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[Dovecot] Account lockout option?
by dovecot＠corwyn.net 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

I'm currently using postfix and dovecot, with dovecot authentication (with saslauthd) using mysql for accounts Is there any option available for me to help inhibit/prevent brute-force login attempts? Thx. Rick Rick Steeves http://www.sinister.net "The journey is the destination"

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[Dovecot] Using Checkpassword with a PHP script
by Muhammed Alat 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Hi, im a newbee using dovecot. I want to use checkpassword, but i've no idea how to use it. Can somebody post a script where i can see how to include a PHP file to verify the password and user. Im useing Dovecot 1.0.15 and somebody have canfigure for me Checkpassword. There is an empty checkpassword and checkpassword-reply file and i have no idea what to do with it? Muhammed

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[Dovecot] Missing TMP folder - Dovecot 1.2 Beta3
by Matt Rude 26 Mar '09

26 Mar '09

Recently after upgrading to 1.2 Beta3 from 1.1.13, I started to defer mail. After looking into it deeper, it looks like Dovecot/sieve now asks for a tmp folder in the imap (maildir) folder. Once I added the tmp folder as the logs indicants, the mail was processed normally. I have split my Inbox and imap store to different folder. Looking at what it's trying to do, it looks to me that dovecot/sieve expect the imap directory to be the Inbox. Is this a bug, or intended behaver? # Log output, when requeueing the message in postfix, with mail_debug on ######################################################################### Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha postfix/qmgr[6855]: EB4141237BD: from=<colleen(a)example.com>, size=493284, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib20_expire_plugin.so Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda/lib90_cmusieve_plugin.so Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): auth input: maildir=example.com/jill@example.com/ Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): auth input: uid=1000 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): auth input: gid=1000 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): auth input: quota_rule=*:storage=524288 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=536870912 messages=0 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Trash bytes=53687091 (10%) messages=0 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Junk bytes=107374182 (20%) messages=0 Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): maildir: data=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill@example.com/imap/:INBOX=/… Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): maildir++: root=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill@example.com/imap, index=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/Indexes/example.com/jill@example.com, control=, inbox=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill@example.com Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): cmusieve: /var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill(a)example.com/dovecot.sieve doesn't exist Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): cmusieve: Using sieve path: /var/spool/sieve/dovecot.sieve Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): cmusieve: Executing script /var/spool/sieve/dovecot.sievec Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill(a)example.com/imap: mode=0700 gid=-1 ****** Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): creat(/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/example.com/jill@example.com/imap/tmp/tem… failed: No such file or directory ****** Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): copy: i_stream_read() failed: No such file or directory Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): msgid=<85866319ca18bf9cd994e34fe806c4f5.squirrel(a)mail.mattrude.com>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-03-24 12:02:50] Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): sieve runtime error: Keep: Generic Error Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha dovecot: deliver(jill(a)example.com): sieve_execute_bytecode(/var/spool/sieve/dovecot.sievec) failed Mar 24 12:02:50 samantha postfix/pipe[3116]: EB4141237BD: to=<jill(a)example.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=540, delays=540/0.03/0/0.14, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-03-24 12:02:50] ) ############################################################### # dovecot -n # 1.2.beta3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.19-170.2.35.fc10.i686 i686 Fedora release 10 (Cambridge) ext3 protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): * ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(pop3): ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/SSL/mail.example.com.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/SSL/mail.example.com.key login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_user: postfix mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/%d/%u/imap/:INBOX=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/%d/%u/:INDEX=/var/spool/virtualmailboxes/Indexes/%d/%u/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): autocreate expire quota imap_quota zlib trash mail_plugins(imap): autocreate expire quota imap_quota zlib trash mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: plain login cram-md5 cache_size: 128 cache_ttl: 600 passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.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: virtualmail group: virtualmail plugin: autocreate: Drafts autocreate2: Sent autocreate3: Trash autocreate4: Junk autocreate5: Junk.IsSpam autocreate6: Junk.IsNotSpam autosubscribe: Drafts autosubscribe2: Sent autosubscribe3: Trash autosubscribe4: Junk autosubscribe5: Junk.IsSpam autosubscribe6: Junk.IsNotSpam expire: Trash 30 Junk 30 expire_dict: proxy::expire quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=10M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=10%% quota_rule3: Junk:storage=20%% sieve: /var/spool/virtualmailboxes/%d/%u/dovecot.sieve sieve_storage: = /var/spool/virtualmailboxes/%d/%u/ trash: /etc/dovecot-trash.conf dict: expire: db:/var/spool/imap/expire.db Thanks -Matt -- Matt Rude http://www.mattrude.com - wiki: http://wiki.mattrude.com

