June 2019 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Dovecot/MSQL issue
by Nathan 03 Jul '19

03 Jul '19

Hello, I'm trying to work through an issue that cropped up on a server I've been working on and haven't found a very good workaround. Dovecot is operating in a jailed environment. The configuration in dovecot-sql.conf.ext has been set appropriately with the host=127.0.0.1 (which works from a jailed environment) and when dovecot attempts to auth it appears to perform a reverse dns lookup and overwrites the host with the result localhost before using the msql credentials 'user'@'localhost' which then fails after timing out. I'm currently running version 2.2.33.2 of dovecot. The workaround seems to be to have two credentials for the same user. 'user@'localhost' and 'user'@'127.0.0.1'; postfix operates in a jail as well and works around the jail issue in the same way but doesn't overwrite the specified host with a reverse dns lookup. Anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this issue better? or maybe there's a way to force different behavior which I haven't yet found in the documentation? Any help is much appreciated. Best Regards.

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virtual users, change password on first login?
by David Mehler 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Hello, I've got an email server setup all with virtual users. There only interaction with it will be via a webmail interface in this case roundcube. What I'm wanting to do is set up automatic password change on first login. Would this be considered a dovecot or a roundcube issue? Any solution appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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Error: quota-status: Client sent invalid recipient address: Invalid character in path
by Lefteris Tsintjelis 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Any idea what this is? Jun 26 23:16:34 quota-status(user(a)example.com)<4975><CLsXEzfSE11vEwAArt9ycg>: Error: quota-status: Client sent invalid recipient address: Invalid character in path I have this enabled in my config service quota-status { client_limit = 1 executable = quota-status -p postfix unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovquota { mode = 0666 user = postfix } } Lefteris

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Problem in doveadm import dovecot 2.2
by Alexander Varejão 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Dear, I always used dovecot in version 2.0 and in the last month i update my servers to dovecot 2.2 but now i have problems with comand dovecot import, not works for me, bellow i put 2 examples used in my tests in boths cases not works for me. Someone already saw some case similar or can help me with this ? doveadm import -u teste(a)aaaaa.com mdbox:~/mdbox-backup "" mailbox INBOX from testeteste(a)bbbb.com doveadm import -u teste(a)xxx.com mdbox:/var/backup/teste@aaaaa.com/ "" all Thanks a Lot Alexander

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Applying Dovecot for a large / deep folder-hierarchy archive.
by Arnold Opio Oree 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Hello to you all, I'd like to ask about my intended application of Dovecot to create a folder-hierarchy for storing our enterprise emails, which are treated as live data rather than archives for compliance or occasional / reactive retrieval. The data is presently not that large (a few gigabytes), but it is expected to grow rapidly. Up to this stage the data has been containedin a Microsoft Exchange mailbox (2013), and then in an offline PST. The move to the offline PST was by necessity, as the large number offolders, and depth of hierarchy to my best understanding caused the exchange server / outlook / evolution mail clients to begin tomalfunction. To cope with this the archive was broken up and the bulk stored in the offline PST and the most active components stored inonline Exchange mailboxes. I have some understanding of the fs mbox format, and also the mitigations to be made for certain characters / strings. My main concern is whether Dovecot is likely to be able to cope well with a large number of folders / depth of hierarcy. I will really appreciate any help / advice you can give. Best regards, Arnold Opio OreeChief Executive OfficerParallax Digital Technologies arnoldoree(a)parallaxdt.com http://www.parallaxdt.com tel : +44 (0) 333 577 8587fax : +44 (0) 20 8711 2477 Parallax Digital Technologies78A Hatfeild MeadLondonSM4 5PF Parallax Digital Technologies is a trading name of Parallax GlobalLimited. U.K. Co. No. 08836288 The contents of this e-mail are confidential. If you are not theintended recipient you are to delete this e-mail immediately, disregardits contents and disclose them to no other persons.

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Exclude dovecot-uidlist files from a Maildir backup ?
by David Pottage 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hi, I am using restic to backup my email (stored in dovecot Maildir format) to Amazon S3 As each message is a separate file on disk, and those files don't change after the email has been delivered and read by the user, the incremental backup each day is fairly efficient as it only stored new mails. However, the dovecot-uidlist files change frequently, and are often quite large. The restic backup program detects the file has changed and uploads a new version, but is not smart enough to detect that only a few lines have changed, so it uploads a fresh copy of the entire file to remote storage. I have done some test backups and have noticed, that if I exclude those files from the backup, it completes much faster and uploads far less. Would this be a reasonable policy? My backup is mainly there against unlikely but severe events such as complete hard drive failure, so if I ever had to use it, I would not mind wating for my email client to re-download all my emails. -- David Pottage

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Dovecot LDA error - Invalid -f parameter: Invalid character in path
by Bruno de Paula Larini 25 Jun '19

25 Jun '19

Hi list. I'm using dovecot as postfix's LDA. The version is 2.3.6. Last week some spammer set the envelope's FROM to "foo@bar@domain.com" (with two @). While trying to deliver (as this one didn't hit the spamassassin's score), dovecot said the following: Jun 21 02:35:58 mymailserver postfix/pipe[29736]: ADA268195E: to=<user@mydomain>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.08, delays=0.03/0.02/0/0.04, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (command line usage error. Command output: lda: Fatal: Invalid -f parameter: Invalid character in path ) Which caused postfix to put it on the bounce list, but the spammer's destiny don't really exist. I could successfully mimic the spammer using telnet and putting two @ in "mail from" address. I don't think this should be an expected behaviour, right? Or is this some config based error? Thanks!

