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[Dovecot] latest 1.1 betas and quota warning
by arvids 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hello, I noticed that quota warning is not executed with latest 1.1 betas and I looked at the code that implements quota warning. Here it is (line 657 in quota.c): if ((bytes_current < warnings[i].bytes_limit && bytes_current >= warnings[i].bytes_limit) || (count_current < warnings[i].count_limit && count_current >= warnings[i].count_limit)) { quota_warning_execute(warnings[i].command); break; } It seems to me that quota_warning_execute function will never be executed. Timo, can you look at this code? Regards, Arvids

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Re: [Dovecot] [Fwd: Re: Building path to maildir]
by Michel Bulgado 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

Hi Charles I receive the Timo's reply. thanks for send me again Use the option that i said, but the problem persists. userdb static { args = uid=500 gid=500 } userdb prefetch { } Jan 2 23:50:08 michel dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=18374 Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=POP3 secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 resp=<hidden> Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: auth(default): pam(michel,127.0.0.1): lookup service=dovecot Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=michel Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 18306 1 Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 1 michel uid=503 gid=503 Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: POP3(michel): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<michel>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: POP3(michel): Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3/lib10_quota_plugin.so Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: POP3(michel): Effective uid=503, gid=503 Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: POP3(michel): maildir: data=/var/spool/virtualmail//michel Jan 2 23:50:20 michel dovecot: POP3(michel): maildir: root=/var/spool/virtualmail//michel, index=/var/spool/virtualmail//michel, control=, inbox= Dovecot detect the username , but no detect the part domain that i need to build the path to maildir. Use ldap (active directory) to retrieve the mail attribute which specifies the address of my mail users. I ask, as I could do with pam. As I get the attribute mail with pam mail_location = maildir:/var/storage/virtualmail/%d/%n So must be /var/spool/virtualmail/casa.co.cu/michel not /var/spool/virtualmail//michel ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Building path to maildir
by Michel Bulgado 03 Jan '08

03 Jan '08

I have the following situation and I need help from all you people I have dovecot 0.99.11 and i want to migrate to a superior version like dovecot 1.0 looking forward to implement quotas in my system , and use the function deliver with postfix. My Scenario is as follow Dovecot + LDAP (ADS) + postfix My actual version is : 0.99.11 This is my actual configuration: Protocols = imap pop3 imap_listen = * pop3_listen = * login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login login = imap login = pop3 default_mail_env = maildir:/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n mbox_locks = fcntl auth = dovecot-auth auth_mechanisms = plain auth_default_realm = CASA.CULT.CU auth_userdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf auth_passdb = pam dovecot auth_user = root auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = ldap.casa.cult.cu base = ou=CASA,dc=casa,dc=cult,dc=cu dn = cn=unix-conector,cn=Users,dc=casa,dc=cult,dc=cu dnpass = ***** ldap_version = 3 deref = never scope = subtree user_global_uid = 500 user_global_gid = 500 user_attrs = mail,/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n,,,, user_filter = (&(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer))(sAMAccountName=%n)) I see many changes in this new version. One of them is : -Renamed default_mail_env to mail_location - many changes in ldap queries With the new version my problem is when to dovecot tries to detect or builds the way where it´s stored the mailbox of my users. In /var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%u , it does not detect the domain when asking to my active directory (w2k) and consequently takes a value of my default realm = casa.cult.cu in this case the default domain where authenticate my users. My configuration in the new version of dovecot: protocols = imap pop3 protocol imap { listen = * } protocol pop3 { listen = * } login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login login_chroot = yes login_greeting = Dovecot ready. mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%u mail_debug = yes mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_write_locks = fcntl protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com mail_plugins = quota auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master } auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { args = dovecot } userdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = root socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = virtualmail group = virtualmail } } } dict { } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 } user_attrs = mail,/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n,,,, The attribute mail in the old version returns to me user(a)casa.com or user(a)casa.cult.cu this way dovecot can build the way with no problems at all. But in this late version something is happening, it only takes the value %n= user , but not %d = domain . It´s not working. do you have any idea how I can solve this I beg your pardon for my poor English. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Trying to build the maildir path
by Michel Bulgado 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

