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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot vs cyrus, uw, etc.
by Scott Klein 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Thanks, all. I'm definitely leaning toward Dovecot. Cyrus is just too big a pain for very little payoff.

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[Dovecot] current CVS seems to have index problems.
by Andreas Jaekel 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

Hi Timo. I've checked out the current CVS version and tested it. There seems to be a problem when dovecot accesses mailboxes for the first time: I have a mailbox with 4 mails, and no special IMAP headers. (no X-IMAPBase, X-UID etc.) and it's in mbox format. I log in, SELECT the folder and do FETCH 2 BODY[] and receive only a snipplet of the mail from somewhere in the middle of it. After some debugging it seems like dovecot: 1. creates an index, for mbox_index_rewrite(), 2. rewrites the mbox, but then 3. forgets to update the index after the rewrite. and ends up in a state with a pre-rewrite index but a post-rewrite folder. Now, there are many ways to make dovecot rebuild the index after rewriting the folder, but some are ugly and some are not, some need extra code to avoid endless loops. I don't know how you would want this fixed. I attached a patch that worked for me. After that patch, I have more (new?) problems, which may or may not be related. Now, when I SELECT a folder and do a COPY within the folder (*smile*) I get this: A COPY 1 INBOX * BYE Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. Connection closed by foreign host. ... which is what I'm gonna start looking for right now. :) Regards, Andy

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[Dovecot] -test8 & Mail.app
by Dan Sully 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

A user just tried to use OSX 10.3's Mail.app via imap. It caused the process to start eating CPU, and this in the logs. Any idea what could be happening here? What information should I get on his setup? imap-login: Nov 03 14:28:37 Info: Login: fenner [12.106.35.5] imap(fenner): Nov 03 14:30:37 Error: Timeout while waiting for release of exclusive fcntl() lock for index file /home/f/fenner/M>aildir/.INBOX/.imap.index imap(fenner): Nov 03 14:32:37 Error: Timeout while waiting for release of exclusive fcntl() lock for index file /home/f/fenner/M>aildir/.INBOX/.imap.index imap(fenner): Nov 03 14:32:37 Panic: file index-messageset.c: line 346 (index_messageset_next): assertion failed: (!(ctx->expung>es->uid1 <= mail->rec->uid && ctx->expunges->uid2 >= mail->rec->uid)) dovecot: Nov 03 14:32:37 Error: child 26371 (imap) killed with signal 6 Thanks. -D -- Ooo-Eee-Ooo-Ah-Ah-Ting-Tang-Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang

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[Dovecot] dies on start-up: Auth process
by Tom Allison 04 Nov '03

04 Nov '03

I was digging through some of the archives and ran into someone who was having the same problem, but for completely different reasons....i think. dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:51 Info: Dovecot starting up dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:52 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:52 Error: child 27673 (login) killed with signal 11 dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:52 Error: child 27672 (login) killed with signal 11 dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:52 Error: child 27671 (login) killed with signal 11 dovecot: Nov 02 07:58:52 Error: child 27670 (auth) killed with signal 11 So I took the advice posted and ran 'strace dovecot' and this is what I got. Unfortunately I'm not exactly good enough with this to even know what I'm looking at. But I suspect the notation about "/dev/null" might have something to do with it. my user, dovecot as a shell of /bin/bash and a $HOME of /usr/local/lib/dovecot By all rights, he's almost a regular user, except that his UID is <100 (I built user:dovecot as a system uid under SuSE 8.2) open("/var/run/dovecot/", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 close(3) = 0 lstat64("/var/run/dovecot/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open(".", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 open("/var/run/dovecot//login", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE|O_NOFOLLOW) = 4 fchdir(4) = 0 open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory) open(".", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 6 fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8061000 brk(0x8062000) = 0x8062000 getdents64(6, /* 2 entries */, 4096) = 48 getdents64(6, /* 0 entries */, 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 close(6) = 0 fchdir(3) = 0 close(3) = 0 geteuid32() = 0 lstat64("/var/run/dovecot//login", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 open("/var/run/dovecot//login", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 close(3) = 0 lstat64("/var/run/dovecot//login", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0750, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 access("/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth", X_OK) = 0 open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup(3) = 4 fcntl64(4, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 6 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0 setsockopt(6, SOL_SOCKET, SO_KEEPALIVE, [1], 4) = 0 bind(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(143), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, 16) = 0 getsockname(6, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(143), sin_addr=inet_addr("0.0.0.0")}, [16]) = 0 listen(6, 8) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_SETFL, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup(4) = 7 fcntl64(7, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(7, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup(4) = 8 fcntl64(8, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(8, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup(4) = 9 fcntl64(9, F_GETFD) = 0 fcntl64(9, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 dup2(4, 0) = 0 dup2(4, 1) = 1 dup2(4, 2) = 2 fork() = 27706 exit_group(0) = ?

