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[Dovecot] Maildirs location migration
by Thomas Hummel 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hello Timo, I'm using dovecot-2.1.15 with Maildir mailboxes located on an NFS filer. Postfix is used to deliver mail through procmail ("mailbox_command) as LDA. Our team has bought another filer and everything is meant to go on it, so we're planning to migrate those mailboxes to the new filer. To test it only on a subset of users, I ended up to the following solution : 1. keep new messages in postfix mailqueue for those users (via a service and a transport) 2. prevent new dovecot authentication for those users (via the "auth-deny" passwd-file type passdb) 3. doveadm kick those users 4. copy or rsync the mailboxes 5. symlink maildir, control and indexes directories to the new filer (nfs mounted on the mail server) 6. re-enable mail delivery and imap authentication I was wondering if such a migration could be done differently in order to be seamless to the user : - for the postfix part, it would be easy, I guess, to create a new service (and a new transport map using this service) to deliver to the new location - but for the imap part, I'm not sure if it can be done. My guess is that, if feasible, it would involve some namespace settings and a dsync copy but I cannot figure out how exactly. What do you think ? Thanks -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Groupe Exploitation et Infrastructure

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[Dovecot] dovecot-2.2 Warning: autocreate plugin is deprecated, use mailbox { auto } setting instead
by manu＠netbsd.org 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi After upgrading to 2.2, I get this: Warning: autocreate plugin is deprecated, use mailbox { auto } setting instead I found no documentation on mailbox { auto }. Where should it go in the config file? -- Emmanuel Dreyfus http://hcpnet.free.fr/pubz manu(a)netbsd.org

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[Dovecot] process_limit must be 1
by FABIO FERRARI 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hello, recently I have migrated a dovecot configuration from a Red Hat 5 to a CentOS 6. Since the versions of dovecot are quite the same (dovecot-2.0.1-1_118.el5 vs dovecot-2.0.9-5.el6.x86_64), I was thinking that copying the configurations file from one server to the other was a good thing, but instead, when I try to start the service, I have this bad error: Avvio di Dovecot Imap: doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: service(anvil): process_limit must be 1 Does anyone know why I am getting this? Is there a change in configurations between the 2 versions, is it a known issue or I have to check something else? thanks in advance Fabio Ferrari

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[Dovecot] %{session} does not work with deliver_log_format
by Daniel Parthey 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi, # 2.1.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-45-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS deliver_log_format = mailbox: deliver: session=<%{session}> msgid=%m from=%f: %$ produces log messages always containing "session=<session}>", like this one: Feb 24 09:22:09 10.129.3.233 dovecot: lmtp(3484, user(a)example.org) mbnWK6/NKVGcDQAAiWCYmA: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<20130224082208.8A807C0CF(a)mx01.example.org> from=postmaster(a)example.org: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX/postmaster' http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables leads me to the assumption that %{session} works "everywhere" and for deliver_log_format too. Is deliver_log_format variable expansion handled differently from login_log_format_elements and mail_log_prefix? Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.16: Quota plugin compile fails: Solaris 10
by Joseph Tam 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Stephen Usher writes: > quota-status.c: In function `main': > quota-status.c:200: error: `optarg' undeclared (first use in this function) > ... > It seems that the following C standard header files need to be included in > quota-status.c: > > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <unistd.h> It was mentioned a few weeks back (check the archives), but you only need one of them (which may include the others). My patch to cope with this --- a/src/plugins/quota/quota-status.c Sat Apr 13 02:18:40 2013 +++ b/src/plugins/quota/quota-status.c Sat Apr 13 02:18:56 2013 @@ -14,0 +14,1 @@ +#include <stdio.h> This worked for me. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.0 compile error
by Timo Sirainen 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

