September 2012 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Disconnect users for a distinct period of time?
by Michael Grimm 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi -- Today, I've learned who to disable incoming mail delivery to dovecot (accepted by postfix), temporarily. Now, I would like to know if there is a way to make a "doveadm kick -A" a permanent disconnect until one would allow reconnects, again? This should be done *without* shutting down dovecot or *extensive* re-configuration. A "doveadm block -u <joe> -m 'sorry: running maintenance, please, come back later'" alike tool/funtionality would be ideal. Background: I would like to avoid any modification of my user's maildirs by a running dovecot server while modifying maildir formats, mdbox_rotate_size setting, and alike, where I would need doveadm/dsnyc access to userdb. (I know there a ways to achieve this without downtimes, and I have already done so.) I just want to be sure that I haven't overseen such a tool/functionality in the documentation. Did I or didn't I? Thanks and regards, Michael

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[Dovecot] pop3 migration
by TeTeHacko 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi, I have problems with pop3 migration, the server disconect the dovesync when fetching mails after 5 minutes with this error in server log: xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 <<< RETR 6548 xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 >>> +OK 47522 octets xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 <<< RETR 6549 xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 >>> +OK 355289 octets xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 <<< RETR 6550 xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 >>> +OK 9638 octets xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 <<< RETR 6551 xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:54:05 >>> +OK 2188 octets xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:59:05 >>> -ERR Command unrecognized: "" xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:59:05 *** <info(a)istan.cz> 6551 477693894 00:12:55 ERROR xx.xx.xx.xx [28F4] 11:59:05 Disconnected and this in dovecot log: dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Debug: imapc(mail.stable.cz:143): Authenticated successfully dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Debug: pop3c(mail.stable.cz): Looking up IP address dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Debug: pop3c(mail.stable.cz): Connecting to 88.86.120.212:110 dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Debug: pop3c(mail.stable.cz): Authenticating as info(a)istan.cz dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Error: pop3c(mail.stable.cz): Server disconnected unexpectedly dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Error: pop3_migration: Failed to get header for msg 1: Disconnected dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Error: pop3_migration: Failed to get header for msg 2: Disconnected dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Error: pop3_migration: Failed to get header for msg 3: Disconnected dsync(info(a)istan.cz): Error: pop3_migration: Failed to get header for msg 4: Disconnected is there any timeout in dovecot for 300s? can anybody point me where may be some problem? This error occurs everytime i test it and the mail box has cca 2GB, on small mailboxes is no problem, i try this patch: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/ab6a4455b27d on dovecot version 2.1.7 but the problem isn't solved. Thanks for help Tomas Herceg

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[Dovecot] dsync mirror and sieve ?
by Xavier Beaudouin 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi there, I am currently doing some extensive test with dsync, but it appear that : dsync -u <user> maildir:/path/to/new/Maildir doesn't seems to sync sieves rules. Is there a good way to sync sieves as well ? :p Regards, Xavier

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Re: [Dovecot] Removing specific entry in user/auth cache
by Joseph Tam 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Francisco Wagner C. Freire <wgrcunha(a)gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > >> On 27.6.2012, at 14.10, Angel L. Mateo wrote: >> >>> We have dovecot configured with auth cache. Is there any way to >> remove a specific entry (not all) from this cache? >> >> Nope. What do you need it for? > > I dont known about Angel, but for me is useful because sometimes i need to > deactivate smtp/imap/pop access from accounts, or change their home after > storage migration, and removing a specific record i can use a long time > cache. I'm not sure that the auth cache holds that information, but I think you can at least invalidate a particular auth cache entry by 1) Changing the user password (and save the previous hash) 2) Authenticate using the new credentials (and invalidate the auth cache entry). For example, you can just do a manual connection on your dovecot server x login someuser newpassword This will replace the cache entry with a new one. 3) When you are ready to put the account back online, change the password back to the original. A password mismatch forces a resync to your authentication system which will restore the auth cache. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Managesieve segfault with dovecot 2.1.8
by Daniel Parthey 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

