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Mails Not Deleting in first POP3 Session
by Smith, Michael H. (GSFC-760.0)[NICS] 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

The dovecot -n output is attached to this email. Filename dovecot-n_filtered.conf. Dovecot Version: 2.2.10 OS: CentOS 6.6 MTA: Postfix version 2.6.6 The system is using dsync between two mailbox servers. Problem: When a pop3 session deletes a new message and the pop3 session ends, the message is not deleted. On a subsequent pop3 session, the same messages is deleted again and when the session ends, this time the messages is removed. This results in automated scripts getting duplicate messages. Previous mail server utilized postfix and dbmail. The problem did not exist. All of our replication settings are located in the file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/12-replicator.conf. When I move the above file out of /etc/dovecot/conf.d/ on both mailbox servers and restart dovecot, the pop3 deletion problem goes away and the system behaves as expected i.e. when a messages is deleted, it's removed when the session ends (of course its not replicated to the secondary server). Numerous tests using IMAP and deleted messages behaved as expected.with or without replication Here is some additional information that I hope helps: Below I'm running watch 'pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | tail -2' On the primary mailbox server: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | t... Mon Feb 9 22:42:04 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1.nasc om.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, On the backup mailbox server: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur... Mon Feb 9 22:44:12 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1. nascom.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, After I connect to the primary mailbox server using openssl s_client -connect mail1.example.com:995 tls1_2 user test_u pass 123456 output below from the same watch command from above: Primary Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | t... Mon Feb 9 22:47:50 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 0 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.nasco m.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1.nasc om.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902:2, Secondary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur... Mon Feb 9 22:48:14 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1. nascom.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, So far, on the primary, the new message is moved to the cur directory while on the backup the new messages is still in new. I perform a list command to get the message I want to delete. In this case the message number is 2402 so it looks like this... list . . . 2401 2402 dele 2402 +OK Marked to be deleted quit Here's the primary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | t... Mon Feb 9 22:53:16 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1.nasc om.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, Here's the secondary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur... Mon Feb 9 22:53:38 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423522362.M879542P21023.mbox-open-2. nascom.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, See we see the message on the primary is moved back to new while the message on the secindary has a name change. Now for the second session (again using openssl): +OK Dovecot ready. user test_u +OK pass --------------- +OK Logged in. Here's the output on the primary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | t... Mon Feb 9 22:56:27 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 0 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.nasco m.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423521693.M193283P20903.mbox-open-1.nasc om.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902:2, Here's the output on the secondary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur... Mon Feb 9 22:57:22 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 48 -rw------- 1 vmail mail 46223 Feb 9 22:41 1423522362.M879542P21023.mbox-open-2. nascom.nasa.gov,S=46223,W=46902 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, Now a list and delete... list . . . 2401 2402 dele 2402 +OK Marked to be deleted quit Here's the output of the primary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur | t... Mon Feb 9 22:59:17 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 0 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.nascom .nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, Now the scondary: Every 2.0s: pwd; ls -l; echo "../cur"; ls -l ../cur... Mon Feb 9 22:59:37 2015 /home/vmail/nascom.nasa.gov/test_u/new total 0 ../cur -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191796.M570666P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, -rw------- 1 vmail mail 3269 Nov 28 16:23 1417191797.M813970P7291.mbox-open-1.na scom.nasa.gov,S=3269,W=3980:2, The message is deleted now. Multiple new messages that are all deleted in the same session behave the same way.. However, if the new messages aren't deleted in the first session, they move to the cur directory. On a subsequent session, the messages can be deleted and they are removed. The new messages remain in the new directory after the first session (as previously stated) on the secondary mailbox server until the dele. So second session deletes appear to work fine Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. --Mike

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Postfix , Dovecot & the Spam fight
by Leander Schäfer 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Hi, I'm currently busy with a substiution of my current mail server. I'm currently using * Clam-SMTP and * SpamAssassin to fight Spam. I wonder if it is worth implementing AmaViS with SpamAssassin backend instead and also using AmaViS to speak to clamd directly. But I more and more wonder wether AmaViS is even worth it?! It currently looks to me as if AmaViS is eating LOTS of ressources and it is very uncomfortable for automated installations if you have to do dynamic batch changes on the AmaViS configs - sed(1) is your friend but this hectic escaping and workarrounds is really not sustainable to maintain. So my question is: Does AmaViS have any advantages compared to the current setup? I don't seem to find lots of qualified discussions for this on the net. The AmaViS related articles I found are freaking old. Would be nice the get your best practice as a change. Thanks a lot Best regards Leander

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ssl_cipher_list
by LuKreme 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

How do I get a list of the possible ciphers that are installed on the system for use in ssl_cipher_list? -- They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and you know, they've all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? "I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How've you been?"