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[Dovecot] deliver command line options "visible" in sieve script
by Andrzej Adam Filip 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

I use dovecot mailbox as destination of fetches from a few POP mailboxes. I would like to pass name of "source mailbox" to sieve script via deliver's command line option(s). As I understand I should use -a "mailbox@domain". How it would be accessible in sieve script? -- [pl>en: Andrew] Andrzej Adam Filip : anfi(a)onet.eu It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. -- Jerome K. Jerome

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[Dovecot] sqlite 3.6.11
by William E. Moreno A. 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

sqlite 3.6.11 doesn´t update from portmanager -u -l, conflicts with apache 2.2.11_3 and dovecot-1.1.11 on FreeBSD 7.1 I unselect into make config window the option to apache and dovecot and make deinstall reinstall, until sqlite fixed the dependence. am I OK? William P.D.: El presente correo no contiene tildes para evitarle al receptor inconvenientes en su lectura. ¡Sé el Bello 51 de People en Español! ¡Es tu oportunidad de Brillar! Sube tus fotos ya. http://www..51bello.com/

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[Dovecot] Dbox Upgrade Problem With MAILBOXDIR
by Alan Swanson 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

Hi. Trying to upgrade from Dovecot 1.1.11 to 1.1.13 but having a problem with imap process segfaulting. Backtrace is below. I presume it's related to these MAILBOXDIR changes but the only documentation is the single line in the news for changing to ":MAILBOXDIR=mailboxes" when using dbox. Current configuration is "mail_location = dbox:~/Mail" so what exactly should be changed here? (gdb) bt full #0 0x08093546 in dbox_get_list_settings (list_set=0xafe33244, data=0xafe34e33 "/home/USER/Mail", flags=MAIL_STORAGE_FLAG_NO_AUTODETECTION, layout_r=0xafe331e0, alt_dir_r=0xafe331dc, error_r=0xafe33304) at dbox-storage.c:76 subs_fname = 0x810fd7c "subscriptions" debug = false #1 0x08093615 in dbox_create (_storage=0x9405d08, data=0xafe34e33 "/home/USER/Mail", error_r=0xafe33304) at dbox-storage.c:103 storage = (struct dbox_storage *) 0x9405d08 list_set = {root_dir = 0x93fc038 "/home/USER/Mail", index_dir = 0x0, control_dir = 0x0, inbox_path = 0x0, subscription_fname = 0x810fd7c "subscriptions", maildir_name = 0x810fd8d "dbox-Mails", mailbox_dir_name = 0x0, mail_storage_flags = 0x0, lock_method = 0x0} st = {st_dev = 12674028786447048160, __pad1 = 61096, __st_ino = 155213040, st_mode = 135297936, st_nlink = 2950902296, st_uid = 135192819, st_gid = 155213040, st_rdev = 0, __pad2 = 20, st_size = -6340927589388910560, st_blksize = -1344064952, st_blocks = 666635824201130632, st_atim = {tv_sec = 20, tv_nsec = -1344064952}, st_mtim = {tv_sec = 135387904, tv_nsec = 1}, st_ctim = {tv_sec = 1, tv_nsec = 155213040}, st_ino = 34514951600} layout = 0x810fd8a "fs" alt_dir = 0x0 #2 0x080b1f12 in mail_storage_create (ns=0x9405900, driver=0x93fc030 "dbox", data=0xafe34e33 "/home/USER/Mail", user=0xafe34830 "USER", flags=MAIL_STORAGE_FLAG_NO_AUTODETECTION, lock_method=FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL, error_r=0xafe33304) at mail-storage.c:224 storage_class = (struct mail_storage *) 0x8128be0 storage = (struct mail_storage *) 0x9405d08 classes = (struct mail_storage * const *) 0xafe332a0 home = 0xa8007ff4 "|�\024" value = 0x2 <Address 0x2 out of bounds> i = 0 count = 1 #3 0x080b0815 in mail_namespaces_init (pool=0x94058e8, user=0xafe34830 "USER", namespaces_r=0xafe33360) at mail-namespace.c:230 namespaces = (struct mail_namespace *) 0x0 ns = (struct mail_namespace *) 0x9405900 ns_p = (struct mail_namespace **) 0xafe33310 flags = 0 lock_method = FILE_LOCK_METHOD_FCNTL mail = 0xafe34e2e "dbox:/home/USER/Mail" data = 0x0 error = 0x0 i = 1 #4 0x0806c373 in main_init () at main.c:238 client = (struct client *) 0x0 ns = (struct mail_namespace *) 0x49c953ed user = 0xafe34830 "USER" str = 0x0 #5 0x0806c59a in main (argc=1, argv=0xafe33434, envp=0xafe3343c) at main.c:296 No locals. (gdb) -- Alan. "One must never be purposelessnessnesslessness."