On 17.4.2013, at 1.27, Peter Wagner <rauchwolke(a)gmx.net> wrote: >>>> make[6]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/util' >>>> /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -std=gnu99 -Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -o gdbhelper gdbhelper.o > the weired thing is, when i build it with --without-shared-libs > the program builds fine and works. How can i find out why this works > but using shard-libs doesn't? Probably specific to the mips/linaro/something tools that you're using. Have you tried that v2.1 still compiles? The best way to figure out why it works and v2.2 doesn't would be to find the specific commit from v2.2 that broke it. http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/BisectExtension could make finding that easier.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.0 compile error
by rauchwolke＠gmx.net 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hi, i tried to compile dovecot 2.2.0 and i end up with this error: make[6]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/util' /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -std=gnu99 -Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -o gdbhelper gdbhelper.o ../../src/lib-dovecot/libdovecot.la -export-dynamic -ldl OpenWrt-libtool: link: mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -std=gnu99 -Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -Wl,--as-needed -o .libs/gdbhelper gdbhelper.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -ldl -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/lib/dovecot ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so:(.got+0x0): multiple definition of `_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[6]: *** [gdbhelper] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/util' Making all in doveadm make[6]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/doveadm' Making all in dsync make[7]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/doveadm/dsync' make[7]: Nothing to be done for `all'. Version 2.1.16 compiled fine. How can i fix this linker error? With kind regards

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[Dovecot] v2.1.11 soon
by Timo Sirainen 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Just to let you know: I'm planning on releasing v2.1.11 today/tomorrow. If you wish to get something fixed for it, ask quickly. :)

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[Dovecot] Small documentation error?
by Axel Luttgens 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Hello, At http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/mbox: The UID for a new message is calculated from "last used UID" in X-IMAP header + 1 Shouldn't it read "in X-UID header + 1" instead? Axel

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[Dovecot] Delete_to_Trash plugin and quota problem
by BINOTTO Luis SIDOR 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hello list... I am new at dovecot and I have a problem with it; any help will be very grateful We have a exchange server with outlook at the client side, and we are migrating the exchange server to postfix/dovecot(1.2.15) solution. I enabled the "deleted-to-trash" plugin (v0.3) to move the messages to the Trash folder automatically when it is deleted. Also, I am using quota and quota_imap plugins to maintain the quota for users. The quota rule for Trash folder is unlimit. The problem is, when the client reach their maximum quota and try to delete a mail in the inbox to release space. The delete to trash plugin effectively copy it to the Trash folder, but the original mail still remain (marked for delete) at the inbox folder and the quota does not released. This is my Configuration: Dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.6 log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s 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_uid: 16343 mail_gid: 16343 mail_location: maildir:mailboxes/mail mail_debug: 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_plugins(default): autocreate deleted_to_trash quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): autocreate deleted_to_trash quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: sirbil(a)sidor.com mail_plugins: quota log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log auth default: mechanisms: gssapi gss-spnego login ntlm username_format: %Ln use_winbind: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf 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 plugin: autocreate: Trash autosubscribe: Trash deleted_to_trash_folder: Trash quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=100M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=1G quota_warning: storage=80%% /etc/dovecot/scripts/quota-warning.sh 80 quota_warning2: storage=90%% /etc/dovecot/scripts/quota-warning.sh 90 quota_warning3: storage=96%% /etc/dovecot/scripts/quota-exceeded.sh 100 quota_exceeded_message: Ha exedido el tamano del buzon /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf: ... user_attrs = postalCode=mail=maildir:/mailboxes/%$/,title=quota_rule=*:storage=%$M ... Am I doing something wrong? Thanking you in anticipation.... L. Binotto " Notificacion Automatica: Este mensaje y cualquier archivo que se adjunte contiene informacion privilegiada y confidencial. Es para uso exclusivo del destinatario. Si usted ha recibido esta comunicacion por error, por favor avisenos inmediatamente. Automatic notification: This e-mail and any file transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee. If you have received this e-mail by mistake , please advise the sender immediately"

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[Dovecot] Sync errors trying to sync old mbox inboxes to dovecot
by Michael Smith 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

We are currently running dovecot 2.2.rc3. I am trying to 'dsync mirror' old Qpopper/mbox inboxes to our new Dovecot/mdbox servers. For most of the several thousand accounts, it works without issue. But there are a handful of accounts that are generating the following errors. dsync(joe): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/joe/inbox: seq=981 uid=981 uid_broken=0 originally needed 9 bytes, now needs 11 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=115028 uid=115028 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=114779 uid=114779 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=114778 uid=114778 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=114621 uid=114621 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=114610 uid=114610 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=114607 uid=114607 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=113993 uid=113993 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=113868 uid=113868 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=113855 uid=113855 uid_broken=0 originally needed 34 bytes, now needs 35 bytes dsync(john): Error: Sync failed for mbox file /var/opt/migrate/users/john/inbox: seq=46725 uid=46725 uid_broken=0 originally needed 32 bytes, now needs 34 bytes What exactly is this error indicating and how can I fix it?