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TLS config check
by SW 07 Feb '15

07 Feb '15

Hi All First the essentials: dovecot --version: 2.2.15 /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-ssl.conf: ssl = required ssl_cert = </usr/local/openssl/certs/mail.domain.com.chained.dovecot.ecdsa.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/openssl/certs/mail.domain.com.ecdsa.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 ssl_cipher_list = HIGH:EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+SHA384:EECDH+aRSA+SHA256:EECDH:EDH+aRSA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:+DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!AES256-SHA256:!AES256-GCM-SHA384:!CAMELLIA256-SHA:!AES128:!CAMELLIA128:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS:!RC4:!SEED:+AES256-SHA ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes I would really appreciate it if someone could tell me if my config is super secure? I run the following email clients: K9 on Android 4.4.2 Thunderbird 31.4 Outlook 2010 I'm interested to know if the config I have is secure and that my cipher list is acceptable. I'm also keen to hear thoughts on my config in respect of Forward Secrecy and the SSLv3/POODLE attack. Thanks!

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Re: Interface for managing users?
by Thomas Moulia 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hello, > It's actually the way around: pick any user management and configure > Dovecot to use its database. > Depending on what you want, you need a system, that also removes the > user's home dirs and/or creates them from a skeleton. Makes sense, and is nicely simple. > After doing a change in the user database, make sure to run > doveadm auth cache flush > to force Dovecot to pick up the changes, before you fire up the next test. Ah, good to know -- that would've bit me. Thanks for the help, Steffen! -Thomas

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doveadm quota get doesn't recalculate quota (Maildir backend)
by Teodor Milkov 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hello, I've noticed that "doveadm quota get" doesn't recalculate quota if maildirsize file is missing for some reason. It just says quota is unknown, usage is 0. In contrast, vpopmail does regenerate maildirsize if it is missing. Reading the Maildir++ specification there is this part: ...If maildirsize does not exist, or if its size is at least 5120 bytes, recalculate it using the procedure defined above, and use the recalculated numbers... One seemingly legitimate reason for maildirsize to be missing is when vpopmail mailbox is set to NOQUOTA (i.e. no limits). My workaround to this is to use a fallback quota: quota_rule = ?:messages=10000000 That is, if there's no backend limit detected (missing maildirsize) then fallback to 10 mln message count quota. In this case doveadm quota get _does_ recalculate usage and even creates maildirsize file. So, my questions are: 1. Isn't it still better to calculate and show usage even if maildirsize is missing? Because calling quota recalc and then quota get is racy - someone else may change configuration or usage etc. between our two calls (forks). 2. If there's good reason against implicit recalculation, then maybe quota get output should be more specific that neither quota nor usage are known? Instead of usage=0 show -1 or "-" or "n/a" or "unkown"?

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Resubmission after N days
by Thomas Güttler 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi, I would like to implement a 43Folder system[1] with dovecot and a mail user agent. Use case: - I have a new mail in my inbox. I read it and see that I can't handle it now. I want to handle this mail in 5 days. - Now I want to have some sort of resubmission: the mail should be moved to a different location for these 5 days. - After 5 days the mail should be moved to my inbox again. How can this be done with Dovecot/IMAP? I have programming experience, but I am new to Dovecot/IMAP. I would like solve this with Dovecot only (without a database or web server). Does the IMAP protocol over methods which could help? [1] 43Folder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickler_file -- http://www.thomas-guettler.de/

