January 2026 - dovecot

Public mailboxes with ACLs
by lukas＠email.it 22 Jan '26

22 Jan '26

Hi! I am setting up a new dovecot server in order to replace my old one. I am migrating from 2.3.6 to 2.4.1. I knew it would have been difficult but I didn't think so much. At the moment I am stuck in converting my configuration of Public mailboxes with ACLs. Even if I carefully checked the documentation, I do not understand clearly some point. My server has 2 Public Mailboxes that should be seen r/w by some user, read only by some other, not seen at all by all the others. Folders created in the Public Mailboxes need to have the same access privileges as the parent Public Mailbox. In 2.3 I set up a global ACL file containing the list of all privileges (some lines like "MAILBOX_NAME* user=USERNAME lrs" with the privileges of each user for the two mailboxes and their content) and it worked like a charm. I cannot get the same in 2.4. What I understand from dovecot 2.4 docs -correct me if I am wrong- is: - the global ACL file (and folder) is gone, deprecated; - I need to create a file in each folder shared in the public folder; - I need to enable "acl_driver = vfile" in 90-acl.conf. If I configure this way, it seems to work but I need to create a dovecot-acl file in every folder existing in the Public Mailbox... Given that the file is the same for every folder (since I do not need different privileges in my environment), should I really waste all of this time? Please, can you tell me if I am misunderstanding this argument? The dovecot 2.4 choice for this feature is really this or I am missing something? There is definitely no way to have something like the 2.3 global ACL file? Thank for help and patience. Bye Lukas

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Compiling Dovecot 2.4 on OpenBSD
by Joel Mawhorter 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

I'm writing to see if anyone has had success compiling Dovecot 2.4 on OpenBSD. I can't seem to find any documentation that lists prerequisites. At the moment, the 2.4.2 source tarball from the Dovecot site does not seem to compile on my OpenBSD 7.8 system and the error message is not very helpful. I'm unsure if this is just a problem of some required package not being installed. If anyone could point me to info to help move forward, I would appreciate that. Joel

