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[Dovecot] Running LMTP as a user other than the root user
by Axel Luttgens 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hello, With this one in Postfix' main.cf: virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/_ROOT/var/run/dovecot/lmtp and Dovecot settings reproduced at the end of this message, there is no problem for having mail delivered into a user's INBOX. But as soon as I try the security improvement suggested in the docs: service lmtp { user = dovemailer } this is what I get in the logs: postfix/smtpd[52588]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] postfix/smtpd[52588]: E86B5BD2BA0: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] postfix/cleanup[52594]: E86B5BD2BA0: message-id=<20130416171203.E86B5BD2BA0(a)ALMba.local> postfix/qmgr[88232]: E86B5BD2BA0: from=<test(a)example.com>, size=315, nrcpt=1 (queue active) dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Connect from local dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /_ROOT/dovecot-2.1.16-0.3.4/lib/dovecot dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Debug: Module loaded: /_ROOT/dovecot-2.1.16-0.3.4/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so dovecot[52568]: auth: Error: userdb(test(a)example.com): client doesn't have lookup permissions for this user: userdb reply doesn't contain uid (to bypass this check, set: service auth { unix_listener /_ROOT/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb { mode=0777 } }) dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Error: user test(a)example.com: Auth USER lookup failed dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Debug: auth input: postfix/lmtp[52595]: E86B5BD2BA0: to=<test(a)example.com>, relay=ALMba.local[/_ROOT/var/run/dovecot/lmtp], delay=19, delays=19/0.02/0.17/0.06, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (host ALMba.local[/_ROOT/var/run/dovecot/lmtp] said: 451 4.3.0 <test(a)example.com> Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. (in reply to RCPT TO command)) dovecot[52568]: lmtp(52596): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) postfix/smtpd[52588]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] and the message of course remains in Postfix' queue. I understand that the +x workaround suggested for the auth-userdb socket (so as to have 0777 permissions instead of 0666) relies on provisions made in Dovecot's code in order to relax some requirements. But I still need help for a correct interpretation... The socket receives 0666 permissions by default; any process should thus be able to read from/write to that socket. So, why set such a default, since it is anyway going to yield un-intuitive results? And, as far as the log messages are concerned: "client doesn't have lookup permissions...". Who's the client here? Still from the log: "client doesn't have lookup permissions for this user:". Which user? "userdb reply doesn't contain uid" The userdb query seems to have failed; but does it mean that is should explicitly return a uid? TIA, Axel $ doveconf -n # 2.1.16: /_ROOT/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Darwin 12.3.0 x86_64 auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_debug = yes mail_gid = dovemailer mail_location = mbox:~/mboxes:INBOX=~/mboxes/inbox mail_uid = dovemailer 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 passdb { args = /_ROOT/etc/dovecot/db.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = dirsize:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1M } ssl = no userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /_ROOT/etc/dovecot/db.conf driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota } With above settings, the permissions on socket auth-userdb are: srw-rw-rw- 1 dovecot wheel 0 16 avr 16:05 auth-userdb and the full config for service lmtp is: $ doveconf service/lmtp service lmtp { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = lmtp extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = lmtp service_count = 0 type = unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B }

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.1: typo in src/lib-http/Makefile.in
by Piper Andreas 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hello, there seems to be a typo in the dovecot-2.2.1-sources: in dovecot-2.2.1/src/lib-http/Makefile.in at line 758 the two lines ../lib-test/libtest.la \ ../lib/liblib.la do not fit into the Makefile-syntax. At compile-time they produce the error make: Fatal error in reader: Makefile, line 725: Unexpected end of line seen If I remove these two lines, everything compiles fine. Could you please check this. Thanks, Andreas -- ________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Andreas Piper, Hochschulrechenzentrum der Philipps-Univ. Marburg Hans-Meerwein-Straße, 35032 Marburg, Germany Phone: +49 6421 28-23521 Fax: -26994 E-Mail: piper(a)HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.16: "default_client_count" written to the logs
by Axel Luttgens 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hello, As to be expected with low system limits, a warning may be written to the logs: master: Warning: fd limit (ulimit -n) is lower than required under max. load (256 < 1000), because of default_client_count Shouldn't it read "default_client_limit" instead of "default_client_count"? It seems that the warning is written only when reloading Dovecot, not upon Dovecot's startup. Is this deliberate? Thanks, Axel