Hi, I'm getting segfaults and unexpected disconnects from managesieve server, when the Thunderbird SIEVE extension tries to validate SIEVE scripts agains Pidgeonhole in Dovecot 2.1.8. The extension says: "Server terminated unexpectedly the connection, click on reconnect to try again." It can be reproduced by simply calling CHECKSCRIPT followed by a string: mail01:~# telnet 127.0.0.1 19200 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. "IMPLEMENTATION" "Sieve" "SIEVE" "fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave" "NOTIFY" "mailto" "SASL" "PLAIN" "VERSION" "1.0" OK "Mailbox" AUTHENTICATE "PLAIN" "AGRwYXJ0aGV5QGV4YW1wbGUub3JnAGRwYXJ0aGV5" OK "Logged in." CHECKSCRIPT {6+} abcdef Connection closed by foreign host. The server interrupts the connection and the logs show the following: # dovecot.log Sep 7 01:40:46 dovecot: mailbox: mail: managesieve(dparthey(a)example.org): Fatal: master: service(managesieve): child 31356 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) # kern.log Sep 7 01:40:46 kernel: [1417105.954609] managesieve[31356]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f1c415c4876 sp 00007fffb3731f88 error 4 in libc-2.11.1.so[7f1c41543000+17a000] Here is the backtrace: mail01:~# gdb /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve /var/tmp/core.managesieve.31356 Core was generated by `dovecot-mailbox/managesieve'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00007f1c415c4876 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007f1c415c4876 in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x000000000040b1c3 in sieve_storage_save_will_activate (ctx=0x257f1a0) at sieve-storage-save.c:328 _data_stack_cur_id = 4 scriptname = 0x25400ae "default.sieve" ret = <value optimized out> #2 0x00000000004065b0 in cmd_putscript_finish_parsing (cmd=0x2575cb8) at cmd-putscript.c:206 ehandler = <value optimized out> cpflags = <value optimized out> sbin = <value optimized out> errors = <value optimized out> _data_stack_cur_id = 0 script = <value optimized out> client = 0x2575c30 ctx = 0x2578180 args = 0x254bc68 ret = <value optimized out> #3 0x0000000000406838 in cmd_putscript_continue_script (cmd=0x2575cb8) at cmd-putscript.c:423 all_written = <value optimized out> client = 0x2575c30 ctx = 0x2578180 size = 39279968 #4 0x0000000000406caf in client_input_putscript (context=0x2575c30) at cmd-putscript.c:84 cmd = 0x2575cb8 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input_putscript" #5 0x00007f1c41d1d3e6 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x2575fd0) at ioloop.c:379 ioloop = 0x2548680 t_id = 2 #6 0x00007f1c41d1e46f in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<value optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 ctx = 0x25489f0 event = 0x2548a60 list = 0x2576020 io = 0x0 tv = {tv_sec = 18, tv_usec = 988469} msecs = <value optimized out> ret = <value optimized out> i = 0 call = false #7 0x00007f1c41d1d388 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x2548680) at ioloop.c:398 No locals. #8 0x00007f1c41d09653 in master_service_run (service=0x2548530, callback=0x25400ae) at master-service.c:543 No locals. #9 0x00000000004096ce in main (argc=1, argv=0x2548370) at main.c:308 set_roots = {0x610d60, 0x0} login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x2540088 "/var/run/dovecot/auth-master", postlogin_socket_path = 0x0, postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x409810 <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x409290 <login_client_failed>} service_flags = <value optimized out> storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT username = 0x0 c = <value optimized out> Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820

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[Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
by cc young 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

cannot get TB to recognize either pop3/s or imap/s server can connect just fine with: openssl s_client -connect ms1.myserver.net:993 . login ... but trying with TB /var/log/mail.log gets: dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/thunderbird-not-connecting-tp37389.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] dovecotadm error
by Michael 07 Sep '12

07 Sep '12

When I use the following command: doveadm expunge -A mailbox Junk savedbefore 28d I get: doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure In the mail log file it says: dovecot: auth-worker(18549): Error: sql: Iterate query failed: Table 'system.users' doesn't exist (using built-in default iterate_query: SELECT username, domain FROM users) However this is setup: dovecot-sql.conf: iterate_query = SELECT username AS user FROM accounts though I have had to comment the following from dovecot.conf: #iteratedb { # args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf # driver = sql #} because it errors on dovecot start up. I have already spent a bit of time on the Dovecot website and Google trying to find an answer. I want to get the expires plugin working. Any leads please? dovecot -n # 2.1.9: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.29.6-rt24-smp i686 Slackware 13.1.0 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login dict { expire = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf quotadict = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 1000 first_valid_uid = 1000 mail_access_groups = dovecot mail_location = Maildir:%h/Maildir mail_plugins = " expire" mail_privileged_group = mail 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 = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { autocreate = Drafts autocreate2 = Junk autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Trash autosubscribe = Drafts autosubscribe2 = Junk autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Trash expire = Junk expire_dict = proxy::expire quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict sieve = %h/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/before.sieve sieve_dir = %h/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/ } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = dovecot mode = 0660 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = DELETED } } service managesieve-login { executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login } service managesieve { executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/DELETED.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/DELETED.pem userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.lda.conf driver = sql } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_plugins = autocreate quota imap_quota zlib imap_zlib } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { hostname = DELETED mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = DELETED sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail } protocol sieve { mail_debug = yes }

