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autocreating folders with special chars stored in mysql-userdb
by Hajo Locke 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Hello, i use dovecot 2.2.18 and do some tests with an utf8 mysqlbackend. I use MySQL to authenticate Users and for retrieving some individual settings like autocreating folders etc. by userdb-settings in user-query. Yet no problems with standard language. Now i try to provide userdb-settings in exotic languages. My MySQL table uses utf8 charset. I store some data in my userdb-column. Here an polish example: "namespace/inbox/mailbox=example namespace/inbox/mailbox/example/name=postępować namespace/inbox/mailbox/example/auto=subscribe" Result is a new folder in dovecot, but in client every special char ę and ć is replaced with a "?" I seems that at some point a conversion to latin1 is performed which ruins the utf8 chars. Creating a folder postępować by imap-client is no problem. Hmm, what should i do now? I dont know how to influence dovecot to process retrieved utf8 data furthermore as utf8. Which charset is using dovecot when connecting to mysqldb and how to take influence? Thanks, Hajo

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the file dovecot-uidlist.lock appear then deadlock
by 刘莹莹 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

hi: sometimes i can't use imap command to get mails, when this problem appear i find out the file dovecot-uidlist.lock appear at the same time . I don't know Why is this happening ? can you help me ? thanks !

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Dovecot auth username mapping
by Laz C. Peterson 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

I have an interesting case here … Virtual mailboxes, domain/username/aliases stored in MySQL, authentication done using PAM. PAM authenticates through Kerberos, which are internal realms and not the email domains — for example, my username would be laz(a)PARAVIS.LOCAL <mailto:laz@PARAVIS.LOCAL> and my email address would be laz(a)paravis.net <mailto:laz@paravis.net>. All of this works just fine. But what I want to do is allow the users to log in using their email address and not their full Kerberos name. It is becoming laborious to help the users understand the difference between their username(a)LOCAL.REALM and username(a)email.address <mailto:username@email.address> and why we have to have two separate identities that mean the same thing. I have the SQL statements to convert either the Kerberos login or the email address to the actual Kerberos login (so they may use either). But I cannot seem to figure out how to get Dovecot to acknowledge this as the mapped username. I’m sure there has to be a way. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ~ Laz Peterson Paravis, LLC

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Outlook 2013 not fetching new mail/synchronization issues
by Dragos Pacher 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi all, Dovecot 2.2.10 CentOS 6 64 bit. We are having terrible synchronization issues with Outlook 2013 (all updates) on Windows 7 SP1 and 8.1 hosts (all updates). Scenario: 1. Emails were sent since user closed Outlook 2. Next day: start computer, open outlook 3. No new email (even though email were sent overnight) 4. half a day later Outlook fetches emails like nothing happened Second issue: folders created or email send in Outlook 2013 does not synchronize on IMAP, they remain only local .. But I am mostly interested into finding a fix for the first synchronization issue described in scenario. Second is also important but I have a feeling its connected to the first. Any help will be highly appreciated! dovecot.conf listen = * #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot # Enabled mail protocols. #protocols = pop3 imap sieve protocols = pop3 imap # User/group who owns the message files: mail_uid = 89 mail_gid = 89 # Assign uid to virtual users. first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 mail_max_userip_connections = 200 default_client_limit = 3000 namespace inbox { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes # These mailboxes are widely used and could perhaps be created automatically: mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark both of # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates are created. mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } } # Logging. Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = no auth_verbose = no auth_debug = no auth_debug_passwords = no auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_worker_max_count = 2048 # SSL: Global settings. # Refer to wiki site for per protocol, ip, server name SSL settings: # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration ssl = yes verbose_ssl = no ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz-CA.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz.key disable_plaintext_auth = no # Mail location and mailbox format. #mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/ mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%Lh/Maildir/ # Authentication related settings. # Append this domain name if client gives empty realm. auth_default_realm = # Authentication mechanisms. auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN service imap-login { client_limit = 3024 process_limit = 2048 process_min_avail = 64 vsz_limit = 64 M } service auth { client_limit = 3072 unix_listener auth-userdb { } inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap { vsz_limit = 256M # Max. number of IMAP processes (connections) process_limit = 2048 #imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins } service pop3 { # Max. number of POP3 processes (connections) process_limit = 1024 } # Virtual mail accounts. userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } plugin { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master # Plugin: autocreate. Create and subscribe to default IMAP folders. autocreate = INBOX autocreate2 = Sent autocreate3 = Trash autocreate4 = Drafts autocreate5 = Junk autosubscribe = INBOX autosubscribe2 = Sent autosubscribe3 = Trash autosubscribe4 = Drafts autosubscribe5 = Junk # Plugin: expire. expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire # Pigeonhole managesieve service. # Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration # Per-user sieve settings. sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve # Global sieve settings. sieve_global_dir = /home/vpopmail/sieve sieve_global_path = /home/vpopmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve #sieve_before = #sieve_after = } service dict { unix_listener dict { # mode = 0660 # user = vmail # group = vmail } } protocol lda { # Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA #mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate #auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master #log_path = /var/log/sieve.log #lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes #postmaster_address = root } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 2048 imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep #mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate #mail_plugins = autocreate } protocol pop3 { #mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } Regards, Pacher Dragos

