July 2013 - dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] Dovecot proxy to Microsoft Exchange 2013
by Ricardo Machini Barbosa 29 Aug '13

29 Aug '13

Hello, I am trying to do a proxy with dovecot to IMAP backend server that are using Microsoft Exchange 2013. I already did this with Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Exchange 2010 and it works perfectly! But with Microsoft Exchange 2013 I can not perform LOGIN. The error log message is: /imap-login: Error: proxy(user(a)domain.com.br): Login for exchange2013.domain.com.br:143 timed out in state=4 (after 30 secs, local=x.x.x.x:59640)/ My troubleshoot was: - tcpdump on dovecot server side: I can see the commands sent/received by Microsoft Exchange. But no the "OK LOGIN" response. /* OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service in xxxx is ready.// //C CAPABILITY// //L LOGIN "user(a)domain.com.br" "123456"// //* CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 AUTH=PLAIN STARTTLS UIDPLUS CHILDREN IDLE NAMESPACE LITERAL+// //C OK CAPABILITY completed./ - tcpdump with telnet login on dovecot server side: Works fine. /* OK The Microsoft Exchange IMAP4 service in xxxx is ready.// //a login "user(a)domain.com.br" "123456"// //a OK LOGIN completed.// //a logout// //* BYE Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 IMAP4 server signing off.// //a OK LOGOUT completed./ - Log verbose on Microsoft Exchange 2013. Look like that Microsoft Exchange did not receive the login command. Someone already tried do this with Microsoft Exchange 2013 ? See bellow some information about my dovecot configuration: /# 2.2.2: dovecot.conf// //# OS: Linux 2.6.32-358.2.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final)// // //base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/// //disable_plaintext_auth = no// //listen = x.x.x.x// //mbox_write_locks = fcntl// //passdb {// // args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext// // driver = ldap// //}// // //protocols = imap pop3// //service imap-login {// // inet_listener imap {// // port = 143// // }// // inet_listener imaps {// // port = 993// // ssl = yes// // }// // process_min_avail = 4// // service_count = 0// // vsz_limit = 512 M// //}// //service pop3-login {// // inet_listener pop3 {// // port = 110// // }// // inet_listener pop3s {// // port = 995// // ssl = yes// // }// // process_min_avail = 4// // service_count = 0// // vsz_limit = 512 M// //}// //ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/certificate/chained.crt// //ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/certificate/cert.key// //userdb {// // driver = prefetch// //}// // ///etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext// //hosts = x.x.x.x// //dn = cn=admin,o=email// //dnpass = xxxxxxx// //ldap_version = 3// //base = o=email// //scope=subtree// //pass_filter = mail=%u// //pass_attrs = uid=user,=password=,=proxy=y,mailHost=host,=nopassword=y/ Thanks, Ricardo Machini

4 7

[Dovecot] piegonhole sieve prepending header lines with an extra space
by Anand Kumria 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

Hi, I've noticed that the redirect sieve extension is placing an extra space before the headers of email when the 'redirect' command is used. Unfortunately this break gmail, yahoo, and most other email programs. I am using pigeonhole 0.4.0-14 with Dovecot 2.2.4.3; I see change 1781:e439789e3211 but it appears to only change how the X-Sieve header is generated. I only have the one dovecot instance but I will note that the setting 'mail_save_crlf = yes' is specified. Thanks, Anand

2 9

[Dovecot] DRAC plugin for Dovecot-2.x
by USUDA Hisashi 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hello All, I released the DRAC plugin for dovecot-2.x. http://sourceforge.jp/projects/dovecot2-drac/ It's based the plugin for dovecot-1.1: http://dovecot.org/patches/1.1/drac.c Please see README file for details. Best regards, -- mailto:usuda@designet.co.jp