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.1.16: Quota plugin compile fails: Solaris 10
by Stephen Usher 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Dovecot 2.1.16 fails to compile giving the following error under Solaris 10. Previously I had no problem compiling 2.1.12. The start of the config.log file contains: It was created by Dovecot configure 2.1.16, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68. Invocation command line was $ ./configure ## --------- ## ## Platform. ## ## --------- ## hostname = luna uname -m = i86pc uname -r = 5.10 uname -s = SunOS uname -v = Generic_148889-01 /usr/bin/uname -p = i386 /bin/uname -X = System = SunOS Node = luna Release = 5.10 KernelID = Generic_148889-01 Machine = i86pc BusType = <unknown> Serial = <unknown> Users = <unknown> OEM# = 0 Origin# = 1 NumCPU = 4 /bin/arch = i86pc /usr/bin/arch -k = i86pc /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /usr/sfw/bin PATH: /usr/local/bin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/ccs/bin PATH: /opt/SUNWspro/bin PATH: /usr/ucb GCC version info: Reading specs from /usr/sfw/lib/gcc/i386-pc-solaris2.10/3.4.3/specs Configured with: /builds/sfw10-gate/usr/src/cmd/gcc/gcc-3.4.3/configure --prefix=/usr/sfw --with-as=/usr/sfw/bin/gas --with-gnu-as --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld --without-gnu-ld --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath) Making all in quota gmake[4]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/mail/dovecot/dovecot-2.1.16/src/plugins/quota' gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../.. -I../../../src/lib -I../../../src/lib-master -I../../../src/lib-dict -I../../../src/lib-index -I../../../src/lib-mail -I../../../src/lib-storage -I../../../src/lib-storage/index -I../../../src/lib-storage/index/maildir -I../../../src/doveadm -I/usr/local/ssl/include -I/usr/sfw/include -I/usr/local/include -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -I/usr/local/ssl/include -MT quota-status.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/quota-status.Tpo -c -o quota-status.o quota-status.c quota-status.c: In function `main': quota-status.c:200: error: `optarg' undeclared (first use in this function) quota-status.c:200: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once quota-status.c:200: error: for each function it appears in.) gmake[4]: *** [quota-status.o] Error 1 gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/mail/dovecot/dovecot-2.1.16/src/plugins/quota' Steve -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT Systems Administrator, E-Mail:- steve(a)earth.ox.ac.uk Department of Earth Sciences, Tel:- +44 (0)1865 282110 Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. Fax:- +44 (0)1865 272072

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[Dovecot] LDAP attribute as shared mailbox name
by Marek Skubela 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hello, Is it possible to use LDAP attribute (cn in my case) instead of e-mail address as a shared folder name, so users would see something like: Shared > ExampleCompany Service and not the default Shared > service(a)example.com? -- Regards, Marek Skubela

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[Dovecot] [PATCH] mailbox_get_metadata() for mailboxes with open transactions.
by Dafan Zhai 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi everyone, I am writing a dovecot statistic plugin, which calls mailbox_get_metadata() to get the virtual size of the mailbox, if a mail is copied. I have noticed that mailbox_get_metadata() calls mailbox_sync(), and mailbox_sync() will fail for the mailboxes with open transactions. But if a mail is copied, there must be at least one transaction opened for the mailbox. So I can not get the virtual size. Commit [1] has fixed the same problem in mailbox_get_status(). I think the same should also be done in mailbox_get_metadata(). See the patch below. Dovecot version: 2.2.0 OS: OS: Linux 3.4.39-dist i686 maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=~/Maildir/INBOX Dafan [1] http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/12136db6e31f # HG changeset patch # User Dafan Zhai <dafan.zhai(a)securepoint.de> # Date 1366118323 -7200 # Node ID 7f0c5122d863d303ef5e74bbf650c2bac89ac564 # Parent f33bacb03cc22e02ca2d11d527d8dc0d99214486 lib-storage: mailbox_get_metadata() no longer forces mailbox to be synced. This fixes getting virtual size through mailbox_get_metadata() of mailboxes with open transactions. diff -r f33bacb03cc2 -r 7f0c5122d863 src/lib-storage/index/index-status.c --- a/src/lib-storage/index/index-status.c Tue Apr 16 15:54:05 2013 +0300 +++ b/src/lib-storage/index/index-status.c Tue Apr 16 15:18:43 2013 +0200 @@ -371,10 +371,10 @@ if (!box->opened) { if (mailbox_open(box) < 0) return -1; - } - if (!box->synced && (items & MAILBOX_METADATA_SYNC_ITEMS) != 0) { - if (mailbox_sync(box, MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST) < 0) - return -1; + if ((items & MAILBOX_METADATA_SYNC_ITEMS) != 0) { + if (mailbox_sync(box, MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST) < 0) + return -1; + } } if ((items & MAILBOX_METADATA_VIRTUAL_SIZE) != 0) {