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duplicate namespace prefix
by jjhoffart 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hello, I am in the process of setting up a server that is running to invocations of dovecot. One of the invocations is acting as a backend and the other as a Director. I believe I have most of the configuration complete but I keep running into the following error: Jul 01 14:17:04 lda(postmaster(a)mydomain.com: Error: user postmaster(a)mydomain.com: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" Jul 01 14:17:04 lda(postmaster(a)xn--mydomain-8za.com: Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Not sure where to go from here and most of my searches on the error have lead me to dead ends hoping someone can help me out. Thanks.

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Using PAM and passwdfile together
by Jim Garrison 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Dovecot 2.0.9 on Centos 6.6 I have some local users and some Postfix virtual mailboxes. The config currently has: > # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) > first_valid_uid = 190 > log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log > mail_access_groups = mail > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = pam > } > passdb { > args = scheme=MD5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/auth/%d.passwd > driver = passwd-file > } > protocols = imap pop3 > ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mailcert.pem > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/mailkey.pem > ssl_parameters_regenerate = 48 > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > userdb { > args = uid=199 gid=199 home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mail=mbox:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n:INBOX=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n/mail > driver = static > } Each time a virtual mailbox user logs in, PAM writes a set of Authentication Failure messages to /var/log/secure when it attempts to find the virtual user, which it then successfully authenticates in the passwd-file. Is there a way to prevent PAM from loggin this spurious error and having dovecot log an authentication failure only if BOTH methods fail? -- Jim Garrison (jhg(a)acm.org) PGP Keys at http://www.jhmg.net RSA 0x04B73B7F DH 0x70738D88

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dovecot-lmtp
by Steven Hopps 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi, I'm trying to use dovecot-lmtp so that I can filter messages with sieve, however it doesn't appear to be working. I followed the instructions on wiki2.dovecot.org. I'm running Debian Wheezy. I've got runit configured to execute postfix and dovecot, which may be the source of the problem (runit executes /usr/sbin/dovecot -F). I've got mail_debug turned on and there is nothing in the mail log about lmtp. Any help would be appreciated. -- Steven Hopps || shopps(a)pridetechdesign.com 424-888-0443 || http://www.pridetechdesign.com = Ask about my Security Tune-Up & 24/7 Server Monitoring! =

