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[Dovecot] Openwebmail with Dovecot
by ftnx＠ksbase.com 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

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Re : [Dovecot] How to make pops
by mickael.choisnard＠free.fr 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi, I activate ssl in dovecot.conf and i open 995 in my firewall. But when i launch Eudora, i have an error : Server does not support SSL In Eudora, i choose "Required STARTTLS". Where do I have to declare my ssl certificate ? If you don't like Eudora, you can explain me with evolution. # Disable SSL/TLS support. ssl_disable = no # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem # SSL parameter file. Master process generates this file for login processes. # It contains Diffie Hellman and RSA parameters. ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration # entirely. ssl_parameters_regenerate = 24 # Disable LOGIN command and all other plaintext authentications unless # SSL/TLS is used (LOGINDISABLED capability). Note that 127.*.*.* and # IPv6 ::1 addresses are considered secure, this setting has no effect if # you connect from those addresses. disable_plaintext_auth = yes

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[Dovecot] pop3_logout_format equivalent for IMAP
by Chris Wakelin 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi, I've been thinking for a while that the enhanced logging available for POP would be very useful for IMAP. In particular I'd like to log mailbox size in bytes (at the moment I have a patch that logs SELECTs and number of messages). Even better (though not in the POP code) would be to get some idea of how well the Dovecot indexes and caching are doing by logging the actual number of bytes read. I could have a go at porting the POP changes over to IMAP (programming by imitation as usual :) ) but has anybody else done this? Best Wishes, Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] 1.0.beta2 released
by Timo Sirainen 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

I had originally thought that I'd do a complete audit of the Dovecot's sources this weekend, but looks like I didn't. Hopefully I've been writing good enough code that the "1000 EUR for security hole" offer lasts for a long time. :) This release should fix the SSL parameter regeneration problem. There were two changes that were needed to fix it, but I had forgotten the other one. v1.0.beta2 2006-01-22 Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> + Added SQLite support. Patch by Jakob Hirsch. + Added auth_debug_passwords setting. If it's not enabled, hide all password strings from logs. + Added mail_cache_min_mail_count and mbox_min_index_size settings which can be used to make Dovecot do less disk writes in small mailboxes where they don't benefit that much. + Added --build-ssl-parameters parameter to dovecot binary - SSL parameters were being regenerated every 10 minutes, although not with all systems. - Fixed dovecot-auth crashing at startup. Happened only with some specific compilers. - base_dir was supposed to be set world-readable, not world-writable

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[Dovecot] Question concerning configuration
by Christopher R. Parr 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi! I'm using dovecot and evim4 on a debian sarge system. Now I'd like to set up exim4 using vexim (http://www.debianhowto.de/de:howtos:sarge:exim4_vexim2_courier_mailman) My question: How do I have to configure dovecot? Thanks

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[Dovecot] X-Status: D
by Gerhard Wiesinger 28 Jan '06

28 Jan '06

Hello! I've some folders where I deleted some messages. They are not really deleted, but have the X-Status: D header field set. How can I force a real delete in dovecot? Thank you for the answer. Ciao, Gerhard

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[Dovecot] Invisible messages
by Anne Wilson 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

I have pulled in a couple of messages using fetchmail and put them through a procmail filter, which has resulted in the two messages being visible in a file manager in ~/Maildir/Design/new. However, using my Imap account on this box I can't see those messages. Any hints, please? Anne

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[Dovecot] Upgrade to a new system
by Daniel Davidson 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hello, I have a system that I am preparing to update that currently uses dovecot for pop and imap (will have same ip as old system). In tests, I at times re-download data from the server if I have deleted or moved it in the client and the data is still on the server (just for pop). I am guessing the UIDs generated are different on the new system. Is there any way to check and see if they are the same on each system, and if they are not, how can I move that information over. thanks, Dan