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2 multiple master user passdb's not working anymore
by Christian Wiese 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi, after an update from dovecot 2.1.16 to 2.2.0 I encountered a problem when using multiple master user passdb's like the following: ----%<--------------------------------------------------------- passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.foo-master driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.bar-master driver = passwd-file master = yes } ----%<--------------------------------------------------------- The former behavior that the passdb's are searched sequentially to find the given master user doesn't seem to work anymore. Only the first passdb is searched, and thus authentication will fail for all master users which are not defined in the first passdb. Because I cannot find any hint that the master user handling has changed fundamentally it looks like a bug, but maybe I missed configuration related changes from 2.1 to 2.2 that is causing this new behavior. Cheers, Chris

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[Dovecot] Probs authenticating to Dovecot
by Kris Magnusson 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi folks. I have set up a Ubuntu 12.04 VM with Dovecot, Postfix, MySQL, amavisd, and ISPConfig 3. The VM has tons of RAM and disk and processor and is permanently connected to the Internet with a static IP. I followed the instructions at howtoforge.com to set up and configure this VM and am using ISPConfig to set up a mail hub for multiple domains. I have the DNS for my other domains' MX records pointing at this host—we'll call it "mail." Here's the version of Dovecot I'm using: root@mail:# dovecot --version 2.1.7 Anyway, when I try to connect to my VM and Dovecot using Mail.app on Mountain Lion, I get the following messages in mail.log: Apr 15 01:18:40 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: connect from 50-196-170-xxx-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net[50.196.170.xxx] Apr 15 01:18:40 mail dovecot: auth-worker(4331): mysql(localhost): Connected to database dbispconfig Apr 15 01:18:42 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: warning: 50-196-170-xxx-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net[50.196.170.xxx]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: Apr 15 01:18:42 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: disconnect from 50-196-170-xxx-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net[50.196.170.xxx] Apr 15 01:18:54 mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts in 6 secs): user=<kris>, method=PLAIN, rip=50.196.170.xxx, lip=50.196.170.yyy, TLS, session=<wwn85mHa8AAyxKq9> Apr 15 01:19:04 mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts in 10 secs): user=<kris>, method=PLAIN, rip=50.196.170.xxx, lip=50.196.170.yyy, TLS, session=<XGdT52Ha8QAyxKq9> But if I run alpine on mail, I can send and receive mail all day long. Here's a log entry that demonstrates this: Apr 15 01:20:01 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Apr 15 01:20:01 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: lost connection after CONNECT from localhost[127.0.0.1] Apr 15 01:20:01 mail postfix/smtpd[4284]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Apr 15 01:20:01 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs): user=<>, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured, session=<FGhS62HaIwB/AAAB> So I thought it was a problem with SASL not liking PLAIN authentication. When I go to /etc/dovecot and print the contents of dovecot.conf, I see that auth_mechanisms = plain login. root@mail:/etc/dovecot# more dovecot.conf listen = *,[::] protocols = imap pop3 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_privileged_group = vmail ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/smtpd.cert ssl_key = </etc/postfix/smtpd.key passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage sieve=/var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = root } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve quota } At this point I'm not sure what to think about this. The mailbox is created, it works on the host, so why wouldn't it work over the network? I've tried frobbing settings in Mail.app, as it does have some wonkiness to it, but no dice. The password is fine, everything is in place, it just doesn't work. Any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks, Kris