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[Dovecot] Integrate mbox into mdbox
by lutz.niederer＠gmx.net 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi! I have several mbox files (unstructured, only the big plain mbox files) and I would like to integrate/read these mbox files into mdbox subfolders of specific users. This is a production system and I don't want to disturb running services and I am a bit afraid of not using the right command and maybe destroying (or whatever) their mailboxes. I am sure it is pretty easy. Can someone please tell me the correct dsync command line that I should use to read each mbox file (one-way) into the specific folder of the mdbox folder structure of a specific user? Thanks a lot, -lutzn

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[Dovecot] Using dsync to export mail to remote IMAP account
by Joseph Tam 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

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. (The intention is to use it whenever a user leaves and wants to copy their local mail to Google or whatever. I currently use uw-imapd's mailutil -- it works, but it's dreadfully slow.) As a first crack at it, I tried (on the dovecot server) dsync -o imapc_user=remoteuser -o imapc_password=remotepassword -o imapc_host=remote-imap-server -o imapc_port=993 -o imapc_ssl=imaps -o imapc_features=rfc822.size -o imapc_list_prefix=remoteprefix -o mailbox_list_index=no backup -f -u localuser imapc: I got this error: dsync(localuser): Error: user localuser: Initialization failed: Namespace '': Unknown mail storage driver imapc dsync(localuser): Fatal: User init failed Is exporting mail to a remote (non-dovecot) IMAP account even doable with dsync, or am I completely off-track? Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Failover
by Nikolaos Milas 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Hello, Assuming we have two (low traffic) servers (on different data centers) replicated using dsync, what is the best way to automatically direct users to the main server when it is up and to the redundant one when the main server is down? Using DNS? I've seen that DNS-based failover has generally issues (for example: http://serverfault.com/questions/60553/why-is-dns-failover-not-recommended, which is informative although it refers to web servers). What is the suggested approach? HAProxy? Heartbeat/Pacemaker? Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks and regards, Nick

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[Dovecot] Sieve - BCC
by iliusha 21 Apr '13

21 Apr '13

Hi ! Can you help me please with sieve plugin for dovecot I have this rule: /require ["variables", "envelope", "fileinto", "subaddress", "imap4flags"]; if anyof ( address :is [ "to", "cc", "bcc" ] "test(a)example.com", envelope :contains "to" "test(a)example.com" ) { fileinto "Test"; stop; }/ and if somebody sends me an email with "test(a)example.com" in "TO" or "CC" - then sieve works properly and put this email in Test folder, but i can't understand why if it sends e-mail to "test(a)example.com" in BCC - sieve don't move it to Test but leave it in Inbox? If i run sieve-test -faD .dovecot.sieve "Message-ID" i get: /Performed actions: * store message in folder: Test Implicit keep: (none) sieve-test(root): Info: final result: success/ but in dovecot log i get: /Info: sieve: msgid=<20130421074437.570EA2BA1C1F(a)mail.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX'/ and email is going to Inbox folder, instead Test. Please tell me what i am doing wrong and how i can make sieve to work properly with BCC. Thank You. -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/Sieve-BCC-tp41757.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] imap Fatal: bzlib.read(~/mdbox/storage/m.317): Out of memory
by Pascal Volk 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Hi Timo, today I found a raw backtrace after the bzlib.read() out of memory message. Regards, Pascal

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[Dovecot] listen directive changed?
by Nick Edwards 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

Timo, Is the global listen directive supposed to be a governing directive, like in apache? or is it there just in case you dont use it in protocols? I set a specific ipv6 address in global listen, but use [::] in proto Testing to a secondary IP, not in the global listen, it still connects, so can I ask has the original use of global listen been deprecated? ciao

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[Dovecot] Moving mail servers, moving mailboxes
by Gregory Sloop 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

