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Downloading e-mail from a master mail server
by R. Diez 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Hi all: I am trying to migrate a small company from Microsoft Exchange / Outlook to Thunderbird. I am evaluating e-mail server software. We have an Internet provider that we do not really want to rely upon. We also do not have the resources to maintain a mail server visible from the outside, especially regarding security updates. Each employee has an e-mail account on our current Internet provider, and one e-mail account on our internal Exchange Server. Our Exchange server periodically downloads all e-mails from the Internet provider mailboxes to its local mailboxes. Therefore, employees cannot access their e-mails when travelling. We have worked this way for years without problems. There are other ways, like VPN access etc, but we do not have the resources to install or maintain more IT stuff. So I would like to keep this setup, with one important difference: e-mails on the Internet provider mailboxes should remain there for a couple of weeks. This is similar to Thunderbird's option "Leave a copy on server" together with "For at most xx days". This way, employees could access at least their most recent e-mails when travelling, if only over the Internet provider's web interface. I could achieve such a setup without a local mail server at all, only with the Thunderbird clients, but I have not figured out yet how to automatically backup all mailboxes. See this question of mine: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1243605 So I am trying to design a solution with Dovecot, but I know too little about mail servers. How could I configure Dovecot / MTAs / whatever in order to achieve the "Leave a copy on server" together with "For at most xx days" mentioned above? This way, Dovecot does not need to be exposed on the Internet. Failing that, could someone tell me at least how to configure Dovecot / whatever to download the external IMAP mailboxes to the internal IMAP mailboxes? When I read about Postfix and the like, I see SMTP and e-mail queues, but that's not what I need. This guy wants a similar setup: https://serverfault.com/questions/500591/fetch-all-mail-from-an-imap-server… But I did not understand the Fetchmail part, which seems to be discouraged anyway: "Fetchmail can be used as a POP/IMAP-to-SMTP gateway for an entire DNS domain, collecting mail from a single drop box on an ISP and SMTP-forwarding it based on header addresses. (We don't really recommend this, though, as it may lose important envelope-header information. ETRN or a UUCP connection is better.)" I also haven't understood yet the backup part with Dovecot. There is no central e-mail database like in Microsoft Exchange, right? How do I backup all mailboxes for all users? I probably need to stop the Dovecot server an any MTAs before backing the raw files underneath, right? Many thanks in advance, rdiez

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Dovecot IMAP connections
by j.emerlik 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

What exactly means "deinit". Yesterday I had all IMAP processes with word "deinit" in brackets and dovecot reached the limit of processes. I had to do a restart of the process. eg.: dovecot 32482 0.0 0.0 24832 4256 ? S 03:29 0:00 dovecot_host1/imap [pierrot xxx.xxx.xx.xx (deinit)] Dovecot version 2.2.32. Regards, Jack

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dovecot user id and mail folder permissions, was "no shared cipher"
by Marco Fioretti 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Greetings, I thought it may be better to start a separate thread now that the cipher problem is solved. Background: I have had to recreate from scratch, and without notice, a working server to a new VPS, with different versions of dovecot and other software. Now I am having problems with accessing the imap folders from home. Now I have postfix/procmail successfully delivering email to the right IMAP folders. Problem is, postfix/procmail run as user mail_manager, group mail_management, and the permissions on those folders are currently all set to 755. The consequence is that dovecot, running as user "dovecot", extra group mail_management, cannot modify those folders and their indexes. What is the best/safest configuration in these cases? 1) run dovecot too as user "mail_manager"? (if yes, how, with dovecot 2.2.36?) 2) recursively change permissions of ALL the mail folders and files to 775? 3) both 1) and 2) ? 4) other (e.g. certain permissions for folders, others for specific files? Thanks in advance for any advice! Marco

