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[Dovecot] Coding question again...
by Stefan Jurisch 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hello again, I have a coding question again: I can obtain the path of the current user's mailbox with the function mail_storage_get_mailbox_path(...) - so far so good. But is it possible to get this mailbox path for another user than the logged in one? Thanks in advance. Best regards. Stefan -- SIEGNETZ.IT GmbH { w3o-services } Schneppenkauten 1a D-57076 Siegen Tel.: 0271 68193-0 Fax: 0271 68193-29 Geschäftsführer: Oliver Seitz Handelsregister-Nummer: HRB4838 Registergericht: Amtsgericht Siegen -------------------------------- Das Wort “WINDOWS” stammt aus einem alten Sioux-Dialekt und bedeutet: “Weißer Mann starrt durch Glasscheibe auf Sanduhr.” -------------------------------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] deliver: command died with signal 6
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

We recently upgraded to dovecot v1.0.15 (from v1.0.0 + some local fixes), and after this upgrade we've started to get a couple of failures from deliver: Jan 12 20:34:34 smtp1.ulh.mydomain.net deliver(someuser(a)somedomain.net): Raw backtrace: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_syslog_panic_handler+0x1c) [0x45577c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x45537c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_update_index+0x86f) [0x43eb8f] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_begin+0x245) [0x43c6e5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_sync_index_begin+0x45) [0x4162d5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_transaction_save_commit_pre+0x68) [0x41c638] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_transaction_commit+0x70) [0x417320] -> /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.15/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so [0x2a9557d3a8] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(deliver_save+0x136) [0x410856] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(main+0x1023) [0x411c43] -> /lib64/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdb) [0x3cbd81c40b] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x40ffaa] Jan 12 20:38:53 smtp2.ulh.mydomain.net deliver(quarantine(a)mydomain.net): Raw backtrace: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_syslog_panic_handler+0x1c) [0x45577c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x45537c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_update_index+0x86f) [0x43eb8f] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_begin+0x245) [0x43c6e5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_sync_index_begin+0x45) [0x4162d5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x416ed5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_sync_last_commit+0x4b) [0x4170bb] -> /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.15/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so [0x2a9557d3a8] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(deliver_save+0x136) [0x410856] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(main+0x1023) [0x411c43] -> /lib64/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdb) [0x322e11c40b] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x40ffaa] Jan 13 10:37:59 atmail1.ulh.mydomain.net deliver(quarantine(a)mydomain.net): Raw backtrace: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_syslog_panic_handler+0x1c) [0x45577c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x45537c] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_update_index+0x86f) [0x43eb8f] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_index_sync_begin+0x245) [0x43c6e5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_sync_index_begin+0x45) [0x4162d5] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_transaction_save_commit_pre+0x68) [0x41c638] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_transaction_commit+0x70) [0x417320] -> /usr/local/dovecot-1.0.15/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so [0x2a9557d3a8] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(deliver_save+0x136) [0x410856] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(main+0x1023) [0x411c43] -> /lib64/tls/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdb) [0x3ac5a1c40b] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x40ffaa] Unfortunatley these leads to bounce messages to the sender: Jan 13 10:37:59 atmail1.ulh.mydomain.net postfix/pipe[6320]: BB3337E4E7: to=<quarantine(a)mydomain.net>, relay=dovecot, delay=2.3, delays=0.06/0/0/2.2, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver") First, does anybody know if it's possible to change the behaviour here to not bounce, but retry instead ? And, is there anything we should do to debug further what the problem might be ? -jf

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[Dovecot] Migration dbmail -> dovecot.
by Андрей Юртайкин 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi i want to migrate from dbmail to dovecot, the main problem is passwords. dbmail uses "md5-hash" wich crypt "111" to "$1$tZNR7pR4$jMuuKWm7ljRyL8iEMfjep.". Tried all dovecot pass schemes thru `dovecotpw` and no one matches. The main question is how to migrate dbmail -> dovecot.

