- dovecot - dovecot.org

Ox Dovecot - dovecot.fi - dovecot-ee repo access
by Raymond Sellars 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi My question is a little off topic but hoping the community has some insight or advise. Has anyone had success in contacting OX dovecot. We previous purchased Dovecot Pro and had access to the dovecot-ee (https://yum.dovecot.fi) repository. Credentials are no longer valid and all attempts (over the months) to reach Ox gain no response. Wondering if others are having Pro access issues or have managed to reach their info/sales team (info(a)dovecot.fi<mailto:info@dovecot.fi>?). Any recommendations on alternatives for commercial support? Primarily active security patching/advisement rather than polling the open source release stream. Thanks Raymond

3 2

Re: Segfault on LIST Command
by Thorsten Hater 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi, I did added the default location and stripped down my config to a very basic level, dropping all plugins and database queries, see below. The segfault still appears in the same location. As I have build from source, I wonder whether you can reproduce the problem? Thorsten $ doveconf -n # 2.2.26.0 (23d1de6): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (1dc4c73) # OS: Linux 3.18.16-intel-vm-64bit x86_64 Debian 8.6 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/ default_internal_user = pop first_valid_uid = 48 import_environment = TZ DEBUG=1 last_valid_uid = 48 login_greeting = Dovecot ready. login_trusted_networks = **** mail_debug = yes mail_gid = pop mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/ mail_uid = pop 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = children location = maildir:~/Maildir prefix = INBOX. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = nopassword=yes driver = static } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp imap pop3 ssl = no userdb { args = home=**** uid=pop gid=pop quota_rule=*:bytes=1000M driver = static } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb } On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:01 AM, Thorsten Hater <thorsten.hater(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for picking this up. The location is pulled from the database, but > is uniform > for all users, so I could set it to maildir:~/Maildir globally. Assuming > ~ is expanded > later on with userdb data. So, no, there is no special intention behind > this. > > Thorsten > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: > >> >> >> On 19.01.2017 15:56, Thorsten Hater wrote: >> > The Problem arises due to a NULL deref in mail_namespaces.c line 601. >> > Backtrace below >> > >> > x LIST "" "" >> > >> > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. >> > mail_namespaces_get_root_sep (namespaces=0x0) at mail-namespace.c:601 >> > 601 while ((namespaces->flags & NAMESPACE_FLAG_LIST_PREFIX) == 0) >> > (gdb) bt >> > #0 mail_namespaces_get_root_sep (namespaces=0x0) at >> mail-namespace.c:601 >> > #1 0x000000000041164c in cmd_list_ref_root (ref=0x65b060 "", >> > client=0x65a590) at cmd-list.c:324 >> > #2 cmd_list_full (cmd=0x65aee0, lsub=<optimized out>) at cmd-list.c:461 >> > #3 0x0000000000419825 in command_exec (cmd=cmd@entry=0x65aee0) at >> > imap-commands.c:181 >> > #4 0x0000000000417de2 in client_command_input (cmd=cmd@entry=0x65aee0) >> at >> > imap-client.c:988 >> > #5 0x0000000000417e70 in client_command_input (cmd=0x65aee0) at >> > imap-client.c:1048 >> > #6 0x00000000004181e5 in client_handle_next_command >> > (remove_io_r=<synthetic pointer>, client=0x65a590) at imap-client.c:1090 >> > #7 client_handle_input (client=0x65a590) at imap-client.c:1102 >> > #8 0x0000000000418692 in client_input (client=0x65a590) at >> > imap-client.c:1149 >> > #9 0x00007ffff76297ac in io_loop_call_io (io=0x652aa0) at ioloop.c:589 >> > #10 0x00007ffff762ab4a in io_loop_handler_run_internal >> > (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x63e7f0) >> > at ioloop-epoll.c:222 >> > #11 0x00007ffff7629835 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=ioloop@entry >> =0x63e7f0) >> > at ioloop.c:637 >> > #12 0x00007ffff76299d8 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x63e7f0) at ioloop.c:613 >> > #13 0x00007ffff75b9823 in master_service_run (service=0x63e690, >> > callback=callback@entry=0x423d40 <client_connected>) at >> master-service.c:641 >> > #14 0x000000000040c567 in main (argc=3, argv=0x63e390) at main.c:460 >> > >> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Thorsten Hater < >> thorsten.hater(a)gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Dear all, >> >> >> >> I experience SegFaults in the imap binary on a LIST "" "" command, >> >> as sent by Claws mail. Using LIST "" "INBOX" or similar is fine. >> >> Here is an example telnet session >> >> >> >> $ telnet 127.0.0.1 143 >> >> Trying 127.0.0.1... >> >> Connected