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Configuration problem user quota
by Ruud Baart 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Hi, I'm doing a migration from dovecot 2.3 to 2.4. I can't find why the user quota is not respected. In my case in version 2.3 the user quota where read from LDAP: user_attrs = mailBase=home,mailMessageStore=mail,dovecotQuota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$ I can't find how I can configure this in 2.4. The documentation refers to "quota_rule" but how and where? In 2.4 I have: userdb ldap { userdb_use_worker = yes userdb_ldap_filter = (&(objectClass=PromptMailUser)(accountStatus=TRUE)(mailDeliveryaddress=%{user})) fields { home = %{ldap:mailBase} mail = %{ldap:mailMessageStore} mail_path = %{ldap:mailMessageStore} quota_storage_size = %{ldap:dovecotQuota} } } quota "User quota" { storage_size = 5G warning warn-95 { quota_storage_percentage = 95 execute quota-warning { args = 95 %{user} } } warning warn-80 { quota_storage_percentage = 80 execute quota-warning { args = 80 %{user} } } } The global quota works (set on 5Gb). The command doveadm -D quota get -u <user> shows: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_backend_rescan (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_flatcurve_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_mail_crypt_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_mail_crypt_plugin.so: undefined symbol: crypt_acl_setting_parser_info (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plugin.so Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_backend_rescan (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_flatcurve_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_mail_crypt_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_mail_crypt_plugin.so: undefined symbol: crypt_acl_setting_parser_info (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(user(a)domain.xx): Started userdb lookup Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb: Connecting Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): Client connected (fd=9) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): auth input: user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(user(a)domain.xx): auth USER input: user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup(user(a)domain.xx): Finished userdb lookup (username=user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Effective uid=118, gid=125, home=/vmail/intern/user Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: open(/proc/self/io) failed: Permission denied (euid=118(vmail) egid=125(vmail) missing +r perm: /proc/self/io) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: maildir++: root=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir, alt= Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: quota-count: quota_over_status check: quota_over_mask unset - skipping Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: User session is finished Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm(user(a)domain.xx): Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=9) Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 9116042 5242880 173 User quota MESSAGE 60188 - 0 -- Cordialement, *R.J. Baart * Hi, I'm doing a migration from dovecot 2.3 to 2.4. I can't find why the user quota is not respected. In my case in version 2.3 the user quota where read from LDAP: user_attrs = mailBase=home,mailMessageStore=mail,dovecotQuota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$ I can't find how I can configure this in 2.4. The documentation refers to "quota_rule" but how and where? In 2.4 I have: userdb ldap { userdb_use_worker = yes userdb_ldap_filter = (&(objectClass=PromptMailUser)(accountStatus=TRUE)(mailDeliveryaddress=%{user})) fields { home = %{[1]ldap:mailBase} mail = %{[2]ldap:mailMessageStore} mail_path = %{[3]ldap:mailMessageStore} quota_storage_size = %{[4]ldap:dovecotQuota} } } quota "User quota" { storage_size = 5G warning warn-95 { quota_storage_percentage = 95 execute quota-warning { args = 95 %{user} } } warning warn-80 { quota_storage_percentage = 80 execute quota-warning { args = 80 %{user} } } } The global quota works (set on 5Gb). The command doveadm -D quota get -u <user> shows: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_sieve_plugin.so Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_backend_rescan (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_flatcurve_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Debug: Skipping module doveadm_mail_crypt_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_mail_crypt_plugin.so: undefined symbol: crypt_acl_setting_parser_info (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plugin.so Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_backend_rescan (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_fts_flatcurve_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_flatcurve_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 Debug: Skipping module doveadm_mail_crypt_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/libdoveadm_mail_crypt_plugin.so: undefined symbol: crypt_acl_setting_parser_info (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([5]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup([6]user(a)domain.xx): Started userdb lookup Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([7]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb: Connecting Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([8]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): Client connected (fd=9) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([9]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): auth input: [10]user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([11]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup([12]user(a)domain.xx): auth USER input: [13]user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([14]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: auth-master: userdb lookup([15]user(a)domain.xx): Finished userdb lookup ([16]username=user(a)domain.xx home=/vmail/intern/user mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ quota_storage_size=10G) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([17]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([18]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail_path=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir/ Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([19]user(a)domain.xx)<229340><>: Debug: Added userdb setting: quota_storage_size=10G Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([20]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Effective uid=118, gid=125, home=/vmail/intern/user Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([21]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: open(/proc/self/io) failed: Permission denied (euid=118(vmail) egid=125(vmail) missing +r perm: /proc/self/io) Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([22]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([23]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: maildir++: root=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/vmail/intern/user/Maildir, alt= Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([24]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: quota-count: quota_over_status check: quota_over_mask unset - skipping Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([25]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([26]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: User session is finished Jan 21 13:53:34 doveadm([27]user(a)domain.xx): Debug: auth-master: conn unix:/run/dovecot//auth-userdb (pid=229336,uid=0): Disconnected: Connection closed (fd=9) Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 9116042 5242880 173 User quota MESSAGE 60188 - 0 -- Cordialement, R.J. Baart References Visible links 1. file:///tmp/tmp_2m1p1xn/ldap:mailBase 2. file:///tmp/tmp_2m1p1xn/ldap:mailMessageStore 3. file:///tmp/tmp_2m1p1xn/ldap:mailMessageStore 4. file:///tmp/tmp_2m1p1xn/ldap:dovecotQuota 5. mailto:user@domain.xx 6. mailto:user@domain.xx 7. mailto:user@domain.xx 8. mailto:user@domain.xx 9. mailto:user@domain.xx 10. mailto:user@domain.xx 11. mailto:user@domain.xx 12. mailto:user@domain.xx 13. mailto:user@domain.xx 14. mailto:user@domain.xx 15. mailto:user@domain.xx 16. mailto:username=user@domain.xx 17. mailto:user@domain.xx 18. mailto:user@domain.xx 19. mailto:user@domain.xx 20. mailto:user@domain.xx 21. mailto:user@domain.xx 22. mailto:user@domain.xx 23. mailto:user@domain.xx 24. mailto:user@domain.xx 25. mailto:user@domain.xx 26. mailto:user@domain.xx 27. mailto:user@domain.xx