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[Dovecot] selection correct auth with multiple auth methods
by jm 25 Mar '09

25 Mar '09

How do you control which socket or authentication process dovecot's pop3 daemon chooses to use? I've got a user database with two flags one to allow pop3 access and the other to allow the use of auth smtp. There are two authentication instances configed, thus, auth default { .... passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot-sql-postfix.conf } .... socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = group = } } auth postfix { ..... passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot-sql-postfix.conf } .... socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } From the logs and testing pop3 is using the postfix authentication instance and not the default as expected. Does anyone out there know how control dovecot's pops daemon authentication choice? This infomation seems to be lacking in the documentation I can find. Jeff.

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[Dovecot] Making changes to dovecot log levels
by Thomas M Goerger 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi Timo, Awhile back I'd written about making changes to some of the log levels that dovecot writes to to stop the process from writing these to monitor. I wanted to run a few changes by you for this, just to make sure these won't cause problems somewhere else. And to send this to the list, in case anyone else wants to make similar changes in the future. In the file src/lib-index/mail-index.c: duplicate the function mail_index_set_error to mail_index_set_warning and call this function in /src/lib-index/mail_cache.c instead int mail_index_set_error(struct mail_index *index, const char *fmt, ...) { va_list va; i_free(index->error); if (fmt == NULL) index->error = NULL; else { va_start(va, fmt); index->error = i_strdup_vprintf(fmt, va); va_end(va); i_error("%s", index->error); } return -1; } changing the line : i_error("%s", index->error); to i_warning("%s", index_error); and for the file src/lib-storage/index/mbox/mbox-sync.c changing this code if (rec == NULL && uid < sync_ctx->idx_next_uid) { /* this UID was already in index and it was expunged */ mbox_sync_set_critical(sync_ctx, "mbox sync: Expunged message reappeared in mailbox %s " "(UID %u < %u, seq=%u, idx_msgs=%u)", sync_ctx->mbox->path, uid, sync_ctx->idx_next_uid, sync_ctx->seq, messages_count); ret = FALSE; rec = NULL; } else if (rec != NULL && rec->uid != uid) { /* new UID in the middle of the mailbox - shouldn't happen */ mbox_sync_set_critical(sync_ctx, "mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox %s " "(%u > %u, seq=%u, idx_msgs=%u)",sync_ctx->mbox->path, rec->uid, uid, sync_ctx->seq, messages_count); ret = FALSE; rec = NULL; from mbox_sync_set_critical( etc... to mail_storage_clear_error(storage) i_warning("Error text"... mail_storage_set_internal_error(storage) to clear and set the storage pointer Hopefully that's all clear. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, ************************************************************************* * Tom Goerger - Email/Unix System Administrator * * * * University of Minnesota Email: tmg(a)umn.edu * * Operations, Infrastructure and Architecture Phone: 4-5804 * * Internet Services Office: 626J WBOB * * * *************************************************************************

