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[Dovecot] link() problem with dovecot-imapd
by James Ray 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

I'm having a few problems with dovecot-imapd (installed from debian unstable) and am after some much needed help, all is set up and configured, except for this final problem of when I try and move or copy a message from one Maildir to another. I have the option "maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no" in the the dovecot.conf file but it still seems to be trying to link() the file instead of doing a proper copy. There is a log fragment below for when I try to do a move, the FS that my Maildir is on doesn't support link() hence the problem. It seems to be doing a proper copy to get it into the tmp/ part of the Maildir and then a link() to put it in new/. Any ideas on how to cure this? Log output;l -- Sep 2 18:44:29 indulgence imap(jamesr): link(/home/jamesr/Mail/Maildir/.INBOX.Trash/tmp/1094147066.P2339Q0M915274.indulgence, /home/jamesr/Mail/Maildir/.INBOX.Trash/new/1094147066.P2339Q0M915274.indulgence:2,Sa) failed: Operation not permitted James 'BR' Ray - EMail : jamesr(a)pethippo.co.uk (Primary) - EMail : j.ray(a)herts.ac.uk (University) - Web : http://www.pethippo.co.uk/ - PGP : http://www.pethippo.co.uk/in.php/pgp

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RE: [Dovecot] file ostream-file.c: assertion failed with v1.0-test38
by dovecot 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

Hi, > IMAP(username): file ostream-file.c: line 105 > (update_buffer): assertion failed: (size <= used) Sep 4 Same error occurs here, using test38 on Fedora Core 1. For me, the error occurs only using Outlook (2003 in my case). Horde's WebMail client IMP and OpenNMS' IMAP poller work fine though. Reverting back to test32 helped, after I found out about a recent change in ostream-file.c in CVS aroung August 15. BTW, test32 fixes the mbox 'empty lines at beginning of file' corruption problem someone reported here lately too. Regards, Martin

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[Dovecot] "not listening" errors fdpass.c
by christian sherwood 04 Sep '04

04 Sep '04

I'm getting a flood of errors that look like: Sep 3 13:27:02 localhost dovecot: login: received another "not listening" notification (if you can't login at all, see src/lib/fdpass.c) every few minutes. Versions: Dovecot: 0.99.10.9 Exim: 4.34 Debian Linux 2.6.8-1-686-smp Squirrelmail: 1.4.3a Although the majority of users (99%) have no problems logging in and reading their mail, occasionally one user gets timeouts when trying to access their mailbox, seems to correlate with the errors. I can't locate fdpass.c, so what does this error indicate?

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[Dovecot] isync with dovecot
by tino.keitel＠gmx.de 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

Hi folks, I use isync, an IMAP sync tool (Debian package isync 0.9.2-2) together with dovecot (dovecot-imapd 0.99.10.8-0.backports.org.1). Everytime when isync wants to upload a new mail from the client to the server I got messages like this: Mailbox outbox Selecting IMAP mailbox... >>> 16 SELECT "outbox" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 1580 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1092995697] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1581] Predicted next UID 16 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. 1580 messages, 0 recent Reading IMAP mailbox index >>> 17 UID FETCH 1:* (FLAGS) * 1 FETCH (UID 1 FLAGS (\Seen)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Seen)) [...] * 1579 FETCH (UID 1579 FLAGS (\Seen)) * 1580 FETCH (UID 1580 FLAGS (\Seen)) 17 OK Fetch completed. Synchronizing Uploading messages.>>> 18 APPEND outbox (\Seen) {360} + OK 18 OK Append completed. >>> 19 UID SEARCH HEADER X-TUID 4136367cd15e45705 * SEARCH IMAP error: incomplete SEARCH response 19 OK Search completed. warning: no UID for new messge 1094071902.22258_2.thinkpad:2,S 1 messages. Fetching new messages... 0 messages My concern is the line "IMAP error: incomplete SEARCH response". I already saw this mesage with old versions of courier-imap, which won't return an APPENDUID tag so the client doesn't know which UID will be used for the uploaded message (this was the explanation I got). Is there any way to get dovecot to return the UID when a message is uploaded? Regards, Tino

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Re: [Dovecot] 0.99.11-rc2
by Timo Sirainen 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

On 3.9.2004, at 02:45, Zoong Pham wrote: > I started dovecot the same way > as dovecot-0.99.10.9 and with the same config file. > The return code is 0 but there are no dovecot processes at all. > And the POP3 client can't connect. netstat reports port 110 (for POP3) > is not listening. Dovecot probably crashed while trying to create the pid file and didn't start at all. I was wondering today that no-one noticed this, but I also noticed it only after trying to run it in Solaris, with Linux it worked fine. (I hate t_strconcat() API but I just can't get myself to stop using it.)