So, I've done some searching - but search terms are hard to come by, that work, for this query. In short, migrating a RHEL 5.9 server running the back-ported Dovecot 1.0.7 To: Ububtu 12.04 with 2.0.19, I believe. [I'm not against compiling a more recent version if there's some real advantage to doing so. But I'd certainly prefer to stay with the packaged version.] Most users are POP3, with some leaving messages on the server for a while. Other users are IMAP - whole mail repository on server. --- In an ideal world, I'd like to simply copy all the mailboxes/dirs from one server to the other. [Local/LAN file copies are possible] It would be great if the message ID's wouldn't change, so the read/unread/new etc status all all the messages wouldn't change between the two servers for POP/IMAP. --- So, does anyone have a reasonable walk-through for doing so? Is this a poor idea? Should I simply set myself on fire now and save everyone a lot of hassle? :) Would you suggest an alternative, and tell me if it might achieve the objectives above? I'm more than glad to take pointers to threads on this topic. I just haven't been able to dredge this up with my Google-foo. TIA -Greg

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[Dovecot] Multiple Logins on same accounts from different stations, RE-POSTING
by HL 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Sorry List, I am reposting with dovecot -n ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi, all I've recently upgraded to 2.1.16 and found my self in deep .... There are 4 accounts in my setup that need to be accessed simultaneously by 5-6 PCs on a local lan. The thing is if a user A updates, deletes, flags mail messages in the imap folders the changes don't get propagated to the other mail clients. To state this clearly, PC (A) thunderbird has an account SALES, Maildir etc PC (B) thunderbird also has the SALES account. Changes from PC (A) and vice-versa like marks,deletes, or moves mails around will randomly get propagated to PC (B) Sometimes they do sometimes they don't. This never occured with previous version 1.2.xx I am attaching my doveconf -a output .. Please Help, Thanks in advance Harry -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks

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[Dovecot] LDAP authentication
by val john 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hi guys im new to dovecot , and im trying to authenticate dovecot to LDAP this my configuration dovecot --version 1.2.15 dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.5 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf *Out put of dovecot-ldap.conf* file uris = ldap://ldap.example.com:389 dn = cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com dnpass = abc tls = no ldap_version = 3 base = ou=users,dc=example,dc=com scope = subtree user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=%u)) * * *Out put of LDAP , * # Entry 1: uid=userone,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com dn: uid=userone,ou=users,dc=example,dc=com cn: Firtname Lastname displayname: Firtname Lastname givenname: Firstname mail: userone(a)example.com objectclass: inetOrgPerson objectclass: top sn: Lastname uid: userone userpassword: {SHA}0P/ssspVCIZx8+tVsss= but authentication fails with the follwing error , Please Advice Apr 19 08:18:48 localhost dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured#011lip=127.0.0.1#011rip=127.0.0.1#011lport=143#011rport=38734#011resp=<hidden> Apr 19 08:18:48 localhost dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(userone,127.0.0.1): lookup service=dovecot Apr 19 08:18:48 localhost dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(userone,127.0.0.1): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Apr 19 08:18:49 localhost dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=7517 Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(userone,127.0.0.1): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure (password mismatch?) Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(userone,127.0.0.1): pass search: base=ou=users,dc=example,dc=com scope=subtree filter=(uid=userone) fields=uid,userPassword Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(userone,127.0.0.1): result: uid(user)=userone userPassword(password)=<hidden> Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK#0111#011user=userone Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST#0111#0117514#0111 Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): passwd(userone,127.0.0.1): lookup Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): passwd(userone,127.0.0.1): unknown user Apr 19 08:18:50 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(userone,127.0.0.1): user search: base=ou=users,dc=example,dc=com scope=subtree filter=(uid=userone) fields=homeDirectory,uidNumber,gidNumber Apr 19 08:18:51 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(userone,127.0.0.1): no fields returned by the server Apr 19 08:18:51 localhost dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER#0111#011userone Apr 19 08:18:51 localhost dovecot: dovecot: User userone is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Apr 19 08:18:51 localhost dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<userone>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured