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Dovecot deleting files and directories
by Jan Ekholm 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Hi, I’m a new Dovecot user and using version 2.2.18 on an OpenSuse system. In general it all works quite nicely and clients can connect to Dovecot and manage mails normally. The layout used is maildir. The users are all virtual, i.e. they do not exist on the Linux system. They all log in without any authentication due to a very specialized and internal setup. However, sometimes Dovecot simply deletes mails from the maildir structure. It also seems to delete entire users too. This is not a simple case of clients deleting mails, but the entire folder for the user seems to sometimes get nuked. I’ve also seen that only the mails and Dovecot’s admin files (indexes etc) are deleted. The log file is not really too informative, mostly lines of this form: Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Info: Disconnected: IMAP session state is inconsistent, please relogin. in=781 out=2630 Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/operators-east doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/operators-east doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /opt/mail/operators-east: mode=0700 gid=default Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/firstname.lastname doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/firstname.lastname doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /opt/mail/firstname.lastname: mode=0700 gid=default Jul 01 14:01:03 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<firstname.lastname(a)domain.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=9326, secured, session=<2+YiPc4ZGwB/AAAB> Jul 01 14:01:03 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=100, home=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname Jul 01 14:01:03 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: maildir++: root=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname, alt= Jul 01 14:01:07 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<operators-east(a)east.domain.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=9333, secured, session=<11NpPc4ZHAB/AAAB> Jul 01 14:01:07 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=100, home=/opt/mail/operators-east Jul 01 14:01:07 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: maildir++: root=/opt/mail/operators-east, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/opt/mail/operators-east, alt= I’ve changed the name and domain. Not sure if the namespace complaints have anything to do with the directories on disk, but normally they are there when the logging comes. Below is the used config file. I can’t see anything that would trigger deletions and there is no logging or similar about it. To me it’s quite serious that an IMAP server randomly deletes mails and its own files. ########################################################################################### # support only IMAP, no pop3 protocols = imap # listen only on IPv4 (the default is: "* ::") listen = * # where logging gets sent log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log # disable SSL ssl = no disable_plaintext_auth = no # we're using maildir without any extra folders in the user's home directory (set in userdb) mail_location = maildir:~ # user ids default_login_user = dovenull default_internal_user = dovecot # auth config auth_verbose = yes auth_mechanisms = plain # password scheme. Uses an external Python application to verify the password. It gets # sent the username and password and can perform authentication. The current one # simply accepts anything. passdb { driver = checkpassword args = /opt/dovecot-2.2.18/bin/checkpassword.py } # user database userdb { driver = static args = uid=navie gid=users home=/opt/mail/maildir/%n } ########################################################################################### Anything obviously wrong? I’ve seen that mail_location and mail_home should not be the same, but using mail_location = maildir:~/mail gives the exact same behavior. Best regards, Jan Ekholm

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LDAP default value variable interpolation
by Leon Kyneur 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

I'm wondering if there is a way I can dynamically generate an LDAP default value by using variables. I have a configuration that works something like this on my front end proxy: pass_attrs = mail=user,\ =nopassword=y,\ =proxy=y,\ =host=mail.%d The above works perfectly well even though it seems a bit hack. I want to fetch the host field from LDAP and default it to "mail.%d" if the attribute isn't populated for the user. I have tried the following : pass_attrs = mail=user,\ =nopassword=y,\ =proxy=y,\ =host=%{ldap:mailHost:mail.%d} however the interpolation doesn't occur on the default. Just wondering if there is a way to achieve this? thanks

