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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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