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[Dovecot] Dovecot and port forwarding
by Slawomir Wawak 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello! I try to configure POP3s with Dovecot. My mail server is behind router and I forward 995 port from router to mail server. POP3s works ok when I log directly to 995 on server. Unfortunately, it shows nothing when I log from outside. It happens also when the firewall is off. All I can see in log is this: Apr 19 13:39:43 hostname dovecot: pop3-login: Warning: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before/accept initialization [123.123.123.123] Apr 19 13:39:43 hostname dovecot: pop3-login: Warning: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before/accept initialization [123.123.123.123] Apr 19 13:39:43 hostname dovecot: pop3-login: Warning: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: unknown state [123.123.123.123] Apr 19 13:39:43 hostname dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Apr 19 13:39:43 hostname dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=17056) Apr 19 13:39:47 hostname dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=123.123.123.123, lip=10.0.0.2, TLS handshaking: Disconnected (hostname and IPs changed) My config: # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS auth_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail passdb { driver = pam } protocols = pop3 service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { address = * } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_ssl = yes I think it might be something related to SSL, but what? Regards, Slawek.

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP monitoring
by Joseph Tam 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

> From: pvsuja <pvsuja(a)gmail.com> > > I want to get some statistics of dovecot IMAP server like the number of > current IMAP connections, who is logged in to the Dovecot server, doveadm who > bandwidth usage. You can sort of get that from the logs. For example, from my logs Apr 18 23:08:19 server dovecot: imap(user): Disconnected: Logged out in=9516 out=89038 telling you how many bytes tranferred in and out during the session. > Is there any utility which does this sort of full monitoring? > I tried doveadm who to get the details of logged in users. > but its not returning any output even though i am logged in to the server. "doveadm who" ought to work. What does it return? Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] ot: moving files/dirs from terminal ?
by voytek＠sbt.net.au 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

warning, dumb question ahead: I want to re-arrange, rename & create some sub directories below INBOX in my own mailbox; if I use 'mc' from terminal to do so, can that cause me grief...? do I need to ?? re-index explicitly?? afterwards ? how to re-index ? or is that a really _B_ad idea, and, I should do it through say squirrelmail client ? thanks for any pointers! # dovecot --version 2.1.1 INBOX mail path /var/spool/mail/vhosts/dom.tld/voytek(a)dom.tld

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[Dovecot] Slooow imap copy to "Sent" folders
by Frank Bonnet 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Hello Many users here use the "copy to Sent folder" using the IMAP protocol with Dovecot 2.1.15 on a FresBSD 9 server. Since few days this operation ( copy to sent folder ) became longer than before , it could takes several seconds to complete even the message is very short. Is there a parameter I could tweak to boost this a bit ? may users complain with reason thank you

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[Dovecot] IMAP monitoring
by pvsuja 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Dear Sir, I want to get some statistics of dovecot IMAP server like the number of current IMAP connections, who is logged in to the Dovecot server, bandwidth usage. Is there any utility which does this sort of full monitoring? I tried doveadm who to get the details of logged in users. but its not returning any output even though i am logged in to the server. Thanks and regards, Suja -- View this message in context: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/IMAP-monitoring-tp41723.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] dovecot index errors since 2.1.12
by Morten Stevens 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, After upgrading to dovecot 2.1.12, I see a lot of these errors: # 2.1.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.14.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final) # Filesystem: ext4 with mdbox storage Dec 10 15:21:04 mail dovecot: imap(user(a)example.org): Error: Cached message size smaller than expected (5010 < 8192) Dec 10 15:21:04 mail dovecot: imap(user(a)example.org): Error: Corrupted index cache file /var/vmail/example.org/user//mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/Ubuntu/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 27517 Dec 10 15:21:04 mail dovecot: imap(user(a)example.org): Error: read(/var/vmail/example.org/user//mdbox/storage/m.7123) failed: Input/output error (FETCH for mailbox INBOX/Ubuntu UID 27517) Dec 10 15:21:04 mail dovecot: imap(user(a)example.org): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-12-10 15:21:04] in=3391 out=1383967 Dec 17 21:38:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: Cached message size larger than expected (12222 > 12085) Dec 17 21:38:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: Corrupted index cache file /var/vmail/example.org/user2//mdbox/mailboxes/LKML/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 216231 Dec 17 21:38:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: read(/var/vmail/example.org/user2//mdbox/storage/m.15569) failed: Input/output error (FETCH for mailbox LKML UID 216231) Dec 17 21:38:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-12-17 21:38:34] in=4079 out=61996358 Dec 17 21:40:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: Cached message size larger than expected (6726 > 5302) Dec 17 21:40:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: Corrupted index cache file /var/vmail/example.org/user2//mdbox/mailboxes/Google/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 930834 Dec 17 21:40:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Error: read(/var/vmail/example.org/user2//mdbox/storage/m.15544) failed: Input/output error (FETCH for mailbox Google UID 930834) Dec 17 21:40:34 mail dovecot: imap(user2(a)example.org): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-12-17 21:40:34] in=27666 out=29738162 Since the release of dovecot 2.1.x, I have never seen this error message. After downgrading to 2.1.10 the error is gone. Andy ideas? Best regards, Morten

