August 2020 - dovecot

How to use dovecot only as POP3 server / prevent it from creating .imap directories?
by Binarus 18 Sep '20

18 Sep '20

Dear all, on our mail server, I let sendmail deliver incoming messages to a file in mbox format called "inbox" in each user's home directory. Now I would like to use dovecot as POP3 server so that users can let their MUA download their messages via POP3. I do not want to use any IMAP functionality. The POP3 part works with the configuration shown below, but nevertheless there is a problem which is a show stopper: Although I think I have turned off IMAP (e.g. no IMAP listener), dovecot still creates .imap directories and does so in a very weird way. It creates one .imap subdirectory in every subdirectory of each user's home directory, and for every file in each user's home directory creates an additional subdirectory with the same name in its .imap directories. It does this recursively, and 1000 files in a user's home directory would mean 1000 additional subdirectories. Of course, I can't live with that. I know that the dovecot documentation discourages using the home directory as mail location, but in my case this should not be a problem at all if IMAP is not used. I have played around with dovecot for several days, but could not solve that problem. So how can I turn off IMAP completely and prevent dovecot from creating any .imap directories or IMAP related files? This happens with dovecot 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4) on Debian buster (with all updates applied). My configuration (doveconf -n) is (the configuration is complete - I don't use SQL or LDAP): # 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.4 () # OS: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.4 # Hostname: host.example.com listen = aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=~/inbox mail_privileged_group = mail 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 } pop3_lock_session = yes protocols = " pop3" service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/tls/xxxx.crt ssl_cipher_list = DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_min_protocol = TLSv1.2 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { driver = passwd } Thank you very much in advance for any idea! Regards, Binarus

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Is it possible to only replicate indexes and not the mail data
by Marc Roos 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Is it possible to only replicate indexes and not the mail data? (Because the data is already on distributed storage)

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LMTP-Process stays in RCPT TO state
by Pascal Christen 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi We tried to update our Dovecot Director-Ring to 2.3 (latest version) and had one problem/bug. When we try to deliver an email from Exim to a receiving Dovecot (2.3 latest) via the LMTP-Proxy the LMTP process stays open forever and never closes. So after a few hours, we hit the LMPT-Process limit. The problem only exists if the receiving Dovecot reports "Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)" back to the Exim. If this is the case the state on the LMPT process stays at "lmtp: [_IP_ RCPT TO] (lmtp) and never closes. The TCP-Connection to the Exim is then in CLOSE_WAIT state on the Proxy. On the receiving Dovecot we set the "lmtp_rcpt_check_quota=yes" option. For me, it sounds similar to this bug: https://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2018-January/110697.html but without the SEGFAULT which makes it harder to debug it. May you guys know why it doesn't change the state to IDLE or READY after reporting the quota issue or see something fishy in the commit above. If not I try to get a trace of the hanging process. Greetings Pascal

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Backup questions - errors
by Mark Patruck 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, although i've search the archives, there are questions left regarding backup strategies and errors that occur. I'm using dovecot 2.3.11.3 with mdbox (mailbox size 50MB - 30GB). Every night, i ran the following command: doveadm -o mail_fsync=never -o plugin/quota= -o plugin/zlib_save=gz \ backup -u account mdbox:/nfs/storage/account/mdbox ### incremental backup Thanks to zlib compression, i save a lot of storage space, nonetheless i'd go with an incremental backup, but it seems to only merge changes, comparing to rsyncs' --link-dest option where you can put all "changes of the day" in an extra folder. I'd like to prevent loosing mail that gets deleted by accident/on purpose. How can i achieve this with dsync and w/o doing a full backup every day? ### backup errors After a few days w/o any errors, doveadm prints the following lines (only for the biggest, 30GB mailbox) two days in a row. As dovecot has self- healing capabilities, i think these errors/warnings can be ignored and should go away...? Error: Transaction log ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index.log: duplicate transaction log sequence (38) Error: Index ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index: Lost log for seq=38 offset=63312: Missing middle file seq=38 (between 38..4294967295, we have seqs 37,39): .log.2 contains file_seq=37 (initial_mapped=1, reason=Index mapped) Warning: fscking index file ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index Error: Fixed index file ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index: log_file_seq 38 -> 39 Error: Mailbox list index was marked as fsck'd ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index Error: Mailbox list index was marked as fsck'd ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index Error: Mailbox list index was marked as fsck'd ....mdbox/dovecot.list.index Thanks, -Mark -- Mark Patruck ( mark at wrapped.cx ) GPG key 0xF2865E51 / 187F F6D3 EE04 1DCE 1C74 F644 0D3C F66F F286 5E51 https://www.wrapped.cx