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dsync and smooth conversion of Maildir to mdbox
by Sven Strickroth 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hi, I was experimenting with dsync for Maildir to mdbox conversion. Two isses arised there: * "subscriptions" only contained subscriptions of that namespace, all others were lost - Is there any configuration missing on my side? * "dovecot-acl-list" and "dovecot-acl" shares/permissions were not synced; UPDATE: if I also add "acl" to "mail_plugins" when running dsync (using -o mail_plugins="acl zlib") it works, however, all documentation, e.g. the wiki2, only mention to add acl to lmtp/lda and imap services. - Is there any problem adding acl to "global" mail_plugins? Regarding shared namespace: I cannot convert all mailboxes at once and have to do it mailbox after mailbox. The setting "location = maildir:%%h/Maildir" won't work as some mailboxes are already converted and others aren't. Is there a way to cope with that? "doveconf -n" outout: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16-0.bpo.3-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.8 dict { acldict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-user_shares.conf quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } mail_gid = 8 mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir mail_plugins = quota zlib mail_privileged_group = mail mail_shared_explicit_inbox = yes mail_uid = 999 namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/79p-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = proxy::acldict quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_grace = 0 quota_rule2 = Trash:bytes=+100M } protocols = " imap lmtp" service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { mode = 0600 user = postfix } user = vmail } userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/79p-sql.conf driver = sql } -- Best regards, Sven Strickroth PGP key id F5A9D4C4 @ any key-server

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Interface for managing users?
by Thomas Moulia 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Hey all, I'd like to use dovecot as an testing/benchmarking IMAP server for switchboard (https://github.com/thusfresh/switchboard) As part of the tests, I need to add and destroy dovecot users. Is there an interface or tool for this sort of user management at a higher-level than editing the user store, e.g. passwd-file, sql, ...? Also, more generally, are there any tools for using dovecot to test against? Thanks! -Thomas

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dovecot.index.log in Maildir/cur
by George Sexton 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

I'm seeing two bogus messages appearing my Maildir/cur directory. They're dovecot.index.log and dovecot-uidlist. -rw------- 1 gsexton users 51 Feb 4 09:04 Maildir/cur/dovecot-uidlist:2,S -rw------- 1 gsexton users 244 Feb 4 09:04 Maildir/cur/dovecot.index.log These files are only appearing in the Maildir/cur directory, and not in any other directory that mail is delivered to (e.g. mail list directories). I'm using the current version of Mozilla Thunderbird as my mail client. Mail is delivered to Maildir/ by procmail. I was originally using Courier, but changed to dovecot. I did run the conversion program on all the mail boxes. Other than these If anyone could help me understand what I'm doing wrong, I'd appreciate it. I've researched the mail list and read the wiki articles, but I'm just not seeing anything that looks helpful. Here's my config info: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.7-7-default x86_64 openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64) -> File System: btrfs 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 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 { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_key_password = ************ ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 } -- George Sexton *MH Software, Inc.* Voice: 303 438 9585 http://www.mhsoftware.com

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Re: Re: auth: Warning: DNS lookup took 1.550 s
by Joseph Tam 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

ML mail writes: > My fault here, I should have precised that the DNS query it tries to > resolve is simply the DNS name of my mailbox server > (mailboxserver.domain.com) So domain.com is hosted locally on DNS > servers on that very same network as the dovecot servers are located. > Furthermore all the resolvers I use in /etc/resolv.conf are also local > DNS resolvers on that same LAN. All the DNS servers (authoritative and > recursive) are using PowerDNS. That's why I was really puzzled to see > that it can take up to 1.5 seconds to query my own local DNS servers > which are in no way overloaded. That really doesn't change my answer, but since you control the entire DNS chain of query and response, you can further debug it at the server end via logs or network tracing. And you should still run a comprehesive DNS trace (e.g. http://dns.squish.net/) since a misconfiguration could still cause your DNS resolver to go on wild goose chases. In either case, it's probably not Dovecot related. If you want to triage it, just enter static entries into your proxy's /etc/hosts file. Or use bare IPs in your configurations. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Block folder names in IMAP
by André Peters 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hi, I just merged to Maildir "/" as separator with a fs layout. So I am afraid of running into problems when someone creates a folder named "new", "cur", etc. ... I know I could work this around, but isn't there a way to block folders by their name from being created? Thank you! -- André Peters

