November 2013 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Calling dovecot-lda from maildrop/shell
by Florian Lindner 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

Hello, I want to make final delivery for some of my mailboxes using dovecot-lda, since I'm interested in using sieve. My usual MDA which is called from postfix is and will be maildrop. First try was to call dovecot-lda from command line: /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d spam(a)xgm.de < testmail which gave return code 75 (EX_TEMPFAIL) and logged: dovecot: auth-worker(3533): mysql(localhost): Connected to database system dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<spam(a)xgm.de>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=3535, secured, session=<jwXWP3HrwgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> dovecot: imap(spam(a)xgm.de): Disconnected: Logged out in=91 out=830 dovecot: lda(spam(a)xgm.de): Error: user spam(a)xgm.de: Initialization failed: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/flindner/Mail/spam dovecot: lda(spam(a)xgm.de): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. My userdb/password is like that home == maildir == /home/flindner/Mail/spam (without prefixed "maildir:"). It works fine for dovecot-imap, it detects that spam is a maildir. I've also tried prefixing home and or maildir with "maildir:" or calling: HOME=maildir:~/Mail/spam /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda < testmail which gave: dovecot: lda: Error: user flindner: Relative home directory paths not supported: maildir:/home/flindner/Mail/spam dovecot: lda: Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. What is the problem with the LDA here? Thanks, Florian

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Listescape plugin problem
by vupibi 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Dovecot Version: 2.0.19 I'm on Ubuntu 12.04.3 using Zentyal with Dovecot for a mail Server. What I try to setup is the possibility to use slashes ("/") in folder names inside the IMAP account. Regularly if I name a folder "foo/bar", the system creates me a folder named "bar" inside a folder named "foo". Listescape should give me the possibility but it does not work. It's not possible for me to write inside the "/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf" because Zentyal will overwrite all changes when restarting the server. So my Configs are in "/etc/dovecot/extra.conf" and look like this: mail_plugins = listescape (i tried "mail_plugins = $mail_plugins listescape" as well, no success) namespace inbox { separator = "\\" prefix = inbox = yes hidden = no list = yes location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n:LAYOUT=fs } My dovecot -n output # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-55-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS ext4 auth_gssapi_hostname = mailand.sxps.local auth_krb5_keytab = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.keytab auth_mechanisms = gssapi plain first_valid_gid = 116 first_valid_uid = 108 log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_gid = 116 mail_home = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%$ mail_plugins = listescape mail_uid = 108 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 ihave namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n:LAYOUT=fs prefix = separator = \ } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Spam autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Drafts autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Spam autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Drafts quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=0 sieve = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u/sieve-script sieve_global_path = /var/vmail/sieve/default.sieve sieve_storage = /var/vmail/sieve/%d/%u } protocols = pop3 imap sieve service auth { executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/auth unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = ebox mode = 0600 user = ebox } user = dovecot } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mail_plugins = sieve quota postmaster_address = admin(a)sxps.eu } Any Ideas? -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/Dovecot-Listescape-plugin-problem-tp45… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] why the system give the user more size than quota
by ihab 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hello i put quota rules in the dovecot 1.2.15 the quota is per user and the system read from data base but the system give to user size more than quota any help please -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/why-the-system-give-the-user-more-size… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Experience with ALTStorage on NFS mount
by Urban Loesch 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi, we are thinking about storing older mails (eg. safed before 6 months) to an alternative storage mounted via NFS from an external storage box. Some technical details - the storage will be connected via 1 gbit ethernet. Access will be allowed from different dovecot servers, but only to divided directories for each dovecot. - storage has the option to use RAID 5 or 6. Max. amount of Disks are 15. - the index files and the primary storage are just divided in two different directories and are stored local on SAS disks with RAID 10 - current mail_location config is: mdbox:/home/vmail/%d/%n:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%d/%n - future mail_location config shoudl look like: mdbox:/home/vmail/%d/%n:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%d/%n:ALT=/home/extstorage/vmail/%d/%n My question is, if someone of you have already experience in such a setup with NFS? And are there some tuning tips for NFS? We have not many experience with NFS right now. Or perhaps is there some better solution? Many thanks and regards Urban