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Re: [Dovecot] Re: Bug with partial IMAP fetches
by Matthew Reimer 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

Timo Sirainen wrote: > On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 04:43:55PM -0600, Matthew Reimer wrote: > >>A little more information: >> >>This bug results in Mozilla and pine never rendering the message, since >>dovecot lies about how much data was really sent, as seen in the >>following log in which only 394 bytes (rather than the 10240 dovecot is >>claiming to send) are returned: > > > Does this patch fix it? http://dovecot.fi/fetch-body.patch No; I'm already using all available 0.99.10 patches. Sorry for not mentioning that before. Matt

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[Dovecot] Re: Bug with partial IMAP fetches
by Matthew Reimer 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

A little more information: This bug results in Mozilla and pine never rendering the message, since dovecot lies about how much data was really sent, as seen in the following log in which only 394 bytes (rather than the 10240 dovecot is claiming to send) are returned: ---- 8 UID fetch 94 (UID RFC822.SIZE BODY[]<10240.10240>) * 24 FETCH (UID 94 RFC822.SIZE 20873 BODY[]<10240> {10240} G SRC="/world/image/nav/contents_bottom.gif" WIDTH="49" HEIGHT="15" BORDER="0" VSPACE="10"></A></TD></TR></TABLE>  <script type="text/javascript"> if(parent.frames.length>0&&!isContents) top.location.replace(document.location) </script> </BODY> </HTML>  --------------010405000308030207040500-- ) 8 OK Fetch completed. ---- Matt

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[Dovecot] Debian bug #201444: More verbose logging
by Jaldhar H. Vyas 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I brought this up a while ago but the submitter is wondering if there has been any progress on this issue. He says: It would be extremely nice to have a little bit more detailed logging, and I believe it doesn't really require that much code. I use now a daemon which logs login (name, ip; as dovecot does), and logout (with name, logout reason if any special) with the numbers of "read new mail number and size" and "mail left on server number and size". Would be nice to have something like that in dovecot. Could something like this be added for the next version? -- Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar(a)debian.org> La Salle Debain - http://www.braincells.com/debian/

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[Dovecot] Problems finding information on passwd-file
by David A. Desrosiers 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

I've recently converted over to dovecot to uw-imap, and am having a heck of a time trying to find actual docs that describe how to set up virtual users properly without using ldap or posgres.. Basically I need to know what goes in auth_userdb and auth_passdb for a system with *NO* local user accounts in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. I will only create mbox files for these users in /var/mail/%u and alternately a home directory where they can store their own mail folders under /home/%u. How can I do this, given the current dovecot codebase? I've googled for a few hours, talked to many people on irc, and checked the mailing lists (of what I could find) related to this, and found nothing whatsoever describing how to achive this. Dovecot apparently supports "virtual users", but I can't find any supporting documentation that describes exactly HOW to set that up. Thanks in advance. d.

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Re: [Dovecot] evolution - folders not displayed correctly
by Terry 03 Nov '03

03 Nov '03

--- Jonas Smedegaard <dr(a)jones.dk> wrote: > s�n, 2003-11-02 kl. 22:54 skrev Terry: > ... > > I tried my account in evolution and all the > folders > > appear in one level and not in several as they > were in > > thunderbird. > ... > > What could be the problem? Thanks! > > The documentation of offlineimap seems to reveil the > cause of the > problem: Evolution uses "/" as delimiter, not "." as > dovecot. > > It seems to not be configurable in Evolution, so > access the files > through dovecot instead of directly. > > - Jonas I am accessing my files via dovecot. That is why I am mailing the dovecot list. Maybe I misunderstood your response. I will check around to see that deliter...probably in the xml configs somewhere.... ===== Terry __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

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[Dovecot] Bug with partial IMAP fetches
by Matthew Reimer 01 Nov '03

01 Nov '03

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We should not conceal aspects of our faith so as to avoid criticism or disapproval, and we should not ask others to do that. We believe it is just and loving to point out publicly the errors of other faiths, provided this is done with sufficient evidence that the sacred writings or representative spokesmen of those faiths do indeed express these errors. We must strive not to misrepresent other faiths, as that is not only disrespectful but also undermining of our own credibility.<P> 2. We should acknowledge our sin and desperate need of salvation by a crucified and risen Savior, and not posture ourselves as worthy of salvation as if we had superior intellect or wisdom or goodness. We are beggars who have, by grace, found the life-giving bread of truth, forgiveness, and joy. As we expose the errors of other religions, we should feel and express sorrow and compassion for those who do not embrace Christ so as to be saved.<P> 3. We should not expect a fair fight in a secular world that is hostile to God and uncomfortable around the truth of Christ. Therefore, our response to abuse, distortion, or slander should not be angry resentment, but patient witness to the truth, in the hope and with the prayer that returning good for evil may open hearts to the truth. We must recognize that persecution is normal and that much of the protection Christians have in America is abnormal in history and in the world. Our witness will be best advanced by kind, steadfast statements and reasonable defenses of the truth.<P> 4. We should renounce all violence as a means of spreading our faith. Christians spread biblical faith by suffering, not by causing suffering. Authentic Christianity cannot be coerced by force or manipulation. We should acknowledge and proclaim that Christ will, at his personal appearing, punish those who have rejected him; his violence at the end of the age is a decisive reason we should not and may not exert violence against anyone because of his beliefs. This is Christ's right, not ours.<P> 5. We believe that God has given to civil government, not individuals or the church, the duty to bear the sword for justice and safety. Civil authorities should not punish beliefs, but some behaviors rooted in beliefssuch as killing, assault, or theftmay be outside the law and therefore punishable by the civil authority. Which behaviors are legally prohibited in a society based on freedom of belief and religion will be determined in a process of persuasion, debate, and election of representative lawmakers, with checks and balances provided by the executive and judicial branches and by constitutional safeguards for the rights of minorities.<P> 6. We should distinguish between a just war of defense against aggression and a religious war against people because of their beliefs. We should acknowledge that this distinction will probably not be recognized by certain religions that define their beliefs to include the right of cultural domination by force. But we should insist on this distinction rather than accept the claim of aggressors that our resistance is a religious attack on their faith. We should argue that the ground of such national defense is the civil right to freedom (of religion and speech and press and assembly), not disapproval of the religion underlying the attack.<P> 7. We should distinguish between the right to express criticism of erroneous beliefs and sinful behaviors, on the one hand, and the false inference some draw from this criticism that proponents of the criticized beliefs can therefore legitimately be mistreated. 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