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Bug when using METADATA and ACLs
by Sergio Talens-Oliag 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hi, I'm trying to use the current version of dovecot as the IMAP server for Kolab and things seem to be working more or less OK, but while working on it I've found a dovecot bug that can probably be fixed quickly by someone familiar with the code. I've found the problem using shared folders, but it is related to ACLs and METADATA. The problem appears when a user only has the 'l' (lookup) permission on a folder and later tries to get METADATA from all his or her folders; a sample session to ilustrate the problem: A1 GETACL "foo" * ACL foo admin akxeilprwtscd -admin "" sto(a)iti.es lrwstipekxacd A1 OK Getacl completed. A2 SETACL "foo" sto(a)iti.es l A2 OK Setacl complete. A3 GETACL "foo" * ACL foo admin akxeilprwtscd -admin "" sto(a)iti.es al A3 OK Getacl completed. A4 GETMETADATA "foo" (/private/vendor/kolab/folder-type /shared/vendor/kolab/folder-type) A4 NO [NOPERM] Permission denied A5 GETMETADATA "*" (/private/vendor/kolab/folder-type /shared/vendor/kolab/folder-type) <CORE DUMPED> The dovecot.log messages are: Feb 05 13:59:12 imap(sto(a)iti.es): Panic: file imap-client.c: line 636 (client_command_free): assertion failed: (client->output_cmd_lock == NULL) Feb 05 13:59:12 imap(sto(a)iti.es): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x756cf) [0x7f55ab3da6cf] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7572e) [0x7f55ab3da72e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f55ab38c575] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](+0x18c9e) [0x7f55abba5c9e] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](+0x18e9a) [0x7f55abba5e9a] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](+0x18ef4) [0x7f55abba5ef4] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](client_handle_input+0x115) [0x7f55abba61e5] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](client_input+0x75) [0x7f55abba65b5] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x5b) [0x7f55ab3ec51b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xbb) [0x7f55ab3ed59b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x9) [0x7f55ab3ec5a9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f55ab3ec628] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f55ab391a43] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](main+0x2b7) [0x7f55abb9a717] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f55aaff7ead] -> dovecot/imap [sto(a)iti.es 127.0.0.1 GETMETADATA](+0xd889) [0x7f55abb9a889] Feb 05 13:59:12 imap(sto(a)iti.es): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 32404 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) And the gdb output is (my binary has no debug symbols, so I guess it is not really useful): (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007f55ab00b165 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007f55ab00e3e0 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f55ab3da6c5 in ?? () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f55ab3da72e in ?? () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007f55ab38c575 in i_panic () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007f55abba5c9e in client_command_free () No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007f55abba5e9a in ?? () No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007f55abba5ef4 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #8 0x00007f55abba61e5 in client_handle_input () No symbol table info available. #9 0x00007f55abba65b5 in client_input () No symbol table info available. #10 0x00007f55ab3ec51b in io_loop_call_io () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #11 0x00007f55ab3ed59b in io_loop_handler_run_internal () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #12 0x00007f55ab3ec5a9 in io_loop_handler_run () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #13 0x00007f55ab3ec628 in io_loop_run () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x00007f55ab391a43 in master_service_run () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #15 0x00007f55abb9a717 in main () No symbol table info available. If someone can look into it I will be grateful; of course if more info is needed I'm available to help as much as I can. Thanks in advance, Sergio. -- Sergio Talens-Oliag <sto(a)iti.es> <http://www.iti.es/> Key fingerprint = FF77 A16B 9D09 FC7B 6656 CFAD 261D E19A 578A 36F2

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auth: Warning: DNS lookup took 1.550 s
by ML mail 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hello, I am running a dovecot and proxy server on two different virtual machines and on the dovecot proxy server I see around 5-6 times per day the following warning: Feb 03 16:15:12 auth: Warning: proxy(email(a)domain.com,xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,<ABC123456789>): DNS lookup for mailboxserver.domain.com took 1.550 s I do not really understand how from time to time DNS queries are slow, I tried replicate this issue using dig to resolve the same DNS entry and it was always very fast. Is there any way I can debug better this issue? or is this nothing to worry about really? Regards ML

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lazy_expunge + mdbox
by fernando.figaro＠uol.com.br 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hi, I'm studying an issue related to mdbox and lazy_expunge. If it is active in the imap configuration, when you delete a message (copy to new folder + expunge old folder), a copy is also sent to the expunge namespace. I realize that is something related to mdbox and lazy_expunge_only_last_instance and found almost no references except this one (http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/file/24d6708cea76/TODO) lazy_expunge_only_last_instance=yes + mdbox doesn't work, because refcounts don't update immediately One other suggestion I found was to disable 'move' capability. Does anyone has other news regarding this issue ? Thanks, Fernando

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Re: auth: Warning: DNS lookup took 1.550 s
by Joseph Tam 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

