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[Dovecot] Help problem compiling dovecot-1.0.rc7 on Solaris 10x86
by Harvey Hou 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi, I hope someone can help point me in the right direction. I have a Sunfire x4100 running Solaris 10x86 06/06 with the Sun Studio 11 compiler. I am just trying to do a stock compile of dovecot-1.0.rc7 Ran the ./configure fine. See Below. Install prefix ...................... : /usr/local File offsets ........................ : 64bit I/O loop method ..................... : poll File change notification method ..... : none Building with SSL support ........... : no Building with IPv6 support .......... : yes Building with pop3 server ........... : yes Building with mail delivery agent .. : yes Building with GSSAPI support ........ : no Building with user database modules . : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword (modules) Building with password lookup modules : passwd passwd-file shadow pam checkpassword (modules) Then I typed make to compile and I receive a Segmentation fault error. See Below. /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -g -o imap cmd-append.o cmd-capability.o cmd-check.o cmd-close.o cmd-copy.o cmd-create.o cm d-delete.o cmd-examine.o cmd-expunge.o cmd-fetch.o cmd-idle.o cmd-list.o cmd-logout.o cmd-lsub.o cmd-namespace.o cmd-noop.o cmd-rename.o cmd-search.o cmd-select.o cmd-sort.o cmd-status.o cmd-store.o cmd-subscribe.o cmd-threa d.o cmd-uid.o cmd-unselect.o cmd-unsubscribe.o client.o commands.o commands-util.o imap-expunge.o imap-fetch.o i map-fetch-body.o imap-messageset.o imap-search.o imap-sort.o imap-sync.o imap-thread.o mail-storage-callbacks.o main.o namespace.o ../lib/mountpoint.o -L/usr/lib -L/usr/sfw/lib -L/usr/openwin/lib ../lib-storage/register/lib storage-register.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/maildir/libstorage_maildir.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/mbox/lib storage_mbox.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/dbox/libstorage_dbox.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/libstorage_index.a ../../src/lib-index/libindex.a ../lib-storage/libstorage.a ../lib-storage/subscription-file/libstorage_subscrip tion_file.a ../lib-imap/libimap.a ../lib-mail/libmail.a ../lib-dict/libdict.a ../lib-charset/libcharset.a ../lib /liblib.a -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -lsendfile -R/usr/lib -R/usr/sfw/lib -R/usr/openwin/lib make[3]: *** [imap] Segmentation Fault make[3]: *** Deleting file `imap' make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/imap' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/hou/src/dovecot-1.0.rc7' make: *** [all] Error 2 The strange thing is that when I compile dovecot-1.0.beta8 it works fine. No compile error messages. I've also tried compiling with gcc 3.4.3 and I receive the same segmentation fault. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Harvey Hou Computer/Network/System Administrator UNC Highway Safety Research Center email: harvey_hou(a)unc.edu http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/ -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> mQCNAzMXB/YAAAEEAPkb8vDVZvfUz4WorNTzQztCqvBok7s38pQZrrILwzwe1ey5 LznGlkBhBdWzNWveKq8W1rC43JOVOVbPA9XRgHqzhN+Aa7/sX50WgoNoC6AunsKO 7jJcZIf+lyYKMPwE4OX9DSi52fnbaar7RTJaM6rLO7tXmcsox8GOWV0EYQjJAAUR tCRIYXJ2ZXkgSG91IDxob3VAY2xhaXJlLmhzcmMudW5jLmVkdT4= =VsUa -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

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Re: [Dovecot] Corrupted Transaction Log caused by deliver
by Alex Pimperton 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi All, I've just upgraded to Dovecot 1.0.rc7-1 with Postfix 2.3 on Debian Etch and it's trashing my email. I get lots of the errors below as well as other strange ones in my logs. I don't use NFS. Mail comes in via Postfix, gets passed through MailScanner, gets passed back to Postfix and then Postfix passes it to Dovecot's LDA via: mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver Deliver then chokes and get's a little upset. Is there anyway to wipe out all the indexes/uidlists etc and just have Dovecot regenerate them all with a clean slate? Has anybody seen this with dovecot LDA before? Any hints about troubleshooting it? Is the best plan just to copy my imap mail out, nuke the folders and then copy the mail back in again? Regards, Alex Errors: Sep 20 08:43:41 server01 deliver(alex): Corrupted transaction log file /home/alex/mail/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 1, but next_uid = 94 Sep 20 08:43:43 server01 deliver(alex): sieve runtime error: Fileinto: Generic Error Sep 20 08:43:43 server01 deliver(alex): Unexpected transaction log desync with index /home/alex/mail/dovecot.index