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[Dovecot] NFS group RQUOTA
by Kostik 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi All. Linux have EXT_RQUOTAPROG (Extended (LINUX) RPC quota program). Does anybody know how to implement dovecot GROUP NFS quota-fs? =kostik

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[Dovecot] "userdb didn't return a home directory" with v1.1.7
by Ivars Strazdiņš 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi all, I am running Dovecot v1.1.7 in a relatively quiet and calm environment. Suddenly overnight cron job started throwing out errors like: /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool Error: userdb(user1(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Error: userdb(user2(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Indeed, running this command produces: ------------------------- $ sudo /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool --test Error: userdb(user1(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Info: User lookup failed: user1(a)mail.example Error: userdb(user2(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Info: User lookup failed: user2(a)mail.example ------------------------- Yet these mailboxes are valid, corresponding users can login, send and receive mail. Other mailboxes are OK, too. Where to to start looking? I found that similar error message with v1.1.6 is fixed in v1.1.7, but I am running v.1.1.7 already. Please see dovecot configuration attached. Thank you for your time, Ivars

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[Dovecot] checkpassword auth issues
by Tim Traver 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Hi, ok, I'm am developing a new solution that includes dovecot, and will be wanting to use the latest sieve implementation, so I have chosen to start with 1.2 as the base. I had a working install of 1.1.8 installed, and got a checkpassword setup working properly with it to authenticate a user. I used the passdb to call checkpassword, and the prefetch userdb to tell it to use the values that I sent back from the checkpassword script... I compiled and installed 1.2.alpha5, and now my checkpassword does not seem to be working, and I can't figure out why. If I go back and install 1.1.8, it all works again... here is the dovecot -n : [root@mta3 /local/logs]# dovecot -n # 1.2.alpha5: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE i386 log_path: /local/logs/dovecot.errors protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 100 mail_uid: 100 mail_gid: 100 mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: 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 pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: username_translation: %@ username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: checkpassword args: /bin/checkpassword userdb: driver: prefetch and here is a snip of the logs that I get when trying to log in : dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=209.132.1.203 rip=209.132.9.162 lport=993 rport=1053 dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 AHRpbUBtdGEzLnNjYWxlZHN5c3RlbXMuY29tAENvbGRTdW4x dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): checkpassword(tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com,209.132.9.162): execute: /bin/checkpassword /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/checkpassword-reply dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): checkpassword(tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com,209.132.9.162): Received input: user=tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com userdb_home=/home/mailboxes/data/30/tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com userdb_uid=100 userdb_gid=100 dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): checkpassword(tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com,209.132.9.162): Received no input dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Info: auth(default): checkpassword(tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com,209.132.9.162): exit_status=2 dovecot: Jan 19 11:37:47 Error: auth(default): checkpassword(tim(a)mta3.scaledsystems.com,209.132.9.162): Child 43345 exited with status 2 As you can see, the checkpassword routine is indeed sending outthe userdb_home variable as well as the other necessary variables. Is it possible that checks for the return code from calling the checkpassword script have changed between the versions??? I currently exit the checkpassword script with _exit(0); to make the status 0 when it is successful, and I also set the AUTHORIZED environment variable to "2" as told... wierd thing is that it works in 1.1.8, but not in 1.2 Thanks, Tim.

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[Dovecot] donations
by Ed Ewing 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

Just wondering if you don't respond to donations or don't get notified?

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Re: [Dovecot] deleted-to-trash plugin
by Jeff Grossman 20 Jan '09

20 Jan '09

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jeff Grossman said the following on 19/01/09 18:43: > >> You are thinking of Outlook Express or Windows Mail. Outlook does not >> have a Special Folders setting. > > http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/use-gmail-imap-in-microsoft… > > The settings are in the Account Settings / More settings / Folders That only allows you to select a server folder for the Sent Items. There is no way in Outlook to select a Deleted Items server folder. Jeff

