- dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] How to serve two "inboxes" via imap
by Roderick Johnstone 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

Hi In our setup we have mail delivered to /var/spool/mail/<username>. Many users like thunderbird as their MUA and we typically have thunderbird set up to read mail using a movemail account with the local mail directory set to ~/mail so that the mail can be read easily by pine as well. So, when a user clicks the "Get Mail" button in Thunderbird, mail is moved from /var/spool/mail/<username> to ~/mail/Inbox. Although I can serve other folders from ~/mail my imap clients don't see ~/mail/Inbox, they see just /var/spool/mail/<username> as INBOX. Can anyone advise please how to make the ~/mail/Inbox available as well via imap using dovecot (currently using 1.0-alpha5). We currently use default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u Many thanks Roderick Johnstone

1 0

[Dovecot] auth error after upgrading from 0.99 to 1 alpha...
by daniel petre 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

so, i use vpopmail to auth my users,but after upgrading from dovecot-0.99.14-r1 to dovecot-1.0_alpha5 and tweaking dovecot.conf i get this in the log : dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:11 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=POP3 lip=81.xx.xx.xx rip=81.xx.xx.xx resp= dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:11 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:11 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 AGRhbmlAbGludXhzb2x1dGlvbnMfgucm8AcG9jcG9j dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:11 Error: auth(default): vmysql: sql error[3]: MySQL server has gone away dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:11 Info: auth(default): vpopmail(dani(a)domain.com,81.xx.xx.xx): unknown user dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:12 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=dani(a)domain.com dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:12 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 2 PLAIN service=POP3 lip=81.xx.xx.xx rip=81.xx.xx.xx resp=AGRhbmlAbGludXhzb2x1dGlvbnMfgucm8AcG9jcG9j dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:12 Error: auth(default): vmysql: sql error[3]: MySQL server has gone away dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:12 Info: auth(default): vpopmail(dani(a)domain.com,81.xx.xx.xx): unknown user dovecot: Dec 15 12:12:14 Info: auth(default): client out: FAIL 2 user=dani(a)domain.com so no one can login no more via pop3/vpopmail .. anyone any ideas? thx. -- Daniel Petre System Administrator Tech Support Coordinator ............................................................................. RCS & RDS Pitesti Tel.: +40348.400.401 Fax: +40348.400.441 http://www.rcs-rds.ro ............................................................................. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not in the addresses indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such a case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply e-mail.

2 2

[Dovecot] Question about the dovecot debian package
by Florian Schnabel 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

am planing transition to dovecot right now ... just noticed dovecot debian package would install mysql ... it probably depens on just any database and uses ymsql by default .. but anyway why does it need one ? Florian

3 2

[Dovecot] Compiling 1.0alpha5 on Mac OS X 10.4 Server
by Roger Weeks 15 Dec '05

15 Dec '05

I am trying to compile the 1.0alpha5 on Mac OS X Server 10.4.3, and not having success. My configure flags are: ./configure --with-mysql We're thinking of migrating from courier. The configure processes okay, but I get this error a ways through the make: /usr/bin/ld: multiple definitions of symbol _sha1_result ../lib/liblib.a(sha1.o) definition of _sha1_result in section (__TEXT,__text) /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a(sha1.o) definition of _sha1_result in section (__TEXT,__text) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [dovecot-auth] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 Has anyone seen this error compiling? I'm not sure how to get around it. -- Roger J. Weeks Systems & Network Administrator Mendocino Community Network

1 0

[Dovecot] checkpassword authentication
by Florian Füessl 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Hi, does anyone already use the checkpassword authentication scheme? I have not found any description how I have to configure dovecot in order to work together with qmails checkpassword. Enabling passdb = checkpassword /bin/checkpassword in dovecot.conf starts /bin/checkpassword for every authentication request, but the result does not seem to matter for the authentication. Without enabling a userdb entry, dovecot claims not to be able to find out the uid, gid and home of the user, although checkpassword replies these values. Setting static values with "userdb = static uid=$fixed_mail_uid gid=$fixed_mail_gid home=/maildata/%d/%n" results in being every login successful, no matter if the checkpassword authentication is ok, or not. I'm using the latest dovecot nightly build from 22. Nov. 2005. - Florian

3 2

[Dovecot] inotify.h not found
by Mark Rosenstand 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Hi, dovecot (1.0.alpha5) won't compile with inotify support because inotify.h can't be found. I'm running Linux 2.6.15-rc5 with headers from 2.6.12 (like most vendors). I've noticed that beagle and other inotify-enabled applications ships with an inotify.h. Could this be scheduled for alpha6? :-)