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sieve_max_script_size is ignored
by Zdeněk Zámečník 06 Sep '20

06 Sep '20

I am in troubles with compiling sieve scripts larger than 1MB. I see in logs following errors: Aug 19 13:10:26 mail dovecot: lmtp(z.z(a)xxx.xxx)<22117><uNBGHKIIPV9lVgAA5ldI4A>: Error: sieve: autoreply: line 16818: quoted string started at line 3 is too long (longer than 1048576 bytes) Aug 19 13:10:26 mail dovecot: lmtp(z.z(a)xxx.xxx)<22117><uNBGHKIIPV9lVgAA5ldI4A>: Error: sieve: autoreply: parse failed Aug 19 13:10:26 mail dovecot: lmtp(z.z(a)xxx.xxx)<22117><uNBGHKIIPV9lVgAA5ldI4A>: Error: sieve: Failed to compile script `/var/vmail/xxx.xxx/z.z/sieve/autoreply.sieve' I tried to set sieve_max_script_size = 2M or 0 (unlimited). I also tried to run "sievec -o sieve_max_script_size=2M /var/vmail/xxx.xxx/z.z/sieve/autoreply.sieve" but the result is still same. Below is my config. Can you please advice where can be the problem? # 2.3.10.1 (a3d0e1171): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.10 (67bf5bd7) # OS: Linux 5.4.44-2-pve x86_64 Debian 10.4 # Hostname: mail.xxx.xxx auth_cache_size = 2 M auth_cache_ttl = 5 mins auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_policy_check_before_auth = no auth_policy_hash_nonce = # hidden, use -P to show it auth_policy_report_after_auth = no auth_policy_server_timeout_msecs = 1500 auth_policy_server_url = http://127.0.0.1:8090/ dict { acl = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail imap_id_log = * imap_id_retain = yes login_trusted_networks = 127.0.0.0/8 mail_gid = 2000 mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/var/vmail-archive/%d/%n/mdbox mail_max_userip_connections = 60 mail_plugins = acl zlib fts quota mail_uid = 2000 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext vacation-seconds editheader imapsieve vnd.dovecot.imapsieve mdbox_rotate_interval = 1 days mdbox_rotate_size = 16 M namespace { inbox = yes location = mailbox "Deleted Items" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox "Junk E-mail" { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox virtual/All { auto = no special_use = \All } prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { inbox = no list = children location = mdbox:/var/vmail/%%d/%%n/mdbox:ALT=/var/vmail-archive/%%d/%%n/mdbox prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/masters.db driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl imapsieve_mailbox1_before = file:/var/vmail/sieve/report-spam.sieve imapsieve_mailbox1_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox1_name = Spam imapsieve_mailbox2_before = file:/var/vmail/sieve/report-ham.sieve imapsieve_mailbox2_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox2_from = Spam imapsieve_mailbox2_name = * imapsieve_mailbox3_before = file:/var/vmail/sieve/report-spam.sieve imapsieve_mailbox3_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox3_name = Junk imapsieve_mailbox4_before = file:/var/vmail/sieve/report-ham.sieve imapsieve_mailbox4_causes = COPY imapsieve_mailbox4_from = Junk imapsieve_mailbox4_name = * mailbox_alias_new = Sent Messages mailbox_alias_new2 = Sent Items mailbox_alias_new3 = Deleted Items mailbox_alias_old = Sent mailbox_alias_old2 = Sent mailbox_alias_old3 = Trash quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule2 = Trash:ignore quota_rule3 = Junk:ignore quota_warning = storage=80%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning2 = storage=85%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning3 = storage=95%% quota-warning 105 %u sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/.sieve sieve_after = /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/autoreply.sieve sieve_before = /var/vmail/sieve/global.sieve sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve sieve_extensions = +editheader +vacation-seconds sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/sieve/ sieve_global_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe +vnd.dovecot.environment sieve_max_redirects = 20 sieve_max_script_size = 2M sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot sieve_plugins = sieve_imapsieve sieve_extprograms sieve_vacation_send_from_recipient = yes } protocols = imap sieve lmtp pop3 service auth-worker { unix_listener auth-worker { user = vmail } user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = vmail } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 10 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 512 M } service imap { executable = imap process_limit = 3500 unix_listener imap-master { user = $default_internal_user } vsz_limit = 2 G } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve { process_limit = 400 } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 320 M } service pop3 { process_limit = 200 vsz_limit = 320 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quota_warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/multi.z-technics.cz.dovecot.pem ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it stats_writer_socket_path = userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } protocol sieve { managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota fts mailbox_alias imap_acl acl imap_zlib imap_sieve } protocol lda { mail_fsync = optimized } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = quota sieve acl }

