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

03 May '13

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

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

02 May '13

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

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

02 May '13

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

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

02 May '13

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

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

02 May '13

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

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

02 May '13

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

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

01 May '13

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

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

30 Apr '13

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

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[Dovecot] Dovecot has no understandable configuration any more
by forum 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hello, my last problem could be solved now with userdb { driver = static args = uid=mail gid=mail home=/srv/mail/%d/%n } I can connect to dovecot locally with an webmailer. But there is no listener process to be seen outside of the server? Locally this ports are working, but not outside: # netstat -tulpn | grep dove tcp6 0 0 :::110 :::* LISTEN 5741/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN 5741/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN 5741/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::995 :::* LISTEN 5741/dovecot Is this a configuration problem inside dovecot? Another problem is the migration from the existant emails from V1 to V2: In the log i can find: Apr 30 11:14:57 imap(xxxx@yyyy): Error: Broken file /srv/mail/yyyy/xxxx/.INBOX.dir.09/dovecot-uidlist line 1: Broken header (uidvalidity = 0, next_uid=697) How can i recover this? Delete all the index files? Has someone an idea how to migrate the emails from charset ISO8859-1 to UTF-8? Best regards Karsten

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Antispam Plugin is not working
by Ravi Kanchan 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi All, I am using dovecot version 2.0.9 DSPAM Anti-Spam Suite 3.10.2 (agent/library) ClamAV 0.97.7/17102 and dspam antispam plugin dovecot-antispam-plugin-43880985e3dd and plugin configuration is given below: protocol imap { mail_plugins = " antispam autocreate" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = antispam autocreate } plugin { antispam_allow_append_to_spam = YES antispam_backend = dspam antispam_crm_args = --config=/home/vmail antispam_dspam_args = --client;--user vmail antispam_dspam_binary = /usr/bin/dspam antispam_dspam_notspam = --class=innocent antispam_dspam_result_header = X-DSPAM-Result antispam_dspam_spam = --class=spam antispam_mail_tmpdir = /tmp antispam_signature = X-DSPAM-Signature antispam_signature_missing = error antispam_spam = Spam } dspam bin path: [root@sogo ~]# which dspam /usr/bin/dspam and dspam.conf has attached with this mail. but my dspam plugin configuration is not working. and also I am not getting any log from dspam. My dspam server is working prefect. but I guess plugin is not working properly can anyone helpme. and my configuration for this is following:Regard's Ravi Kanchan Sharma Sr. System Administrator Infinite Computer Solutions (I) Ltd. Bglr. Mo. 9997154666

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[Dovecot] help with LMTP setup
by jeep＠rahul.net 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Im trying to convert my dovecot-lda setup to use LMTP for better security. My setup is postfix + dovecot + mysql with virtual users. Im setting up dovecot 2.2.1 w/postfix 2.10.0 Im still learning dovecot so Im not totally sure where Im going wrong. Can someone point out why Im getting permission problems? Im also concerned with server security, so if you notice anything that should be better, please point that out. I am the only user on this Linux box. Thank you! ls -l /opt/imapdata/j/jeff/INBOX total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 27 14:21 ./ drwxr-xr-x 3 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 27 14:21 ../ Dovecot is running with the following users: root 20847 0.0 0.0 15572 1108 ? Ss 10:23 0:00 /opt/optdovecot/sbin/dovecot dovenull 20848 0.0 0.0 46752 2724 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/imap-login dovenull 20849 0.0 0.0 46752 2720 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/imap-login vmail 20850 0.0 0.0 13408 1068 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 20851 0.0 0.0 13540 1192 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/log root 20853 0.0 0.0 16504 2128 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/config vmail 20854 0.0 0.0 136448 2972 ? S 10:23 0:00 dovecot/auth Im getting the following when an email comes in: Apr 29 10:11:57 fed8 postfix/virtual[20666]: D88F3DF3BD: to=<jeff(a)mydomain.com>, relay=virtual, delay=370, delays=370/0.03/0/0.07, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferred (delivery failed to mailbox ///opt/imapdata/j/jeff/INBOX/inbox: unable to create lock file ///opt/imapdata/j/jeff/INBOX/inbox.lock: Permission denied) my postfix/master.cf entry: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/lmtp -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} doveconf -n: # 2.2.1: /opt/dovecot221/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.5-201.fc18.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_internal_user = vmail first_valid_gid = 2000 first_valid_uid = 2000 listen = * lock_method = flock login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail mbox_lock_timeout = 1 mins mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size } postmaster_address = jeff(a)otherdomain.com protocols = imap lmtp sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail service auth { inet_listener { port = 12345 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0660 user = vmail } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 2 service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L inet_listener lmtp { address = 192.168.1.22 127.0.0.1 port = 24 } unix_listener lmtp { mode = 0666 } user = vmail } ssl = required ssl_cert = </opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!MEDIUM:!SSLv1:!SSLv2:!MD5:!SSL1:!SSL2:!EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-EDH-RSA-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-DES-CBC-SHA:!ADH-AES256-SHA:!ADH-AES128-SHA:!ADH-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA:!EXP-ADH-DES-CBC-SHA:!ADH-DES-CBC3-SHA:TLSv1 ssl_key = </opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/opt/imapdata/%1n/%n driver = static } userdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } userdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovelmtp.log mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol lda { info_log_path = /var/log/doveinfo.log log_path = /var/log/dovelda.log } protocol imap { imap_idle_notify_interval = 1 mins imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_max_userip_connections = 5 } /mf/home/jeep/shell/.signature