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[Dovecot] [OT] xi.rename-it.nl dovecot-2.2 stable-auto
by Jan Phillip Greimann 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi there, I check my mail-server for debian package-upgrades with Nagios, so everyday I got a mail for 8 "new" dovecot-packages on this server. I think that wasn't so in 2.1 stable-auto, but I'm not sure about that. Maybe someone who uses the 2.1 stable-auto repo could response to this? But 2.2 released only few days ago, maybe the repo-admin hadn't time to change this, or my memory about this is wrong. best regards, Jan

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[Dovecot] Dovecot IMAPS and slow reconnections
by Jarrad 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi List, I've recently moved from postfix + courier-imap to a new server with postfix + dovecot with a mysql user management. I have it up and running and receiving mail ok but I'm having problems with IMAP connections being slow. I have an iphone with multiple imap accounts set up on it (4 I think) and when I open the mail app it connects to first account quickly. Then if I navigate to another account it takes about 1 minute to connect (sits there with the 'connecting....' status) Looking at the logs it shows the connection come through at the same time the iphone actually connects so it's as if something is timing out before it actually connects. My setup is an Amazon EC2 micro instance running debian wheezy. There is about 5 domains being hosted with approximately 4-5 accounts for each so it's not a heavy load by any means. I've tried bumping up the max connections, service_count and minimum processes but nothing seems to help. Any advice is much appreciated. My config is as per below: # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocols = " imap pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 5 service_count = 10 } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key userdb { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir allow_all_users=yes driver = static } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = mail_plugins = postmaster_address = <removed for spam reasons> } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 }

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[Dovecot] SSHA512 auth not working
by Marcin Czupryniak 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

I'm trying to configure SSHA512 passwords and when testing discovered that they were not working as expected. At first i was using Centos 6.4 which doesn't have the glibc CRYPT newest functions ($6$salt$pass) so had to rollback to the Dovecot format ({SSHA512.HEX}saltedpassword+salt ) but I'm unable to let dovecot authenticate properly. Some logs and details: Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=xxx rip=xxx lport=143 rport=58171 resp=AGRpbm9AYWJjLml0AGRpbm8= Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Debug: sql(dino(a)abc.it,xxxx): query: SELECT '{SSHA512.HEX}' || password as password FROM mailboxes WHERE fullusername='dino(a)abc.it' Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Info: sql(dino(a)abc.it,xxxx): Password mismatch (given password: dino) Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Error: md5_verify(dino(a)abc.it): Not a valid MD5-CRYPT or PLAIN-MD5 password Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Warning: Invalid OTP data in passdb Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Warning: Invalid OTP data in passdb Apr 16 02:55:37 auth: Debug: sql(dino(a)abc.it,xxxx): SSHA512.HEX(dino) != 'd449914d83c85a786bcde7114b3dfdb24a651c27956388ac641d46eaf40c86e7c95ce2534348730475c8893eab314af189b3a46bf6d76b82cfba119e920813a531e985acd35c47ca8d3cafe50b595b66' Apr 16 02:55:39 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 1 user=dino(a)abc.it Full password as taken from database: {SSHA512.HEX}d449914d83c85a786bcde7114b3dfdb24a651c27956388ac641d46eaf40c86e7c95ce2534348730475c8893eab314af189b3a46bf6d76b82cfba119e920813a531e985acd35c47ca8d3cafe50b595b66 The first 128 chars are the salted password, remaining 32 the salt (hex uuid representation) I've checked twice that the generated passwords are correct, in fact if you salt the password (dino) you get the exact 128chars as in the stored password but dovecot compares the full password with the salt (160 chars), is this correct? Any ideas?

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[Dovecot] rsync migration issue
by Luigi Rosa 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to migrate a mail server from an old VM to a new one. I have maildir and virtual users, the files and dirs of the file system are owned by a single user. I exported the old (now in production) /var/spool/mail with (ro,no_root_squash) parameters I mounted the NFS on the new server with -o nolock This is not the first time I use this method and it always worked. Until now. If I try to rsync the current maildir structure to the new server I get MANY errors like: rsync: readdir("/mnt/xxxx/username"): Invalid argument (22) rsync: readdir("/mnt/xxxx/username/.Deleted Messages/cur"): Too many levels of symbolic links (40) I tried with rsync -a rsync --force --delete-after --devices --specials --sparse -tPrlHpogEAX rsync --force --delete-after --devices --specials --sparse -tPrlHpogEAXL but the result is the same. Suggestions? I don't want to tgz every mailbox, but I wuold like to do a rsync during the night and a final rsync bevore switching IP addresses to minimize downtime. Ciao, luigi - -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlFsRfcACgkQ3kWu7Tfl6ZRNbQCgk9AR7THYXT6+rqLFE5H8zSem QhUAnR33bNbcXwWfNSj8PN0YgY40gdHH =salc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.0 compile error
by rauchwolke＠gmx.net 16 Apr '13