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syslog logging + 2.3.10 + centos 7
by Matt Bryant 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

All, Running dovecot 2.3.10 on a CentOS 7.x and logging via syslog seems to stop when i restart rsyslog process. Reload doesnt get it working again only a dovecot restart. Tested this with dovecot 2.2.36 and this did not exhibit the same behaviour. systemctl restart dovecot rsyslog ----- this gets a working state systemctl restart rsyslog ------------- this restarts syslog other processes like exim continue to log but dovecot stops systemctl reload dovecot -------------- this has no impact logging still does not work systemctl restart dovecot ------------- this fixes the issue. Are there any changes to the log process between 2.2 and 2.3 that might explain this ? rgds Matt

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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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Sieve: deleteheader now working with duplicate filter for implicit keep
by Alec Moskvin 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Hello, I have a rule to always delete a header. If the message gets fileinto'd, the header is gone, but if it's delivered into the INBOX through implicit keep, the header does not get deleted. Interestingly, if I remove the "if duplicate" filter, the header does get deleted as expected. I'm using the latest Dovecot 2.3.11.3 / Pigeonhole 0.5.11. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks, Alec === Sieve filter require ["fileinto", "editheader", "duplicate", "mailbox"]; deleteheader "X-Bad-Header"; if duplicate { fileinto :create "Trash"; stop; } if header :matches "subject" "*filter*" { fileinto :create "Filtered"; } === Example (note ${RANDOM} to bypass duplicate filter) $ /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver << -end- To: me(a)example.com From: someone(a)example.com Subject: Test Message Message-Id: <${RANDOM}(a)example.net> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 00:21:24 +0000 (UTC) X-Bad-Header: DELETE ME Hello world -end-

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Submission proxy warning connecting to Exim
by Alec Moskvin 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Hello, When connecting to Exim 4.94, dovecot submission logs this warning: dovecot[25235]: submission(alec)<25347><QNydV8+t+oMKAgAF>: Warning: smtp-client: conn localhost:25 ([::1]:25) [1]: Received invalid EHLO response line: Unexpected character in EHLO keyword Looks like it doesn't like the underscore in "X_PIPE_CONNECT", since it's neither "isalnum" nor a dash [1]: 1598480923.401085 220 myhostname ESMTP Exim 4.94 Wed, 26 Aug 2020 18:28:43 -0400 1598480923.401906 250-myhostname Hello localhost [::1] 1598480923.401906 250-SIZE 52428800 1598480923.401906 250-8BITMIME 1598480923.401906 250-PIPELINING 1598480923.401906 250-X_PIPE_CONNECT 1598480923.401906 250-CHUNKING 1598480923.401906 250-STARTTLS 1598480923.401906 250 HELP 1598480923.409242 250 OK 1598480923.434743 250 Accepted 1598480923.578335 250- 511 byte chunk, total 511 1598480923.578335 250 OK id=1kB3uN-0006ar-HU Adding the line "pipelining_connect_advertise_hosts =" to Exim's config fixes the issue by disabling X_PIPE_CONNECT. Is this a bug in Exim or is Dovecot being too strict? Thanks, Alec [1] https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/2.3.11.3/src/lib-smtp/smtp-syntax.c#L2…