to 127.0.0.1. >> >> Escape character is '^]'. >> >> * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE >> IDLE >> >> AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. >> >> 01 LOGIN **** **** >> >> 01 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE >> >> IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS >> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT >> >> MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS >> >> LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES >> WITHIN >> >> CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SPECIAL-USE QUOTA] Logged in >> >> 02 LIST "" "" >> >> Connection closed by foreign host. >> >> >> >> In the log file >> >> >> >> dovecot[8375]: imap(***): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 15803 >> killed >> >> with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) >> >> >> >> Please find the config below. >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Thorsten >> >> >> >> $ doveconf -n >> >> # 2.2.26.0 (23d1de6): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >> >> # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (1dc4c73) >> >> # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6 >> >> auth_debug = yes >> >> auth_debug_passwords = yes >> >> auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb >> >> auth_verbose = yes >> >> base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ >> >> default_internal_user = pop >> >> first_valid_uid = 48 >> >> import_environment = TZ DEBUG=1 >> >> last_valid_uid = 48 >> >> login_trusted_networks = **** >> >> mail_debug = yes >> >> mail_gid = pop >> >> mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota" >> >> mail_uid = pop >> >> 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 index >> ihave >> >> duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext >> >> namespace inbox { >> >> inbox = yes >> >> list = children >> >> location = >> >> mailbox Drafts { >> >> auto = no >> >> special_use = \Drafts >> >> } >> >> mailbox Sent { >> >> auto = no >> >> special_use = \Sent >> >> } >> >> mailbox Trash { >> >> auto = no >> >> autoexpunge = 30 days >> >> special_use = \Trash >> >> } >> >> mailbox drafts { >> >> auto = no >> >> special_use = \Drafts >> >> } >> >> mailbox sent { >> >> auto = no >> >> special_use = \Sent >> >> } >> >> mailbox spamverdacht { >> >> auto = no >> >> autoexpunge = 30 days >> >> special_use = \Junk >> >> } >> >> mailbox trash { >> >> auto = no >> >> autoexpunge = 30 days >> >> special_use = \Trash >> >> } >> >> mailbox virenverdacht { >> >> auto = no >> >> autoexpunge = 30 days >> >> special_use = \Junk >> >> } >> >> prefix = INBOX. >> >> separator = . >> >> subscriptions = yes >> >> type = private >> >> } >> >> passdb { >> >> args = nopassword=y >> >> driver = static >> >> } >> >> plugin { >> >> last_login_dict = file:~/lastlogin >> >> mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete >> >> mailbox_rename >> >> mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size >> >> quota = maildir:User quota >> >> quota_warning = storage=80%% 80 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} >> >> quota_warning2 = storage=90%% 90 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} >> >> quota_warning3 = storage=95%% 95 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} >> >> sieve = ldap:/etc/dovecot/pigeonhole-ldap.conf >> >> sieve_dir = ~/sieve >> >> sieve_plugins = sieve_storage_ldap >> >> zlib_save = gz >> >> zlib_save_level = 6 >> >> } >> >> service imap { >> >> executable = imap postlogin >> >> } >> >> service pop3 { >> >> executable = pop3 postlogin >> >> } >> >> service postlogin { >> >> executable = script-login -d rawlog >> >> } >> >> service quota-warning { >> >> executable = script /bin/quota-warning.sh >> >> } >> >> ssl = no >> >> userdb { >> >> args = /etc/dovecot/userdb-ldap.conf >> >> driver = ldap >> >> result_failure = return-fail >> >> result_internalfail = return-fail >> >> result_success = continue-ok >> >> } >> >> userdb { >> >> default_fields = quota_bytes=42M >> >> driver = bdb_quota >> >> override_fields = quota_rule=*:bytes=%{userdb:quota_bytes} >> >> result_failure = return-fail >> >> result_internalfail = return-fail >> >> result_success = continue-ok >> >> } >> >> verbose_proctitle = yes >> >> protocol lda { >> >> auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb >> >> mail_plugin_dir = /lib/dovecot/modules >> >> mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota sieve" >> >> } >> >> protocol imap { >> >> mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota imap_xauth last_login >> >> imap_quota" >> >> } >> >> protocol pop3 { >> >> mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota last_login" >> >> } >> >> >> >> Hi! >> >> We are looking into this crash. >> >> Are you intentionally setting inbox namespace location to empty? >> >> Aki >> > >

