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quota recalc problem for big maildirs
by Dawid Stawiarski - nazwa.pl 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

hi, we use dovecot 2.2.13, and we've lately started using maildir quota (previously fs quota was used, right now it's "quota = maildir:User quota" changed from "quota = fs:User quota:user:inode_per_mail"). When the change was applied we didn't manually forced generating maildirsize files. So, when the first deliver happens (or the file grows larger then 5KB) it starts quota recalc. However for users with big maildirs, receiving email every couple of seconds, there are tens of delivery processes each doing its own recalc (as they open file for APPEND and there's no locking). What's even worse, after all the stats and getdents (it takes a lot of IO for 60GB account with 2M emails), deliver makes stat on 'new' dir and detects changes after which it unlinks freshly created maildirsize. So possibly this will never be finished as every process drops its own work. The same thing happened when we checked the native dovecot LMTP server (every connection has its own forked process - each running independently of the others). Is it a known unwanted "feature" of maildir quota (and we should use dict quota instead) or a bug that will be fixed? cheers, Dawid Stawiarski

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Re: director
by Eduardo Ramos 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

The configuration use to be in /etc/dovecot, and the working dir is /var/run/dovecot. You should store your configuration file in the /etc/dovecot. The dovecot.conf file can be copied to dovecot-backend.conf and dovecot-director, for example, and you will use '-c' argument of dovecot binary to load on or another. If you do this, you will need create two separated working dir, that will be defined in base_dir on each configuration file. On 09/23/2014 05:39 PM, jjhoffart wrote: > Thanks for the replies, > I am still fairly new to dovecot and still learning. This is a quick run down of my setup: 3 servers running iRedMail (this is a package that installs dovecot 2.1.7, postfix, and LDAP). All three servers share an NFS backend. The same 3 servers are also sitting behind a load balancer. What I want to do is use these three servers as directors and mail servers. So from the replies I have gotten I understand that I need to create 2 config files 1 for director and 1 for dovecot. Now my next question is do these config files need to be stored in /etc/dovecot or /var/run/dovecot? Also is creating the second config file as simple as copying and renaming the dovecot.conf file? > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 2:26 PM, Eduardo Ramos <eduardo(a)freedominterface.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> In fact you don't NEED a director. You can use two dovecot servers sharing a NFS storage with a normal (backend) implementation. It's good to see that page: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/NFS for some good recomendations. >> >> You must have a base_dir for each instance of dovecot you want to run, and a dovecot.conf as well. One could be director and other backend. I suggest you have two separated configuration directories, /etc/dovecot-director and /etc/dovecot-backend. Each with the respective configuration. Start dovecot with "dovecot -c /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf". Backend is the same. >> >> In order to help more, provide us more details about your environment and doulbts. >> >> On 09/23/2014 03:57 PM, jjhoffart wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I am currently trying to setup a cluster of mail servers. I currently have two servers I am trying to cluster together. These servers will also have a shared NFS backend. I have read on the site that I will need to configure director since I am using NFS. I have read through all of the documentation on director but still need a little guidance to get things up and running. One of the questions I have is about the base_dir on the Multiple Invocations section of the wiki. It states that I will need to change the bas_dir to the new run directory, not sure what needs to happen here, can anyone help me out?

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director
by jjhoffart 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Hello, I am currently trying to setup a cluster of mail servers. I currently have two servers I am trying to cluster together. These servers will also have a shared NFS backend. I have read on the site that I will need to configure director since I am using NFS. I have read through all of the documentation on director but still need a little guidance to get things up and running. One of the questions I have is about the base_dir on the Multiple Invocations section of the wiki. It states that I will need to change the bas_dir to the new run directory, not sure what needs to happen here, can anyone help me out?

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dsync error: Error: Can't delete mailbox INBOX: INBOX can't be deleted.
by Helge Kraak 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Hello, I'm aware of these two threads http://www.dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2012-March/thread.html#134311 http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2012-June/thread.html#136488 but unfortunately I wasn't successful with my dsync mailbox migration attempt despite the information I could find there. I'm using iRedMail setup for the dovecot server. I made sure that the dovecot mailbox for the mail import had been freshly created and untouched before I tried to run the following command. Running this command: sudo doveadm -vvv -o imapc_host=s04.srv-net.de -o imapc_user=username -o imapc_password=password -o mail_fsync=never -o mail_prefetch_count=20 -o imapc_features=rfc822.size -o imapc_features=fetch-headers -o imapc_port=993 -o imapc_ssl=imaps -o imapc_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl -o imapc_ssl_verify=no -o imapc_features=rfc822.size -o mailbox_list_index=no -D backup -R -u michael(a)domain.com imapc: I get the following output (I took out some lines obviously not relevant): doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_acl_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so: undefined symbol: acl_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_deinit (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_zlib_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so: undefined symbol: i_stream_create_deflate (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_backend_rescan (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/master_user=michael(a)domain.com doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=41943040000 doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Effective uid=2000, gid=2000, home=/var/vmail/vmail1/domain.com/m/i/c/michael-2014.09.03.14.32.59/ doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir://var/vmail/vmail1/domain.com/m/i/c/michael-2014.09.03.14.… doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: maildir++: root=//var/vmail/vmail1/domain.com/m/i/c/michael-2014.09.03.14.32.59//Maild…, index=, control=, inbox=//var/vmail/vmail1/domain.com/m/i/c/michael-2014.09.03.14.32.59//Mail…, alt= doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace : type=shared, prefix=Shared/%u/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=children, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%u doveadm(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: shared: root=/var/run/dovecot, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=imapc: dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Looking up IP address dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Connecting to 78.138.89.136:993 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Starting SSL handshake dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Server capabilities: IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Authenticating as username dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Server capabilities: IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Authenticated successfully dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace : type=shared, prefix=Shared/%u/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=children, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%u dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: shared: root=/var/run/dovecot, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from //var/vmail/vmail1/domain.com/m/i/c/michael-2014.09.03.14.32.59//Maildir: mode=0700 gid=-1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Error: Can't delete mailbox INBOX: INBOX can't be deleted. dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Amazon: uidnext changed: 1056 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: INBOX: only in dest (guid=3c68c835800a07547d45000029cbe4c2)= 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Deleted Messages: uidnext changed: 109 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: MBA Mails: uidnext changed: 444 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Archive: highest_modseq changed: 0 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Spam: uidnext changed: 3 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Apple Mail To Do: highest_modseq changed: 0 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Jobsuche: uidnext changed: 22436 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Info: Trash (Messages): uidnext changed: 697 != 1 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Looking up IP address dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Connecting to IP-Adress:993 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Starting SSL handshake dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Server capabilities: IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Authenticating as username dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Server capabilities: IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Authenticated successfully dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Error: Trying to open a non-listed mailbox with guid=3c68c835800a07547d45000029cbe4c2 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Error: msg iteration failed: Couldn't open mailbox 3c68c835800a07547d45000029cbe4c2 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Error: Trying to open a non-listed mailbox with guid=3c68c835800a07547d45000029cbe4c2 dsync(michael(a)domain.com): Debug: imapc(s04.xxx.de:993): Disconnected sudo dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.6 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN dict { acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-share-folder.conf quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-used-quota.conf } first_valid_uid = 2000 last_valid_uid = 2000 listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = 2000 mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/ mail_plugins = quota mail_uid = 2000 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { list = children location = maildir:/%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%%u prefix = Shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = shared } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-master-users-password driver = passwd-file master = yes } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning3 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/sieve } protocols = pop3 imap sieve lmtp service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_limit = 500 service_count = 1 } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } process_min_avail = 5 unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } user = vmail } service pop3-login { service_count = 1 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/iRedMail_CA.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/iRedMail.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot-sieve.log mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = root } protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster recipient_delimiter = + } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } Any assistance is highly appreciated. Thank you. Helge

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sieve redirect to foreign email gets “Relay access denied”
by Henry Stack 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I have a postfix mail server with sql authentication and I want to implement sieve on it. Sieve is working relative good, rules who contain 'fileinto' are executed perfectly. The problem is the redirect to other servers. I configured a rule in Sieve to redirect any email containing "redirect" in subject to a specified foreign destination. # So practically a email coming from sender(a)live.de for the local user testuser(a)server.net should be redirected to destination(a)gmail.com when the subject contains "redirect" if header :contains ["subject"] ["redirect"] {redirect "destination(a)gmail.com"; stop;} when I test it I get the following log entry /postfix/smtpd[32114]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail.server.net[xx.xx.xx.xx]: 554 5.7.1 <destination(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied; from=<sender(a)live.de> to=<destination(a)gmail.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail.server.net>/ How can I tell postfix to let dovecot/sieve relay the email? can somebody give a hint? postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 default_process_limit = 15 disable_vrfy_command = yes dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 home_mailbox = mail/ inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = mail.server.net, localhost myhostname = mail.server.net mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = /etc/mailname readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = + smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_unknown_helo_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unverified_recipient, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rhsbl_helo dbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rhsbl_sender dbl.spamhaus.org, check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_authenticated_sender_login_mismatch, reject_unknown_sender_domain smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 2 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes soft_bounce = no virtual_alias_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_domains.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 512000000 virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.6 auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 99 first_valid_uid = 99 hostname = maxi.zp1.net info_log_path = /var/log/mail.info lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log login_greeting = Dovecot ready, Sir. mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 99 mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/vmail/%u/mail/ mail_plugins = acl mail_uid = 99 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace { location = maildir:/var/mail/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box from subject msgid size sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/ sieve_max_actions = 64 sieve_user_log = ~/.dovecot.sieve.log } postmaster_address = root(a)server.net protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem submission_host = smtp.server.net userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%u driver = static } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = acl sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl autocreate acl imap_acl } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 }