3 3

[Dovecot] Panic: file mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 155 (get_ext_header): assertion failed
by John V. Baboval 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

One of the mbox files on my server causes dovecot to assert. I've caught the assert in gdb and have attached the backtrace. Unfortunatly my binary isn't built with debugging symbols, so I'm not sure how helpful it will be. smtp:/var$ uname -a Linux smtp 2.6.14-2-686-smp #1 SMP Sat Nov 26 13:37:07 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux smtp:/var$ cat /etc/debian_version 3.1 smtp:/var$ dpkg -p dovecot-imapd Package: dovecot-imapd Priority: optional Section: mail Installed-Size: 780 Maintainer: Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar(a)debian.org> Architecture: i386 Source: dovecot Version: 1.0.alpha4-1 Starting program: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) (no debugging symbols found) * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS] Logged in as dpowell x select INBOX imap(dpowell): Panic: file mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 155 (get_ext_header): assertion failed: (memcmp((char *)(ext_hdr + 1), ext->name, strlen(ext->name)) == 0) Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0xb7de2a27 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xb7de2a27 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0xb7de435b in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x0809f442 in data_stack_deinit () No symbol table info available. #3 0x0809f5e7 in i_panic () No symbol table info available. #4 0x08090dcd in mail_index_dummy_view_open () No symbol table info available. #5 0x0809113a in mail_index_dummy_view_open () No symbol table info available. #6 0x08091b58 in mail_index_sync_ext_intro () No symbol table info available. #7 0x08092368 in mail_index_sync_keywords () No symbol table info available. #8 0x080893d2 in mail_index_sync_record () No symbol table info available. #9 0x08089c5e in mail_index_sync_update_index () No symbol table info available. #10 0x08087d1d in mail_index_sync_commit () No symbol table info available. #11 0x080726d0 in mbox_sync () No symbol table info available. #12 0x080732b7 in mbox_storage_sync_init () No symbol table info available. #13 0x0805f8e5 in imap_sync_nonselected () No symbol table info available. #14 0x08057f31 in _cmd_select_full () No symbol table info available. #15 0x080580d1 in cmd_select () No symbol table info available. #16 0x08059861 in _client_input () No symbol table info available. #17 0x080a5984 in io_loop_handler_run () No symbol table info available. #18 0x080a4d49 in io_loop_run () No symbol table info available. #19 0x08061169 in main () No symbol table info available. (gdb) -John

2 2

[Dovecot] "pipe() failed: Too many open files" - ??
by Hauke Fath 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Hi list, after about a day of operation, dovecot 1.0alpha5 (NetBSD/i386 2.1) died on me with Dec 14 10:53:52 bounce dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Dec 14 10:54:23 bounce last message repeated 279661 times Dec 14 10:56:23 bounce last message repeated 1071807 times Dec 14 10:56:59 bounce last message repeated 325386 times -- any ideas on what to tune? hauke -- /~\ The ASCII Ribbon Campaign Hauke Fath \ / No HTML/RTF in email Institut für Nachrichtentechnik X No Word docs in email TU Darmstadt / \ Respect for open standards Ruf +49-6151-16-3281

5 6

[Dovecot] No "Ok Dovecot Ready " on fc3 with ssl on ports 993 and 995
by ankush grover 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

hey friends, I am trying to secure my mail server on FC3.I have enabled TLS support in postfix(version postfix-2.1.5) and want to use ssl settings for dovecot( 0.99.13). Lines of ssl in /etc/dovecot.conf protocols = imaps pop3s imaps_listen = * pop3s_listen = * ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat disable_plaintext_auth = yes If i do telnet localhost 993 or 995 I don't see any "Ok Dovecot Ready" message.If I enable pop3 and imap in dovecot.conf and then I telnet localhost 110 or 143 I can see "Ok Dovecot Ready" message. Any pointers what else I am missing for ssl in dovecot and I am also attaching the dovecot.conf file with this email. Thanks & Regards Ankush Grover

