June 2008 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] Problem Compiling 1.1.1 on AIX
by Jackie Hunt 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Hi all, We've been running Dovecot since December '07 with with no glitches. It's a great solid piece of software, thanks so much Timo!! I thought I'd try out 1.1.1, so I brought it down and tried compiling it on AIX, using the IBM compiler, xlc. It's what I've used all along. The error I'm seeing on the make is: source='array.c' object='array.o' libtool=no DEPDIR=.deps depmode=aix / bin/sh ../../depcomp xlc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/local/openssl_0. 9.7e/include -g -qcpluscmt -c array.c "macros.h", line 149.68: 1506-211 (S) Parameter list must be empty, or consist o f one or more identifiers separated by commas. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Looking at macros.h, the section it is erroring on is: #ifdef CONTEXT_TYPE_SAFETY # define CONTEXT_CALLBACK(name, callback_type, callback, context, ...) \ ({(void)(1 ? 0 : callback(context)); \ name(__VA_ARGS__, (callback_type *)callback, context); }) #else # define CONTEXT_CALLBACK(name, callback_type, callback, context, ...) \ name(__VA_ARGS__, (callback_type *)callback, context) #endif The second define is the line the error occurs on. Has anyone seen this before. I'm assuming xlc can't handle the '...' parameter, and an hoping there is an option I can enable. Just thought I might see if anyone else has already solved this issue. Thanks much! Jackie ---- Jackie Hunt ACNS Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Bruce Bodger 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Timo, Running v1.1.1 on OS X. What is dovecot trying to tell me here? Jun 24 15:03:50 G518X2 dovecot: IMAP(jjohnson): Sort IDs 4 broken in mailbox INBOX, reseting Thank you! G518X2:~ root# dovecot -n # 1.1.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 768). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes 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(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_process_per_connection: no mail_max_userip_connections(default): 25 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 25 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 10 first_valid_uid: 490 mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir 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): mail_log mail_plugins(imap): mail_log mail_plugins(pop3): 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 mail_log_max_lines_per_sec: 0 pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/var/mail/shared:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/ public:INDEX=~/Maildir/index/public list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Thank you! B. Bodger

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[Dovecot] Wiki: Fedora links
by Kenneth Porter 27 Jun '08

27 Jun '08

Convenience link to add to the Fedora section at <http://wiki.dovecot.org/PrebuiltBinaries>: <http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/>

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[Dovecot] maildirmake -q quota equivalent to set quota
by Eric PEYREMORTE 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

Hi, I'm coming from courier-imap and i'm trying to migrate to dovecot. I can't find how to create a maildir with a quota file(maildirsize) I saw that if there was a maildirsize it would get its quota from there but can't find how to create that file. I'm using pam auth and would like to set different quotas for each users. With courier-imap there is a useful command : maildirmake -q 100000S Maildir/ to assign a quota to a maildir. But i don't know how to do with dovecot... Cheers, Erc PEYREMORTE

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[Dovecot] dovecot: unrecognized service
by Kaushal Gandhi 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

I have tried to installed dovecot 1.0.15 on Centos 4.6 ./configure --with-pam make make install It got installed without error However when I do [root@~ ]# service dovecot start dovecot: unrecognized service When I do [root@~ ]# # locate dovecot It gives me many files...... /usr/local/sbin/dovecotpw /usr/local/sbin/dovecot /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql-example.conf /usr/local/lib/dovecot /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_convert_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib20_convert_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib10_quota_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3/lib20_expire_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_expire_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib20_convert_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib01_acl_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib20_expire_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib11_trash_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib20_fts_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_fts_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mail_log_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_fts_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib11_trash_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_convert_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_convert_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_zlib_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_expire_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_zlib_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_zlib_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_trash_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib20_fts_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_expire_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib11_trash_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib11_trash_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mail_log_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_mbox_snarf_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib21_fts_squat_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_convert_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib02_lazy_expunge_plugin.a /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_expire_plugin.la /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_fts_plugin.so /usr/local/libexec/dovecot /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/gdbhelper /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dict /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/idxview /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/ssl-build-param /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/listview /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/convert-tool /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/expire-tool /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/logview /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/checkpassword-reply /usr/local/include/dovecot I do not know how do I remove above file and make fresh instalation or rectify the current problem. Any help would be highly appreciated. Best Regards onik