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[Dovecot] Dovecot error: Panic: i_stream_stat()
by PEACEYALL 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hello! I'm testing the virtual mail boxes using telnet. The telnet seesion completes 100% okay with no errors at all. Though, when postfix has to relay the message to dovecot, i get the following error in my delivery log (/home/vmail/dovecot-delivery): deliver(john): 2009-03-21 16:23:00 Panic: i_stream_stat() used for non-blocking seekable stream deliver(john): 2009-03-21 16:23:00 Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver [0x80a4c7a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver [0x80a4ae9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver [0x80aa4fc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver(mbox_sync_has_changed+0x100) [0x806deb0] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver(mbox_sync+0x36b) [0x807103b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver(mbox_storage_sync_init+0x3e) [0x807160e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver [0x805794a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver(main+0xc97) [0x8058937] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7e13455] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver [0x8056ef1] degus:/home/vmail# deliver(john): 2009-03-21 16:23:00 Panic: i_stream_stat() used for non-blocking seekable stream Here is the required information: ------------------------------------------------------- degus:/home/vmail# dovecot --version 1.0.15 degus:/home/vmail# degus:/home/vmail# dovecot -n # 1.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/mail.err info_log_path: /var/log/mail.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps 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: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir 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 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes 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 degus:/home/vmail# degus:/etc/dovecot# grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=mailserver user=*****88 password=******** default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 password_query = SELECT email as user, password FROM view_users WHERE email='%u'; degus:/etc/dovecot# ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you for your help and time.

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[Dovecot] Problem with dovecot + imap idle + qmail-local delivery
by Jochen Schug 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

Hi, I've recently switched from courier-imap to dovecot. Everything seemed to work fine, but after I while I noticed that dovecot is occasionaly causing problems with delivery of new incoming mails. System: Gentoo Linux, kernel 2.6.19, qmail 1.03, vpopmail 5.4.26 , dovecot 1.1.11, maildir, mail store on ext3. Symptoms: qmail is having trouble with the mail delivery. First I thought it had something to do with vpopmail or dovecot's quota support, but I tracked it down to qmail-local. I tried two different versions, one with Bill Shupp's maildir++ patch and one without. With the patch, I'm getting "User_over_quota._(#5.1.1)" errors. Mail is delivered once and sender is sent a notification about the exceeded quota. Without the patch, I get "Temporary_error_on_maildir_delivery._(#4.3.0)". Mail is delivered, but delivery is tried again and again. This only happens if a MUA is logged in to the mailbox and IMAP IDLE is being used. If the MUA is disconnected: fine. If dovecot is stopped: fine. I tried a couple of different things, all without success: - upgraded dovecot from 1.1.7 to 1.1.11 - compiled a new kernel with inotify support and recompiled dovecot - migrated mail store from reiserfs to ext3 - disabling quota support in dovecot - tried dovecot's various file locking mechanisms Right now I'm working around this by removing IDLE from the capabilities. This solves the problem, but leaves me with a less functional IMAP server. Any help is greatly appreciated. Jochen dovecot -n: protocols: imaps imap pop3s pop3 listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(pop3): *:995 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 89 last_valid_uid: 89 first_valid_gid: 89 last_valid_gid: 89 mail_uid: 89 mail_gid: 89 mail_location: maildir:/var/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/.maildir maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_capability(default): IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 QUOTA imap_capability(imap): IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 QUOTA imap_capability(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): namespace: type: private prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 user: vpopmail verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail plugin: quota: maildir

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[Dovecot] Staged migration from mbox to maildir
by Stewart Dean 24 Mar '09