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Getting regularly mailbox desyncs while syncing with imapc
by Michael 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hello list! I sync approximately ~1000 Mailboxes actually without any problems, except my very own mailbox - Dovecot 2.2.18 (mdbox format) running here. The server from where I sync my mails from runs Dovecot 1.2.4 (with mbox format). The last log line that I receive is: dsync(ms(a)ddnetservice.de): Warning: Mailbox changes caused a desync. You may want to run dsync again. dovecot error log: 2015-06-30 13:09:50 imap(ms(a)ddnetservice.de): Error: Corrupted transaction log file /var/vmail/ddnetservice.de/ms/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log seq 2: indexid changed 1435401731 -> 1435662589 (sync_offset=0) This is the command for running my syncs: doveadm -o imapc_user=<remote_user> -o imapc_password=<remote_pw> -o imapc_host=<remote_host> -o imapc_features="rfc822.size fetch-headers" -o mail_prefetch_count=20 -v -D sync -R -u<local_user> imapc: &> $LOGS/$BOX.log A re-run of this command for my mailbox doesn't fix the problem. The "Inbox" remains empty. Only a "doveadm force-resync -ums(a)ddnetservice.de" fixes this problem with the exception that the Inbox still remains empty. So after force-resyncing I need to run the sync again and my Inbox remains consistent until the next imapc sync run. Actually the desync message is self-explanatory, but I wonder why this behaviour only occurs for my own Inbox (only Inbox, other directories aren't affected) and not anywhere else. Is there any possiblity to debug this? Could also the amount of new incoming mails cause this or do I have maybe a bugged mail in my original mailbox that is causing my trouble? Any hint is appreciated. Thanks, Michael

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Same-server mail transfer
by Andrew Obertas 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hello, What would be the best way to perform a same-server Maildir transfer, while retaining the IMAP structure already in place, between users with the same GID but different UIDs? I've tried doveadm import but I presume it is encountering a permissions error due to the different UIDs. Worst case scenario, I could move everything over manually and then update the UIDs. I feel like there should be a more elegant solution though that I'm not immediately grasping however. -- Best regards, Andrew Obertas Junior Systems Administrator Infinet Communications Group

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replication - remove/delete in storage
by lejeczek 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

hi, novice question - is replication supposed to replicate maildir in it's entirety? I get new mails replicated but not operations of removal/deletion, is this normal? many thanks

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authenticate LDAP to email server
by robert k Wild 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

hi all, first things first my version and config - # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } - i have installed dovecot+postfix email server and a LDAP server, if i create users on the LDAP server can dovecot pick up the usernames and create a mailbox for the individual users as atm if i want to create an email address for users i add the user to the email server and make a directory for the users mailbox and have to chmod and chown also just another question, can i set up mail groups on dovecot? cheers rob -- Regards, Robert K Wild.

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cram-md5 cache problem
by d tbsky 28 Jun '15

28 Jun '15

hi: I was using scientific linux 6 and had cache problem. I upgrade to scientific linux 7 but the problem is the same, so I try to find out why. dovecot version: 2.2.10. postfix + postfixadmin environment. use dovecot-lda to deliver local mail. if I enable cache with "auth_cache_size = 102400" and enable cram-md5 with "auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5". I have cache problem: if I change password at postfixadmin, I can not use the new password to login imap when old password is cached. dovecot log below: Jun 28 11:50:32 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 6 CRAM-MD5 service=imap securedsession=xjn534sZ9gB/AAAB lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=143 rport=36342 Jun 28 11:50:32 auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT 6 PDQzNTU5NTA4MTQxODg5NzUuMTQzNTQ2MzQzMkBtYWlsLmxoeS5jb20udHc+ Jun 28 11:50:32 auth: Debug: client in: CONT<hidden> Jun 28 11:50:32 auth: Debug: cache(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1,<xjn534sZ9gB/AAAB>): hit: <hidden> user=test(a)test.example.com userdb_home=/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test/home userdb_mail=maildir:/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test userdb_uid=143 userdb_gid=143 Jun 28 11:50:32 auth: Info: cram-md5(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1,<xjn534sZ9gB/AAAB>): password mismatch Jun 28 11:50:34 auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL 6 user=test(a)test.example.com Jun 28 11:50:34 imap-login: Debug: Ignoring unknown passdb extra field: Jun 28 11:50:34 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts in 2 secs): user=<test(a)test.example.com>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured, session=<xjn534sZ9gB/AAAB> if I disable "cram-md5" with "auth_mechanisms = plain login". everything is fine. dovecot log below: Jun 28 11:32:24 auth: Debug: cache(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1,<WNsin4sZ6gB/AAAB>): hit: <hidden> user=test(a)test.example.com userdb_home=/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test/home userdb_mail=maildir:/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test userdb_uid=143 userdb_gid=143 Jun 28 11:32:24 auth: Info: cache(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1,<WNsin4sZ6gB/AAAB>): Password mismatch Jun 28 11:32:24 auth-worker(3711): Debug: sql(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT username as user, password, '/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test/home' as userdb_home, 'maildir:/share/postfix/domains/test.example.com/test' as userdb_mail, 143 as userdb_uid, 143 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'test(a)test.example.com' AND active = '1' Jun 28 11:32:24 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 15 user=test(a)test.example.com Jun 28 11:32:24 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 1951268865 3672 15 0b198494a7e732324f6d6c507b25c13e session_pid=3956 request_auth_token Jun 28 11:32:24 auth: Debug: prefetch(test(a)test.example.com,127.0.0.1,<WNsin4sZ6gB/AAAB>): success Regards, tbskyd

