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[Dovecot] Is this really a user agent issue?
by Phil Howard 30 Dec '10

30 Dec '10

I suspect this is a user agent issue, given that Evolution is flaky in so many areas. When I deliver mail to a subfolder/subbox (e.g. the -m option in the deliver command), and Evolution doesn't know of it, yet, creating it fails, and Evolution still can't get to it. Doing things the other way around (create it in Evolution first, then deliver to it) works fine. Seems to be silliness to me. Just wondered if any Dovecot aspects might be involved ... such as the fact that the case is different (e.g. "INBOX" in the filesystem, but "Inbox" in Evolution). -- sHiFt HaPpEnS!

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[Dovecot] How to get a working dovecot.conf?
by oddball56 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

Hi, I installed openSUSE 11.3 server version, and followed the guidelines from: http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-opensuse-11.3-x86_64-ispconfig-3 Everything works, accept loggin into dovecot. For many days i tried to get logged into dovecot, from localhost, from other pc in the lan, from squirrelmail, not possible. I read manuals on http://wiki.dovecot.org/ and tried to set the passwd db like: auth default { .. passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/passwd.dovecot } .. The "args" were not accepted according to the output from dovecot -n As now i installed dovecot 20, with a fresh dovecot.conf. Ofcourse this was not working, so i 'updated' ISPConfig. Now my dovecot.conf is a mess, and i get errormessages like: Dec 20 21:00:02 AsusTT-sfn6 postfix/smtpd[7073]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms And from dovecot: dovecot.pem missing from /etc/ssl/certs, so no ssl login possible also Now i am checking dovecot -n line by line and this message pops out: mail_plugin_dir: access(/usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap) failed: No such file or directory passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } furtheron: ssl = no userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } it has 64 lines. first and last_valid_uid and gid are set to 5000. In this conf i did not change anything. I would realy appreciate some help, as my only goal was to set up an imap server so i can access my mail from all over the world, and have all mail in 'one' central place, instead of scattered all over many pc's and laptops. The irony is that evrything but this works ;-p tia, for an answer. Rob. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-get-a-working-dovecot.conf--tp30506797p3050679… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] panic with lmtp proxy (assertion failed)
by imaami＠netikka.fi 29 Dec '10

29 Dec '10

Hello! Got a panic&assertion failed with LMTP proxy. Target Dovecot LMTP server hanged and Dovecot LMTP proxy server started logging panics/assertions. Core dumps were disabled unfortunately, so I don't know if this is helpful at all: Dec 29 15:41:58 lmtp(8853): Panic: file lmtp-proxy.c: line 370 (lmtp_proxy_output_timeout): assertion failed: (proxy->data_input->eof) Dec 29 15:41:58 lmtp(8853): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0xb76aa7c1] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0xb76aa83f] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0xb76aab14] -> dovecot/lmtp [0x804e3f4] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handle_timeouts+0xe0) [0xb76b7720] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x8b) [0xb76b843b] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x40) [0xb76b7340] -> /usr/local/dovecot20/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x2a) [0xb76a31fa] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x170) [0x804b380] -> /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7516455] -> dovecot/lmtp [0x804b171] Dec 29 15:41:58 master: Error: service(lmtp): child 8853 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) doveconf -n output: $ /usr/local/dovecot20/bin/doveconf -c /usr/local/dovecot20/etc/dovecot/dovecot-lmtpproxy.conf -n # 2.0.8: /usr/local/dovecot20/etc/dovecot/dovecot-lmtpproxy.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.31.5 i686 Debian 5.0.7 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /usr/local/dovecot20/var/run/dovecot-lmtpproxy/auth-userdb auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@&: auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /usr/local/dovecot20/var/run/dovecot-lmtpproxy/ disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.lmtpproxy/dovecot.lmtpproxy.log login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> service=%s method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c login_trusted_networks = 172.16.83.64/26 mail_fsync = never mail_gid = 1000 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_uid = 1000 maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes passdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot20/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.lmtpproxy.alias.conf driver = sql } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com protocols = lmtp service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { client_limit = 8192 unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 1 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 1 G } service imap { process_limit = 2048 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = * port = 24 } process_min_avail = 1 service_count = 0 user = mailuser vsz_limit = 512 M } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 1 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 1 G } service pop3 { process_limit = 2048 } ssl = no verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { info_log_path = log_path = mail_fsync = optimized } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 20 } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 5 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh }

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[Dovecot] search pattern -- which format?
by Ralf Hildebrandt 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

I had a look at the docs, but I could really see which kind of patterns the "search patterns" for doveadm must be. Regexp? PCRE? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de

