April 2011 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Re: [Dovecot] Having trouble getting Dovecot to read a ~/Maildir configuration
by Stan Hoeppner 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Murray Collingwood put forth on 4/20/2011 8:29 PM: > Hi Stan > > I only have the one account on this server, everything else is relayed > elsewhere. If this is an SMTP relay server, I'm surprised you bothered to install an IMAP server at all. It would have been easier to simply alias postmaster@ to another account on another machine where you do store mailboxes. I.e. simply 'forward' all postmaster mail to you main account and use Sieve to sort all postmaster mail into a folder. This is exactly what I do. It's what a lot of people do, especially those handling many domains, and thus having lots of postmaster addresses. > A question about where the mail is actually supposed to be delivered to... > initially I configured Exim4 to delivery the email to ~/Maildir and I > noticed as you saw in the list directories like ~/Maildir/new and > ~/Maildir/cur, however once I configured Evolution to login to Dovecot I > noticed the directories ~/Maildir/INBOX/new and ~Maildir/INBOX/cur were > created. Should therefore Exim4 be configured to ~/Maildir/INBOX instead of > just ~/Maildir ? Configuration of maildir can be a little confusing the first time around. Given your situation/server, I'm really surprised you didn't use mbox instead. It fits this scenario much better than maildir. > Voila! I just tested this change with Exim4, restarted everything and > Evolution now shows me messages. The LAYOUT=fs was correct, and so it was > more a matter of getting Exim4 to deliver to ~/Maildir/INBOX .... a little > confusing but this was my first time with Exim4 (I've been a sendmail user > for a number of years). Setting up Dovecot LDA with EXIM: http://wiki1.dovecot.org/LDA/Exim You're probably using procmail or maildrop currently. I don't use either of these, so I'm unfamiliar with their setup WRT maildir. Should be pretty straightforward though. > RoundCube still isn't working but I'm not going to worry about that - > Evolution will be cool. Need more details to help with RC. As long as you can establish an IMAP connection to Dovecot, RC is pretty smart about figuring out where everything is even if you don't explicitly tell it. > Thanks for your help - simply confirming one setting helps. Heh, I didn't do much, but you're welcome. Are you planning on migrating all the mailboxes from the old server to this new one? -- Stan

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[Dovecot] Having trouble getting Dovecot to read a ~/Maildir configuration
by Murray Collingwood 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi folks Setting up a new server, hence a few software packages have been upgraded / changed. On my old server (only 2 years old) I was using Dovecot and RoundCube (web mail app) and had a good experience so was keen to use these again. The only major change is I have switched from sendmail to exim4 (which was installed by default on this Debian server). Exim4 appears to be doing the right thing, however read on and see if you can spot the error. I've tried two email clients, RoundCube (via apache) as a local connection and Evolution as a remote connection. Both appear to login to the Dovecot IMAP connection okay (log entries included further down), although they don't see any email. The INBOX is completely empty. Although when I check out /home/postmaster/Maildir/new it has many messages waiting to be read. It's like Exim4 is delivering the email into the ~/Maildir folder but Dovecot is not seeing it.... I've tried these three combinations in dovecot.conf but they give the same result: #mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir (ie this one I commented the line out to see if Dovecot would work it out automatically) mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir (I think this one should work) mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs (Now I'm just desperate and will try anything) The dovecot log gives no indication of any errors: This is the version I am running - it was the default version for Debian installed via apt-get: 2011-04-21 08:55:22 dovecot: Info: Dovecot v1.2.15 starting up (core dumps disabled) This connection is using Evolution email client on Linux: 2011-04-21 08:40:05 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<postmaster>, method=PLAIN, rip=122.148.149.28, lip=202.125.41.111 This connection is using roundcube via apache on the same server: 2011-04-21 08:40:41 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<postmaster>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured 2011-04-21 08:40:41 IMAP(postmaster): Info: Disconnected: Logged out bytes=39/443 And finally a look at the ~/Maildir content for my "postmaster" user: root@ds5683:/etc/dovecot# ls -al /home/postmaster/Maildir total 148 drwx------ 6 postmaster postmaster 4096 Apr 21 08:55 . drwxr-xr-x 3 postmaster postmaster 4096 Apr 19 08:12 .. drwx------ 2 postmaster postmaster 12288 Apr 21 08:40 cur -rw------- 1 postmaster postmaster 89088 Apr 21 08:40 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 postmaster postmaster 2376 Apr 21 08:40 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 postmaster postmaster 5208 Apr 21 08:40 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 postmaster postmaster 8 Apr 21 08:55 dovecot-uidvalidity -rw------- 1 postmaster postmaster 0 Apr 21 08:34 dovecot-uidvalidity.4daf5f73 drwx------ 5 postmaster postmaster 4096 Apr 21 08:56 INBOX drwx------ 2 postmaster postmaster 12288 Apr 21 09:39 new drwx------ 2 postmaster postmaster 4096 Apr 21 09:39 tmp So, can somebody help me get Dovecot to recognise the messages in this mailbox please? You can suggest anything you like.... upgrades, conf changes, low level formating of HDD... at this stage I'm ready to try anything! Cheers Murray -- Murray Collingwood Focus Computing p +61 415 24 26 24 http://www.focus-computing.com.au