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[Dovecot] nfs and pop3
by Marten Lehmann 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi, I'm working with dovecot 1.0.beta2 for pop3 only and have set index=memory, so no indizes are created on the disk. pop3_uidl_format is set to %f. The maildirs are located on an nfs-share. So generally, this setup is very similar to what qmail-popup and qmail-pop3d does. However, everytime I'm switching from qmail-pop3d to dovecot, the system load increases from less than 2 to more than 30 (and later up to 60 and more). The problem is I/O, probably caused by nfs-access. But what is causing this accesses? qmail-pop3d just takes filenames as UIDL, and moves the mails from new to cur, reads them to send them to the client or deletes them. This is working fine. But what is dovecot doing? There must be a lot more things that cause that high I/O load. Indizes are disabled, so they cannot be the cause any longer. Any ideas? I just want to switch to dovecot at some point finally without having qmail-pop3d as backup. Regards Marten

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[Dovecot] gcc 2.95 compile errors
by Chris Wakelin 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Timo, This is what I get when I compile 1.0-beta2 with gcc 2.95. It looks like I can then open my problem mbox even without your mbox-sync patch. It turns out I'd been using gcc 3.2.2 inadvertently, probably via some sort of shell bug - I'd accidentally set an environment variable called "PATH=/opt/RDGgcc3/bin:/usr/bin ..." and I guess some script had mistaken it for the real PATH environment variable (which didn't include the gcc3 location). Should I be worried? Chris ostream-file.c: In function `o_stream_writev': ostream-file.c:126: warning: `ret' might be used uninitialized in this function ostream-file.c: In function `_send_istream': ostream-file.c:671: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mail-cache.c: In function `mail_cache_lock': mail-cache.c:374: warning: `ret' might be used uninitialized in this function mail-index-transaction.c: In function `mail_index_update_header_ext': mail-index-transaction.c:710: warning: unused parameter `t' mail-index-transaction.c:711: warning: unused parameter `ext_id' mail-index-transaction.c:711: warning: unused parameter `offset' mail-index-transaction.c:712: warning: unused parameter `data' mail-index-transaction.c:712: warning: unused parameter `size' maildir-storage.c:891: warning: missing initializer maildir-storage.c:891: warning: (near initialization for `maildir_storage.pool') maildir-storage.c:926: warning: missing initializer maildir-storage.c:926: warning: (near initialization for `maildir_mailbox.pool') mbox-sync.c: In function `mbox_sync_seek_to_uid': mbox-sync.c:921: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-sync.c: In function `mbox_sync_handle_eof_updates': mbox-sync.c:1228: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-sync.c:1287: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-sync.c: In function `mbox_sync_update_index_header': mbox-sync.c:1330: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-sync.c: In function `mbox_sync_do': mbox-sync.c:1418: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-sync.c: In function `mbox_sync_has_changed': mbox-sync.c:1496: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type mbox-storage.c:1045: warning: missing initializer mbox-storage.c:1045: warning: (near initialization for `mbox_storage.pool') mbox-storage.c:1080: warning: missing initializer mbox-storage.c:1080: warning: (near initialization for `mbox_mailbox.pool') dbox-storage.c:630: warning: missing initializer dbox-storage.c:630: warning: (near initialization for `dbox_storage.pool') dbox-storage.c:665: warning: missing initializer dbox-storage.c:665: warning: (near initialization for `dbox_mailbox.pool') dbox-transaction.c: In function `dbox_transaction_commit': dbox-transaction.c:20: warning: unused parameter `flags' dbox-transaction.c: In function `dbox_transaction_rollback': dbox-transaction.c:77: warning: unused variable `dbox' auth-server-connection.c: In function `auth_server_connection_new': auth-server-connection.c:200: warning: `fd' might be used uninitialized in this function auth-master-connection.c: In function `master_input_die': auth-master-connection.c:145: warning: unused parameter `conn' main.c: In function `create_unix_listener': main.c:101: warning: `fd' might be used uninitialized in this function dict-process.c:96: warning: `dict_process_listen' defined but not used master-settings.c:360: warning: missing initializer master-settings.c:360: warning: (near initialization for `default_settings.listen_ip') quota-storage.c: In function `quota_save_init': quota-storage.c:165: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] chained ssl cert not working
by harryp＠dmsnev.com 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