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mountpoint.c:264:33: error: implicit declaration of function ‘makedev’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
by Andrew Watkins 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Hello, I am trying to build dovecot-2.4.2 on Solaris 11.4 with gcc 14.2 and getting the following error: CC module-dir.lo CC mountpoint.lo mountpoint.c: In function ‘mountpoint_iter_next’: mountpoint.c:264:33: error: implicit declaration of function ‘makedev’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 264 | iter->mnt.dev = makedev(ent.ext.mnt_major, ent.ext.mnt_minor); | ^~~~~~~ *** Error code 1 The following command caused the error: echo " CC " mountpoint.lo;/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -std=gnu11 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -mfunction-return=keep -mindirect-branch=keep -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mountpoint.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/mountpoint.Tpo -c -o mountpoint.lo mountpoint.c make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `mountpoint.lo' Current working directory /var/tmp/dovecot-2.4.0/src/lib *** Error code 1 I have been using dovecot for a long time and haven't seen this before. I just checked and rebuilt dovecot-2.3.21 and had no problems. Any ideas? Thanks, Andrew Hello, I am trying to build dovecot-2.4.2 on Solaris 11.4 with gcc 14.2 and getting the following error: CC module-dir.lo CC mountpoint.lo mountpoint.c: In function `mountpoint_iter_next': mountpoint.c:264:33: error: implicit declaration of function `makedev' [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 264 | iter->mnt.dev = makedev(ent.ext.mnt_major, ent.ext.mnt_minor); | ^~~~~~~ *** Error code 1 The following command caused the error: echo " CC " mountpoint.lo;/bin/sh ../../libtool --silent --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -std=gnu11 -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -mfunction-return=keep -mindirect-branch=keep -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT mountpoint.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/mountpoint.Tpo -c -o mountpoint.lo mountpoint.c make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `mountpoint.lo' Current working directory /var/tmp/dovecot-2.4.0/src/lib *** Error code 1 I have been using dovecot for a long time and haven't seen this before. I just checked and rebuilt dovecot-2.3.21 and had no problems. Any ideas? Thanks, Andrew

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YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR=11 not working
by Matthias Bodenbinder 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

Hi, dovecot does not work with ENCRYPT_METHOD YESCRYPT and YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR=11. I have tested with 2.4.2-4 and 2.3.21.1-4 on endeavouros. When changing YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR to 11 in /etc/login.defs and recreacting the user password for my user and restarting the dovecot service I get: # doveadm auth test matthias Password: passdb: matthias auth failed extra fields: user=matthias When reverting the change to YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR=5 it works again: # doveadm auth test matthias Password: passdb: matthias auth succeeded extra fields: user=matthias I have tested this back and forth. The culprit is definitely a high value for YESCRYPT_COST_FACTOR. A value of 7 is still good but a value of 9 or 11 fails. Matthias

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default_login_user setting is not honored in 2.4.x
by dovecot＠freakout.de 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

i have in my dovecot.conf: default_login_user = www when i start dovecot: Starting mail server ...doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: default_login_user doesn't exist: dovenull after adding dovenull user to /etc/passwd _AND_ leaving "default_login_user = www" in the dovecot.conf file everything is working fine. With 2.3.x user www worked.

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Upgrade problems from Dovecot 2.3 to 2.4
by Gordon Dickens 21 Jan '26

21 Jan '26

I have attempted to upgrade my 2.3 installation to 2.4 but it will not allow my users to login closing the connections as authentication failures. My 2.3 installation has worked for many years and I simply attempted to make the changes that the dovecot documentation says are necessary to get 2.4 to work. I am running dovecot alongside Exim using mysql for the user addresses and passwords. Does anybody have any ideas as to why authentication is not working? Thanks in advance!.... Here is my dovecot.conf file: # *** REQUIRED *** Dovecot config and storage versions dovecot_config_version = 2.4.2 dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.2 passdb sql { query = SELECT crypt as password FROM users WHERE username = '%{user}' AND (type = 'local' OR type = 'piped'); } userdb sql { query = SELECT pop as home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username =dovecot: auth: Fatal: auth-cache: SELECT crypt as password FROM users WHERE username = '%u' AND (type = 'local' OR type = 'piped');: Cache key must contain at least one variable '%{user}'; } sql_driver = mysql mysql /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock { user = exim4u password = SECRET dbname = exim4u } protocols { imap = yes pop3 = yes } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %{uid}%{uidvalidity} } service auth { user = dovecot } ssl = required ssl_server_cert_file = /etc/pki/tls/exim_tls/exim.cert ssl_server_key_file = /etc/pki/tls/exim_tls/exim.key ssl_server_dh_file = /etc/dovecot/dh.pem ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384: ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

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Replication and upgrade
by Francis Augusto Medeiros-Logeay 20 Jan '26

