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[Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x
by Simon B 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hi In an unscheduled maintenance window next week, I will have the opportunity to upgrade to 2.x should I wish to do and provided I can get it working on stage first. My questions: I've seen a lot on the list about the rock-solidness of 1.2 but also some people saying that some versions of 2.x better than others. Is there a recommended version - I don't need bleeding edge, I'd prefer stability, or one most of you can agree on? What am I missing by not upgrading? A few months ago I tried to convert a Dovecot 1.2 config into 2.1 and wasn't very successful. Any tips on how to go about it? Thanks. Simon

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[Dovecot] mixing virtual and system users
by Julien Beauviala 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hello all, I'm setting up a small mail server for aprox 20 users, and I'm trying to keep it really simple so I went the virtual users as text file way, following this page : http://lukas-schulze.de/2012/02/setup-postfix-and-dovecot-on-debian-squeeze… It seemed to work fine except for the 'system' users, and I am stumped by this. Basically the config does not 'see' /etc/aliases, so mail to root or mailman are 'Recipient address rejected: User unknown'. I've added the backup pam as explained by the following page* and tried many permutations in /etc/postfix/main.cf but still not good, systems users are rejected. Obviously something is amiss. * http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great. The system is debian 6, details of the configuration below. dovecot -n : ------------ # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 ext3 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 5000 last_valid_uid: 5000 first_valid_gid: 5000 last_valid_gid: 5000 mail_privileged_group: vmail mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.net mail_plugins: sieve log_path: auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: passwd-file args: scheme=CRAM-MD5 /etc/dovecot/users.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail postconf -n : ------------- alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = localhost mydomain = example.net myhostname = osiris.example.net mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = $mydomain queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = show_user_unknown_table_name = no smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_invalid_helo_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains : -------------------------------------- @example.net OK @osiris.example.net OK /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps : ----------------------------------- elisabethp(a)example.net example.net/elisabethp /etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps : --------------------------------- elisabeth(a)example.net elisabethp(a)example.net j.

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[Dovecot] NFS mount permissions
by Patrick Westenberg 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hi everyone, I would like to move my mails from ocfs2 to an NFS share. As the mountpoint and all folders and files belong to nobody/nogroup, dovecot is only able to access the mails if I give full access to "others". I don't like that. How do you NFS-using guys solve this problem? Regards Patrick

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[Dovecot] Problems with Apple Mail: Enter Password for Account "..."
by Frank Röhm 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hello I have on Ubuntu 12.04 a postfix 2.9.3-2 mailserver with dovecot 2.0.19 I get email from my pc (thunderbird), my smartphone (k9mail) and my MacBook (Apple Mail 4.6 - 1085 on Mac OS 10.6.8) all with IMAP and SSL. All is working normally but sometimes I get an error message from my MacBook, which is irritating. It says this (more or less): "Enter Password for Account "..." The IMAP-Server "..." rejected the password for user "..." Enter your password again or cancel. ... o Remember this password in my keychain" The password was NOT wrong, but anyway, if reenter it, Apple Mail won't accept it, the message will come again and again. I guess that dovecot blocks apple mail maybe because the other two clients try to login at the same time? Is there any setting where I could adjust this blocking (if it is blocking) in dovecot? Only if this really is the reason. The issue is coming not regularily but when it comes, often for half an hour I cannot check mails for this account (other accounts on apple mail won't be touched). If I restart Apple Mail, the problem could be fixed, but maybe not. In the logfiles of Dovecot I don't find anything about this. Thank you and kind regards frank