16 Apr '13

Hi, i tried to compile dovecot 2.2.0 and i end up with this error: make[6]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/util' /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -std=gnu99 -Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -no-undefined -Wl,--as-needed -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -o gdbhelper gdbhelper.o ../../src/lib-dovecot/libdovecot.la -export-dynamic -ldl OpenWrt-libtool: link: mips-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -std=gnu99 -Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -msoft-float -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -Wl,--as-needed -o .libs/gdbhelper gdbhelper.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/lib -L/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/staging_dir/toolchain-mips_r2_gcc-4.6-linaro_uClibc-0.9.33.2/lib ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -ldl -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/lib/dovecot ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so:(.got+0x0): multiple definition of `_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[6]: *** [gdbhelper] Error 1 make[6]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/util' Making all in doveadm make[6]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/doveadm' Making all in dsync make[7]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/Develop/Openwrt/trunk_git/build_dir/target-mips_r2_uClibc-0.9.33.2/dovecot-2.2.0/src/doveadm/dsync' make[7]: Nothing to be done for `all'. Version 2.1.16 compiled fine. How can i fix this linker error? With kind regards

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[Dovecot] Delete_to_Trash plugin problem
by BINOTTO Luis SIDOR 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Hello list... I am new at dovecot and I have a problem with it; any help will be very grateful We have a exchange server with outlook at the client side, and we are migrating the exchange server to postfix/dovecot(1.2.15) solution. I enabled the "deleted-to-trash" plugin (v0.3) to move the messages to the Trash folder automatically when it is deleted. Also, I am using quota and quota_imap plugins to maintain the quota for users. The quota rule for Trash folder is unlimit. The problem is, when the client reach their maximum quota and try to delete a mail in the inbox to release space. The delete to trash plugin effectively copy it to the Trash folder, but the original mail still remain (marked for delete) at the inbox folder and the quota does not released. Am I doing something wrong? Thanking you in anticipation.... Luis Binotto. " Notificacion Automatica: Este mensaje y cualquier archivo que se adjunte contiene informacion privilegiada y confidencial. Es para uso exclusivo del destinatario. Si usted ha recibido esta comunicacion por error, por favor avisenos inmediatamente. Automatic notification: This e-mail and any file transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee. If you have received this e-mail by mistake , please advise the sender immediately"

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[Dovecot] Dict quota question
by Antoine Nguyen 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Hi all, I'm using Dovecot 2.1.16 and I'd like to know if the following configuration is supported: * An SQL dictionary quota * A static userdb to get uid/gid/home information * An SQL userdb to get per-user quota limit Currenlty, current quota usage are properly stored into the database but per-user limits are not found. If I replace the SQL dictionary by the maildir backend (my previous config.), it works as expected. Do you have any idea? Thanks in advance, Antoine Nguyen http://modoboa.org/

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[Dovecot] lazy_expunge plugin with virtual mailboxes
by Gilles Chauvin 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Hi, When using both lazy_expunge and virtual mailboxes (with, for instance, a "All Messages" virtual mailbox) as soon as a user deletes/expunges a mail in one of its mailbox, Dovecot is saving two mails to the lazy_expunge namespace (the one in the user mailbox and the one in the virtual mailbox). Is there some kind of trick to make Dovecot ignore any mail deleted from a virtual mailbox namespace ? Thanks, Gilles.

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[Dovecot] Coredump -> backtrace Script
by Ralf Hildebrandt 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

I wrote a little something about how I'm automatically creating backtraces from coredumps: http://sys4.de/de/blog/2013/04/13/core-catcher-linux/ I've been using this with Dovecot-HEAD and Squid-HEAD, mostly :) -- [*] 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: Joerg Heidrich

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