2 2

[Dovecot] Assertion Failure in Current CVS Version
by Todd Burroughs 14 Dec '05

14 Dec '05

Just installed the latest (Dec. 12) CVS version and one user keeps getting this assertion failure. Todd dovecot: Dec 13 15:53:01 Error: 29718 imap(username): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /mailhome/new/o/h/username/mbox (4863 > 3417, seq=780, idx_msgs=1913) dovecot: Dec 13 15:53:06 Error: 29718 imap(username): file mail-index-transaction.c: line 129 (mail_index_buffer_convert_to_uids): assertion failed: (*seq != 0) dovecot: Dec 13 15:53:07 Error: child 29718 (imap) killed with signal 6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0xbffff418 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #2 0x00000006 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007416 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #4 0xb7ef1d41 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #5 0xb7ef3529 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x080a17ba in i_internal_panic_handler ( fmt=0x6 <Address 0x6 out of bounds>, args=0x7416 <Address 0x7416 out of bounds>) at failures.c:375 No locals. #7 0x080a1be4 in i_panic ( format=0x80af28c "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:173 No locals. #8 0x08089491 in mail_index_buffer_convert_to_uids (t=0x80e4b88, array=0x80e4ba0, range=1) at mail-index-transaction.c:129 view = (struct mail_index_view *) 0x80e3668 rec = Variable "rec" is not available. (gdb) p *seq $1 = 0 (gdb) p *view $2 = {refcount = 2, methods = {close = 0x808df20 <_view_close>, get_messages_count = 0x808d7b0 <_view_get_messages_count>, get_header = 0x808d7c0 <_view_get_header>, lookup_full = 0x808e500 <_view_lookup_full>, lookup_uid = 0x808e480 <_view_lookup_uid>, lookup_uid_range = 0x808e350 <_view_lookup_uid_range>, lookup_first = 0x808e210 <_view_lookup_first>, lookup_ext_full = 0x808d9a0 <_view_lookup_ext_full>, get_header_ext = 0x808e140 <_view_get_header_ext>}, index = 0x80ce000, log_view = 0x80e2e58, indexid = 1122493952, map = 0x80cf020, new_map = 0x0, map_refs = 0x0, hdr = {major_version = 7 '\a', minor_version = 0 '\0', base_header_size = 120, header_size = 200, record_size = 40, compat_data = "\001\b\004", indexid = 1122493952, flags = 0, uid_validity = 1130429256, next_uid = 5142, messages_count = 1913, recent_messages_count = 0, seen_messages_count = 1452, deleted_messages_count = 0, first_recent_uid_lowwater = 0, first_unseen_uid_lowwater = 1149, first_deleted_uid_lowwater = 0, log_file_seq = 16, log_file_int_offset = 22028, log_file_ext_offset = 22028, sync_size = 101978714, sync_stamp = 1134159156, day_stamp = 1134277200, day_first_uid = {4781, 4779, 4779, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}}, log_file_seq = 16, log_file_offset = 22028, log_syncs = 0x0, transactions = 1, lock_id = 0, inconsistent = 0, syncing = 0} (gdb) p *t $3 = {refcount = 1, view = 0x80e3668, appends = {buffer = 0x80e9320, element_size = 8}, first_new_seq = 1914, last_new_seq = 2478, expunges = { buffer = 0x80e8000, element_size = 8}, updates = {buffer = 0x80e8020, element_size = 12}, last_update_idx = 0, pre_hdr_change = '\0' <repeats 119 times>, pre_hdr_mask = '\0' <repeats 119 times>, post_hdr_change = '\0' <repeats 28 times>, "Z\026", '\0' <repeats 89 times>, post_hdr_mask = '\0' <repeats 28 times>, "\001\001\001\001", '\0' <repeats 87 times>, ext_rec_updates = {buffer = 0x80e8040, element_size = 8}, ext_resizes = {buffer = 0x0, element_size = 0}, ext_resets = {buffer = 0x0, element_size = 0}, keyword_updates = {buffer = 0x0, element_size = 0}, keyword_resets = {buffer = 0x80e9370, element_size = 8}, cache_trans_ctx = 0x0, hide_transaction = 0, no_appends = 0, external = 1, pre_hdr_changed = 0, post_hdr_changed = 1, log_updates = 1} (gdb) p j $4 = 2 (gdb) p range $5 = 1

1 0

[Dovecot] Hi everyone .. need some pro-dovecot arguments :-)
by Florian Schnabel 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Hi, i never used dovecot so far, but i heard a couple good things about it .. for one the debian maintainer of the exim package recommended it :-) so i want to change our mailserver (currently using ipop3 and uw-imap) to dovecot ... now my boss seems to favour cyrus. i could use some good arguments for dovecot, also your experiences with it and with other mailservers so i can make a reasonable desicion and preset some good arguments :-) Florian