2 1

[Dovecot] Calling dovecot-lda correctly from exim for virtual user setup
by Frerich Raabe 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hi, I'm running Dovecot 2.1.7 on Debian. Exim is the MTA. I was recently made aware of the fact that the way in which Exim invokes dovecot-lda is prone to code injection: dovecot_virtual_delivery: driver = pipe command = HOME=/home/vmail/\$local_part /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f \$sender_address use_shell .. I.e. a command is executed via the shell, and Exim uses non-sanitized user input (mail header fields) to construct the command. Now, the reason I invoked dovecot like that is to pass a plausible value for the HOME environment variable, so that dovecot-lda can determine where the Maildir directory of the recipient is. Is there any way to achieve this without requiring HOME to be set correctly? I looked at the -m switch but as far as I can see that merely defines the destination mailbox, but not the path to the Maildir directory, correct? -- Frerich Raabe - raabe(a)froglogic.com www.froglogic.com - Multi-Platform GUI Testing

2 3

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot + SELinux permission problems
by Thomas Harold 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

On 6/24/2013 9:58 AM, Johnny wrote: > Yes, /var/log/audit/ with audit.log. There are some archived logs as > well, but no recent messages regarding dovecot perms. Typically you could use "sealert -a /var/log/audit/audit.log /var/log/audit/audit.log.1" to get a feel for how many SELinux exceptions are happening. Also, when you say that the restorecon -R did not fix the issue, did you check the output of "ls -Z" after running it? However, looking at your original message, I'm wondering why the forward slashes are doubled up. For instance: "/home/user/data1/Maildir//"

2 1

[Dovecot] Error: dict client sent broken reply
by Chris Richards 15 Aug '13

15 Aug '13

I've been mucking about, experimenting with the expire plugin and using a dictionary. I've got the iteration query working when I do a normal expunge using: doveadm expunge -A mailbox "INBOX.Trash" savedbefore 1w and expunging works as expected. However, I've got over 12,000 accounts on this server, so I was hoping using the expire plugin to could help out. I've configured the plugin, and things kinda work, except that somewhere between 3700 and 3800 users, I abort with this: doveadm(someuseraccount@somedomain): Error: dict client (/var/run/dovecot/dict) sent broken reply doveadm(someuseraccount@somedomain): Error: Dictionary iteration failed doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users It consistently fails at the same user. If I delete that user from the expire database, then it appears to fail on the next user. I also see this in the logs: dovecot: dict: Error: dict client: COMMIT: Can't commit while iterating I've absolutely no idea where to go from here to troubleshoot this. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Chris doveconf -n: # 2.1.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.7.5-hardened-r1 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.1 ext4 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@& auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_process_limit = 200 dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no login_greeting = Awaiting command... mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mail_privileged_group = 100 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 { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { expire = Trash 7 expire2 = Trash/* 7 expire3 = Spam 7 quota = dict:User quota:%u:proxy::quota quota_rule = *:storage=200M quota_warning = storage=99%% quota-warning 99 %n %d quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %n %d quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %n %d quota_warning4 = -storage=95%% quota-warning 'less than 95' %n %d sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = dovecot mode = 0666 user = dovecot } user = $default_internal_user } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve quota postmaster_address = postmaster@domain } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve quota" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = " quota quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" } >From dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext: connect = host=localhost dbname=maildb user=dbuser password=dbpass # CREATE TABLE quota ( # username varchar(100) not null, # bytes bigint not null default 0, # messages integer not null default 0, # primary key (username) # ); map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = quota_usage username_field = address value_field = quota_bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = quota_usage username_field = address value_field = quota_messages } # CREATE TABLE expires ( # username varchar(100) not null, # mailbox varchar(255) not null, # expire_stamp integer not null, # primary key (username, mailbox) # ); map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { address = $user folder = $mailbox } } dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = mysql connect = host=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock dbname=maildb user=dbuser password=dbpass default_pass_scheme = PLAIN user_query = SELECT homedir AS home, maildir AS mail, uid AS uid, gid AS gid, quota_rule AS quota_rule FROM email WHERE address = CONVERT('%u' USING latin1) AND is_alias=0; password_query = SELECT address AS user, NULL as password, homedir AS userdb_home, maildir as userdb_mail, uid AS userdb_uid, gid AS userdb_gid, quota_rule AS userdb_quota_rule, 'Y' AS nopassword FROM email WHERE address = CASE WHEN ('%d' = '') THEN CONCAT (CONVERT('%n' USING latin1), '@bordernet.com.au') ELSE CONVERT('%u' USING latin1) END AND is_alias=0 AND CheckPasswordFunc(CONVERT('%n' USING latin1), '%d', CONVERT('%w' USING latin1), '%r'); iterate_query = SELECT address AS user FROM email WHERE is_alias=0 AND length(password) > 1

