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17 Oct '06

Hi, I'm having great difficulty pointing Dovecot to my MBox files. They are all in /var/spool/mail/username as textfiles.. not directories. So my guess was: default_mail_env = /var/spool/mail/%u Since %u is user. If the user is "server" I would expect it to go to /var/spool/mail/server exactly what I want. But it doesn't /var/spool/mail///home/server. If I create the directory home in /var/spool/mail and make a symlink of the username pointing to /var/spool/mail it does work. But that's a very dirty workaround I rather not use, also because we have a lot of users.. a lot of symlinks. If I set default_mail_env = /var/spool/mail, it also searches for /var/spool/mail///home/server. I feel like I've tried everything. What am I doing wrong? I'm using version 1.0.beta8, included in Fedora Core 5. Thanks, Rick

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[Dovecot] Dovecot still failing with RC10...
by Timothy Meader 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hello, I mentioned back with version RC8 that dovecot was having an issue with the first login working, but all subsequent attempts failing with the error message: "Error: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded" in the dovecot log file. This is with an unchanged working conf file from RC7 (which, aside from comments, nothing has changed config-wise in the conf from version RC7). Now, the max mail processes were already set at 1024 (and I'm the only person using this server while testing), but just for the heck of it, I tried bumping the number up to 4096 and giving it another shot. No such luck. You can login once, but any subsequent attempts come back with the error I mentioned. This is making all versions above RC7 unusable for me unfortunately. I was hoping to get buy-off on switching from QPopper/UWImap to an all Dovecot solution with the pending 1.0 final, but I doubt they'll go for allow and RC being run on the production side. Two notes that might help(?): -I'm running this on Solaris 9, not a Linux box -Dovecot is not running in daemon mode, it's running through xinetd Here are the xinetd.conf sections that are relevant: defaults { #The maximum number of requests a particular service may handle # at once. instances = UNLIMITED # The type of logging. This logs to a file that is specified. # Another option is: SYSLOG syslog_facility [syslog_level] log_type = FILE /var/log/servicelog # What to log when the connection succeeds. # PID logs the pid of the server processing the request. # HOST logs the remote host's ip address. # USERID logs the remote user (using RFC 1413) # EXIT logs the exit status of the server. # DURATION logs the duration of the session. log_on_success = HOST PID DURATION EXIT # What to log when the connection fails. Same options as above log_on_failure = HOST # The maximum number of connections a specific IP address can # have to a specific service. per_source = 50 } service pop3 { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login port = 110 flags = REUSE IPv4 rlimit_cpu = 150 instances = 80 cps = 110 10 no_access = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx log_type = FILE /var/log/POPlog disable = no } service imap { socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login port = 143 flags = REUSE IPv4 rlimit_cpu = 120 only_from = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx log_type = FILE /var/log/IMAPlog disable = no } Thanks in advance for any help with this. --- Tim Meader CNE ISG Security NetCommerce Corporation Tim.Meader(a)gsfc.nasa.gov (301) 286-8013

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[Dovecot] Stuck on RC7
by Brent Spencer 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

I am not able to upgrade to anything above RC7. I am receiving the following errors when trying to connect to the IMAP server if I upgrade. Oct 15 18:40:36 servername imap-login: chdir((null)) failed: No such file or directory Oct 15 18:40:36 servername dovecot: Maximum number of mail processes exceeded My mail directory variable in dovecot.conf is "default_mail_env = mbox:%h/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u". Is "%h" still supported? Thank you, Brent Spencer XsiteDesigns _________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for viruses by ClamAV

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[Dovecot] indexes?
by David Lee 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Picture: A set of very similar UN*X IMAP servers all NFS-mounting their INBOX area (traditional Unix format) from a common "/var/spool/mail" area; activity for any given user ought to be within one box although this cannot be 100% guaranteed. There is the risk of multiple simultaneous access (e.g. simultaneous LDA/delivers; simultaneous LDA/deliver and user-driven IMAP update; etc.). So locking is an important consideration. Decent "noac,actimeo=0" seems to address this succcessfully. But indexes... What is the best place for the index files? Logically alongside the INBOX area on the shared-NFS area? Or within each UN*X machine? (Or something else?) And why? Is there documentation of what functionality the index files provide, and how, if at all, this interacts with the locking of INBOXes (and folders). Thanks. -- : David Lee I.T. Service : : Senior Systems Programmer Computer Centre : : Durham University : : http://www.dur.ac.uk/t.d.lee/ South Road : : Durham DH1 3LE : : Phone: +44 191 334 2752 U.K. :

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Re: [Dovecot] Received dates problem in Outlook after migration
by James Wyper 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