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Out of bounds read error in wildcard_match.c
by Hanno Böck 27 Jun '15

27 Jun '15

Hi, I discovered an out of bounds read error in the file wildcard_match.c. Here's the code: /* find the end of each string */ while (*(++mask)); mask--; while (*(++data)); data--; The problem with this: It will search for the end of the strings (zero-terminated), but it'll only start at position 1, not at position 0 (because the ++ in front of the variable will first increment and then return the value). However these strings can be empty. This can be fixed by changing ++mask to mask++ (and same for data), then there must be a -=2 instead of -- afterwards. See attached patch. I found this by compiling dovecot with address sanitizer and running the test suite. cu, -- Hanno Böck http://hboeck.de/ mail/jabber: hanno(a)hboeck.de GPG: BBB51E42

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"Sensible" location for Sieve scripts
by Andrew Beverley 26 Jun '15

26 Jun '15

I'm configuring some Sieve scripts for virtual users. I'd like to keep the Sieve scripts somewhere "sensible". Currently, all the mail goes into /var/mail/vhosts/<domain>/<mailbox> So I thought a good place for the sieve script might be in there as well, for example: /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/username/sieve Is there any reason *not* to store the sieve scripts in the same location as the mail? Thanks, Andy

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replication notification with chroot users
by Tim Kuijsten 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

I'm getting the following error when using dovecot replication: dovecot: imap(foo(a)bar.com): Error: open(/var/dovecot/replication-notify-fifo) failed: No such file or directory I guess this has something to do with the fact that every user is chrooted in it's own homedir. Does dsync support dsync notification when all users are chrooted? lmtp does not seem to have this problem so new mails get replicated, but status changes don't. Thanks. -Tim Config on source: # 2.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: OpenBSD 5.7 amd64 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes dsync_remote_cmd = /usr/bin/ssh imap.netsend.nl first_valid_gid = 30000 first_valid_uid = 30000 last_valid_gid = 30100 last_valid_uid = 30100 mail_debug = yes mail_home = /srv/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" passdb { args = /passwd driver = passwd-file } passdb { args = /passwd_smtponly driver = passwd-file } plugin { mail_replica = remoteprefix:imap.netsend.nl } protocols = imap lmtp service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0666 } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0666 } } service auth-worker { chroot = /etc/mail unix_listener /etc/mail/auth-worker { mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = $default_internal_user } service auth { chroot = /etc/mail unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = _postfix mode = 0600 user = _postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } process_min_avail = 1 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = _postfix mode = 0600 user = _postfix } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/2015/chain.crt ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/the.key ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { args = /passwd default_fields = uid=30000 gid=30000 home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n/./ driver = passwd-file } valid_chroot_dirs = /srv/vmail verbose_ssl = yes protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 } config on destination imap.netsend.nl: # 2.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: OpenBSD 5.7 amd64 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes first_valid_gid = 30000 first_valid_uid = 30000 last_valid_gid = 30100 last_valid_uid = 30100 mail_debug = yes mail_home = /srv/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = sdbox:~/dbox passdb { args = /passwd driver = passwd-file } passdb { args = /passwd_smtponly driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap lmtp service auth-worker { chroot = /etc/mail unix_listener /etc/mail/auth-worker { mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = $default_internal_user } service auth { chroot = /etc/mail unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = _postfix mode = 0600 user = _postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } process_min_avail = 1 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = _postfix mode = 0600 user = _postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/2015/chain.crt ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/the.key ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { args = /passwd default_fields = uid=30000 gid=30000 home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n/./ driver = passwd-file } valid_chroot_dirs = /srv/vmail verbose_ssl = yes protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 }

