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[Dovecot] Upgrade Too 1.2.11 Broke Everything
by Marcel Grandemange 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Good Day. I have had dovecot working successfully for years now, however after a system update , dovecot refused to start up complaing that im not using absolute paths. It took a bit of hacking to get it working again as can be seen by the sql query, however now imap doesn't work anymore because of that change. Im lost!! dovecot --version 1.2.11 dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no 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: thavinci Ready verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_privileged_group: postfix mail_location: mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u 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_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 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf In regards to this file the following was changed to make it work... mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Used to be: mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=xx.xx.xx.xx dbname=nameofdb user=dbuser password=dbpassword password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, concat('/var/mail/',maildir) AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' This query used to be: user_query = SELECT maildir, maildir AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' A snapshot of the maillog during failure Jun 29 11:50:15 thavinci postfix/qmgr[1469]: BA3DD9B4C9: removed Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): stat(/var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci last message repeated 2 times Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): open() failed with subscription file /var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.subscriptions: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=306/4046 As can be seen somehow it's trying to write to the mbox file and I have no idea why! And this is the db structure! SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; -- ---------------------------- -- Table structure for `mailbox_copy` -- ---------------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mailbox_copy`; CREATE TABLE `mailbox_copy` ( `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `maildir` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `quota` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `modified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`username`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Postfix Admin - Virtual Mailboxes'; -- ---------------------------- -- Records of mailbox_copy -- ----------------------------

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[Dovecot] Compile error sieve plugin for dovecot2
by Christian Kivalo 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm trying to compile the sieve plugin for dovecot2 Dovecot2-beta6 is allready running and working. i did a hg clone http://hg.renamie-it.nl/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole and ran the autogen.sh script as mentioned in the INSTALL file configure options: /configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot/ --with-managesieve=no compiling gives an error after a while: /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\""/usr/lib/dovecot"\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c -o sieve-actions.lo sieve-actions.c libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\"/usr/lib/dovecot\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c sieve-actions.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/sieve-actions.o sieve-actions.c: In function 'act_store_mailbox_open': sieve-actions.c:338: error: storage size of 'save_ctx' isn't known sieve-actions.c:355: warning: implicit declaration of function 'mail_deliver_save_open' sieve-actions.c:338: warning: unused variable 'save_ctx' make[4]: *** [sieve-actions.lo] Fehler 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 am i missing something? further information can be provided. dovecot2 was configured with prefix/sysconfdir/localstatedir as above it doesnt make any differences if i change --with-dovecot to the local sources directory thanks in advance Christian Kivalo

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-2.0 conf misc questions
by Thomas Hummel 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm setting up a dovecot-2.0.beta6 install and I'm experiencing the following issues/questions : 1. Converting the config file # /usr/local/dovecot-2/bin/doveconf -n -c /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf : [...] doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf line 176: Unknown setting: process_limit but # grep -i process_limit /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf # Well, it doesn't bother me much since I made the dovecot-2 conf from scratch anyway. 2. Changing the process limit In 10-master.conf, I changed 'service imap''s 'process_limit' from 1024 to 4096 which caused : Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5320) Where does the 5320 come from ? 3. The = <file syntax Is there anything to know about this new syntax other than files are introduced by "<" ? 4. The "filter" hierarchy My understanding is that protocol, remote, local must be specified in the following order protocol name { remote <ip|name> { local <ip|name> { and that for a match in several blocks, the more specific wins. but it's not clear to me where they are valid and if we can negate (with a ! for instance) an argument. For instance, I want to implement the typical case of "let clients from the inside network perform a plain auth over a clear connection, require SSL before auth for the outside network clients". For that, I want to put remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } in 10-auth.conf and let the 'disable_plaintext_auth = yes' in dovecot.conf But : . why is this default not in 10-auth.conf file ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol imap { remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol ! imap ... or remote ! <some address> ? Besides, if I set ssl=required, do I still need disable_plaintext_auth = yes ? 4. auth unix listner Default is the unix socket 'auth-userdb'. Which processes communicate through this one ? Does that mean the the auth process is not the process which performs the actual passdb/userdb lookup ? In that case what is the 'userdb process' ? Same question : what is the auth-client socket used for ? Finally, would it make sense to declare other auth listeners than the two listed by default in the 10-master.conf file ? -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] pop passd for changing passwords in squirrelmail
by Rajesh M 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

hi when i migrated from courier to dovecot my password change plugin in squirrelmail stopped working since courierpassd was being used in poppassd is there a way to get this working ie some alternative solution i don't want to use qmailadmin thanks rajesh

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[Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot
by Xavi Montero 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi all, my first post. After years with an old server, a couple of months ago I've installed a new one. We use IMAP. After research, I chosed dovecot. It has been running for several weeks but from one week ago or so, it suddently dies about once per day. The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9 seconds each night. We did this because "apparently" we did not a "soft time drift" installing the full ntp daemon, but I start thinking the time-jump crashes dovecot. QUESTIONS: - Might this time-jump cause dovecot to die? - I don't know wehere the dovecot logs are written to. Where do I start searching? Thanks to all! Xavi. -- Xavier Montero - 93 589 71 91 - 630 59 01 62 - xmontero(a)dsitelecom.com

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Re: [Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Am 28.06.2010 16:01, schrieb Matthias Rieber: > Hi, > > On 28.06.2010 14:36, Oliver Eales wrote: >> Hello, >> i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace >> in v2.0. >> The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver >> virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this >> is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i >> configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace >> itself is working.) > maybe you've to add the virtual plugin to protocol managesieve: > > protocol managesieve { > mail_plugins = <other plugins> virtual > } > Thanks, that was the problem! Now it is working. Quite logical when i think about it... :-) Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hello, i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace in v2.0. The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace itself is working.) Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve-login: Info: Login: user=<1000000000032>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=30947, secured Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve: Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=1073741824B Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Effective uid=20001, gid=20001, home=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032 Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace type=private: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=ye s, subscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: fs: root=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032-dbox, index=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000 032-dbox/index, control=, inbox= Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=virtual., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, su bscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: user 1000000000032: Initialization failed: Namespace 'virtual.': Unknown mail stora ge driver virtual Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. I am using dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole 1301:1def8519d775 and dovecot-2.0 11638:5326d6b2f36e excerpt from confs: protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve mail_location = dbox:%h-dbox:INDEX=%h-dbox/index namespace type=private { separator = . prefix = inbox = yes } namespace { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:%h-dbox/virtual:INDEX=%h-dbox/index/virtual } service managesieve-login { inet_listener managesieve { } } Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] "forgot my password" feature
by Mustafa Cagatayli 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi, We have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot(v.1.1.11) combination which we have user data on MySQL as virtual users. We have configured the SquirrelMail interface so that users can now change their own passwords. Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password management" which would allow us to add the "I forgot my password. Lets reset it" feature which would do the authentication with the help of some random personal data or personal question/answer combination ? Regards. -- Mustafa Çağataylı BİM

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[Dovecot] SASL EXTERNAL docs?
by Patrick Ben Koetter 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

The wiki says Dovecot supports SASL EXTERNAL as of version 1.2. I couldn't find any documentation telling me how I would configure SASL EXTERNAL. Is there any? p@rick -- state of mind Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] importing outlook express messages to dovecot imap server
by Angelo Chen 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hi, I have a local Dovecot 1.1.4 running. I have a big number of outlook express messages that I like to put into Maildir so that I can use Dovecot's imap to access. I can convert them into mbox format. any available means for me to import outlook express/mbox messages into Maildir/Dovecot? command line will be preferred, Thanks, Angelo

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