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[Dovecot] Reject message if user is over quota. 2/3 solution for Postfix w/ PostgreSQL
by Pascal Volk 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi, according to the both discussions in the last few days I've tried to find a solution for Postfix with a PostgreSQL back-end. Its working nice for regular recipient addresses like user(a)example.com and addresses with an extension like user+foo(a)example.com. Alias addresses are currently ignored. * An alias may expand into multiple destinations. If one of this destinations is over quota Postfix will expose the destination address from the alias * An alias address may point to an external destination. * Aliases, with just one internal destination maybe simple to expand (homework ;-)) Maybe someone of you would provide ideas for handling alias addresses. The procedure is designed for global quota settings. If one of you is using quota settings per user, you have to modify the procedure. Integrating in main.cf: smtpd_recipient_restrictions = ... reject_unlisted_recipient check_recipient_access pgsql:/etc/postfix/virtual_global_quota_check.cf ... virtual_global_quota_check.cf: # The hosts that Postfix will try to connect to hosts = localhost # The user name and password to log into the pgsql server. user = $Your_Postfix_database_user password = $PASSWORD # The database name on the servers. dbname = mailsys # The query query = SELECT postfix_global_quota_check('%u', '%d', 10485760, 1000) # quota limit in bytes ----------------------------^ # quota limit in messages -----------------------------------^ SQL: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION postfix_global_quota_check( IN localpart varchar, IN the_domain varchar, IN q_stor bigint, IN q_msgs bigint) RETURNS TEXT AS $$ DECLARE result text := 'DUNNO'; -- remove extenstion from localpart (user+foo -> user) lpart varchar := (SELECT regexp_replace(localpart, E'\\+.*$', '')); -- XXX how to handle alias addresses? -- stop here if the destination is an external address -- how to handle aliases with multiple destinations??? address varchar := lpart||'@'||the_domain; storage bigint := (SELECT current FROM quota WHERE username = address AND path = 'quota/storage'); messages bigint := (SELECT current FROM quota WHERE username = address AND path = 'quota/messages'); BEGIN --RAISE NOTICE 'users storage: % bytes', storage; --RAISE NOTICE 'users message count: %', messages; IF storage >= q_stor THEN result := '552 5.2.2 Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)'; ELSE IF messages >= q_msgs THEN result := '552 5.2.2 Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full)'; END IF; END IF; RETURN result; END; $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql STABLE RETURNS NULL ON NULL INPUT EXTERNAL SECURITY INVOKER; GRANT SELECT ON quota TO $Your_Postfix_database_user; Regards, Pascal -- Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning “I can’t install Debian.” -- unknown

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[Dovecot] deleted-to-trash plugin
by Proskurin Kirill 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hello. Our clients use damn Outlook 2007 and it is can not move deleted messages to Trash folder. As I see dovecot have a experemental plugin "deleted-to-trash" right for this thing. Im aware of word "experemental". Could some one say - does it work good? Does it work with latest Dovecot? -- Best regards, Proskurin Kirill

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[Dovecot] incorrect dovecot-uidlist?
by Stephan Dietrich 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi, I have some problems with my own mail-client. To fix the problem I want to know if my dovecot-uidlist is correct. Here it is: cat dovecot-uidlist 3 V1207893082 N522 519 :1231251810.M890065P5870.SERVER,W=2188,S=2124:2,DS 520 :1231750443.M221593P17335.SERVER,W=2260,S=2211:2,S 522 :1231773105.M510336P24592.SERVER,W=2278,S=2229:2,S 523 :1231773105.M510337P24592.SERVER,W=2280,S=2231:2,S 524 :1231773105.M510338P24592.SERVER,W=2280,S=2231:2,S 525 :1231773105.M510339P24592.SERVER,W=2280,S=2231:2,S 526 :1231773602.M637982P25701.SERVER,W=2471,S=2430:2,S 527 :1231773643.M934651P25801.SERVER,S=778:2,DS 528 :1231773649.M494756P25829.SERVER,S=701:2,DS 529 :1231848752.M95696P23657.SERVER,W=2289,S=2238:2,S 530 :1231848752.M95697P23657.SERVER,W=2289,S=2238:2,S 531 :1231848752.M95698P23657.SERVER,W=2236,S=2187:2,S 532 :1231848752.M95699P23657.SERVER,W=2254,S=2205:2,S 533 :1231848752.M95700P23657.SERVER,W=2280,S=2231:2,S 534 :1231947345.M166356P31040.SERVER,W=14351593,S=14167572:2,S 535 :1231947618.M714791P31657.SERVER,W=14420039,S=14235124:2,S 536 :1231947618.M714792P31657.SERVER,W=3718,S=3638:2,S 537 :1231947618.M714793P31657.SERVER,W=43049465,S=42497522:2,S 538 :1231947618.M714794P31657.SERVER,W=43049475,S=42497531:2,S 539 :1231947618.M714795P31657.SERVER,W=43049475,S=42497531:2,S 540 :1232010788.M924208P9848.SERVER,W=43050148,S=42498189 I read the documentation on http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/Maildir?highlight=(UIDVALIDITY) Now I see, that the next UID in dovecot-uidlist is here 522 but the last UID is 540. So I don't know why the dovecot-uidlist is incorrect. Thanks for comments... STEPHAN