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[Dovecot] different userdb and/or passdb for lmtp and pop3/imap?
by Gábor Lénárt 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Dear All, I have a bit complex question about ldap based user/passdb with some twists caused by the LDAP schema I have to use. It's complex for me at least, since it's my first time to try to setup any dovecot install which is more than a "trivial" thing eg for some unix system users. What I'd like to do: Users are stored in LDAP with the following schema: storageMailUid: contains user's uid in x@z format, and it CAN be different than mail address. This value is used to login (pop3/imap) and to get the maildir path (well, home) in the form of /mailstorage/z/x/ regardless of the value of the "mail" attribute. If @z part is missing (I mean the user supplied login, not the LDAP!), some default value (example.com) should be treated (I guess that's easy: auth_default_realm may be enough, isn't it). It is NOT possible to login via pop3/imap with mail, only with storageMailUid! This storageMailUid can specify a string which is not even an existing mail address, of course. mail: contains user's mail address, or even mail addresses (there can be more mail addresses - more mail ldap attributes - for a single ldap entry). This attribute cannot be used for pop3/imap login, neither it counts to resolve the maildir path, it only counts when a mail is received: the location of the user's maildir must be got from storageMailUid. storageMailQuota: it contains the quota value (in bytes) for the given user, which should be enforced on receiving mail, or by using IMAP (not counting the Trash folder which is a fixed size for all users and it must be handled outside of this). All user maildirs have the same fixed unix UID/GID, which is not stored in LDAP, but must be configured statically. "Home directory" of the user is also not stored in LDAP, it must be got from storageMailUid LDAP parameter. Mails are received via LMTP only. I'd like to use prefetchdb to minimalize the amount of LDAP lookups (however I can live without that). I am unsure if auth_bind is OK, or it should not be used, currently I'd like to play with auth_bind, since it worked before on other servers well. I'm totally lost with the user_attrs/pass_attrs to create this kind of configuration. In case of static userdb, it was easy to set up: passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-passdb.conf driver = ldap } userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/mailstorage/%Ld/%Ln driver = static } With this, pop3/imap worked (quota was not of the scope yet, though), however lmtp is not ("passdb doesn't support lookups, can't verify user's existence" which is odd for me, as userdb does not support it in my opinion). Please, give some suggestion how to set up userdb and passdb to support this configuration which works with the described scenario. I should also set iterate_filter and iterate_attrs I guess, so some doveadm commands can work then (-A stuffs, I guess). I am also not sure if auth service should be used or not (I mean extra configuration related): since I want LMTP not LDA, I guessed I don't need it, but I am not sure. I am also confused, because on receiving a mail (via LMTP) different kind of LDAP lookup is needed: then mail must be searched, but it's storageMailUid based lookup in case of pop3 or imap login ... Is it possible to give different userdb/passdb for lmtp and pop3/imap? In theory it's even possible to have x(a)example.com as mail and y(a)example.com as storageMailUid for one user, and the opposite for the another, so lookups cannot be done together for mail and storageMailUid. The LDAP schema/rest of the system works this way, not an option to change. Any help is greatly welcomed. Thanks a lot in advance, Gábor

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[Dovecot] Anyone else seeing lots of random duplicate messages???
by Charles Marcus 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Almost every message I'm getting through this list is duplicated, down to the same exact message-ID... Anyone else seeing this? Charles

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[Dovecot] managesieve problem
by Léon Keijser 06 Sep '12

06 Sep '12

Hi, I'm using roundcube in combination with postfix (2.6.6), dovecot (2.0.9) and pigeonhole (2.0.9). All works well except sieve. I've already posted on the roundcube forum (http://www.roundcubeforum.net/index.php/topic,9690.0.html ) but was told I should ask here since it's more likely a dovecot issue rather than roundcube. The problem is that if I want to manage sieve filters from roundcube, I get this error in maillog: Sep 5 12:55:39 emperor dovecot: managesieve-login: Login: user=<leon(a)EXAMPLE.COM>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=1575, secured Sep 5 12:55:39 emperor dovecot: managesieve(leon(a)EXAMPLE.COM): Error: sieve-storage: stat((null)) failed: Bad address Sep 5 12:55:39 emperor dovecot: managesieve(leon(a)EXAMPLE.COM): Error: sieve-storage: stat((null)) failed: Bad address Sep 5 12:55:39 emperor dovecot: managesieve(leon(a)EXAMPLE.COM): Fatal: Failed to open Sieve storage The managesieve daemon is listening though: emperor ~ # netstat -tlpne | grep dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1275042 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:2000 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1275037 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:4190 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1275035 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 0 1275044 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN 0 1275043 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 :::2000 :::* LISTEN 0 1275038 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 :::4190 :::* LISTEN 0 1275036 362/dovecot tcp 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN 0 1275045 362/dovecot emperor ~ # telnet localhost 4190 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. "IMPLEMENTATION" "Dovecot Pigeonhole" "SIEVE" "fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus" "NOTIFY" "mailto" "SASL" "PLAIN" "STARTTLS" "VERSION" "1.0" OK "Dovecot ready." Before I paste any configuration files, I wanted to ask first if this is a common/known issue. Else, please let me know what additional information I should provide. Thanks in advance! kind regards, Léon

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