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2.3 -> 2.4 migration problem(s)
by Kamil Jońca 30 Apr '25

30 Apr '25

Recently in debian sid version 2.4 appeared and I tried to migrate. it (mostly working) but Neither dovecot-lda nor doveadm does not see current system user context i.e. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- %doveadm mailbox list Fatal: One of -u, -F, -A or --no-userdb-lookup must be provided --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- from lda logs --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Fatal: Namespace root: mail_storage settings: Failed to parse configuration: Invalid setting mail_path=~/Mail/0/: mail_path setting used home directory (~/) but there is no mail_home and userdb didn't return it --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- for dovecot-lda setting "mail_home = /home/%{user|username}" helped but still ... doveadm mailbox list -u kjonca and "-d" option helped in both cases Moreover I found that doveadm does not work when dovecot is stoped (but used to work in 2.3.x) Another thing is: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- in 2.3.x configuration it created line like this: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 2025-04-27T02:08:31.925845+02:00 alfa dovecot: LDA(kjonca): sieve: msgid=<fd248603-b186-4ee2-9e76-b9b9c0fe7a87@alfa>: fileinto action: stored mail into mailbox 'RSS' --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- but now it does not work (what is strange I cannot find %$ description and %m is described as "mechanism" not message id ...) So how can I have old loggin and authentication mechanisms? KJ # 2.4.1-4 (7d8c0e5759): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 2.4.1-4 (0a86619f) # OS: Linux 6.12.22-amd64 x86_64 Debian trixie/sid # ... # 4 default setting change dovecot_config_version = 2.4.0 acl_driver = vfile auth_allow_cleartext = yes auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain digest-md5 cram-md5 login auth_username_format = %{user | username } auth_verbose = yes default_vsz_limit = 1024M dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.0 lazy_expunge_mailbox = .EXPUNGED/ lazy_expunge_only_last_instance = yes listen = alfa mail_driver = maildir mail_inbox_path = ~/Mail/0/INBOX mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change save mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size from subject flags mail_log_prefix = "%{protocol}(%{user}): " mail_path = ~/Mail/0/ mail_plugins { acl = yes lazy_expunge = yes } postmaster_address = root@localhost protocols { imap = yes } sieve_execute_bin_dir = %{home}/sieve/bin sieve_execute_exec_timeout = 86400s sieve_extensions { fileinto = yes reject = yes envelope = yes encoded-character = yes vacation = yes subaddress = yes comparator-i;ascii-numeric = yes relational = yes regex = yes imap4flags = yes copy = yes include = yes body = yes variables = yes enotify = yes environment = yes mailbox = yes date = yes index = yes ihave = yes duplicate = yes mime = yes foreverypart = yes extracttext = yes vnd.dovecot.pipe = yes vnd.dovecot.execute = yes vnd.dovecot.filter = yes vnd.dovecot.debug = yes editheader = yes } sieve_filter_bin_dir = %{home}/sieve/bin sieve_filter_exec_timeout = 86400s sieve_pipe_bin_dir = %{home}/sieve/bin sieve_pipe_exec_timeout = 86400s sieve_plugins { sieve_extprograms = yes } ssl = no service auth { user = root unix_listener auth-userdb { } } passdb alfa { default_password_scheme = PLAIN driver = passwd-file passwd_file_path = /etc/security/dovecot.pwd } userdb alfa { passwd_file_path = /etc/security/dovecot.pwd driver = passwd-file } namespace root { inbox = yes separator = / } namespace expunged { mail_driver = maildir mail_path = ~/Mail/expunged/ hidden = yes inbox = no list = no prefix = .EXPUNGED/ separator = / } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { } } service imap { } service auth-worker { user = dovecot } service dict { unix_listener dict { } } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ info_log_path = syslog log_path = syslog mail_plugins { sieve = yes } syslog_facility = mail } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins { mail_log = yes notify = yes acl = yes imap_acl = yes lazy_expunge = yes } } sieve_script personal { path = ~/.dovecot.sieve } sieve_script before { path = /etc/dovecot/sieve } -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/ The way I understand it, the Russians are sort of a combination of evil and incompetence... sort of like the Post Office with tanks. -- Emo Philips

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sieve filter does not work
by Kamil Jońca 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

sieve-filter -e -W -D -C -v ~/.dovecot.sieve mailbox sieve-filter: Fatal: Couldn't load required plugin /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so: dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so: undefined symbol: mail_deliver_ctx_get_log_var_expand_table -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/ Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? -- Clarence Darrow

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Dovecot 3.21.1 -> 2.4.0 SegFault
by cstreang＠outlook.com 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Hi guys, There seems to be some issue with Dovecot deployed on alpine. More specifically, the dovecot.config file is not properly read. I have run some debugging and the SegFault is returned in the function below: #0 0x000055555556779b in config_parsed_get_setting () No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000555555563708 in config_dump_full () No symbol table info available. #2 0x000055555555c814 in main () No symbol table info available. This was also addressed by alpine here: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/17050 Any idea what could be causing this? Thanks for looking into it, Cata

