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[Dovecot] alias best practice
by Luigi Rosa 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Given a Linux mail server with Postfix+Dovecot using MySQL as userbase, a single Linux user for file system access, two mail domains configured (acme1.com acme2.com) and a maildir structure as follows \var\spool\mail\acme1.com- \user1 \user2 \user3 \var\spool\mail\acme2.com- \user1 \user2 \user3 I want that the mail of user1(a)acme1.com and user1(a)acme2.com goes in \var\spool\mail\acme1.com\user1 Note that there could be some users not equal between two domains. What is the best practice? 1) Alias at Postfix level 2) The same maildir path specified in MySQL record 3) ln -s between \var\spool\mail\acme1.com\user1 and \var\spool\mail\acme2.com\user1 4) Else? (Dovecot virtual mailbox) Thank you. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ Blessed are they who Go Around in Circles, for they Shall be Known as Wheels. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpOGf8ACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZTJ1ACgp52Fy7PbGpnU9pFnvVioNcFO OO8AoJRGG2UkyPXczR/bkAXqwjmVtpyL =Loje -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2rc4 - launchd keeps trying to restart it, after Dovecot exits with exit code: 89
by James Brown 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

I know I should update to the release version (will do on Monday), but I keep getting this in my logs (ie All Messages shown): 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM Dovecot[742] Fatal: Dovecot is already running with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[742]) Exited with exit code: 89 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM Dovecot[743] Fatal: Dovecot is already running with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with exit code: 89 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with exit code: 89 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM Dovecot[745] Fatal: Dovecot is already running with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with exit code: 89 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with exit code: 89 Anywhere in particular that I should look for hints as to what is causing Dovecot to exit? System is a Mac Mini Core 2 Duo running 10.5.7 (Leopard). Thanks, James. dovecot -n: # 1.2.rc4: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 768). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: Darwin 9.7.0 i386 hfs protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_user: _dovecot first_valid_uid: 102 last_valid_uid: 105 mail_uid: 27 mail_gid: 27 mail_location: maildir:/usr/local/virtual/%d/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: cram-md5 login plain user: nobody failure_delay: 4 passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sqlmd5.conf 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

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[Dovecot] Dovecot v1.2 ACL shared-boxes users in SQL, how to remove entries?
by Steffen Kaiser 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I noticed that entries added to the ACL dict are not removed, when an user no longer has explicit ACLs to another user, e.g.: [at the beginning no ACLs for "user"] 1 login testuser pwd 2 setacl INBOX user lp 3 deleteacl INBOX user Although "user" has no ACLs of mailfolders of "testuser", the user-testuser relation is still in the DB and upon login of user the ACLs in user's Maildir is consulted. Bye, - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSkN+VHWSIuGy1ktrAQLR8ggAjmyUvByjz/acGoQzXahh4dr4/+FT9bx+ FU9ze1dK9ZgFWW+SkBrgmMW6ayu77rHG3Qp66ONAgJFRmBv+w6G8IJA8yueD/8z4 ZsGN1ekQxBwqAJWnGyMAVNiksRwE0SFUNAoTIKfjOLE21fQhiI6aGpdFWqP89/Vb jITOQ0+woAm2g2DvCBEMRXRZoFZGO8UCX6RCXaaqGV0c7mEkwRn/cSB/EimTTHr1 lkGXtjpJJ7u9d5apSK2TX5FFKPmKgU9G4rCzMvG9sNB808dwvtnaNBCii3btlxRT 5UBIji4PBx7zs6APctIjfsuMg5yiMg92ip9SBMYnBZ2BmmCMzDu9iA== =gAST -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] 1.1.16 and global ACLs
by Axel Luttgens 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