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot mysql replication
by Alex Crow 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hi, Balls, the silly script (written in largely incomprehensible perl by a predecessor of mine) is supposed to catch mailing lists, and HR won't let us have it auto-terminate or update... :-( Thanks for giving me an another few hours work :-) Alex On 24/05/13 08:54, Edwardo Garcia wrote: > Alex, you on long vacation? > > Hi, I am on leave, returning on Thursday 9th May If your query is > urgent, please raise contact the team onitdept(a)integrafin.co.uk > <mailto:itdept@integrafin.co.uk>. Regards Alex > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Alex Crow <acrow(a)integrafin.co.uk > <mailto:acrow@integrafin.co.uk>> wrote: > > On 24/05/13 08:45, Edwardo Garcia wrote: > > Halo, > > (First time posting, please forgive English is not native) > > Change from Courier to Dovecot 2.1.16 > > Having two server. > > Having mysql on thiz two server, one master, one slave. > > What we wish is slave Dovecot only ask slave mysql, unless > slave mysql not > work when then ask master, we have Postfix do thiz fallover > good, but > Dovecot talk to slave and master no mater what, we think thiz > defeat > fallover as we not want this aktion, but aktion like Postfix. > > The problemo is can not find Dovecot option for thiz in > wiki2.dovecot.org <http://wiki2.dovecot.org>, > is possible? > > > You could set up MySQL in Dual Master mode instead.... > > Alex > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] dovecot-sieve (pigeonhole) -- is is possible to "re-filter" INBOX when filters have been updated?
by Lev Serebryakov 25 May '13

25 May '13

Hello, Dovecot. I want to migrate to webmail (roundcube) over dovecot + sieve (pigeonhole). Now I'm using on-client (The Bat!) filters, but I need to have acccess to my mail everywhere, not only on my workstation. And I wonder, is here simple way to re-filter INBOX after sieve filters have been changed? Any offline (desktop) mail client could run new filters on old messages -- is here any way to do this with dovecot-sieve (pigeonhole)? I'm using postfix + dovecot LMTP to run sieve filters. -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev(a)serebryakov.spb.ru>

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[Dovecot] Virtual Servers, or different authentication setups.
by Joshua Gardner 25 May '13

25 May '13

I want to know if there is any virtual server functionality in Dovecot? I would like to have two separate configurations, that access the same email, running in the same Dovecot instance. They would bind different ports and/or IPs, but have different authentication settings. In particular, one would use a PLAIN password scheme, the other SSHA. How would I go about setting up these virtual servers? Or, would I have to run separate instances of Dovecot? If I do have to run separate instances, how do I keep them from interfering with eachother? -Josh

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[Dovecot] Passwordless auth?
by Dan Mahoney, System Admin 25 May '13

25 May '13

Hey all, I'm in the process of writing some scripts which I want to be able to take actions on my local mailbox. (For example, to move a subset of messages to the trash over time, if unread for a week. To act on messages in my learn-spam folder and then delete them). What occured to me as being a Neat Idea is if Dovecot could honor ident (rfc1413) lookups, from trusted hosts (i.e. 127.0.0.1). In this way I get all the benefits of dovecot's indexing being updated and nice locking, but I don't have to leave my password laying around in a plaintext file. (Yes, this assumes I'm running a shell on the mail server. I'm not concerned about the same level of security when you could simply cat my mail spool). I'd definitely consider something like an SSH key with a forced command (I do see questions in the FAQ about making dovecot work over a socket connection), but that forgoes using standard imap clients. I could also create a dovecot-only user with my UID and no other login privileges, but I'd like this to "just work" for anyone. I don't know anything about if dovecot supports X509 auth, but this would require the client libraries to support such a thing, which not all do. I'd love to hear about any other ways people have thought about to do this. Any ideas? -Dan Mahoney -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------

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[Dovecot] userdb section order seems important in config file
by Ken A 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi Timo, et al, I'm using Dovecot 2.2.2, with dict file based quota and a quota_rule in dovecot.conf. I have userdb configured like so: userdb { driver = passwd-file args = /etc/dovecot/passwd-file } userdb { driver = passwd } I get the behavior I want with a single line in the passwd-file for any users that I'd like to override the default quota. BUT, if I list the userdb sections in the reverse order, with the driver=passwd first, then the quotas in passwd-file are ignored. I have a feeling I am counting on undocumented behavior that might change in the future. Or is this okay to depend on? Thanks, Ken -- Ken Anderson Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net

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[Dovecot] Store Mails into SQL DB
by Leander S. 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi, is there an option to store eMails into DB right away instead of storing them as files on the HDD?

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