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[Dovecot] Autocreate plugin
by Proskurin Kirill 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hello. I found what if you have a something like this: autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Sent autocreate3 = Spam *Then I delete autocreate2 string* and... autocreate3 will not work. If I add autocreate2 - all work well. Yes it is seems to be right what they all must go after each otherm but if i have a 20 or 30 autocreate folders and i want to delete autocreate2 for example - all other from 3-20 will not work. For me it is seems like a bug. I think better to remove numbers from this plugin at all. -- Best regards, Proskurin Kirill

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[Dovecot] autocreate "bug" with 1.2 solved
by Robert Schetterer 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi Timo i found "the bug" with autocreate in dovecot 1.2 last weeks i tested a lot with namespaces i finally declared shared namespace before private namespace in dovecot.conf by doing a lot of copy paste namespace test variants getting autocreate to work i finally copied my private namespace declaration above the shared namespace in dovecot.conf and now its working. So it simple autocreate parses the dovecot.conf from begin and uses the first namespace found in dovecot.conf , if that namespace doesnt match its going do log namespace not found in the log and stop working so its by design ,not really a bug , but it should dokumented elsewhere if you wont fix that behavior in the future -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] Default mbox file ownership and permissions with static userdb
by Christian Kreibich 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi there! I'm using Dovecot 1.1.7 in a simple setup with a static userdb: userdb: driver: static args: uid=50018 gid=50019 home=/home/dovemail When my users create folders via IMAP, the ownership of the mbox file is user dovemail, group dovemail, and permissions are 600. I'd like this to change to user dovemail, group doveusers, permissions 660, but I can't figure out a way to do it. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance. -- Cheers, Christian

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[Dovecot] Possible Bug segnalation
by Claudio Prono 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hi to all, Today i have manually copied at least 250 mail from a mailbox to another and i have encountered some problems with dovecot. When finished to download all the messages, via pop3, at the next check mail dovecot give me that error: dovecot: Jan 15 10:59:55 Info: POP3(michele(a)domain.net): Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/29, size=932800 Then, the messages from the pop server was deleted, to the client an error was given but no mail downloaded. I have resolved that deleting all the dovecot files into the mailbox, so: dovecot-uidlist dovecot.index dovecot.index.cache dovecot.index.log Then, all restarted to works normally, but...the most bad thing is... the lost mails! I use OpenSuSE 11 with dovecot11-1.1.3-5.1 with postfix and virtual users on mysql. Here is my dovecot -n: # 1.1.3: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot-err.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-inf.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 51 last_valid_uid: 51 first_valid_gid: 51 last_valid_gid: 51 mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/virtual/%d/%u mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/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/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %Mf auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 plugin: quota: maildir quota: maildir:user quota quota_warning: storage=80%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 80 quota_warning2: storage=90%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 90 quota_warning3: storage=99%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 90 Anyone have some similar experience to mine? Cordially, Claudio Prono. -- ------------ Claudio Prono Systems Development @ PSS Srl, Divisione Implementazione Sistemi Via San Bernardino, 17 - 10137 Torino (TO) - IT Tel +39-011.32.72.100 Fax +39-011.32.46.497 PGP Fingerprint: 75C2 4049 E23D 2FBF A65F 40DB EA5C 11AC C2B0 3647 Disclaimer: http://atpss.net/disclaimer ------------