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Dict protocol RFC
by Philipp Bruell 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, does someone know if there is a RFC protocol description of the dict protocol that dovecot is using for auth/quota/... requests? Haven't found anything on google yet. Best regards, Philipp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUDxl6AAoJEDL/SWo0Ta8F8nUH/1HvEwZQf7pd9/VMFdiThre2 T7M72ciqn/40uImdaxth3t1oWXnIcPMOR8dO2LVOX4nRUErDYPoVeL3T7mgyvoG5 oCNDxwJepIXFeW+pEKfXLM0GUGhi5xeUvwcahcv36yyMmC+YVR2+e14daZlp6FNf 4m5ZlLJnFzCiH29qJ4v9WATeybdasWtpQQzjTTmevtK/+9lPqDToIDoqo309F/Wc QQJqZCnPhUu0p8Nvg5qTMA6mwOz2NxtE/uQSuEg8clS30O56tqWKWBPvAeGsvtDM Y6BMqNK1oAo9AEZbYtf82mIG1wn5ny1ZYVocf8kVIaXDJWyMGM1PqDYae/5CjrE= =XI9B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Announce: Plugin for iOS Push Email support
by Stefan Arentz 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I’ve been hacking on a personal side project to support native iOS Push Email in Dovecot. This is specifically for people who are migrating their mail away from OS X Server while keeping their existing Push Email functionality. Native Push Email has some great advantages: it speeds up email notifications (usually within seconds of being handled by dovecot-lda) and it improves battery life since the native notifications flow over a single highly optimized connection to Apple’s infrastructure. Although this is at version 0.1, it is working pretty well for me and I am looking for some additional testers that are interested. Please note that it is not possible to use this project without legally running a copy of OS X Server. You can purchase OS X Server on the Mac App Store or download it for free if you are a registered Mac or iOS developer. This feature is enabled by two projects: https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-plugin <https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-plugin> https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-daemon <https://github.com/st3fan/dovecot-xaps-daemon> Both projects contain a README that describes how to get things going. I have only developed and tested on Ubuntu 12.04.5 so ideally you run the same version if you are interested in playing with this project. You will need to compile some code and not be afraid of a little admin work. I am also interested in a code review. The Dovecot plugin API is barely documented and I had to guess a lot of things by looking at other plugins. An extra pair of eyes specifically on that code would be awesome. Also from a security perspective. Please file bugs! S.

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Re: [wishlist] testsuite for sieve scripts, libsievetest
by Phil Carmody 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

> BTW: It would be nice, if I could just 'git clone' dovecot. Hi, Thomas, I happily use Felipe Contreras' excellent git-hg bridge, as I am far happier in a GIT environment than an Hg one: https://github.com/felipec/git/wiki/git-remote-hg The workflow couldn't be much easier, in particular if you set up a few aliases for the common sequences of tasks. $ hg clone http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2 $ git clone "hg::/home/phil/dovecot-2.2" dovecot-2.2-git $ cd dovecot-2.2-git $ git checkout -b hacking $ # work... $ cd ../dovecot-2.2 $ hg pull -u $ cd ../dovecot-2.2-git $ git checkout master $ git rebase master hacking $ # more work... (OK, my workflow includes pushing too ;-) ) Hope that helps. Cheers, Phil

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help with samba4 settings
by Robert Watson 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I'm having a great deal of difficulty with integrating dovecot 2.0.9 with a new installation of samba4 4.1.11 and would appreciate anyones help who has this working. *Problem 1:* if dn= cn=Administrator,dc=ourhome,dc=net with dnpass = ***** ---------------I get NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE but dn = "Administrator(a)ourhome.net" with dnpass = **** works I guess I shouldn't complain but why doesn't the first one work? *Problem 2:* can't seem to get a working set of usr_attrs/user_filter,pass_attrs/pass_filter to authenticate *dovecot-ldap.conf :* uris = ldap://localhost:389 dn = "Administrator(a)ourhome.net" dnpass = **** tls = no ldap_version = 3 base = cn=Users,dc=ourhome,dc=net scope = subtree user_filter = (&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=%u)) user_attrs = sAMAccountName=user,userPassword=password,=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%Ld/%n, =home=/var$ pass_filter = (&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=%u)) pass_attrs = sAMAccountName=user,userPassword=password *dovecont.message log output:* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so* *2014-09-22 14:44:50 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=5316)* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=143 rport=35148 resp=AEpvaG5Eb2UASm9obkRvZQ==* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: ldap(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): pass search: base=cn=Users,dc=ourhome,dc=net scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=JohnDoe)) fields=sAMAccountName,userPassword* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: ldap(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): result: sAMAccountName(user)=JohnDoe* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Info: ldap(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): No password returned (and no nopassword)* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: pam(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): lookup service=dovecot* *2014-09-22 14:45:00 auth: Debug: pam(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: * *2014-09-22 14:45:02 auth: Info: pam(JohnDoe,127.0.0.1): unknown user* *2014-09-22 14:45:04 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 1 user=JohnDoe*

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dsync annoyances
by Alan McGinlay 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Hi! Every time I run dsync for a user against an old Cyrus server, the users mailbox in Dovecot increases by several hundred MB, these are not new emails. So the first dsync run gets the whole mailbox and subsequent runs get a bunch of duplicates or what? doveadm purge clears them all out but why is dsync behaving like this? I didn't happen in previous versions (2.2.13)

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[wishlist] testsuite for sieve scripts, libsievetest
by Thomas Koch 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

Hi, I'm writing a test suite with Haskell for my sieve script. - Just to learn Haskell. But it might become something usable. The test suite calls sieve-test and parses the output. So it would of course be much simpler for me if the output of sieve-test would be easier to parse and if I'd know what output to expect. And it would be nice, if there would be an easy way to embed libsievetest as a C library. I looked into the source and the sieve-test binary does quite a bit of setup. This might be a nice hacking project for a beginner... BTW: It would be nice, if I could just 'git clone' dovecot. Thank you for dovecot!

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doveadm with multiple instances on same machine(s)
by Will Yardley 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Couple questions about running doveadm with multiple instances... I have Dovecot 2.2.13 on RHEL6 running across 3 boxes, each with a director and main instance running. When I try to lookup something on the main instance (which is handling user auth) via its auth-userdb socket directly, I get an error: # doveadm auth lookup -a /var/run/dovecot-main/auth-userdb myuser doveadm(root): Error: passdb lookup failed for myuser: Configured passdbs don't support crentials lookups When I use the default lookup map, I just get the proxy settings that are configured in the director instance's authdb. # doveadm auth lookup myuser passdb: myuser user : myuser proxy : y nopassword: y In addition, "doveadm director map" can't map the username -I get the error: doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure doveadm(root): Error: user listing failed [then I get the whole list, but with <unknown> for each user] The director itself doesn't have the LDAP passdb that the main dovecot instance talks to, but I have, in the director config: service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 8889 } } director_doveadm_port = 8889 local 192.168.x.x/24 { doveadm_password = XXXXXX } doveadm_proxy_port = 8888 And in the main config: service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 8888 } } local 192.168.x.x/24 { doveadm_password = XXXXXXX ## same password as above }

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sieve redirect to foreign email gets “Relay access denied”
by Henry Stack 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

I have a postfix mail server with sql authentication and I want to implement sieve on it. Sieve is working relative good, rules who contain 'fileinto' are executed perfectly. The problem is the redirect to other servers. I configured a rule in Sieve to redirect any email containing "redirect" in subject to a specified foreign destination. # So practically a email coming from sender(a)live.de for the local user testuser(a)server.net should be redirected to destination(a)gmail.com when the subject contains "redirect" if header :contains ["subject"] ["redirect"] {redirect "destination(a)gmail.com"; stop;} when I test it I get the following log entry /postfix/smtpd[32114]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail.server.net[xx.xx.xx.xx]: 554 5.7.1 <destination(a)gmail.com>: Relay access denied; from=<sender(a)live.de> to=<destination(a)gmail.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail.server.net>/ How can I tell postfix to let dovecot/sieve relay the email? can somebody give a hint? postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 default_process_limit = 15 disable_vrfy_command = yes dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 home_mailbox = mail/ inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = mail.server.net, localhost myhostname = mail.server.net mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 myorigin = /etc/mailname readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = + smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_data_restrictions = reject_unauth_pipelining smtpd_helo_restrictions = reject_unknown_helo_hostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unverified_recipient, reject_unauth_destination, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rhsbl_helo dbl.spamhaus.org, reject_rhsbl_sender dbl.spamhaus.org, check_policy_service inet:127.0.0.1:10023 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_authenticated_sender_login_mismatch, reject_unknown_sender_domain smtpd_tls_auth_only = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 2 smtpd_tls_received_header = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes soft_bounce = no virtual_alias_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_domains.cf virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 512000000 virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.6 auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 99 first_valid_uid = 99 hostname = maxi.zp1.net info_log_path = /var/log/mail.info lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log login_greeting = Dovecot ready, Sir. mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 99 mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/vmail/%u/mail/ mail_plugins = acl mail_uid = 99 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace { location = maildir:/var/mail/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box from subject msgid size sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/global/ sieve_max_actions = 64 sieve_user_log = ~/.dovecot.sieve.log } postmaster_address = root(a)server.net protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem submission_host = smtp.server.net userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%u driver = static } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = acl sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl autocreate acl imap_acl } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 }

