February 2009 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Mail undeliverable error
by jan gestre 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi Guys, I've already posted this to the postfix mailing list and they made sure the error as the title suggest was generated by dovecot and not the other way around. I have an almost perfectly working multi domain mail server running dovecot+postfix+mysql+postfixadmin behind pfsense, when we transferred office, issues arose, suddenly users using email clients like thunderbird/outlook suddenly can't send mail when outside the office and instead gets an smtp denied or worst a mail undeliverable error. The mail undeliverable error was that the postmaster user is unknown yet I've created the alias using postfixadmin. I've made repeated test and sent mail directly to the postmaster and the email was received by the intended user, I'm stumped and have no idea to fix this. Hope you can help me, TIA. Here's the output of dovecot -n: dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/mail-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/mail-key.pem 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 first_valid_uid: 150 last_valid_uid: 150 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/virtualmail/%d/%u maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes 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 pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 user: nobody passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 user: postfix group: mail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: virtualmail group: mail

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[Dovecot] Case insensitive user names
by Ilo Lorusso 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi, Im looking for a way so I can have case insensitive user names, is there a configuration directive for this option ? as all I can find is the below patch with should give me what im looking for .. http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2004-March/003078.html

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[Dovecot] Vacation: Missing file .dovecot.lda-dupes ?
by Tobias Balle-Petersen 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hello.... I'm using the vacation feature, but the vacation reply is sent when ever a mail is received. What I want is, that the reply should only be sent one time to each user. My understanding is, that a list of people who have received the vacation message should be stored in the file .dovecot.lda-dupes in the users folder. This file is not present in my users fould. I have tried creating the file, but this makes no difference. Any ideas? Output from dovecot -n: # 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps imap listen: localhost:143 ssl_listen: *:993 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/XX.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/XX.key ssl_key_password: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: System ready. login_process_per_connection: no valid_chroot_dirs: /home/vmail mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%n/mail:INDEX=/var/indexes/%n maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_plugins: quota imap_quota trash imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail auth default: username_format: %n verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client mode: 432 user: postfix group: vmail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: maildir:storage=10485760 quota2: maildir:user quota trash: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf sieve: /home/vmail/%n/.dovecot.sieve Thanks, Tobias

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[Dovecot] "user grade" IMAP stress test
by Luigi Rosa 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I need some user grade windows-based IMAP stress tool. I have a situation with a lot of "disconnect" error on the user side (outlook, thunderbird and outlook express) but no sign of error on the Dovecot server. Between clients and server there are a LAN of dubious performance and a ZyWALL. I have already removed every kind of packet filtering on ZyWALL, few hours ago I moved the server near the ZyWALL and connected it directly. Should everything keeps going wrong, I would like to try to run some sort of IMAP test tool, but I have to give it to a Windows user. Can you please suggest me such tool? Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ It's time you learn that freedom is never a gift. It has to be earned. --Kirk, The Return of the Archons -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmHSKEACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZQoZwCgqtlwxCB6/qgxA+srRBbVUcUA uh4AoJoT6YQsoWAh6wdjeO4LOcvHHxso =fn+h -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] sieve 0.1.2 problem with address and :regex
by Andy Howell 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