2 6

Doveadm backup doesn't interpret placeholders
by James Pharaoh 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi, Dovecot version: 2.2.27 I'm using replication between two servers for high availability, but I also want to backup all users. I have a setting for the replication to work like this: plugin { mail_replica = tcp:other-dovecot } This is fine, but then I also want to do a backup to a different directory for all users, since I am having trouble with an apparent bug running dovecot on btrfs. For this reason, I am storing my emails on ext4, but want to sync them to the BTRFS filesystem I use for my server before doing a snapshot. My mails are stored in /var/mail/mailboxes, and the backup is in /var/mail/mailboxes-backup, the former being the ext4 mount and the latter being part of the btrfs filesystem which belongs to the container where all this runs. The problem is that dovecot seems to only have a single concept of the mail backup location, which is either a remote, as above, or a filesystem location. The logical answer seems to be to provide the backup location when performing the local copy for a snapshot, so I run: doveadm backup -A mdbox:/var/mail/mailboxes-backup/%d/accounts/%u However, this is not picking up the %d and %u placeholders and replacing them with the values, as it would if configured with the option above. The only workaround I can find is to run doveadm backup individually for every user, with the full expanded path for each one. Am I missing something, or would it make sense for doveadm backup to simply recognise and respect these placeholders when passed on the command line? I've tried all sorts of other things, including -o mail_replica, and putting stuff in the userdb, but I can't find any other way to do this. Thanks in advance, James

2 3

Mailbox alias plugin and INBOX. folders
by James White 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hi, I'm trying to workaround the lack of IMAP folder mapping settings on Windows 10 Mobile in regards to controlling the Sent, Trash etc folder my device uses. Currently, my device creates its own "Sent Items" folder "Deleted Items" folder along with others, this is pain when using clients like Thunderbird which places such them in the correct places, because it can be configured this way. While this is a Microsoft issue, its looking very unlikely they will add IMAP mapping control, as its been like this since Windows Phone 7. So I was looking for performing a workaround at the server level. I came across the Dovecot Mailbox alias plugin, which sounds like a decent workaround, to at least allow sent email messages from my Windows 10 mobile device to show up in the right place, I'm aware of the potential for double cache etc, but I have enough storage for it. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/MailboxAlias What I'm having difficulty with, is expressing the mailbox_alias to an existing INBOX. folder. My email server uses the INBOX prefix setup, so my configured folders are: INBOX\INBOX.Sent INBOX\INBOX.Drafts INBOX\INBOX.Trash INBOX\INBOX.Spam Most examples seem to indicate doing at the root folder level i.e. Sent Items -> Sent not Sent Items -> INBOX\INBOX.Sent. Is it possible to use the alias plugin in this way? If so how would I express this using mailbox_alias_old, I tried INBOX/Sent, but this seems to send all items to a blackhole, as they can no longer be found in any folder. It does appear to work at the root folder level, but as my setup is using the older INBOX prefix, I don't want to do that. Any hints/tips would be appreciated! Thanks, James