ML mail writes: > I am not running a local DNS cache on the server. As suggested using a > local DNS cache would simply fix this issue but I am more interested to > know what is generating these slow DNS queries... As another poster has commented, a slow DNS response may not be anything related to your setup, but caused by upstream DNS service. Slow DNS response or timeouts is not uncommon, and if you're only getting 6 per day, you should count yourself lucky. If it's the same FDQN that's being delayed, you can maybe run an online DNS diagnostic -- they're may be some bum delegation or unsync'd data you can report, but it will probably not be worth your time to chase this to ground unless it's causing your client to get hung. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Hitting wall at 2048 IMAP connections
by Ron Cleven 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

We are gradually rolling out Dovecot (IMAP only, no POP3) to our customer base. We are replicating between a pair of CentOS 7 boxes. All has been working wonderfully. However, to be sure our rollout continues to go smoothly, we put together a simple benchmark client program to fire up X persistent IMAP connections (using hundreds of mailboxes) that login, list the folders, select the INBOX, periodically FETCH an email from the INBOX, and otherwise sit in an IDLE loop. As long as we keep the number of concurrent IMAP connections under 2k, everything works fine. 2,000 processes generate a minimal load on the server. However, 2048 is a "hard limit" for number of IMAP processes on a box the way things are configured right now. The number (2048) is a bit too magical to be anything but a misconfiguration of either some kernel limit or a dovecot configuration limit. I have been unable to figure out where else to look. I have pasted in my dovecot config below along with the kernel setting for max_user_instances. Hoping someone can tell me what stupid mistake I have made or what else to check. Just an aside, we front-end this with a separate set of proxy servers that provide an SSL front-end, hence, no SSL in the dovecot config. /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances = 4096 # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.10.0-123.13.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Cor e) auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login default_internal_user = sysadm default_login_user = sysadm default_vsz_limit = 512 M disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = ************** doveadm_port = 12345 imap_max_line_length = 128 k listen = * mail_gid = 2001 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = notify replication mail_uid = 2001 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 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 = scheme=PLAIN /z/imap/usr/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = scheme=PLAIN username_format=%u /z/imap/usr/users driver = passwd-file } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:imap0s sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_max_actions = 32 sieve_max_redirects = 4 sieve_max_script_size = 1M } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0666 user = sysadm } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0666 user = sysadm } } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0777 } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } user = sysadm } service imap { process_limit = 4096 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service managesieve { process_limit = 4096 } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } ssl = no userdb { args = username_format=%u /z/imap/usr/users driver = passwd-file } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve notify replication } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 40 } protocol sieve { managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 }

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Corruption of index files
by Oliver Welter 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Hi All, after upgrading my mail server (dovecot 1.1.7 -> 2.2.13) I get tons of messages about corrupted index files in the syslog ("Error: Corrupted transaction log" and "Warning: fscking index file .. dovecot.index". I tried flock and even dotlock, but the problems persist. The system is a VPS with an overlay filesystem which did work flawlessly with the old dovecot install and is not reporting any errors in the host machine. From time to time I get warnings about an exceeded inotify limit for the dovecot user - might this be a problem? Anybody has an idea what might be the cause those problems and how to track them down. Oliver -- Protect your environment - close windows and adopt a penguin!

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Upstart script for Poolmon
by Listas＠Adminlinux 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hi My servers are Ubuntu 14.04 and I'm needing to make a Upstart script for Poolmon. Does someone already made this and could to share with us ? Thanks! -- Thiago henrique

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Master user without pass=yes error
by Thomas HUMMEL 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hello Timo, I just tried the master user feature with a very simple setup (Dovecot v2.2.15) : !include auth-master.conf.ext -> passwd-file passdb !include auth-ldap.conf.ext -> ldap passdb (userdb prefetched) without auth_bind=yes without pass=yes I get this userdb lookup error : dovecot: auth: passwd-file(masteruser,157.99.64.42,master,<4Pgesh0OygCdY0Aq>): Master user logging in as normaluser dovecot: auth: Error: prefetch(normaluser,157.99.64.42,<4Pgesh0OygCdY0Aq>): userdb lookup not possible with only userdb prefetch dovecot: imap: Error: Internal auth failure (client-pid=10449 client-id=1) dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (pid=10449 id=1) (internal failure, 1 successful auths): user=<normaluser>, method=PLAIN, rip=157.99.64.42, lip=157.99.64.81, mpid=10570, TLS, session=<4Pgesh0OygCdY0Aq> with pass=yes, it works. Feb 2 17:51:24 langres dovecot: auth: passwd-file(masteruser,157.99.64.42,master,<YmjAwx0O0gCdY0Aq>): Master user logging in as normaluser Feb 2 17:51:24 langres dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<normaluser>, method=PLAIN, rip=157.99.64.42, lip=157.99.64.81, mpid=11647, TLS, session=<YmjAwx0O0gCdY0Aq> I dont quite understand why because the documentation states that 'pass=yes' "means that Dovecot verifies that the login user really exists before allowing the master user to log in. Without the setting if a nonexistent login username is given,[...]" Here, 'normaluser' exists in the ldap passdb so, even with pass=no, I'm not supposed to be in the 'nonesxistent login username' case. Can you help ? thanks. -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Groupe Exploitation et Infrastructure