I'm getting a core dump with the following script: require [ "fileinto", "regex", "variables" ]; if address :domain :regex ["Reply-To", "Sender", "To", "Cc"] "antlr.org|mailman.unixodbc.org|research.att.com|wireshark.org" { if address :regex ["Reply-To", "Sender", "To", "Cc"] ["([^-@]*)-([^-@]*)(-bounces)?@[^:space:,]*"] { fileinto "1: ${1} 2: ${2} 3: ${3} 4: ${4} 5: ${5} 6: ${6} 7: ${7} 8: ${8}"; } } and using the mail below to test with. Looks likes it another regex problem. The sieve-test I'm using had the previous regex patch applied. Stack trace is: #0 0x003e4893 in regexec@@GLIBC_2.3.4 () from /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6 #1 0x08071289 in mcht_regex_match (mctx=0x896b3d0, val=0x896b728 "antlr.org", val_size=9, key=0x8974ffd "antlr.org|mailman.unixodbc.org|research.att.com|wireshark.org", key_size=61, key_index=0) at mcht-regex.c:256 #2 0x080847c9 in sieve_match_value (mctx=0x896b3d0, value=0x896b728 "antlr.org", val_size=9) at sieve-match.c:83 #3 0x080841c5 in sieve_address_match (addrp=0x8187a20, mctx=0x896b3d0, data=0x897f080 "antlr-interest-bounces(a)antlr.org") at sieve-address-parts.c:258 #4 0x0806a5fd in tst_address_operation_execute (op=0x8186688, renv=0x89861b4, address=0x89861a4) at tst-address.c:259 #5 0x080804b6 in sieve_interpreter_execute_operation (interp=0x8986190) at sieve-interpreter.c:437 #6 0x08080573 in sieve_interpreter_continue (interp=0x8986190, interrupted=0x0) at sieve-interpreter.c:464 #7 0x080806df in sieve_interpreter_start (interp=0x8986190, msgdata=0xbfccc6b0, senv=0xbfccc688, msgctx=0x0, result=0x8984180, estatus=0xbfccc6c4, interrupted=0x0) at sieve-interpreter.c:506 #8 0x08080789 in sieve_interpreter_run (interp=0x8986190, msgdata=0xbfccc6b0, senv=0xbfccc688, result=0xbfccc60c, estatus=0xbfccc6c4) at sieve-interpreter.c:528 #9 0x0806eb09 in sieve_test (sbin=0x89752e0, msgdata=0xbfccc6b0, senv=0xbfccc688, estatus=0xbfccc6c4, stream=0x897cab4, ehandler=0x897adb0, trace_stream=0x0) at sieve.c:256 #10 0x08064349 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfccc7b4) at sieve-test.c:174 I tried to walk through the core, but I'm not adept enough to figure it out. Thanks, Andy Sample mail: Received: from gsce0ae1cfad8d ([68.61.157.18]) by OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 7syP1b00K0Q5oY48XsyQAh; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:58:25 +0000 From: "FFFF S. ffff" <xxxx(a)comcast.net> To: "'yyyyy mmmmm'" <hhhhh(a)cs.usfca.edu> Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:58:27 -0500 Organization: GSC & Associates Message-ID: <C3D83CFB77664F089793E9C5A57AB837@gsce0ae1cfad8d> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: Acl8rLUFqTJ7Qbk+SKuTVkyWpIxIDACXd54g In-Reply-To: <DFA6AB2A-B94E-44E8-A13A-75CCF3776B24(a)cs.usfca.edu> Cc: antlr-interest(a)antlr.org Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] How do we change wiki pages? X-BeenThere: antlr-interest(a)antlr.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: xxxxx(a)acm.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: antlr-interest-bounces(a)antlr.org Errors-To: antlr-interest-bounces(a)antlr.org blah

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[Dovecot] cram-md5 problem re-post
by Richard Stockton 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

I apparently did not post enough information the first time, so I am re-posting the original email with the requested configs. I just updated to dovecot 1.1.10 from 1.1.2 and now anyone using cram-md5 can't get authenticated. I am using mysql for passwords (in plain text) and home directories. Per some googling I tried to set (in /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf): # SQL database userdb sql { # Path for SQL configuration file, see doc/dovecot-sql.conf for example args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf } but that didn't help. And in any case people NOT using cram-md5 can authenticate just fine, both before and after I made that change. This worked "out of the box" under 1.1.2, but is broken now. Here's an example I pulled from the logs. dovecot: Jan 29 16:35:03 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(jennshinjo,xx.xx.xx.xx): SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username = 'jennshinjo' AND domain = '' dovecot: Jan 29 16:35:03 Info: auth(default): prefetch(jennshinjo,xx.xx.xx.xx): success dovecot: Jan 29 16:35:03 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1490 jennshinjo home=j/e/jennshinjo/Maildir/ uid=5000 gid=5000 home=j/e/jennshinjo/Maildir/ uid=5000 gid=5000 dovecot: Jan 29 16:35:03 Info: pop3-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<jennshinjo>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=xx.xx.xx.xx, lip=10.255.0.11 Here is the "dovecot-sql.conf": :> more /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=10.211.1.3 dbname=mail user=postfix password=p0stf1x9 default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT password, home as userdb_home, 5000 as userdb_uid, 5000 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox where userid = '%n' Here are the results of "dovecot -n": :> dovecot -n # 1.1.10: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.el5 i686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/pop.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(pop3): *:995 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/server.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /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_greeting: Dovecot on mail-pop01.xxxxx.com ready. verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:/mail/%h:INDEX=MEMORY mmap_disable: yes 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 auth default: mechanisms: plain cram-md5 debug_passwords: yes process_size: 1024 passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch Any ideas appreciated. TIA. - Richard