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[Dovecot] last login timestamp
by Oscar A. Jara 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hello, I am settiing up a dovecot (imap, pop, sieve, lda) + openldap infrastructure. I need to store the timestamp of the last login of each user in an attribute of its corresponding ldap object. I could not find a way of doing this through configuration options so I am thinking of coding this task into the dovecot-auth source code, maybe in the passdb-ldap.c file. What do you recomend about this? Thanks. __________ Information from ESET Mail Security, version of virus signature database 8278 (20130429) __________ The message was checked by ESET Mail Security. http://www.eset.com

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[Dovecot] mailbox_list_index_parse_header crash
by Kyle Wheeler 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi, I got all excited about IMAP NOTIFY support and tried enabling mailbox_list_index on my server. Unfortunately, I rather quickly ran into trouble of the segfault variety. This prevented me from doing basic things like seeing the contents of some of my folders. Disabling mailbox_list_index got me back up and running, but... darnit, that's annoying. The only message I got in my log file was this: imap(user@domain): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 6899 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) If I can help track this down, please let me know. Here's the backtrace: #0 hash_table_insert_node (table=0x10eff60, key=0x103, value=0x10fd8b0, check_existing=<value optimized out>) at hash.c:268 node = 0x69616d2d746e6573 prev = 0x10fbee0 hash = <value optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "hash_table_insert_node" #1 0x00007fad738a11be in hash_table_insert (table=0x10eff60, key=0x1, value=0x101) at hash.c:285 node = 0x0 #2 0x00007fad73b81e68 in mailbox_list_index_parse_header (list=<value optimized out>, view=0x11095f0, force=<value optimized out>) at mailbox-list-index.c:196 data = 0x10f5f30 i = 4980 len = 1 size = 8192 id = 1 #3 mailbox_list_index_parse (list=<value optimized out>, view=0x11095f0, force=<value optimized out>) at mailbox-list-index.c:317 ilist = 0x10edc80 hdr = <value optimized out> error = 0x10f5820 "`▒\016\001" __FUNCTION__ = "mailbox_list_index_parse" #4 0x00007fad73b86b03 in mailbox_list_index_sync_begin (list=0x10ed890, sync_ctx_r=0x7fff2ad61ee0) at mailbox-list-index-sync.c:247 ilist = 0x10edc80 sync_ctx = <value optimized out> index_sync_ctx = <value optimized out> view = 0x11095f0 trans = <value optimized out> hdr = <value optimized out> #5 0x00007fad73b86ffb in mailbox_list_index_sync (list=0x10eff60) at mailbox-list-index-sync.c:382 sync_ctx = 0x1107300 ret = <value optimized out> #6 0x00007fad73b8233f in mailbox_list_index_refresh (list=0x10ed890) at mailbox-list-index.c:376 ilist = 0x10edc80 view = 0x1107300 ret = <value optimized out> #7 0x00007fad73b85e19 in index_list_update_mailbox (box=0x10f40a0) at mailbox-list-index-status.c:363 list_sync_ctx = 0x1107140 list_view = <value optimized out> list_trans = <value optimized out> changes = {status = {messages = 718675880, recent = 32767, unseen = 4294967295, uidvalidity = 0, uidnext = 68, first_unseen_seq = 0, first_recent_uid = 1, last_cached_seq = 0, highest_modseq = 3176264, highest_pvt_modseq = 17854784, keywords = 0x10f40a0, permanent_flags = 17778368, permanent_keywords = 0, allow_new_keywords = 0, nonpermanent_modseqs = 0, have_guids = 0}, guid = "p ▒*▒\177\000\000D\000\000\000\000\000\000", seq = 17750944, rec_changed = false, msgs_changed = false, hmodseq_changed = false} __FUNCTION__ = "index_list_update_mailbox" #8 0x00007fad73b86089 in index_list_sync_deinit (ctx=0x1107140, status_r=0x7fff2ad62070) at mailbox-list-index-status.c:470 box = 0x10f40a0 #9 0x00007fad73b70f4a in mailbox_sync_deinit (_ctx=0x0, status_r=0x1) at mail-storage.c:1655 ctx = 0x10eff60 box = 0x10f40a0 errormsg = <value optimized out> error = <value optimized out> ret = <value optimized out> #10 