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quote strings passed to sql
by Juan Bernhard 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hello list. I'm thinking to migrate the hole user db from system users to mysql. I already did it in a test environment, but something is annoying my OCD... I don't quote the variables username and password sent to the mysql server. I know, the mysql user that dovecot uses only has select rights, but it stills bother me, because its possible to do an useless sql code injection. Is there a way to quote that? Something like exim's quote_mysql? Saludos, Juan.

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Re: Uniqueness of dovecot mailbox-guids
by Christian Binder Stadt Freilassing 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Can no one give some adivse on this issue? Thanks Christian

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LDAP: "unused" & "uid missing"
by Leander Schäfer 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Does someone know what this means? It looks to me like it got the UID, yet it complains ... ? Also, why does it complain about attributes being unused, yet I use prefetch, so they will be used?! Log: [...] dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(test(a)mydomain.tld,192.168.10.233,<Rl2CF+UNhgDAqArp>): result: mailStorageDirectory=/var/vmail mailUidNumber=2110 mailGidNumber=2110 mailQuotaStorage=10240 mailQuotaMessages=20; mailQuotaMessages,mailStorageDirectory,mailUidNumber,mailQuotaStorage,mailGidNumber unused dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(test(a)mydomain.tld,192.168.10.233,<Rl2CF+UNhgDAqArp>): result: mailStorageDirectory=/var/vmail mailUidNumber=2110 mailGidNumber=2110 mailQuotaStorage=10240 mailQuotaMessages=20; uid missing [...] As mentioned, I use prefetch, so this is how my dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext is looking: [...] #user_attrs = mailStorageDirectory=home=%$/%u, mailStorageDirectory=mail=maildir:%$/%u/maildir, mailUidNumber=uid, mailGidNumber=gid, mailQuotaStorage=quota_rule=*:storage=%$, mailQuotaMessages=quota_rule2=*:messages=%$ pass_attrs = uid=user, userPassword=password, mailStorageDirectory=userdb_home=%$/%u, mailStorageDirectory=userdb_mail=maildir:%$/%u/maildir, mailUidNumber=userdb_uid, mailGidNumber=userdb_gid, mailQuotaStorage=userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=%$, mailQuotaMessages=userdb_quota_rule2=*:messages=%$ [...] Thanks

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Sieve permissions issue following update
by David Gessel 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

I recently updated dovecot and my sieve filters stopped working. Checking the logs I see: Dec 9 00:09:59 mailhost dovecot: lda(gessel(a)domain.com): Error: sieve: binary save: failed to create temporary file: open(/usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/10-move-spam.svbin.mailhost.domain.com.114.) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +w perm: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve, we're not in group 6(mail), dir owned by 143:6 mode=0775) Dec 9 00:09:59 mailhost dovecot: lda(gessel(a)domain.com): Error: sieve: The LDA Sieve plugin does not have permission to save global Sieve script binaries; global Sieve scripts like `/usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/10-move-spam.sieve' need to be pre-compiled using the sievec tool However this fairly clear advice on the failure seems to be contradicted by: # id vmail uid=5000(vmail) gid=5000(vmail) groups=5000(vmail),6(mail) ? dovecot-pigeonhole-0.4.6 = up-to-date with index dovecot2-2.2.15_1 = up-to-date with index uname -a FreeBSD host.domain.com 9.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.3-RELEASE #0 r268932: Mon Jul 21 15:51:38 PDT 2014 gessel@host1.domain.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BARCELONA-13-08 amd64

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managesieve & checkpassword authdb interface
by Peter Hodur 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hello, does anybody knows what managesieve addon sets in SERVICE env when autentificating to checkpassword? thanks Pete

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