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[Dovecot] Duplicate repeating Disconnected messages.
by dovecot＠corwyn.net 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

I get regular messsages in /var/log/maillog Feb 2 19:32:57 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)example.com): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=189/472 Feb 2 19:32:57 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)example.com: Disconnected: Logged out bytes=207/1832 Two things: 1) I don't really care to log the user disconneted by logging out at all, how can I stop that 2) why do they show up twice? Thanks Rick dovecot -n # 1.1.8: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.el5 i686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga) ext3 ssl_cert_file: /etc/httpd/certs/mail_invtitle_com.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/httpd/certs/mail.invtitle.com.key.no.password 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_uid: 1015 mail_gid: 105 mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: static socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vuser group: vuser plugin: quota: maildir quota_rule: *:storage=102400000 quota_rule2: Trash:storage=100M Rick Steeves http://www.sinister.net "The journey is the destination"

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[Dovecot] About behavior when I used mysql for dict quota backend
by hideck 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi List, I of present dovecot 1.1.10 use it, and test dict quota backend and mysql. However, I am troubled so that it is IMAP4, and behavior when mysql fell is different from POP3. I become the error in Copy of Mail in IMAP4, but do not become the error in DELE of the POP3. Therefore I think that contradiction happens in database and real storage when mysql fell. I want an error to do it at the time of the DELE command of the POP3 if possible, but how will be it? Thank you for keeping company at my clumsy English. ---------------------------------------------------- # dovecot -n --------------------------- # 1.1.10: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5xen i686 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) protocols: imap pop3 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_max_userip_connections(default): 100 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 100 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 10 last_valid_uid: 65000 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_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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: cache_size: 10 cache_ttl: 300 passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: dovecot group: dovecot plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule: *:storage=1536M quota_rule2: Trash:ignore dict: quotadict: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf --------------------------- mysql status --------------------------- mysql> SELECT username,current,path FROM quota WHERE username="test"; +----------+---------+----------------+ | username | current | path | +----------+---------+----------------+ | test | 1 | quota/messages | | test | 1460 | quota/storage | +----------+---------+----------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) --------------------------- # /etc/init.d/mysqld stop Connectting my server (IMAP4) syslog --------------------------- Feb 3 08:38:40 hideck dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.31.72, lip=192.168.0.1 Feb 3 08:38:46 hideck dovecot: dict: mysql: Connect failed to localhost (dovecot): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) - waiting for 75 seconds before retry Feb 3 08:38:46 hideck dovecot: dict: dict sql lookup failed: Not connected to database Feb 3 08:38:46 hideck dovecot: IMAP(test): Internal quota calculation error Feb 3 08:38:51 hideck dovecot: IMAP(test): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=357/1211 --------------------------- Connect Clients Log(IMAP4) --------------------------- * OK Dovecot ready. 0114 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 QUOTA AUTH=PLAIN 0114 OK Capability completed. 0115 LOGIN ******** ******** 0115 OK Logged in. 0116 NAMESPACE * NAMESPACE (("" ".")) NIL NIL 0116 OK Namespace completed. 0117 LIST "" "INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" 0117 OK List completed. 0118 LIST "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Junk" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Draft" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" 0118 OK List completed. 0119 STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES UNSEEN UIDNEXT) * STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES 1 UIDNEXT 3 UNSEEN 0) 0119 OK Status completed. 0121 SELECT "INBOX" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)] Flags permitted. * 1 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1233565420] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 3] Predicted next UID 0121 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. 0122 UID SEARCH DELETED * SEARCH 0122 OK Search completed (0.000 secs). 0123 STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES UNSEEN UIDNEXT) * STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES 1 UIDNEXT 3 UNSEEN 0) 0123 OK Status completed. 0124 UID SEARCH NOT DELETED * SEARCH 2 0124 OK Search completed (0.000 secs). 0125 UID SEARCH UNSEEN * SEARCH 0125 OK Search completed (0.000 secs). 0126 UID SEARCH ANSWERED * SEARCH 0126 OK Search completed (0.000 secs). 0127 UID SEARCH FLAGGED * SEARCH 0127 OK Search completed (0.000 secs). 0128 UID COPY 2 "Trash" 0128 NO Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-02-03 08:38:46] 0131 CLOSE 0131 OK Close completed. 0130 LOGOUT * BYE Logging out 0130 OK Logout completed. --------------------------- Connectting my server (POP3) syslog --------------------------- Feb 3 08:43:04 hideck dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.31.72, lip=192.168.0.1 Feb 3 08:43:05 hideck dovecot: dict: mysql: Connect failed to localhost (dovecot): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) - waiting for 75 seconds before retry Feb 3 08:43:05 hideck dovecot: dict: sql dict: commit failed: Not connected to database Feb 3 08:43:05 hideck dovecot: POP3(test): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=1/1505, del=1/1, size=1488 --------------------------- Connect Clients Log(POP3) --------------------------- +OK Dovecot ready. USER test +OK PASS ******** +OK Logged in. STAT +OK 1 1488 LIST +OK 1 messages: 1 1488 . UIDL +OK 1 000000024986b6ec . RETR 1 +OK 1488 octets DELE 1 +OK Marked to be deleted. QUIT +OK Logging out, messages deleted. --------------------------- # /etc/init.d/mysqld start No update mysql data --------------------------- mysql> SELECT username,current,path FROM quota WHERE username="test"; +----------+---------+----------------+ | username | current | path | +----------+---------+----------------+ | test | 1 | quota/messages | | test | 1460 | quota/storage | +----------+---------+----------------+ 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) --------------------------- # sudo -u test -H /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap ---------------- # sudo -u test -H /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 QUOTA] Logged in as test 1 GETQUOTAROOT INBOX * QUOTAROOT "INBOX" "user" * QUOTA "user" (STORAGE 1 1572864) 1 OK Getquotaroot completed. 2 logout * BYE Logging out 2 OK Logout completed. ----------------