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[Dovecot] Postfix - Dovecot - SASL
by Matt 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

I am trying to get Dovecot - Postfix - SASL to work. So, I do not have to use the pop-before-smtp goofy way of authenticating pop3 users when they want to SEND mail. dovecot.conf ------------ pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/dovecot/config/dovecot-mysql.conf } userdb sql { args = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/dovecot/config/dovecot-mysql.conf } socket listen { client { path = /home/digipanel/secure/programs/postfix/queue/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } postfix main.cf --------------- smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth postconf -a (yields dovecot so I know it is compiled into postfix) Any ideas why it is failing? Am I missing something?

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[Dovecot] FWD: Re: put procmail between postfix and dovecot
by M. Fioretti 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

(sorry if you received it already, I had a server crash and never received this from the list, so I thought I'd resend it) ----- Forwarded message from "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> ----- Subject: Re: [Dovecot] put procmail between postfix and dovecot From: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:48:49 +0200 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Reply-To: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)mclink.it> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609161206220.1126(a)bbs.intern> On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 12:07:31 PM +0200, Gerhard Wiesinger (lists(a)wiesinger.com) wrote: > You can try my procmail patch posted on this list, Er... sorry, but why is a patch needed for this? I was expecting to find just some folder naming rule. Aren't both dovecot and procmail maildir compatible? Apart from this, running patched software would go against this: > >I have to do all this sorting with procmail for two reasons: > > > >- I want to have as little sw as possible on that server, and > >update it semi-automatically, if possible only from the official > >repositories and "I want" isn't really correct, I basically "have to", for reasons irrelevant here, make the maintainance of that server as automatic as possible, without installing compilers or using anything else but the local (intranet) mirrors of the official repositories. So unfortunately this patch isn't for me, not this time at least, but thanks. Ciao, Marco (still interested to know if there are solutions not involving patches) -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. R. A. Heinlein ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 3 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Human beings act intelligently only after they have exhausted the alternatives -- Abba Eban

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[Dovecot] Problem with pop3 login
by Erick Perez 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Hi, Im using dovecot version 0.99.11 and I'm facing a situation with one pop3 client. This is a fax application (faxmaker for windows) written by a third party that tries to login to the dovecot as USER username@domain. When the application tries to login that way, my dovecot rejects the auth. All the other pop3 clients (outlook, eudora,etc) in the system log in correctly because they do just USER username. The only failures related to the login (and I have debug enabled in dovecot) are: Sep 15 15:17:57 mail pop3-login: Aborted login [ipaddress] How ca I tell dovecot to ignore the domain part for that user? I am not using virtual support. Thanks, -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Erick Perez Panama Sistemas Integradores de Telefonia IP y Soluciones Para Centros de Datos Panama, Republica de Panama Cel Panama. +(507) 6694-4780 ------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] Nuby experiences
by Victor Rini 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Hello all, I am new to dovecot and have had a good experience so far. I'm using fetchmail - exim - dovecot - my email clients (mac os mail and thunderbird so far). I'm also using Ubuntu Server i.e. debian. I didn't like the inflexibility of mbox so I did a tweak to exim to deliver mail to a Maildir folder in my home directory on the server. I restarted Dovecot and it found it! Very nice but mysterious. I don't remember if I did anything to the dovecot.conf file. My clients balk at the ssl certificate that was created at install time. I see a little bit of documentation on SSL. I'll struggle with it. I'm going to look at more client setups like evolution and a webmail client. Can anyone recommend a good ajax-driven webmail client? Dovecot is good software. I'm happy I found it.