I was going to test 1.1.16 so as to see how it handles global ACLs (in the hope to have a possible comparison with 1.2.0's odd behavior), when I encountered the problem described hereafter. Note that just disabling ACLs is sufficient to get back a fully functional imap binary. So, should there be some plans for a 1.1.17 version, perhaps could the info provided here prove somewhat useful. Folowing telnet session: # telnet 127.0.0.1 imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK Dovecot ready. a1 login testuser ****** a1 OK Logged in. Connection closed by foreign host. yields this in mail.log: dovecot[18129]: imap-login: Login: user=<testuser>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): Loading modules from directory: /usr/ local/dovecot-1.1.16/lib/dovecot/imap dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): Module loaded: /usr/local/ dovecot-1.1.16/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): Effective uid=2001, gid=2001, home=/ Volumes/ALMbpSpare/People/a/testuser dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): mbox: data=~/_mailboxes:INBOX=~/ _mailboxes/inbox:CONTROL=~/_mboxesctrl dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): fs: root=/Volumes/ALMbpSpare/People/a/ testuser/_mailboxes, index=, control=/Volumes/ALMbpSpare/People/a/ testuser/_mboxesctrl, inbox=/Volumes/ALMbpSpare/People/a/testuser/ _mailboxes/inbox dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): acl: acl username = testuser dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): acl: owner = 1 dovecot[18129]: IMAP(testuser): acl vfile: Global ACL directory: /usr/ local/etc/dovecot-acls dovecot[18129]: child 18272 (imap) killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) and this crash log: Process: imap [18272] Path: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/imap Identifier: imap Version: ??? (???) Code Type: X86 (Native) Parent Process: dovecot [18129] Date/Time: 2009-07-04 18:55:46.552 +0200 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.7 (9J61) Report Version: 6 Anonymous UUID: EE838D90-3F91-46F8-9CDA-3611674B371F Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000d0201332 Crashed Thread: 0 Thread 0 Crashed: 0 ??? 0x000b87bf static_system_pool + 27 1 lib01_acl_plugin.so 0x0011b871 acl_cache_right_lookup + 33 (acl-cache.c:146) 2 lib01_acl_plugin.so 0x0011b9a6 acl_cache_mask_init + 182 (acl-cache.c:105) 3 lib01_acl_plugin.so 0x00118cf8 acl_backend_init + 376 (acl-backend.c:76) 4 lib01_acl_plugin.so 0x0011d269 acl_mailbox_list_created + 217 (acl-mailbox-list.c:429) 5 imap 0x00053a0a mailbox_list_init + 410 (mailbox-list.c:220) 6 imap 0x000344c5 mbox_create + 645 (mbox- storage.c:471) 7 imap 0x00052f40 mail_storage_create + 272 (mail-storage.c:224) 8 imap 0x00050978 mail_namespaces_init + 1096 (mail-namespace.c:230) 9 imap 0x00011ab9 main + 1065 (main.c:238) 10 imap 0x00001646 start + 54 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit): eax: 0x00200a00 ebx: 0x00118b8b ecx: 0x002009d0 edx: 0x002009d0 edi: 0x00200a00 esi: 0x0011da28 ebp: 0xbffff158 esp: 0xbffff13c ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010282 eip: 0x000b87bf cs: 0x00000017 ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037 cr2: 0xd0201332 Binary Images: 0x1000 - 0xb6fe0 +imap ??? (???) <e5ae287e992319a2faf58982a15102be> /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/ dovecot/imap 0x118000 - 0x11dff7 +lib01_acl_plugin.so ??? (???) <24284783dc3113906f90a37bdd1fce02> /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/lib/ dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so 0x8fe00000 - 0x8fe2db43 dyld 97.1 (???) <100d362e03410f181a34e04e94189ae5> /usr/lib/dyld 0x9013c000 - 0x90143fe9 libgcc_s.1.dylib ??? (???) <f53c808e87d1184c0f9df63aef53ce0b> /usr/lib/libgcc_s.1.dylib 0x913ba000 - 0x91521ff3 libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) <b47c8e6e45aef620730710a732bf1930> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x92f5f000 - 0x92f63fff libmathCommon.A.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/ system/libmathCommon.A.dylib 0x97038000 - 0x9712cff4 libiconv.2.dylib ??? (???) <c508c60fafca17824c0017b2e4369802> /usr/lib/libiconv.2.dylib 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1780 libSystem.B.dylib ??? (???) /usr/lib/ libSystem.B.dylib This is the output of dovecot -n: # 1.1.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Darwin 9.7.0 i386 protocols: pop3 imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/ imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/imap- login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/pop3- login first_valid_uid: 2001 mail_location: mbox:~/_mailboxes:INBOX=~/_mailboxes/inbox:CONTROL=~/ _mboxesctrl mail_debug: yes mbox_read_locks: flock mbox_write_locks: flock dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): acl mail_plugins(imap): acl mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot-1.1.16/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_lock_session(default): no pop3_lock_session(imap): no pop3_lock_session(pop3): yes pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: debug: yes passdb: driver: pam args: * userdb: driver: passwd plugin: acl: vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot-acls

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2rc4 - launchd keeps trying to restart it, after Dovecot exits with exit code: 89
by Mark Sapiro 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