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Dovecot 3.21.1 -> 2.4.0 SegFault
by cstreang＠outlook.com 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Hi guys, There seems to be some issue with Dovecot deployed on alpine. More specifically, the dovecot.config file is not properly read. I have run some debugging and the SegFault is returned in the function below: #0 0x000055555556779b in config_parsed_get_setting () No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000555555563708 in config_dump_full () No symbol table info available. #2 0x000055555555c814 in main () No symbol table info available. This was also addressed by alpine here: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/17050 Any idea what could be causing this? Thanks for looking into it, Cata

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2025-04-28
by 村上寛 28 Apr '25

28 Apr '25

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Sieve fails to find existing folder?
by Alexander Skwar 25 Apr '25

25 Apr '25

Hello I've got issues using filters. Although a filter matches a message, the message remains in the INBOX. In the log file a(a)skwar.xyz.sieve.log, I find this: sieve: info: started log at 2025-04-14 18:15:31 +0200. error: msgid=<1051036477.1870592.1744647326637(a)mail.yahoo.com>: fileinto action: failed to store into mailbox '🎗 Social Networks/🏔🚴 Draussen': Mailbox doesn't exist: 🎗 Social Networks/🏔🚴 Draussen. Yes, the folders are **really** named "🎗 Social Networks" and "🏔🚴 Draussen" 😜 I like emojis, makes it easier for me to find things again 🙂 The filter rule for this is: require ["regex","imap4flags","fileinto"]; if anyof (address :regex :comparator "i;octet" "from" ".*@(yahoo\\.com|bergportal\\.ch|freezetag\\.com|garmin\\.com|geocaching\\.com|komoot\\.de|munzee\\.com|quaeldich\\.de|spontacts\\.com|squadrats\\.com|strava\\.com|update\\.strava\\.com|velocity\\.ch|wandrer\\.earth)$", address :regex :comparator "i;octet" ["to", "cc"] "hiking-buddies@acc\\.alexs77\\.rodeo|carving\\.fleshed313@alexs77\\.foobar\\.vip|com\\+wandrer\\.earth@skwar\\.me|squadrats\\.com@acc\\.alexs77\\.rodeo", address :regex :comparator "i;octet" "from" "hikingbuddiesteam(a)gmail.com|email.meetup.com") { fileinto "🎗 Social Networks/🏔🚴 Draussen"; stop; } In this case, it matches on "<whatever>@yahoo.com". Why did it not find the folder? I created the folder and rule in SOGo 5.12.0 from mailcow 2025-03b. bd36093fccaa:/var/vmail/sieve# dovecot --version 2.3.21.1 (d492236fa0) Should the Emojis somehow be encoded, so that the filter would work? Cheers, Alexander

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cgroupv2 privileged execution
by Matt Saladna 23 Apr '25

23 Apr '25

In similar vein to "[cgroup support]" from Jan 30, 2011 I'd like to add cgroupv2 support to Dovecot. With v2, moving processes is more restrictive in that groups can only have a single-writer and the process of the common ancestor cgroup between the losing and gaining group must have write privileges. So far as I understand: - Every hook (mail_user_created, mail_storage_created, etc) occurs after chroot + setuid - Wrapping imap or pop3 executables doesn't expose the userdb data in environment, this is done in the actual imap and pop3 processes respectively - Adding a script-login does export the correct userdb details but the pid isn't known. Since everything spawns under dovecot master, the only practical solution is to enumerate every imap or pop3 process owned by the gid to reassign to the new cgroup. This limits implementation to a plugin that solicits the pid to a separate daemon listening on a socket launched by Dovecot in mail_user_created hook. Ideally I would like for cgroup binding to occur before imap/pop3 binaries launch for cgroupv2 pid rejection to occur, although this seems impossible to achieve? - Matt In similar vein to "[cgroup support]" from Jan 30, 2011 I'd like to add cgroupv2 support to Dovecot. With v2, moving processes is more restrictive in that groups can only have a single-writer and the process of the common ancestor cgroup between the losing and gaining group must have write privileges. So far as I understand: - Every hook (mail_user_created, mail_storage_created, etc) occurs after chroot + setuid - Wrapping imap or pop3 executables doesn't expose the userdb data in environment, this is done in the actual imap and pop3 processes respectively - Adding a script-login does export the correct userdb details but the pid isn't known. Since everything spawns under dovecot master, the only practical solution is to enumerate every imap or pop3 process owned by the gid to reassign to the new cgroup. This limits implementation to a plugin that solicits the pid to a separate daemon listening on a socket launched by Dovecot in mail_user_created hook. Ideally I would like for cgroup binding to occur before imap/pop3 binaries launch for cgroupv2 pid rejection to occur, although this seems impossible to achieve? - Matt