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[Dovecot] Problem with "convert" Plugin
by Andreas Schnederle-Wagner - Futureweb.at 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hello, I got a Problem with the "convert" Plugin. Trying to convert from mbox to maildir Format. OS: CentOS release 5.8 (Final) dovecot -version: 1.0.7 (Centos RPM) convert Plugin call: convert_mail = mbox:/opt/pop3/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u When converting to maildir - POP3 works fine (except the lost UIDL - so every server-saved message is double downloaded - but did not find any fix for this problem with convert plugin) But the IMAP In-Boxes give me some headache . All Folders are converted correct - and displayed in Mail Client. But all Mails in the IMAP INBOX are "lost" (at least Mail Client won't show them anymore) Newly delivered Mails to the Inbox work - but all older ones are missing. When looking into this Folder: /var/maildata/USER/Maildir/cur/ I can see that newly delivered mails look like this: 1366122898.14776_0.SERVERNAME:2, And the old - converted ones like this: 1366119758.P14442Q12M682874.SERVERNAME:2, Can someone point me in the right direction why the converted Mails are missing? (It worked on other Servers - about 1 year ago - without any problem?!) Thank you Andreas Schnederle-Wagner Futureweb OG Innsbrucker Str. 4 6380 St. Johann schnederle(a)futureweb.at www.futureweb.at www.ortsinfo.at Fon: +43 (0) 5352 65335-0 Fax: +43 (0) 5352 65335-777 Gratis über Skype anrufen | Skype-ID: futureweb

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[Dovecot] qmail-ldap LDA Delivery and sieve
by Ruda Porto Filgueiras 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, I'm using dovecot 2.1.7 on debian Squeeze with ldap integration. Almost everything is working fine and I would link to thank all developers for this amazing piece of software. But after changing my qmail-ldap to do LDA integration get all the benefits from LDA and sieve, some emails return with failure like this: <sar(a)mondialline.com.br>: lda(sar): Fatal: Unknown argument: sar Usage: dovecot-lda [-c <config file>] [-a <address>] [-d <username>] [-p <path>] [-f <envelope sender>] [-m <mailbox>] [-e] [-k] It happens on messanges that could not be delivered and need to be returned to the sender. I'm using the configuration described on wiki to do qmail-ldap integration: http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/qmailldap The relevant delivery command is: | /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -a $RECIPIENT -f $SENDER -d $USER I also tried to use this way, as documented here: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Qmail | /var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda But in that case, some sieve plugins can't detect the mail recipient, like vacation plugin. Finally, the vacation plugin also is not doing email forwarding when I use the first delivery option above. Follow my settings: # LDAP scope = subtree user_attrs = uidNumber=11184,gidNumber=2110 user_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)(accountStatus=active)) pass_attrs=uid=user,userPassword=password,mailHost=host,=proxy_maybe=y pass_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)(accountStatus=active)) iterate_attrs = uid=user iterate_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(accountStatus=active)) # dovecot -n output: # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 ext4 default_client_limit = 8000 default_process_limit = 2048 disable_plaintext_auth = no hostname = mail.mondialline.com.br lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes lda_original_recipient_header = X-Original-To mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/dados/vmail/%u/Maildir mail_plugins = zlib mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave vacation-seconds namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { sieve = /dados/vmail/%u/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +vacation +vacation-seconds sieve_global_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/ sieve_vacation_default_period = 1h sieve_vacation_max_period = 30d sieve_vacation_min_period = 0 } postmaster_address = ti(a)mondialline.com.br protocols = " imap lmtp sieve" service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 10 } service imap { process_limit = 2048 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } shutdown_clients = no ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/cert.pem ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/cert.pem submission_host = mail.mondialline.com.br:25 userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext default_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/dados/vmail/%u driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 mail_plugins = zlib imap_zlib } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } Best regards, -- Rudá Porto Filgueiras http://python-blog.blogspot.com http://twitter.com/rudaporto

