June 2019 - dovecot - dovecot.org

How to backup maildir
by Robert Moskowitz 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

I have been thinking, and reading, on how to back up my mailserver. I have not found any approach that seems ready to use. I have run years without any backup, but would really like to have something in place. I figure I can attach a USB drive and backup to that, then from there rsync to something elsewhere. Further if that USB drive is a full mailserver image, I actually have a 'hot backup' where I only have to put the backup drive into a system and boot up at the last backup. But this means properly copying all of /home/vmail and probably /home/sieve plus the /var/lib/mysql Are there good tools that nicely does this? Or do I choose a time late at night (only I am sometimes in non-US timezones) to shut down all services and just use rsync? And stopping services itself is thought provoking. What if Dovecot, amavis, mysql, or whatelse is in the middle of writing out a mail file what happens to that file and restart. Just scary stuff and, in part, why I have never tackled this in the past. thanks for all feedback

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imap doesn't like my passwd
by James 31 Jul '20

31 Jul '20

I spent days on this problem. I have dovecot setup to use SSL and IMAP. I also have a pop account that I had no trouble getting working. Both use PAM authentication on Linux. openssl s_client -connect localhost:993 a login test_user test_secure_password The response I got back was: a BAD Invalid characters in atom I changed the password to "abc" and it worked. The secure password used to work but it was a different architecture (x86_64 I think). The current architecture is armhf. It may be different versions of the software too. Dovecot v2.1.7

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[Dovecot] Postfixadmin/MySQL/Dovecot 2 and quota
by Matt 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Hi all, I'm setting up a new email server based on the softwares list below: * Postfix * Dovecot 2.0.9 * MySQL * Postfixadmin 2.3.6 My current problem is I'm unsure whether quota feature is well configured or not. In order to test and validate, I use Roundcubemail GUI which provides percentage of the space used by the mailbox (quota should be applied per mailbox). Here, my dovecot configuration: dovecot.conf: dict { quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } dovecot-dict-quota.conf: connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=postfix map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = quota2 username_field = username value_field = bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = quota2 username_field = username value_field = messages } dovecot-sql.conf.ext: driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=postfix default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 password_query = SELECT username AS user, password, \ CONCAT('*:storage=', CAST(quota AS CHAR), 'b') AS quota_rule \ FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active='1' user_query = SELECT maildir, 89 AS uid, 12 AS gid, \ concat('dict:storage=',floor(quota/1000),'::proxy::quotadict') AS quota, \ CONCAT('*:storage=', CAST(quota AS CHAR), 'b') AS quota_rule \ FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active='1' conf.d/90-quota.conf: plugin { quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% } conf.d/20-imap.conf: protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota } When I check postfixadmin GUI, I can see that quota in realtime in quota2 table, no problem. But Roundcubemail cannot get this information and shows a unknown quota. If I add this line: quota_rule = *:storage=1G in conf.d/90-quota.conf file, it works, I mean roundcubemail gets and shows information (but not the one stored in db of course). I think I'm close to the right configuration but I need your help to complete this setup. Thank you in advance for your help. Best, Matt

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intermittant passdb error
by NeuralNET 24 Jan '20

24 Jan '20

I'm having great difficulty debugging this problem.. I'm having intermittant problems connecting to dovecot. This started a couple of days ago following an apt-get update on the server. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04, dovecot 2.2.9. Here's my dovecot -n --- # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.19.0-59-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } user = $default_internal_user } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/box.neuralnet.org.uk_crt.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/box.neuralnet.org.uk_key.pem ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { driver = passwd } --- Pretty standard stuff. In addition disable_plaintext_auth = yes is set in 10-auth.conf This showed up in the mail.err after the reboot; --- May 17 09:04:51 server dovecot: imap-login: Error: read(anvil) failed: EOF May 17 09:04:51 server dovecot: auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: EOF May 17 09:04:51 server dovecot: auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Permission denied --- At that point The following commands were run on the server a few minutes apart with no changes made in the interim; --- username@box /etc/dovecot $ doveadm user username field valueuserdb lookup: user username doesn't exist username@box /etc/dovecot $ doveadm user username field value uid 1000 gid 1000 home /home/username mail maildir:~/Maildir system_groups_user username --- so, passdb wasn't accessible, but now it is ? Imap logins are showing in mail.log as failing, but thunderbird is currently connected; --- May 18 12:00:58 box dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 19 secs): user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.0.3, lip=10.0.0.99, TLS, session=<********> May 18 12:08:27 box dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 20 secs): user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.0.3, lip=10.0.0.99, TLS, session=<********> May 18 12:08:50 box dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 12 secs): user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.0.3, lip=10.0.0.99, TLS, session=<********> --- do I conclude that method=plain is failing, whereas method=login succeeds ? I tried setting auth_debug_password=yes and get the following; --- May 18 12:26:42 box dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT#0111#011A********== (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) May 18 12:26:42 box dovecot: auth-worker(12214): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth May 18 12:26:42 box dovecot: auth-worker(12214): Debug: pam(expert,10.0.0.3): lookup service=dovecot May 18 12:26:42 box dovecot: auth-worker(12214): Debug: pam(expert,10.0.0.3): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: May 18 12:26:42 box dovecot: auth-worker(12211): pam(username,10.0.0.3): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure (password mismatch?) (given password: ******) May 18 12:26:44 box dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0112#011user=username --- Any assistance debugging this further is greatly recieved! Thanks.