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Authentication using AD : bug ?
by Nicolas Cauchie 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Hello, I've setup a mail server (still in test) with Postfix and Dovecot, authentication made using Active Directory. I authenticate my test user in AD well in Dovecot. However, if I change this user's password in AD, the old password still works for authentication in Dovecot and the new is working too. Is there a time to make Dovecot don't "remember" the old password or is it a bug ? Restarting Dovecot don't solve the problem. Do you already heard about this ? Please tell me what conf files you maybe need. Thanks in advance Nicolas signature -----

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Re: LDAP and dovecot
by dovecot＠outputservices.com 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

For the record. I compiled dovecot to use the openldap libraries my openldap server uses. My email server and ldap server are on two different machines. So I just copied over my ldap libraries and placed them in the correct place and then compiled dovecot. I saw this clue in a different web page. Something about Solaris ldap libraries being bad. CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/openldap/include \ > LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/openldap/lib -R/usr/local/openldap/lib' \ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tools/dovecot --with-ssl=openssl --with-solr --with-zlib --with-bzlib --with-ldap=yes This now allows me to authenticate with my openldap server. I am NOW able to authenticate to my ldap server. So my final configuration is: dovecot -n # 2.2.10: /usr/local/tools/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.10 i86pc base_dir = /dovecot/var/run/dovecot log_path = /dovecot/log/log mail_location = mbox:~/posta:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:LAYOUT=maildir++:INDEX=~/posta/index:CONTROL=~/posta/control passdb { args = /dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap.settings driver = ldap } protocols = imap service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } } ssl_cert = </dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </dovecot/certs/dovecot.key ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { args = /dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap.settings driver = ldap } /dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap.settings hosts = ldap.outputservices.com tls = no auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com Thank you all.

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X-DOVECOT capabilities
by Timo Sirainen 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Dovecot has a few hidden features currenly, which I know some webmails have been hardcoded to use. Maybe it would be nice to have these available in a bit more globally usable way and advertise some kind of X-DOVECOT capability? I don't really like the idea of having a ton of separate X-DOVECOT-* capabilities. Maybe instead just have X-DOVECOT-1 for the current functionality and when more is added X-DOVECOT-2 etc? Then describe in Dovecot wiki page what they actually contain. Thoughts? The current list of features are at least: - STATUS (X-SIZE): Sum of all RFC822.SIZEs in a mailbox. (More efficient than FETCHing them.) - STATUS (X-GUID): Show mailbox's GUID. - SEARCH X-SAVEDBEFORE, X-SAVEDON, X-SAVEDSINCE: Search with message's saved-timestamp. - FETCH X-SAVEDATE: Fetch message's saved-timestamp. - SEARCH & FETCH X-GUID: Search/fetch message GUID - SEARCH X-MAILBOX, FETCH X-MAILBOX, FETCH X-REAL-UID: With virtual mailboxes search/fetch the mail's physical mailbox name and message UID. - X-CANCEL <tag>: Stop a (long-running) command, which once in a while goes back to the main loop. For example SEARCH or FETCH.

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how to solve : Dovecot version mismatch: Master is v2.1.7, lmtp is v2.2.13
by Dave Myers 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Hello again dovecot list ;) I've recently upgraded my dovecot version from 2.1.7 to 2.2.13. both versions where installed from source. I upgraded why attempting to get lmtp working. I ultimately just coped the executable lmtp to the location that dovecot was expecting it to be in. but then the above error appeared. However when I get the info from dovecot I get the following... $ dovecot -n # 2.2.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf so there seems to be an issue somewhere. I should note that I had copied my previous /conf.d/ files and then copied them back after the update. I guess that I have missed a switch during the build, or need to modify a line in the config somewhere that tells what the version is, but that doesn't explain why the dovecot -n returns the correct info, but the error reports something different. I am considering inserting the version_ignore=yes config option, but where should I insert it ? Thanks in advance. David -- Tel: + 33 6 50 14 39 34 email: david.myers.24j74(a)gmail.com Addres: 22 Rue de L'Eglise 77700 Coupvray. 77700 France

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dovecot´s multiple quota roots
by Andreas Kasenides 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

I am trying to find out how Dovecot behaves when there are multiple quota roots. I could not find something authoritative on this. For example, on a nicely running server that used fs quota I now have in 90-quota.conf > plugin { > quota = fs:Mail Quota:user:mount=/Mail > quota2 = maildir:Mail User Quota > } When I do > > doveadm quota get -u atrige01 > Quota name Type Value Limit > % > Mail Quota STORAGE 80036 204800 > 39 > Mail User Quota STORAGE 79306 - > 0 > Mail User Quota MESSAGE 304 - > 0 Apparently both STORAGE quotas values are the same. The question is which of the two is being used by Dovecot. If I insert a limit on the maildir quota which of the two will be used? I am using Dovecot 2.2.12. thank you

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numeric username
by Jernej Porenta 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Heya, does dovecot support "numeric only" usernames (in format "^0-9+$")? We are unable to deliver emails to such usernames via LMTP: Sep 22 08:41:05 razor4 postfix/lmtp[2120]: D4FD91CDC11F: to=<231588(a)example.org>, relay=example.org[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=217653, delays=217653/0.01/0.02/0, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferred (host example.org[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 451 4.2.0 <231588(a)example.org> Permission denied (in reply to end of DATA command)) On normal username format (^[a-z][-a-z0-9]+$) everything is working fine. Permissions are the same as on other accounts: # ls -la .mailbox -rw-------+ 1 231588 users 0 Sep 19 20:13 .mailbox Using dovecot 2.2.13 with local accounts on RHEL and (relevant) configs: auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_username_format = %Ln auth_username_translation = ... lmtp_address_translate = ... passdb { args = cache_key=%u%s dovecot default_fields = deny = no driver = pam master = no name = override_fields = pass = no result_failure = continue result_internalfail = continue result_success = return-ok skip = never } ... service lmtp { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = lmtp extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 5 protocol = lmtp service_count = 0 type = unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } .... userdb { args = default_fields = driver = passwd name = override_fields = result_failure = continue result_internalfail = continue result_success = return-ok skip = never } Thank you in advance, cheers, Jernej

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don't understand error message
by Robert Watson 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

new installation of Dovecot 2.0.9 on Centos # telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. LOGIN JohnDoe JohnDoe LOGIN BAD First parameter in line is IMAP's command tag, not the command name. Add that before the command, like: a login user pass ^] telnet> quit Connection closed. What's generating this error? Using samba4 ad for passdb/userdb. Robert

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Re: LDAP and dovecot
by dovecot＠outputservices.com 21 Sep '14

21 Sep '14

I am sorry. I am NOW able to authenticate to my ldap server. Thank you all.

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Re: LDAP and dovecot
by dovecot＠outputservices.com 20 Sep '14

20 Sep '14

I was able to decipher the error after looking at some other web pages. I found I have to compile using the openldap libraries instead of the default Solaris ldap libraries. I compiled using the following: > LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/openldap/lib -R/usr/local/openldap/lib' \ > ./configure --prefix=/tmp/tocevod --with-ssl=openssl --with-solr --with-zlib --with-bzlib --with-ldap=yes ldd on the ....libexec/dovecot/auth files shows the proper openldap libraries. libdovecot.so.0 => /usr/local/tools/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 libpam.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.1 libldap-2.4.so.2 => /usr/local/openldap/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2 libsasl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsasl.so.1 libssl.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/local/openldap/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2 libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 libgen.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgen.so.1 librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 libsendfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsendfile.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/sfw/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libcmd.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcmd.so.1 libmd.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmd.so.1 libaio.so.1 => /usr/lib/libaio.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2 libscf.so.1 => /usr/lib/libscf.so.1 libdoor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdoor.so.1 libuutil.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuutil.so.1 libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 libm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libm.so.2 I am not able to authenticate to my ldap server. Thank you all.