James Brown wrote: > I know I should update to the release version (will do on Monday), but > I keep getting this in my logs (ie All Messages shown): > > 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM Dovecot[742] Fatal: Dovecot is already running > with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) > 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[742]) Exited with > exit code: 89 > 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: > Will start in 10 seconds > 4/07/09 11:50:18 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: > Will start in 10 seconds > 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM Dovecot[743] Fatal: Dovecot is already running > with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) > 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with > exit code: 89 > 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[743]) Exited with > exit code: 89 > 4/07/09 11:50:28 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot) Throttling respawn: > Will start in 10 seconds > 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM Dovecot[745] Fatal: Dovecot is already running > with PID 624 (read from /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/master.pid) > 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with > exit code: 89 > 4/07/09 11:50:38 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (Dovecot[745]) Exited with > exit code: 89 > > Anywhere in particular that I should look for hints as to what is > causing Dovecot to exit? This may or may not be relevant, but see the thread "Mailman vs OSX vs launchd" at <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2009-June/066371.html> -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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[Dovecot] Urgent problem with deleting emails and maildirsize
by Jose Luis Marin Perez 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Dears Sirs, I hope they can help me with this problem since it is urgent. I've completed the migration from Courier to Dovecot that has been running correctly, the only problem is that maildirsize file is not updated when you delete the emails, resulting in accounts that reach to 100% faster, so I have to manually delete this file. Through Dovecot can be configured to automatically update when maildirsize delete emails? Thanks Jose Luis _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx

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[Dovecot] unsu
by pj2002＠inbox.lv 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

-- Tavs bezmaksas pasts Inbox.lv

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[Dovecot] How to rebuild index?
by Max Ivanov 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

I've deleted some mails using my handmade tool, it deletes some files in "cur" subdir, but deleted messages are still appear in thunderbird. I believe that's because of stale index file. Is it safe to delete dovect.index? Or what else should I delete/modify to make TB view in sync with real state of filesystem?

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[Dovecot] mbox sync failure
by Alnis Morics 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hi, Yesterday I had to reboot my server machine and I think there was an email client connected from the LAN during the reboot which I did not notice then. Now that mailbox is no longer accessible: as soon as I try to connect, it lets me wait forever while openin the folder, and cycles endlessly this message in the logs: Jul 2 19:40:37 myhostname dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=PLAIN, rip=#.#.#.#, lip=#.#.#.#, TLS Jul 2 19:40:37 myhostname dovecot: IMAP(username): unlink(/var/mail/username.lock) failed: Permission denied Jul 2 19:40:48 myhostname dovecot: IMAP(username): file mbox-sync.c: line 1372 (mbox_sync_handle_eof_updates): assertion failed: (trailer_size <= 2) Jul 2 19:40:48 myhostname dovecot: IMAP(username): Raw backtrace: imap [0x80b2081] -> imap [0x80b1f99] -> imap [0x807a536] -> imap [0x807ae71] -> imap(mbox_sync+0x422) [0x807d3c2] -> imap(mbox_storage_sync_init+0x3e) [0x807d8de] -> imap(imap_sync_nonselected+0x1c) [0x806446c] -> imap(_cmd_select_full+0xc3) [0x805be83] -> imap(cmd_select+0x19) [0x805c059] -> imap [0x805d5ef] -> imap [0x805d690] -> imap(_client_input +0x74) [0x805dd64] -> imap(io_loop_handler_run+0xf0) [0x80b7e20] -> imap(io_loop_run+0x18) [0x80b7338] -> imap(main+0x478) [0x8066388] -> /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7e36455] -> imap [0x8058561] Jul 2 19:40:48 myhostname dovecot: child 2459 (imap) killed with signal 6 (I have Debian Lenny with dovecot 1.0.15.) I tried to add the user dovecot to the group mail and give the group mail write permission to the mailbox. The permission errors stopped appearing but everything else is still there, including .lock file and 3 imap-login processes that resume as soon as I try to kill them. There are also 2 unimportant mailboxes that still work. I can view the beginning of the "username" mailbox with mc inner viewer, but it hangs as I go to the end of file. Tried to copy the file so I could freely experiment with it but the copying hung up when it reached 87 % (the file is 1.1 GB). The copied part was unreadable. Tried to formail -ds < /var/mail/username >> /backup/usernameJul3 but with the same result. Is there a way to repair the synchronization of the mbox? Or at least a way to recover its content?

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[Dovecot] 64 bit vs 32 Bit
by Mario Antonio Garcia 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Do you think that there is a substantial performance gain by running Dovecot in a 64 bit Architecture? Regards, Mario Antonio

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