20 Jan '26

Hi, I have used Dovecot for about seven years, and I have a two server configuration with replication between them, mostly for redundancy and backup. I have by chance read that replication is gone with 2.4.0. I use the packages that come with ubuntu, so I feel I have to be careful with upgrading there. I read also that I can keep the functionality by using a replication plugin. My question is: do I need to compile dovecot myself to use the plugin, or can I simply install it ? Is there any guide for people like me who needs to keep replication? Best, Francis

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Panic: file imap-sieve-storage.c: line 216 (imap_sieve_add_mailbox_event): assertion failed: (ismt->src_box == NULL || ismt->src_box == src_box)
by Christian Kivalo 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Reposting my reply from a few days ago to a thread with the same panic message. I found this in my logs when some mails that got deleted on the phone were still visible in roundcube. I currently have three users that trigger the panic. One user with an iPad accounts for nearly all of the panics. The problem shows when the account is accessed from android (thunderbird) or ipad. The same accounts show no problems when beeing used with roundcube or thunderbird on windows. I enabled core dumps on 2026-01-14 and have ~8500 core dumps of the imap binary until now. What causes this error and how can I fix it? In the logs all I see is the users login, then the panic. # doveconf -n # 2.4.2-2+debian13 (0962ed2104): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 2.4.2-2+debian13 (767418c3) # OS: Linux 6.12.0-custom.kvm x86_64 Debian 13.3 ext4 2026-01-13T21:44:32.317609+01:00 uschi dovecot: imap-login: Logged in: user=<user(a)example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=<IP1>, lip=<IP2>, mpid=4194077, TLS, session=<cpkID0tId7dUc9rl> 2026-01-13T21:44:38.455379+01:00 uschi dovecot: imap(user(a)example.com)<4194077><cpkID0tId7dUc9rl>: Panic: file imap-sieve-storage.c: line 216 (imap_sieve_add_mailbox_event): assertion failed: (ismt->src_box == NULL || ismt->src_box == src_box) 2026-01-13T21:44:38.458755+01:00 uschi dovecot: imap(user(a)example.com)<4194077><cpkID0tId7dUc9rl>: Error: Raw backtrace: #1 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #2 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #3 i_panic[0x7f6b6c46c2f6] -> #4 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #5 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #6 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #7 mailbox_save_alloc[0x7f6b6ca103c0] -> #8 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #9 command_exec[0x55654e677400] -> #10 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #11 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #12 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #13 client_handle_input[0x55654e67ddc0] -> #14 client_continue_pending_input[0x55654e67e0b0] -> #15 io_loop_call_io[0x7f6b6c565490] -> #16 io_loop_handler_run_internal[0x7f6b6c567230] -> #17 io_loop_handler_run[0x7f6b6c5673c0] -> #18 io_loop_run[0x7f6b6c5675a0] -> #19 master_service_run[0x7f6b6c4b27f0] -> #20 main[0x55654e6688a0] -> #21 [unw_get_proc_name() failed: -10] -> #22 __libc_start_main[0x7f6b6c234ce0] -> #23 _start[0x55654e668eb0] 2026-01-13T21:44:38.459536+01:00 uschi dovecot: imap(user(a)example.com)<4194077><cpkID0tId7dUc9rl>: Fatal: master: service(imap): child 4194077 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled - https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html#coredumps) # coredumpctl dump PID: 1071230 (imap) UID: 5000 (vmail) GID: 5000 (vmail) Signal: 6 (ABRT) Timestamp: Fri 2026-01-16 19:17:15 CET (2s ago) Command Line: $'dovecot/imap [user(a)example.com <IP redacted> UID MOVE]' Executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap Control Group: /system.slice/dovecot.service Unit: dovecot.service Slice: system.slice Boot ID: 3668d179bda340229a780d5d43e426c3 Machine ID: 05698baa30ae984c9bd014566e16da18 Hostname: uschi Storage: /var/lib/systemd/coredump/core.imap.5000.3668d179bda340229a780d5d43e426c3.1071230.1768587435000000.zst (present) Size on Disk: 1.1M Message: Process 1071230 (imap) of user 5000 dumped core. Module libgcc_s.so.1 from deb gcc-14-14.2.0-19.amd64 Module libstdc++.so.6 from deb gcc-14-14.2.0-19.amd64 Module libzstd.so.1 from deb libzstd-1.5.7+dfsg-1.amd64 Stack trace of thread 1071230: #0 0x00007fbd1ca9f95c n/a (libc.so.6 + 0x9495c) #1 0x00007fbd1ca4acc2 raise (libc.so.6 + 0x3fcc2) #2 0x00007fbd1ca334ac abort (libc.so.6 + 0x284ac) #3 0x00007fbd1cc6caa0 n/a (libdovecot.so.0 + 0x6caa0) #4 0x00007fbd1cd49e67 n/a (libdovecot.so.0 + 0x149e67) #5 0x00007fbd1cc6c3d0 i_panic (libdovecot.so.0 + 0x6c3d0) #6 0x00007fbd1c42f942 n/a (lib95_imap_sieve_plugin.so + 0x4942) #7 0x00007fbd1c431223 n/a (lib95_imap_sieve_plugin.so + 0x6223) #8 0x00007fbd1d258f10 n/a (libdovecot-storage.so.0 + 0x11bf10) #9 0x00007fbd1d1a843b mailbox_save_alloc (libdovecot-storage.so.0 + 0x6b43b) #10 0x00005590b7ed4a69 n/a (n/a + 0x0) ELF object binary architecture: AMD x86-64 -- Christian Kivalo