I use ldap because is where are store the users and his make place the authentication . In my LDAP I have a attribute mail. like this = mail: pepe(a)casa.com I Have more that one domain This atribute return to me something like : pepe(a)casa.com where i use tu build the path to maildir, using %d and %n variables . /var/spool/vmail/%d/%n = /var/spool/vmail/casa.com/pepe this work in 0.99.11 but no in the latest version of dovecot. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Permanent roadmap page on web
by Timo Sirainen 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

http://dovecot.org/roadmap.html I'll try to keep it updated.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot on OpenWRT
by Dirk Aust 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Hello, does anybody has a patch so that I can compile for the OpenWRT, currently the configure script can't be used for cross-compiling. Best Regards, Dirk Aust

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[Dovecot] dovecot-auth consumes 100% CPU time on Solaris 10
by KOT MATPOCKuH 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Is problem with CPU load solved? I have same problem - dovecot-auth eats one of my cores. I'm using dovecot 1.0.7 on Solaris 10 Sparc. I tried to use auth-bind and standard scheme with separate user for bind and have same result. Problem occupts only with LDAP authentication, on some other systems I use PostgreQSL and MySQL authentication and doesn't have this problem. Using PAM authentication is not possible, because dovecot run in chroot'ed environment and I planing to move it to separate system or zone without ldap client. -- MATPOCKuH

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[Dovecot] Delay on failed pw attempts
by Dean Brooks 02 Jan '08

02 Jan '08

Hi, Is there a way, or can a way be added, to add an "auth_failed_delay=10s" style option that would put in an artificial delay after a failed password attempt? As it stands now, Dovecot seems highly vulnerable to widescale brute-force password dictionary scans. Even if it's not configurable, can a delay be hardcoded to something like, say, 10 or 15 seconds? -- Dean Brooks dean(a)iglou.com

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[Dovecot] deliver triggering SELinux AVC denials
by Gerry Reno 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

I setup postfix/dovecot on a new machine and now all works well with the small exception of dovecot triggering selinux avc denials on some temp... files here is a sample alert: Summary SELinux is preventing /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver (dovecot_deliver_t) "link" to temp.localhost.678.40caaf5592891c46 (user_home_dir_t). Detailed Description SELinux denied access requested by /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver. It is not expected that this access is required by /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing Access Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for temp.localhost.678.40caaf5592891c46, restorecon -v temp.localhost.678.40caaf5592891c46 If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385 Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi against this package. Additional Information Source Context user_u:system_r:dovecot_deliver_t Target Context user_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t Target Objects temp.localhost.678.40caaf5592891c46 [ file ] Affected RPM Packages dovecot-1.0.7-16.fc7 [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.6.4-63.fc7 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Permissive Plugin Name plugins.catchall_file Host Name localhost Platform Linux localhost 2.6.23.8-34.fc7 #1 SMP Thu Nov 22 23:05:33 EST 2007 i686 athlon Alert Count 1 First Seen Tue 01 Jan 2008 09:29:35 PM EST Last Seen Tue 01 Jan 2008 09:29:35 PM EST Local ID 507dd6a2-da46-4541-8c10-a0771bc85042 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { link } for comm="deliver" dev=dm-0 egid=5000 euid=5000 exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver" exit=0 fsgid=5000 fsuid=5000 gid=5000 items=0 name="temp.localhost.678.40caaf5592891c46" pid=678 scontext=user_u:system_r:dovecot_deliver_t:s0 sgid=5000 subj=user_u:system_r:dovecot_deliver_t:s0 suid=5000 tclass=file tcontext=user_u:object_r:user_home_dir_t:s0 tty=(none) uid=5000 and 5000 is user vmail. When I look for these files that it is complaining about they are never in the filesystem. I get about 8 alerts with every email that is delivered. Right now I have SELinux set to permissive so that the mail gets delivered but I would like to find the cause of this problem so that I can set it back to enforcing. ???? Gerry