>From: Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Fwd: Received dates problem in Outlook after > migration > >On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 07:49 +0100, James Wyper wrote: >> Having looked at this again, I think I have a hypothesis: >> >> 1. Outlook is ignoring the date/timestamps on the files in my Maildirs > >Outlook should use IMAP's INTERNALDATE, which are taken from >maildir >files' mtime timestamps. If these timestamps are correct but they're not >showing correctly in Outlook, I'd guess Outlook is caching them >internally. One way to fix this would be to change UIDVALIDITY to force >a coplete resync. You can do this by modifying the second number in >dovecot-uidlist file. tried this without any luck (& it made Outlook crash the first time it ran after the change). However, deleting the 192.168.xx.xxxxxx.pst file in c:\windows\application manager\microsoft\outlook did work, so my problem is now resolved. Thanks, James. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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[Dovecot] Dovecot rc9 error
by Daniel 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hi Am getting this error with Dovecot rc9 on a imap account. Oct 15 10:55:28 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:28 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:28 bajor dovecot: child 27632 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:28 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:29 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:29 bajor dovecot: child 27636 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:29 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:29 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:29 bajor dovecot: child 27638 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:30 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:30 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:30 bajor dovecot: child 27641 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:30 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: child 27645 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: child 27649 (imap) killed with signal 6 Oct 15 10:55:31 bajor dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rachele>, method=plain, rip=192.168.1.1, lip=192.168.1.254 Oct 15 10:55:32 bajor dovecot: IMAP(rachele): file mail-cache-transaction.c: line 709 (mail_cache_add): assertion failed: (fixed_size == (unsigned int)-1 || fixed_size == data_size) Oct 15 10:55:32 bajor dovecot: child 27653 (imap) killed with signal 6 -- Regards Daniel ----------------------------- Registered Linux user #234279

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[Dovecot] quota dict (mysql)
by Peter Veerman 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hi, I have dovecot configured to make use of the dict (mysql) plugin in order to keep track of the used quota. First, as you can see in the mysql table output below it seems that values aren't stored correctly. Secondly I get all kinds of database related errors in my mail logs. The (relevant) sections of the configuration files are also included below. My question is, what am I doing wrong? Peter mysql> select * from quota; +------------------+-------+---------+ | username | path | current | +------------------+-------+---------+ | userc@domain1 | 0 | 0 | | usera@domain1 | 0 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | 0 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | 5417 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | 937 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | 3724 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | -9141 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | 4887 | 0 | | userb@domain1 | -4887 | 0 | | usera@domain2 | 0 | 0 | | usera@domain1 | 3134 | 0 | | usera@domain1 | 2177 | 0 | | usera@domain1 | 5137 | 0 | | usera@domain1 | 4953 | 0 | +------------------+-------+---------+ 14 rows in set (0.03 sec) dovecot.conf: dict { quotadict = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } plugin { quota = dict:storage=10240 proxy::quotadict } dovecot-dict-quota.conf: connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=******* table = quota select_field = current where_field = path username_field = username dovecot.log gives: Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.net>, method=plain, rip=88.211.149.123, lip=10.0.0.4, TLS Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): Effective uid=125, gid=125 Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_quota_plugin.so Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib02_imap_quota_plugin.so Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): Namespace: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, subscriptions=no Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): maildir: data=/data/postfix/virtual/domain.net/user Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): maildir: root=/data/postfix/virtual/domain.net/user, index=/data/postfix/virtual/domain.net/user, control=, inbox= Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict quota: uri = proxy::quotadict Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict quota: byte limit = 524288000 Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict quota: count limit = 0 Oct 02 23:25:49 Info: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Oct 02 23:25:55 Info: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Oct 02 23:25:56 Info: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Oct 02 23:26:37 Info: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Oct 02 23:27:07 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=10.0.0.25, lip=10.0.0.22, TLS Oct 02 23:27:11 Info: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) mail.debug gives: Oct 2 23:26:39 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:39 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:39 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:39 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:40 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:41 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:42 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:42 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:42 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:48 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:48 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota Oct 2 23:26:48 bubbles dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.net): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota

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[Dovecot] Conf parsing error
by Adnae Mac Uthidir 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Dear Timo, I have found a conf-parse bug in rc10. If the last line in the configuration-file a }, the parser ignore this. Example: ----------------------------- brugh ~ # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf [...] plugin { trash = /etc/dovecot/trash.conf } brugh ~ # dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Error: Missing '}' ----------------------------- Add a empty line at the end of file and you can start without errors ;) -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Adnae Mac Uthidir mailto:adnaeuthidir@gmail.com

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[Dovecot] Segfault in in rc7 when index does not exists
by Marco Nenciarini 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

