January 2011 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Particular user post-login hang
by Henry C. 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Greets, I'm using dovecot 2.0.9 (also tried rolling back to 2.0.8 which does the same - the output below is from 2.0.8), and this problem is imap specific. The following is a recurring problem with a specific user - as far as we can tell, other users are working just fine (there are thousands); but I bet there are others. In a nutshell: User authenticates OK, then the imap process hangs. It's almost as if something in the user's inbox is causing the problem, since if I clear all emails (and cache), then things work fine. The user will then receive emails OK for some random period (maybe a few days) and be able to read/write OK via imap, and the problem will re-occur. The debug output shows nothing untoward: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=20774) auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=144 rport=41641 resp=<hidden> auth: Debug: shadow(username,127.0.0.1): lookup auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=username auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 1938161665 20774 1 238230058d076a9af1cd4405244d33ba auth: Debug: passwd(username,127.0.0.1): lookup auth: Debug: master out: USER 1938161665 username system_groups_user=username uid=17286 gid=300 home=/home/mailusers/username imap-login: Info: Login: user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=20775, secured imap(username): Debug: Effective uid=17286, gid=300, home=/home/mailusers/username imap(username): Debug: fs: root=/home/mailusers/username/., index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/username Rawlog looks good: IN: A002 CAPABILITY A003 NAMESPACE C64 EXAMINE "" A002 STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES UNSEEN RECENT) A003 SELECT "INBOX" A004 EXPUNGE A005 SELECT "INBOX" A006 EXPUNGE A007 UID SEARCH UNSEEN A008 UID FETCH 2533:2588 (FLAGS BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (RECEIVED)]) OUT: ... * 15 FETCH (UID 2536 FLAGS () BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (RECEIVED)] {944} ... * 67 FETCH (UID 2588 FLAGS () BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (RECEIVED)] {945} ... A008 OK Fetch completed. It's at this point that nothing happens for a short while and the user gets a blank screen. I tried running it through gdb (ie, "Talk IMAP Directly" - as described at http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html) but that fails with "Cannot find user-level thread for LWP nnnn: generic error", which is probably specific to our old box/installation. strace hangs with: Process 6574 attached - interrupt to quit gettimeofday({1296472202, 318955}, NULL) = 0 gettimeofday({1296472202, 319073}, NULL) = 0 epoll_wait(0x8, 0x806c4f8, 0x6, 0x1b708d gdb backtrace gives: 0xb7e2bff9 in epoll_wait () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xb7e2bff9 in epoll_wait () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0xb7eed4eb in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x806c390) at ioloop-epoll.c:181 ctx = (struct ioloop_handler_context *) 0x806c4b8 list = (struct io_list *) 0x8082850 io = (struct io_file *) 0x806c4f8 tv = {tv_sec = 1696, tv_usec = 510098} msecs = 8 ret = -1 i = 0 j = -1208929836 call = 8 #2 0xb7eec249 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x806c390) at ioloop.c:404 No locals. #3 0xb7ed8e15 in master_service_run (service=0x806c2e0, callback=0xfffffffc) at master-service.c:484 No locals. #4 0x0805ee75 in main (argc=1, argv=0x806c1d8) at main.c:375 set_roots = {0x8061d80, 0x0} service_flags = 6 storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT postlogin_socket_path = 0x806c2e0 "\220�\006\bp�\006\b\200�\006\b\b" username = 0x0 c = -4 (gdb) lsof shows: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME imap 6574 username cwd DIR 9,0 4096 30130787 /home2/home/mailusers/username imap 6574 username rtd DIR 3,1 4096 2 / imap 6574 username txt REG 9,0 941700 35836003 /home2/local/libexec/dovecot/imap imap 6574 username mem REG 0,0 0 [heap] (stat: No such file or directory) imap 6574 username mem REG 9,0 109568 30130578 /home2/home/mailusers/username/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 41351 13749135 /lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 41583 13749137 /lib/tls/libnss_nis-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 92501 13749132 /lib/tls/libnsl-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 35866 13749133 /lib/tls/libnss_compat-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 87827 13749140 /lib/tls/libpthread-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 1366940 13749126 /lib/tls/libc-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 34582 13749142 /lib/tls/librt-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 13120 13749129 /lib/tls/libdl-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username mem REG 9,0 17380 6897709 /home2/home/mailusers/username/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log imap 6574 username mem REG 9,0 1980063 35835914 /home2/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0.0.0 imap 6574 username mem REG 9,0 4911010 35835915 /home2/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0.0.0 imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 27274 654816 /lib/libsafe.so.2.0.16 imap 6574 username mem REG 3,1 99790 654754 /lib/ld-2.3.5.so imap 6574 username 0w CHR 1,3 327760 /dev/null imap 6574 username 1w CHR 1,3 327760 /dev/null imap 6574 username 2w FIFO 0,5 1548069248 pipe imap 6574 username 3w FIFO 0,5 1548064788 pipe imap 6574 username 4r FIFO 0,5 1548414049 pipe imap 6574 username 5w FIFO 0,5 1548069260 pipe imap 6574 username 6u unix 0xe481b180 1548069218 /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login/imap imap 6574 username 7w FIFO 0,5 1548414049 pipe imap 6574 username 8u 0000 0,6 0 9 unknown inode type imap 6574 username 9u REG 9,0 17380 6897709 /home2/home/mailusers/username/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log imap 6574 username 10u IPv4 1548412828 TCP localhost:144->localhost:38067 (ESTABLISHED) imap 6574 username 11u REG 9,0 2632 30130623 /home2/home/mailusers/username/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index imap 6574 username 12u REG 9,0 109568 30130578 /home2/home/mailusers/username/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache imap 6574 username 13u REG 9,0 10472498 9257043 /home2/var/spool/mail/username Any pointers? Thanks Henry ---------------------- CONFIG: ------- auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login default_login_user = nobody first_valid_uid = 200 listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/.:INBOX=/var/mail/%u passdb { driver = shadow } protocols = imap service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 144 # 143 is for imap proxy } } ssl = no userdb { driver = passwd }