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[Dovecot] 1.1b13 build in FreeBSD fails using 'make'; 'gmake' apparently required
by snowcrash 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

hi, i'm doing a 1st build of dovecot in a freebsd 62R jail. following instructions at http://wiki.dovecot.org/CompilingSource ./configure make sudo make install after an OK 'configure', @ 'make', i get make make all-recursive Making all in src Making all in lib make: don't know how to make unicodemap.c. Stop *** Error code 1 Stop in /s/usr-local/build/dovecot/dovecot/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /s/usr-local/build/dovecot/dovecot. *** Error code 1 Stop in /s/usr-local/build/dovecot/dovecot. looking at source, i couldn't figure this out ... on a whim, i tried 'gmake', instead of 'make'. it completes without error. subsequent make check make install are both ok, resulting in ls -al dovecot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 459786 Dec 30 21:53 dovecot* ./dovecot --version 1.1.beta13 on FreeBSD, apparently, make != gmake ls -al `which make` `which gmake` -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 350904 Dec 29 17:25 /usr/bin/make* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 199808 Dec 27 06:14 /usr/local/bin/gmake* make --version make: illegal option -- - usage: make [-BPSXeiknqrstv] [-C directory] [-D variable] [-d flags] [-E variable] [-f makefile] [-I directory] [-j max_jobs] [-m directory] [-V variable] [variable=value] [target ...] gmake --version GNU Make 3.81 Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. This program built for amd64-portbld-freebsd6.2 so, using 'gmake' seems to solve the issue. neither at the link above, nor at, http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotServerInstallations/FreeBSD/6.0RELEASE/20Use… is the use of 'gmake'mentioned. i'd ask/suggest that either said mention be added to the wiki (if it's not already there, and i missed it), or, that the build be made to be FreeBSD-make friendly. hth. cheers!

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[Dovecot] my.cnf reading support in MySQL backend
by Luca Longinotti 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

I hope this ml is the right place to send this... Anyway, I'd very much like for the MySQL backend to call mysql_options, so that it'll read the settings defined in MySQL's my.cnf under the [client] section. This allows to set a whole slew of MySQL specific settings for the MySQL connection, for example to enable the compressed protocol, set charsets, enable SSL client verification, and much more. A patch is attached that implements this. See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/mysql-options.html for more info. -- Best regards, Luca Longinotti aka CHTEKK LongiTEKK Networks Admin: chtekk(a)longitekk.com Gentoo Dev: chtekk(a)gentoo.org SysCP Dev: chtekk(a)syscp.org TILUG Supporter: chtekk(a)tilug.ch

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[Dovecot] deliver: keep existing From_ line
by Alexander 'Leo' Bergolth 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Hi! I'm using procmail to filter my email. (I have to use it because of various features that are not supported by sieve.) However, I'd like to deliver mail to my mboxes using dovecots deliver program in order to update index files and speed up mbox access. Using "| $DELIVER -m <mboxname>" in my procmail receipes, everything works fine, except that the envelope sender address is mangled. deliver sets it to MAILER-DAEMON, even though it is already provided in the first line of the mail. I cannot use the "-f <address>" options of deliver, since procmail doesn't provide the envelope-sender address in a variable. (I'd have to extract it from the first line of the mail using a separate receipe, which isn't very efficient.) Is there a way to keep the already existing "From " line? Thanks in advance, --leo -- e-mail ::: Alexander.Bergolth (at) wu-wien.ac.at fax ::: +43-1-31336-906050 location ::: Computer Center | Vienna University of Economics | Austria