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot dreate directory instead mailbox
by Roberto Tagliaferri 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Johannes Berg ha scritto: > Sorry, I can't really debug your problem. Please always post back to the > mailing list things originated from. > > johannes > > sorry :-( -- Roberto Tagliaferri Responsabile Progettazione & Produzione TosNet s.r.l. - Internet Service Provider r.tagliaferri(a)tosnet.it www.tosnet.it

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[Dovecot] Dovecot using authsasld
by Dag Wieers 17 Sep '06

17 Sep '06

Hi, Trying to simplify the postfix/dovecot/saslauthd setup with less than 10 users, I was looking for some way to NOT duplicate the username/password setup. Currently I need to use a seperate file for dovecot as I do for saslauthd. (One is a simple shadow-alike file, the other the sasldb) I know that postfix 2.3 can use dovecot directly for sasl authentication, and that would be a neat solution, but we're stuck with postfix 2.2. I was wondering if anyone ever succeeded in making dovecot use saslauthd for authentication so that saslauthd becomes the authoritative source for password authentication for virtual users. (both for smtp auth as pop3/imap) My other idea to simplify was using something like pam_unix, but modified to use a seperate file (not /etc/shadow) and use pam in both dovecot and saslauthd. But I can't find something like that, pam_unix is fixed, and pam_userdb is something I'd like to avoid. Any ideas ? Thanks in advance, -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power]

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[Dovecot] put procmail between postfix and dovecot
by M. Fioretti 16 Sep '06

16 Sep '06

Hello, a couple of months ago, also thanks to help from this list, I set up postfix and dovecot for virtual domains on a Centos 4 remote server. I have postfix set up to deliver all email for marco(a)domain1.net to /var/mail/vhosts/marco_domain1.net/ Everything is fine, as far as postfix is concerned: all email to marco(a)domain1.net goes in that mailbox, dovecot sees it, etc... Now I need to add sorting all incoming email in subfolders: mail from SOME_LIST to marco_domain1.net/SOMELIST/ (lots of other rules for custom folders) all else to main inbox I have to do all this sorting with procmail for two reasons: - I want to have as little sw as possible on that server, and update it semi-automatically, if possible only from the official repositories: procmail has these characteristics - I want to reuse as is, with the smallest possible amount of translation, filtering, etc, the very long and complicated procmailrc files I have built over the years on several servers. My question is how do I have to modify (with a perl or similar script) the procmail rules so that they sort messages in maildir folders which: - are fully compatible with dovecot (and Squirrelmail) - (very useful, but not mandatory) can be viewed in categories and subcategories from Squirrelmail: personal/ friends/ family/ mailing_lists/ postfix/ dovecot/ .... work/ - *all* the messages, no matter how they were sorted on the server, can still be downloaded with fetchmail from home Note that I am not asking anybody to write the script for me (if you want to share a ready one, of course, I'll be glad). I just need to know what is the exact syntax/ folder naming conventions I have to follow to make all I wrote above happen. TIA, Marco -- Marco Fioretti mfioretti, at the server mclink.it Fedora Core 5 for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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[Dovecot] Locally accessing IMAP folders from Windows
by Dídac Busquets 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi all, I've just configured Dovecot as my IMAP server in my Ubuntu machine. Everything works fine: I can access my IMAP folders remotely, I have also installed Squirrel webmail to access it thru the web... Although I'm most of the time working with Ubuntu, sometimes I boot my machine with Windows XP. However, since the server is not running then (because I'm not running Ubuntu), the only thing I can do is read the files directly. Is there any client able to display the messages directly from the files and folders stored in Maildir? Thanks, Dídac Busquets -- Didac Busquets i Font Dept. d'Electronica, Informatica i Automatica Institut d'Informatica i Aplicacions Edifici P-IV Despatx 128 Universitat de Girona Campus Montilivi 17071-Girona web: http://eia.udg.es/~busquets email: busquets(a)eia.udg.es Tel. (+34) 972.41.81.79 Fax. (+34) 972.41.80.98

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[Dovecot] help please with lda and exim transports
by razor 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

hello All i am trying to fix the dovecot quotas and red that LDA helps... so i looked wikki and : dovecot_delivery: driver = pipe debug_print = "T: ldap_maildir_home for $local_part@$domain" command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $local_part@$domain message_prefix = message_suffix = user = mailnull group = mail delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add log_output but in exim.log i received 2006-09-15 15:40:41 1GOCzo-0006ih-Vw ** xxx(a)xxxxx.Xx R=ldap_user T=dovecot_delivery: Child process of dovecot_delivery transport returned 67 (could mean user nonexistent) from command: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver what it can be? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] Problem with MySQL
by Emmeran Sollner 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