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Re: LDAP and dovecot
by Dave Ryan 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Thank you all for your assistance. I was able to locate another web site that mentioned I needed to compile dovecot with my openldap libraries. I then compiled dovecot in the following manner: CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/openldap/include \ LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/openldap/lib -R/usr/local/openldap/lib' \ ./configure --prefix=/tmp/tocevod --with-ssl=openssl --with-solr --with-zlib --with-bzlib --with-ldap=yes This then included the openldap libraries. I tested access and now it works. ldd on /dovecot/libexec/dovecot/auth showed the openldap libraries. libdovecot.so.0 => /usr/local/tools/dovecot/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 libpam.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpam.so.1 libldap-2.4.so.2 => /usr/local/openldap/lib/libldap-2.4.so.2 libsasl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsasl.so.1 libssl.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7 liblber-2.4.so.2 => /usr/local/openldap/lib/liblber-2.4.so.2 libresolv.so.2 => /usr/lib/libresolv.so.2 libgen.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgen.so.1 librt.so.1 => /usr/lib/librt.so.1 libnsl.so.1 => /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1 libsocket.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1 libsendfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/libsendfile.so.1 libc.so.1 => /usr/lib/libc.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/sfw/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 libcmd.so.1 => /usr/lib/libcmd.so.1 libmd.so.1 => /usr/lib/libmd.so.1 libaio.so.1 => /usr/lib/libaio.so.1 libmp.so.2 => /usr/lib/libmp.so.2 libscf.so.1 => /usr/lib/libscf.so.1 libdoor.so.1 => /usr/lib/libdoor.so.1 libuutil.so.1 => /usr/lib/libuutil.so.1 libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libssl_extra.so.0.9.7 libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 => /usr/sfw/lib/libcrypto_extra.so.0.9.7 libm.so.2 => /usr/lib/libm.so.2 Thanks again.

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dovecot doesn't see my mails ?
by Dave Myers 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Dear dovecot users. I have an odd issue in that when I connect to my dovecot server from either a local or remote system I can't see my test emails (I have the impression that is is looking at the wrong location on disk). here are some details.... # dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.3 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 1002 mail_home = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/mail/: mail_uid = 1002 namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=SHA512-CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0660 user = mail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_ssl = yes when I connect (via openSSL from a remote system) openssl s_client -connect mail.exsportee.biz:993 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=0 C = fr, ST = coupvray, L = paris, O = exsportee, OU = facilitee, CN = scibearspace, emailAddress = david.myers(a)scibearspace.org verify error:num=18:self signed certificate verify return:1 depth=0 C = fr, ST = coupvray, L = paris, O = exsportee, OU = facilitee, CN = scibearspace, emailAddress = david.myers(a)scibearspace.org verify return:1 [.... security stuff removed....] * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5] Dovecot ready. auth login "websales(a)exsportee.biz" "testPassword" auth OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE] Logged in a list "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX" a OK List completed. a select INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1411042633] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences a OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. So I seem to have no mails in the inbox... so I check the dovecot log for the where it thinks it should be looking for the mail Sep 19 07:37:59 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<websales(a)exsportee.biz>, method=PLAIN, rip=85.170.90.200, lip=92.39.247.92, mpid=26570, TLS, session=<Cf4uLmYDlgBVqlrI> Sep 19 07:37:59 imap(websales(a)exsportee.biz): Debug: Effective uid=1002, gid=1002, home=/var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales Sep 19 07:37:59 imap(websales(a)exsportee.biz): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/mail/: Sep 19 07:37:59 imap(websales(a)exsportee.biz): Debug: maildir++: root=/var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales/mail, alt= So I can see that the directories that Dovecot is looking at are: home=/var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales location=maildir:~/mail/ So if I understand, dovecot is looking at [ /var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales/mail/ ] for my mail. When I run a listing of the directory I get the following.... # ls -al /var/mail/virtual/exsportee.biz/websales/mail/ total 44 drwx--S--- 5 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 18 12:46 . drwxr-sr-x 3 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 18 12:00 .. drwx--S--- 2 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 18 12:17 cur -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 248 Sep 18 12:23 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 51 Sep 18 12:23 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 8 Sep 18 12:17 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r--r-- 1 vmail vmail 0 Sep 18 12:17 dovecot-uidvalidity.541acd49 drwx--S--- 2 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 18 12:17 new -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 561 Sep 18 12:22 q1XUaj8-5382575 -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 517 Sep 18 12:00 q1XUaOD-5382570 -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 513 Sep 18 12:46 q1XUb60-5382584 drwx--S--- 2 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 18 12:17 tmp the 3 files q1xu[....] are test mails that I sent to myself, either internally from the localhost CLI, mutt or from my google mail account. I should note the following: ~ SWAKS can send mails out to external addresses also. ~ I cannot connect to my mail from any external clients (thunderbird) ~ I cannot connect to my mail localy using MUTT ~ I use exim4 (v4.7.2) as my MTA (if you want to see a config just ask). please help me resolve these issues. thanks in advance. David -- Tel: + 33 6 50 14 39 34 email: david.myers.24j74(a)gmail.com Addres: 22 Rue de L'Eglise 77700 Coupvray. 77700 France

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Support of unicode in then recipient names
by Александр Егоров 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Hi Dovecot Community, We are using ltmp to deliver messages through postfix to dovecot. During testing we have found that dovecot does not understand recipient email address if it is composed from national symbols : e.g. ยจฆฟคฏข(a)xn--22cdfh1b8fsa.xn--22cdfh1b8fsa Question is are there any plans to either add native support for such email addresses or to translate it to punycode and then try to find such a recipient? -- Александр Егоров (Alexander Yegorov)

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Syslog PID
by Фадеев Виталий Львович 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Hi! How to write PIDs to syslog? Example: Sep 19 00:57:00 hostname dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=< username(a)domainname.com >, method=PLAIN, rip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, lip=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, mpid=14407, TLS, session=<6LYlcmYDAQC4reGs> Sep 19 00:57:00 hostname dovecot: pop3( username(a)domainname.com ): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 Sep 19 00:57:09 hostname exim[14423]: 2014-09-19 00:57:09 dovecot_login authenticator failed for s16010629.onlinehome-server.info (User) [82.165.16.9]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=front) Sep 19 00:57:09 hostname exim[14424]: 2014-09-19 00:57:09 dovecot_login authenticator failed for s16010629.onlinehome-server.info (User) [82.165.16.9]: 535 Incorrect authentication data (set_id=front I need it because i write all logs to postgresql and analyze them with Adiscon LogAnalyzer. Perhaps, per-process logs entry with PID would be better.

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unable to see mail when using telnet / open ssl
by Dave Myers 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Dear dovecot list. I'm setting up my own VPS and working through getting mail to work. Here is my dovecot -n $dovecot -n maildir:%h/%d/%n/mail : layout=fs # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.3 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 1002 mail_home = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/mail: layout=fs mail_uid = 1002 namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = scheme=SHA512-CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0660 user = mail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_ssl = yes I can successfully log into dovecot using telnet and open ssl from a remote terminal, so authentication and everything is working fine. From the above dovecot -n I asume that mails should be going to /var/mail/virtual/domain/user/mail However when I view this directory I can see a number of test mails that I have sent using echo "Hello me" | mail -s "Dovecot test" $USER (see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/FindMailLocation) Why am I not seeing them when I use telnet / openSSL to log in? All help is greately appreciated. -- Tel: + 33 6 50 14 39 34 email: david.myers.24j74(a)gmail.com Addres: 22 Rue de L'Eglise 77700 Coupvray. 77700 France

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negative auth cache?
by Will Yardley 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

I am using Dovecot 2.2.13, which doesn't yet seem to have the $auth_cache_negative parameter. Should the negative cache value honor $auth_cache_ttl then? I had a problem where some of our ldap systems were reinitialized. Some users, presumably those who tried to login while their records were returning a failure, became unable to login after the records were once again returning normally. I currently have: auth_cache_size = 5 M auth_cache_ttl = 5 mins # Not yet implemented #auth_cache_negative = 2 mins yet the problem seemed to persist for more than an hour. Also, how can I flush the cache for a non-default instance's cache using doveadm -- "doveadm auth cache flush" doesn't seem to have an '-a' option AFAICT. # doveadm auth usage: doveadm [-Dv] [-f <formatter>] auth <command> [<args>] cache flush w

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LDAP and dovecot
by dovecot＠outputservices.com 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

