish': > fts-backend-squat.c:195: warning: unused parameter `_backend' > fts-backend-squat.c:196: warning: unused parameter `box' > fts-backend-squat.c:196: warning: unused parameter `committed' Solaris 8/10 and SLES 9 > rquota_xdr.c: In function `xdr_getquota_args': > rquota_xdr.c:17: warning: unused variable `buf' > rquota_xdr.c: In function `xdr_rquota': > rquota_xdr.c:36: warning: unused variable `buf' > rquota_xdr.c: In function `xdr_gqr_status': > rquota_xdr.c:71: warning: unused variable `buf' > rquota_xdr.c: In function `xdr_getquota_rslt': > rquota_xdr.c:88: warning: unused variable `buf' Ubuntu 8.04 > istream-zlib.c: In function `i_stream_zlib_seek': > istream-zlib.c:118: warning: implicit declaration of function `gzseek64' -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Lucene index not updated when one saves a message from one folder to the other
by Asheesh Laroia 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

I'm running 1.1 rc8, and I enabled the Lucene indexes. I find that if a bunch of messages arrive in INBOX and I then move them to archive, the next time I do an X-TEXT-FAST search, Dovecot has to re-index the mails that I think it had indexed when they were in INBOX. This seems silly, since Dovecot was the one copying them (and then deleting, since that's what I mean by move). Will this change? -- Asheesh. -- Elliptic paraboloids for sale.

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[Dovecot] Converting from maildir to dbox
by Kjartan Andreassen 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi, We are getting the users homedir from sql ( in dovecot-sql.conf) and using the convert script we have the following settings: mail_location = dbox:%h/dbox convert_mail = maildir:%h/Maildir This just gives an error on all the folders saying they already exists. Does anyone have a config file where they have a working dbox configuration? Regards, Kjartan

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[Dovecot] Auto creating client folders on the IMAP server after installing client.
by Radio Tron 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hello, could someone help. I have installed Dovecot+SSL+TLS+Thunderbird and all is well except one thing. After installing TBird and adding the required data (smtp server and auth info, imap/pop server and auth info) I am able to view mail in my TBird Inbox BUT Trash and Sent don't work - it pops up saying folder doesn't exist on the server - can't the darn thing, auto create a folder on the server instead of cribbing to me??? Is there a painless (automatic way) to auto create client directories on the Dovecot server (in the users home dir on the server - i am using maildir/). I don't want to maintain a list of clients(TBird, outlook, eudora..) with their directory structure and then remember what user has what clients installed and Gahhh! How do i do this?? Is this explained/documented somewhere in simple language(for a newbie - I'm struggling through the RFC's but they are awfully obscure and don't seem to answer my question directly)? I've also googled but that's worse. Thank you for your patience and time. I'd like to add that I plan to sync GMail, Dovecot and a multitude-of-stupid-clients in some mysterious way so any advice in advance is more than welcome.

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[Dovecot] Multiple SSL certificates with dovecot.
by Andre Rodier 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hello all, By advance, I hope you'll excuse my probably not perfect English, which is not my mother tongue. I have always appreciated dovecot for this simplicity to setup and lightweight, but today, after many installations, I cannot find how to setup dovecot for my configuration. - I use only IMAPS to retrieve the mails. - I manage two domain names - I use CA-Cert certificates So,the question is : how to setup dovecot to select the appropriate certificate, according to the domain name I use when I retrieve mails using the IMAPS protocol ? Thanks. Andre Rodier.

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