September 2010 - dovecot

[Dovecot] imap processing spinning on the CPU
by Daniel J. Luke 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Version: 2.0.2 OS: Mac OS X 10.5.8 IMAP Client: Apple Mail.app on 10.5.8 Since upgrading to 2.0.2 I've noticed one user ends up with 4-5 imap processes all using as much CPU as they can get. I know of one other person who is seeing this on a FreeBSD server (that person moved back to dovecot 1.2 which 'solved' the problem there). I didn't notice anything in the list archive about this, but maybe I missed it. (gdb) bt full #0 0x9534c2a8 in memchr () No symbol table info available. #1 0x001ef220 in parse_next_body_to_boundary () No symbol table info available. #2 0x001f02a8 in message_parser_parse_next_block () No symbol table info available. #3 0x0013c1cc in index_mail_cache_parse_continue () No symbol table info available. #4 0x0015c634 in mbox_save_body () No symbol table info available. #5 0x0015ca14 in mbox_save_continue () No symbol table info available. #6 0x000ecc58 in mail_storage_copy () No symbol table info available. #7 0x000f5b80 in mailbox_copy () No symbol table info available. #8 0x00003a10 in cmd_copy (cmd=0x80e820) at cmd-copy.c:66 search_ctx = (struct mail_search_context *) 0x403900 src_trans = (struct mailbox_transaction_context *) 0x403230 srcset_ctx = { str = 0x282d0, first_uid = 0, last_uid = 4294967295 } save_ctx = (struct mail_save_context *) 0x0 mail = (struct mail *) 0x81bc20 src_uidset = (string_t *) 0x282d0 copy_count_r = (unsigned int *) Cannot access memory at address 0x0 -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke(a)geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+

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[Dovecot] Moving from MBOX to Maildir or DBox ?
by Frank Bonnet 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hello Actually we use MBOX format for all our IMAP access but users complain they cannot create subfolders in imap folders, of course they cannot because of MBOX format ... I need gurus advices on changing mailbox format Maildir of Dbox ? What would be the safest way to go ? Note : we extensively use Thunderbird here. Thanks

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[Dovecot] dovecot as exchange server?
by Jacek Osiecki 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi, This might be a stupid question, since my knowledge about Exchange is really poor... Since I've got iPhone, I have noticed that IMAP mailbox support is quite crippled in this device - in comparison to Exchange mailboxes... As I assume that it would be easier to convince Bill Gates to install linux than to convince Steve Jobs to change anything in his "perfect phone", I started searching for something that could serve emails similarly to Exchange. Since gmail provides Exchange access, and they definitely don't run a single huge MS Exchange server, I assume that it is somehow possible to implement Exchange protocols - or am I wrong? So, finally - if it is possible to use Exchange protocol, would there be any plans for implementing it in dovecot? Best regards, -- Jacek Osiecki joshua(a)ceti.pl GG:3828944

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[Dovecot] dsync mirror duplicates problem
by Waldemar W. 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Im trying to sync 2 mailserver with dsync mirror functionality. Problem occurs when mails arrive in the same folder on both sides then dsync sometimes runs into problems and duplicates that entrys on both side(2mails then with same content). After running again the same happens again(now 4 mails with same content on every side). And then duplicates this mails on both sides on every run :( Anyone with same problem or is something that could cause this? I tried dsync with and without -f option but no change. Im running dovecot 2.0.1 together with dovecot sieve (latest hg version). thanks, Waldemar

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[Dovecot] Dovecot2 and mdbox problem
by Michael Grosseck 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hello, I've just installed Dovecot from the http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ repository. But I have a problem with the mdbox Format. When the home folder is empty Dovecot should create the folder structure if the first mail arrived or the user logs in the first time. But I get following error: Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244): Connect from local Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244, info(a)example.de) Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with file /var/mail/es030107p1/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log: No such file or directory Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244, info(a)example.de) Error: Opening INBOX failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244, info(a)example.de) 0ZQgDbkNkkwMegAA00WXAw: msgid=<20100916123041.4781A4F4138(a)smtp.example.de>: save failed to INBOX: Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244, info(a)example.de) Error: BUG: Saving failed to unknown storage Sep 16 12:30:41 smtp dovecot: lmtp(31244): Disconnect from local: Client quit Also if I try to create a mailbox by hand I get a similar error. doveadm(info(a)example.de): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with file /var/mail/es030107p1/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log: No such file or directory doveadm(info(a)example.de): Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2010-09-16 14:07:42] If I now create the dbox-Mails directory and the dovecot.index.log by hand and make a doveadm -v force-resync -u info(a)example.de INBOX everthing is alright. Also I can not create a new IMAP-folder with Thunderbird. It seems Dovecot forgets to create the dbox-Mails directory and the dovecot.index.log file. Now my config: # 2.0.2 (eb5adb193064): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 5.0.6 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 10000 first_valid_uid = 10000 last_valid_gid = 10000 last_valid_uid = 10000 login_greeting = Webfixx Dovecot ready. mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_location = mdbox:%h/mdbox mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = liox(a)elso.mine.nu service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = vmail } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql }

