October 2012 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Changing password for users
by Mike John 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello, I am using dovecot (2.0.9) and using virtual users using passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecotpasswd driver = passwd-file } How can i make my virtual users change their passwords using web interface ? My users already uses squirrelmail to access their mail. is there a program to add to squirrelmail to add this function to the clients ? or should i user different separate website for password changing ? and what program/tool can help me with this ? Any ideas is greatly appreciated. Mike.

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[Dovecot] Snarf plugin
by Jeffrey Ross 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

I've now upgraded dovecot from 2.0.21 to 2.1.10 and the good news is I no longer see dovecot crashing when loading the snarf plugin however snarf still does not do anything except make the inbox disappear. I've come to the conclusion that either snarf does not actually work, possible, but I doubt it, or more likely I have a configuration issue preventing it from working. The system is simple, all email is stored in /var/spool/mail/{username} and I want all the mail moved to ~/mbox when the user logs in via imap, similar to uw-imap. Any guidance would really be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff dovecot -n # 2.1.10: //etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.6.2-1.fc16.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 16 (Verne) mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/mbox mail_plugins = snarf zlib mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace default { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / } namespace snarf { hidden = yes list = no location = mbox:/run/dovecot/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY prefix = /snarf separator = / } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mbox_snarf = ~/mbox snarf = /snarf/INBOX } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = localhost } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = localhost } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/XYZZY.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/certs/XYZZY.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = snarf zlib imap_zlib } syslog: Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: master: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Server shutting down. in=277 out=106519 Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Server shutting down. in=422 out=2893 Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<jeff>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=28089, secured, session=<L6okfNHM2AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib05_snarf_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib20_zlib_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Effective uid=500, gid=500, home=/home/jeff Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Namespace default: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/mbox Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: fs: root=/home/jeff/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/home/jeff/mbox, alt= Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Namespace snarf: type=private, prefix=/snarf, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:/run/dovecot/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/jeff:INDEX=MEMORY Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: fs: root=/run/dovecot/empty, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/jeff, alt= Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Disconnected: Logged out in=117 out=1504

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[Dovecot] Creating Maildir and populating with emails via external Python process
by Bradley Rintoul 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello: I'm using Dovecot to provide IMAP services for Thunderbird clients. The user's mail is stored in Maildir format and the individual emails which the user "receives" are actually downloaded and put into the Maildir "repository" using a Python email client (POP3 client). I am trying to create the dovecot-uidlist file and maintain the "next UID" value within it, but I am having trouble with the UIDVALIDITY and the 128 bit mailbox global UID among other things. How can I "seed" a dovecot-uidlist file with these values..? Sorry if the information is not much to go on, please let me know what more information you might need to help point me in the right direction. Thanks, B. RIntoul

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[Dovecot] spamc can't seem to call /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
by Troy Vitullo 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi, My server uses a system comprised of postfix, dovecot and dspam to filter and deliver mail. Postfix used the following flags in calling spamc and dovecot: flags=DRhu user=dovecot:secmail argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${recipient} -e /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} after an upgrade from Debian lenny to squeeze we were able to get everything working except spam filtering. Spamassassin is able to judge whether the mail coming in is spam but everything stops there. In mail.err I see: pamc[3608]: exec failed: Permission denied spamc shows the same thing in syslog: exec failed: Permission denied postfix delays the email: postfix/pipe[3607]: 50DEFF180EE: to=<[mail]>, relay=dovecot, delay=1.7, delays=0.07/0.01/0/1.6, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (system resource problem) Here are the permissions for deliver: -rwsr-x--- 1 root dovecot 865084 May 25 2011 /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver Here are the relevant groups: s1:~# grep dovecot /etc/group secmail:x:119:postfix,spamd,dovecot dovecot:x:111: here's the dovecot user: s1:~# grep dovecot /etc/passwd dovecot:x:108:111:Dovecot mail server,,,:/usr/lib/dovecot:/bin/false here's dovecot -n: # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian 6.0.6 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps pop3s pop3 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/s1.troyvit.com.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/s1.troyvit.com.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes 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_location: maildir:%h/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 pop3_enable_last(default): no pop3_enable_last(imap): no pop3_enable_last(pop3): yes pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls, oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format(default): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(imap): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(pop3): top=%t/%T, retr=%r/%R, del=%d/%m, size=%s namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)sphere.local auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/ mail_plugins: sieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 user: dovecot plugin: sieve_global_path: /etc/dovecot/default.sieve sieve: /srv/%d/mail/%n/%n.sieve Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give. Troy