24 Mar '09

So much changes in this migration that the ideal way to do it would be to begin with a few users or a department, then migrate the users affinity group by affinity group: first an institute or so, then the faculty, then the staff, then the students, moving to bigger and bigger groupings as the bugs work out of the migration and the move becomes more assured. We use sendmail and procmail. There's no problem there, as the ~./procmailrc can be changed to over-ride the mbox default until all groups are done and it become the default. The problem comes with IMAP. While dovecot can tell if a folder is mbox or maildir, it has to be pointed to the right place (by namespace definitions in the client, IIRC), and the default of putting the inbox under ~/mail is one I'd like to embrace for various reason...but given that that means moved inbox folders and *that* means either making a global change (there goes staged migration) OR changing the namespace definitions on each PC. I can get to the early few and change the namespaces definition, but there doesn't appear to any equivalent (enlighten me, if I'm missing something) to ~/.procmailrc for imap, so that I don't have to get on the client machine. Is this correct or am I (hopefully) wrong and there *is* a way to change things on the server that allows for staged migration? Oh, I would so like to be wrong! IMAP should have an rc file............. -- "Eppur si muove." (But Still it moves) Galileo, leaving the Inquisition, after buckling under the threat of torture and excommunication and recanting from his proof that the heavens do not revolve around the earth -- Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Center, Bard College, Annandale, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] dovecot with IMAP and POP3 mixed
by Andreas Meyer 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hello! I tried to setup dovecot to work with IMAP and POP3 but when I connect with Squirrelmail, I get an error saying CREATE "INBOX.Sent" reason: Mailbox doesn't allow inferior mailboxes # dovecot --version 1.0.5 # dovecot -n # 1.0.5: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot protocols: imap imaps pop3 ssl_disable: yes 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_location: maildir:/var/spool/vhosts/%d/%n 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 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd and /etc/dovecot/passwd looks like this: anmeyer@anup.de:{PLAIN}password:5000:5000::/var/spool/vhosts/anup.de/anmeyer::userdb_mail=maildir:~/ user7@anup.de:{PLAIN}password7:5000:5000::/var/spool/vhosts/anup.de/user7::userdb_mail=mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/spool/vhosts/anup.de/%u The mbox of user7 already exists. Can someone help to get both variants working so that dovecot can handle IMAP and POP3 accounts? Kind regards -- Andreas Meyer A man, a miss, a car -- a curve, He kissed the miss and missed the curve -- Burma Shave (1948) Mein öffentlicher GPG-Schlüssel unter: http://gpg-keyserver.de/pks/lookup?search=anmeyer&fingerprint=on&op=index

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[Dovecot] Released Sieve v0.1.4
by Stephan Bosch 23 Mar '09

23 Mar '09

Hello Dovecot users, Not much Sieve development was done in the last five weeks, but some important platform-dependent bugs were found and repaired. The main new feature is the addition of a custom Sieve language extension for debugging in the Sieve command line tools. Changelog Sieve v0.1.4: * Started work on the sieve-filter tool. With this command line tool it will be possible to (re-)apply Sieve filters on a mail folder. It is currently undocumented and far from functional. + Added a custom debug extension that provides the possibility to print debug messages from scripts executed by the Sieve tools. - Fixed issue with opening relative paths as a mail file. Bug reported by Ian P. Christian. - Fixed MAC OSX compile problem. Turns out the extern modifier was missing at multiple places. Bug reported by Edgar Fuss. - Fixed Solaris compile problem: removed unecessary and unportable linker flags that caused compile to fail. Bug reported by Andres Yacopino. The release is available as follows: http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.2/dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.4.tar.gz http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/1.2/dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.4.tar.gz.sig Have fun testing the new release and don't hesitate to notify me when there are problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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[Dovecot] v1.1.13 and v1.2.beta3 released
by Timo Sirainen 21 Mar '09

21 Mar '09

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.13.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.13.tar.gz.sig http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/beta/dovecot-1.2.beta3.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/beta/dovecot-1.2.beta3.tar.gz.sig Looks like Friday the 13th isn't the best day to make releases. :) These releases fix two bad bugs in v1.1.12. - v1.1.12's MAILBOXDIR changes broke accessing mails in some setups - v1.1.12's login_executable -D checking changes caused dovecot to crash at startup if protocols setting contained only pop3. - mbox: pop3_lock_session=yes was broken with mail_privileged_group.

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[Dovecot] Single Instance Storage still on the roadmap?
by Charles Marcus 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hey Timo, I was curious where Single Instance Storage fits in on the roadmap, now that you are maybe settled in in your new digs... Is it still coming soon? Has it been pushed back by your new employers priorities? Its real high on mine, so if has been back-burnered, I'll need to start looking for alternatives... Thanks, -- Best regards, Charles