At my company I have users who are now becoming remote and using their mobile devices for email. I use Solaris 10 10/09 s10x_u8wos_08a X86 as an operating system and I now need a more secure email solution than the generic sendmail / imap solution. I want to use dovecot and postfix because I have read good reports on these products for ease of setup and use. I need to use both with SSL certificates and username / passwords for both receiving and sending emails. I am having difficulty getting dovecot to work with my ldap password solution. I have read all the documentation, there is a lot of it, and find it confusing. But I have tried very hard to get the solution to work. I have not compiled postfix because I want to use the dovecot authentication solution it mentions. Therefore I need to get dovecot to work first. I have dovecot 2.2.10 & postfix 2.11.1 with openldap 2.4.33. I have tested dovecot with /etc/passwd /etc/shadow password authentication and password flat files. Those work, but not what I need. I need to use ldap so the users only have to set one password. Below is the information I have. I have created self signed SSL certificates for testing purposes. We will get real SSL certificates once everything is operational. ********* I compiled dovecot with the following command: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tools/dovecot --with-ssl=openssl --with-solr --with-zlib --with-bzlib --with-ldap=yes ------------------------------------------- dovecot -n # 2.2.10: /usr/local/tools/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.10 i86pc base_dir = /dovecot/var/run/dovecot log_path = /dovecot/log/log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/posta:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:LAYOUT=maildir++:INDEX=~/posta/index:CONTROL=~/posta/control passdb { args = /dovecot/etc/dovecot/tests/ldap.settings driver = ldap } protocols = imap service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } } ssl_cert = </dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </dovecot/certs/dovecot.key ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { args = /dovecot/etc/dovecot/tests/ldap.settings driver = ldap } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep } ------------------------------------------- /dovecot/etc/dovecot/tests/ldap.settings hosts = ldap.outputservices.com tls = no ldap_version = 3 base = dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com ------------------------------------------- If I use ldap for passwords: 2014-09-18 09:44:23 master: Info: Dovecot v2.2.10 starting up for imap 2014-09-18 09:44:33 auth: Fatal: LDAP: Buggy LDAP library returned wrong fd: 1 2014-09-18 09:44:33 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs 2014-09-18 09:44:33 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 0 secs): user=<> , rip=137.106.101.127, lip=137.106.76.215, TLS handshaking, session=<d1Nt3FgD1wCJamV/> 2014-09-18 09:44:48 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=18992 uid=0 code=kill) ------------------------------------------- If I use a flat file for passwords: 2014-09-18 09:42:23 master: Info: Dovecot v2.2.10 starting up for imap 2014-09-18 09:43:05 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<dave>, method=PLAIN, rip=137.106.101.127, lip=137.106.76.215, mpid=16769, TLS, se ssion=<vAny1VgDywCJamV/> 2014-09-18 09:43:05 imap(dave): Debug: Effective uid=6010, gid=131, home=/export/home/sun/dave 2014-09-18 09:43:05 imap(dave): Debug: maildir++: root=/export/home/sun/dave/posta, index=/export/home/sun/dave/posta/index, indexpv t=, control=/export/home/sun/dave/posta/control, inbox=/var/mail/dave, alt= 2014-09-18 09:43:10 imap(dave): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=223 out=1122 2014-09-18 09:43:22 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=17115 uid=0 code=kill) ------------------------------------------- If I use /etc/passwd /etc/shadow for passwords: 2014-09-18 09:39:56 master: Info: Dovecot v2.2.10 starting up for imap 2014-09-18 09:40:14 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<dave>, method=PLAIN, rip=137.106.101.127, lip=137.106.76.215, mpid=13053, TLS, se ssion=<uaT5zFgDwACJamV/> 2014-09-18 09:40:14 imap(dave): Debug: Effective uid=6010, gid=131, home=/export/home/sun/dave 2014-09-18 09:40:14 imap(dave): Debug: maildir++: root=/export/home/sun/dave/posta, index=/export/home/sun/dave/posta/index, indexpv t=, control=/export/home/sun/dave/posta/control, inbox=/var/mail/dave, alt= 2014-09-18 09:41:01 imap(dave): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=219 out=1118 2014-09-18 09:41:33 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=14765 uid=0 code=kill) ------------------------------------------- I am using openldap 2.4.33. I compiled it using the following command: ./configure --enable-crypt --enable-ldap --enable-perl --prefix=/usr/local/openldap In the slapd.conf file I have placed the following: access to attrs=userPassword by dn="cn=dovecot,dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com" read by anonymous auth by self write by * none ------------------------------------------- In the ldap database I have the following dovecot user information: dn: uid=dovecot,ou=People,dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com uid: dovecot cn: Dovecot Email User objectClass: account objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: top objectClass: shadowAccount uidNumber: 505 gidNumber: 505 homeDirectory: /tmp structuralObjectClass: account entryUUID: f85d1e02-13e3-1033-9c4a-b7d2075f7ecd creatorsName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com createTimestamp: 20140117165553Z loginShell: /bin/tcsh entryCSN: 20140725160856.481921Z#000000#000#000000 modifiersName: cn=admin,dc=ldap,dc=outputservices,dc=com modifyTimestamp: 20140725160856Z ------------------------------------------- In the /etc/passwd file I have the following information: dovecot:x:505:505:Dovecot IMAP Server:/tmp:/bin/false dovenull:x:506:506:Dovecot IMAP Server:/tmp:/bin/false ------------------------------------------- I need assistance on this and also once I get dovecot running with ldap, I could use proper assistance with the postfix solution also. I want to stop solaris versions of sendmail and use dovecot & postfix. I am also a little confused on the mail_location setting. We use thunderbird as an email client and it sets the "local folders" just fine. But with imap it puts the Sent, Trash, Draft folders in the users "home" directory. With dovecot I have to put them in a different folder, I called it posta for now. It then makes them . Files. (.Sent, .Trash ?)

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Panic: file index-status.c: line 131 (index_storage_get_open_status): assertion failed: (status_r->recent <= status_r->messages)
by Toni Mattila 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Hi, Got a new one on 2.2.13: Sep 19 04:11:39 moxi dovecot: imap(cen(a)cor.ed): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=3,offset=144 for /Maildir/.Spam/dovecot.index: Extension record update for invalid uid=494 Sep 19 04:11:39 moxi dovecot: imap(cen(a)cor.ed): Warning: fscking index file /Maildir/.Spam/dovecot.index Sep 19 04:11:39 moxi dovecot: imap(cen(a)cor.ed): Panic: file index-status.c: line 131 (index_storage_get_open_status): assertion failed: (status_r->recent <= status_r->messages) Sep 19 04:11:39 moxi dovecot: imap(cen(a)cor.ed): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2c1f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2c9d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2514] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_storage_get_open_status+0x4d1) [0xcee761] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_storage_get_status+0x42) [0xcee7f2] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 [0xcd7b3a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_get_open_status+0x4c) [0xcbe7ac] -> dovecot/imap [0x806485a] -> dovecot/imap(imap_sync_more+0x5cd) [0x8064edd] -> dovecot/imap [0x8065192] -> dovecot/imap(cmd_sync_delayed+0x1de) [0x80655de] -> dovecot/imap(client_handle_input+0x1c8) [0x805baa8] -> dovecot/imap(client_input+0x71) [0x805bd71] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x48) [0x204d88] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xff) [0x20675f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x1e) [0x204 Sep 19 04:11:39 moxi dovecot: imap(cen(a)cor.ed): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 17680 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) (gdb) bt full #0 0x00b8f402 in __kernel_vsyscall () No symbol table info available. #1 0x0070af30 in raise () from /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x0070c911 in abort () from /lib/i686/nosegneg/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #3 0x001f2c14 in default_fatal_finish (type=<value optimized out>, status=0) at failures.c:193 backtrace = 0x8760180 "/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2c1f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2c9d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x1f2514] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_storage_get_"... #4 0x001f2c9d in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=0xbf827d74, format=0xd219b0 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0xbf827d94 "\225��") at failures.c:657 status = 0 #5 0x001f2514 in i_panic (format=0xd219b0 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:267 ctx = {type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, exit_status = 0, timestamp = 0x0} args = 0xbf827d94 "\225��" #6 0x00cee761 in index_storage_get_open_status (box=0x877c968, items=<value optimized out>, status_r=0x87adaa8) at index-status.c:131 hdr = (const struct mail_index_header *) 0x87aabd0 __FUNCTION__ = "index_storage_get_open_status" #7 0x00cee7f2 in index_storage_get_status (box=0x877c968, items=139, status_r=0x87adaa8) at index-status.c:48 No locals. #8 0x00cd7b3a in index_list_get_status (box=0x877c968, items=139, status_r=0x87adaa8) at mailbox-list-index-status.c:165 No locals. #9 0x00cbe7ac in mailbox_get_open_status (box=0x877c968, items=139, status_r=0x87adaa8) at mail-storage.c:1539 __FUNCTION__ = "mailbox_get_open_status" #10 0x0806485a in imap_sync_finish (ctx=0x87ada90, aborting=false) at imap-sync.c:321 client = (struct client *) 0x877d9d0 ret = 0 #11 0x08064edd in imap_sync_more (ctx=0x87ada90) at imap-sync.c:621 str = (string_t *) 0x8760030 ret = 1 __FUNCTION__ = "imap_sync_more" #12 0x08065192 in cmd_sync_continue (sync_cmd=0x877e438) at imap-sync.c:659 cmd = <value optimized out> prev = <value optimized out> client = (struct client *) 0x877d9d0 ctx = (struct imap_sync_context *) 0x87ada90 ret = <value optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "cmd_sync_continue" #13 0x080655de in cmd_sync_delayed (client=0x877d9d0) at imap-sync.c:749 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 #14 0x0805baa8 in client_handle_input (client=0x877d9d0) at imap-client.c:904 remove_io = false handled_commands = true __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #15 0x0805bd71 in client_input (client=0x877d9d0) at imap-client.c:931 cmd = <value optimized out> output = (struct ostream *) 0x877e320 bytes = 216 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #16 0x00204d88 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x877e3b8) at ioloop.c:441 ioloop = (struct ioloop *) 0x8768498 t_id = 2 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_call_io" #17 0x0020675f in io_loop_handler_run_internal (ioloop=0x8768498) at ioloop-epoll.c:220 ctx = <value optimized out> event = (const struct epoll_event *) 0x8769650 list = (struct io_list *) 0x8769f48 io = (struct io_file *) 0x6 tv = {tv_sec = 1787, tv_usec = 891154} msecs = <value optimized out> ret = 1 i = 0 j = 0 call = false __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run_internal" #18 0x00204e2e in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x8768498) at ioloop.c:488 No locals. #19 0x00204eb8 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x8768498) at ioloop.c:465 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_run" #20 0x001ab42d in master_service_run (service=0x87683c0, callback=0x8066000 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:566 No locals. #21 0x08065e9f in main (argc=Cannot access memory at address 0x0 ) at main.c:400 login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x8760038 "P", postlogin_socket_path = 0x0, postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x80660c0 <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x8066060 <login_client_failed>, request_auth_token = 1} service_flags = <value optimized out> storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT username = 0x0 c = <value optimized out> set_roots = {0x806daa0, 0x0}