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Re: [Dovecot] highly available userdb
by Nick Edwards 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

On 11/12/13, Jan-Frode Myklebust <janfrode(a)tanso.net> wrote: > My installation is only serving 1/10 of your size, but long time ago we > migrated off mysql for userdatabase, and over to LDAP. The MySQL data > source had issues (not dovecot related), and didn't seem like the right > tool for the job. A database is a database, a master is a master, and a slave is a slave our mysql has never had problem, not a single one, its why I'm so annoyed dovecot is talking to master when it doesn't need to

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[Dovecot] I wrote CheckPassword Shell example for Dovecot
by Nicolay Vizovitin 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hello, Seeing as there are not too many Dovecot CheckPassword driver usage examples on the Internet, I wrote one using Shell script. You can see post about it here: http://devblog.plesk.com/2013/11/shell-checkpassword-authentication-in-dove…. The post also has a link to Mercurial repository with the example. Feel free to use the example as you see fit. You may even include it into documentation (or link to it), if you'd like. Thanks for such great software as Dovecot! -- Best regards, Nick

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Re: [Dovecot] Issue with Mavericks Mail Client
by Ken Mandelberg 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

Timo Sirainen<tss(a)iki.fi> wrote > On 17.11.2013, at 1.47, Ken Mandelberg<km(a)mathcs.emory.edu> wrote: > >> >We run a dovecot mailserver. One of the clients I use is a Mac Laptop. Recently I upgraded from Mountain Lion (10.8) to Mavericks (10.9). Under 10.8 it worked fine. On 10.9 it syncs up when I invoke the client, but after a while stops getting updates. >> > >> >Most of my mail clients are on Linux (thunderbird) or Android (K9) and I admit that several run against my very large INBOX simultaneously. The one of the 10.9 Mac laptop is the only one with this issue. >> > >> >Is there something known about the new 10.9 Mail client on the Mac that would lose sync against dovecot? > You didn?t mention what Dovecot version. Anyway I?ve noticed once that 10.9 Mail didn?t show some of my mails until I restarted it. Then there are several other annoying bugs.. I really shouldn?t have upgraded yet. We are running Dovecot 2.0.12, and I already have the Mavericks Mail patch of a few days ago. Still requires a restart to get new mail.

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[Dovecot] Issue with Mavericks Mail Client
by Ken Mandelberg 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

We run a dovecot mailserver. One of the clients I use is a Mac Laptop. Recently I upgraded from Mountain Lion (10.8) to Mavericks (10.9). Under 10.8 it worked fine. On 10.9 it syncs up when I invoke the client, but after a while stops getting updates. Most of my mail clients are on Linux (thunderbird) or Android (K9) and I admit that several run against my very large INBOX simultaneously. The one of the 10.9 Mac laptop is the only one with this issue. Is there something known about the new 10.9 Mail client on the Mac that would lose sync against dovecot?

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Re: [Dovecot] PAM and user@domain login?
by Larry Rosenman 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

Yes, it does. I wish the documentation on the Wiki was easier to find gems like this. Thank You! On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Pascal Volk < user+dovecot(a)localhost.localdomain.org> wrote: > On 11/15/2013 06:35 PM Larry Rosenman wrote: > > Is there a way with 2.2.6 to have the system do a PAM login for user when > > presented with > > login user@domain pass > > from the IMAP services? > > > > I have a stupid android client that wants to use user@domain but doesn't > > have an option > > to pass just user..... > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > > > Does auth_username_format=%n solve your issue? > > > Regards, > Pascal > -- > The trapper recommends today: decade.1331919(a)localdomain.org > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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[Dovecot] PAM and user@domain login?
by Larry Rosenman 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Is there a way with 2.2.6 to have the system do a PAM login for user when presented with login user@domain pass from the IMAP services? I have a stupid android client that wants to use user@domain but doesn't have an option to pass just user..... Thanks for any help. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688

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