0x00007fad73b7100b in mailbox_sync (box=<value optimized out>, flags=<value optimized out>) at mail-storage.c:1681 ctx = 0x0 status = {sync_delayed_expunges = 0} #11 0x00007fad73b9af72 in index_storage_get_status (box=0x10f40a0, items=17, status_r=<value optimized out>) at index-status.c:39 No locals. #12 0x00007fad72cabde4 in fts_mailbox_get_status (box=0x10f40a0, items=17, status_r=0x7fff2ad621b0) at fts-storage.c:86 seq = <value optimized out> #13 0x00007fad73b864e6 in index_list_get_status (box=0x10f40a0, items=17, status_r=0x7fff2ad621b0) at mailbox-list-index-status.c:162 No locals. #14 0x000000000041c8da in imap_status_get (cmd=0x10f1880, ns=0x10e8b00, mailbox=0x10cc2c8 "Flight.RV", items=0x7fff2ad62240, result_r=0x7fff2ad621b0) at imap-status.c:84 client = 0x10f0ce0 box = 0x10f40a0 errstr = <value optimized out> ret = <value optimized out> #15 0x000000000041219d in cmd_status (cmd=0x10f1880) at cmd-status.c:40 client = 0x10f0ce0 args = 0x10d7a38 list_args = 0x10d7be0 items = {status = 17, metadata = 0} result = {status = {messages = 0, recent = 0, unseen = 0, uidvalidity = 0, uidnext = 0, first_unseen_seq = 0, first_recent_uid = 0, last_cached_seq = 0, highest_modseq = 0, highest_pvt_modseq = 0, keywords = 0x0, permanent_flags = 0, permanent_keywords = 0, allow_new_keywords = 0, nonpermanent_modseqs = 0, have_guids = 1}, metadata = {guid = "PY\r\001", '\000' <repeats 11 times>, virtual_size = 17651520, cache_fields = 0x7fad73836e40, precache_fields = 1934521552, backend_ns_prefix = 0x7fad74012000 "", backend_ns_type = 1080}, error = 4294967295, errstr = 0xffffffffffffffa8 <Address 0xffffffffffffffa8 out of bounds>} ns = <value optimized out> mailbox = 0x10cc2c8 "Flight.RV" orig_mailbox = 0x10d7b98 "Flight.RV" #16 0x00000000004160ad in command_exec (cmd=0x10f1880) at imap-commands.c:156 hook = 0x10d5d90 ret = <value optimized out> #17 0x0000000000415200 in client_command_input (cmd=0x10f1880) at imap-client.c:775 client = 0x10f0ce0 command = <value optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #18 0x00000000004152ed in client_command_input (cmd=0x10f1880) at imap-client.c:836 client = 0x10f0ce0 command = 0x0 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #19 0x000000000041556d in client_handle_next_command (client=0x10f0ce0) at imap-client.c:874 No locals. #20 client_handle_input (client=0x10f0ce0) at imap-client.c:886 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 ret = 208 remove_io = <value optimized out> handled_commands = false __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #21 0x00000000004158ef in client_input (client=0x10f0ce0) at imap-client.c:928 cmd = <value optimized out> output = 0x10f16d8 bytes = <value optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #22 0x00007fad738abdf6 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x10f1780) at ioloop.c:387 ioloop = 0x10d4720 t_id = 2 #23 0x00007fad738ace6f in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<value optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:215 ctx = 0x10d4aa0 event = 0x10d4b10 list = 0x10f17d0 io = 0x10eff60 tv = {tv_sec = 1799, tv_usec = 999580} msecs = <value optimized out> ret = 1 i = 0 call = false __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run" #24 0x00007fad738abd98 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x10d4720) at ioloop.c:406 No locals. #25 0x00007fad738621b3 in master_service_run (service=0x10d45b0, callback=0x1) at master-service.c:560 No locals. #26 0x000000000041eb67 in main (argc=1, argv=0x10d4390) at main.c:400 set_roots = {0x426200, 0x0} login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x10cc050 "(", postlogin_socket_path = 0x0, postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x41ed60 <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x41ed00 <login_client_failed>, request_auth_token = 1} service_flags = <value optimized out> storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT username = 0x0 c = <value optimized out> ~Kyle -- For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. -- H. L. Mencken