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Re: negative auth cache?
by Joseph Tam 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Will Yardley writes: > yet the problem seemed to persist for more than an hour. > > Also, how can I flush the cache for a non-default instance's cache using > doveadm -- "doveadm auth cache flush" doesn't seem to have an '-a' > option AFAICT. If you only want to dump a few auth cache entries, you can just authenticate with a bad password. When a different (and possibly correct password) is supplied, there will be a cache miss and the new credentials will be cached. echo "1 login someuser badpassword\n2 logout" | netcat --ssl your-imap-server:993 Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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migration from cyrus with dsync sieve problem
by Alessandro Bono 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

Hi all i'm migrating a cyrus imapd server to dovecot with dsync everyting seems working but sieve rules are not copied to dovecot server I searched for documentation but without any luck I use the configuration below with doveadm -v -o mail_fsync=never backup -R -u emailaddr imapc: Is sieve supported with dsync? How I can specify sieve server address and port? # 2.2.13.21 (606efd4a4f35): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.5 (Final) ext4 auth_default_realm = mydomain.com auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_realms = mydomain.com auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb first_valid_gid = 492 first_valid_uid = 492 hostname = mydomain.com imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags imap_id_log = * imap_idle_notify_interval = 29 mins imapc_features = rfc822.size fetch-headers imapc_host = oldserver.mydomain.com imapc_master_user = cyrus imapc_password = xxxxxxx imapc_user = %u last_valid_gid = 492 last_valid_uid = 492 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c %k mail_attachment_dir = /var/vmail/%d/attachments/ mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs mail_plugins = zlib listescape acl mail_prefetch_count = 20 mailbox_list_index = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave duplicate mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { user = vmail } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/imap.mydomain.com.crt ssl_cipher_list = EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+AES EECDH+aRSA+RC4 EECDH EDH+aRSA RC4 !aNULL !eNULL !LOW !3DES !MD5 !EXP !PSK !SRP !DSS ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/imap.mydomain.com.pem ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = zlib listescape acl sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib listescape acl sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 40 mail_plugins = zlib listescape acl imap_zlib imap_acl } -- Cordiali saluti Alessandro Bono

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Exit status code 134; what is it, in the context of Dovecot Antispam plug-in?
by Ben Johnson 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hello! I just migrated from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS and thereby from Dovecot 2.0.19 to 2.2.9. I've been using dovecot-antispam plugin with great success for the past year with 2.0.19, but after this migration, I've been seeing the exit status code 134 in the syslog when attempting to debug the Dovecot Antispam plugin not working after the migration. I have some debugging output in my pipe script; the output looks something like this: Copying message contents to temporary file for debugging purposes; file is: /tmp/sendmail-msg-7662.txt Checking if the command-line input argument string (--spam) contains the string "ham" or "spam" Mode is "SPAM" Calling (as user vmail) '/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d "sa-training(a)example.com" -m "Training.SPAM" -p "/tmp/sendmail-msg-7662.txt"' Exit status was 134 Yet, I'm able to copy the above command and execute it manually, via the command-line, and it works (and by "works", I mean to say that the behavior is correct and exactly as expected; I receive the "Spam" email at the designated mailbox). Here's how I'm calling it when it works perfectly well (as "root"): # su -c '/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d "sa-training(a)example.com" -m "Training.HAM" -p "/tmp/sendmail-msg-7460.txt"' vmail Any idea what status 134 might be or how to work around it? It looks to be some kind of "temporary failure exception", but that is less than informative in this context. "doveconf -n" output is appended. Thanks for any help! -Ben # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = *,[::] log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_privileged_group = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { antispam_backend = pipe antispam_debug_target = syslog antispam_pipe_program = /bin/bash antispam_pipe_program_args = /usr/local/bin/sa-learn-pipe.sh antispam_pipe_program_notspam_arg = --ham antispam_pipe_program_spam_arg = --spam antispam_pipe_tmpdir = /tmp antispam_spam_pattern_ignorecase = SPAM;JUNK antispam_trash_pattern_ignorecase = trash;Deleted * antispam_verbose_debug = 1 quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = Junk:ignore quota_rule4 = INBOX:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-reached 100 %u %d quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u %d quota_warning3 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u %d quota_warning4 = -storage=100%% quota-below below %u %d sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = root } service config { unix_listener config { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { client_limit = 1000 process_limit = 500 } service quota-below { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-below.sh unix_listener quota-below { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } service quota-reached { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-reached.sh unix_listener quota-reached { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_cert = </root/ssl/example.com/example.com.crt ssl_key = </root/ssl/example.com/example.com.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota antispam } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = sieve quota }

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replicator only starts for users who log in at least once
by Alan McGinlay 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi! I recently setup a second with replication to the other. Both machines run ubuntu 12.04 with dovecot 2.2.13 (6bb26098a45c). All users mail accounts are currently synced manually to the first (mb1) using a dsync script, they are synchronised from a cyrus imap server. Users are still logging into the cyrus server. It appears that the only accounts that are replicated are ones who have logged into either of the dovecot servers at least once, is this how it is supposed to work? I was hoping to get full replication of all mail accounts before starting to move users into the new system. Thanks, Alan

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Issue creating mailboxes
by John Oliver 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

CentOS 6.5, cyrus-imapd 2.3.16-6 So, I gather you're supposed to create mailboxes called user.<username> But I wind up with user^<username>, and mailbox can't be found. [joliver@localhost ~]$ cyradm -u testuser1 localhost Password: localhost> cm user.testuser2 localhost> cm user.testuser3 localhost> cm user.textuser4 [joliver@localhost ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/vmail/u/ total 12 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Sep 15 15:07 user^testuser2 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Sep 15 14:51 user^testuser3 drwx------. 2 cyrus mail 4096 Sep 15 15:07 user^textuser4 Sep 15 15:05:18 localhost lmtpunix[15704]: verify_user(user.testuser2) failed: Mailbox does not exist Sep 15 15:05:18 localhost master[15929]: about to exec /usr/lib/cyrus-imapd/lmtpd Sep 15 15:05:18 localhost lmtpunix[15929]: executed Sep 15 15:05:18 localhost postfix/lmtp[15928]: 4B2E61ED5: to=<testuser2(a)domain.com>, relay=localhost.localdomain[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=32, delays=32/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host localhost.localdomain[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp] said: 550-Mailbox unknown. Either there is no mailbox associated with this 550-name or you do not have authorization to see it. 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command)) What did I do wrong? -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * ***********************************************************************

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My Dsync isn't replicating 'EXPUNGE' IMAP command
by Listas＠Adminlinux 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