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Re: [Dovecot] Using replaceable variables in sieve
by Stephan Bosch 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

On 4/24/2011 10:29 PM, Jerry wrote: > I am not even sure if this is possible. I cannot find an example of it > anywhere. > > I am in the process of setting up a "plus" addressing system. The > addresses would be addresses to accounts like > <sales+USERNAME(a)domain.com>. there are presently 50 such names in sales. > > This is the one line entry I presently have in the sieve script: > > if envelope :detail "To" "joe" {fileinto "joe"; stop;} > > Now, what I would like to do is find a way to do this: > > if envelope :detail "To" "joe" {fileinto :detail; stop} > > That does not work though. I really do not want to list every available > user individually since it will eventually become a nightmare to > maintain. Is there any way in a sieve script to assign the value of > ":detail" to another variable and use that variable in the "fileinto" > portion of the script? I would also need to maintain the same case > folding so as not to create multiple folders with the same name; ie, > Joe, joe, jOe The variables extension is what you need. Here's an example: require ["variables", "envelope", "fileinto", "subaddress"]; if envelope :is :user "to" "sales" { if envelope :matches :detail "to" "*" { /* Save name in ${name} in all lowercase except for the first letter. * Joe, joe, jOe thus all become 'Joe'. */ set :lower :upperfirst "name" "${1}"; } if string :is "${name}" "" { /* Default case if no detail is specified */ fileinto "sales"; } else { /* For sales+joe@ this will become users/Joe */ fileinto "users/${name}"; } } Regards, Stephan.

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[Dovecot] Problem in Mail receiving
by Anshul Chauhan 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

i"m using dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5 on CentOS 5.5, i'm getting freqent problem of recieving multiple copies of mails received from outside my domain. this problem comes with some users and not with all the users, maillog shows the same mail downloaded again Please help Warm Regards, Anshul Chauhan "Never expect things to happen struggle & make them happen Never expect yourself to be given a good value Create a value for your own.."

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[Dovecot] Seperator
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi all I hope to get some help on the separator. I am sure that I hava a wrong understanding what the separator is. I thaught the separator is the delimiter within the imap folder structure. For example: Imap folder structure: folder Flights, subfolder Lufthansa If the delimiter is . the ls a command should result: .Flights .Flights.Lufthansa If delimiter is / Flights Flights/Lufthansa I tried several delimiters but only the . Works. My dovecot.conf file: mail_location = maildir:/vmail/%d/%n namespace { type = private separator = / location = maildir:/vmail/%d/%n inbox = yes subscriptions = yes } I would appreciate any help Mit freundlichem Gruß Carsten Laun-De Lellis Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Hauptstrasse 13 D-67705 Trippstadt Phone: +49 (6306) 992140 Mobile: +49 (151) 27530865 email: <mailto:carsten.laun-delellis@delellis.net> carsten.laun-delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird does not notice new mails arrival in imap folders
by Frank Bonnet 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Hello Since I've installed Dovecot 2 I've observed that TB does not notice new mails arrival in IMAP folders. When I click on a folder new mails count is updated, with dovecot 1 it was automatic. I wonder if it is due to the new TB version (lastest stable) or Dovecot 2 (2.0.11). I use MBOX format. See below the doveconf -n trace Thanks for any idea/info > # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 > auth_worker_max_count = 100 > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log > default_client_limit = 6144 > default_process_limit = 1024 > disable_plaintext_auth = no > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > mail_location = mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > managesieve_notify_capability = mailto > managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacati on subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy includ e variables body enotify environment mailbox date > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = passwd > } > plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)esiee.fr > protocols = imap pop3 sieve sieve > sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail > service auth { > client_limit = 7169 > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imaps { > port = 993 > ssl = yes > } > process_min_avail = 10 > service_count = 1 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service imap { > process_limit = 2048 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > inet_listener sieve_deprecated { > port = 2000 > } > } > service pop3-login { > inet_listener pop3 { > port = 110 > } > inet_listener pop3s { > port = 995 > ssl = yes > } > } > ssl_ca = /etc/ssl/COMODO/ca.pem > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/COMODO/cert.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/COMODO/mail.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda-errors.log > mail_plugins = " sieve" > } > protocol imap { > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole > }