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[Dovecot] Segmentation fault in dovecot-sieve-1.1.2 + dovecot-1.1.beta13
by Ron Avriel 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Hi, dovecot-sieve-1.1.2 + dovecot-1.1.beta13 segfaults with the following sieve filter: --- require ["imapflags"]; if header :contains "subject" ["test"] { addflag "$testflag"; } --- when a message with a subject containing "test" is delivered via dovecot lda. The fault backtrace is: (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d load1(a)virt1.cti2.com < bad.txt Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. get_flags (sieve_flags=0xbfe7e438, flags_r=0xbfe7dee4, keywords_r=0x2) at /root/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib/array.h:145 145 *count_r = array->buffer->used / array->element_size; (gdb) bt #0 get_flags (sieve_flags=0xbfe7e438, flags_r=0xbfe7dee4, keywords_r=0x2) at /root/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib/array.h:145 #1 0x00f68744 in sieve_keep (ac=0x2, ic=0x0, sc=0xbfe7f4e0, mc=0xbfe7f480, errmsg=0xbfe7e3f0) at sieve-cmu.c:561 #2 0x00f779a5 in do_sieve_error (ret=0, interp=0x92dbf18, script_context=0xbfe7f4e0, message_context=0xbfe7f480, imapflags=0xbfe7e438, actions=0x92e42d8, notify_list=0x0, lastaction=8, implicit_keep=1, actions_string=0xbfe7e440 "Action(s) taken:\n", errmsg=0x0) at script.c:627 #3 0x00f780d8 in sieve_execute_bytecode (exe=0x92dcc58, interp=0x92dbf18, script_context=0xbfe7f4e0, message_context=0xbfe7f480) at script.c:824 #4 0x00f69809 in cmu_sieve_run (namespaces=0x92d5c70, storage_r=0xbfe7f6ac, mail=0x92de358, script_path=0x92d3c82 "/usr/local/etc/sieve_global.txt", destaddr=0xbff3fbb9 "load1(a)virt1.cti2.com", username=0x92d4b05 "load1(a)virt1.cti2.com", mailbox=0x80d0367 "INBOX") at sieve-cmu.c:971 #5 0x00f67752 in cmusieve_deliver_mail (namespaces=0x92d5c70, storage_r=0xbfe7f6ac, mail=0x92de358, destaddr=0xbff3fbb9 "load1(a)virt1.cti2.com", mailbox=0x80d0367 "INBOX") at cmusieve-plugin.c:76 #6 0x0805aa4f in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfe7f794) at deliver.c:940 (gdb) I managed to fix the problem with this patch to sieve-cmu.c: --- sieve-cmu.c.orig 2007-12-31 10:21:54.000000000 +0200 +++ sieve-cmu.c 2007-12-31 10:24:18.000000000 +0200 @@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ ARRAY_DEFINE(keywords, const char *); const char *name; int i; + unsigned int count; *flags_r = 0; @@ -524,7 +525,7 @@ array_append(&keywords, &name, 1); *keywords_r = array_count(&keywords) == 1 ? NULL : - array_get(&keywords, 0); + array_get(&keywords, &count); } static int sieve_fileinto(void *ac, BTW, dovecot-sieve-1.0.2 + dovecot-1.0.9 work OK for the above. Happy New Year and thanks for a great product, Ron ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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[Dovecot] Building path to maildir
by Michel Bulgado 01 Jan '08

01 Jan '08

Hello everyone Happy new year . This is the first time I address to the list I have the following situation and I need help from all you people I have dovecot 0.9-11 and i want to migrate to a superior version like dovecot 1.0 looking forward to implement quotas in my system , and use the function deliver with postfix. My Scenario is as follow Dovecot + LDAP (ADS) + postfix My actual version is : 0.99.11 This is my actual configuration: Protocols = imap pop3 imap_listen = * pop3_listen = * login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login login = imap login = pop3 default_mail_env = maildir:/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n mbox_locks = fcntl auth = dovecot-auth auth_mechanisms = plain auth_default_realm = CASA.CULT.CU auth_userdb = ldap /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf auth_passdb = pam dovecot auth_user = root auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = ldap.casa.cult.cu base = ou=CASA,dc=casa,dc=cult,dc=cu dn = cn=unix-conector,cn=Users,dc=casa,dc=cult,dc=cu dnpass = ***** ldap_version = 3 deref = never scope = subtree user_global_uid = 500 user_global_gid = 500 user_attrs = mail,/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n,,,, user_filter = (&(objectClass=user)(!(objectClass=computer))(sAMAccountName=%n)) I see many changes in this new version. One of them is : -Renamed default_mail_env to mail_location - many changes in ldap queries With the new version my problem is when to dovecot tries to detect or builds the way where it´s stored the mailbox of my users. In /var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%u , it does not detect the domain when asking to my active directory (w2k) and consequently takes a value of my default realm = casa.cult.cu in this case the default domain where authenticate my users. My configuration in the new version of dovecot: protocols = imap pop3 protocol imap { listen = * } protocol pop3 { listen = * } login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login login_chroot = yes login_greeting = Dovecot ready. mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%u mail_debug = yes mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_write_locks = fcntl protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com mail_plugins = quota auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master } auth_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { args = dovecot } userdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = root socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = virtualmail group = virtualmail } } } dict { } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 } user_attrs = mail,/var/spool/virtualmail/%d/%n,,,, The attribute mail in the old version returns to me user(a)casa.com or user(a)casa.cult.cu this way dovecot can build the way with no problems at all. But in this late version something is happening, it only takes the value %n= user , but not %d = domain . It´s not working. do you have any idea how I can solve this I beg your pardon for my poor English. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Maildir
by Peter Fraser 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

I have been trying to set up dovecot with postfix to use at work. I'm trying to configure dovecot to authenticate against active directory and postfix the same. I installed dovecot 1.0.10 on FreeBSD 7.0 beta 2 When I telnet in the get authentication ok but an error suggesting that there is no Mailbox belonging to that user. I am using Maildirs. How can I now create a Maildir with the proper permissions for that virtual user? Thanks for any assistance.