Hi! I have two Dovecot-2.2.13 servers with Dsync Replication: server1 and server2. When I execute 'EXPUNGE' on server1 side, the messages with FLAG \Deleted are expunged only on server1. The message is still present in Server2. Could someone give me a hint reason for this ? Thanks in advance! -- Thiago Henrique ====================================================================== How I reproduce: == ON SERVER1 == Client: $ telnet <IP server1> 143 Trying <IP server1>... Connected to <IP server1>. Escape character is '^]'. Server: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] MAILBOX1 IMAP/POP3 server Client: AUTH LOGIN <user> <pass> Server: AUTH OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE QUOTA] Logged in Client: A002 SELECT "INBOX" Server: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft nonjunk) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft nonjunk \*)] Flags permitted. * 2 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1410284221] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 16] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 56] Highest A002 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.000 secs). Client: A003 FETCH 1:* (UID FLAGS) Server: * 1 FETCH (UID 13 FLAGS (nonjunk)) * 2 FETCH (UID 15 FLAGS (nonjunk)) A003 OK Fetch completed. Client: A005 STORE 1 +FLAGS \Deleted Server: * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted nonjunk)) A005 OK Store completed. Client: A003 FETCH 1:* (UID FLAGS) Server: * 1 FETCH (UID 13 FLAGS (\Deleted nonjunk)) * 2 FETCH (UID 15 FLAGS (nonjunk)) A003 OK Fetch completed. Client: A006 EXPUNGE Server: * 1 EXPUNGE A006 OK Expunge completed. Client: A007 FETCH 1:* (UID FLAGS) Server: * 1 FETCH (UID 15 FLAGS (nonjunk)) A007 OK Fetch completed. Client: A008 LOGOUT Server: * BYE Logging out A008 OK Logout completed. Connection closed by foreign host. == ON SERVER2 == Client: $ telnet <IP server2> 143 Trying <IP server2>... Connected to <IP server2>. Escape character is '^]'. Server: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] MAILBOX2 IMAP/POP3 server Client: AUTH LOGIN <user> <pass> Server: AUTH OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE QUOTA] Logged in Client: A002 SELECT "INBOX" Server: * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft nonjunk) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft nonjunk \*)] Flags permitted. * 2 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1410284221] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 17] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 61] Highest A002 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.000 secs). Client: A003 FETCH 1:* (UID FLAGS) Server: * 1 FETCH (UID 13 FLAGS (\Deleted nonjunk)) * 2 FETCH (UID 15 FLAGS (nonjunk)) A003 OK Fetch completed. Client: A008 LOGOUT Server: * BYE Logging out A008 OK Logout completed. Connection closed by foreign host. = My settings = * My settins age identical on both server1 and server2, except by 'listen', 'address' and 'mail_replica' directives. # doveconf -n # 2.2.13 (6bb26098a45c): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-30-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@= auth_worker_max_count = 1 disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = secret doveadm_port = 12345 listen = server1 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = MAILBOX1 IMAP/POP3 server mail_fsync = never mail_gid = dovemail mail_plugins = " notify replication quota" mail_uid = dovemail passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-master.conf.ext driver = sql master = yes pass = yes } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:server2:12345 quota = dict:User quota::file:/var/lib/imap/%n/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=1GB } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = dovemail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = dovemail } } service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { client_limit = 1024 process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 1 } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap { process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 1 } service lmtp { inet_listener { address = server1 port = 24 } process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 1 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = server1 port = 110 } } service pop3 { process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 1 } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } ssl = no userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = " notify replication quota imap_quota" } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = " notify replication sieve quota" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " notify replication quota" }

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Clear a single user mapping in Director setup
by Murray Trainer 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi All, We are using Dovecot director setup. Is there a command to clear a single user's mapping to a backend mailstore? This would be useful on occasions. I couldn't find any command to do it. Thanks Murray

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Case sensitivity
by John Oliver 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

I think I've answered my last question by changing mail_location But I'm still getting duplicate mailboxes: [joliver@localhost ~]$ sudo ls -l /var/vmail/ total 8 drwx------. 3 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 11 10:30 testuser1 drwx------. 3 vmail vmail 4096 Sep 11 10:36 testUser1 The cn for my user is 'testUser1', and that's where postfix writes mail. But dovecot wants to use 'testuser1', even if I log in as 'testUser1' I suppose one answer may be to try to get postfix to always use lower-case, but in case that can't happen, how can I get dovecot to ignore case when looking for mailboxes? -- *********************************************************************** * John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/ * * * ***********************************************************************

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Configure Dovecot Master User
by Clovis Tristao 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi, Does anyone have any idea or hint how to configure dovecot master user? I'm already on it for almost fifteen days and can not find a solution. I appreciate any help, Clovis -- Clovis Tristao - UNICAMP/Faculdade de Engenharia Agricola Administrador de Redes - Secao de Informatica (SINFO) E-mail: clovis(a)feagri.unicamp.br http://www.feagri.unicamp.br MSN: clovis_tristao33(a)hotmail.com Fone: 55(19) 35211031-35211038-35211047-91173116

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dovecot and gmail backup
by David Mehler 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hello, I'm trying to use my server running dovecot to receive via imap a backup of my gmail account, messages. I'm getting an error from imap.gmail.com that it does support plain authentication but that it failed to download messages. If anyone has this working please let me know what you had to do. Thanks. Dave.

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Per-folder (per-mailbox) message expiration with control from client side — is it possible?
by Lev Serebryakov 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I'm migrating from «old skool» solution with one mail client (MUA) on one computer, which retrieves mail via POP3, sorts it and manages it locally to installation when there are several MUAs on different devices, accessing mail via IMAP4, and all sorting and management should be server-side. Sorting is “easy”: sieve. Here are some nuisance (like, if I want to rename folder/mailbox I need to edit script manually. BTW, it looks like that such thing could be done automagically, as language is very simple and find all references to mailboxes is not too hard task), but it works. But is here good solution for expiration? I have abut 50 folders (mailboxes) and rules are very different for them. They are mostly time-based (like "last 30 days"), but some folders are count-limited ("last 2000 messages") and some folders should have time limit but non-read messages could not be deleted at all. Ok, Thunderbird almost could do it (it doesn't have “don't remove unread messages” option), but I don't want to have any meaningful configuration in MUAs, as each of it could be non-active for long time. Only thing I could find about expiration in dovecot documentation is "doveadm expunge" and helper "Expire" plugin, but it looks like very low-level solution for admins, it could not be managed from client side without direct ssh access to server and it is, in general, very inconvenient. Is here any better solution, maybe, 3rd party one? - -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUFf2BXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRGOTZEMUNBMEI1RjQzMThCNjc0QjMzMEFF QUIwM0M1OEJGREM0NzhGAAoJEOqwPFi/3EePphIQAJUlYIFgXWBcWcrejcbOFgYf op+g35YF4wfwboPkgb/mKk46V3lcjmQImcHir2fci0SCsSSfARcU1a8y4iaeSkPU l949PaMYD8stfukfCbXjoY5pD5FIpj1Os7dDtgdoygp0tfsA4mDg1O0exZoduR9s q4NNPlsnlKOjX2KMOdcWI2AR8/xiFi4zvDTB/vibQPMy8kXVB8ld4Mk0BF1TUyOv 80KKOKzFDxQeLzvoEiNm6FDAqYGEYmpECUaFGXyKG1a7wslhEmEeShJUH5lsj3Oz niMxoO/KTEW0U9QucHQogFJzrcsKkJiOByjqQovWKgZziJll38lCN0O1murMmRBC bDLmN9t53JC7Ef88AbKsaFeULy/AxriohdGU6ePb8j/4W9KlERSJyvgxFkcMxHTg 9mSPiYAHaPr+Ycrzs9SOqhki5b6tI8Q39W/etRorb2us9FS1JE7ib4XLk5ufiUje XOLc4TACUh1qnd/5UUgcIuUrg/akSJgJLZoXg36LqUF/1OeMJHec4RMJresvewAZ RwseWHH/KpD7KxOWlO2Zw1ceHlVFDLWOO/4KWoy/XwZ66fQxEAkLO8ZVyeKMh5Nh dYL+yLQKZdgNWAjalK4lFmwz3u/9jNITwtP5GYLbYnP28EcbDfiN/w9oKGOI8fsD ulD+ca3vx29qdmGGYcKt =9+bG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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sieve: is it possible to filter ALL mailing lists (with header List-Id) to their folders with ONE rule?
by Lev Serebryakov 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hello, Dovecot. Is it possible to write one rule in sieve, which will: (1) Trigger on any message with "List-Id" header AND (2) Put this message to folder with name build from content of "List-Id" header, in such way, that message with List-Id List-Id: This is decription of list <list-name.host.org> will be put into folder "org.host.list-name" where "." is namespace separator (so, such folders will be shown as hierarchy in mail client)? I don't want to write ~50 rules by hands and add new ones from time to time. I'm speaking about dovecot/pigeonhole sieve implementation, of course. All examples on net shows only manual one-rule-per-list approach :( -- // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev(a)serebryakov.spb.ru>

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usenet/imap
by Edwardo Garcia 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Halo, Has anyones had experiences with feeding usenet into imap folders, we like to have some group for all user, any problem with message limit? We only want the text newsgroups?

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Migration - Getting it right the first time.
by Dan Carroll 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hello All, I’m currently in the process of migrating a very old imap installation to a new server. I think I have everything in place now but I’ve not yet written the procedure on how to do it. The outline will be as follows: put MTA-OLD into store mode where it holds the incoming emails for an indefinite period. Copy all IMAP data across to the new server. Process the IMAP data, converting it from courier to dovecot. put MTA-OLD into forward mode, sending all mail to MTA-NEW Adjust MX records accordingly so MTA-OLD is no longer used. The “process” part is where I need to take some care. I am aware of the migration tool available for moving the data, but I’m not confidant that my courier databases are in a healthy state. Does anyone have any idea how I can verify that this is the case? I’m happy to do it either before, or after the migration to dovecot, but I’d probably prefer to do it beforehand on the old server. The biggest thing I am concerned about is losing the order of mail messages. It’s not always enough to trust the “received date” for sorting mail, I’d rather my imap clients trust the imap server to send them the correct order. A second question. Is there a possibility to make the MTA switch, and migrate the messages across in an orderly fashion at a later date? Again, I’d like to ensure that older migrated messages appear further down the “order” than new messages coming into the MTA. Lastly, thanks for an awesome piece of software. My limited experience so far has been refreshing! -Dan