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[Dovecot] Dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files
by Fasil 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Dear all, Thank you all for such a wonderful support. Hats off to all :) Few times I came across imap login issues where new users will not be allowed to login. /var/log/mail.err shows the error below Aug 12 07:57:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 07:57:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now Aug 12 07:58:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 07:59:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 08:00:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files I have a dovecot (V 1.2.9) +postfix (V 2.7.0) setup on ubuntu 10.04 # ulimit -Hn 1024 # ulimit -Sn 1024 # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max 1238548 # cat /proc/`pidof dovecot`/limits | grep 'Max open' Max open files 1024 1024 files Please advice how to get rid off this. Fasil.

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[Dovecot] dovecot auth against AD on samba4
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Hi group I am currently running a mail server on ubuntu 11.04 with postfix 2.8.5, dovecot dovecot 2.0.13 and openldap 2.4.23. I have now read about sogo and I am thinking about installing it because of it's native outlook support capabilities. The ZEG appliance wouldn't be an option for me because I use a virtual server from a provider where I can't install my own vm or even an iso. When I go thru the documentation there is a part with installing OpenChange based on samba4. As far as I understood the OpenChange authentication is against the samba4 AD. Actually there is no support in syncing the AD against an OpenLdap Server and I would have to change the OpenLdap port because the AD is listening on port 389. To change the port wouldn't be a big deal, but what i was thinking about to run the dovecot auth also against the samba 4 AD. I searched around on the internet but didn't find a doc yet how to do that. Does anyone here could provide me with a link or a how-to ? Thanks very much in advance. Regards, Carsten Laun-De Lellis Hauptstrasse 13 D-67705 Trippstadt Phone: +49 6306 992140 Fax: +49 6306 992142 Mobile: +49 151 27530865 email: carsten.delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Clarifications on Pigeonhole and MySQL lookups
by Sandro Tosi 24 Oct '12

24 Oct '12

Hello, we're scouting if it's possible to use Pigeonhole (currently v0.3.1, as this will be provided with an upcoming Debian package) with MySQL dict lookups with the mail setup we're designing. Our (main) goals are: 1. store the filters on the database 2. allow each user to enable/disable any of the filters set we provide (it's a static set of some general filters, available to all the users; we're currently not providing the possibility to users to write their own filters) For point 1) we already see[1] that's possible, but it uses the map construct that might not fit with our current database structure: we have a domain table (storing the domain info) and a mailbox table (storing the mailbox info, but the username is composed by the local part, stored in this table, and the domain part is a FK to the domain table, using an id). Do you think it's possible to run a join query on domain+mailbox to retrieve the mailbox_id needed to query the table for the filters? Or do we have to create the filter table and store the local(a)domain.ext info there ("relaxing" the integrity relationships between tables)? How do we specify which filters are enabled for any given user? We originally thought of an "Enabled" field on the filter table, but in the example in the doc[1] I hadn't seen a way to do that: it seems like the filter list is specified in the proxy definition - am I wrong? How can we do that? [1] http://hg.rename-it.nl/dovecot-2.1-pigeonhole/file/e9ed5d5cef4b/doc/script-… I think it's enough for now, maybe additional questions will arise going deeper in details :) Thanks in advance, -- Sandro Tosi Product Engineer Shared Hosting Products R&D | Dada.pro eml sandro.tosi(a)register.it