4 3

[Dovecot] Re: Outlook Express / Namespaces
by Michael Surette 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Matthias Rieber wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning to switch from courier-imap to dovecot. Everythings seems > fine. I adjust the namespaces to avoid client side changes. > This works with Thunderbird, but Outlook Express seems to have problmes > with the path "INBOX.", that I've configured in the client settings. I can > remove that path, but the folders will be sorted under the inbox. > > Is there something that I've done wrong? I'm using dovecot 1.0alpha5 > > matthias No solution here, but I am probably having the same problem with 1.0alpha4. I'm trying to switch to imap from pop3, so I set up dovecot on my Slackware 10.2 mailserver. I'm very new to imap, so I figured my configuration was wrong. If our symptoms are the same, maybe our setup errors are as well. The problem... while Thunderbird and Outlook are OK, the Inbox doesn't show in Outlook Express. You can click on the Imap Folders button, select the Inbox, click on the "Go To" button and the Inbox will appear until you shut down Outlook Express. Next time you fire up OE, no Inbox. Other than that, it all works as expected. I haven't torture-tested the setup yet though, I wanted to set up one of each client and get the basics running before doing that. Are your symptoms similar? Here is my dovecot.conf less comments... ssl_cert_file = /etc/mail/certs/wally.cert.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/mail/certs/wally.key.pem first_valid_gid = 100 mail_extra_groups = "mail" namespace private { separator = / inbox = yes prefix = "#mbox/" location = mbox:/var/spool/mail/%u } namespace private { separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/data/imap/%u } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle } protocol pop3 { } auth_realms = "laframboise.net" auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb shadow { } userdb passwd { } userdb prefetch { } user = root }

1 0

Re: [Dovecot] Hi everyone .. need some pro-dovecot arguments :-)
by Florian Schnabel 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Michael Segel wrote: > On Tuesday 13 December 2005 4:13 am, you wrote: > Positive notes? > > Simplest one to set up. > > Had the .9 release up and running same day. > When I had to rebuild my main server, I switched to downloading the latest > release. > > The configuration was still pretty straight forward, while I'll admit the > documentation could be better. It assumes that you know more than you do. > However, having said that, Dovecot's documentation is better than the rest. > > The only quirk to Dovecot is that I'm using SSL and since I don't have > authenticated certificates, Microsoft's Outlook keeps asking me if I want to > continue to use them. Other mail clients don't bother me after the first > time. > > I'd recommend Dovecot over the others. > > But then again, I run a small organization so your mileage may be different. > i run a small mailserver here .. about 25 mail accounts only one reason to use dovecot is to switch to maildir since mbox via imap is a pain in the ass when you got a couple hundred mails in one mbox file currently its running via smarthost but i want to open pop3/ssl, imap/ssl and some secure smtp to the outside soon :-)

2 1

[Dovecot] mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected
by Shawn Bishop 13 Dec '05