I am running a production server with 40 pop3 users using dovecot 0.99.14. I am trying to get a chained certificate installed that I purchased through godaddy.com. I need some clarification on how to do this. I found some really vague instructions on the dovecot wiki http://wiki.dovecot.org/ChainedSSLCertificates?highlight=%28chained%29 Unfortunately these instructions are very confusing for me. I also found someone else who asked a similar question http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-June/007528.html I have tried to get this to work, but have failed. Could someone please explain this better. I don't understand if all of these keys/certificates go into 1 file or what. I need an example if someone could be so kind as to take a moment of their time. Thanks for any help.

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[Dovecot] out of memory error
by Pavel Volkovitskiy 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hello I have this errors in my dovecot.log every day or two: ============================================= ... dovecot: Jan 24 10:28:56 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:01 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:03 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:03 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:03 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:41 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:29:56 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:30:36 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:30:38 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 8164 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:30:39 Error: auth-worker(default): Out of memory (Needed 52 bytes) dovecot: Jan 24 10:30:41 Error: auth-worker(default): pool_system_malloc(): Out of memory dovecot: Jan 24 10:30:41 Error: child 3576 (auth-worker) returned error 83 (Out of memory) ============================================= I use dovecot 1.0-beta1 login_process_size = 128 login_process_per_connection = no login_processes_count = 5 login_max_processes_count = 128 login_max_logging_users = 256 -- Pavel

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[Dovecot] How to make pops
by mickael.choisnard＠free.fr 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi, I use dovecot (pop) with gentoo but it's not securize. I would like to use pops but i don't how to do this. I think i have to use certificates... This my dovecot.conf : protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s imap_listen = * pop3_listen = * imaps_listen = * pop3s_listen = * ssl_disable = no login = imap login = pop3 default_mail_env = maildir:%h/.maildir mbox_locks = fcntl dotlock auth = default auth_mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd auth_passdb = pam dovecot auth_user = root auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes Thanks for your help

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[Dovecot] Dovecot don't recognise new messages in maildir /new
by Tim Wagner 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi, i'm google for it and i searched the archives, but i can't find the problem i have or a hint for a solution. I'm using Postfix as MTA, the new messages deliver by postfix to the maildir: /mail/domain.tld/userpart/new/ Dovecot sometimes show the new mails directly (it's very unusual) but mostly it needs for an hour that dovecot recognize the new messages. Reconnecting of the client don't help. Tested with Thunderbird, Sylpheed-Claws, mutt and muttng. Is there a bug known or do i something wrong?

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[Dovecot] 1.0beta2 build error
by Peter Lindgren 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hi! I received the following error (I ran ./configure and make without options) when running make install: Making all in auth make: don't know how to make db-ldap.h. Stop in /tmp/dovecot-1.0b2/dovecot-1.0.beta2/src/auth. *** Error code 1 Stop in /tmp/dovecot-1.0b2/dovecot-1.0.beta2/src (line 284 of Makefile). *** Error code 1 Stop in /tmp/dovecot-1.0b2/dovecot-1.0.beta2 (line 340 of Makefile). *** Error code 1 Stop in /tmp/dovecot-1.0b2/dovecot-1.0.beta2 (line 224 of Makefile). This is what I found: # ls src/auth/db-ldap.* src/auth/db-ldap.c src/auth/db-ldap.o # find . -name 'db-ldap.*' -print ./src/auth/db-ldap.c ./src/auth/.deps/db-ldap.Po ./src/auth/db-ldap.o I didn't find a db-ldap.h anywhere in /usr either. Any hints? I run OpenBSD 3.7 on sparc. /Peter -- Peter Lindgren, dataingenjör E-post: peter "at" norrskenkonsult punkt com http://www.norrskenkonsult.com

