April 2014 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Re: [Dovecot] integration of old mails into new dovecot Maildir
by K. C. Mohan - Personal 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Steffen, Thank you for all your help in helping me resolve my mail integration. I was able to get the old mails integrated into the new server following your suggestion of 1:1 transfer. Thanks again and have a good day. -----Original Message----- From: Steffen Kaiser [mailto:skdovecot@smail.inf.fh-brs.de] Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 2:18 AM To: K. C. Mohan Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] integration of old mails into new dovecot Maildir -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 13 Apr 2014, K. C. Mohan wrote: Please, do not top post. > Thank you Steffen, for addressing my problem of migrating old mails > into new mail server. I went through the article you pointed to but > could not succueed. I will appreciate if you could guide me to step by > step process to migrate the mails. My old mail server used 2.x dovecot version. you post very little information: 1) how are the messages storred on the old server, which storage backend do you use, maybe Maildir? 2) the storage backend on the new server? 3) do you care about the message UIDs? 4) How many users do you have (approx.) and can you access the user's mailboxes via IMAP, e.g. using a master user or do you know their password or can you switch to a known password during migration of one particular user? 5) Did you've changed namespaces? - From your first post I figure that the basic mail server functionality of the new server is working, most importantly login, message delivery and retrieval. > -----Original Message----- From: Steffen Kaiser > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 6:14 AM > To: K. C. Mohan - Personal s > Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] integration of old mails into new dovecot > Maildir > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 8 Apr 2014, K. C. Mohan - Personal wrote: > >> I just installed dovecot 2.2.9 on to a new server and want to >> transfer all the old mails into the email accounts I imported from >> the previous server into MySQL database. I am not able to view the >> subfolders and or old mails that I copied into their respective >> maildir folders. I was very much appreciate if anyone could let me >> know how to import old mails into the new server. All I see, is the >> new mails that have come into the account since I started dovecot service in the new server. > > Check out http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration . Read esp. about > "preserving messages' UIDs". > > If the old server uses Maildir, too, and you don't care about the > UIDs, copy the files over and you are done. - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBU0t9r3D1/YhP6VMHAQL21wgAx1GgDwQDWwDMPxbMQ+1vR3i7dsyUk5jm PNmRigoV8qylbn2AuZ1YMxGN2wEZfSl2zi/j2CtSEUX+d9LOf+lvI9V8zXkvSHT6 jYEHwuIQACjPUxWmh7x8XelvQvZHB9PEH56z8eJhkgyVxpae8Rbb1EHurvmxckef O0fdmCIglXJdJJ+B9WZ7JZVsB3M6PFFsllizS17+Hus6O2NeVaszLa7o7bk5XInD m+Co4e4sCVphVlssHRCIRa8Lj6nDC+D6g3RjCR+n0rVREXRbvEcSQPerEAqrZhf8 HB46x3V3n6C2fEu7RNWLB0+DzglHLBI5p9ZqAjJRMr3D9Xy9L5SKlQ== =IH25 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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[Dovecot] Assert crash with latest HG ddf374a36057
by e-frog 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Hello, Latest HG assert crashes with imap(user): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 1836 (mailbox_transaction_begin): assertion failed: (box->opened) Full backtrace is attached. Thanks, e-frog

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[Dovecot] Regarding Quota
by Joy 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Dear All, One of my user is using sieve to make a copy of incoming mail in another folder all is working file. I have seen that he is using 15GB out of 20GB space of his mailbox, while calculating the same using du command returns only 9.5 GB. I am not facing this issue with any of other user. Is there something going wrong or misconfiguration causing this.

