January 2016 - dovecot

[Dovecot] How to disable SSL and TLSv1.1?
by Darren Pilgrim 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

I'm running Dovecot 2.2.5 and want to make it refuse SSLv2, SSLv3 and TLSv1.0. Clients will opportunistically use TLS 1.1 and 1.2, but now I want require they do so. Is it enough to set ssl_cipher_list = HIGH:!SSLv2:!SSLv3:!TLSv1.0:!aNULL:!MD5 or are there additional settings I need to specify?

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Re: [g.danti@assyoma.it: [Dovecot] Re: Questions about hardlinks, alternate storage and compression]
by Gionatan Danti 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Il 26-11-2015 15:15 John R. Dennison ha scritto: > You are strongly encouraged to update that CentOS system. Current is > 6.7 (released some 3 months ago) and dovecot-2.0.9-19. Ouch! I copied outdated information from my old post. My current system _is_ CentOS 6.7 with dovecot dovecot-2.0.9-19.el6_7.2.x86_64 Sorry for the confusion. Still, the problems remain > If you find you need a more modern dovecot version you will find that > dovecot-2.2.19-1 is in the GhettoForge 3rd-party repo, packaged and > maintained by a respected CentOS community member. Information > on this repo can be found by following the links off of: > > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories > The point is that I _don't know_ if more recent Dovecot version have the same problem or not. Moreover, as this is a production machine, I would like to leave a key package as Dovecot as near as possible to the shipping O.S. Thanks. -- Danti Gionatan Supporto Tecnico Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it email: g.danti(a)assyoma.it - info(a)assyoma.it GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8

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Option to not add "Received" header ?
by Florent B 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Hi everyone, I use Dovecot in lmtp mode to receive mails. I would like an option to tell Dovecot to not add a "Reveived" header on each server (I use a director, so Director also adds this header). Is it possible to do this ? Or could it be a future feature ? Thank you. Florent

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[Dovecot] Patch: 2.0 support for URLAUTH, BURL, CATENATE
by Mike Abbott 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

Thank you Timo for beginning the port of URLAUTH, BURL, and CATENATE from 1.2 to 2.0. Attached please find two patches that finish the port to 2.0. One patch updates the dovecot-2.0-urlauth branch and is based on the tip of that branch. The other patch adds the full support to dovecot-2.0.beta5. The resulting URLAUTH/BURL/CATENATE code is the same. Please let me know if you have any questions about these patches. Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Replication and public namespaces
by Markus Weippert 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Hi, I'm having some issues with replicating public namespaces. Everything seems to work fine for private namespaces, but while importing some huge mailboxes (many small mails) into a public namespace via imapsync, something goes wrong. The expected mail flow is: old-server (imapsync)> new-server1 (replication)> new-server2 But then, dovecot seems to run into race conditions when the replications process tries to sync the same public mailbox under two or more different users at the same time. As a result, messages get duplicated, new-server2 sends those back to new-server1 which then starts to produce duplicates too. If I don't kill the processes in time and delete the faulty mailbox, they start to produce thousands of mails. In fact, server2 should not export messages at all, since it's not productive yet and does not get any mail except from the replication. The only thing getting logged (only few compared to the huge amount of duplicates produced): "dsync-server(user(a)example.com): Warning: Maildir /...: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID" Is there any way to fix this? Regards, Markus doveadm_password = *********** doveadm_port = ***** mail_home = /var/vmail/private/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/mail mail_plugins = acl virtual listescape notify replication namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace legacy { alias_for = # ... } namespace ns_public { list = children location = maildir:/var/vmail/public/%d prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace virtual { # ... } plugin { mail_replica = tcps:************** } protocols = imap lmtp sieve replication_dsync_parameters = -d -l 60 -N -x virtual -x ns_public -U replication_full_sync_interval = 4 hours replication_max_conns = 20 service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 8143 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 5 user = vmail vsz_limit = 4 G } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 user = vmail } }

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dsync issues due to Prefix difference?
by Mark Little 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