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[Dovecot] update of current quota usage
by floss＠pBartels.info 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hello, I use Dovecot 1.1.11 and store the current quota usage in a Database. As far I can see it, the quota usage is updated each time dovecot performs an action on a mail. For example if a new mail is stored in the inbox, the current quota usage is increased. If a mail is deleted the quota usage is decreased. If there are still existing E-Mails in the inbox, before quota is turned on or if I perfom changes on the "mail storage" myself (for example purging trash or spam, or something) the current quota usage is NOT updated automatically by dovecot. For example I copy some mailboxes to my server, then the current quota for this mailboxes is still zero. Is it correct that dovecot can't do this for me? If yes, it seems I have to write my own (simple) update script and run it sometimes croned (because I don't really trust the actual quota implementation) and/or I have to update the current quota usage each time I perform actions myself. This "workaround" is easy by using a DB storage, but what about other implementations? Wouldn't it be nice if dovecot could do this or provide a tool for it? Thank you! Philipp

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[Dovecot] Maildir and mail files question
by Harry Lachanas 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

If an incoming mail is saved in 2 mail locations via dovecot deliver, and its wished that if deleted from box "a" should also be deleted from box "b" ... wil it be safe to delete based upon the W=xxxxx part of the file name ???? So far my tests indicate that It could be true ... Thanks Harry

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[Dovecot] ESORT broken in Dovecot 1.2
by Michael M. Slusarz 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Looks like ESORT is broken (just compiled 1.2 from hg 10 minutes ago). Here is the command I'm using and the corresponding error message: C: 5 UID SORT RETURN (ALL COUNT) (ARRIVAL) US-ASCII UNSEEN S: 5 BAD Error in IMAP command UID: Invalid sort argument. The corresponding UID SORT command (without the RETURN syntax) works fine: 5 UID SORT (ARRIVAL) US-ASCII UNSEEN * SORT 5 OK Sort completed (0.000 secs). michael

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[Dovecot] panic in dovecot 1.1.12
by Martin Preen 20 Mar '09

20 Mar '09

Hello, with some mbox folders I got this error: Mar 18 14:48:12 imap2 dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.crit] Panic: IMAP(xyz): file charset-iconv.c: line 122: unreached I assume that this is related to the folder contents (and not the configration). What does that mean to me ? Martin --------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Preen, Universität Freiburg, Institut für Informatik Georges-Koehler-Allee 52, Raum 00-006, 79110 Freiburg, Germany phone: ++49 761 203-8250 preen(a)informatik.uni-freiburg.de fax: ++49 761 203-8242 www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de

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[Dovecot] Fatal: write() failed to info log: Interrupted system call
by Janos Dohanics 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Last night Dovecot stopped, and the last message in the log was: Fatal: write() failed to info log: Interrupted system call Would you please advise? *** # dovecot -n # 1.1.6: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf Warning: mail_extra_groups setting was often used insecurely so it is now deprecated, use mail_access_groups or mail_privileged_group instead # OS: FreeBSD 6.4-PRERELEASE i386 log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap pop3 imaps ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_gid: 0 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /usr/local/etc/passwd.dovecot userdb: driver: passwd -- Janos Dohanics

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[Dovecot] largefile question
by Martin Preen 19 Mar '09

19 Mar '09

Hello, currently we're using version 1.0.13 with 32bit file offsets. Is it safe to switch to a new version with largefile support enabled ? We want to reuse existing index/cache or do we have to expect errors with that ? Regards. Martin --------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Preen, Universität Freiburg, Institut für Informatik Georges-Koehler-Allee 52, Raum 00-006, 79110 Freiburg, Germany phone: ++49 761 203-8250 preen(a)informatik.uni-freiburg.de fax: ++49 761 203-8242 www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de

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[Dovecot] fchown() error with Public Folders
by Stephen Carville 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

I was able to get public folders to work with a dedicated account for the hierarchy and ACL's for individual users. I have location defined so that each user has a local index and control files location = maildir:/usr/mail/public/cs/mail:CONTROL=~/Maildir/CS:INDEX=~/Maildir/CS Now i am seeing the folliwing error in the logs. dovecot: IMAP(stephen): fchown() failed with file /home/stephen/Maildir/CS/.Incoming/dovecot.index.log: Operation not permitted As I understand it, dovecot runs as root but the the IMAP process that servicers the request runs as the user so naturally the fchown() fails. However it seems the file is never even created. It there someting I need to do to get this to work? I am using 1.1.7 # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) protocols: imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/scacifs02-lnx.dovecot.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/private/scacifs02-lnx.dovecot.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: CS/ location: maildir:/usr/mail/public/cs/mail:CONTROL=~/Maildir/CS:INDEX=~/Maildir/CS list: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/imap.passwd -- Stephen Carville