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[Dovecot] Execution of external commands from Pigeonhole sieve
by Andrés Yacopino 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Does anybody knows if there are some method to call an externall command from sieve? Is xexec plugin is what i am looking for? Is it avaiable for Dovecot 1.2? __ <http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/xexec>I am using dovecot 1.2 and sieve 0.1.17. I want to call ripmime from sieve to save attchments from mails in a user account. Thanks for your feedback, Greetings, -- Andrés Fernando Yacopino

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[Dovecot] Deliver/LDA, no data in the logs, even with debug set (dovecot + qmail-ldap), and sieve issue
by Mohit Chawla 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi, I am trying to integrate sieve with qmail-ldap. I can't get it to work, and deliver isn't logging anything to the log files (or syslog, if selected). Hence I have got no way to diagnose the problem. Any help appreciated. *root@debtwo:~# dovecot --version* 1.2.13 *root@debtwo:~# dovecot -n* # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 i686 Debian squeeze/sid log_path: /dev/stderr protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: postmaster_address: mirko(a)deb.vm hostname: debtwo.deb.vm sendmail_path: /usr/lib/sendmail mail_plugins: sieve mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda log_path: /var/log/ldaone.log info_log_path: /var/log/ldatwo.log debug: yes auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve *root@debtwo:~# grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf* hosts = debtwo.deb.vm uris = ldap://debtwo.deb.vm ldaps://debtwo.deb.vm dn = cn=admin,dc=deb,dc=vm dnpass = secret auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=People,dc=deb,dc=vm scope = subtree user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\ homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid user_attrs = homeDirectory=home, uidNumber=uid, gidNumber=gid * root@debtwo:~# cat /home/mirko/.dovecot.sieve * require ["reject"]; reject "blah"; * root@debtwo:~# ls -l /var/log/lda** -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 16 16:49 /var/log/ldaone.log -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Sep 16 16:49 /var/log/ldatwo.log

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.02 expire stopped working
by Robert Schetterer 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi Timo, the expire plugin suddenly stopped working ( updating from betas ), no problem found in the logs doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 1m works as expected i have no idea why nothing gets logged only loading the plugin is shown -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] Problems with dovecot-2.0.2+dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole-0.2.0
by Jose Luis Faria 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hello, I have installed the dovecot-2.0.2 and dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole-0.2.0 but if I try to use sieve I get this error. I can't find any help in documentation. Any ideas? thanks ----------------------- /usr/local/sbin/dovecot start doveadm(root): Error: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/dovecot /lib90_sieve_plugin.so) failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0: undefined symbol: mail_deliver_save_open /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.0.2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp x86_64 CentOS release 4.3 (Final) auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ default_login_user = nobody disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/qmail/log/dovecot/mail.log listen = * log_path = /var/qmail/log/dovecot/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = sieve managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 10143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 10993 ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 10110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 10995 ssl = yes } } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master info_log_path = /var/qmail/log/dovecot/dovecot-deliver.log log_path = /var/qmail/log/dovecot/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = $mail_plugins postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.tld } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins } -- :) cumprimentos ---------------------- José Luís Faria Network Eng./Administrador de Sistemas Departamento de Informática Universidade do Minho Braga, Portugal

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[Dovecot] Expire Mysql backend
by Paweł Madej 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hello, Is it possible to make expire plugin get per user number of days to expire emails in trash? for example user1 trash 14d user2 trash 30d user3 trash 0d - disable -- Paweł Madej

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