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CentOS x64 compilation fails.
by Mart Pirita 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

Hello. I have problems to compile Dovecot2.2.13 with rpmbuild using options: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --without-vpopmail \ --with-pam \ --without-bsdauth \ --without-sql \ --without-nss \ --without-ldap \ --without-pgsql \ --without-mysql \ --without-sqlite \ --with-rundir=/var/run/dovecot \ --without-deliver \ --without-gssapi make Using CentOS 5.11, option - rpmbuild -ba dovecot2.2.spec fails with error: /bin/mkdir -p '/var/tmp/dovecot-2.2.13-mp-root/usr/lib64/dovecot' /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libdovecot-storage.la '/var/tmp/dovecot-2.2.13-mp-root/usr/lib64/dovecot' libtool: install: error: cannot install `libdovecot-storage.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/lib/dovecot make[4]: *** [install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14076 (%install) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.14076 (%install) But using CentOS 5.11with option- rpmbuild --target=i686 -ba dovecot2.2.spec works fine. However, using CentOS 6.5, with option - rpmbuild -ba dovecot2.2.spec fails with error: /bin/mkdir -p '/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.x86_64/usr/lib64/dovecot' /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c libdovecot-storage.la '/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.x86_64/usr/lib64/dovecot' libtool: install: error: cannot install `libdovecot-storage.la' to a directory not ending in /usr/lib/dovecot make[4]: *** [install-pkglibLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[3]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-storage' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.13/src' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.HP3meN (%install) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.HP3meN (%install) But when CentOS 5.11with option rpmbuild --target=i686 -ba dovecot2.2.spec suceeds, CentOS 6.5still fails: cpio: dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-compression/abspath.c: Cannot stat: No such file or directory cpio: dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-compression/compat.h: Cannot stat: No such file or directory cpio: dovecot-2.2.13/src/lib-compression/lib.h: Cannot stat: No such file or directory 18096 blocks + /usr/lib/rpm/check-buildroot /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.i386/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-config:LIBDOVECOT='-L/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.i386/usr/lib/dovecot -ldovecot' /root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.i386/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-config:LIBDOVECOT_INCLUDE=-I/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.i386/usr/include/dovecot Found '/root/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/dovecot-2.2.13-mp.i386' in installed files; aborting error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.69mGY0 (%install) RPM build errors: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.69mGY0 (%install) How to fix these errors? -- Mart