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[Dovecot] Fwd: Weird problem opening mbox in beta1/2
by Chris Wakelin 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Hmm, this is peculiar! This mailbox has been unchanged on my test server since September. I've been using it to test each new version of Dovecot just after I've compiled it. When beta1 was released, I opened this mbox with no problems. However, when I upgraded to beta2, I got "file size unexpectedly shrinked in mbox file /export/mail/a/24/vis99003/INBOX (16895967 vs 16899267)". Reverting to beta1, it also failed with the same error! I've deleted indexes, restored the mbox from a backup made in October (no changes) and I still get the error. It *does* open OK in 1.0-stable. I've put it through mboxcrypt.pl, deleted the UW-IMAP pseudo-message (which wasn't converted properly by mboxcrypt) and it still fails to open with a similar error, so I've sent it to Timo (gzipped, of course!) I've e-mailed this to the list minus the attachment as sending unsolicited 1MB attachments is unfriendly! However, if anybody wants to look at it, please let me know. Best Wishes, Chris P.S. The past participle of "shrink" is "shrunk" not "shrinked" - it's yet another irregular English verb :) -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094 -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Hang in 1.0.alpha4
by Mark Plaksin 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

My IMAP client hangs intermittently. When it does, Dovecot has prematurely stopped sending a response and entered the poll loop. My client is waiting for more data and Dovecot is waiting for an IMAP command. This problem seems to occur when I connect to the dovecot process over the network and when I run the imap binary directly via an SSH tunnel. Below is truss output from the imap process for one of the hangs. It is responding to a FETCH, gets EAGAIN, and then seems to give up sending the rest of the message and enters the poll loop. Below that is the log from my IMAP client to show its side of the story. Nothing shows up in the normal Dovecot log. I haven't caught it in the act recently when running with rawlog. But rawlog output from before I was running with truss shows that Dovecot does not think it has finished sending its response. truss output: 12951: stat64("/home/happy/Mail/banner-ss", 0xFFBFF200) = 0 12951: fstat64(12, 0xFFBFF388) = 0 12951: stat64("/home/happy/Mail/.imap/banner-ss/dovecot.index", 0xFFBFF2F0) = 0 12951: fstat64(18, 0xFFBFF388) = 0 12951: pread64(18, "\n F r o m b e v e r l".., 4096, 1592560) = 4096 12951: pread64(18, " S u n G a r d * S C".., 4094, 1596656) = 4094 12951: pread64(18, " M i c r o s o f t S a".., 4094, 1600750) = 4094 12951: pread64(18, " r g a r e t . d i l l a".., 4094, 1604844) = 3720 12951: pread64(18, 0x0025EEA2, 374, 1608564) = 0 12951: pread64(18, 0x0025EEA2, 374, 1608564) = 0 12951: pread64(18, " R e t u r n - P a t h :".., 4096, 1592616) = 4096 12951: write(1, " * 2 5 0 F E T C H ".., 4073) = 4073 12951: pread64(18, " a l v e r n , P A ".., 4095, 1596712) = 4095 12951: write(1, "\n W i l l i a m B . ".., 4060) = 4060 12951: pread64(18, " l ( i n c l u d i n g".., 4095, 1600807) = 4095 12951: write(1, "\n & # 8 2 2 6 ; < / b".., 4069) = 4069 12951: pread64(18, " m o z - t x t - l i n k".., 4095, 1604902) = 3662 12951: write(1, "\n ".., 4079) Err#11 EAGAIN 12951: write(1, "\n ".., 4096) Err#11 EAGAIN 12951: poll(0x000A0AD0, 3, 533) = 1 12951: write(1, "\n ".., 4096) = 4096 12951: poll(0x000A0AD0, 2, 532) = 0 12951: poll(0x000A0AD0, 2, 0) = 0 12951: poll(0x000A0AD0, 2, 999) (sleeping...) 12951: poll(0x000A0AD0, 2, 999) = 0 Here's the log from my IMAP client. I removed email addresses and most of the body of the message to protect the innocent. The "BYE" was caused by me running 'kill $PID' on the imap process. 3551 OK Fetch completed.! 3552 UID FETCH 252 BODY.PEEK[] * 250 FETCH (UID 252 BODY[] {16341}! Return-Path: <abc(a)usg.edu>! Received: from usg.edu (abc.usg.edu [1.2.8.1])! by abc.usg.edu (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j9KFqoga012884! for <abc(a)USG.EDU>; Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:52:50 -0400 (EDT)! Message-ID: <4357BD52.1020506(a)usg.edu>! Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:52:50 -0400! From: abc <abc(a)usg.edu>! User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)! X-Accept-Language: en-us, en! MIME-Version: 1.0! To: abc(a)usg.edu! Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: Fw: Java Library Problem]] - URGENT, I'm sorry...! Content-Type: multipart/mixed;! boundary="------------010604070704040405060605"! X-USG-MailScanner: Found to be clean! X-USG-MailScanner-SpamCheck: ! X-MailScanner-From: abc(a)usg.edu! ! This is a multi-part message in MIME format.! --------------010604070704040405060605! Content-Type: multipart/alternative;! boundary="------------040009050704020209010709"! ! ! --------------040009050704020209010709! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed! Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit! ! Guys,! Please create a ssh login on... from ! 24 hours now) with testing. His account should look like Patrick ! I've requested a static IP from Dan.! ! ...! </pre>! </body>! </html>! ! --------------040009050704020209010709--! ! --------------010604070704040405060605! Content-Type: text/x-vcard;! Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit! Content-Disposition: attachment;! ! begin:vcard! ...! tel;work:(xxx) xxx-2000! tel;fax:(xxx) xxx-xxxx! url:http://www.u* BYE Server shutting down.! imap(happy): Warning: Killed with signal 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The mail message in question actually ends like this: tel;work:(xxx) xxx-2000 tel;fax:(xxx) 583xxx-xxxx url:http://www.usg.edu version:2.1 end:vcard --------------010604070704040405060605--