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"no shared cypher", no matter what I try
by Marco Fioretti 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Greetings, I have had to reinstall my email server on another Linux (centos 7.6) VPS, with a newer version of dovecot, other software and a brand new letsencrypt certificate just for email withpostfix and dovecot (that certificate works fine with postfix). Output of dovecot --version and dovecot -n on the new server is below. Now, messages ARE delivered in the right IMAP mailboxes, but when I try to connect with Mutt from my home computer, mutt says, before prompting for a password: gnutls_handshake: A TLS fatal alert has been received.(Handshake failed) the corresponding output of dovecot in /var/log/maillog is below. The gist of it **seems** to me to be the "no shared cipher" part, but I may be wrong. In any case, I have already tried to search online for that string, and other relevant parts of the log, without success. All I have found is suggestions to change the values of ssl_protocols and/or ssl_cipher_list to some non-default value, but I have tried all those tips without success. Current values of those variables are these: grep -v ^# /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/MYSERVERNAME/fullchain.pem ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/MYSERVERNAME/privkey.pem ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!ADH:!LOW:!EXP:!aNULL:+HIGH:+MEDIU any pointer to what to check or change next is VERY welcome. Thanks in advance, Marco ################################################# Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before/accept initialization [47.53.159.60] Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before/accept initialization [47.53.159.60] Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Warning: SSL alert: where=0x4008, ret=552: fatal handshake failure [47.53.159.60] Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: error [47.53.159.60] Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: error [47.53.159.60] Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Debug: SSL error: SSL_accept() failed: error:1408A0C1:SSL routines:ssl3_get_client_hello:no shared cipher Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 0 secs): user=<>, rip=47.53.159.60, lip=116.202.20.216, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:1408A0C1:SSL routines:ssl3_get_client_hello:no shared cipher, session=<knICtX98UK4vNZ88> Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Dec 8 10:53:43 MYSERVERNAME dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file /etc/imap.v_users: Read 1 users in 0 secs ################################################# dovecot --version 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63) # 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.10.0-957.1.3.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) ext4 # Hostname: MYSERVERNAME auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/mail//base/ passdb { args = /etc/imap.v_users driver = passwd-file } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } } ssl = required userdb { args = /etc/imap.v_users driver = passwd-file } verbose_ssl = yes

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Log sync error
by Jakobus Schürz 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Hi there! I get a lot of errormessages. My dovecot is: dovecot-core 2:2.3.2.1-1~stretch from Debian stable. I found this: https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-July/091648.html So the bug came back... The Log is attached Thanks Jakob

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Replication Error - Trying to Interate Users
by Antonino Sidoti 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

HI, My first post to this list; I am trying to configure replication between two host, both hosts are having the same errors. Using ‘dovecot log errors’ gives the following errors; Dec 11 18:05:12 Error: auth: Trying to iterate users, but userdbs don't support it (created 0 msecs ago, handshake 0 msecs ago) Dec 11 18:05:12 Error: replicator: User listing returned failure Dec 11 18:05:12 Error: replicator: listing users failed, can't replicate existing data My version of Dovecot version = 2.2.36 My Configuration is attached. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Indexer worker small bug
by André Rodier 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Hello, I think I submitted this before, but I am not sure this has been addressed I am using AppArmor with Dovecot, without any issue. However, I think there is a bug in the indexer working, from what I can see, a missing trailing slash. See: ------------ Dec 09 14:35:53 portal2 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1544366153.379:3035): apparmor="DENIED" operation="file_mmap" info="Failed name lookup - disconnected path" error=-13 profile="/usr/lib/dovecot/indexer-worker" name="var/cache/nscd/hosts" pid=10540 comm="indexer-worker" requested_mask="r" denied_mask="r" fsuid=1001 ouid=0 ------------ The indexer worker is trying to open the file "var/cache/nscd/hosts" instead of "/var/cache/nscd/hosts", which of course fails. Can someone double check the code of the indexer worker, or this has been fixed? Thanks, André -- https://github.com/progmaticltd/homebox

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QUERY string clarification
by Ralf Hildebrandt 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

The manpage https://wiki.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/SearchQuery specifies: BODY string Matches messages, which contain string in the body part. and a bit further down: TEXT string Matches messages, which contain string in the message body. Where's the difference? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | https://www.charite.de