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[Dovecot] IMAP ACLs not working
by Seba 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, I've some problems to get folder ACLs working with Dovecot. I've defined some folders (like drafts, spam etc.) for every user and created a dovecot-acl file in every folder so that users can not delete or rename these folders but this does not work as expected. Config ===== Debian Lenny 5.0 Dovecot 1.0.15 dovecot.conf ========= protocols = imap protocol imap { listen = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx } disable_plaintext_auth = yes log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " ssl_disable = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%Ld/%Ln namespace private { separator = . prefix = inbox = yes } mail_privileged_group = vmail protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com hostname = hostname(a)example.com mail_plugins = cmusieve } auth_username_translation = %Lu auth default { mechanisms = cram-md5 passdb pam { } passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb passwd { } userdb static { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes } user = root socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = vmail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } Folder structure =========== (For dovecot-acl) /home/vmail/example.com/user/.Spam/dovecot-acl dovecot-acl contains =============== owner lrwstiek For me the config looks OK and I can't find an error... When I change the dovecot-acl to "owner l" for example it seems that this change has no effect. Are there an error in my setup? Seba

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[Dovecot] dovecot1.2beta2( hg tags yields 8834:5284f45c249a) fetch error
by Jonathan Siegle 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Steps to reproduce 1 login testuser testpw 2 select inbox 3 fetch 1 body.peek[HEADER.FIELDS (date)] I get the error 3 BAD Error in IMAP command FETCH: Unknown FETCH modifier This is AIX 5.3 with mbox files. -Jonathan

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[Dovecot] mbox on NFS + automount, folder creation -> mkdir_parents() failed
by Sebastian Kayser 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

Hi, i am about to migrate some internal imapd mboxes to dovecot. Regular access is fine, just when i want to create a folder i get the following error message in the logs: Mar 18 17:36:57 pulsar dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] IMAP(skayser): mkdir_parents(/home/skayser) failed: Operation not applicable /home/skayser is mounted via autofs. When i set mail_location to a subdirectory within /home/skayser, folder creation works. From looking at the truss output dovecot tries to mkdir() the parent and doesn't seem to like the ENOSYS that is returned when the directoy is an autofs mountpoint. Any chance for a fix, Timo? :) 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1800000) (sleeping...) 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1800000) = 1 1549: read(0, " a 0 0 0 8 S T A T U S".., 3832) = 38 1549: stat64("/home/skayser/foobar3", 0xFFBFF598) Err#2 ENOENT 1549: write(1, " a 0 0 0 8 N O M a i".., 41) = 41 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1800000) = 1 1549: read(0, " a 0 0 0 9 U I D C O".., 3794) = 31 1549: stat64("/home/skayser/foobar3", 0xFFBFF600) Err#2 ENOENT 1549: write(1, " a 0 0 0 9 N O [ T R".., 53) = 53 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1800000) (sleeping...) 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1800000) = 1 1549: read(0, " a 0 0 1 0 C R E A T E".., 3763) = 24 1549: stat64("/home/skayser/foobar3", 0xFFBFF620) Err#2 ENOENT 1549: stat64("/home/skayser/foobar3", 0xFFBFF688) Err#2 ENOENT 1549: mkdir("/home/skayser", 0770) Err#89 ENOSYS 1549: write(2, "01 E m k d i r _ p a r e".., 64) = 64 1549: write(1, " a 0 0 1 0 N O I n t".., 99) = 99 1549: poll(0x00117818, 3, 1799999) (sleeping...) # mount | grep skayser /home/skayser on nfs:/export/home/skayser remote/read/write/setuid/xattr/dev=490000a # dovecot -n # 1.1.11: /opt/csw/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.9 sun4u disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/opt/csw/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: mbox:~/:INBOX=/mail/%u mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes mail_drop_priv_before_exec: yes mail_executable: /usr/local/bin/dovecot-imap-wrapper.sh auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Sebastian

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