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[Dovecot] dovecot.index.log.2 needed?
by Jeff A. Earickson 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi, I just discovered a whole lot of dovecot.index.log.2 files in people's .imap folders? Are these files needed in the long term? Or can they be zapped if they are more than X days old? Jeff Earickson Colby College

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.0alpha5 not deleting messages from mbox
by Andrew Mendelsohn 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi, I have had some problem with duplicate emails using dovecot1.0alpha5using the prebuilt testing binaries on a debian stable/testing 3.1system. I am running both pop3d and imap, but all users are just usingpop3d. I am using mbox format. Users are using Thunderbird 1.5 to access emails. Dotlocks are used,postfix is the email agent. Note that dovecot/[postfix are running in avserver. In debugging the dovecot log, it seems to me that dovecot thinks thatit is deleting the messages, but actually nothing is happening. here is a log of a user logging in and what happens after logging out: dovecot: 2006-01-20 21:41:04 Info: pop3-login: Login:user=<user2(a)example.org>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.8.0.6,lip=192.168.99.5, TLS dovecot: 2006-01-20 21:41:04 Error: pop3(user2(a)example.org): mbox sync:Expunged message reappeared in mailbox /home/vmail/user2(a)example.org(UID 5668 < 5691, seq=2, idx_msgs=0) dovecot: 2006-01-20 21:45:33 Info: pop3(user2(a)example.org): Logout.top=0/0, retr=20/ del=20/20, size=29362389 a quick check show that mbox size has not been changed -- none of the20/20 files have been deleted, even though dovecot states del=20/20 ! Mboxes grow quite large, sometime the problem resolves itself. Interestingly, if I stop dovecot and restart it, on the next access to pop3 all of the messages are deleted correctly and the mboxreturns to the default size. Any ideas? Andy --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and well bind it!