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[Dovecot] Enhanced Kerberos support
by Richard A Nelson 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

The recent addition of auth_gssapi_hostname is a welcome addition, but a little more is needed for multi-homed (or multi-domained) sites. SSH recently added this enhancement to address this common need: GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck Determines whether to be strict about the identity of the GSSAPI acceptor a client authenticates against. If “yes” then the client must authenticate against the host service on the current hostname. If “no” then the client may authenticate against any service key stored in the machine’s default store. This facility is provided to assist with operation on multi homed machines. The default is “yes”. Note that this option applies only to protocol version 2 GSSAPI connections, and setting it to “no” may only work with recent Kerberos GSSAPI libraries. I've heard that other daemons support multi-names by instead of using gethostname(), obtain the hostname of the interface that the request came in on. Can either approach be looked at for dovecot ? Thanks, -- Richard A Nelson (Rick) cowboy(a)((linux.)?vnet|us).ibm.com Phone: 1-408-463-5584 Fax: 1-408-463-3873 COBOL Development IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/cobol/

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[Dovecot] Indexes
by Daniel L. Miller 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

To be more specific: Alert The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [timestamp] -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Help with logging in and getting mail
by Andrew Falanga 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

Hi, Very new to dovecot and to using POP3/IMAP (from this perspective anyway). First things first, per the instructions from the web site: dovecot version: 1.0.5 dovecot config: # 1.0.5: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap pop3 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no 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_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u 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): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain digest-md5 user: vmail passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf Please help me diagnose what is causing the following problem. Essentially, this user is a virtual user. I have it so that the system user, vmail, is the basket into which all virtual users e-mail goes. If my understanding is correct (and please enlighten me if it's not), mail aliases are setup to "map" aliased names into a real account. From there, dovecot will return e-mail to the virtual user based upon the "To" field of the e-mail, correct? I have some aliases in my sendmail config that do just this. From the error below, it would seem that dovecot is actually authenticating the virutual user "jdunkin" in this case, but can't get some directories made. I've seen on my FreeBSD system that each system user has a "mail" file in the directory, /var/mail/<userid>. What needs to be done further? Also, how do I ensure that virtual users are able to get their mail as well as system users? Dec 29 15:01:54 whitbap dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jdunkin>, method=PLAIN, rip=71.221.168.29, lip=192.168.2.23 Dec 29 15:01:54 whitbap dovecot: POP3(jdunkin): mkdir_parents(/var/mail/vmail//mail) failed: Not a directory Dec 29 15:01:54 whitbap dovecot: POP3(jdunkin): Failed to create storage with data: mbox:/var/mail/vmail//mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/jdunkin Dec 29 15:01:54 whitbap dovecot: child 61793 (pop3) returned error 89 Thanks, Andy

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[Dovecot] 1.1b13 build
by Jerry Yeager 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

After reading of the problems encountered on other systems, the 1.1 beta 13 version (main part as well as Deliver) seems to inexplicably be running just fine under OS X 10.5.1 for some reason. :^) Jerry

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[Dovecot] Time just moved backwards
by Neal Becker 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

This wins the 2007 award for strangest (or most amusing) log message: dovecot: Time just moved backwards by 13 seconds. This might cause a lot of problems, so I'll just kill myself now. It does, unfortunately, leave dovecot dead, which was pretty mysterious to me. Maybe it could re-exec instead?

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[Dovecot] b13 Compile error on Solaris 10 (Sparc)
by mikkel＠euro123.dk 31 Dec '07