13 Dec '05

Good Day I am having the following serious problem. I am running CentOS 4.1 with dovecot 0.99.11. The users are using POP3 login to retrieve mail. For the last 2 days we have experienced the following problems. I have recreated all the users and reconfigured the dovecot,but the same problems occur. Please see attached /var/log/maillog messages It appears so users login whereas others cant.Eventually after about an hour none of the users can login. Dec 13 08:42:38 mailserver pop3-login: Login: robin [::ffff:192.168.1.103] Dec 13 08:42:53 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.246] Dec 13 08:43:04 mailserver sendmail[16422]: jBD6fU3g016421: to=<Luis(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:01:32, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=68583, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:43:05 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.217] Dec 13 08:43:08 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.81] Dec 13 08:43:16 mailserver sendmail[16463]: jBD6hFwK016463: from=<russells(a)dubaisa.co.za>, size=2112751, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<004001c5ffb0$151a0180$3701a8c0@Russell>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[192.168.1.55] Dec 13 08:43:23 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.241] Dec 13 08:43:35 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.247] Dec 13 08:43:38 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.136] Dec 13 08:43:53 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.73] Dec 13 08:43:53 mailserver sendmail[16465]: jBD6hFwK016463: to=<jean-pierre(a)rppinc.co.za>, ctladdr=<russells(a)dubaisa.co.za> (519/100), delay=00:00:38, xdelay=00:00:37, mailer=relay, pri=2232751, relay=relay01.imcf.co.za. [196.31.215.11], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message received OK) Dec 13 08:44:05 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.113] Dec 13 08:44:08 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.135] Dec 13 08:44:23 mailserver pop3-login: Disconnected [::ffff:192.168.1.123] Dec 13 08:44:28 mailserver dovecot: Killed with signal 15 Dec 13 08:44:31 mailserver sendmail[16450]: jBD6gZ43016450: from=<>, size=2069349, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<FUJzti1ZI00000191(a)dxbs02.miragemille.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:44:35 mailserver pop3-login: fd_send(-1) failed: Broken pipe Dec 13 08:44:38 mailserver pop3-login: fd_send(-1) failed: Broken pipe Dec 13 08:44:40 mailserver sendmail[16486]: jBD6ieBe016486: from=<angela(a)dubaisa.co.za>, size=24400, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200512130644.jBD6ieBe016486(a)mailserver.dubaisa.co.za>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[192.168.1.51] Dec 13 08:44:41 mailserver sendmail[16488]: jBD6ieBe016486: to=<dxbmail(a)dubaisa.ae>, ctladdr=<angela(a)dubaisa.co.za> (502/100), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=relay, pri=144400, relay=relay01.imcf.co.za. [196.31.215.11], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message received OK) Dec 13 08:44:53 mailserver pop3-login: fd_send(-1) failed: Broken pipe Dec 13 08:46:01 mailserver sendmail[16484]: jBD6gZ43016450: to=<mikeh(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:03:26, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=2099573, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:46:08 mailserver sendmail[16485]: jBD6iaJ4016485: from=<shelleac(a)mweb.co.za>, size=1240059, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAcQhAZjLEOkSN5UH5/XSw+cKAAAAQAAAAHS0nxbBX/kudpNF3SGYh, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:47:12 mailserver sendmail[16499]: jBD6lCGp016499: from=<dxbmail(a)dubaisa.ae>, size=6411, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<0C9BC86EF7101D4CA93FCCF43C4FD78F1AF727(a)dsa-srv01.dubaisa.ae>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:47:14 mailserver sendmail[16501]: jBD6lD19016501: from=<ibsupport(a)standardbank.co.za>, size=3266, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<28640940.1134456125634.JavaMail.intsoft@ibprbnk4>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:47:29 mailserver sendmail[16504]: jBD6lTpP016504: from=<stopped(a)imcf.co.za>, size=1135, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<IMCFSPOOL1gXLsxpTlj0000036b(a)IMCFSPOOL1.imcf.co.za>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:47:53 mailserver sendmail[16444]: jBD6gNEl016443: to=<brenda(a)dubaisa.co.za>, ctladdr=<melaniek(a)dubaisa.co.za> (514/100), delay=00:05:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=191814, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:16 mailserver sendmail[16515]: jBD6mG1P016515: from=<russells(a)dubaisa.co.za>, size=2112751, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<004601c5ffb0$c806e830$3701a8c0@Russell>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[192.168.1.55] Dec 13 08:48:18 mailserver sendmail[16513]: jBD6mCvV016513: from=<mmoore(a)pointofview-uk.com>, size=15915, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<20051213064326.847C3E2BFB(a)cmlapp02.csee.securepod.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=www.dubaisa.co.za [196.31.48.202] (may be forged) Dec 13 08:48:23 mailserver sendmail[16444]: jBD6gNEl016443: to=<ewa(a)dubaisa.co.za>, ctladdr=<melaniek(a)dubaisa.co.za> (514/100), delay=00:06:00, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=191814, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:42 mailserver sendmail[16500]: jBD6lCGp016499: to=<angela(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:01:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=36631, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:44 mailserver sendmail[16502]: jBD6lD19016501: to=<ianm(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:01:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=33489, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:46 mailserver sendmail[16497]: jBD6iaJ4016485: to=<Douglasz(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:04:10, xdelay=00:01:38, mailer=local, pri=1270281, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:53 mailserver sendmail[16444]: jBD6gNEl016443: to=<khulani(a)dubaisa.co.za>, ctladdr=<melaniek(a)dubaisa.co.za> (514/100), delay=00:06:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=191814, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:48:53 mailserver sendmail[16517]: jBD6mG1P016515: to=<jean-pierre(a)rppinc.co.za>, ctladdr=<russells(a)dubaisa.co.za> (519/100), delay=00:00:37, xdelay=00:00:37, mailer=relay, pri=2232751, relay=relay01.imcf.co.za. [196.31.215.11], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (Message received OK) Dec 13 08:48:59 mailserver sendmail[16505]: jBD6lTpP016504: to=<Ianm(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:01:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=31361, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:49:23 mailserver sendmail[16444]: jBD6gNEl016443: to=<pierre(a)dubaisa.co.za>, ctladdr=<melaniek(a)dubaisa.co.za> (514/100), delay=00:07:00, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=191814, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:49:25 mailserver dovecot: Dovecot starting up Dec 13 08:49:38 mailserver sendmail[16552]: jBD6ncgw016552: from=<liezel(a)dubaisa.co.za>, size=24164, class=0, nrcpts=3, msgid=<200512130649.jBD6ncgw016552(a)mailserver.dubaisa.co.za>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=[192.168.1.241] Dec 13 08:49:48 mailserver sendmail[16518]: jBD6mCvV016513: to=<tim(a)dubaisa.co.za>, delay=00:01:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=46131, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:49:53 mailserver sendmail[16444]: jBD6gNEl016443: to=<robin(a)dubaisa.co.za>, ctladdr=<melaniek(a)dubaisa.co.za> (514/100), delay=00:07:30, xdelay=00:00:30, mailer=local, pri=191814, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Dec 13 08:49:56 mailserver pop3-login: Login: aldo [::ffff:192.168.1.127] Dec 13 08:49:56 mailserver pop3-login: Login: rainer [::ffff:192.168.1.126] Dec 13 08:49:56 mailserver pop3-login: Login: remo [::ffff:192.168.1.40] If I tried to restart the dovecot i get the following error Fatal: Listen (110) failed: Address already in use Is this because it is trying to restart when all the processes havent been killed? Your help would be much appreciated Kind regards Shawn