2 2

Segfault on LIST Command
by Thorsten Hater 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Dear all, I experience SegFaults in the imap binary on a LIST "" "" command, as sent by Claws mail. Using LIST "" "INBOX" or similar is fine. Here is an example telnet session $ telnet 127.0.0.1 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. 01 LOGIN **** **** 01 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SPECIAL-USE QUOTA] Logged in 02 LIST "" "" Connection closed by foreign host. In the log file dovecot[8375]: imap(***): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 15803 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) Please find the config below. Best regards, Thorsten $ doveconf -n # 2.2.26.0 (23d1de6): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.16 (1dc4c73) # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ default_internal_user = pop first_valid_uid = 48 import_environment = TZ DEBUG=1 last_valid_uid = 48 login_trusted_networks = **** mail_debug = yes mail_gid = pop mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota" mail_uid = pop 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = children location = mailbox Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = no autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Trash } mailbox drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox sent { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox spamverdacht { auto = no autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Junk } mailbox trash { auto = no autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Trash } mailbox virenverdacht { auto = no autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Junk } prefix = INBOX. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = nopassword=y driver = static } plugin { last_login_dict = file:~/lastlogin mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=80%% 80 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} quota_warning2 = storage=90%% 90 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} quota_warning3 = storage=95%% 95 %u %{userdb:quota_bytes} sieve = ldap:/etc/dovecot/pigeonhole-ldap.conf sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_plugins = sieve_storage_ldap zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } service imap { executable = imap postlogin } service pop3 { executable = pop3 postlogin } service postlogin { executable = script-login -d rawlog } service quota-warning { executable = script /bin/quota-warning.sh } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/userdb-ldap.conf driver = ldap result_failure = return-fail result_internalfail = return-fail result_success = continue-ok } userdb { default_fields = quota_bytes=42M driver = bdb_quota override_fields = quota_rule=*:bytes=%{userdb:quota_bytes} result_failure = return-fail result_internalfail = return-fail result_success = continue-ok } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb mail_plugin_dir = /lib/dovecot/modules mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota imap_xauth last_login imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " mail_log notify zlib quota last_login" }

2 2

mail-trends+Dovecot
by Odhiambo Washington 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

Hi, Out of curiosity, has anyone managed to use mail-trends[0] to analyse their e-mails. I thought about trying it out, but got stuck midstream. The mail-trends scripts work very well with gmail, but because they say it is supposed to work with _any_ IMAP server, I thought I could get it running with Dovecot too. I know this is NOT a mail-trends support group though, but I believe there is something minor that I am missing, which Dovecot admins could figure out. My idea was to see what comes out of my e-mails stored either in Maildir or mdbox. In my test env, I have mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY I am testing with a virtual account, whose e-mails are in Maildir/ - some 30,000 mails. The gotcha is that I cannot figure out exactly what to specify in mail.py (for mail-trends [0]) for this situation. There is another modified version of mail-trends[1] which is supposed to be a lot easier than the original one, but this too doesn't seem to work in my setup: 1. My doveconf output -> http://bit.ly/2k11iKb 2. Accounts are virtual, so I have a user - johndoe(a)dom.ain who MUST login as johndoe(a)dom.ain with a password. 3. His mailbox is in /var/spool/virtual/dom.ain/johndoe/Maildir/ So I try this - using the mail-trends code from [1] root@gw:/scripts/mail-trends # ./main.py --server=localhost --username=johndoe(a)dom.ain --password=1234 --use_ssl [2017-01-21 22:24:08,552] Initializing {'username': 'johndoe(a)dom.ain', 'use_ssl': '', 'password': '1234', 'server': 'localhost'} [2017-01-21 22:24:08,552] Connecting [2017-01-21 22:24:08,747] Logging in [2017-01-21 22:24:08,752] Getting mailboxes *[2017-01-21 22:24:08,753] Found INBOX.spam *<-- Where it is getting this from beats me! *[2017-01-21 22:24:08,753] Found INBOX* Traceback (most recent call last): File "./main.py", line 304, in <module> message_infos = GetMessageInfos(opts) File "./main.py", line 104, in GetMessageInfos for mailbox in m.GetMailboxes(): File "/scripts/mail-trends/mail.py", line 61, in GetMailboxes mailboxes.remove('[Gmail]') ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list root@gw:/scripts/mail-trends # root@gw:/scripts/mail-trends # *ls -al /var/spool/virtual/dom.ain/johndoe/Maildir/* total 3256 drwx------ 5 mailnull mailnull 512 Jan 22 00:04 . drwx------ 3 mailnull mailnull 512 Jan 21 18:48 .. drwx------ 2 mailnull mailnull 1084416 Jan 22 00:04 cur -rw------- 1 mailnull mailnull 1074769 Jan 21 18:52 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 mailnull mailnull 8 Jan 21 18:32 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Jan 21 18:32 dovecot-uidvalidity.58837ef3 drwx------ 2 mailnull mailnull 1084416 Jan 21 18:47 new -rw-r--r-- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Jan 21 18:30 subscriptions drwx------ 2 mailnull mailnull 512 Jan 21 17:44 tmp If anyone is able to hack this with Dovecot, please share the details. [0] http://code.google.com/p/mail-trends/ [1] https://github.com/jpbarraca/mail-trends -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223 "Oh, the cruft."