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[Dovecot] Using dovecot sasl for authenticating in openldap
by Nathan Huesken 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi, I am using dovecot imaps and exim, both authenticating using dovecot-sasl. To keep passwords in one place I would like to authenticate openldap users over dovecot-sasl. So looking at this page: http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/security.html I figure it could be done using Pass-Through authentication. For this, I need to create /usr/lib/sasl2/slapd.conf And adding a few config paremeters. This is a example mech_list: plain pwcheck_method: saslauthd saslauthd_path: /var/run/sasl2/mux I understand the mech_list parameter, but I have no Idea what to put in for the rest. Any help? Thanks! Nathan

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[Dovecot] Errors after install with non-standard prefix
by Dmitry Samersoff 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Hi Everyone, I'm new in dovecot - so first at all, thank you for amazing work. I'd flicked through dovecot code and it's very accurate. I'm trying to use dovecot with a little bit non-standard configuration: dovecot installed under /my_path/dovecot, all users has the same home directory /my_path/var/mail and have to access all mailboxes/folders located there. But I have troubles with it: Right after start dovecot start spamming log with Error: dict: dict client: Broken handshake besides of GB's of lines above I have: Error: imap-login: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=18493, input bytes=0 And of course nothing works. Thank you! -Dmitry ===================== #/zhome/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -n # 1.1.10: /zhome/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4v zfs base_dir: /zhome/var/run/dovecot log_path: /zhome/var/log/dovecot_main.log info_log_path: /zhome/var/log/dovecot_info.log protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /zhome/var/run/dovecot login_executable: /zhome/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: exim login_chroot: no login_max_processes_count: 30 max_mail_processes: 30 first_valid_uid: 1 mail_uid: exim mail_gid: exim mail_location: mbox:/zhome/var/mail:INBOX=/zhome/var/mail/.dead_letters mail_debug: yes mbox_lazy_writes: no auth default: failure_delay: 1 verbose: yes debug: yes worker_max_request_count: 1 passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot -- Dmitry Samersoff dms(a)samersoff.net, http://devnull.samersoff.net * There will come soft rains ...

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