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[Dovecot] local rimapd not working with 1.1.1, fatal error
by David Halik 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi all, I just upgraded a couple of Fedora 9 workstations to try out 1.1.1 over NFS'd homedir's and I'm having trouble running dovecot in the same configuration we were with 1.0.14. It's fairly simple, we use pine/alpine and set a couple of variables to fork rimapd directly: * smtp-server=host (for the main mail machine) * user-domain=host (same) * set the inbox-path={localhost}INBOX * ssh-command=%s %s %s %s * ssh-path=/etc/rimapd In rimapd we specifiy: exec /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap 2>/dev/null In dovecot.conf we specify: protocols = imap listen = localhost mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=<path>/index/%u:CONTROL=<path>/control/%u namespace public { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } protocol imap { mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } ...and away we go. This enables us to run pine and dovecot locally on the workstations since our home directories are all NFS'd to a central server, essentially giving us Maildir access anywhere local. This has been working great for a long time, and we still use it with 1.0.14, but as soon as I upgraded to 1.1.1, pine is telling me: "rsh to IMAP server timed out" "localhost,143: Connection refused" I know this is very pine specific, but our pine configuration hasn't changed, only dovecot has. I check the obvious answers like perms, and ensured the same dovecot conf exists, and it does. I'm pretty stumped. It's obviously the newer dovecot causing problems, but I don't know where exactly. If I run "/usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap" manually, i still get the normal IMAP session. The only error I see anywhere is this in /var/log/maillog: Jun 24 15:36:28 host IMAP(user): : Fatal: io_loop_handle_add: epoll_ctl(1, 2): Operation not permitted That doesn't really tell me much though. Any ideas? Is dovecot taking different arguments now so my rimapd line isn't working properly? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -- ================================ David Halik System Administrator OIT-CSS Rutgers University dhalik(a)jla.rutgers.edu ================================

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[Dovecot] Automatic Expunge
by Jason Wohlford 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Any suggestions for doing an automatic move and expunge on mailboxes? Cheers, Jason -- Jason Wohlford <jason(a)wohlford.org> <http://wohlford.org>

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[Dovecot] Migrate courierimapsubscribed to subscriptions
by Alessio Cecchi 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi here's a little trick to migrate from courierimapsubscribed to subscriptions: create a file /usr/local/bin/courier-dovecot-subscribe-migrate like this: #!/bin/sh # WARNING: Be sure to use mail_drop_priv_before_exec=yes, # otherwise the files are created as root! if [ -e ~/Maildir/courierimapsubscribed ] then cat ~/Maildir/courierimapsubscribed | sed -e 's/INBOX\.//' > ~/Maildir/subscriptions mv ~/Maildir/courierimapsubscribed ~/Maildir/courierimapsubscribed-VIA fi # This is for imap, create a similar script for pop3 too exec /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap remember to chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/courier-dovecot-subscribe-migrate after in your dovecot.conf add: mail_drop_priv_before_exec=yes mail_executable=/usr/local/bin/courier-dovecot-subscribe-migrate reload dovecot and now on the first IMAP login (like via webmail) your subscriptions folders will be migrate to dovecot format. Ciao -- Alessio Cecchi is: @ ILS -> http://www.linux.it/~alessice/ Assistenza Sistemi GNU/Linux -> http://www.cecchi.biz/ @ PLUG -> ex-Presidente, adesso senatore a vita, http://www.prato.linux.it @ LOLUG -> neo-Socio http://www.lolug.net

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[Dovecot] deliver doesn't create home dirs
by Pavel Volkovitskiy 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

hello! i'm trying to setup exim + dovecot's deliver for virtual users in exim.conf: home_directory = "/var/mail/$domain/$local_part" command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver and in logs: No such file or directory: failed to chdir to /var/mail/symlink.ru/olfway so why it doesn't tries to create that dir? maybe some switch can be added? -- Pavel

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[Dovecot] Maildir and Invalid data in file
by Patryk 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hello, I'm using dovecot version 1.0.13 on reiserfs on hardware RAID-0, but I'm getting the following error in the logs every time one user tries to access his old mails in the .Sent directory: dovecot: 2008-06-23 15:09:46 Error: IMAP(marek.chajecki): Invalid data in file /var/mail/Maildir/marek.chajecki/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist As a result he fails to get access to the emails in this folder. I've googled a bit and read that deleting the uidlist makes dovecot recreate it, but after some time the same thing happens. It's a new hard drive, so I don't think this is a hard drive fault. Some additional info: this server is being used by about 200 users who get about 100 emails daily each one of them. Config: root@warsaw Maildir # dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ssl_listen: * login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_process_per_connection: no login_processes_count: 15 login_max_processes_count: 512 max_mail_processes: 4096 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/Maildir/%u maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes auth default: worker_max_count: 100 passdb: driver: pam args: cache_key=%u dovecot userdb: driver: passwd Any help will be appreciated! -- Regards, Patryk Rzadzinski

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