31 Dec '07

All betas so far have compiled without problems on my setup, but something breaks in b13. This problem occurs with both make and gmake. Below are outputs from make and gmake. Regards, Mikkel make all-recursive Making all in src Making all in lib make all-am if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/opt/pkgsrc/pkg/include/mysql -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -MT queue.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/queue.Tpo" -c -o queue.o queue.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/queue.Tpo" ".deps/queue.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/queue.Tpo"; exit 1; fi In file included from queue.c:5: queue.h:13: error: redefinition of `struct queue' queue.h: In function `queue_idx': queue.h:37: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.h:37: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c: In function `queue_init': queue.c:12: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:13: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:14: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:14: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:15: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c: In function `queue_grow': queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:33: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:34: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:35: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:36: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:36: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:37: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:40: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:40: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:41: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:42: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:44: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:44: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:45: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:46: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:49: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:49: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:50: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c: In function `queue_append': queue.c:55: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:57: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:60: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:60: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c: In function `queue_delete': queue.c:71: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:80: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:85: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:85: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:88: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:88: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:89: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:89: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:90: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:91: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:92: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:92: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:96: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:97: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:98: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:99: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:101: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c: In function `queue_clear': queue.c:113: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:113: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:114: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c: In function `queue_count': queue.c:119: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:121: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:122: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:122: error: structure has no member named `head' *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `queue.o' Current working directory /tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all' Current working directory /tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib *** Error code 1 The following command caused the error: failcom='exit 1'; \ for f in x $MAKEFLAGS; do \ case $f in \ *=* | --[!k]*);; \ *k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \ esac; \ done; \ dot_seen=no; \ target=`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; \ list='lib lib-dict lib-sql lib-ntlm lib-otp lib-settings lib-charset lib-mail lib-imap lib-index lib-storage lib-auth auth dict master login-common imap-login imap pop3-login pop3 deliver tests util plugins'; for subdir in $list; do \ echo "Making $target in $subdir"; \ if test "$subdir" = "."; then \ dot_seen=yes; \ local_target="$target-am"; \ else \ local_target="$target"; \ fi; \ (cd $subdir && make $local_target) \ || eval $failcom; \ done; \ if test "$dot_seen" = "no"; then \ make "$target-am" || exit 1; \ fi; test -z "$fail" make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive' Current working directory /tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src *** Error code 1 The following command caused the error: failcom='exit 1'; \ for f in x $MAKEFLAGS; do \ case $f in \ *=* | --[!k]*);; \ *k*) failcom='fail=yes';; \ esac; \ done; \ dot_seen=no; \ target=`echo all-recursive | sed s/-recursive//`; \ list='src doc'; for subdir in $list; do \ echo "Making $target in $subdir"; \ if test "$subdir" = "."; then \ dot_seen=yes; \ local_target="$target-am"; \ else \ local_target="$target"; \ fi; \ (cd $subdir && make $local_target) \ || eval $failcom; \ done; \ if test "$dot_seen" = "no"; then \ make "$target-am" || exit 1; \ fi; test -z "$fail" make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all-recursive' Current working directory /tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13 *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all' gmake all-recursive gmake[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13' Making all in src gmake[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src' Making all in lib gmake[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib' gmake all-am gmake[4]: Entering directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib' if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/opt/pkgsrc/pkg/include/mysql -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -MT queue.o -MD -MP -MF ".deps/queue.Tpo" -c -o queue.o queue.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/queue.Tpo" ".deps/queue.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/queue.Tpo"; exit 1; fi In file included from queue.c:5: queue.h:13: error: redefinition of `struct queue' queue.h: In function `queue_idx': queue.h:37: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.h:37: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c: In function `queue_init': queue.c:12: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:13: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:14: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:14: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:15: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c: In function `queue_grow': queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:31: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:33: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:34: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:35: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:36: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:36: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:37: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:39: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:40: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:40: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:41: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:42: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:44: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:44: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:45: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:46: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:49: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:49: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:50: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c: In function `queue_append': queue.c:55: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:57: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:60: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:60: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:61: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:62: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c: In function `queue_delete': queue.c:71: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:74: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:79: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:80: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:85: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:85: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:88: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:88: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:89: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:89: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:90: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:91: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:92: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:92: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:96: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:97: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:98: error: structure has no member named `arr' queue.c:99: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:100: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:101: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:103: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c: In function `queue_clear': queue.c:113: error: structure has no member named `head' queue.c:113: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:114: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c: In function `queue_count': queue.c:119: error: structure has no member named `area_size' queue.c:121: error: structure has no member named `full' queue.c:122: error: structure has no member named `tail' queue.c:122: error: structure has no member named `head' gmake[4]: *** [queue.o] Error 1 gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib' gmake[3]: *** [all] Error 2 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src/lib' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/dovecot-1.1.beta13' gmake: *** [all] Error 2

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[Dovecot] donations / wishlist
by Timo Sirainen 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

Since some people don't like Paypal and other people have been telling me for years to create Amazon wishlist, I figured I'd finally do it. http://dovecot.org/donate.html now contains URL to the wishlist. Currently it mostly contains all kinds of TV series DVDs (feel free to laugh at what I watch :), but I also managed to remember a couple of books I wanted.