1 0

[Dovecot] Is Timo OK?
by Udo Rader 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi, does anyone know where Timo is around lately? I haven't seen a post from him for some weeks now and "normally" Timo is quite active when it comes to supporting his 'dovecot' warp drive :-) Udo Rader -- bestsolution.at EDV Systemhaus GmbH http://www.bestsolution.at

18 40

[Dovecot] Quota usage
by Clovis Tristão 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi, How I enable the quota using in Dovecot. Necessary to have access the quota of the users through the SquirrelMail checkquota plugin. Thanks a lot, Clóvis -- Clóvis Tristão -------------------:-oo)---- Seja Legal, use GNU/Linux ----------------------------------------

3 3

Re: [Dovecot] Cygwin build
by Timo Sirainen 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 12:31 -0500, Calypsonian wrote: > Will there ever be a Cygwin build (or sources that > compile under Cygwin)? Probably not. Is it even useful in Cygwin?

1 0

[Dovecot] ioloop-select bug in alpha 4
by Kevin Van Vechten 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Howdy, Forgive me if this issue has been more recently addressed in CVS, but a quick scan of the archives didn't turn up any other reports. There appears to be a small typo in src/lib/ioloop-select.c: --- dovecot-1.0.alpha4/src/lib/ioloop-select.c.orig 2005-11-06 22:06:53.000000000 -0800 +++ dovecot-1.0.alpha4/src/lib/ioloop-select.c 2005-11-06 22:07:13.000000000 -0 800 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ sizeof(fd_set)); memcpy(&tmp_write_fds, &ioloop->handler_context->write_fds, sizeof(fd_set)); - memcpy(&tmp_except_fds, &ioloop->handler_data->except_fds, + memcpy(&tmp_except_fds, &ioloop->handler_context->except_fds, sizeof(fd_set)); ret = select(ioloop->handler_context->highest_fd + 1, Thanks, Kevin

3 2

[Dovecot] 1.0-alpha5 and Plugins
by Dominik Saar 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi girls, trying to use the quota and trash plugins with dovecot-1.0-alpha5, but becomes: libquota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: dict_transaction_commit libimap_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota libtrash_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota by loading the modules Compiling the source working fine. Found no crtical messages Any idea? Thanks Dominik Saar

2 1

[Dovecot] Case sensitive nightmare
by Erik Petersen 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