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Authentication against multiple mysql databases
by Graham S. Jarvis 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Hello, I have setup authorisation against a mysql database. I'd now like to do (additional) authentication against another mysql database. i.e. I have two databases with usernames and passwords and I'd like allow all the users from both databases to be able to login to IMAP. Can I simply extend 10-auth.conf in conf.d with additional !include files - like auth-sql.db1.conf.ext auth-sql.db2.conf.ext and associated filed etc. Or do I have to create a new database and set up a view onto the other two databases / tables? Any ideas? Thanks, -Graham-

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Re: Mail migration problem
by Germán Herrera 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

Well, judging by the error message it appears like dovecot hasn't been compiled with support for maildir, which is strange because I don't see any way to disable in the compile-time options. Are you using the precompiled package from the distro or compiling dovecot by yourself? Could you share the output of "dovecot --build-options" and "dovecot --version"? Thanks! On 2019-06-21 17:17, Adam Raszkiewicz wrote: > Hi German, > > I have tried your way and getting the same error message: > > dsync(user(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, > sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes > location=maildir:~/Maildir > > dsync(user(a)domain.com): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace > '': Unknown mail storage driver maildir > > Thoughts? Missing dovecot library, something in the configuration? > > Thanks, > > Adam > > FROM: dovecot <dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org> on behalf of Germán Herrera > via dovecot <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > ORGANIZATION: SES Sistemas Electrónicos S.A. > REPLY-TO: Germán Herrera <g.herrera(a)ses.com.ar> > DATE: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 3:10 PM > TO: Adam Raszkiewicz <araszkiewicz(a)medallies.com> > CC: "dovecot(a)dovecot.org" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > SUBJECT: Re: Mail migration problem > > Hi Adam > > Can you try: "doveadm sync -u <user> maildir:~/Maildir" > > My mailboxes are in sdbox (I have "mail_location = > sdbox:~/sdbox:ALT=/mnt/archive/%u/sdbox") and after running that > command I managed to successfully migrate the user mailbox to maildir. > Also that is the command I used to migrate all my user's maildirs to > sdbox some time ago. > > Regards > > --- > > Germán Herrera > Responsable de IT > Ingeniería > SES Sistemas Electrónicos S.A.| Espinosa 1045 (C1405AMM) | Buenos Aires > | Argentina > W: +54 11 54530000 | Email: g.herrera(a)ses.com.ar > > ------------------------- > > Denos su opinión aquí > > On 2019-06-21 11:58, Adam Raszkiewicz via dovecot wrote: > >> I'm trying to migrate mdbox to maildir based on >> https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat >> >> * Modified dovecot.conf and set >> mail_location=maildir:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/ >> * Then I had run >> >> /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com mirror >> mdbox:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com >> >> but that did nothing. Then I have >> >> * Modified dovecot.conf and set mail_location=mdbox:/source/mailboxes >> * Then I had run >> >> /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com mirror >> mdbox:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com >> >> that copied over user(a)domain.com mailbox from the source to the >> destination location. As that was working I have tried to run >> >> /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com mirror >> maildir:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com >> >> but that got an error: >> >> dsync(user(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, >> sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes >> location=maildir:/mnt/testmail/mailboxes >> >> dsync(user(a)domain.com): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace >> '': Unknown mail storage driver maildir >> >> First problem is that based on example #2 from above provided syntax >> in https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat is incorrect or for >> some reason is not working for me as it should for example #1. >> >> Second issue is not recognizing maildir format - what about that? >> Docecot has some missing libraries? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Adam

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Mail migration problem
by Adam Raszkiewicz 24 Jun '19

24 Jun '19

I’m trying to migrate mdbox to maildir based on https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat * Modified dovecot.conf and set mail_location=maildir:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/ * Then I had run /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com<mailto:user@domain.com> mirror mdbox:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com<mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com> but that did nothing. Then I have * Modified dovecot.conf and set mail_location=mdbox:/source/mailboxes * Then I had run /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com<mailto:user@domain.com> mirror mdbox:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com<mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com> that copied over user(a)domain.com<mailto:user@domain.com> mailbox from the source to the destination location. As that was working I have tried to run /mnt/testmail/bin/dsync -Dv -u user(a)domain.com<mailto:user@domain.com> mirror maildir:/tmp/destination/mailboxes/user@domain.com<mailto:/source/mailboxes/user@domain.com> but that got an error: dsync(user(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/mnt/testmail/mailboxes dsync(user(a)domain.com): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': Unknown mail storage driver maildir First problem is that based on example #2 from above provided syntax in https://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat is incorrect or for some reason is not working for me as it should for example #1. Second issue is not recognizing maildir format – what about that? Docecot has some missing libraries? Thanks, Adam

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