Hi there, I tried to setup a passwddb with mysql, but it wont connect to my database, even if I patch the driver-mysql.c Here a test program I wrote to check the connection: int main() { MYSQL mysql; mysql_init(&mysql); if (mysql_real_connect(&mysql, NULL, "root", "asd2sdf3", "ccc", 0, "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock", 0) == NULL) printf("connection failed: %s\n", mysql_error(&mysql)); else printf("nos problemos\n"); return 0; } This program executed says "nos problemos" --> connection works The same data in dovecot.conf brings up this: Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): ok... connecting to mysql: host='(null)', user='root', pass='asd2sdf3', db='ccc', port='0', sock='/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (ccc): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry I added a i_info() in front of the mysql_real_connect command to test if the data from the config file is transmitted correctly (first line above) --> it is So i tried to connect to mysql with the line from my test-program. this is the patched code: i_info("ok... connecting to mysql: host='%s', user='%s', pass='%s', db='%s', port='%i', sock='%s'", host, db->user, db->password, db->dbname, db->port, unix_socket); /* failed = mysql_real_connect(conn->mysql, host, db->user, db->password, db->dbname, db->port, unix_socket, db->client_flags) == NULL; */ failed = mysql_real_connect(conn->mysql, NULL, "root", "asd2sdf3", "ccc", 0, "/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock", 0) == NULL; And it still says: Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): ok... connecting to mysql: host='(null)', user='root', pass='asd2sdf3', db='ccc', port='0', sock='/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' Sep 15 03:08:38 suse10064lamp dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connect failed to /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock (ccc): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) - waiting for 1 seconds before retry Any ideas? Thx in advance, Emmeran

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[Dovecot] 1.0rc7 - dumb question
by Odhiambo WASHINGTON 15 Sep '06

15 Sep '06

I am configuring dovecot 1.0rc7 to authenticate users (system users) in /etc/passwd. Is it possible to use a different auth mechanism, other than "plain", when the encrypted password is in /etc/master.passwd (BSD style)? -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash(a)wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. -- Emerson

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[Dovecot] ldap quota limitation problem
by razor 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

thx 4 your answer i thought that my post didnt in list, so i regestered and repost in: http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2006-September/016132.html > Where does the message goes? Is it delivered to the recipient or to a > mailbox of the user? > First one is usual as it uses SMTP. > Bye, > - --Steffen Kaiser yes it is delivered to recipient maildir = Maildir/cur. and no error to my box ... -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] ldap quota limitation (one more time)
by razor 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

hi there i have a such problem: in dovecot.conf ... protocol imap { listen = *:143 ssl_listen = *:993 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } ... quota = dirsize:storage=10240 ... in dovecot-ldap.conf: ... user_attrs = uid,,,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,boxQuota=quota=dirsize:storage ... when an user try to answer out from overquoted box he got the message "overquota blahblahblah", BUT the message still goes... it seems that the imap_quota worked (report about the overquota) but plugin quota dont work. in dovecot logs : ... Sep 14 09:10:23 xxxxxxxxxxx dovecot: IMAP(test4): dirsize quota limit = 1000kB ... but in user maildir/maildirsize: 0S,0C 1179466 16 1248 1 what it can be? -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

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[Dovecot] Migrating from uw-imapd to dovecot
by Anne Hammond 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

We recently switch from up-imapd to dovecot But many users are reporting that they cannot access certain mail folders. The log file has: imap(dws): Sep 14 00:06:19 Error: File isn't in mbox format: /home/research/dws/mail/TaskDL The files in the logs are "MBX mail folders", not "ASCII English text" as are the folders that can be read under Outlook. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? This is a serious problem in switching. I've read the FAQ and documentation but it doesn't speak to this specific problem. Thanks in advance, Anne Hammond Tech-X Corporation

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Re: [Dovecot] PRoblems using password database
by Bas van den Dikkenberg 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

