August 2022 - dovecot

Permission denied UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))
by Austin Witmer 07 Sep '22

07 Sep '22

Hello all! Recently I upgraded my mail server to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and ever since then I am periodically getting some dovecot errors like the below in my mail log. As far as I can tell, my unix perms are just fine. What is ACL/MAC? Aug 20 14:41:58 mail dovecot: imap(user(a)domain.com)<56316><1NieGKPmuOdKwxVI>: Error: Mailbox INBOX: stat(/mnt/volume1/mailserver/plain/maildir/domain.com/user/dovecot.index.lo… failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(austin) egid=1000(austin) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) And here is the listing showing the permissions for that file. austin@mail:~$ ls -la /mnt/volume1/mailserver/plain/maildir/domain.com/user/dovecot.index.log -rwxrwxr-- 1 austin austin 15796 Aug 20 14:41 /mnt/volume1/mailserver/plain/maildir/domain.com/user/dovecot.index.log What in the world is causing these errors, and what can I do about them? Thanks in advance! Austin Witmer

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Call procmail after sieve
by George Asenov 01 Sep '22

01 Sep '22

Hello, I'm trying to achieve the following scenario with dovecot + sieve + procmail. Dovecot is set as LDA in postfix (if this makes any difference) I need to set sieve that after it has executed all it's scripts (including before, ~/.sieve etc) and if keep is in still in effect to call procmail to also execute the custom user filters and then return (if it is not forwarded elsewhere or some) to dovecot for normal delivery. If you ask this I need this for backward compatibility. I now use procmail for local delivery,spam/virus filtering, and users have set a lot of custom filters/redirects. mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail-wrapper -o -a $DOMAIN -d $LOGNAME I want to migrate to dovecot as lda and sieve for filtering but to keep procmail working for a while. I have tried to follow (partially) this guide https://www.enricozini.org/blog/2022/debian/migrating-from-procmail-to-siev… but procmail fails to execute ########################## Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Establishing connection Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail: Forked child process Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Connected to program Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Finished streaming payload to program Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Finished input to program Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Disconnected Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Waiting for program to finish after 0 msecs (timeout = 10000 msecs) Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112153]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Fatal: execvp(/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail) failed: Permission denied Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Child process ended Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Terminated with non-zero exit code 75 Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Debug: program exec:/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail (112153): Destroy Aug 30 15:22:26 uk7 dovecot[112151]: lda(test-uk7.teststring567.tk)<112151><BlNhECIdDmMXtgEAsVjU+A>: Error: sieve: failed to execute to program `procmail': refer to server log for more information. [2022-08-30 15:22:26] ############################### i couldn't find the logs referred here some relative (on my opinion) configs: ################################ #/etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe sieve_after = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve_after sieve_trace_dir = ~/.sieve-trace sieve_trace_level = matching sieve_trace_debug = yes } #################################### #/var/lib/dovecot/sieve-pipe/procmail #!/bin/sh exec /usr/bin/procmail ##################################### #/var/lib/dovecot/sieve_after/procmail.sieve require "vnd.dovecot.pipe"; pipe "procmail"; ##################################### #cat /etc/procmailrc SHELL="/bin/bash" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail" SENDMAILFLAGS="-oi -t"" LOGFILE="/var/log/procmail.log" # fully define here so user .procmailrc can use it too DELIVER="/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $LOGNAME" # fallback: DEFAULT="$HOME/Maildir/" MAILDIR="$HOME/Maildir/" # deliver spam to spam folder :0 w * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes | $DELIVER -m spam # uncomment next line to support user .procmailrc files INCLUDERC=$HOME/.procmailrc # deliver to INBOX and stop :0 w | $DELIVER ######################################### Thank you in advance

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where to setup virtual_mailbox_maps
by frakass 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

Hello, I have a domain in virtual_mailbox_domains: aaa.com I have also the virtual_alias_domains which include: bbb.com I know how to forward x(a)bbb.com to y(a)aaa.com by setting up the file "virtual_alias_maps": x(a)bbb.com y(a)aaa.com (and run postmap after the changes.) But, how can I setup virtual_mailbox_maps (if I name this correctly)? for example, 111(a)aaa.com forwards to 222(a)aaa.com. Thank you.

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multiple / backup sql servers for sql server access
by Jack Snodgrass 31 Aug '22

31 Aug '22

I am using this file: dovecot-sql.conf.ext and in there I have a connect = "host=<dbserver> dbname=<dbname> user=<dbuser> password=<dbpass>" My <dbserver> was down and I lost mail access for a few days before I realized that there was an issue. How can I specify a backup server so that if my primary sql server goes down, a backup sql server will be queried? -- jack

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Redhat 9 Repository for Dovecot
by Istiak Ferdous 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

Hello, Redhat 9 is publicly released for some time. Is there any plan to provide repository for it? http://repo.dovecot.org/ce-2.3-latest/rhel/ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/05/18/whats-new-red-hat-enterpr… Thanks, Istiak Ferdous

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Understanding Auth-Worker Logging
by dovecot＠ptld.com 29 Aug '22

29 Aug '22

Sometimes when auth-worker gets logged there is an extra 'field' combined with the username and IP inside the sql() section. dovecot[911]: auth-worker(8131): conn unix:auth-worker (pid=3870,uid=97): auth-worker<2>: sql(user(a)example.com,xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,<8Q4ycCznAPdoiAwp>): Password mismatch (SHA1 of given password: 6ef33886cc5e17a60590cb4badac98d2960b6914) What is the "<8Q4ycCznAPdoiAwp>" and why is it logged only sometimes? Is there any documentation explaining what's inside of logs for dovecot?

