November 2009 - dovecot

[Dovecot] 2.0.alpha3 ssl_ca_file is broken
by Mike Abbott 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

In dovecot-2.0.alpha3, setting "ssl_ca_file = /path/to/file" in conf.d/ssl.conf does not work, because imap-login chroots before opening the ca_file. Perhaps this parameter could be replaced with "ssl_ca = </path/to/file" as was done with ssl_cert and ssl_key. Tue Nov 17 11:19:38 server dovecot[1143]: imap-login: Fatal: Error reading configuration: Invalid settings: ssl_ca_file: access(/path/to/file) failed: No such file or directory

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[Dovecot] automatically compiling sieve scripts
by Edgar Fuß 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Without having looked into the code: Does Pigeonhole automatically compile a sieve script if the compiled form is not /strictly/ newer than the text form? I'm running into the problem that during automatic installation of a global sieve-after script, my Makefile has a rule to compile, yet afterwards, the sieve plugin complains about not being able to compile (which is correct, but it shouldn't try in the first place). Both text and binary form have identical time stamps. I don't want to sleep between install and sievec.

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[Dovecot] 2.0.alpha3 dovecot/auth works multiplying
by Alan Commike 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

I setup a test machine with 2.0.alpha3 - Linux, Centos 5.4. I'm using Postfix as my MTA with dovecot to do SASL authorization from /etc/{passwd,shadow}. I'm getting 'dovecot/auth -w' processes hanging around, over a few days I've reached into the 100s. As a test I set auth_worker_max_count = 2, didn't make a difference. Attaching with strace, looks like they're in their standard poll loop waiting for input. Any ideas? I haven't instrumented any of the code yet to see what's going on. I expect somehow you're losing track that the auth worker is out there? I have an old 1.x installation working with a similar setup. Here's the config: [root@pf ~]# dovecot -n # 2.0.alpha3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.4 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_worker_max_count = 2 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir passdb { deny = no driver = shadow } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)projectfoodie.com protocols = imap imaps service imap-login { inet_listener { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 511 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = blocking=yes driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/passwd driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes verbose_ssl = yes -- Alan Commike Founder, QEDLabs commike(a)qedlabs.com http://www.qedlabs.com 408.472.3202

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[Dovecot] Problem with stored procedure
by Fcuk F 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hi Timo/all I am trying to use stored procedure for password query when it try to connect i get authenticated only for the first user after that for subsequent user it gives me this error. Password query failed: Commands out of sync; you can't run this command now You might have solved this issue before, did some search just found this http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-October/017041.html (not resloved) Could you please guide me how to resolve this issue. thanks in advance. *dovecot-mysql.conf* connect = host=xxxx dbname=dovecot user=xxx password=xxxxx client_flags=65536 user_query = SELECT xx as uid, xx as gid, home FROM table WHERE User = '%u' password_query = call proxyMayBe('%u','%w','%r'); *Dovecot -n : *# 1.2.6: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.4 (Final) base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap pop3 listen: * ssl: no 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_process_per_connection: no login_processes_count: 30 mail_location: 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/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf

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[Dovecot] setting up home directories
by Cliff Hayes 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hello, I have not been using the home directory but I read in MailLocation.txt that I probably should. Does dovecot create each directory? What does it put in there? My server uses mbox format. My users all look like this: [root@sendmail log]# finger chayes Login: chayes Name: 50387.00 Directory: /home/chayes Shell: /sbin/nologin Never logged in. Mail last read Mon Nov 16 19:56 2009 (CST) No Plan. So each user does have a home directory assigned, but it is never created. Here is my current mail_location: mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/indexes/%u Do I just add the maildir component as follows: mail_location = mbox:/var/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/indexes/%u:maildir:/home /u% I'm confused by the MailLocation.txt entry below which says not to mix maildir and mbox formats. ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=~/Maildir/.INBOX ---%<----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Note that it's still not possible to mix maildir and mbox formats this way. You need to use<namespaces> [Namespaces.txt] for that. Thanks in advance, Cliff

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.7 : configure: error: Can't build with LDAP support: libldap not found
by Santhosh A. J 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

hi i have downloaded the dovecot 1.2.7 source when i tried to compile with ldap support it gives the error "configure: error: Can't build with LDAP support: libldap not found". i am attaching the log file with this mail. i want to use it with latest apacheDS. Thanks in advance