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.16 doveadm purge -A segfault
by Daniel Parthey 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi, I know that a lot of work has been done regarding doveadm server, but I'm still experiencing easily reproducible segfault crashes of doveadm-server with 2.1.16 when running the following command in a 4 node director/mailbox cluster: /usr/bin/doveadm -c /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot-director.conf -D purge -A The dovecot-error.log shows the following errors (addresses anonymized): Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.233 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- '' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.233 dovecot: doveadm(x.xxxxxx(a)xxx-xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.233 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- '�' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.233 dovecot: doveadm(x.xxxxxx(a)xxx-xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- '�' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm(x.xxxxxx(a)xxx-xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- 'r' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm(x.xxxxxx(a)xxx-xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- 'e' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- 'g' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- 'e' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- '-' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm: Error: purge: invalid option -- '' Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.249 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxxxx.xx): Error: doveadm purge: Client sent unknown parameter: ? Apr 29 15:45:14 10.129.3.213 dovecot: doveadm(xxxxx(a)xxxxxx.xx): Fatal: master: service(doveadm): child 6316 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) There seems to something wrong with the doveadm command parser: # gdb /usr/lib/dovecot/doveadm-server /var/tmp/6316 (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007f52f0dc7cca in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007f52f0dc8dab in ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f52f0dc8e18 in getopt () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00000000004138ce in doveadm_mail_cmd_server_parse (conn=0xe09ad0) at client-connection.c:69 getopt_args = 0xdfa6b8 "AS:u:" c = <value optimized out> cmd = 0xe062c8 add_username_header = false #4 client_handle_command (conn=0xe09ad0) at client-connection.c:223 ctx = 0xe0dae0 flags = <value optimized out> cmd_name = <value optimized out> input = {module = 0x0, service = 0x4210f0 "doveadm", username = 0xdfa59a "xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxx.xx", session_id = 0x0, local_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}}, remote_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}}, local_port = 0, remote_port = 0, userdb_fields = 0x0, flags_override_add = 0, flags_override_remove = 0, no_userdb_lookup = 0} argc = <value optimized out> #5 client_connection_input (conn=0xe09ad0) at client-connection.c:326 args = <value optimized out> _data_stack_cur_id = 3 line = <value optimized out> ok = <value optimized out> #6 0x00007f52f10e6166 in io_loop_call_io (io=0xe097e0) at ioloop.c:379 ioloop = 0xe026a0 t_id = 2 #7 0x00007f52f10e71ef in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<value optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 ctx = 0xe054f0 event = 0xe05560 list = 0xe09950 io = 0xdfa5c8 tv = {tv_sec = 2147483, tv_usec = 0} msecs = <value optimized out> ret = <value optimized out> i = 0 call = false #8 0x00007f52f10e6108 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0xe026a0) at ioloop.c:398 No locals. #9 0x00007f52f10d15a3 in master_service_run (service=0xe02550, callback=0) at master-service.c:544 No locals. #10 0x0000000000414111 in main (argc=1, argv=0xe02370) at main.c:90 set_roots = {0x422780, 0x0} error = 0x0 Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Solr Panic
