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[Dovecot] Dovecot needs to be built with SSL support?
by ksrini9＠yahoo.com 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

I intend to use Dovecot without SSL. Hence, I built it without SSL support. When I am trying start Dovecot, I am getting the following error message. I have set ssl=no in 10-ssl.conf. Can anyone please let me know if it is possible to build and run Dovecot without SSL support? If it is, how can I overcome the following error message? Thanks a lot. Srini Sep 21 11:18:11 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.3 starting up (core dumps disabled) Sep 21 11:18:11 ssl-params: Fatal: Dovecot built without SSL support Sep 21 11:18:11 master: Error: service(ssl-params): command startup failed, throttling

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[Dovecot] Quota value *not* getting over written by ldap attr value, help ?
by Mohit Chawla 22 Sep '10

22 Sep '10

Hi, I am having trouble with the quota plugin with deliver. In the auth logs, I see that dovecot is able to get the attribute value just fine: *** Sep 21 17:49:30 dawnone dovecot: auth(default): ldap(cot,127.0.0.1): result: uid(user)=cot uidNumber(userdb_uid)=1011 gidNumber(userdb_gid)=1011 homeDirectory(userdb_home)=/home/cot mailQuotaSize(userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=%$)=*:bytes=1000000 *** But the value defined in dovecot.conf does *not* get over written with the above value: *** 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2500 messages=0 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: maildir: data=/home/cot/Maildir 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: maildir++: root=/home/cot/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/cot/Maildir 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: Namespace : Using permissions from /home/cot/Maildir: mode=0700 gid=-1 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: msgid=<2092295c098690fc157fca938d28b879.squirrel@dawnone>: save failed to INBOX: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: msgid=<2092295c098690fc157fca938d28b879.squirrel@dawnone>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) 2010-09-21 17:49:37 deliver(cot): Info: msgid=<2092295c098690fc157fca938d28b879.squirrel@dawnone>: Return-Path missing, rejection reason: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) *** My configuration files are as follows: **dovecot.conf** root@dawnone:~# dovecot -n # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 i686 Debian squeeze/sid log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock lda: postmaster_address: dove@vmint mail_plugins: quota deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ sendmail_path: /usr/lib/sendmail log_path: /var/log/ldaone info_log_path: /var/log/ldatwo debug: yes auth default: debug: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:bytes=2500 **dovecot-ldap.conf** hosts = dawnone.vmint uris = ldap://dawnone.vmint dn = cn=admin,dc=vmint dnpass = debian auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=People,dc=vmint scope = subtree user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\ homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid,mailQuotaSize=userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=%$ user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid,mailQuotaSize=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$ Any help in this regard, appreciated. Thanks.

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[Dovecot] expire_tool trouble + howto part sasl from 1.1.7 -> 2.0.1?
by Igor Kowalski 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hello! Let me smuggle 2 questions in 1 email: 1) I upgraded from 1.1.7 to 2.0.1, but couldn't get it to work, because the 'dovecot + postfix sasl howto' doesn't seem to be updated and the old sasl settings are incompatible with new version. How do I set up sasl with dovecot2 ? Is there any updated howto available? 2) In dovecot 1.1.7: my expire_plugin seems to work fine, new entries are correctly added to the dictionary, but the messages don't actually get expunged. expire_tool says: dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool --test Info: maildir: data=~/Maildir Info: maildir++: root=/home/virtual/<domain>/<user>/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/virtual/<domain>/<user>/Maildir Info: <user>@<domain>/Trash: timestamp 1285005106 (Mon Sep 20 18:51:46 2010 ) -> 1290102903 (Mon Sep 20 18:51:46 2010 ) Info: <user2>@<domain>/Trash: stop, expire time in future: Sat Nov 6 18:33:12 2010 Messages are only updated in the dictionary, but nothing is ever expunged. Any idea why? Output of dovecot -n: # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.7-9-pae i686 openSUSE 11.1 (i586) protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(pop3): *:995 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/startssl.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/startssl.pem 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 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota expire autocreate mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota expire autocreate mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire 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 auth default: mechanisms: plain login debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot2 passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf 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 plugin: quota: maildir quota_warning: storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 quota_warning: storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 expire: Trash 60 Trash.* 60 Spam 365 expire_dict: proxy::expire autocreate: Trash autocreate2: Spam autosubscribe: Trash autosubscribe2: Spam dict: expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf Create dict. table query: CREATE TABLE `expires` ( `mailbox` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `expire_stamp` int(11) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`mailbox`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 expire dict. conf: table = expires select_field = expire_stamp where_field = mailbox username_field = not_used And is there a point in using expire plugin without autocreate plugin? Because trash can be called wastebasket for example, and then it doesn't work. Spam can be called Junk, and again, it doesn't work. Any response to these queries would be greatly appreciated. Tadeusz Stelmach

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[Dovecot] MD5 to CRAM-MD5 password conversion?
by David Jonas 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

We have a plethora of accounts for which we would like to enable CRAM-MD5 but their passwords are stored as MD5 hashes. Is there anything we can do? Can we take a linux MD5 hashed password (e.g. $1$fac330ee$wd6Tll...) and convert it to dovecot's CRAM-MD5 format (e.g. {CRAM-MD5}b3f297...)? Thanks!