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[Dovecot] Help implementing username_format in auth PAM driver
by lee＠trager.us 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

While configuring my server with dovecot I noticed that the PAM authentication driver does not support the username_format option as does the password file driver. This didn't seem too hard to implement so I through together a patch. As you can see in the attached patch I only modify the username sent to PAM. Despit doing this I run into the domain lost issue(http://wiki2.dovecot.org/DomainLost). This prevents me from using the domain name in my mail_location config string. What I don't understand is why does changing the username string sent to PAM for authentication trigger this issue? Shouldn't dovecot continue to use the client supplied username as I am *not* changing it anywhere in my config? Thanks, Lee

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Re: [Dovecot] Allowing non-SSL connections only for certain Password Databases
by Joseph Tam 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Dan Pollock <pollock(a)theorem.ca> writes: > I would like to move everyone onto more modern mail programs, but at the > moment I have a couple of them that are stuck using very old software > installed for them on work computers. The rest of my clients can connect > on ports 993 and 995 without it being a problem. You know best whether you want to take the risk of compromising passwords on your system (including compromised accounts using for spamming and blowing your mail reputation to smithereens), but I don't know whether your customers do. They may think they are only risking their Email, but it can be leveraged to also gain access to other authentication systems e.g. "Forgot password" feature. You can suggest the installation of a SSL proxy for those holdouts that won't switch mail readers (stunnel even has support down to Win98). https://www.stunnel.org/ports.html These days, cleartext passwords over the network is just begging to be compromised. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Re: [Dovecot] ImapTest utility not compiling
by Hein, Brad 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

* Found my error. I moved the dovecot source code after compiling it. Didn’t realize there were embedded/absolute URLS within the dovecot source tree. All I needed to do was make clean && make dovecot, then imaptest compiled no problem. [Brad Hein] From: <Hein>, Local Administrator <Brad_Hein(a)cable.comcast.com<mailto:Brad_Hein@cable.comcast.com>> Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM To: "dovecot(a)dovecot.org<mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org<mailto:dovecot@dovecot.org>> Subject: ImapTest utility not compiling Following the wiki instructions here: http://www.imapwiki.org/ImapTest/Installation I’ve run into a wall trying to compile the imapTest utility (dovecot compiled without any problems). I think there’s a problem in the imapTest utility? Copy/pasted compile output and attached. The gist of the problem seems to be that imaptest can’t find the dovecot headers and libraries (configure script was executed like this: ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/src/dovecot-20140420 checkpoint.c:3:17: error: lib.h: No such file or directory checkpoint.c:4:17: error: str.h: No such file or directory <and many more> Based on these errors I believe there’s a compatibility problem between the current imapTest utility and dovecot. The configure script said to report errors to this email address. [Brad Hein]

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[Dovecot] Latest HG 09c114091c88 2.2.12 Assertion Failure
by Thomas Leuxner 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Latest HG reproducibly crashes when accessing a virtual namespace: Apr 22 14:49:38 spectre dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.2.12 (09c114091c88) starting up for imap, lmtp […] Apr 22 14:50:05 spectre dovecot: imap(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 1735 (mailbox_notify_changes): assertion failed: (box->opened) Apr 22 14:50:05 spectre dovecot: imap(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6bbaf) [0x7f7dad859baf] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6bc0e) [0x7f7dad859c0e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f7dad81328e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x81fda) [0x7f7dadb45fda] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_virtual_plugin.so(+0x8ca3) [0x7f7dabffbca3] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE](cmd_idle+0x45) [0x410495] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE](command_exec+0x3c) [0x41839c] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE]() [0x417400] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE]() [0x4174ba] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE](client_handle_input+0x115) [0x417775] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE](client_input+0x72) [0x417b22] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x4e) [0x7f7dad86a91e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xd7) [0x7f7dad86b917] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x9) [0x7f7dad86a9a9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f7dad86aa28] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f7dad818633] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE](main+0x298) [0x40c128] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f7dad481ead] -> dovecot/imap [tlx(a)leuxner.net 95.223.79.50 IDLE]() [0x40c28d] Apr 22 14:50:05 spectre dovecot: imap(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 25774 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped) I'm not sure how to generate a core in this scenario, but commenting out the namespace configuration seems to prevent crashes for now. This appears to have been introduced in the last 5 days mercurial updates according to logs. Previously working namespace: namespace { prefix = Virtual/ separator = / location = virtual:~/mdbox/virtual } Regards Thomas