by Andre Rodier 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hello Everyone, I have a small base of users (30), but a lot of emails. I have an error again when I am indexing a virtual folder with a large number of folders. I appreciate this is a special case, but I am using dovecot and solr as it is, according to the documentation, the favourite way. One user is using a large number of archives sub folders, by years, months and subfolders, since 5 years. I am convincing this user to give up this organisation, but in the mean time, I hope to solve this problem. The virtual folder, called Archives, references all the sub folders in the Archive folder. There is about 380 folders, and worst of all, 55k characters with their names concatenated. On solr, I have increased the value of headerBufferSize to a huge value, but I have still this error. Anyway, this is the error I have when I try to index this virtual folder: ---8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@lapetus:/mnt/emails/indiefield.co.uk/jsmith/Mails/Virtual# doveadm -v index -u 'john smith' 'Search/Archives' doveadm(john smith): Info: Search/Archives: Caching mails seq=109580..127362 1800/17783doveadm(john smith): Panic: file solr-connection.c: line 416 (solr_connection_select): assertion failed: (!conn->posting) doveadm(john smith): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4414a) [0x7fcb7b5b014a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x2a) [0x7fcb7b5b020a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fcb7b58782a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_solr_plugin.so(+0x754a) [0x7fcb790fa54a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_solr_plugin.so(+0x4037) [0x7fcb790f7037] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(fts_backend_get_last_uid+0x5a) [0x7fcb79b2f66a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(+0xc1fd) [0x7fcb79b341fd] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(+0xc689) [0x7fcb79b34689] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so(+0xc51e) [0x7fcb79b3451e] -> doveadm(+0x16719) [0x7fcb7bf71719] -> doveadm(+0x13346) [0x7fcb7bf6e346] -> doveadm(+0x13e21) [0x7fcb7bf6ee21] -> doveadm(doveadm_mail_try_run+0x161) [0x7fcb7bf6f2e1] -> doveadm(main+0x3d1) [0x7fcb7bf6def1] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fcb7b200ead] -> doveadm(+0x13125) [0x7fcb7bf6e125] Aborted ---8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the solr side: ---8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28-Apr-2013 17:13:33 org.apache.solr.update.processor.LogUpdateProcessor finish INFO: {add=[1/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 2/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 3/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a 77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 4/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 5/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 6/70af772ea fc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 7/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith(a)indiefield.co.uk, 8/70af772eafc17c51fb350000812a8a77/john smith@indiefie ld.co.uk, ... (8 added)]} 0 19141 28-Apr-2013 17:13:33 org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log SEVERE: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: ParseError at [row,col]:[1188418,131] Message: Premature end of file. at org.apache.solr.handler.XMLLoader.load(XMLLoader.java:72) at org.apache.solr.handler.ContentStreamHandlerBase.handleRequestBody(ContentStreamHandlerBase.java:54) at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:131) at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1317) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:338) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:241) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:388) at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216) at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:766) at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:418) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114) at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152) at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:542) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(HttpConnection.java:943) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:843) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:218) at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:404) at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:410) at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:582) Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[1188418,131] Message: Premature end of file. at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLStreamReaderImpl.next(XMLStreamReaderImpl.java:592) at org.apache.solr.handler.XMLLoader.readDoc(XMLLoader.java:273) at org.apache.solr.handler.XMLLoader.processUpdate(XMLLoader.java:138) at org.apache.solr.handler.XMLLoader.load(XMLLoader.java:69) ... 22 more ---8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind regards, Andre Rodier

