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Re: [Dovecot] lock file
by Obantec Support 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Waters" <simonw(a)zynet.net> To: "Obantec Support" <support(a)obantec.net> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] lock file > On Thursday 18 Aug 2005 12:19 pm, Obantec Support wrote: <snip> > > What is your question? > > Yes it is a lock file, by default (if you must use mbox) Dovecot overrides > them in 30s I believe. > > Either work out if it is genuine, and delete it if not. > > You only need to use dotlock locking if you are using NFS (or similar), and > using "mbox". Hopefully this only affects a small number of big mail servers, > and most of them would presumably switch to maildir when deploying dovecot > over NFS anyway. > > Hi not using NFS. my question is what is it, why is it happening and how do i get my users mbox working again. as soon as i delete it it comes back with 1B contents 0 Mark

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[Dovecot] test80: assert/core debug info
by Jeff A. Earickson 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Timo, Attached is gdb information from core dumps related to the following assert in test-80: IMAP(username): file mbox-sync-update.c: line 442 (mbox_sync_update_header_from): assertion failed: (ctx->mail.uid == 0 || ctx->mail.uid_broken || ctx->mail.uid == mail->uid) My setup: Solaris 9, mbox format. test-80 compiled with gcc 4.0.1 using the following configure options: CC=gcc CFLAGS="-g -O" CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/openssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/opt/openssl/lib \ ./configure --prefix=/opt/dovecot.test80 --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-ssldir=/opt/openssl/ssl --with-rawlog --enable-debug Note that system mailboxes are NFS mounted from the mail server to the IMAP server, which may cause you to groan. The attached debug session was done with gdb 6.3, also compiled with gcc 4.0.1. Note that some of the variables I queried were undefined (or otherwise unknown to gdb). The variable "first_nonexpunged" at line 470 of mbox-sync-rewrite.c is undefined, and I wondered why it was scoped so locally. The value of mails[idx] being undefined at mbox-sync-rewrite.c:353 also seems like bad news. Hope this helps. Jeff Earickson Colby College

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[Dovecot] auth-master socket creation problem?
by Marc Perkel 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

I tried activating this code in the example config file and it failed to create the socket. You might want to look inti this. Running alpha1. #auth external { # socket connect { # master { # path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master # } # } #}

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[Dovecot] Lost transaction log file
by Brent Clark 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi list I seem to be getting quite a bit of this type of messages in my syslog. Aug 19 09:14:45 mail dovecot: IMAP(bclark): Lost transaction log file /home/bclark/Maildir/dovecot.index.log seq 4 Aug 19 09:14:45 mail dovecot: IMAP(bclark): Lost transaction log file /home/bclark/Maildir/dovecot.index.log seq 4 Would anyone know how I can go about fixing / understanding this. Any tips / advice would greatfully be appreciated. Kind Regards Brent Clark

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[Dovecot] ( Dovecot + Postfix + MySQL + Postfixadmin )
by Pratchaya Chatuphian 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

( Dovecot + Postfix + MySQL + Postfixadmin + Spamassassin + Clamav + Amavisd-new ) I need help and sample how to. Anyone can help me sir ? Thank you for advance . Pratchaya

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[Dovecot] compiling dovecot-lda from cvs
by Jakob Hirsch 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

current dovecot-lda fails to compile: deliver.c: In function 'main': deliver.c:543: error: 'script_path' undeclared (first use in this function) deliver.c:543: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once deliver.c:543: error: for each function it appears in.) deliver.c:544: warning: implicit declaration of function 'stat' deliver.c:544: error: 'st' undeclared (first use in this function) make[3]: *** [deliver.o] Error 1

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[Dovecot] logging beg - again
by Peter Gervai 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hello, [Old problem; if it was fixed, I cannot see it (checked Changelog, wiki, source, as much as my grepping counts). Any help appreciated.] I have been begging since 2003 to be able to trash qpopper and use dovecot, but statistical logging of dovecot has been pretty much absent. Qpopper does this: Aug 19 11:18:02 mail in.qpopper[8099]: Stats: userid 0 0 12 51773 user.example.com 193.291.612.5 [pop_updt.c:296] Which provides us with user id, user host and ip, which is fine with dovecot. Provides furthermore unread mail count and bytes, and read but undeleted mail count and bytes. This is essential to handle low-IQ user problems basically coming down to "WE CANNOT USE EMAIL FIX IT". This topic was touched several times: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:dovecot.org+logging&hl=en&lr=&start=0&s… including my original question at http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2003-October/002514.html someone even dropped in a patch http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2003-June/001618.html which seem to have disappeared in the flow of time. Probably is a member of the TODO list since then, but I cannot find the exact spot. Some comments from Timo was dropped at http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2003-May/001545.html http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2003-September/002277.html (and reply http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2003-September/002281.html ) http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2003-November/002524.html So, is there any possibility to log the entry and exit statistics of a session, regarding the amount of mail? Thanks, Peter

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[Dovecot] Multiple folders/fetchmail
by Andreas Jung 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi, my emails are processed using procmail and stored the following way: /home/ajung/Maildir/new|cur|tmp /home/ajung/Maildir/Plone|new|cur|tmp /home/ajung/Maildir/Python|new|cur|tmp When I fetch my mail using fetchmail I can only get the mails from "Maildir". However I can not access other folders like "Plone" or "Python" (using fetchmail -r Plone). I tried to tweak mail_default_env but without access. So any ideas how to configure dovecot the way I need it? Thanks in advance, Andreas

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[Dovecot] 1.0alpha1, multiple lock methods?
by Jeff A. Earickson 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

Hi, I just upgraded from test80 to 1.0alpha1. I wanted to try something new on the lock_method, so I set: lock_method = fcntl, dotlock I got syslog complaints like: IMAP(username): Unknown lock_method: fcntl, dotlock Can one specify multiple file locking mechanisms? If so, what is the syntax (and can the syntax be shown in the comments of the .conf file)? Jeff Earickson Colby College

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[Dovecot] 1.0 alpha1 released
by Timo Sirainen 18 Aug '05

18 Aug '05

As promised a few days ago, 1.0.alpha1 release is now available from Dovecot web page. Changes since 1.0-test80 include only one mbox assert crashfix and removed fsync() call when writing to transaction log, making it a bit faster. I changed the version number also since 1.0-tests to 1.0.alpha. I know '-' is problematic to binary package builders, maybe the new versioning is better?

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