My password file looks this : jaap@aap.nl:$1$bQm0BeAc$0gyjz/JkuYmKIaeGAjJ8b0 What kind of mechanisms must i use? In dovecot 0.9 it was default but when I use play I get the error uid 0 not allowd -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Morgan Nightbear [mailto:morgan@nightbear.net] Verzonden: woensdag, september 2006 20:59 Aan: Bas van den Dikkenberg Onderwerp: Re: [Dovecot] PRoblems using password database On Sep 13, 2006, at 2:27 PM, Bas van den Dikkenberg wrote: > Hi every body, > > I am upgrading form 0.9 to 1.0.rc7 > > In the old version I had the following entry's: > > auth_userdb = passwd-file /mailstore/users > auth_passdb = passwd-file /mailstore/passwd > auth=default > > and can't get working I ekeep anding up with the following error : > > -ERR Authentication failed. Check out http://wiki.dovecot.org/MainConfig However, want you want now is something like: auth default { passdb passwd-file { args = /mailstore/passwd } userdb ... -----Morgan

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[Dovecot] Pop get all maildir subfolder
by Beber 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi, I'm just starting using dovecot, and find it powerfull and really fast, and have a so configuration, It's just making me happy :) (after tests, and test, and tests). So thanks you for the great job. I've got a question : POP get all my mail in all my maildir subfolder. I find it great and was searching for a pop daemon doing that (and discoved it accidentaly). Althought, I would like that pop daemon don't send mail in INBOX/.Spam. How could I do that ? Thanks -- Beber - E-Mail / Jabber (+GMail) : beber_AT_meleeweb.net http://www.meleeweb.net

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[Dovecot] Active Directory
by Peter Fraser 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi all I've been doing research but haven't found anything yet. Is there a doc to show how to get Dovecot to authenticate directly against active directory.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.0.beta9, emails disappearing?
by Martin Végiard 14 Sep '06

14 Sep '06

Hi, I've been using Dovecot successfully for a while and I've recently encountered an issue : I got to work today and half the emails, were deleted... and after careful investigation : - On Monday it seems, the emails magically vanished .. (what I've been told) - My backup from Tuesday morning at 3am, indicates that all the files (mailbox) are intact but the subscription file is missing half the entries. - At noon, on Tuesday, half the subscriptions are still missing and half the files now also missing. Any ideas, known issues, suggestions? Details : # dovecot --version 1.0.beta9 # uname -a NetBSD Z 3.0.1 NetBSD 3.0.1 (GENERIC.MPACPI) #0: Fri Aug 18 08:34:05 EDT 2006 m@Z:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MPACPI i386 the server in question is usually just idling away... and nothing abnormal in my logs thanks for your time, Martin

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[Dovecot] Quota plugin API documentation ?
by Craig Huckabee 13 Sep '06

13 Sep '06

What is the best reference for the quota plugin API ? I have some code that can return the disk quota from AFS that I would like to add to the existing file system quota plugin (or perhaps create a new plugin) but I am having a hard time deciphering what each function should return and the data formats (e.g. kilobytes versus bytes). Any pointers are appreciated. --Craig

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Parando
by Kleiton L R Soares 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Olá, estou com um problema que é o seguinte: Tenho uma rede com 400 pessoas, estas possuem cada uma seu e-mail. Quando recebo muitos e-mails ao mesmo tempo meu Dovecot para. Ele continua em execução porém não responde mais, então tenho que reiniciar o serviço. Alguêm pode me ajudar neste problema ? Agradeço desde já, Abraços. -- --- --------------------------- Kleiton L R Soares (21-2620-0735 | 21-9639-5829) PCS - Processos Consultoria Soluções www.pcs.com.br / kleiton(a)pcs.com.br

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[Dovecot] MySQL Authentication
by Peter Fraser 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hi all I have this interesting issue. I installed dovecot on FreeBSD 6.1. The install went well. I'm trying to get it to use a mysql database that postfix is already using to authenticate. When I use this in dovecot.conf userdb mysql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf } passdb mysql { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf } I get this error. auth(default): Unknown passdb driver 'mysql' (typo, or Dovecot was built without support for it? Check with dovecot --build-options) This is strange because I did compile it with mysql support. Any ideas here?