It took me 4 days to figure this out and I sure hope someone can help me solve it. My Setup: Postfix + MySQL + dovecot dovecot.conf: default_mail_env = maildir:/var/spool/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username='%u' user_query = SELECT maildir, 108 AS uid, 108 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username='%u' The virtual host schema is postfix.admin compatible but I¹m not using it (phpMyAdmin is actually easier to use). When foo(a)domain.tld, abrand new account, logs in using an IMAP client (any client; squirrelmail, OE, tbird, Apple...) a maildir is created named domain.tld/foo/Maildir¹ and everything is good. Now I login as Foo(a)domain.tld and then as fOo(a)domain.tld and then as foO(a)domain.tld then so on for every case variation. Each of these accounts can login correctly, they are seen as being the same account by dovecot. On the other hand they are not seen as being the same mailbox! When I check my mail spool I see one maildir for every case variation (domain.tld/foo/Maildir, domain.tld/FOO/Maildir, etc.) It would seem to me that the queries above would fail for the different variations of the name but they don¹t seem to. Is dovecot converting %u to lower case for the query on the virtual users table but then using it unconverted when looking up the Mairdir for the account? If the username column has the value foo(a)domain.tld1 how does SELECT * FROM table WHERE username=¹FOO(a)domain.tld1 match the row? Also puzzling is that I select a column named maildir which has the path to the mailbox in it (using the correct case). Even if SELECT pigs fly¹ AS when WHERE FoO¹=¹foo¹ the maildir path for the account is being returned which is domain.tld/foo/Maildir¹ so how does domain.tld/FoO/Maildir¹ get created? This is both a pain in the nuts support nightmare but also a security problem (albeit fairly limited). An account named ³barneyrubble² could generate a significant number of maildir directories if you logged in with every variation thereof. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

5 6

[Dovecot] configuring squirrelmail with tls for both imap & smtp on FC3 with dovecot & postfix
by ankush grover 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

hey friends, I am trying to secure my mail server.I have enabled TLS support in postfix(version postfix-2.1.5), now I am trying to configure squirrelmail(version 1.4.4-1 rpm) for tls/ssl support.In config.php i have choosen use_imap_tls=true and use_smpt_tls=true. Moreover If I send any mail from squirrelmail there are no entries for ssl or tls in maillogs whereas If I send the mail through evolution I can see tls/ssl entries in maillogs. starting TLS engine Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: setting up TLS connection from [192.168.1.68] Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:before/accept initialization Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:error in SSLv2/v3 read client hello A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:error in SSLv2/v3 read client hello B Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 read client hello A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 write server hello A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 write certificate A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 write server done A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 flush data Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:error in SSLv3 read client certificate A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 last message repeated 2 times Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 read client key exchange A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:error in SSLv3 read certificate verify A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 last message repeated 3 times Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 read finished A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 write change cipher spec A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 write finished A Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: SSL_accept:SSLv3 flush data Dec 12 12:30:08 cluster1 postfix/smtpd[7965]: TLS connection established from [192.168.1.68]: SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits) But when I did the config.test for squirrelmail I got the below error Checking IMAP service.... IMAP server ready (* OK dovecot ready.) Capabilities: * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN LISTEXT LIST-SUBSCRIBED NAMESPACE AUTH=PLAIN *ERROR:* You have enabled TLS encryption in the config, but the server does not report STARTTLS capability. TLS is probably not supported. Lines of ssl in /etc/dovecot.conf protocols = imaps pop3s imaps_listen = * pop3s_listen = * ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_parameters_file = /var/run/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat disable_plaintext_auth = yes If i do telnet localhost 993 or 995 I don't see any "Ok Dovecot Ready" message.But If I enable pop3 and imap in dovecot.conf and then I telnet localhost 110 or 143 I can see "Ok Dovecot Ready" message. How do I make squirrelmail to use tls/ssl for both imap & smtp. Thanks & Regards Ankush Grover

1 0

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot LDA config problem on RHEL 4 x86_64
by Bob Gustafson 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

I see the same problem I downloaded from cvs - dovecot and dovecot-lda Did autogen, configure, make on dovecot (see autogen and configure scripts below) [root@hoho0 cvs]# cat conf-dov-cvs-rdg.sh export ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I /usr/share/aclocal/" ./autogen.sh 2>&1 | tee autogen.out [root@hoho0 cvs]# cat conf-rdg.sh export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/ssl/include export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/ssl/lib -ldl" ./configure \ --without-deliver \ --with-gnu-ld \ --with-ldap \ --with-pgsql \ --with-mysql \ --with-ssl=openssl \ 2>&1 | tee config.out [root@hoho0 cvs]# Then did autogen, configure on dovecot-lda and got hang before Makefile was generated (but script said it was generating Makefile) My system is Fedora4 and is pretty up2date - maybe a week behind using updates, base, extras [root@hoho0 cvs]# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 (bhcompile(a)hs20-bc1-4.build.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5)) #1 Wed Nov 9 18:19:37 EST 2005 [root@hoho0 cvs]# I am running Dovecot and Postfix - seems pretty solid, but I would like to have the filtering done at incoming time. Bob G tomi hakala wrote on Thu Nov 17 22:41:51 EET 2005 > Hello, > > Has anyone succeeded on configuring and compiling Sieve capable Dovecot > LDA on RHEL 4 x86_64 platform? > > I am having problems with configure script hanging on sed while creating > Makefiles. > > # ./configure --with-dovecot=../dovecot > .. > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate > checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes > checking for library containing regcomp... none required > checking rxposix.h usability... no > checking rxposix.h presence... no > checking for rxposix.h... no > configure: creating ./config.status > config.status: creating Makefile > > Configure stops there, if I suspend job I see two running sed processes: > > 0:00 sed -f ./confstatC25247/subs-2.sed > 1:28 sed -f ./confstatC25247/subs-3.sed > > I already tried latest sed available from gnu.org with no change .. > > -- > Tomi Hakala