Hi everyone, I'm hoping I am just missing something obvious - but I cannot seem to get a one-way migration dsync working between two Dovecot servers because the Prefix configuration is different. I am doing a migration from our old Dovecot servers to some new cPanel based ones. Source: 2.2.15 Dest: 2.2.21 Here is the debug output for the sync: doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so doveadm(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: Effective uid=1322, gid=1322, home=/khstor3/khmail-mailboxes/l/li/example.ca/testuser doveadm(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir doveadm(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: maildir++: root=/khstor3/khmail-mailboxes/l/li/example.ca/testuser/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/khstor3/khmail-mailboxes/l/li/example.ca/testuser/Maildir, alt= doveadm(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /khstor3/khmail-mailboxes/l/li/example.ca/testuser/Maildir: mode=0777 gid=default stdin: is not a tty dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Local mailbox tree: INBOX guid=f055ac07d79cad508a7a000075e38adc uid_validity=1353555159 uid_next=2085 subs=no last_change=0 last_subs=0 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Local mailbox tree: Junk guid=703a8b1d51ceab56f91e0000667eee40 uid_validity=1391566942 uid_next=1 subs=yes last_change=0 last_subs=1454100049 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Local mailbox tree: Trash guid=9bee9f0f2aacb65039260000b171e44d uid_validity=1353555163 uid_next=25 subs=no last_change=0 last_subs=0 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Local mailbox tree: Drafts guid=4d03661058a0f1524f240000e9d81ad0 uid_validity=1391566936 uid_next=1 subs=no last_change=0 last_subs=0 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Local mailbox tree: Sent guid=99ee9f0f2aacb65039260000b171e44d uid_validity=1353555161 uid_next=4 subs=no last_change=0 last_subs=0 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Remote mailbox tree: INBOX guid=6460141741cfab5643470000afb0d608 uid_validity=1454100291 uid_next=2064 subs=no last_change=0 last_subs=0 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Remote mailbox tree: INBOX.Trash guid=6360141741cfab5643470000afb0d608 uid_validity=1454100290 uid_next=12 subs=yes last_change=0 last_subs=1454100289 dsync-local(testuser(a)example.ca): Debug: brain M: Remote mailbox tree: INBOX.Sent guid=6260141741cfab5643470000afb0d608 uid_validity=1454100289 uid_next=2 subs=yes last_change=0 last_subs=1454100289 dsync-remote(testuser(a)example.ca): Error: Couldn't find namespace for mailbox Junk I believe the problem is because on the source we have no prefix set, but on the destination it has INBOX as the prefix. I need to use dsync because we have many POP3 clients so I need to ensure the UIDL's are copied correctly. Here is the output from 'doveconf namespace': Source: namespace inbox { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe driver = special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe driver = special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe driver = special_use = \Trash } order = 0 prefix = separator = subscriptions = yes type = private } Destination: namespace { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = create autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } mailbox Archives { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = create autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Trash } order = 0 prefix = INBOX. separator = subscriptions = yes type = private } If anyone could provide some assistance it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Mark

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Dovecot with pam authentication and user@domain
by Christian Schneider 08 Feb '16

08 Feb '16

Hello all, I'm trying to setup dovecot for local users with pam authentication. The passdb and userdb entries are as follows: passdb { args = username_format=%n driver = pam } userdb { args = username_format=%n driver = passwd } Using "doveadm user chriss" returns the user record as expected, but "doveadm user chriss(a)testmail.ch-sc.de" gives an error: field valueuserdb lookup: user chriss(a)testmail.ch-sc.de doesn't exist As far as I understand, username_format=%n should drop the domain part and only search for the user in the userdb, but it doesn't. What am I missing? Greetings Christian

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Dovecot with Maildir
by John Williams 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Folks, I'm trying to get dovecot to check a for mail in a maildir format on Ubuntu. Mail is being delivered to and from the system. I can send and receive mail using Pine & Mutt. But I cannot seem to get dovecot to work with the maildir. So I can't check for mail using Dovecot. This is what I'm using for reference: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot I believe (not sure actually) the answer is in the mail_location variable for Dovecot. This is what I've tried so far: #mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u#mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir#mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/%umail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir Mail is being delivered and I can send mail out with Postfix. But Dovecot not working. Any idea why? Thanks in advance!

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Disable Client Certificate Authentication for Unencrypted Connections?
by Haravikk 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

I’m using dovecot to provide encrypted IMAP e-mail support for remote clients and it’s working great. However, I also need to set up a webmail front-end (Roundcube), which I’m hoping to have use unencrypted IMAP on port 143 (as only port 993 is available externally). The problem I’m running into is that I want to require client certificate authentication on port 993, but dovecot is apparently requiring a certificate on all connections, which is preventing Roundcube from connecting. Since dovecot is also providing authentication to postfix I’ve already created an exemption from the client certificate requirement for SMTP connections by doing the following: protocol !smtp { ssl_ca = </path/to/ca.pem ssl_verify_client_cert = yes auth_ssl_require_client_cert = yes } However, I’m not sure how to do the same thing for unencrypted IMAP connections. Is there a way that I can enable client certificate support for only IMAP port 993, leaving port 143 to handle regular unencrypted IMAP with a username and password? I’ve already added the local network to the trusted networks list, so that Roundcube can use plaintext authentication, can I limit client certificate support in a similar way? Thanks, Haravikk

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Can you "doveadm search" with mailbox location instead of a user (-u option)?
by Christian Rohmann 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Hey dovecot-users! doveadm import offers to use i.e. a maildir as source and then import into a users mailbox referenced via "-u" option. If one wants to import only certain emails from the source a search-query can be given as well. I was wondering if doveadm search also does offer to search a mailbox referenced by filesystem path i.e. doveadm search maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123 NEW Maybe a fixed mailbox location via "-o mailbox_location=maildir:/srv/mailboxes/example.com/mailbox123" does work, but then it's rather a side effect as one needs to define a user via "-u" parameter anyways. Regards Christian

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