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Sumbission crashes when relaying over TLS
by Alec Moskvin 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Hello, I'm trying to set up the submission proxy, but if I set submission_relay_ssl = starttls, it crashes. Without it, it works. Please find the details below. Thanks, Alec dovecot[256855]: submission-login: Login: user=<alec>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=257033, secured, session=<kMd1B9uthLUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> dovecot[256855]: submission(alec)<257033><kMd1B9uthLUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Panic: file smtp-client-connection.c: line 290 (smtp_client_connection_fail): assertion failed: (conn->to_connect == NULL) dovecot[256855]: submission(alec)<257033><kMd1B9uthLUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_append+0x42) [0x7fbbfb2bcaf2] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_get+0x1e) [0x7fbbfb2bcc0e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xf5f09) [0x7fbbfb2c5f09] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xf5fa1) [0x7fbbfb2c5fa1] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x51eec) [0x7fbbfb221eec] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x44d5e) [0x7fbbfb214d5e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6c431) [0x7fbbfb23c431] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(smtp_client_command_input_reply+0x201) [0x7fbbfb235261] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x6ccfd) [0x7fbbfb23ccfd] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x68) [0x7fbbfb2dc048] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x132) [0x7fbbfb2dd662] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x51) [0x7fbbfb2dc0f1] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x40) [0x7fbbfb2dc2b0] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7fbbfb255ee3] -> dovecot/submission(main+0x4df) [0x561d486b3daf] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xea) [0x7fbbfb054b8a] -> dovecot/submission(_start+0x2a) [0x561d486b3e3a] dovecot[256855]: submission(alec)<257033><kMd1B9uthLUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Fatal: master: service(submission): child 257033 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) (gdb) bt #0 0x00007fbbfb069a31 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007fbbfb0532b6 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00007fbbfb22223c in default_fatal_finish (status=0, type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC) at failures.c:459 #3 fatal_handler_real (ctx=<optimized out>, format=<optimized out>, args=<optimized out>) at failures.c:471 #4 0x00007fbbfb2c5fa1 in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=<optimized out>, format=<optimized out>, args=<optimized out>) at failures.c:848 #5 0x00007fbbfb221eec in i_panic (format=format@entry=0x7fbbfb30fd08 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:523 #6 0x00007fbbfb214d5e in smtp_client_connection_fail (status=9002, error=<optimized out>, conn=0x561d491296a8) at smtp-client-connection.c:290 #7 smtp_client_connection_fail (conn=0x561d491296a8, status=<optimized out>, error=<optimized out>) at smtp-client-connection.c:282 #8 0x00007fbbfb23c431 in smtp_client_connection_starttls_cb (reply=0x561d4912d048, conn=0x561d491296a8) at smtp-client-connection.c:788 #9 0x00007fbbfb235261 in smtp_client_command_input_reply (cmd=<optimized out>, reply=reply@entry=0x561d4912d048) at smtp-client-command.c:971 #10 0x00007fbbfb23ccfd in smtp_client_connection_input_reply (reply=0x561d4912d048, conn=0x561d491296a8) at smtp-client-connection.c:1045 #11 smtp_client_connection_input (_conn=<optimized out>) at smtp-client-connection.c:1116 #12 0x00007fbbfb2dc048 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x561d49109cb0) at ioloop.c:713 #13 0x00007fbbfb2dd662 in io_loop_handler_run_internal (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x561d490fd050) at ioloop-epoll.c:222 #14 0x00007fbbfb2dc0f1 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x561d490fd050) at ioloop.c:765 #15 0x00007fbbfb2dc2b0 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x561d490fd050) at ioloop.c:738 #16 0x00007fbbfb255ee3 in master_service_run (service=0x561d490fceb0, callback=<optimized out>) at master-service.c:851 #17 0x0000561d486b3daf in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at main.c:396 $ openssl version OpenSSL 1.1.1g 21 Apr 2020 # doveconf -n # 2.3.11.3 (502c39af9): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 5.8.4 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.7 # Hostname: haswell listen = localhost 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 { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocols = submission ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_client_ca_file = </etc/dovecot/ca.crt ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it submission_relay_host = localhost submission_relay_port = 2525 submission_relay_rawlog_dir = %h/rawlog submission_relay_ssl = starttls userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocol submission { rawlog_dir = %h/rawlog }

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