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[Dovecot] sieve & plus addressing
by Jerry 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Assume and e-mail address of: me+dovecot(a)domain.com I have a sieve script that sorts mail into the appropriate folders using "+" addressing. I want to extend it to also work with mailing list like this one. A post from the dovecot forum arrives with a Delivered-To: me+dovecot(a)domain.com when I receive it. The "To" is to dovecot. I cannot figure out a way to get sieve to filter on the "Delivered-To" portion rather than the "To" portion using plus addressing. There are several other names; i.e, john, joe, bill, nancy, etcetera that would have the plus suffix of (in this scenario anyway) dovecot. Filtering on each individual address would be a real PIA. I believe it is not supported though. EXAMPLE: This works fine when filtering on the "To" attribute: Assuming email address: me+dovecot(a)domain.com ## Plus Addressing if envelope :detail "To" "dovecot" {fileinto "Dovecot"; stop;} Unfortunately, I cannot substitute the "Delivered-To" attribute in place of the "To" one. I know and currently do sort based on the "List-ID" attribute; however, I have other reasons for wanting to sort only on the delivery address. Is there anyway to actually incorporate the plus addressing feature with the delivery address? -- Jerry ✌ Dovecot.user(a)seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________

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[Dovecot] dovecot.org broken
by Timo Sirainen 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Serving it temporarily from a machine in my home. I'll move it to better hosting in a few days. And I guess I should make it more fail safe some day soon.. Lets see if mailman happens to work now.

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[Dovecot] the right way to delete mailbox/user home
by Davide Vaghetti 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear list, we are using dovecot with mdbox to provide mail services for a community of 1000 academic users. We have quite a big turnover of guest users, so we often have to deprovision the allocated resources, that is the mailboxes. Given that the users are virtual, and that the mdbox directory is located in the home directory of each virtual user (static userdb), is it ok to simply delete (rm -rf) the home directory to get rid of the mailbox? Could the delete, without say a dovecot reload, be harmful for dovecot processes and the like? thanks davide - -- Dott. Davide Vaghetti Centro Servizi Informatici Facolta' di Ingegneria Universita' di Pisa PGP: http://keys.keysigning.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7A1B3BA18C4E0A4D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2tq/cACgkQehs7oYxOCk1ECgCg6Q5Pj+0k9GVYlS1ggmDLkwAr srkAoKMixJmyB7E+Ki6T9/8IzwYRC55z =/ZoN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Running mailfront under dovecot2.x service supervision
by Uffe Jakobsen 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Hello, Hello, I'm trying to run mailfront SMTP (http://untroubled.org/mailfront/) under Dovecot 2.x process/service supervision My intention was to utilize the fact that dovecot2.x seems to have some kind of generic process/service supervision as well as builtin ssl support. But I cannot get the most simple generic service setup (without ssl) to work. Currently running dovecot 2.0.11 on FreeBSD 8.1 service smtp-auth { executable = /usr/local/bin/smtpfront-qmail inet_listener smtp-auth { port = 587 ssl = no } } I have added the above to dovecot.conf Once I start dovecot everything seems fine - no errors in the log But at the first attempt to telnet to localhost port 587 - I instantly get the indication of never ending forks in the dovecot log (see below) - neither do I get the SMTP prompt that I expected in my telnet session - it just hangs. Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43539]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43541]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43543]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43545]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Question is if I've misconfigured something or if it is impossible to utilize dovecot2.x this way ? PS: Now I know that I could use daemontools or such for this task - but I like the dovecot ssl handling and would like to end up by wrapping this smtp service inside same dovecot ssl that I use for IMAPS. Any feedback is more than welcome - I'm stuck Thanks in advance Uffe -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Running-mailfront-under-dovecot2.x-service-supervisio… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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