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[Dovecot] Dovecot using static uid gid
by Alexandru Ionescu 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi All I have postfix deliver the mail in virtual maildirs using the UID of user dovecot. I authenticate users trying to access their mailboxes via IMAP through winbind. The authentication is successfull but dovecot logs imap(username): Date "Error: openidir (vmail/domain/username) failed: Permission denied. I tried to insert in dovecot.conf: static uid=97 gid=97 home=/vmail/domain but I get a report that parameters are missing. Does anybody know the the exact syntax for the static directive? Alexandru

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[Dovecot] Making dovecot and postfix play together
by Anne Wilson 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

I am encountering 'transport problems' in postfix, and I can't tie them down. I'm beginning to wonder whether I have conflicting settings in the various parts of the mail server. I have been advised separately by a number of people, so it is entirely possible. I am, therefore, attempting to check every detail of my setup. I was advised to put 'MAIL=/home/$USER/MailDir:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/$USER' into /etc/profile 'because that's the way that dovecot likes it'. Is this correct? I'm using 0.99.14 on Fedora Core 4. Dovecot does appear to be working correctly. I can drag messages to the mailboxes. The problem appears to be in postfix. Fetchmail can download the messages, but they are sticking in postfix's queue. I'm still working on that, but would like confirmation that I was right to follow the advice given above. Anne

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[Dovecot] Problem with folders, dovecot-0.99.13-3.FC3 and Eudora 7.0.1
by Davide Bolcioni 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Greetings, the Eudora client is attempting to create a subfolder of an existing folder, using the "Make it a folder option" which creates a directory under /home/<user>/mail/<a few paths>. Eudora is seemingly stuck in attempting to create the directory, but there is nothing under /var/log which seems useful in diagnosing the problem. Thank you for your consideration, Davide Bolcioni -- There is no place like /home.

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[Dovecot] Locking strategy?
by Gerhard Wiesinger 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

Hello! I run the following environment: UW imapd pine sendmail procmail mbox format I migrated from UW imapd to dovecot. It is pretty faster than UW imapd. To ensure a compatible environment I did the following configuration changes in /etc/dovecot.conf: protocols = imaps default_mail_env = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_full_filesystem_access = yes mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_write_locks = fcntl But I don't think that locking works well. In pine I get the following error messages: Unexpected changes to folder (try restarting) Also when I delete a file in the imap inbox I can't see that immediatly in pine (even when I restart pine the message is still there with a "Deleted" flag. With UW imapd locking worked perfectly but performance was very bad. What is the best configuration in a dovecot/pine/sendmail/procmail/mbox format environment. Thank you for the answer. Ciao, Gerhard

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Re: [Dovecot] Maildirquota
by Rodolfo Gonzalez Gonzalez 25 Jan '06

25 Jan '06

On 2006-01-24 10:42:23 -0600, Rodolfo Gonzalez Gonzalez wrote: >> I'd like to use dovecot+postfix (with Maildir) for several virtual email >> servers, but one requirement is quota support. I'm aware about the lack >> of maildirquota support in dovecot, and I found a patch in the >> "unofficial patches" section which is said to provide maildirquota > > 1.0.beta2 has a quota plugin. > see the wiki about it. Hi darix, I'm reading it, but it says: "Software quotas Dovecot 1.0 supports quota using a quota plugin. It's currently discussed in Dovecot LDA page and it supports only very simple quota calculation which is suitable only for mboxes. Maildir++ quota support will come later." And in http://www.dovecot.org/patches/1.0/ there's the patch only, the link http://www.dovecot.org/patches/1.0/quota.tar.gz is broken. The page http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA#head-de783575628d0e78c0e594931f173493fd8257d0 doesn't state if the plugin works for Maildir++ quotas (which is what I need). Thanks for your answer, Rodolfo.

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[Dovecot] 1.0beta2: mbox_sync assert
by Jeff A. Earickson 24 Jan '06

24 Jan '06

Timo, My first assert in beta2. Syslog said: Jan 24 09:57:16 emerald dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap(user): Cached message offset 94625 is invalid for mbox file /var/mail/m/user Jan 24 09:57:16 emerald dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] imap(user): file mbox-sync.c: line 1471 (mbox_sync_do): assertion failed: (!sync_ctx->mbox->mbox_sync_dirty || (flags & MBOX_SYNC_UNDIRTY) == 0) Gdb analysis on the core file is attached. My setup: Solaris 9, mbox format, mbox on NFS filesystem (also S9), index files on local UFS filesystem. Jeff Earickson Colby College

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