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Replication not working - GUIDs conflict - will be merged later
by Patrick Westenberg 28 Aug '22

28 Aug '22

Hi everyone, I have a weird problem with replication that I'm unable to solve. A new account is sychronized from an external provider via imapsync. The mails end up on my backend1. I see that the folder structure is immediately replicated to backend2. However, a lot of mails are missing and "doveadm replicator status" also states that something failed: priority fast sync full sync success sync failed mail(a)example.com none 00:02:36 00:39:47 - y There are no error log entries regarding this user at all. After some research I tried to start the replication manually with "doveadm -D backup -u mail(a)example.com -d tcp:x.y.z.11" and finally I got an error message: Jul 31 13:55:37 doveadm(mail(a)example.com)<11341><rm1YCblt5mJNLAAAJFg/Tg>: Debug: brain M: Mailbox INBOX: local=e74590221b6ce6620d29000024583f4e/0/1, remote=20a9ce2b1c6ce662244e0000baba0ddd/0/1: GUIDs conflict - will be merged later As a matter of fact, the mails in the inbox are the ones that are missing on backend2. I always end up with this error, no matter what I do: - I completely removed the folder structure on backend2. - I removed all database entries. - I removed this user from the replication, ran imapsync again followed by "doveadm -D backup ..." I also removed fts-flatcurve to rule this out as a cause of error. I have no idea what to do. This configuration worked for months. I got this error with 2.3.17.1 and 2.3.19.1 Any hints would be highly appreciated. Regards Patrick # 2.3.19.1 (9b53102964): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.19 (4eae2f79) auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login doveadm_password = # hidden, use -P to show it doveadm_port = 12345 listen = x.y.z.12 lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes log_debug = category=fts-flatcurve log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_home = /srv/mail/%Ld/%Ln mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = quota 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 editheader metric imapc_traffic { fields = bytes_in bytes_out filter = event=imap_command_finished group_by = user } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spamverdacht { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX/ separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/master-user driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:x.y.z.11 quota = count:User quota quota_grace = 25M quota_rule2 = INBOX/Trash:storage=+100M quota_status_nouser = DUNNO quota_status_success = DUNNO quota_vsizes = yes quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-full %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning4 = -storage=100%% quota-ok %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_after = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/sieve_after.sieve sieve_default = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +editheader } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service config { unix_listener config { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 2 service_count = 0 } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L inet_listener lmtp { address = x.y.z.12 port = 24 } process_min_avail = 20 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service quota-full { executable = script /usr/local/etc/dovecot/quota_full.sh unix_listener quota-full { user = vmail } user = root } service quota-ok { executable = script /usr/local/etc/dovecot/quota_ok.sh unix_listener quota-ok { user = vmail } user = root } service quota-status { client_limit = 1 executable = quota-status -p postfix inet_listener { port = 12340 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/etc/dovecot/quota_warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = root } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/bundle.pem 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 = prefetch } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log mail_plugins = quota notify replication sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 40 mail_plugins = quota notify replication imap_quota }

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Sieve Symlink Creation
by dovecot＠ptld.com 26 Aug '22

26 Aug '22

The first time when the sieve files and folders get created, the active symlink is created as a full absolute path .active_sieve -> /mnt/email/domain/user/_sieve/filters.sieve After that, if you disable and enable the rule set the symlink gets recreated as relative .active_sieve -> filters.sieve How can i have the symlink always created as a relative path even on first time creation? Having a full absolute path over a mounted NSF is fragile. Dovecot 2.3.16 Pigeonhole 2.3.16 mail_home = /mnt/email/%d/%n/_dovecot mail_location = maildir:/mnt/email/%d/%n/_folders:INDEX=/mnt/email/%d/%n/_dovecot:CONTROL=/mnt/email/%d/%n/_dovecot plugin { sieve = file:~/../_sieve;active=~/../_sieve/.active_sieve sieve_max_script_size = 1M sieve_max_actions = 32 sieve_max_redirects = 4 sieve_quota_max_scripts = 20 sieve_quota_max_storage = 5M sieve_vacation_min_period = 1d sieve_vacation_use_original_recipient = no sieve_vacation_dont_check_recipient = no sieve_vacation_send_from_recipient = no sieve_redirect_envelope_from = sender sieve_user_email = %u }

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Is this safe?
by Jaroslaw Rafa 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Hello, I asked about this a few days ago, but since nobody answered in that thread, I'd like to bring it up again as a separate thread. Maybe somebody answers... I have written a policy service for Postfix that checks whether the connecting IP address has currently an IMAP session open. For this, it needs to access the socket /var/run/dovecot/anvil. But by default, this socket is accessible only for root, and I obviously DON'T want my service to run as root: srw------- 1 root root 0 May 22 2020 /var/run/dovecot/anvil By modifying Dovecot configuration I was able to chnge the permissions on that socket to: srw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Aug 21 20:47 /var/run/dovecot/anvil Then my service can run under the user "dovecot" and access the socket. Here's my question: did I create any security risk by changing the socket permissions like above and running my service under "dovecot" user? Or will it be better that I create a special user dedicated only for this service and run the service under that user? -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa raj(a)rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub."

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Maybe a bit offtopic, Sieve beaviour
by João Silva 25 Aug '22

25 Aug '22

Hi If a sieve filter contains a rule if header :regex ["From"] ["@xxx.com","@yyy.pt"] { fileinto :create "ac"; } The mail should be copied to the folder ac and then proceed to other rules that a user might have or I understood the fileinto wrong? Using dovecot-pigeonhole-2.2.36-8.el7.x86_64

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