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[Dovecot] understand the struct message_header_line
by Alex Baule 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Timo... Using the src/lib-mail/test-istream-header-filter.c as example, and following your tips to jump my desired header value, but i need to store the value from the Header filtered. In the Exemple, the callback is this: static void filter_callback(struct message_header_line *hdr, bool *matched, void *context ATTR_UNUSED) { if (hdr != NULL && hdr->name_offset == 0) { /* drop first header */ *matched = TRUE; } } What i try to understand is how the structs work, it's save the entire header or every line from header call the callback function ? hdr->name_offset is the size of elements in the struct ? (like a array of message_header_line) The void *context ATTR_UNUSED i can pass what i want to change ? like a pointer to a variable ?

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[Dovecot] 2.0.3 doesn't start without SSL
by Attila Nagy 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi, I've upgraded from 2.0.1 to 2.0.3 and while the former starts, the latter doesn't (the config is the same). It bails with: Sep 21 17:15:32 locsocs dovecot: ssl-params: Fatal: Dovecot built without SSL support Sep 21 17:15:32 locsocs dovecot: master: Error: service(ssl-params): command startup failed, throttling I have ssl=off.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot with Virtual Domains
by Edmonds Namasenda 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

I plan to use two virtual domains and as many users for each domain with postfix, dovecot, squirrelmail, postfix admin, and mysql on openSuse 11.2. How best can you help me? I am going to use dovecot v2.0. Thank you. # Edmonds

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[Dovecot] doveadm-expunge debug message clarifications
by LEVAI Daniel 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hi! I have some questions about doveadm-expunge's debug messages. # /usr/local/bin/doveadm -Dv expunge -u <user> mailbox 'sa.*' SAVEDBEFORE 6h doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib20_expire_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: expire: Searching only users listed in expire database ^^^^ That I don't understand. Does this mean that I can only specify users with the '-u' parameter from the list from the expire database, which is configured with: dict { expire = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } If I don't specify a user with '-u', then nothing gets expunged, so it doesn't get the list of users from the expire database. doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6376 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6377 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6378 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6379 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6380 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6381 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6382 doveadm(<user>): Debug: expunge: box=sa.spam uid=6383 doveadm(<user>): Error: net_connect_unix(/var/dovecot//dict) failed: Permission denied # ls -la /var/dovecot/dict srw------- 1 root wheel 0 Sep 21 09:47:00 2010 /var/dovecot/dict= service dict { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = dict extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 s privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener dict { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 4294967295 } What is trying to use that socket when I'm expunging mails? Am I supposed to grant my internal_user some privileges to that socket? While I got that error message, the expunge has succeeded. Thanks, Daniel -- LÉVAI Dániel PGP key ID = 0x83B63A8F Key fingerprint = DBEC C66B A47A DFA2 792D 650C C69B BE4C 83B6 3A8F

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[Dovecot] tags disappear in Thunderbird
by Iv Ray 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

We have - Dovecot 1.0.15 (the default on Debian Lenny stable) Thunderbird 3.1.4 In our installation the Inbox is a mbox and the other folders are maildir. When we tag messages in Inbox, the tags disappear after a while. In the other folders they stay. I found two possible solutions suggested - 1. Set mbox_lazy_writes=no 2. Convert the Inbox to maildir What would be the best approach in your opinion? Would suggest not following the Debian Lenny stable version (1.0.15), but compiling the current stable Dovecot? Thank you very much, Iv

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[Dovecot] Problem installing latest dovecot w vpopmail
by Joe ＠ 3ZZZ 21 Sep '10

21 Sep '10

Hello - I am trying to migrate my dovecot installation from an older server running version 1.x to the latest 2.0.3 When I run configure --with-vpopmail, it bombs pretty quick as follows: ./configure --with-vpopmail checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no configure: error: vpopmail support is broken. fix it or access its db another way. however, vpopmail seems to be working fine, i can add domains from vpopmail/bin/vadddomain and they show up in the database just fine. So why do I receive this error and how can i troubleshoot? thank you very much in advance, Joe

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