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[Dovecot] dovecot can't see mail that is there
by Joachim Ferreira 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hi list, I've yet to figure out what's the issue with my installation, why I can't see the mails that are definitely there. I've updated with last package: dovecot-2.0.9-1.fc14.x86_64.rpm and performed the following test: 1) send a simple 2 lines test mail from "root" to user "testdvct" with alpine 2) login under "testdvct" + run alpine + list (only list, not read) the mail: +------------------------------ Alpine Output --------------------------------------+ | ALPINE 2.02(1266) MESSAGE INDEX Folder: INBOX Message 1 of 1 NEW | | | | + N 1 17:43 root (881) | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------+ so it tells me I've got one mail from root 3) I issue the command: "strace -o strace-dovecot.txt -p 2218" where 2218 is the /usr/sbin/dovecot PID 4) telnet into pop3: # telnet localhost pop3 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user testdvct +OK pass <my-password> +OK Logged in. list +OK 0 messages: . quit +OK Logging out. Connection closed by foreign host. 5) kill strace Still no joy! Is there anything else I can do to debug this issue? Thanks, JF ------------------------------------------- There are not dovect entries in the syslog ------------------------------------------- # ls -lhR /var/run/dovecot /var/run/dovecot: total 12K srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 anvil srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 anvil-auth-penalty srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 auth-client srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Jan 19 17:38 auth-login srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 auth-master srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 auth-userdb srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Jan 19 17:38 auth-worker srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 config srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 dict srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 director-admin srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 director-userdb srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 dns-client srw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 doveadm-server lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Jan 19 17:38 dovecot.conf -> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Dec 18 12:30 empty srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 lmtp drwxr-x--- 2 root dovenull 4.0K Jan 19 17:38 login -rw------- 1 root root 5 Jan 19 17:38 master.pid /var/run/dovecot/empty: total 0 /var/run/dovecot/login: total 0 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 dns-client srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 imap srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 login srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 pop3 srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 19 17:38 ssl-params --------------------------------------------------------- # dovecot -n # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = mbox:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh service imap-login { group = dovenull } service pop3-login { group = dovenull } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } -------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+joach_ferr=yahoo.co.uk(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+joach_ferr=yahoo.co.uk@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Joachim Ferreira Sent: 06 January 2011 19:46 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] dovecot can't see mail that is there I used to install dovecot on any Fedora fresh installation and I could fetch my internal mail few minutes later. Now I've been struggling for two days and I haven't got my mail working yet. I have Fedora 14 with sendmail. Some application on the same machine send mail to an account on the same machine (hence all is confined to one machine) and I want to retrieve it from a laptop on the same LAN via Outlook. If I login into the account and check the mail with the alpine (ex pine) client, I see that there are 10 mails. When I "telnet localhost pop3" and login into the account, the "list" command says there are 0 mails. Various suggestions found on the internet for slightly different configuration did not help. All the help will be very much appreciated. Thanks, Joachim ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The output of dovecot -n ------------------------ # dovecot -n # 2.0.8: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = mbox:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } NOTE - I don't use ssl, but disabling ssl + certificate did not change behaviour. THE OUTPUT OF /var/log/maillog ----------------------------------------- Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(joachim,192.168.0.88): lookup service=dovecot Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(joachim,192.168.0.88): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0111#011user=joachim Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST#0113019243521#01112409#0111#0116f7f83729469c6158f08283ec2e20067 Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(joachim,192.168.0.88): lookup Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#0113019243521#011joachim#011system_groups_user=joachim#011uid=500#011gi d=500#011home=/home/joachim Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<joachim>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.88, lip=192.168.0.2, mpid=12414 Jan 6 19:14:26 BEATLES dovecot: pop3(joachim): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