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RE: Re[2]: [Dovecot] 0.99.11-rc2
by Zoong Pham 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: Nikolaus Gerstmayr [mailto:Nikolaus_Gerstmayr@gmx.at] > Sent: Friday, 3 September 2004 9:49 AM > To: Zoong Pham > Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: Re[2]: [Dovecot] 0.99.11-rc2 > > > Currently, I restored the backup of dovecot-0.99.10.9 > binary and everying > > works again. > > > Having EXACLTY the same problem. > > no error message whatsoever. > no dovecot process. > > "reverted" to 0.99.10.9 My "backup" of dovecot-0.99.10.9 is giving me this error: Sep 3 12:13:31 onion pop3(user1): Timeout while waiting for release of shared fcntl() lock for index file /var/www/htdocs/user1/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index Sep 3 12:18:31 onion pop3(user1): Timeout while waiting for release of fcntl() lock for mbox file /var/mail/user1 Sep 3 12:18:31 onion pop3: I/O leak: 0x1c00866c (0) Sep 3 12:18:31 onion pop3: I/O leak: 0x1c03441c (1) How can I remove the lock? Can I simply remove the file /var/www/htdocs/user1/Mail/.imap/INBOX/.imap.index and start dovecot again ? Thanks, Zoong ___________________________________________________________________________________ THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this email in error please forward it to information(a)mercy.com.au. It may contain personal information and it is intended for the addressee only. If you receive this email in error you must not use, copy forward, print or otherwise disseminate any information it contains. Mercy Health & Aged Care is a Catholic community benefit organisation. Each year one in twenty Victorian families are touched by the services we provide. Visit www.mercy.com.au for more information. Our services include: * Mercy Hospital for Women - East Melbourne (moving to Heidelberg in 2005) * Werribee Mercy Hospital - Werribee * Mount Alvernia Mercy Hospital - Bendigo * Mercy Hospice - Western suburbs * O'Connell Family Centre - Canterbury * Corporate Office - Richmond * Rice Village - Geelong * Tullamore Mercy - Montrose * Eventide Mercy - Colac * Bethlehem Home for the Aged - Bendigo *

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RE: [Dovecot] 0.99.11-rc2
by Zoong Pham 03 Sep '04

03 Sep '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org > [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org]On > Behalf Of Timo Sirainen > Sent: Thursday, 2 September 2004 9:01 PM > To: Dovecot mailing list > Subject: [Dovecot] 0.99.11-rc2 > > > http://dovecot.org/rc/ > > Changes since rc1: > > + Create PID file in /var/run/dovecot/master.pid > - THREAD and SORT commands crashed with some mails I configured, compiled and installed the RC2 the same way as dovecot-0.99.10.9. There were no error at all. Here is how I configured: ./configure --without-pam --without-shadow --without-vpopmail --localstatedir=/var --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --with-ssl=openssl I also ran these: - mkdir /var/run/dovecot - chown _dovecot:_dovecot /var/run/dovecot I started dovecot the same way as dovecot-0.99.10.9 and with the same config file. The return code is 0 but there are no dovecot processes at all. And the POP3 client can't connect. netstat reports port 110 (for POP3) is not listening. What's wrong here? How can I turn on debugging with dovecot? Currently, I restored the backup of dovecot-0.99.10.9 binary and everying works again. Thanks, Zoong ___________________________________________________________________________________ THIS EMAIL IS CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this email in error please forward it to information(a)mercy.com.au. It may contain personal information and it is intended for the addressee only. If you receive this email in error you must not use, copy forward, print or otherwise disseminate any information it contains. Mercy Health & Aged Care is a Catholic community benefit organisation. Each year one in twenty Victorian families are touched by the services we provide. Visit www.mercy.com.au for more information. Our services include: * Mercy Hospital for Women - East Melbourne (moving to Heidelberg in 2005) * Werribee Mercy Hospital - Werribee * Mount Alvernia Mercy Hospital - Bendigo * Mercy Hospice - Western suburbs * O'Connell Family Centre - Canterbury * Corporate Office - Richmond * Rice Village - Geelong * Tullamore Mercy - Montrose * Eventide Mercy - Colac * Bethlehem Home for the Aged - Bendigo *

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[Dovecot] mail location questions
by Chris 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi all, I'm reading the docs and confs and it's not quite sinking in, mostly cuz I've been reading IMAP docs for a week now trying to find one that I want. :) I have a mail server that will have about 800 webmail users without actual home directories. Can I set up the IMAP dir in another location, like /var/imap, where everyone can read/store their mail? Or just use the /var/spool/mail/<user> mbox file and make a sub dir for the indexing files? Sorry if this is basic, all I saw was ~/Maildir locs. :P Thanks! -- C

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[Dovecot] What version am I running
by Mark Lidstone 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

Hi all, This is probably a silly question, but is there an easy way to get the dovecot executable to report it's version number? Many thanks, Mark Lidstone IT and Network Support Administrator BMT SeaTech Ltd Grove House, Meridians Cross, 7 Ocean Way Ocean Village, Southampton. SO14 3TJ. UK Tel: +44 (0)23 8063 5122 Fax: +44 (0)23 8063 5144 E-Mail: mailto:mark.lidstone@bmtseatech.co.uk Website: www.bmtseatech.co.uk ======================================================================== == Confidentiality Notice and Disclaimer: The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended only for the use of the e-mail addressee(s) shown. If you are not that person, or one of those persons, you are not allowed to take any action based upon it or to copy it, forward, distribute or disclose the contents of it and you should please delete it from your system. BMT SeaTech Limited does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the context of this e-mail or its attachments which arise as a result of Internet transmission, nor accept liability for statements which are those of the author and not clearly made on behalf of BMT SeaTech Limited. ======================================================================== ==

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test38
by Timo Sirainen 02 Sep '04

02 Sep '04

http://dovecot.org/test/ - Recent flag fixes - saving/copying mails into maildir which didn't have index files was broken - output stream fix - pop3 crashfix - mbox_dirty_syncs fixes, also disabling it didn't work before - etc. There are still some crashes and I don't remember if I fixed a problem with mboxes where expunging mails while new mails were coming caused some breakages.. but I can't reproduce it anymore. Anyway I think that could be fixed with disabling dirty syncs.

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