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[Dovecot] Trouble with %d in args of passwd-file
by Nathan Hüsken 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Hello, I am trying to configure my dovecot folowing this guide: http://www.w3style.co.uk/virtual-domains-with-exim-and-dovecot I append the output of dovecot -n below. I created /etc/vmail/my-domain.de/user containing: test-user:{PLAIN}test:1002:100::/home/test-user:: No I try to login: telnet 127.0.0.1 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. * OK This is Dovecot, and it is ready. a01 LOGIN test-user(a)my-domain.de test a01 NO Authentication failed. It does not work! But when I change the "%d" to my-domain.de, and login without the domain, it works! What am I doing wrong? Thanks! Nathan dovecot -n # 1.1.4: /etc/dovecot/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 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info.log ssl_cert_file: /etc/exim4/exim.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/exim4/exim.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: This is Dovecot, and it is ready. login_process_per_connection: no login_max_connections: 10 max_mail_processes: 64 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_extra_groups: mail mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir mail_full_filesystem_access: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/vmail/%d/users userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/vmail/%d/users

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[Dovecot] 1.1.9 release candidate
by Timo Sirainen 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

http://dovecot.org/tmp/dovecot-1.1.9.rc.tar.gz There are a couple of a bit larger changes, so would be nice if a few people tested this on different setups before I released the final v1.1.9. Changes since v1.1.8: + deliver: Added rejection_subject setting, which is used for rejected mails. + pop3: Prevent clients from looping forever trying to fetch an expunged message. + If login process crashes, log the IP address that (maybe) caused it. + If core dump limit is 0, add "core dumps disabled" to startup log line. - mbox: Fixed assert-crash with pop3_lock_session=yes - dbox: Fixes to handling maildir-converted files. - Auth cache wasn't working correctly for all fields (e.g. allow_nets) with blocking passdbs (e.g. mysql). - pgsql: Handle reconnecting to server without failing auth lookups. - Berkeley DB memory/resource leak fixes. - maildir: Fixes to handling over 26 keywords.

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Re: [Dovecot] Can imap IDLE be disabled?
by Timo Sirainen 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:14 PM, Ed Ewing wrote: >> Are you sure disabling IDLE helps with that? AFAIK most clients >> keep persistent connections to server regardless of their ability >> to IDLE. >> >> > No expert here but netstat shows persistent established connections > for users with blackberrys. Ah, ok. I think blackberry is an exception here. But actually you can disable IDLE by changing imap_capability setting manually. Set it to the default CAPABILITY reply you get from Dovecot, just remove IDLE.

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Re: [Dovecot] Can imap IDLE be disabled?
by Timo Sirainen 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Ed Ewing wrote: > On 1/17/2009 10:58 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On Jan 17, 2009, at 1:56 PM, Ed Ewing wrote: >> >>> Have looked through all of the config options in the wiki and >>> don't see a reference to turning off IDLE similar to courier's >>> capability. >>> Is it possible? >> >> No. Why do you want to disable it? >> > Prefer not having persistent connections to the server. > May sound backwards but simple as that. Are you sure disabling IDLE helps with that? AFAIK most clients keep persistent connections to server regardless of their ability to IDLE.

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[Dovecot] Can imap IDLE be disabled?
by Ed Ewing 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

Have looked through all of the config options in the wiki and don't see a reference to turning off IDLE similar to courier's capability. Is it possible? Thanks for any pointers. Using version 1.1.6

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[Dovecot] Procmail + Dovecot
by Mark Nyqvist Hjarding 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