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[Dovecot] dovecot-sql.conf - Unknown setting: driver
by jeep＠rahul.net 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Im upgrading my dovecot from 2.1.14 to dovecot 2.2.1 on linux. Im using the same configuration file against my MySQL db and getting the following error: doveconf -n # 2.2.1: /opt/dovecot221/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /opt/dovecot221/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf line 2: Unknown setting: driver dovecot-sql.conf: # The mysqld.sock socket may be in different locations in different systems driver = mysql # Use "host= ... pass=foo#bar" if your password has '#' character connect = host=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock dbname=mydb user=username password=pass password_query = SELECT userid AS username, domain, password \ FROM users WHERE userid = '%n' AND domain = '%d' user_query = SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE userid = '%n' AND domain = '%d' home=/opt/ii/%1n/%n/INBOX # For using doveadm -A: iterate_query = SELECT userid AS username, domain FROM users That file worked fine in the last version. Looking at the docs 'driver' is still a valid setting. Can someone help me figure out why its complaining? Ive even Im lost as to why this error is occuring unless the error itself is actually another problem and the wrong error is popping up. Been working on this for a day and cant figure it out. Thanks in advance! /mf/home/jeep/shell/.signature

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[Dovecot] Replication fails with "Remote dsync doesn't use compatible protocol"
by Rich Wales 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

I can't get replication to work in Dovecot 2.2.1. I'm getting the following error on the machine where I'm initiating the replication: richatwork dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(richatwork): Error: dsync(local): Remote dsync doesn't use compatible protocol Both the local and remote servers are running identical versions of Dovecot (2.2.1), so I don't understand why I would be having any sort of "compatible protocol" problem. Any ideas? I posted the "dovecot -n" output for both servers in my earlier e-mail on this issue, which I sent about 24 hours ago (and which I assume was too long for people to be willing to read). Rich Wales richw(a)richw.org

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[Dovecot] ios clients and namespace trouble
by Kelsey Cummings 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

We migrated to dovecot from courier and maintained a courier compatible namespace configuration. This resulted in ios clients needing to be manually configured in order to use the special folders correctly (delete messages, save drafts, etc) either by being given the correct "Path Prefix" or by manually selecting the special folders. I can't fathom why apple has chosen not to support or can't detect namespace correctly and require manual configuration but if they haven't done it by now they must have some reason for it and aren't going to fix it any time soon. Are there any creative solutions to fixing the i-clients and preventing them from needing manual configuration? -K

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[Dovecot] .dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not a directory
by JC Putter 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

stat(/var/spool/vmail/example.com/user/.dovecot.sieve/tmp)failed: Not a directory auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 2000 last_valid_uid = 2000 mail_gid = 2000 mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/vmail/%d/%n mail_uid = 2000 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } According to the Wiki "It is not wise to place this link inside your mail store, as it may be mistaken for a mail folder. Inside a maildir for instance, the default .dovecot.sieve would show up as phantom folder */dovecot/sieve* in your IMAP tree." Sorry i am a bit of a noob, the docs don't explain clearly what to do...

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[Dovecot] Replication -- multiple users, three or more servers?
by Rich Wales 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

I'm running Dovecot 2.2.1 on an Ubuntu 12.04.2 server, with half a dozen accounts for various family members. I want to set up replication involving at least three Ubuntu servers, with different users replicated on different sets of servers. For example, I might have mail for "user1" replicated on "server1", "server2", and "server3"... while mail for "user2" would be on "server1" and "server2"... and mail for "user3" would be on "server1" and "server3". I've read the wiki page (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication) but I'm still confused. I'd love to see an example that clearly shows how to set up specific individual mail users to be replicated on a different set of servers for each user, like what I described above. Rich Wales richw(a)richw.org

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[Dovecot] login crashes - maybe too many simultan connections
by Frank Leonhardt 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hallo, since a few days, users sometimes have problems connecting to our mailserver, in the mail.err are many lines like this: Apr 23 11:14:25 psy2 dovecot: dovecot: child 17607 (login) killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) (ip=xx.xx.146.84) Users who are already logged in keep connected, but new connections are not possible.This happens only between 10 am and 3 pm, never in the early morning or at night, so i assume, maybe this is caused by too many simultaneous connections? After restarting dovecot the problem is temporary solved, new users may connect, but after one or a few days, this may happen again. # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: alle mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir fsync_disable: 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_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 auth default: passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot userdb: driver: passwd May anybody help? Thanks in advance! Greetings from Frank.