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BUG: panic when using fs:posix as dict for acl_shared_dict
by Marco Giunta 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Hi, I'm using Dovecot 2.2.33.2 on a RHEL 7, new installation. When I use fs:posix as dict for acl_shared_dict, like in Dovecot wiki (https://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/ClusterSetup) doveadm-server crash with error: # doveadm acl set -u USERNAME FOLDER user=DEST_USERNAME lookup read write-seen doveadm(USERNAME): Panic: file dict-fs.c: line 127 (fs_dict_iterate_init): assertion failed: ((flags & DICT_ITERATE_FLAG_RECURSE) == 0) doveadm(USERNAME): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x9f3de) [0x7f0e4a4b23de] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x2a) [0x7f0e4a4b244a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f0e4a44377c] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x31688) [0x7f0e4a444688] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(dict_iterate_init_multiple+0x4d) [0x7f0e4a47cadd] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(dict_iterate_init+0x29) [0x7f0e4a47cb89] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so(acl_lookup_dict_rebuild+0x3e1) [0x7f0e49a40371] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so(acl_backend_vfile_acllist_rebuild+0x488) [0x7f0e49a3dd18] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so(acl_backend_vfile_object_update+0x3c7) [0x7f0e49a3e867] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so(acl_mailbox_update_acl+0x68) [0x7f0e49a41e28] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so(+0x2c11) [0x7f0e48da1c11] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so(+0x3060) [0x7f0e48da2060] -> doveadm(+0x2b41c) [0x556f1280b41c] -> doveadm(+0x2c01a) [0x556f1280c01a] -> doveadm(doveadm_cmd_ver2_to_mail_cmd_wrapper+0x23b) [0x556f1280ce7b] -> doveadm(doveadm_cmd_run_ver2+0x50c) [0x556f1281c73c] -> doveadm(doveadm_cmd_try_run_ver2+0x37) [0x556f1281c7d7] -> doveadm(main+0x1e4) [0x556f127fb944] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f0e4a071c05] -> doveadm(+0x1bd35) [0x556f127fbd35] Aborted Attached coredump and configuration. I'm not a programmer, but seems that assert is raised by 'fs_dict_iterate_init' function inside 'src/lib-dict-extra/dict-fs.c': static struct dict_iterate_context * fs_dict_iterate_init(struct dict *_dict, const char *const *paths, enum dict_iterate_flags flags) { ... /* these flags are not supported for now */ i_assert((flags & DICT_ITERATE_FLAG_RECURSE) == 0); ... because it is called by 'acl_lookup_dict_iterate_read' function in file 'src/plugins/acl/acl-lookup-dict.c' static void acl_lookup_dict_iterate_read(struct acl_lookup_dict_iter *iter) { ... dict_iter = dict_iterate_init(iter->dict->dict, prefix, DICT_ITERATE_FLAG_RECURSE); ... with DICT_ITERATE_FLAG_RECURSE set. Same problem also with Dovecot 2.3.0. Thanks, Marco -- Marco Giunta - ITCS SysAdmin Via Bonomea, 265 34136 - Trieste, Italy Tel: +39-040-3787-503 Fax: +39-040-3787-244

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Supporting RFC 5466 (IMAP4 Extension for Named Searches (Filters))
by Jesus Cea 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

I wonder if Dovecot supports RFC 5466 (IMAP4 Extension for Named Searches (Filters)) or if there is any plan about it. -- Jesús Cea Avión _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ jcea(a)jcea.es - http://www.jcea.es/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ Twitter: @jcea _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ jabber / xmpp:jcea@jabber.org _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "Things are not so easy" _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "My name is Dump, Core Dump" _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "El amor es poner tu felicidad en la felicidad de otro" - Leibniz

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dovecot sieve duplicates detection
by André Rodier 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Hello, I have tested the sieve duplicate script with success so far, but I have a question. I would like to know if the "duplicate" sieve flag in Dovecot is global to all folders, or specific to one folder only. For instance, if I copy an email from one folder to another, and I have a discard action on duplicate email, is this action will be applied (in this case, discard) or not. If the duplicate is global to all folders, is there a way to restrict the search in one folder only. Thanks for your help. André

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Migration
by Hans Brage 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Hi! I'm currently running an small imap-server on Dovecot 2.2.4 but will retire that server. I've set up an new server with Dovecot 2.3.4 and will migrate the mailboxes (maildir-format) from the old to the new server. I'm planning to restructure the accounts a bit when migrating so I need to move them one by one. Its only a few so thats not a big issue. Both servers are using virtual accounts (users file). I've understood that best method for migration is to run doveadm backup -R from the new server. But I really cant figure out what other parameters or settings that I need to perform that task and if it should be run as user vmail or root. Would be greatful for any tips, hints, links or similiar. Regards, Hans

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Best way to move mail from one server to another
by James Brown 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

I’d like to migrate to a new server. I only need to transfer the mail store, have already done the users. I’ve seen different recommendations: IMAP-Sync Rsync Doveadmin backup and dsync What are the pros and cons of each? What would be best for me? I’m thinking that Doveadmin backup is the way to go. Both old and new servers are on same network. New server is running Dovecot 2.3.2.1, old server is 2.2.32. macOS X. Does anyone have any advice or examples? Thanks, James.

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