I have been trying to set up procmail but I am running into some issues with using deliver. I am running Debian Etch with Dovecot 1.1.8 compiled from the Debian Experimental source package. ##### Start .procmailrc ##### # System-wide settings for procmail SHELL="/bin/bash" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" LOGFILE="/var/log/procmail.log" DELIVER="/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver" # Set to yes when debugging VERBOSE=yes # Some news clients, such as slrn & nn, use $HOME/News DEFAULT="$HOME/" MAILDIR="$HOME/" # Directory for storing procmail-related files PMDIR=$HOME/Procmail # Put ## before LOGFILE if you want no logging (not recommended) LOGFILE=$PMDIR/log :0 w * ^(From|Cc|To).*(suspend2|tuxonice) | /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -m .mail.tuxonice ##### End .procmailrc ##### When I receive a matching email I get the following in my Procmail log: procmail: Match on "^(From|Cc|To).*(suspend2|tuxonice)" procmail: Executing "/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver,-m,.mail.tuxonice" procmail: Error while writing to "/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver" procmail: Program failure (78) of "/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver" procmail: Assigning "LASTFOLDER=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -m .mail.tuxonice" The email then ends up in my INBOX instead. Can anyone help me how to fix this? /Mark

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[Dovecot] mkdir permissions denied
by maillists＠gimo.co.uk 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi I am having problems with a new server that I'm setting up. For some reason it doesn't want to create the directories for the users. I'm getting a permissions denied error when logging into the server. Here is the info I could find, the weird thing is that I have two other servers where this configuration is working 100% # dovecot -n # 1.1.8: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ listen: * ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/key.pem 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 login_greeting: Ready. verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 89 first_valid_gid: 89 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/virtual/%d/%n/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 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_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: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix # grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' /etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=user password=passwd default_pass_scheme = MD5 password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' # telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Ready. user user1(a)domain.com +OK pass userpass +OK Logged in. -ERR [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-01-16 14:47:16] Connection closed by foreign host. # tail -F /var/log/maillog Jan 16 14:46:53 host dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=15501 Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=pop3 secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=110 rport=50795 resp=<hidden> Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(user1(a)domain.com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'user1(a)domain.com' Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=user1(a)domain.com Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 2 15427 1 Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(user1(a)domain.com,127.0.0.1): SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'user1(a)domain.com' AND active = '1' Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 2 user1(a)domain.com uid=89 gid=89 maildir=domain.com/user1/ Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user1(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): Effective uid=89, gid=89 Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): maildir: data=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/ Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): maildir++: root=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/, index=, control=, inbox=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/ Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): mkdir(/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/cur) failed: Permission denied Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-01-16 14:47:16] Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1(a)domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 # ll /var/ drwxrwx--- 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jan 16 13:14 virtual # grep 89 /etc/passwd postfix:x:89:89::blablabla:/sbin/nologin # grep 89 /etc/group postfix:x:89: Can anyone please shed some light on where my problem lies? I'm at a total loss about this because like I said before, I have two other server and they have no problems. Thanks Reinhold ----- This email and any of its attachments are strictly confidential. They may contain privileged information and are intended for named addressee(s) only. Any copy, review, transmission, dissemination or other use of or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients is prohibited. 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[Dovecot] Patch to deliver
by Allan Cassaro 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi Timo! I wrote a little patch to add the capability of the deliver to customize the "subject" of the rejection messages. Now is possibly to translate the body and subject! In dovecot.conf: rejection_reason_subject = Automatically rejected mail to %t rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r Please, review the patch! :D

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[Dovecot] Enforcing STARTTLS for all mechs while disabling imaps
by Durk Strooisma 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Hi all, Is there a way to enforce STARTTLS for all connections, regardless their authentication mechanism? disable_plaintext_auth only takes care of the auth conversation, but I would like to have all communication encrypted. As far as I can see, this would only be possible when using imaps and disabling imap. However, I would like to have the other way around; disabling imaps and using imap for all communication (with enforced STARTTLS). Am I missing something? Durk

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[Dovecot] [dovecot] INDEX variable and mbox_snarf plugin
by Jonathan Siegle 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Is there a way to tell the dovecot mbox_snarf plugin to use an alternate location for the index/cache files? It doesn't seem to want to use the INDEX variable. I'm guessing the answer is no because of all the ties in lib-storage/index/mbox/*c to the directory where the file(that is the inbox) lives. The filesystem where I keep the inbox file doesn't have a directory for the user to own. The user only owns the mbox file. Thanks, Jonathan

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