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[Dovecot] dovecot qmail-ldap
by Gustavo Coelho 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Hi folks, i am trying to get dovecot to work in my qmail-ldap instalation but no success so far. I respectfuly request your help. Here is my /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf : auth_debug = yes auth_verbose = yes base_dir=/var/dovecot default_process_limit=100 disable_plaintext_auth=no listen=200.235.128.97 log_path=/var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = Etosha Messaging Suite IMAP ready mail_uid=vmail mail_gid=vmail mail_location = maildir:/var/pop/%u/Inbox mail_max_userip_connections = 100 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject mail_log_group_events = mechanisms = plain login quota = maildir quota_rule = ?:storage=0 quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+1024000 quota_rule3 = SPAM:ignore trash = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf } protocols = imap service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 1 } service imap { executable = imap } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify imap_quota } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecotcert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem Here is my dovecot-ldap.conf : host = x.y.z.k dn = cn=mail,ou=appsrv,dc=ufv,dc=br dnpass = MaIlAsuopdVpw sasl_bind = no auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=people,dc=ufv,dc=br scope = subtree pass_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,mailHost=host,=y=proxy_maybe user_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)) user_attrs = mailmessagestore=home,mailQuotaSize=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$,mailHost=host,=y=proxy_maybe Here is the output of pkg_info for my openbsd server 5.4 amd64. obsd# pkg_info | grep dovecot dovecot-2.1.17 compact IMAP/POP3 server dovecot-ldap-2.1.17 LDAP authentication support for Dovecot obsd# Here the output : sioux@obsd$ telnet obsd imap Trying x.y.z.k... Connected to obsd. Escape character is '^]'. * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond.. Connection closed by foreign host. sioux@obsd$ I just hit "enter" and the message was that, "Ok waiting for authentication ..." May somehere help me ? Thanks a lot for your time and cooperation.

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[Dovecot] stats: Error: Mail server input error: UPDATE-SESSION username imap: stats shrank: mrbytes 26961885 < 28237323
by kadafax＠gmail.com 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Hi List, If anyone is still reading this list, I have another problem beside the FTS's one. From time to time I have this showing up in dovecot-error.log (for several users, not always the same one): stats: Error: Mail server input error: UPDATE-SESSION username imap: stats shrank: mrbytes 26961885 < 28237323 A search in google tell me that it should have been corrected in 2.1.13 but I am using 2.2.12. Is there a human here that can direct me to a solution ? Thanks # 2.2.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.11.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) ext4 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_debug = yes auth_master_user_separator = * auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@* auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = sha1 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log default_client_limit = 2128 default_process_limit = 512 default_vsz_limit = 2 G hostname = mydomain.com info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot-error.log login_greeting = Welcome login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%Ln mail_plugins = fts fts_lucene quota stats mail_uid = vmail 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 = yes location = maildir:/var/vmail/%Ln mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/deny-users deny = yes driver = passwd-file } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { fts = lucene fts_autoindex = yes fts_autoindex_max_recent = 1000 fts_lucene = whitespace_chars=@ quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=20GB quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+200M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = /var/sieve-scripts/%Ln.sieve sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%Ln/home/sieve stats_command_min_time = 1 mins stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours stats_memory_limit = 16 M stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_session_min_time = 15 mins stats_track_cmds = yes stats_user_min_time = 1 hours } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mydomain.com protocols = imap pop3 sieve sieve service auth-worker { user = root } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0777 user = vmail } } service decode2text { executable = script /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/decode2text.sh unix_listener decode2text { mode = 0666 } user = dovecot } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 5 } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh user = nobody } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mail.mydomain.com.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mail.mydomain.com.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-userdb.conf.ext driver = ldap override_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%Ln/home } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = fts fts_lucene quota stats sieve virtual } protocol imap { mail_plugins = fts fts_lucene quota stats imap_quota virtual imap_stats }

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[Dovecot] How to bring dovecot to using a slightly modified passwd file
by Stephan von Krawczynski 23 Apr '14

23 Apr '14

Hello all, I am trying to use a setup where domains have separate passwd files with a slightly different layout. Is there a way to tell dovecot that a passwd file contains everything it looks for but on different positions inside the passwd file line? Standard passwd: USERNAME:PASSWD:UID:GID:HOME:extras different layout: USERNAME:PASSWD:extras:UID:GID:HOME Or do I have to patch the source, and where if necessary? Thanks for your help. -- Regards, Stephan

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