3 5

[Dovecot] Corrupted index problem when disk quota exceeded
by Sergey Redin 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Hi! I should report yet another problem with dovecot index files. Suppose we have a user with his filesystem disk quota exceeded. He logins via POP3 or IMAP to remove some mail messages and fix this problem. When he logins for the first time, everything works fine, and he can read and remove something. But if his disk quota is still exceeded when he logs out, he cannot login any more. I guess it is not fair to give user only one chance to clean his mail folders :) The problem is that dovecot tries to rewrite index files on logout, but it cannot do it correctly because the user's filesystem quota is exceeded. So the next time dovecot just replies "Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin". I believe that dovecot should work with any kind of corrupted index files, this is why I report such kind of bugs here. Here is a sample session with dovecot which shows the problem: ======================================== dovtest# telnet localhost pop3 Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready.<6e56.7.439bbc09.Ciej0vGPllkO4txCYDEkWA==(a)dovtest.ru> user test +OK pass q1 +OK Logged in. list +OK 1 messages: 1 324 . dele 1 +OK Marked to be deleted. quit +OK Logging out, messages deleted. Connection closed by foreign host. dovtest# telnet localhost pop3 Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready.<6e56.8.439bbc1a.yUc5zYQ1KXeITsKTYaKlGg==(a)dovtest.ru> user test +OK pass q1 +OK Logged in. -ERR Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. Connection closed by foreign host. dovtest# tail /var/log/maillog Dec 11 05:41:03 dovtest dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=82.146.33.127, lip=82.146.33.127 Dec 11 05:41:06 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Logout. top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/1, size=324 Dec 11 05:41:14 dovtest dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=82.146.33.127, lip=82.146.33.127 Dec 11 05:41:22 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Logout. top=0/0, retr=1/ del=0/1, size=324 Dec 11 05:41:36 dovtest dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=82.146.33.127, lip=82.146.33.127 Dec 11 05:41:44 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Logout. top=0/0, retr=0/ del=1/1, size=324 Dec 11 05:41:53 dovtest dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=82.146.33.127, lip=82.146.33.127 Dec 11 05:41:53 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Corrupted index cache file /home/dovtest.ru/data/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: indexid changed Dec 11 05:41:53 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Mailbox is in inconsistent state. top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/0, size=0 Dec 11 05:41:53 dovtest dovecot: pop3(test): Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/0, size=0 dovtest# ls -la /home/dovtest.ru/data/mail/.imap/INBOX/ total 4 drwx------ 2 test test 512 Dec 11 05:41 . drwx------ 3 test test 512 Dec 11 05:38 .. -rw------- 1 test test 240 Dec 11 05:38 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 test test 628 Dec 11 05:41 dovecot.index.log dovtest# ======================================== It's a pity I did not report this yesterday, before 1.0.alpha5 was released... By the way I tested this on 1.0.alpha5 compiled from source on a FreeBSD 4.11 VDS. -- Sergey

2 1

[Dovecot] Feature request: Dynamic user lookup modules
by Mark Rosenstand 11 Dec '05

11 Dec '05

Hi, As a packager I'd think it would be way cool if the lookup modules that needs to link against external librarires (ldap, pgsql and mysql) could be loaded dynamically at run-time. Am I alone on this? :-)

2 1

[Dovecot] help! assertion failed in 1.0alpha4
by Henrique Moniz 10 Dec '05

10 Dec '05

Hi, I've been getting this bug in 1.0alpha4. It happens every time the user checks his Inbox. I'm using mbox btw. Can I get any hint on why this is happening? Dec 9 09:08:39 lasige-serv dovecot: imap(pjsousa): file mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 155 (get_ext_header): assertion failed: (memcmp((char *)(ext_hdr + 1), ext->name, strlen(ext->name)) == 0) Dec 9 09:08:39 lasige-serv dovecot: child 18309 (imap) killed with signal 6

3 2