July 2022 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Ubuntu 22.04/Jammy repo coming soon ?
by Dean Carpenter 25 Jul '22

25 Jul '22

Is there any idea of when a repo for Ubuntu 22.04/Jammy will be built ? I've tried a couple of test installs onto a 22.04 system using the 20.04/Focal repo, but no luck yet. libssl issues etc. -- Dean Carpenter

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Re: How to correctly use readonly=yes with the sqlite driver?
by oddlama 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

On 24/07/2022 10:52, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > The documentation mentions that "Prior to v2.3.18, Dovecot uses the > whole value as filename to connect, whitespace included.". Are you > running a new enough version? > > -- > You may get an opportunity for advancement today. Watch it! > > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI > eduardo at kalinowski.com.br I am running the newest available version from the main gentoo repository, which is 2.3.19.1 - unfortunately, nobody else on the internet seems to have written about this feature before, so I cannot easily check if I made a mistake. Do you require any further information? Best regards, oddlama

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How to correctly use readonly=yes with the sqlite driver?
by oddlama 24 Jul '22

24 Jul '22

Hi! I want to use a sqlite database in readonly mode, which I found mentionend in the docs [1]. Unfortunately no examples were given, so I tried to infer the usage by inspecting core/driver-sqlite.c. If I interpret it correctly, this should have worked: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext: driver = sqlite connect = readonly=yes /var/vmail/virtual.sqlite user_query = #... Unfortunately, dovecot tries to open a file named "readonly=yes /var/vmail/virtual.sqlite" instead. I have no idea why the option is not parsed. Is this a bug or am I using the feature incorrectly? Best regards, oddlama [1]: https://doc.dovecot.org/settings/plugin/sql-sqlite/

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Dovecot sync stopped working since 2.3.18-r1 when .maildir has 700 permissions
by Martin Kuchta 23 Jul '22

23 Jul '22

Hello, Since upgrading to dovecot 2.3.18-r1 my sync setup using replicator plugin stopped working. It seems there is a problem accessing a .maildir with 700 permissions, only accessible by the owner. Everything worked fine prior to this version and I made no configuration changes. # 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.19 (4eae2f79) # OS: Linux 5.10.74-gentoo x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.8 # Hostname: www.example.com auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %Ln doveadm_password = # hidden, use -P to show it hostname = www.example.xom listen = * login_greeting = Dovecot ready. mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir mail_plugins = notify replication 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 imapflags notify vnd.dovecot.pipe 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 = * driver = pam } plugin { mail_replica = tcps:www.example.com:8000 sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags +vnd.dovecot.pipe sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com protocols = imap lmtp sieve service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0666 } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0666 } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 8000 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = notify replication sieve postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com } protocol lda { mail_plugins = notify replication sieve } local_name mail.example.com { ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it } local_name example.com { ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/example.com/fullchain.pem ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it } -- roughgrain.com - Mastering Mentoring +447780565902

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Tools to get a report of which folders have new mail?
by Steve Litt 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

Hi all, I use a Dovecot IMAP server on my Linux desktop computer, and I'm pretty good at writing shellscripts. Is there any way I could use doveadm or other tools to create a report that shows all my folders in a hierarchy? Also, is there a way to show only those with new mail? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt Summer 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm

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Tracing Sieve actions
by Doug Hardie 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

I encountered an interesting problem that one originator was being dumped into the Deleted file directly by my sieve. The sieve file was quite large and it was not obvious which entry was causing the issue. I recall there was a way to get sieve-test to show what is going on and which lines it used, but I could not replicate it tonight for anything. I ended up having to change all the deliver to the Deleted files to something else and test one at a time to find the offending entry. It took a long time. How do you get sieve-test to show the actual path it took through the file? -- Doug

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Re: dovecot Digest, Vol 231, Issue 31
by Joseph Tam 20 Jul '22

20 Jul '22

> > doveadm -fjson mailbox status -u user unseen "*" > > Very nice Aki! I can pass that JSON to a Python program I make to parse > JSON, and then just report the ones not having "unseen":"0" . Thank Or use format "-ftab" and grep non-zero entries. Simpler than parsing JSON. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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verify dovecot 2.3.19.1 + fts_tika + tika-server 2.4.1 attachment scanning?
by PGNet Dev 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

debugging a reproducible tika-server fail with fts_tika has proved a bit challenging, upstream 1st Q: can anyone _here_ verify successful (no error/fail) PDF attachment scanning using dovecot 2.3.19.1 + fts_tika, with tika-server 2.4.1 ? i'm seeing issues with any/all PDF attachments. this one, from smallpdf.com, "Get_Started_With_Smallpdf.pdf" DL @: https://ufile.io/dkew7k0u is the/a sample that reproduces the problem

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Interfacing mutt with Dovecott
by Steve Litt 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

Hi all, All my email for the past 20 years is held on a Dovecot IMAP server (version 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964)) on my desktop. I've been using Claws-Mail but want to switch to Mutt. In the past I've tried this, but Mutt was unreliable in reading folders from my local Dovecot server. It didn't see a lot of the folders. I know some people have been very successful running Mutt to access an IMAP server, so it appears to be possible. How should I run Mutt to access my Dovecot? Also, in the past I've used Claws-Mail to admin my Dovecot folders (make new folders, move folders, etc). I've heard there are one or more Dovecot provided tools to do this kind of admin. What are the names of those tools? Thanks, SteveT Steve Litt Summer 2022 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm

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Deleting "folders only" folder doesn't actually delete
by Alex 19 Jul '22

19 Jul '22

Hi, I'm using dovecot-2.3.17.1-1.fc34.x86_64 on fedora34 and Thunderbird 91 on fedora35. When creating a folder of type "folders only" in Thunderbird, then trying to delete it, it doesn't actually delete it from the filesystem. Is this a permissions problem? Or perhaps a Thunderbird problem? I don't see any messages in the logs that would indicate some type of failed attempt to delete. How do I troubleshoot this? Thanks, Alex

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