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[Dovecot] Maildir hardlinks
by Benedetto Vassallo 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Hello list, Excuse me for my poor english. I have updated on a test server dovecot 2.0.13 to dovecot 2.1.1. All works fine, but with the new version it seems that dovecot don't do hardlinks when deliver a message to multiple users. I have checked my config and the only rule I can see aboout that is maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf My mail location config is mail_location = maildir:~/MailDir:LAYOUT=fs I tryed using lmtp directly issuing 'telnet localhost 24' and sending a test message to 3 recipients. Then issuing a 'ls -il' in the "new" directory of that users, I saw the inode was not the same. I rechecked my config and take a look in the wiki and in the list for someone who had the same problems, but found nothing. Maybe I did something wrong, but I can't understand what. Can you help me? Thank you -- Benedetto Vassallo Sistema Informativo di Ateneo Settore Gestione Reti Hardware e Software U.O.B. Sviluppo e manutenzione dei sistemi Università degli studi di Palermo Phone: +3909123860056 Fax: +390916529124 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using the University of Palermo web mail interface.

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[Dovecot] [2.2-UNSTABLE] compilation error: 'POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED' undeclared
by Michael Grimm 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Hi -- I am trying to compile 2.2 (acd76b5272e9) at FreeBSD 9.0: | libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I/usr/local/include -std=gnu99 -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes \ -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 \ -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 \ -I/usr/local/include -MT fs-posix.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/fs-posix.Tpo \ -c fs-posix.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/fs-posix.o | fs-posix.c: In function 'fs_posix_prefetch': | fs-posix.c:298: warning: implicit declaration of function 'posix_fadvise' | fs-posix.c:298: error: 'POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED' undeclared (first use in this function) | fs-posix.c:298: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once | fs-posix.c:298: error: for each function it appears in.) | gmake[3]: *** [fs-posix.lo] Error 1 | gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/etc/dovecot/SOURCE/dovecot-2.2/src/lib-fs' | gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 | gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/etc/dovecot/SOURCE/dovecot-2.2/src' | gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 | gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/etc/dovecot/SOURCE/dovecot-2.2' | gmake: *** [all] Error 2 From configure logfile: | checking for posix_fadvise... no After a modification (stolen from src/lib-storage/index/index-mail.c) ... | --- dovecot-2.2-modified/src/lib-fs/fs-posix.c 2012-10-23 20:27:31.348919455 +0200 | +++ dovecot-2.2/src/lib-fs/fs-posix.c 2012-10-23 20:26:39.435300269 +0200 | @@ -295,10 +295,12 @@ | return TRUE; | } | | +#if defined(HAVE_POSIX_FADVISE) && defined(POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED) | if (posix_fadvise(file->fd, 0, length, POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED) < 0) { | i_error("posix_fadvise(%s) failed: %m", _file->path); | return TRUE; | } | +#endif | return FALSE; | } ... the compilations runs to completion, and dovecot-2.2 UNSTABLE is running. But: I do not have the knowledge to judge if that "fix" will be the right one. Just to let you know and with regards, Michael

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[Dovecot] index files created improperly in dovecot 1.2.16
by john roman 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Greetings, It seems to be a problem that ive seen occasionally on the web with few results as to a solution, but im experiencing it as well. Namely, dovecot creates index logs for users with a 600 permission, when it should create with a 700 permission. My indexes are stored in /var/indexes with the directory at 777 permission, the users are identified in MySQL. The error is as follows: Oct 23 09:03:13 mailer01 dovecot: POP3 (johnr(a)testing.com) stat(/var/indexes/j/johnr(a)testing.com/.INBOX) failed: Permission denied (euid=10509305(x10509305) egid=81607(pg199275) missing +x perm: /var/indexes/j) the permissions of /var/indexes/j are 700, owned by the euid and egid effectively. the only file that does not have this permission is in /var/indexes/j/johnr(a)testing.com/.INBOX/dovecot.index.log, at 600.

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