3 7

[Dovecot] constant Log synchronization error's
by Kim Bisgaard 10 Aug '13

10 Aug '13

Hi, I am seeing constant "Log synchronization error"s in my logs. See later for an example. This is dovecot 2.2.4, pigeonhole 0.4.1, and postfix 2.10.1 (with mailbox_command = /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver) on a Fedora 19 system. I am using packages from Atrpms so there are some patches applied - ask for details. The mailboxes have resently been moved from a i386 system. I have tried to manually do "doveadm force-resync" for all users, but the problem persists :-( Here are an example from a user which does not use sieve: 11:45:48 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21531, TLS, session=<XxDNm3XhdAA+xz17> 11:45:52 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21541, TLS, session=<UewQnHXhAwA+xz17> 11:45:54 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: mdbox /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails: map uidvalidity mismatch (0 vs 1283330954) 11:45:54 Y dovecot: imap(X): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2013-07-14 11:45:54] in=353 out=115680 11:45:54 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/storage/dovecot.map.index 11:45:54 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: mdbox /var/mail/X/mdbox/storage: rebuilding indexes 11:45:54 Y dovecot: imap(X): Disconnected: Disconnected in IDLE in=707 out=437806 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=4,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Kvitteringer/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Ex tension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Kvitteringer/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=9,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extensi on header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=13,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Facebook/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension h eader update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Facebook/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Junk/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Junk/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Sent/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Sent/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=4,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Drafts/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Drafts/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=4,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 1 secs): user=<>, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, TLS, session=<dz05nHXh9wA+xz17> 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=4,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/2012/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/2012/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21548, TLS, session=<bAs5nHXhfgA+xz17> 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=4,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21552, TLS, session=<zCw7nHXh2AA+xz17> 11:45:55 Y dovecot: imap(X): Connection closed: Connection reset by peer in=118 out=111246 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 1 secs): user=<>, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, TLS, session=<Ov9MnHXhgwA+xz17> 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, TLS, session=<OK5RnHXhiAA+xz17> 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: mdbox /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails: map uidvalidity mismatch (0 vs 1283330954) 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap(X): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2013-07-14 11:45:56] in=353 out=115647 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/storage/dovecot.map.index 11:45:56 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: mdbox /var/mail/X/mdbox/storage: rebuilding indexes 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Kvitteringer/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Kvitteringer/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=10,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Streams/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=14,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Facebook/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Facebook/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=6,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Junk/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Junk/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=6,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Sent/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Sent/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Drafts/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Drafts/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/2012/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Archives/2012/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=6,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=5,offset=156 for /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Warning: fscking index file /var/mail/X/mdbox/mailboxes/Trash/Spam/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21563, TLS, session=<gs9WnHXhcwA+xz17> 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap(X): Connection closed: Connection reset by peer in=150 out=111316 11:45:57 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21568, TLS, session=<4y1hnHXhkQA+xz17> 11:46:05 Y dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<X>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.199.61.123, lip=192.168.0.5, mpid=21574, TLS, session=<+zbNnHXhBAA+xz17> My config is: # dovecot -n # 2.2.4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.9.9-301.fc19.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) ext4 mail_location = mdbox:/var/mail/%u/mdbox mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = . } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +imapflags sieve_subaddress_sep = - } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)alleroedderne.adsl.dk protocols = imap recipient_delimiter = - ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" } Regards, Kim

3 3

[Dovecot] execvp /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda: Permission denied
by Edward Carraro 09 Aug '13

09 Aug '13

I'm trying to follow the instructions for configuring Dovecot LMTP with postfix for virtual domains but whenever mail arrives, in /var/log/maillog, I see Sep 23 16:01:20 mybox postfix/pipe[572]: 999C83206C6: to=< user(a)mytest.domain.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.08, delays=0.04/0.01/0/0.03, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: pipe: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda: Permission denied ) ls -lh for /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 62K Sep 20 15:15 dovecot-lda It will deliver mail when I do the sudo invocation of dovecot-lda, but I thought LMTP was suppose to be an alternative to that postfix/main.cf: virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_mailbox_domains = mytest.domain.com dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 /etc/postfix/master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf: service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail #group = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } user = vmail } Did I miss something in my config?