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[Dovecot] Multiple Logins on same accounts from different stations
by HL 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi, all I've recently upgraded to 2.1.16 and found my self in deep .... There are 4 accounts in my setup that need to be accessed simultaneously by 5-6 PCs on a local lan. The thing is if a user A updates, deletes, flags mail messages in the imap folders the changes don't get propagated to the other mail clients. To state this clearly, PC (A) thunderbird has an account SALES, Maildir etc PC (B) thunderbird also has the SALES account. Changes from PC (A) and vice-versa like marks,deletes, or moves mails around will randomly get propagated to PC (B) Sometimes they do sometimes they don't. This never occured with previous version 1.2.xx I am attaching my doveconf -a output .. Please Help, Thanks in advance Harry

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[Dovecot] Pros and cons of having folders under INBOX vs. not
by Rich Wales 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

I have some questions about whether I should set up folders under INBOX vs. having them outside the INBOX namespace. I'm setting up a new Dovecot 2.2.0 on an Ubuntu 12.04.2 server. My plan is to move my users (family members) to this new server from an old Cyrus server. Everybody is currently using (and will continue to use) IMAP, and either Thunderbird or SquirrelMail as their e-mail client. I'm using the maildir mailbox format on this new Dovecot server. No one is using the new Dovecot server yet, so I'm still free to do additional tweaking of the server configuration. When I used imapsync to copy everyone's mail to the new server, I found that all the folders (other than INBOX) were renamed. On the old Cyrus server, all the folders are subfolders of INBOX, but the folders on the new Dovecot server are not. (For example, a folder named "INBOX.Dovecot" on the old server was renamed to "Dovecot" on the new server by the imapsync utility.) Can I just keep things this way on the new server? Or are my users going to run into problems if folders are not all under INBOX? I do realize that IMAP servers can be set up either to put everything under INBOX, or not, but I'm not familiar with all the pros/cons. And if I do need (or want) to put all the folders under INBOX, can I simply rename the existing folders in each user's Maildir (and also edit folder names accordingly in everyone's "subscriptions" file)? Or will Dovecot be broken unless I recopy everything from scratch (with a command-line option to imapsync to put everything in the INBOX destination namespace)? Rich Wales richw(a)richw.org

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[Dovecot] auth: passwd file (info): unknown user
by Jim Knuth 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hello, the problem is: The users are system users (by Confixx) say webxpy. But behind it e-mail puts of course address like info(a)domain.de and so on. Everything functions perfectly, nevertheless, is following in the log. … … dovecot: auth: passwd file (jk): unknown user … dovecot: auth: passwd file (jim.knuth): unknown user … dovecot: auth: passwd file (info): unknown user … and so on It is tried obviously, before the domain part in the passwd file to find user info … However, there is in it only webxpy. How can I solve this dilemma, by which does this come then? auth_username_format = %n Thanks in advance as attached mine dovecot-n -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, with kind regards, Jim Knuth

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2 & LEMONADE extensions
by Jan Phillip Greimann 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

Hi there, I read an article about dovecot 2.2, which includes the LEMONADE extensions, and was fascinated about the feature "Forward without download". We have a small internet-uplink in our office and our CEO loves to receive mails with large attachments, he also reply/forward it, so every time the full attachments get downloaded and uploaded again. Now the question is: Is LEMONADE supported by desktop-mailclients like thunderbird or just mobile Clients? (Google said nothing to this, maybe searched the wrong words) I hope someone can help me with this. Greetings, Jan

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[Dovecot] imap Panic: file index-attachment.c: line 231 (index_attachment_save_finish): assertion failed: (attach->input->eof)
by Pascal Volk 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi Timo, some imap processes seems to have some problems. Regards, Pascal

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