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[Dovecot] Duplicate messages when moving message to inbox
by Ron Garret 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

Hello, I am encountering a strange problem but I'm not sure if it's a dovecot problem or a Mac Mail problem. The symptom is that if I move a message from a folder into my inbox the message ends up showing up as a duplicate in Mac Mail. On the server it's still just one message. This ONLY happens when I move a message IN to the inbox. It does not happen when I move a message out of my inbox into a folder, or when I move a message between folders. I can force a sync on Mac Mail and the duplicate is still there. If however I quit Mac Mail and start it up again, the duplicate disappears. I can move one of the duplicated messages out of my inbox into a folder and then back into my inbox repeatedly and end up with (apparently) an arbitrary number of copies of the same message. On the server, though, there is still only one file. Surely I'm not the first person to have encountered this behavior? Does anyone happen to know if this is a dovecot bug or a Mac Mail bug (or, hopefully, a configuration problem)? Thanks, rg

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird doesn't popup on new mail
by Adrian Stoica 31 Jan '11

31 Jan '11

I have a question : i've upgrade dovecot from 1.1.4 to 2.0.9 and everything is fine except thunderbird clients , that no longer show a popup when new mail arrives. Anyone know why ? doveconf -n: # 2.0.9: /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.4 i686 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 10 secs auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_cache_ttl = 1 mins auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ default_client_limit = 5000 default_internal_user = vmail default_login_user = nobody default_process_limit = 200 deliver_log_format = mail from=%f subject=%s msgid=%m: %$ dict { acl = mysql:/usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 1 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log" 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { hidden = no list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Drafts autocreate3 = Sent autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Drafts autosubscribe3 = INBOX autosubscribe4 = Sent mail_log_events = delete mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_group_events = yes quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning3 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve trash = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf.ext } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)dacris.net protocols = imap rejection_subject = Rejected: %s: %r service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 16 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 2048 vsz_limit = 512 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /bin/quota_warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log sieve autocreate" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log imap_quota imap_acl" }

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Re: [Dovecot] Cooperating with dovecot in its Maildir
by Timo Sirainen 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

On 29.1.2011, at 19.05, Rob Browning wrote: Oops, I accidentally added you to discard list rather than accept list :) > Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> writes: > >> If you're only changing the standard maildir flags (not a..z = >> keywords) then you don't really need to lock anything. The uidlist >> locking could prevent a mail from being temporarily lost, but this >> happening is highly >> unlikely. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir#Locking >> explains. > > I saw that, but I wasn't sure if the fact that a message might "receive > a new UID" could be a problem. It's a theoretical problem mostly, especially in your case. It's mainly visible when doing stress testing with large maildirs. I doubt in regular use it matters. Courier doesn't try to prevent it in any way and it seems to have worked mostly ok. > Or is the UID supposed to change when the flags change? No.

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[Dovecot] dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (tried to use disabled plaintext auth): method=PLAIN
by John Espiro 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

First, my problem. Settings are below that... Everything works fine - I can login to webmail (users are tied to LDAP). I can send and receive email via my Thunderbird Client. However in my mail.err log I see lots of messages that say: dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (tried to use disabled plaintext auth): method=PLAIN 1.) What does that mean, and how can I solve it? 2.) With regards to pop3s I am not altogether sure that I am using the right config in my dovecot.conf file (also below). Can someone let me know? Version: ================== dovecot --version = 1.2.12 System: ================== Ubuntu Server 10.10 (64bit) dovecot -n ================== # 1.2.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.4-rscloud x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps 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: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u 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 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Dovecot.conf ================== egrep -v "^[[:space:]]*#|^$" /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf protocols = pop3 pop3s imap imaps log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " ssl = yes ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail protocol imap { login_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap } protocol pop3 { login_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol managesieve { } auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root !include_try /etc/dovecot/auth.d/*.auth } dict { } plugin { } !include_try /etc/dovecot/conf.d/*.conf