7 9

[Dovecot] Postfix aliases with quota-status service
by Thomas Leuxner 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

The latest HG commits seem to have fixed some underlying problems with the 'quota-status' service. Now doing some quick tests I wonder if this can be used with aliases on the Postfix side. Appears the 'check_policy_service' used in the example below will query existing users via Dovecot's Auth Backend: http://sys4.de/en/blog/2013/04/05/dovecot-quota-mit-postfix-abfragen/ http://www.postfix.org/SMTPD_POLICY_README.html This works fine for Dovecot user 'philo' where the mail is rejected upfront before it enters the queue: ==> /var/log/mail.log <== Jul 30 13:41:18 spectre postfix/smtpd[31072]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from host.example.com[1.2.3.4]: 554 5.2.2 <philo(a)trashheap.net>: Recipient address rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for use r is full); from=<user(a)example.com> to=<philo(a)trashheap.net> proto=ESMTP helo=<host.example.com> Now user 'gunge' is an alias for 'philo' in Postfix, thus the quota check will not recognize the user, will queue the message and reject it at the MDA stage: ==> /var/log/mail.log <== Jul 30 14:41:02 spectre postfix/lmtp[31460]: 3c4HSD5ZkBzBP: to=<philo(a)trashheap.net>, orig_to=<gunge(a)trashheap.net>, relay=spectre.leuxner.net[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=1.2, delays=1.1/0.01/0/0.13, dsn=4.2.2, status=deferred (host spectre.leuxner.net[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 452 4.2.2 <philo(a)trashheap.net> Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) (in reply to end of DATA command)) This is probably intended behaviour, just want to make sure that I'm not missing a point here. For now the only fix that comes to my mind to create "quota aware" aliases - is creating 'dummy' users in Dovecot which point to the same mailbox rather than performing aliasing on the Postfix end. Open to suggestions... Regards Thomas

7 15

[Dovecot] script to test CATENATE
by Mike Abbott 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Attached please find a perl script which tests the CATENATE support in dovecot. I used this to test my CATENATE implementation a few years ago and it runs fine against dovecot in OS X Server. When run against dovecot-2.2.4 though it always fails or hangs, which in some cases means we interpreted RFCs differently and in other cases means it's finding bugs; both conditions are worthy of scrutiny. (It's random-number driven so every run is different.) A couple months ago I reported a few simple bugs which this script found and you fixed them; thanks. Then it started finding problems for which it's harder to isolate simple reproducible test cases. Vacations and other work interceded but now Apple is pleased to give you the script itself to allow you to iterate faster. Here are some examples of it running. One time only, pass the --init argument to store some template messages used by the real tests: $ ./catenate.pl --host your.test.server --user testuser --password 1234 --init connecting (imaps)... capability... logging in... deleting old templates mailbox... creating templates mailbox... append1... Append succeeded append2... Append succeeded logout... success $ ./catenate.pl --host your.test.server --user testuser --password 1234 connecting (imaps)... capability... logging in... append1... Append failed as it should have (bad url): <append1 NO [BADURL ;invalid;] Invalid IMAP URL: Unexpected IMAP URL path segment: `;invalid;'.> append2... Append failed as it should have (bad url): <append2 NO [BADURL /inbox/;uid=99999999] Message not found.> append3... Append succeeded [...] All tests passed. $ If it concludes with anything other than "All tests passed" or hangs then it found something that it didn't expect and that should be examined. Use the --verbose option to see the entire client-server conversation. We hope that you find this script helpful to harden your CATENATE code. I will be happy to answer any questions.

3 5