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Does pigeonhole regex extension support PCRE?
by Lev Serebryakov 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 I've tried to use negative look-ahead in :regex match like this: if header :regex "List-Id" "<svn-([^-]+)-(?!all)([^.]+)\.freebsd\.org>" { ... } and manage-sieve server complains on save about such regex with diagnostic "repetition operator operand invalid" :( - -- Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJUFDOlXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRGOTZEMUNBMEI1RjQzMThCNjc0QjMzMEFF QUIwM0M1OEJGREM0NzhGAAoJEOqwPFi/3EePzeMP/20iuXilZwM7aZYbMy66J/xK xLldS1PDRSKbeMQKB+Qedw0nyO65/89Uk9UVjoIga+2xh7nURoeCkvFgEu5kss2q Nxeo9rURPrP8pYrNvhv6yi00NaJiQ5qEJ29V8a3vOnHcvB/lOoOTUDWRkNbA48Tm zFC1svaiy5dUPnfZ9YdMvSdFLRVU20ej34R+avodT1Rv+E2TpFOIiNRc69v1lUFD cv05PYfLpE1/k5boZTrGFs0g1Cy/PmC12KxOtvODnQ7S9iGkfbii2bOpI9vTsxky B4diYBms38vxBKMCG8ItkQn2r1TH3VOw1H2hqLt71IhI0Ix78+yTYu3F6zD3nkys KG2VRvbO9AZLvFRHkb3P6xn70OYUvQYoU3UUVZPmbe4eL2tEu7Hg0sxwdKPxi0am i6sf1nMdk/SPd/FNGZapS+hgC+Ik3rQSq+1x38SX4V0IeJ522apTxtJoewRyt4fM D5s+Rsha/oXNHkto55qNlbE2Dn/e/QXrL2Yc+cx9aWpHIz6Iv2iijnqrdgajHpvB E1Iq9+EPnKrkJKtzy/g26Kxlllaahefz/EV5rF27aWrBZGGNwnokIox5Ucrj6Ta1 Huic//Fz6pixSc9jx4WzvO+4b5mECPj8AgEKmfZ/4C04EXbn+v56vjHxx1fwn1gU SU0wiNU2/zfRUeToaUPc =x/yT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Dovecot HA
by Hoggins! 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

Hello everyone, Following my previous message about replication (I'm still stuck), I was wondering in a more general way how to achieve high availability with Dovecot, and how to store the mail data. Do you have some thoughts about this ? Maybe one or two links leading to people who already have ideas or experience ? I don't host a big e-mail service, nor have a lot of clients connecting. I just need to ensure that data is always available, from the storage to the actual service. Thanks in advance.

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charset-specific searches, and continuation lines
by Eric Abrahamsen 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi there, I'm looking into improving IMAP search support for the Gnus Emacs mail client, and trying to add the ability to search non-ascii characters. So far as I know, I start this invocation with something like: . UID SEARCH CHARSET UTF-8 TEXT {NNN} Where NNN is the number of bytes in my search string. Dovecot then responds with: + OK So... what do I do then? I don't actually know what the next statement is, to provide the actual search string itself. Googling has proved unhelpful, as most of the examples online don't actually show this "+ OK" response. Can someone just briefly outline what's meant to happen next? I've tried including the search string immediately after the byte-size, separated by various combinations of \n\r, but that always gives me a "Missing LF after literal size" error. I'm using the Archlinux dovecot package, which reports version 2.2.13-1. Thanks! Eric

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dovecot imap auth method issue
by nobody73 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi List , I run Debian GNU/Linux 7 and i have followed the guide on workaround dot org and at the end of it i have authentications issues with thunderbird .On workaround there is a local test for authentication and it was successfull .Thunderbird says: "the IMAP server doesn't support the selected authentication method ,please change the authetntication method .... " I have tried all of clear, starttls and ssl/tls . dovecot 10-auth.conf is set: disable_plaintext_auth = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login !include auth-sql.conf.ext auth-sql.conf.ex has: passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext } userdb { driver = static args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%n } My dovecot-sql.conf.ext content is: driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=maildb user=userdb password=123456789 default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 password_query = SELECT email as user, password FROM virtual_users WHERE email='%u'; and dovecot -n is: # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.6 ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/key.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" } All help will be appreciated Regards Gab - -- Key fingerprint = D8E8 7374 49EA 8017 EC52 AD73 0294 F341 FF66 9495 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iF4EAREKAAYFAlQSM7EACgkQApTzQf9mlJXt9AD/SCQX8+LkKRfp2GyDkrGT9dQD SZeQ0E5Mv/OYbyfDO4wA/2vyHGxyUhv3N/N9+8xrVQT2KnfqIS5TrdhqIhfnEIc2 =gvNo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Problem with virtual folders
by Urban Loesch 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi, I'm trying to activate some virtual folders on a new installed dovecot server. My plan is to have two virtual folders like "All" and perhaps "Unseen", like Gmail style for the first step. - All: lists me all messages in the users mailbox - Unseen: all unseen messages in the users mailbox I'm using dovecot EE Release: ii dovecot-ee-core 1:2.2.13.8-1 amd64 secure mail server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-ee-imapd 1:2.2.13.8-1 amd64 secure IMAP server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-ee-lmtpd 1:2.2.13.8-1 amd64 secure LMTP server for Dovecot ii dovecot-ee-managesieved 0.4.3-1 amd64 secure ManageSieve server for Dovecot ii dovecot-ee-mysql 1:2.2.13.8-1 amd64 MySQL support for Dovecot ii dovecot-ee-sieve 0.4.3-1 amd64 sieve filters support for Dovecot But I can't get it to work. I can see the virtual folders in my Thunderbird, but the folders are empty and can't find any errors in mail log. I also tried it with "mail_debug = yes". Below is my doveconf -n: ... # 2.2.13.8 (71cc347a687c+): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.4.67-vs2.3.3.9-rol-em64t-efigpt x86_64 Debian 7.6 ext4 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_ttl = 0 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ %p %w disable_plaintext_auth = no login_trusted_networks = $INTERNAL mail_debug = yes mail_gid = mailstore mail_location = mdbox:/home/vmail/%d/%n:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%d/%n mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u pid:%p session:<%{session}>): " mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify acl zlib stats virtual" mail_shared_explicit_inbox = yes mail_uid = mailstore managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave duplicate mdbox_rotate_size = 15 M namespace { list = children location = mdbox:/home/vmail/%%d/%%n:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%%d/%%n prefix = [shared]/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = shared } namespace { hidden = no inbox = no list = children location = virtual:/home/virtual:INDEX=MEMORY prefix = [virtual]/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-account.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/home/vmail/%d/shared-mailboxes mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change save mailbox_create append mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size from mail_log_group_events = no quota = dict:Storage used::file:%h/dovecot-quota quota_rule2 = INBOX/Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_max_redirects = 15 stats_command_min_time = 1 mins stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours stats_memory_limit = 32 M stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_session_min_time = 15 mins stats_track_cmds = yes stats_user_min_time = 1 hours zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 9 } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mailstore mode = 0660 user = root } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 25 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 25 service_count = 1 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = * port = 24 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 25 service_count = 1 } service pop3 { process_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 25 service_count = 1 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/rol/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = mailstore } user = mailstore } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = mailstore } } ssl = no submission_host = localhost:25 userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-account.conf driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify acl zlib stats virtual sieve zlib" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_id_log = * imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o session=<%{session}> mail_max_userip_connections = 40 mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify acl zlib stats virtual imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib imap_stats" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota mail_log notify acl zlib stats virtual" pop3_logout_format = bytes_sent=%o top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s uidl_hash=%u session=<%{session}> } ... The virtual folders are stored in "/home/virtual/XXX" and are containg only the file "dovecot-virtual". Like: "/home/virtual/All/dovecot-virtual": <--------------------- * all ---------------------> Note: I just have active virtual folders on a different dovecot server version "2:2.2.13-1~auto+74". I copied the configuration from this server. The only three differences between the two servers are: - Server version is different. - The prefix of the default namespace on the new server is "prefix = INBOX/" and not "prefix =" - Mail storage and index files are seperated in different folders on the new server. Here are the relveant namespace configuraiton from the server where it ist working fine: ... namespace { list = children location = mdbox:/home/vmail/%%d/%%n prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace { hidden = no inbox = no list = children location = virtual:/home/virtual:INDEX=~/virtual prefix = [rolmail]/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } ... Have you any hint for me how I can fix my problem. Thanks and regards Urban Loesch

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minimal configuration for lucene fts
by Eric Abrahamsen 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi, I'm using dovecot (version 2.2.13 on archlinux) in the simplest, no-brainer way possible. It sits between mbsync, which I use to fetch mail from servers, and Gnus, my MUA. Both mbsync and Gnus connect to dovecot with an invocation like this: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap -o mail_location=maildir:$HOME/.mail/ea/ I have three different mail accounts, all that changes is the final directory on the mail_location path above. I haven't touched anything else: there's no running daemon, no configuration, no user database, no PAM, no nothing. Now I'm trying to set up text searching via lucene, but all the examples I've seen online assume a full running daemon and user accounts. I tried to fake it by running: doveadm index -u eric@localhost -q INBOX -o mail_location-maildir:/home/eric/.mail/ea but it was clearly expecting a user database. Is there any way to create text indexes for my three different accounts, in their respective directories, without fully setting up a running dovecot? I'll do that if I have to, but my current setup works great, and is very simple, and I'd like to keep it simple if I can. Thanks! Eric

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