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[Dovecot] TAB characters in subject header continuation/wrap lines
by Stephen Warren 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

I have some emails where the Subject line has been wrapped, and subsequent lines are indented with TAB characters. Specifically, here's a dump of a portion of an email: 0002020 C c : sp nl S u b j e c t : sp [ B 0002040 u i l d b o t ] sp B u i l d B o 0002060 t sp S U C C E S S nl ht ( B l d _ 0002100 g s s d k _ g s s d k _ t e s t 0002120 _ 2 0 0 6 _ 0 9 _ 1 2 _ 0 0 _ 0 0002140 1 _ 0 0 _ I n c r e m e n t a l 0002160 _ 2 ) nl X - B e e n T h e r e : Note the HT about half way through the third line. When I view this email using Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 on Windows XP, with Dovecot 1.0.rc7 running on CentOS 4.3, this TAB character shows up as a funny character in the subject line, as displayed by the Thunderbird. My question is: Should Dovecot be detecting mail header continuation lines that start with a TAB, and stripping the TAB (converting to a space)? I *think* that's what the RFCs implied when I read up on this a few months ago, but I may easily be mis-remembering. A second somewhat off-topic question: When the automated system that sends out these messages sends them to me directly, this problem does not occur, because the email titles are not wrapped. However, when I receive these emails via a mailman mailing list, mailman prepends the text "[Buildbot]" on the front of the title, thus making the title long enough to require wrapping. As such, I imagine that it's mailman that is indenting the Subject continuation line with the TAB character. Is there an issue in mailman - should mailman be indenting with e.g. a SPACE character, or is mailman's action perfectly legal? Thanks for any pointers.

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[Dovecot] Using pgsql with 'cram-md5 auth' and 'hmac-md5 scheme'
by Jonathan Ballet 12 Sep '06

12 Sep '06

Hello, I want to use PostgreSQL to store my Dovecot users. I setup a very basic configuration, following word for word this page http://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotPostgresql and it works ... almost. In fact, it works if I use PLAIN password scheme in my database. However, I would like to store them encrypted. But, if I replace the password field for my user with {HMAC-MD5}-... (the password generated by dovecotpw), it doesn't work. Here is the log, using PLAIN password scheme (all debug options activated) : =================================================== auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5 service=IMAP secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 auth(default): client out: CONT 1 PDU3NTgxMTE5MTcwMTYzNjguMTE1ODAxMTQzN0BkZWI2ND4= auth(default): client in: CONT 1 am9uIDJjN2RmMDVmZWZiNWU4MmE0MzFkMjM2YThhYzc2MDAx auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT userid as user, password FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): password(jon,127.0.0.1): Credentials: 3fd9989457cb3edf1fb8d31dddaf11f3f0efee3423aeb9ebf9bbe981f86a079b auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=jon auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 23748 1 auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): SELECT home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): master out: USER 1 jon home=/var/mail/jon/ uid=5000 gid=5000 IMAP(jon): Effective uid=5000, gid=5000 IMAP(jon): maildir: data=/var/mail/jon IMAP(jon): maildir:root=/var/mail/jon, index=/var/mail/jon, control=, inbox= imap-login: Login: user=<jon>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured IMAP(jon): Disconnected: Logged out And here is the log, using HMAC-MD5 password scheme (all debug options activated too) : ===================================================== auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5 service=IMAP secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 auth(default): client out: CONT 1 PDI0MDc4NTQzMDc5NjU2NTIuMTE1ODAxMTkxNUBkZWI2ND4= auth(default): client in: CONT 1 am9uIDViNmE4NDI5ZjUzZTQ3YTEzZmEzNjhiOThlYjI5OTFi auth(default): sql(jon,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT userid as user, password FROM users WHERE userid = 'jon' auth(default): password(jon,127.0.0.1): Credentials: auth(default): cram-md5(jon,127.0.0.1): password mismatch auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=jon imap-login: Disconnected: user=<jon>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured The login + password used for those tests are 'jon'/'jonpwd'. In the second example, I didn't get any Credentials, whereas in the first case (PLAIN scheme), the Credentials output correspond to the 'dovecotpw' generated password (as in `dovecotpw -s HMAC-MD5 -p jonpwd`). I don't know if it's normal or not. So, I'm not sure what to do next :/ I use this kind of 'auth mechanism'/'password scheme' on another computer, with passwd-like files, and it works. So, I don't know why the same data, coming from another location, doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated ! Thanks, -- Jonathan

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