This is the trace (gdb) run Starting program: /root/tmp/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/imap/imap x select inbox Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. mail_index_write_base_header (index=0x80e2a28, hdr=0xaff66028) at mail-index.c:1313 1313 memcpy(index->map->mmap_base, hdr, hdr_size); (gdb) bt #0 mail_index_write_base_header (index=0x80e2a28, hdr=0xaff66028) at mail-index.c:1313 #1 0x080902eb in mail_index_mark_corrupted (index=0x80e2a28) at mail-index.c:1839 #2 0x0809ca30 in mail_transaction_log_file_create (log=0x80e3928, path=0x80d2130 "/dovecot.index.log", dev=0, ino=0, file_size=0) at mail-transaction-log.c:575 #3 0x0809e138 in mail_transaction_log_file_open_or_create (log=0x80e3928, path=0x80d2130 "/dovecot.index.log") at mail-transaction-log.c:803 #4 0x0809e65c in mail_transaction_log_open_or_create (index=0x80e2a28) at mail-transaction-log.c:240 #5 0x08092f21 in mail_index_open (index=0x80e2a28, flags=MAIL_INDEX_OPEN_FLAG_CREATE, lock_method=MAIL_INDEX_LOCK_FCNTL) at mail-index.c:1489 #6 0x0808aa52 in index_storage_mailbox_init (ibox=0x80e3548, index=0x80e2a28, name=0x80c32e4 "INBOX", flags=0, move_to_memory=false) at index-storage.c:362 #7 0x08064d68 in maildir_open (storage=0x80dd420, name=0x80c32e4 "INBOX", flags=<value optimized out>) at maildir-storage.c:487 #8 0x08065628 in maildir_mailbox_open (_storage=0x80dd420, name=0x80c32e4 "INBOX", input=0x0, flags=0) at maildir-storage.c:560 #9 0x08059917 in _cmd_select_full (cmd=0x80dd62c, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:32 #10 0x08059af7 in cmd_select (cmd=0x80dd62c) at cmd-select.c:92 #11 0x0805b3d4 in _client_input (context=0x80dd5e8) at client.c:377 #12 0x080b7f96 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x80db9c0) at ioloop-poll.c:199 #13 0x080b7348 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x80db9c0) at ioloop.c:281 #14 0x0806316e in main (argc=Cannot access memory at address 0x0 ) at main.c:280 (gdb) p index->map $1 = (struct mail_index_map *) 0x0 (gdb) the envisonment is: DBOX_ROTATE_DAYS="1" DBOX_ROTATE_MIN_SIZE="16" DBOX_ROTATE_SIZE="2048" DOVECOT_VERSION="1.0.rc7" HOME="/srv/vmbox/spool/test/" IMAP_CLIENT_WORKAROUNDS="outlook-idle" IMAP_MAX_LINE_LENGTH="65536" IP="::ffff:127.0.0.1" LOCK_METHOD="fcntl" LOGGED_IN="1" LOG_TO_MASTER="1" MAIL="maildir:/" MAILBOX_IDLE_CHECK_INTERVAL="30" MAIL_CACHE_FIELDS="flags" MAIL_CACHE_MIN_MAIL_COUNT="0" MAIL_MAX_KEYWORD_LENGTH="50" MAIL_NEVER_CACHE_FIELDS="imap.envelope" MBOX_DIRTY_SYNCS="1" MBOX_DOTLOCK_CHANGE_TIMEOUT="120" MBOX_LAZY_WRITES="1" MBOX_LOCK_TIMEOUT="300" MBOX_MIN_INDEX_SIZE="0" MBOX_READ_LOCKS="fcntl" MBOX_WRITE_LOCKS="dotlock fcntl" POP3_CLIENT_WORKAROUNDS="" POP3_LOGOUT_FORMAT="top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s" POP3_UIDL_FORMAT="" RESTRICT_CHROOT="/srv/vmbox/spool/test" RESTRICT_GID_FIRST="1" RESTRICT_SETEXTRAGROUPS="mail" RESTRICT_SETGID="200" RESTRICT_SETUID="200" STDERR_CLOSE_SHUTDOWN="1" SYSLOG_FACILITY="16" USER="test(a)prato.linux.it" The directory /srv/vmbox/spool/test contains: # find /srv/vmbox/spool/test /srv/vmbox/spool/test /srv/vmbox/spool/test/cur /srv/vmbox/spool/test/new /srv/vmbox/spool/test/tmp I hope this is enougth Please keep me on CC because i'm not subscribed. Ciao P.S: the rc8 do exactly the same. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Marco Nenciarini | Debian/GNU Linux Developer - Plug Member | | mnencia(a)prato.linux.it | http://www.prato.linux.it/~mnencia | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Key fingerprint = FED9 69C7 9E67 21F5 7D95 5270 6864 730D F095 E5E4

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[Dovecot] File isn't in mbox format: /home/foo/mail/Trash
by James Lupolt 16 Oct '06

16 Oct '06

Hello, I'm seeing the following error on a server: File isn't in mbox format: /home/foo/mail/Trash The Trash file is full of the following at the beginning: ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ I've repaired the file several times, but this keeps happening. Would any of you mind offering me some insight into what could be causing this and how to fix it? Below is some information about the system: [root@server1 mail]# uname -a Linux server1.example.com 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL #1 Thu Aug 17 17:36:53 EDT 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root@server1 mail]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 4) [root@server1 mail]# rpm -qa|grep -i dovecot dovecot-0.99.11-4.EL4 [root@sever1 mail]# rpm -qa|grep -i sendmail sendmail-cf-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5 sendmail-8.13.1-3.RHEL4.5 Here's everything that isn't a comment or blank line in dovecot.conf: [root@server1 mail]# grep -v ^# /etc/dovecot.conf|grep -v ^$ protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s imap_listen = [::] pop3_listen = [::] login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login login = imap login = pop3 mbox_locks = flock auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd auth_passdb = pam auth_user = root Any advice would be appreciated. Best Regards, James Lupolt

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