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[Dovecot] Strange issue with doveadm user
by Antoine Nguyen 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Dear all, I encounter a strange issue with the *doveadm user* command. (dovecot 2.1.16) I try to retrieve information about a specific user but dovecot says it doesn't exist (whereas I just created it). The following command fails: $ sudo -u vmail doveadm user pouet(a)domain.tld userdb lookup: user pouet(a)domain.tld doesn't exist If I try a more global lookup, the user is properly found: $ sudo -u vmail doveadm user *(a)domain.tld user1(a)domain.tld *pouet(a)domain.tld* Sending a query for another user works well. For example : $ sudo -u vmail doveadm user user1(a)domain.tld userdb: user1(a)domain.tld home : /var/vmail/domain.tld/user1 uid : 500 gid : 500 quota_rule: *:bytes=100M I really don't understand what's happening... The only difference I see between the users is that user1 was created when I was using dovecot 1.2... Thanks for your help.

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Re: [Dovecot] Using dsync to export mail to remote IMAP account
by Joseph Tam 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Timo Sirainen writes: >> I've read the web/man pages on dsync, but it's not clear to me whether >> dsync can be used to export (rather than import) a user's mailbox to a >> remote non-dovecot IMAP account. > > It should be possible at some point, but currently probably won't work > very well. Ah, thanks for the clarification. >> dsync(localuser): Error: user localuser: Initialization failed: >> Namespace '': Unknown mail storage driver imapc >> dsync(localuser): Fatal: User init failed > > But this looks like you simply haven't compiled Dovecot with imapc > support. See if > > dovecot --build-options|grep storage > > returns imapc. Right you are. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Feature request: Configure CONFIG_MODULE_DIR and AUTH_MODULE_DIR at runtime
by Rickard Nilsson 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi! I am running dovecot 2.1.16 on NixOS (http://nixos.org) and I have been fighting the dynamically loaded dovecot modules/plugins a bit. The problem is that in Nix/NixOS all packages are completely isolated from each other (each package has a separate /lib, /libexec, /bin etc, with only its own files in it). So dovecot has all its modules under /nix/store/xxx-dovecot/{lib,libexec}/dovecot, and the Pigeonhole modules are under /nix/store/yyy-pidgeonhole/{lib,libexec}/dovecot. Now, dovecot wants to load modules only from one directory, so I created a "virtual" package that unifies all modules in /nix/store/zzz-dovecot-plugins/{lib,libexec}/dovecot. I can then use this directory as the "mail_plugin_dir" setting in dovecot.conf. This works fine, dovecot can then find the "sieve" mail plugin. The problem is the service and auth modules, that dovecot tries to load from the compile-time set MODULE_DIR/{settings,auth}. This is a problem for me, because I can't set the module path during compilation since that introduces a circular dependency between the dovecot package and the virtual dovecot-plugins package. I have solved this by hacking dovecot to read an environment variable, DOVECOT_CONFIG_MODULE_DIR, in the config_parse_load_modules function. This way I can inject my module path during runtime. But this only works for the master process, not the config process which seems to reset its environment (I assume it does this when dropping privileges). So I did another hack which lets me pass an argument to the config process which contains the module path. I can then set this argument in dovecot.conf by "service config { executable = config /my/module/path }". These hacks work, and I can now use both the sieve mail plugin and the sieve service. I have attached the patch, but this is not a request to add it to the source. My hack is a hack because I don't know enough about the inner workings of dovecot to solve it in a good way. Rather, I'm asking for some way to configure the module path in dovecot, either as an argument to the master process or as a setting in dovecot.conf. A bonus would be the ability to specify several paths that dovecot would search, then I can do away with my virtual module package. Best regards, Rickard Nilsson

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[Dovecot] imap Panic: file istream-seekable.c: line 253 (i_stream_seekable_read): assertion failed: (stream->istream.v_offset + stream->pos <= sstream->write_peak)
by Pascal Volk 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi Timo, just another crash - using 2.2.1 (c95cea6e1389). Regards, Pascal

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