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imap-login: Authenticate PLAIN failed: Unsupported authentication mechanism - with Evolution
by lejeczek 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

I wonder if you know if Evolution works with dovecot TLS?

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director
by jjhoffart 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hello, I am currently trying to setup dovecot with a director instance and have managed to configure to invocations of dovecot on my server but my dovecot log keeps giving me errors about authentication. A little background on my config I am running dovecot with postfix and using an LDAP directory. Here are the errors I am seeing in my logs. dovecot.log Jun 02 10:42:59 auth: Fatal: LDAP: ldap_init() failed with hosts: 1.1.1.1:389 Jun 02 10:42:59 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 02 10:42:59 director: Error: Auth server disconnected unexpectedly Jun 02 10:42:59 pop3-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 0 secs): user=<>, rip=1.1.3.4, lip=1.1.1.1, session=<EumVoosXpQDAqAbv> Jun 02 10:43:59 auth: Fatal: LDAP: ldap_init() failed with hosts: 1.1.1.1:389 Jun 02 10:43:59 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 02 10:43:59 director: Error: Auth server disconnected unexpectedly Jun 02 10:43:59 pop3-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 0 secs): user=<>, rip=1.1.1.1, lip=1.1.1.2, session=<rpEpposXxADAqAbv> dovecot-seive.log Jun 01 14:39:57 lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. Jun 01 14:47:51 lda: Error: userdb lookup(postmaster(a)mydomain.com): Disconnected unexpectedly Jun 01 14:47:51 lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. mail.log Jun 2 10:41:25 mail1 postfix/smtpd[2932]: name_mask: noanonymous Jun 2 10:41:25 mail1 postfix/smtpd[2932]: xsasl_dovecot_server_connect: Connecting Jun 2 10:41:25 mail1 postfix/smtpd[2932]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Jun 2 10:41:26 mail1 postfix/master[2068]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd pid 2932 exit status 1 Jun 2 10:41:26 mail1 postfix/master[2068]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling Jun 2 10:43:06 mail1 postfix/anvil[2934]: statistics: max connection rate 1/60s for (smtp:0.0.0.0) at Jun 2 10:41:25 Jun 2 10:43:06 mail1 postfix/anvil[2934]: statistics: max connection count 1 for (smtp:0.0.0.0) at Jun 2 10:41:25 Jun 2 10:43:06 mail1 postfix/anvil[2934]: statistics: max cache size 1 at Jun 2 10:41:25

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Namespace Translation / IMAP Proxying
by Daniel van Ham Colchete 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hello everyone! About three years ago we migrated from Courier do Dovecot using the procedure at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Migration/Courier. So we have a namespace prefix os "INBOX.". We are trying to implement the SOGo collaboration with Exchange ActiveSync integration with Android Lollipop devices. So, in this exact configuration (namespace prefix + ActiveSync + Android Lollipop) things dont work really well [1]. I'm trying to get an IMAP Proxy of any kind in front of my Dovecot system to translate my namespaces when SOGo connects to it. So instead of presenting INBOX and INBOX.Sent it should show INBOX and Sent. I tried to do it with imapc but couldn't find any configuration that would allow it. I also looked at Perdition IMAP Proxy and NGINX but couldn't find it there also. Does anyone knows a way to do it? Best, Daniel Colchete [1] https://lists.inverse.ca/sogo/arc/users/2015-06/msg00301.html