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Android mail client capable of utilizing FTS?
by Alexander Skwar 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello I enabled FTS Full Text Search using Tika in dovecot and have all the emails now reindexed. Using either "IMAP by hand" (ie via telnet or openssl s_client), SOGo webmail, or Thunderbird on macOS, I can search for and also find emails based on text which is only in a PDF attachment. Using Thunderbird or the now dead k-9, I'm not finding anything. Can someone maybe suggest an email client for Android which is able to find emails based on text in FTS? Technically, I guess it should do a "search TEXT "foo bar"" query. Here's a complete session done in "IMAP by hand": $ openssl s_client -crlf -connect my-sys:993 … --- read R BLOCK * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. a LOGIN myuser@sysd pass a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY PREVIEW=FUZZY PREVIEW STATUS=SIZE SAVEDATE LITERAL+ NOTIFY METADATA SPECIAL-USE COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in b SELECT INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $label1 Drausssen $Forwarded $activity $label3 $stopped) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $label1 Drausssen $Forwarded $activity $label3 $stopped \*)] Flags permitted. * 10 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 8] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1671377672] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1709] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 2613] Highest b OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). c SEARCH TEXT "Veloplatzreservierung" * SEARCH 3 c OK Search completed (0.042 + 0.000 + 0.041 secs). d FETCH 3 (BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (Message-ID Date)]) * 3 FETCH (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (MESSAGE-ID DATE)] {124} Message-Id: <202504100258.53A2waba008043-53A2wabb008043(a)mailqueue01.leuchter-cloud.ch> Date: 10 Apr 2025 04:58:36 +0200 ) d OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). z LOGOUT * BYE Logging out z OK Logout completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). closed Alexander Hello I enabled FTS Full Text Search using Tika in dovecot and have all the emails now reindexed. Using either "IMAP by hand" (ie via telnet or openssl s_client), SOGo webmail, or Thunderbird on macOS, I can search for and also find emails based on text which is only in a PDF attachment. Using Thunderbird or the now dead k-9, I'm not finding anything. Can someone maybe suggest an email client for Android which is able to find emails based on text in FTS? Technically, I guess it should do a "search TEXT "foo bar"" query. Here's a complete session done in "IMAP by hand": $ openssl s_client -crlf -connect my-sys:993 … =============================================================================== read R BLOCK * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. a LOGIN myuser@sysd pass a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY PREVIEW=FUZZY PREVIEW STATUS=SIZE SAVEDATE LITERAL+ NOTIFY METADATA SPECIAL-USE COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in b SELECT INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $label1 Drausssen $Forwarded $activity $label3 $stopped) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft $label1 Drausssen $Forwarded $activity $label3 $stopped \*)] Flags permitted. * 10 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 8] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1671377672] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1709] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 2613] Highest b OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). c SEARCH TEXT "Veloplatzreservierung" * SEARCH 3 c OK Search completed (0.042 + 0.000 + 0.041 secs). d FETCH 3 (BODY.PEEK[HEADER.FIELDS (Message-ID Date)]) * 3 FETCH (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (MESSAGE-ID DATE)] {124} Message-Id: <202504100258.53A2waba008043-53A2wabb008043(a)mailqueue01.leuchter- cloud.ch> Date: 10 Apr 2025 04:58:36 +0200 ) d OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). z LOGOUT * BYE Logging out z OK Logout completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). closed Alexander

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Dovecot migration to new server with namespace issues
by Gabriel Kaufmann | TYPOworx 22 Apr '25