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[Dovecot] Can dovecot+solr search on attachments?
by Antonio Perez-Aranda 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

I remember to read that dovecot+solr support search on mail attachment Is this true? Maybe, is needed to improve the basic solr schema to do this? -- Antonio Pérez-Aranda Alcaide aperezaranda(a)yaco.es Yaco Sistemas S.L. http://www.yaco.es/ C/ Rioja 5, 41001 Sevilla Teléfono +34 954 50 00 57 Fax +34 954 50 09 29

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[Dovecot] Iphone all imap folders are visibles !
by Frank Bonnet 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

Hello When I use my iphone to read my emails through IMAP I can see ALL folders that are in my email home directory not only those are listed in the .subscriptions file ... This should be a real security problem Anyone have the same problem ? Thanks

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[Dovecot] director in large(ish) environments
by Cor Bosman 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

Hey all, just wondering who here is running the director service in a larger environment. I just switched our whole production setup to the director and am quite pleased with the result. We're doing a peak of about 25000 tot 30000 concurrent sessions on 3 servers. But ive shut 1 server down a couple of days ago to see what would happen and 2 servers carried the load easily. (16 CPU, 24GB memory servers). If others are using the director on larger setups maybe we can all post when things do or dont work well. Now to see if the solution is better than the problem :) Cor

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[Dovecot] Migrate from Maildir to mdbox
by Odhiambo Washington 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

Looking at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/MailFormat, I do not see much on how to do a migration from Maildir to mdbox. That page isn't quite updated it looks. I have several domains (virtual) with the following storage layout: /var/spool/virtual/$domain. So the users have their mail stored as follows: /var/spool/virtual/domain1/$user/Maildir /var/spool/virtual/domain2/$user/Maildir /var/spool/virtual/domain3/$user/Maildir /var/spool/virtual/domainN/$user/Maildir >From the wiki, I am told the steps to take are: 1. Set mail_location=mdbox:~/mdbox 2. Run "doveadm mirror -u username maildir:~/Maildir" The instruction above confuses me because in my situation, I don't have a "username" per se. dovecot-deliver knows how to figure out my usernames and their mail_location settings. How do I derive my "username" when users are virtual, stored in MySQL back end? Again, the right command seems to rely on dsync, not "doveadm mirror". I could manually get all the values for the users for each domain and run: dysnc -u $u -o "mail_location=maildir:/var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/Maildir" mirror "mdbox:/var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/mdbox" This is so manual, especially because I have to (if I remember well) create /var/spool/virtual/domain1/$u/mdbox (and have the permissions right) before running dysnc. Is there an easier way out, perhaps?? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!

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[Dovecot] Postfix - deliver problem.
by Mark Bronstein 28 Dec '10

28 Dec '10

I really could use some help. I have been using dovecot and qmail on Debian for years with no problems. I just replaced qmail with Postfix and have not been able to get messages to dovecot via deliver. I have tried to set it up as a virtual mailbox only "no lookup necessary" system following the vaious help pages. I am using just a single user vmail:mail to execute postfix and deliver. My Dovecot.conf is: ----------------------- # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.17.1.el5.028stab070.7 i686 Debian 5.0.7 simfs log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot_info.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes 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: 112 last_valid_uid: 112 first_valid_gid: 8 last_valid_gid: 8 mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_full_filesystem_access: yes 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: postmaster_address: mark(a)bronsteinlaw.com mail_plugins: sieve log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-local-deliver.log auth_socket_path: var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: user: vmail verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=mail home=/var/mail/domains/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: connect master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: mail plugin: sieve_global_dir: /etc/dovecot/sieve/global/ -------------------------------- I have the dovecot deliver line in postfix's master.cf according to the docs: --------------- dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} ------------------ Incoming emails are being saved to the Postfix queue but then delivery is unsuccessful with an error message of: 2010-12-26 23:11:09 deliver(mark(a)bronsteinlaw.com): Error: userdb lookup: connect(var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: No such file or directory Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Mark B

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[Dovecot] Kicking by dovecot as proxy?
by Antonio Perez-Aranda 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

I'm using dovecot 2.0 as proxy to make easy the migration from Courier to Dovecot. ¿Is it possible to use doveadm kick on a proxy connection? Example: telnet (login as user1) -> dovecot (proxy) (user1) -> courier (user1) If I exec doveadm who on "dovecot", any user are connected. -- Antonio Pérez-Aranda Alcaide aperezaranda(a)yaco.es Yaco Sistemas S.L. http://www.yaco.es/ C/ Rioja 5, 41001 Sevilla Teléfono +34 954 50 00 57 Fax +34 954 50 09 29

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