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Fatal: -N parameter requires syncing with remote host
by lejeczek 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

hi I get with default (not declared) replication_dsync_parameters above errors, and for users that I'm trying to disable replication. I'm trying to disable with: override_fields = mail_replica="" in userdb and just in case (ldap) also user_attrs = =mail_replica="" my replication conf is pretty basic: service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0660 } } service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail group = Domain Users mode = 0660 } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail group = Domain Users } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } doveadm_password = secret # I can tell simple test: doveadm -v sync -f -u my(a)my.domain ssh vmail@server doveadm dsync-server -u me(a)my.domain works. It's for a user that I don't want replication. What am I missing here? many thanks

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Re: Virtual Mailboxes
by dmiller＠amfes.com 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

My next bonehead maneuver - was more of the first! location = virtual:/var/mail/%%d/%%n/mdbox/mailboxes/virtual was adapted from my definition for my shared namespace. Which was intended to share OTHER users - which is why the '%%' prefixes are used. Changing to: location = virtual:/var/mail/%d/%n/mdbox/mailboxes/virtual Now I can actually view something! But I still have a challenge - the mailboxes don't allow subscriptions via IMAP. If I manually edit the "subscriptions" file I can force it and I can now browse & view - but I can't make changes via IMAP clients. What else am I missing? -- Daniel On 2015-06-22 10:31, dmiller(a)amfes.com wrote: > Any ideas on what I need to check or should post to help find the > problem? > > -- > Daniel > > > On 2015-06-20 14:50, dmiller(a)amfes.com wrote: >> The first bonehead maneuver seems to be: >> location = virtual:/var/mail/%%d/%%n/mdbox/virtual >> I'm thinking it should be: >> location = virtual:/var/mail/%%d/%%n/mdbox/mailboxes/virtual >> >> But...it didn't seem to make a difference. And if I have the >> "virtual" folder tree under a location other than >> "/var/mail/domain/user/mdbox/mailboxes" no names appear - so I think I >> have the files in the right place. Any ideas? >> >> -- >> Daniel >> >> >> On 2015-06-20 14:34, dmiller(a)amfes.com wrote: >>> >>> Having some trouble with my first attempt at virtual mailboxes. I've >>> enabled the plugin in 10-mail.conf, added a virtual namespace, and >>> created the dovecot-virtual files in the folders. >>> >>> I see the folder names in the list when I refresh the folders >>> available for subscription - but the folders cannot be subscribed to >>> and I can't view their contents. What obvious mistake did I make? >>> >>> doveconf -n: >>> auth_cache_size = 4 k >>> auth_mechanisms = plain login >>> default_login_user = nobody >>> default_vsz_limit = 1 G >>> dict { >>> acl = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext >>> } >>> disable_plaintext_auth = no >>> listen = * >>> mail_attachment_dir = /var/mail/attachments >>> mail_plugins = fts fts_solr acl zlib virtual >>> mail_shared_explicit_inbox = 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 index ihave duplicate >>> mdbox_rotate_interval = 1 days >>> mdbox_rotate_size = 32 M >>> namespace { >>> hidden = no >>> inbox = yes >>> list = yes >>> location = >>> prefix = >>> separator = / >>> subscriptions = yes >>> type = private >>> } >>> namespace { >>> list = children >>> location = mdbox:/var/mail/%%d/%%n/mdbox >>> prefix = shared/%%n/ >>> separator = / >>> subscriptions = no >>> type = shared >>> } >>> namespace { >>> location = virtual:/var/mail/%%d/%%n/mdbox/virtual >>> prefix = virtual/ >>> separator = / >>> } >>> passdb { >>> args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf >>> driver = ldap >>> } >>> plugin { >>> acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/global-acls:cache_secs=300 >>> acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl >>> fts = solr >>> fts_autoindex = yes >>> fts_solr = break-imap-search url=http://solr.amfes.lan:8983/solr/ >>> sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve >>> sieve_dir = ~/sieve >>> } >>> protocols = imap lmtp sieve >>> service auth { >>> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { >>> group = postfix >>> mode = 0660 >>> user = postfix >>> } >>> unix_listener auth-userdb { >>> group = mail >>> mode = 0600 >>> user = vmail >>> } >>> } >>> service dict { >>> unix_listener dict { >>> group = mail >>> mode = 0660 >>> user = vmail >>> } >>> } >>> service imap-login { >>> process_limit = 200 >>> process_min_avail = 10 >>> service_count = 1 >>> } >>> service lmtp { >>> process_min_avail = 5 >>> unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { >>> group = mail >>> mode = 0666 >>> user = vmail >>> } >>> } >>> service managesieve-login { >>> inet_listener sieve { >>> port = 4190 >>> } >>> inet_listener sieve_deprecated { >>> port = 2000 >>> } >>> process_min_avail = 0 >>> service_count = 1 >>> } >>> ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/ssl/certs/mail.amfes.com.crt >>> ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/ssl/private/mail.amfes.com.key >>> userdb { >>> driver = prefetch >>> } >>> userdb { >>> args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf >>> driver = ldap >>> } >>> verbose_proctitle = yes >>> protocol lmtp { >>> mail_plugins = fts fts_solr acl zlib virtual sieve >>> } >>> protocol lda { >>> mail_plugins = fts fts_solr acl zlib virtual sieve >>> } >>> protocol imap { >>> imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep >>> imap_idle_notify_interval = 29 mins >>> mail_max_userip_connections = 50 >>> mail_plugins = fts fts_solr acl zlib virtual imap_acl >>> } >>> local 192.168.0.2 { >>> protocol imap { >>> ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/ssl/certs/mail.amfes.com.crt >>> ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/ssl/private/mail.amfes.com.key >>> } >>> } >>> >>> Given my mail storage location of /var/mail/%%d/%%n, I have created: >>> /var/mail/mydomain/myname/virtual/newfolder >>> >>> and within that folder created a dovecot-virtual. I created a few >>> like >>> this from the wiki samples - the folder names are visible but no >>> contents. >>> >>> -- >>> Daniel