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Replication fatal error
by admin 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Dear suscribers. I just dont understand this error. Don't know where to look first. If someone have already meet this problem... Dec 10 16:06:17 prudence dovecot: dsync-server(address(a)domain.fr): Panic: file dsync-brain-mailbox.c: line 370 (dsync_brain_sync_mailbox_deinit): assertion failed: (brain->failed) Dec 10 16:06:17 prudence dovecot: dsync-server(address(a)domain.fr): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa0112) [0x7f2c66f62112] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa020a) [0x7f2c66f6220a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f2c66ef21d8] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(dsync_brain_sync_mailbox_deinit+0x1b0) [0x5587f89936b0] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(dsync_brain_slave_recv_mailbox+0x417) [0x5587f8994447] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(dsync_brain_run+0x286) [0x5587f8991a86] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(+0x430d9) [0x5587f89920d9] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(+0x595cf) [0x5587f89a85cf] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x52) [0x7f2c66f781a2] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x12e) [0x7f2c66f7984e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x36) [0x7f2c66f78236] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f2c66f783e8] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(+0x27eed) [0x5587f8976eed] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(+0x298cd) [0x5587f89788cd] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(+0x3f30b) [0x5587f898e30b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x52) [0x7f2c66f781a2] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x12e) [0x7f2c66f7984e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x36) [0x7f2c66f78236] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f2c66f783e8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f2c66efc9f3] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(main+0x1b5) [0x5587f89691c5] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0x7f2c66af2b97] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(_start+0x2a) [0x5587f896928a] Dec 10 16:06:17 prudence dovecot: dsync-server(address(a)domain.fr): Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 22362 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) server 1 dovecot configuration (version 2.2.9): default_client_limit = 2048 default_process_limit = 2048 disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = xxxxxxxxxxx doveadm_port = 11225 hostname = xxxxxxxxxxxx listen = 127.0.0.1,XX.XX.XX.XX mail_location = maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:xxxxxxxxx:11225 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/Ingenie.sieve sieve_default_name = Ingenie sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_max_redirects = 0 sieve_vacation_dont_check_recipient = yes } postmaster_address = admin(a)ingenie.fr protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-submission/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service doveadm { inet_listener { address = XX.XX.XX.XX port = 11225 } vsz_limit = 100 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 11125 } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/ingenie.fr/cacrt.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/ingenie.fr/crt.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/ingenie.fr/key.pem submission_host = 127.0.0.1:10025 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 } server 2 configuration (2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec)) disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = # hidden, use -P to show it doveadm_port = 11225 hostname = xxxxxxxxxx listen = XX.XX.XX.XX mail_location = maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" mail_privileged_group = mail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:xxxxxxxx:11225 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/Ingenie.sieve sieve_default_name = Ingenie sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_max_redirects = 0 sieve_vacation_dont_check_recipient = yes } postmaster_address = admin(a)ingenie.fr protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3 sieve" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix-submission/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service doveadm { inet_listener { address = XX.XX.XX.XX port = 11225 } vsz_limit = 100 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 11125 } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/ingenie.fr/cacrt.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/ingenie.fr/crt.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } Thanks for considering my request.

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set seen flag and junk moving a mail manually to JUNK
by Jakobus Schürz 10 Dec '18

10 Dec '18

Hi there! I want to set the \seen and the Junk Flag to an email, which i move manually to my Junk-Folder. I tried a lot... but nothing worked like expected. I have a sieve-filter, which takes an email and copy it to a pipe to rspamc. This filter is working correctly, i get a debug-message from the script, which is called through the sieve-filter. But adding another rule (addflag "Junk"; setflag "\\seen";) to this rule is getting ignored... Here is my sieve-rule: require ["imap4flags", "vnd.dovecot.pipe", "copy", "imapsieve", "environment", "variables"]; if environment :matches "imap.email" "*" { set "email" "${1}"; } addflag "Junk"; setflag "\\seen"; pipe :copy "learn-spam.sh" [ "${email}" ]; How said before, the script learn-spam.sh is called, when i move a Message via drag&drop in thunderbird from the INBOX to the Junk-Folder. But the message in the Junk-Folder is unseen, recent and has no Junk-Flag... What's wrong? BR Jakob

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