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Help regarding Postfix and Dovecot SASL
by Christophe Lohr 19 Jan '26

19 Jan '26

Hello, Please excuse my naive question. I am trying to understand how "service auth" is supposed to work between Postfix and Dovecot. (https://doc.dovecot.org/2.4.2/howto/sasl/postfix.html) Here is my test setup: - dovecot and postfix talking in lmtpd (via unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp) - dovecot and postfix talking in sasl (via unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth) - "bob" and "alice" are virtual users of the virtual domain "my_domain.org" - passwd-file (plain) is /etc/dovecot/passwd Now, postrfix receive (by smtp) an email From: bob(a)my_domain.org To: alice(a)my_domain.org Postfix validate the domain according to its config (main.cf: virtual_mailbox_domains=my_domain.org) Then, it queries dovecot about these users via sasl: and that's where it fails! Here are logs from postfix: 2026-01-16T14:28:55.829532+01:00 pc-serveur postfix/qmgr[25055]: CA20D880486: from=<bob(a)my_domain.org>, size=9988, nrcpt=1 (queue active) 2026-01-16T14:28:55.831365+01:00 pc-serveur postfix/lmtp[25080]: CA20D880486: to=<alice(a)my_domain.org>, relay=pc-serveur.my_domain.org[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0, delays=0/0/0/0, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host pc-serveur.tp-reseaux.enstb.org[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 550 5.1.1 <alice(a)my_domain.org> User doesn't exist: alice(a)my_domain.org (in reply to RCPT TO command)) Here are logs from dovecot: Jan 16 14:28:55 lmtp(25081): Info: Connect from local Jan 16 14:28:55 auth: Debug: conn unix:/run/dovecot/auth-userdb (pid=25081,uid=118): Server accepted connection (fd=24) Jan 16 14:28:55 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1 bob(a)my_domain.org protocol=lmtp Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(bob7): Debug: passwd-file: Performing userdb lookup Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(bob7): Debug: passwd-file: lookup: user=bob7 file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(bob7): Info: passwd-file: unknown user Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(bob7): Debug: passwd-file: Finished userdb lookup Jan 16 14:28:55 auth: Debug: userdb out: NOTFOUND 1 Jan 16 14:28:55 lmtp(25081): Info: Disconnect from local: Logged out (state=READY) Jan 16 14:28:55 lmtp(25081): Info: Connect from local Jan 16 14:28:55 auth: Debug: master in: USER 2 alice(a)my_domain.org protocol=lmtp Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(alice7): Debug: passwd-file: Performing userdb lookup Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(alice7): Debug: passwd-file: lookup: user=alice7 file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(alice7): Info: passwd-file: unknown user Jan 16 14:28:55 auth(alice7): Debug: passwd-file: Finished userdb lookup Jan 16 14:28:55 auth: Debug: userdb out: NOTFOUND 2 Jan 16 14:28:55 lmtp(25081): Info: Disconnect from local: Logged out (state=READY) So, what's wrong? It seems to me that Dovecot receives a SASL request for the user "bob(a)my_domain.org", but only does a lookup for "bob", without the domain. Isn't it? So, why? What can I do? Best regards, Christophe

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