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[Dovecot] dovecot@dovecot.org
by Veronese Claudio 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

I apologize, but I can not find a complete list of directives in dovecot.conf possible. where can I find? thanks excuse my for my orrible english -- Caselle da 1GB, trasmetti allegati fino a 3GB e in piu' IMAP, POP3 e SMTP autenticato? GRATIS solo con Email.it http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Apri Conto Corrente Arancio entro il 28 febbraio 2011 e ricevi 100 euro da spendere su Media World compra online. Aprilo adesso! Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=11255&d=29-1

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Re: [Dovecot] sql : uid, gid, home ignored ?
by Hurricane 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

> > > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to setup a dovecot imap server. > > > > version is 2.0.9 > > I've setup a mysql database using: > > > > user_query = \ > > SELECT home, uid, gid, home as userdb_home, uid as userdb_uid, > > gid as userdb_gid, \ > > FROM user WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d' AND active = > > 'Y' > > > > Your SQL statement is incorrect, try: > > user_query = SELECT userdb_home as home, userdb_uid as uid, userdb_gid > as gid, \ > FROM user WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d' AND active = 'Y' > > > > nick > (I sent the first mail with an address not registred with the mailing list) Thank you Nick, but it didn't changed a thing. (I guess dovecots ignores columns with unknown names) When I connect I still get: ==> mail.err <== Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: user theuser: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. ==> mail.info <== Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<theuser>, method=PLAIN, rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, mpid=9298, TLS Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: user theuser: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. ==> mail.log <== Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<theuser>, method=PLAIN, rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, mpid=9298, TLS Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: user theuser: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. ==> mail.warn <== Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: user theuser: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Jan 30 11:06:12 mail.mysite.com dovecot: imap(theuser): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. ==> dovecot-debug.log <== 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=5.6.7.8 rip=1.2.3.4 lport=143 rport= 9863 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 AGh1cnJpY2FuZQBka3NtdDExJA== 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: sql(theuser(a)mysite.com,1.2.3.4): query: SELECT username AS user, password, home AS userdb_home, uid AS userdb_uid, id AS userdb_gid, home, uid, gid FROM user WHERE username = 'theuser' AND domain = 'mysite.com' AND active = 'Y' 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: auth(theuser(a)mysite.com,1.2.3.4): username changed theuser(a)mysite.com -> theuser 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: auth(theuser(a)mysite.com,1.2.3.4): username changed theuser(a)mysite.com -> theuser 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=theuser home=/home/theuser uid=2000 gid=1000 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 1628045313 9246 1 926873f8d25265e8b06ad56f5ac8ba9d 2011-01-30 11:06:12auth: Debug: master out: USER 1628045313 theuser The debug shows the right home, uid, gid for the user but it seems it does not cares about that afterwards. The error only disappears when I set the global mail_uid and mail_gid but that's not what I need. I need to be able to use a specific uid/gid/home for each account. Weird. Regards, Eric

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[Dovecot] inform users's about new spam
by ckubu 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hallo evryone! Mailsetup: postfix+dovecot2 with postgres database backend - about 2,000 virtual mailboxes, growing.. New possible spam will be sorted into a users directory named "spam", emails older than 30 day's in that folder will be deleted by using expunge. I would like to inform my users evry two day's (or something like that) about new emails in the spam folder. Can you give me a hint how to handle that ? Are there helpful tools , or have i to wrote my own script, walking through the folders, checking for new emails since last check and finally inform the user if needed. Best wishes Christoph

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[Dovecot] Copying sieve scripts
by Christoph Pleger 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Hello, I am using squirrelmail with avelsieve to edit my filter rules. The filter rules are like this: 1. If the message contains a virus, delete the mail and notify me by email. 2. If the message is spam, deliver it to my spam folder. 3. If the message is from the dovecot mailing list, deliver it to my dovecot folder Yesterday, I created a new user and wanted to let him have rules 1 and 2 like above, only with another destination for email notification. So, I copied my sieve script into the sieve directory of the new user, deleted rule 3, changed the destination for email notification and then called sievec to compile the rule set. But this did not work like expected: Using squirrelmail, I saw that the new user had only rules 1 and 2, but the destination in rule 1 still contains my email address. My own account still has three rules. So, this simple way of copying sieve scripts does not work. Is there another way to copy sieve rules from one user to another? Regards Christoph

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