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EXT4/LVM recommendations for 3TB of mdbox ?
by Nicolas C. 25 Jun '15

25 Jun '15

Hello, Do you have recommendations on EXT4 and LVM options for a 3TB file-system for mdbox? We currently use the mbox format on a XFS with poor performances since the update in v2.1 (Debian). We will switch to EXT4 to have the possibility of shrinking the file-system if needed (which is not possible with XFS), we currently have LVM partitions but with mdbox we will use LVM snapshots to backup the server in a consistent state. So, - any particular options to use with mkfs.ext4 for the creation of the FS ? - do you recommend a «thin» logical volume ? Our storage (IBM Storwize v7000) already have thin provisioning capabilities. The server will be a VMware virtual machine running Debian with RDM LUNs of 500GB. Data blocks will be automatically spread across several RAID disk (SSD, SAS, SATA) by the v7000. The «mdbox_rotate_size» will be configured around 10MB. Thanks, Nicolas C.

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why would replicated to server ask for extra fs permissions?
by lejeczek 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

I think I'm near getting a simple replication, but on server which is still "empty" I get: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/var/spool/mail/ccnr.biotechnology/nr412/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=1187(nr412) egid=513(Domain Users) missing +w perm: /var/spool/mail, we're not in group 12(mail), dir owned by 0:12 mode=0775 but repl from server runs just fine and their configs are virtually identical. What I missed? many thanks

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is it safe to have two backed used for the same user?
by lejeczek 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

hi everybody I wonder if it is safe (and wise) to have two passw-user databases for the same one user. I'm thinking, mail to me via pam mail to me(a)this.domain via ldap whole Maildir would be essentially the same one storage target, I see permissions have to be mangled, available to write for both vmail and actual uid. what do you think? Is it how it's done? regards

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