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[Dovecot] deliver is ignoring mail_access_groups
by Peter 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Ubuntu 8.04LTS Dovecot 1.2.6 Postfix 2.5.1 I'm using dovecot imap/deliver in an environment where I don't want users with shell access to reach their mail folders (partly to do with IMAP ACLs requiring open group permissions and partly to do with not wanting users to mess their mail folders / sieve configs up). I specifically don't want to switch to a "single dovecot user" style installation. Current config: mail_location = maildir:/home/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail mail_access_groups = maildir drwxrws--- 3 nobody maildir 21 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail drwxrws--- 4 nobody adomain.com 30 2009-11-15 12:12 /home/mail/adomain.com/ drwxrws--- 3 auser adomain.com 20 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail/adomain.com/auser drwxrws--- 3 auser adomain.com 20 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir And so on... As expected IMAP and Managesieve work perfectly, but deliver fails: Nov 15 12:48:26 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): sieve: stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/.dovecot.sieve) failed: Permission denied (using global script path in stead) Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir) failed: Permission denied Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=1002(auser) egid=1001(adomain.com) missing +x perm: /home/mail) Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): msgid=<20091115122806.79A0F80034F(a)servername.com>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-11-15 12:28:06] Opening the permissions on /home/mail (6771) allows deliver to succeed suggesting that mail_access_groups is being ignored by deliver. As a work-around I can set /home/mail to 6771 but this is not ideal as anyone somehow guessing the directory structure could access mail of another user in the same group regardless of IMAP acl settings. Yes, I can severely obfuscate it but it's not secure. I've spent about half a day trying to figure this out, I'm assuming at this point that either I'm missing something obvious or something else is wrong. Any ideas? Peter.

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[Dovecot] read() failed with subscription file
by david＠davidwbrown.name 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello Dovecot folks, I have Dovecot running reasonably well against my Postfix SMPTd. All mail is stored in Maildir format only. In my Thunderbird client I can see the Inbox, Trash and Sent folders in the Thunderbird pane but no other directories. I have very many Maildir format directories under my Inbox directory but I cannot see them in the Thunderbird client. I have the Dovecot info and debug log runnning with the solitary error message being displayed in the log when ever I access the Thunderbird client folders pane as stated below. Particulars follow and please advise, David. OS: CentOS 5.2 Postfix: 2.3.3 Dovecot: 1.2 Dovecot log: dovecot: IMAP(user): read() failed with subscription file /home/user/Maildir/subscriptions: Is a directory

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[Dovecot] Replace message headers
by Matthias-Christian Ott 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi, I'm looking for a way to replace specific message headers of a mail via the mail storage API. Any suggestions? Regards, Matthias-Christian

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[Dovecot] fetch bodystructure filename problem rfc2231
by myleetlist＠gmx.de 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi, I have a problem with the filename of attachments in some clients. # dovecot 1.2.(5|7) * 3 FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE (("text" "plain" ("charset" "us-ascii") NIL NIL "7bit" 13 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL)("text" "plain" ("charset" "UTF-8" "name" "ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt") NIL NIL "8bit" 27 1 NIL ("attachment" ("filename" "ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt")) NIL NIL) "mixed" ("boundary" "=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu") NIL NIL NIL)) -> wrong filename in client: ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt # cyrus * 808 FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE (("TEXT" "PLAIN" NIL NIL NIL "7BIT" 13 1 NIL NIL NIL)("TEXT" "PLAIN" ("NAME*" {28} ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt "CHARSET" "UTF-8") NIL NIL "8BIT" 27 1 NIL ("ATTACHMENT" ("FILENAME*" {28} ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt)) NIL) "MIXED" ("BOUNDARY" "=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu") NIL NIL)) -> correct filename in client: testanhäng.txt I think "name" should be "name*" (rfc 2231?) What can I do? Test mail: --> Subject: test From: ... To: ... Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu" Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:48:26 +0000 Message-Id: <1257500906.7739.0.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 X-CheckCompat: OK --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit inhalt mail --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt Content-Type: text/plain; name*=ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit inhalt.. auch mit umlaüt --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu-- <-- -- DSL-Preisknaller: DSL Komplettpakete von GMX schon für 16,99 Euro mtl.!* Hier klicken: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02

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