22 Apr '25

Hello, I'm trying to migrate old ispconfig server with dovecot + postfix to a new modernized server. I'm having some trouble with dovecot doing what I want/need to reuse use my old configuration. I've been using maildir++. The new dovecot makes me some headcache as I cannot simply reuse the old configuration or INBOX folder. Any ideas how to get this fixed? My Maildir's & IMAP looked like this for the old system: Maildir/ <-- obviously not shown in IMAP :) INBOX/ Drafts/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash On my old ispconfig server with older linux/dovecot version I simply had this configuration: > namespace inbox { > inbox = yes > > mailbox ".Drafts" { > auto = no > special_use = \Drafts > } > mailbox Drafts { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Drafts > } > > mailbox ".Junk" { > auto = no > special_use = \Junk > } > mailbox Spam { > auto = no > special_use = \Junk > } > mailbox Junk { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Junk > } > > mailbox ".Trash" { > auto = no > special_use = \Trash > } > mailbox Trash { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Trash > } > > mailbox Archives { > auto = subscribe > special_use = \Archive > } > } My approach to make this work using dovecot 2.3.21 got me in some trouble. Obviously new dovecot wants to store INBOX-Date in Maildir/{cur,tmp,new} instead of Maildir/INBOX? I've tried with this configuration - which at least correctly shows INBOX-Data now in my IMAP, but I also have some troubles: Maildir/ <-- obviously not shown in IMAP :) INBOX/ My Custom Folder/ Drafts/ <------------- repeating from imap-root subscribing it there duplicates it here :-/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash .Trash Drafts/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash .Trash (somehow same than Trash, only want Trash non-dotted) New configuration approach: > mail_location = > maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=/:maildir_copy_with_hardlinks=yes > maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes > > plugin { > mailbox_alias_junk1 = Junk > mailbox_alias_junk2 = Spam > > mailbox_alias_sent_de = Gesendet > } > > namespace { > type = private > separator = / > > location = > maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=/:LISTINDEX= > > inbox = no > list = yes > subscriptions = yes > > > mailbox .Junk { > auto = no > special_use = \Junk > } > > mailbox .Drafts { > auto = no > special_use = \Drafts > } > > mailbox .Trash { > auto = no > special_use = \Trash > } > > mailbox .Sent { > auto = no > special_use = \Sent > } > > mailbox .Archives { > auto = no > special_use = \Archive > } > > mailbox .Templates { > auto = no > } > } > > namespace inbox { > type = private > separator = / > prefix = INBOX/ > > location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=/ > > inbox = yes > list = yes > hidden = yes > subscriptions = yes > > mailbox .Junk { > auto = no > } > > mailbox .Drafts { > auto = no > } > > mailbox .Trash { > auto = no > } > > mailbox .Sent { > auto = no > } > > mailbox .Archives { > auto = no > } > > mailbox .Templates { > auto = no > } > } -- Best regards Gabriel Kaufmann Hello, I'm trying to migrate old ispconfig server with dovecot + postfix to a new modernized server. I'm having some trouble with dovecot doing what I want/need to reuse use my old configuration. I've been using maildir++. The new dovecot makes me some headcache as I cannot simply reuse the old configuration or INBOX folder. Any ideas how to get this fixed? My Maildir's & IMAP looked like this for the old system: Maildir/ <-- obviously not shown in IMAP :) INBOX/ Drafts/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash On my old ispconfig server with older linux/dovecot version I simply had this configuration: namespace inbox { inbox = yes mailbox ".Drafts" { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox ".Junk" { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Spam { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox ".Trash" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox Archives { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } } My approach to make this work using dovecot 2.3.21 got me in some trouble. Obviously new dovecot wants to store INBOX-Date in Maildir/{cur,tmp,new} instead of Maildir/INBOX? I've tried with this configuration - which at least correctly shows INBOX-Data now in my IMAP, but I also have some troubles: Maildir/ <-- obviously not shown in IMAP :) INBOX/ My Custom Folder/ Drafts/ <------------- repeating from imap-root subscribing it there duplicates it here :-/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash .Trash Drafts/ Templates/ Sent/ Archives/ Trash .Trash (somehow same than Trash, only want Trash non-dotted) New configuration approach: mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs: DIRNAME=/:maildir_copy_with_hardlinks=yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes plugin { mailbox_alias_junk1 = Junk mailbox_alias_junk2 = Spam mailbox_alias_sent_de = Gesendet } namespace { type = private separator = / location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=/: LISTINDEX= inbox = no list = yes subscriptions = yes mailbox .Junk { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox .Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox .Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox .Sent { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox .Archives { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox .Templates { auto = no } } namespace inbox { type = private separator = / prefix = INBOX/ location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/:LAYOUT=fs:DIRNAME=/ inbox = yes list = yes hidden = yes subscriptions = yes mailbox .Junk { auto = no } mailbox .Drafts { auto = no } mailbox .Trash { auto = no } mailbox .Sent { auto = no } mailbox .Archives { auto = no } mailbox .Templates { auto = no } } -- Best regards Gabriel Kaufmann

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Bash automation for Dovecot
by Travis Bean 21 Apr '25

21 Apr '25

Hello, I developed a Bash script to automate the installation and configuration of open-source software (i.e., launchpad.net/linuxha) I want to make sure the syntax of this script is perfect so I can use it as a teaching tool to educate people about Linux. I need to know if there is anything misconfigured with my Dovecot syntax. If you find a bug in LinuxHA, please submit a bug report to bugs.launchpad.net/linuxha/+filebug. Kind regards, Travis Bean Hello, I developed a Bash script to automate the installation and configuration of open-source software (i.e., launchpad.net/linuxha) I want to make sure the syntax of this script is perfect so I can use it as a teaching tool to educate people about Linux. I need to know if there is anything misconfigured with my Dovecot syntax. If you find a bug in LinuxHA, please submit a bug report to bugs.launchpad.net/ linuxha/+filebug. Kind regards, Travis Bean

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