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Re: [Dovecot] auth-master permission error
by greno＠verizon.net 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

I just needed to restart postfix and it finds deliver. Gerry

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Re: [Dovecot] auth-master permission error
by greno＠verizon.net 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

Ok, this turned out to be SELinux. If I turn off SELinux then I can start Dovecot using init.d. So now I tried to send a test mail using telnet: # telnet localhost smtp Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 grp-01-50-90.localdomain ESMTP Postfix ehlo example.com 250-grp-01-50-90.localdomain 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN mail from:<steve(a)example.com> 250 2.1.0 Ok rcpt to:<john(a)example.com> 250 2.1.5 Ok data 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF> Hi John, just wanted to drop you a note. . 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 4F1D2D8055A quit 221 2.0.0 Bye Connection closed by foreign host. And the log: # tail -50 /var/log/maillog Dec 30 10:45:31 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.7 starting up Dec 30 10:45:31 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (mailserver) Dec 30 11:03:02 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: connect from localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1] Dec 30 11:04:21 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: 4F1D2D8055A: client=localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1] Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/cleanup[6967]: 4F1D2D8055A: message-id=<20071230160421.4F1D2D8055A(a)grp-01-50-90.localdomain> Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/qmgr[2123]: 4F1D2D8055A: from=<steve(a)example.com>, size=408, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 pipe[6982]: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver: No such file or directory Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/pipe[6980]: 4F1D2D8055A: to=<john(a)example.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=67, delays=67/0.19/0/0.1, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: pipe: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver: No such file or directory ) Dec 30 11:05:11 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtp[6981]: 4F1D2D8055A: to=<jmiller(a)gmail.com>, orig_to=<john(a)example.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[72.14.203.27]:25, delay=71, delays=67/0.14/0.53/3.7, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1199030710 o33si13384597rog.14) Dec 30 11:05:20 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: disconnect from localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1] So I checked and 'deliver' is not in /usr/lib/dovecot. It is in /usr/libexec/dovecot. So how do I fix this? Here is what is in postfix master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} So why is it referencing /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver ???? Thanks, Gerry

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[Dovecot] auth-master permission error
by greno＠verizon.net 30 Dec '07

30 Dec '07

On F7, I get to where I have Postfix and Dovecot installed and configured, postfix check runs fine, but when I try to start Dovecot I'm getting a permission error. Here is the log entry: Dec 29 21:54:06 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.7 starting up Dec 29 21:54:06 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Generating Diffie-Hellman parameters for the first time. This may take a while.. Dec 29 21:54:06 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth(default): bind(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied Dec 29 21:54:06 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth(default): net_listen_unix(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied Here are the permissions on the filesystem: # ls -ld /var/run/dovecot drwxr-xr-x 3 root dovecot 4096 2007-12-29 22:07 /var/run/dovecot And in the conf file there is this in the lda protocol: 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 } } What should I change to straighten out these permissions? I forgot to mention that when I try to start Dovecot that I get this message: dovecot dead but subsys locked I'm thinking it is just a side effect of the permissions issue. Anyway I tried setting perms to 777 on /var/run/dovecot but this didn't help. So still needing some hints. A clue. I can start Dovecot as 'root': # dovecot # ps -ef root 14164 1 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 dovecot root 14165 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-auth root 14166 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 dovecot-auth -w dovecot 14168 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 pop3-login dovecot 14169 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 pop3-login dovecot 14170 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 pop3-login dovecot 14171 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 imap-login dovecot 14172 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 imap-login dovecot 14173 14164 0 00:07 ? 00:00:00 imap-login maillog: Dec 30 00:07:40 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.7 starting up Dec 30 00:07:41 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (mailserver) But if I try to start it using init.d: # service dovecot start dovecot dead but subsys locked maillog: Dec 30 00:12:49 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down Dec 30 00:12:49 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth(default): bind(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied Dec 30 00:12:49 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth(default): net_listen_unix(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied Dec 30 00:12:49 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: child 14301 (auth) returned error 89 ???? Gerry

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