December 2016 - dovecot

Maildir: do message files need to have a unique name across all directories?
by Gerben Wierda 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

While testing a new mail server I created a temporary account and filled its mailbox (Milder, dovecot) with the contents of another account. That means the actual message files in each account have identical names. Is that a problem? (I’m asking because I see some weird behaviour of visible/invisible messages and I wonder if this could have been the reason). G

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Re: FW: postlogin script
by Aki Tuomi 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

On 15.12.2016 05:54, Michael Fox wrote: >> Hi! >> >> You need to use executable = script-login -- /path/post-login.sh -a -r -g > -s >> note the double-dash. it tells getopt to stop processing arguments. >> >> Aki > Thanks Aki. So that let's me call a single script with arguments. Great. > What if there is more than one script? I'm unable to guess what the > complete syntax would be for calling more than one script, some of which may > have their own arguments. Please keep responses in the list. Maybe you could, I don't know, call multiple scripts in your script? > Also, can you help with my other two questions (below): > >> Question 1: >> >> The examples show the following at the end of the post-login.sh script: >> exec "$@" >> >> My understanding is that this would exec each of the command line arguments >> to the post-login.sh script. But, there are no arguments sent to the >> post-login.sh script in the examples. So what is this line supposed to do? It will execute something dovecot wants in order to import the env variables set in your question 2. >> >> >> Question 2: >> >> One of the examples shows exporting some environmental variables, followed >> by the above exec line: >> >> export MAIL=maildir:/tmp/test >> >> export USERDB_KEYS="$USERDB_KEYS mail" >> >> exec "$@" >> >> Now, I'm really confused. Can someone explain step-by-step why this does >> anything at all? > Michael Aki

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LDAP cache clear ??
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Hello, I have a big problem to clear the ldap cache ? Can any tell me a way to clear the passwords in dovecot when I have to change a password in LDAP? auth_cache_ttl: is not working thanks for a answer, -- mit freundlichen Grüßen / best regards, Günther J. Niederwimmer

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postlogin script
by Michael Fox 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

I'm using the postlogin service, following the examples in the wiki. But I can't find any documentation on the behavior (what's allowed/not allowed) of the script-login binary. So, some questions: Question 1: The examples show the following at the end of the post-login.sh script: exec "$@" My understanding is that this would exec each of the command line arguments to the post-login.sh script. But, there are no arguments sent to the post-login.sh script in the examples. So what is this line supposed to do? Question 2: One of the examples shows exporting some environmental variables, followed by the above exec line: export MAIL=maildir:/tmp/test export USERDB_KEYS="$USERDB_KEYS mail" exec "$@" Now, I'm really confused. Can someone explain step-by-step why this does anything at all? Question 3: I'd like to be able to pass some information to the post-login.sh script, such as the service (%s), as a positional parameter. For example: executable = script-login /path/post-login.sh %Ls Or even more explicitly: executable = script-login /path/post-login.sh imap But it appears that the script-login binary is expecting only script names to be passed to it so that it can handle more than one script. Is there a way to pass arguments to the different scripts? Thanks, Michael

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random mmap_anon Cannot allocate memory in log
by Ricardo Branco 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

I am getting lots of these error messages in the log file, any idea why? vsz_limit = 512M Dec 14 00:50:12 lmtp(it@wenn.com)(it@wenn.com): Error: mmap_anon(211079168) failed: Cannot allocate memory -- The information contained in or attached to this email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain any message or any part of it. If you have received an email in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. The contents of this email are not for publication unless specifically stated. Furthermore, the information contained in this message, and any attachment(s) thereto, is for information purposes only and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of WENN or its subsidiaries and associated companies. We make every effort to keep our network free from viruses. However, you do need to check this e-mail and any attachments to it for viruses as we can take no responsibility for any computer virus which may be transferred by way of this e-mail. WENN Ltd: Registered Office: 4a Tileyard Studios, Tileyard Road, London, N7 9AH, England. Registered No: 4375163. Place of Registration: United Kingdom. USA Entertainment News Inc (d/b/a WENN): Registered Office: 352 7th Avenue, Suite 1105, New York, NY 10001-5657, USA The WENN name, design and related marks are trademarks of the WENN group of companies. (c) 2014 All Rights Reserved.

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Reprocessing MDBOX account to reduce m.* file count
by Ricardo Branco 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Is there a way to force dovecot to reprocess a user account to refile the m.* files based on new config for max file size. Ive got one account at 22k files due to a 2M split.

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mailboxes and capitalisation
by Thorsten Hater 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Dear all, I have set up a series of special-use mailboxes in the default namespace differing by capitalisation of the names, mainly to capture multiple mailboxes with autoexpunge namespace inbox { ... mailbox Trash { auto = no autoexpunge = 30d special_use = \Trash } mailbox trash { auto = no autoexpunge = 30d special_use = \Trash } ... } However, doveconf -n reports only one mailbox, namely the second (lowercase t) and autoexpunge does not trigger for the first one (capital T). Removing the special use flag has no influence. namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = children location = ... mailbox trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } ... prefix = INBOX. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = private } Is this the intended behaviour? The example 15-mailboxes.conf seems to indicate otherwise and I would prefer the ability to set autoexpunge for both Trash and trash. (dovecot 2.2.26 built from source on Debian 8.0) Best regards, Thorsten

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Simple way to get mailbox size by folder.
by Vijay Sarvepalli 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Is there a simple way to get each mailbox size using dovecot's IMAP interface? The GETQUOTAROOT and GETQUOTA seems to work with the full maildir size and not the individual folders. I am finding a simple way for the webmail client to show usage of each folder. Thanks Vijay

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replication and backend vpopmail
by Havrla 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

Heloo, please I need "replicate" dovecot / dsync. Prerequisite: doveadm user '*' [Root @ joe ~] # doveadm user '' ' Error: User listing Returned failure Fatal: user listing failed It probably does not work because I have: userdb{ args = cache_key =% u quota_template quota_rule = = *: backend = q% driver = vpopmail } The manual is written: iterate_query = SELECT email as user FROM mail_user But does not specify how to connect to MySQL database if vpopmail How to do it ? To make it simple, vpopmail domain = DB table example domain example.com = table example_com [root@franta ~]# mysql vpopmail MariaDB [vpopmail]> desc lhotkanet_cz; +-----------------+-----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------------+-----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | pw_name | char(32) | NO | PRI | | | | pw_passwd | char(40) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_uid | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_gid | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_gecos | char(48) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_dir | char(160) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_shell | char(20) | YES | | NULL | | | pw_clear_passwd | char(16) | YES | | NULL | | +-----------------+-----------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec) MariaDB [vpopmail]> Thank you. Havrla

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Dovcot issues
by The Doctor 13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16

I am seeing issues with Thunderbird IMAP and POP3 and Entourage issues of non-deleting / repeating e-mail. Any one else gettting that? -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca God,Queen and country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! http://www.fullyfollow.me/rootnl2k Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism Merry Christmas 2016 and Happy New Year 2017

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