2 2

Relative home path not allowed - but how is this relative?
by Roger Klorese 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

I just set up my server with MySQL support for authentication/authorization compatible with Postfix Admin. Initially, I was getting the "Relative home directory paths not supported" message, and it's easy to see why - Postfix Admin stores the maildir as "$domain/$userpart@$domain". But the directories in 10-mail.conf are set as mail_location = maildir:/home/mailboxes/%d/%u mail_home = maildir:/home/mailboxes/%d/%u ...and the user_query has been revised to: user_query = SELECT concat('/home/mailboxes/', maildir) as full_maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u'; ...so how are any of these relative paths?

1 1

Re: Mailbox problem on centos O/S after some "fiddling"
by Joseph Tam 21 Jan '17

21 Jan '17

> I do not understand why dovecot creates this folder as we ONLY ever use pop3 > (currently with plain text auth but going to secure when this sorted) > for mail and also why when it writes the blank folder it "owns" it with the > user accessing it (also the /var/mail/new folder takes the same owner) I think maybe those mailboxes were created because you've mapped all user home directories to the same folder (/var/mail), and thus, the first user to log in created files that subsequent users could not access. > mail_location = mbox:/var/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u See this for the POP3 scenario you want: http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailLocation/mbox (Section: Only /var/mail mboxes) Don't need these > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imaps { > port = 993 > ssl = yes > } > } Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

1 0

Deleting a mailbox recursively
by Malte Schmidt 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

This topic was already discussed on this mailinglist: https://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-November/079491.html I am also looking for a nice and convenient way of recursively deleting a mailbox which uses the mdbox-Format. Since then - was there any progress?

3 4

Replication between three servers
by James Pharaoh 19 Jan '17

19 Jan '17

Hi, Dovecot version: 2.2.27 I'm a little unsure if I have set up my replication correctly, and also how to set up replication on three servers, if this is possible. My replication works, with exactly the same configuration on both servers, except that the mail_replica contains the other server name in each case, of course. This seems to work fine. As I understand it, both need to be set up as a client and a server, since I have mail arriving on both. Is this a correct and supported configuration? I believe then I should be able to get three-way replication working, by pointing the three servers at each other in a circle. I am hoping this will cause a mail arriving at server 1 to be sent to server 2, which will then send it to server 3. Server 3 will attempt to send it back to server 1 which will already have it, and so this will terminate the loop. This is obviously going to create a bit of extra load, but I don't want to try it without some advice, and I'm not sure if the replication will be triggered properly by an email which is itself arriving via replication. Reading the description of the components, I think it should, since the aggregator service shouldn't care how an email has arrived, since it is simply reading the log, right? If a server fails, or needs to be taken out manually, I'll obviously need to reconfigure the loop, essentially taking it back to a standard two-server configuration. Similarly, I should be able to add a fourth server, and so on, if I wanted. I'm planning to distribute incoming emails over all servers, so that these will arrive and be stored on a working server during an outage without any reconfiguration, and to use something like nginx as a proxy to send each user to a specific server, to distribute the client load. Thanks in advance, James

1 0