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Re: [Dovecot] started with dovecot sieve
by Daniel Parthey 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Rolf wrote: > Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 dovecot: lda(rolf): Error: setegid(privileged) failed: Operation not permitted Manual page "man 2 setegid" states that setegid() sets the effective group ID of the calling process. Unprivi- leged user processes may only set the effective group ID to the real group ID, the effective group ID or the saved set-group-ID. Your "postfix" user is a member of group "mail", but "mail" which you configured as "mail_privileged_group = vmail" is neither the primary group of user "postfix", nor is it the effective group id of the calling postfix process. Therefore you might get the error as documented in the manpage setegid(2): EPERM The calling process is not privileged (Linux: does not have the CAP_SETUID capability in the case of seteuid(), or the CAP_SET- GID capability in the case of setegid()) and euid (respectively, egid) is not the real user (group) ID, the effective user (group) ID, or the saved set-user-ID (saved set-group-ID). Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820

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[Dovecot] Dovecot performance under high load (vs. Courier)
by email builder 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

Hi, We are building a new system that will support a large number of users (high volume, high concurrent usage, etc). We have played with Dovecot, but in most serious applications we have traditionally used Courier IMAP. It's my (lay) understanding that with indexing and perhaps other things in Dovecot, it might perform better than Courier in larger environments like this. Am I correct or is it less clear-cut? Any tips on making the migration (not migrating an existing system, I mean migrating our paradigm - things to consider, things to watch out for)? TIA

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[Dovecot] Virtual users - what is better Maildir or mbox?
by Kaya Saman 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hi, I'm trying to configure a server to use SAMBA and Winbind to authenticate to Active Directory.... I managed to get this portion up and running even the Dovecot portion. For reference something similar to this guide: http://www.whitneytechnologies.com/?p=119 However PAM is slightly different: # cat /etc/pam.d/dovecot auth sufficient pam_krb5.so no_user_check validate account sufficient pam_permit.so This is what my dovecot.conf file looks like: # cat dovecot.conf # v1.2+: auth_use_winbind = yes auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/local/bin/ntlm_auth protocols = imap # It's nice to have separate log files for Dovecot. You could do this # by changing syslog configuration also, but this is easier. log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log # Disable SSL for now. ssl = no disable_plaintext_auth = no # We're using Maildir format #mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_location = mbox:/mail:INBOX=/mail/%u # Authentication configuration: auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth_username_format = %n auth_mechanisms = plain ntlm login userdb { driver = static # args = uid=501 gid=1001 home=/mail/%u args = home=/mail/%u driver = static } passdb { driver = pam args = failure_show_msg=yes } Now what I would like to know is, which is better for "virtual hosting" Maildir or mbox? Basically my requirement is that I would like to separate users via either individual folders and then put each user's mbox or Maildir in the created directory, or simply name each mbox or Maildir according to the user name. First up is this possible? Secondly, how would I go about doing it? My users are not allowed to login to the system outside of IMAP as it's a Mail only server. Currently I've been looking at many links: http://satish-linuxbug.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/freebsd-with-active-directory… http://joseph.randomnetworks.com/2005/11/08/freebsd-users-and-groups-with-s… http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ActiveDirectoryNtlm http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms/Winbind http://wiki2.dovecot.org/TestInstallation http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers http://www.linuxmail.info/active-directory-dovecot-pam-authentication/ http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall I'm running dovecot version 2.1.7 on FreeBSD 8.2 x64 RELEASE. The system is not being used as an MTA server meaning that only IMAP transfers are being done using MS Outlook then filtered by Thunderbird. Regards, Kaya

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[Dovecot] started with dovecot sieve
by mailinglist 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

As I am new to dovecot and sieve I am really happy to get it working in a straight forward way. Thanks for the documentation to whom it concerns. Now I came to my limits with this failure messages in /home/rolf/.dovecot.sieve.log: sieve: info: started log at Jun 25 20:22:54. error: msgid=<1340648569.94073.YahooMailClassic(a)web190304.mail.sg3.yahoo.com>: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': BUG: Unknown internal error. with this messages in mail.info: Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 postfix/smtpd[21674]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 postfix/smtpd[21674]: 90898E0190: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 postfix/cleanup[21669]: 90898E0190: message-id=<1340648569.94073.YahooMailClassic(a)web190304.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 postfix/qmgr[21172]: 90898E0190: from=<stephanie.otavy(a)live.com>, size=5291, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 postfix/smtpd[21674]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 dovecot: lda(rolf): Error: setegid(privileged) failed: Operation not permitted Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 dovecot: lda(rolf): Error: sieve: msgid=<1340648569.94073.YahooMailClassic(a)web190304.mail.sg3.yahoo.com>: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': BUG: Unknown internal error Jun 25 20:22:54 rolf14 dovecot: lda(rolf): Error: sieve: script /home/rolf/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /home/rolf/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) I guess the mentioned mail is spam. However, does this tell about some wrong configuration or access rights? Any indication what to improve? I get such an error about every 6 minutes.

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[Dovecot] Director + managesieve: is it posible?
by Joseba Torre 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

Hi, I've just tried to add managesieve to our director server, and when I try to connect they fail with Jun 26 12:28:13 director2 dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=sieve#011secured#011session=5LNQjl3DjQAKAAsR#011lip=10.0.100.75#011rip=10.0.11.17#011lport=4190#011rport=39309#011resp=<hidden> Jun 26 12:28:13 director2 dovecot: managesieve-login: Error: proxy: host not given: user=<test1>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.11.17, lip=10.0.100.75, TLS, session=<5LNQjl3DjQAKAAsR> Jun 26 12:28:13 director2 dovecot: managesieve-login: Disconnected (internal failure, 1 succesful auths): user=<lgsfeacd>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.0.11.17, lip=10.0.100.75, TLS, session=<5LNQjl3DjQAKAAsR> Is it posible to use director for this? Or only static proxy is allowed? Aaaaaaaaagur.

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[Dovecot] dsync error: "Mailboxes don't have unique GUIDs"
by Jeff Gustafson 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

I'm getting an error backing up mailboxes. I'm using the mirror command: dsync -fvo mail_home=/home/users/bob mirror ssh vmail(a)10.1.4.1 dsync -o mail_home=/home/.incoming_mail_migrations/users/bob dsync-remote(vmail): Error: Mailboxes don't have unique GUIDs: 1ef6ee37c694894d783100000581a675 is shared by INBOX and INBOX dsync-remote(vmail): Error: command BOX-LIST failed dsync-local(vmail): Error: Worker server's mailbox iteration failed The mail user doesn't yet exist on the destination yet, thus the use of the mail_home parameter. I found a mailing list message where a person was having a similar problem but I couldn't find confirmation that the issue was resolved. In our case, the backup goes from maildir to mdbox format (we can't to convert to mdbox). Things seemed to be moving along, but there are quite a few examples of dsync failing. I think the issue happens more often with large mailboxes ( > 50GB ). We're running version 2.0.13. doveconf -n: # 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.7 (Final) auth_mechanisms = plain login default_client_limit = 15000 default_process_limit = 10000 disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = zlib mail_uid = vmail mmap_disable = yes namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { zlib_save = gz } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { client_limit = 10000 unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/bin/postlogin-imap.sh user = $default_internal_user } service imap { drop_priv_before_exec = yes executable = imap process_limit = 10000 } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/bin/postlogin-pop.sh user = $default_internal_user } } service pop3 { drop_priv_before_exec = yes executable = pop3 process_limit = 2500 } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = zlib } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = zlib } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 30 mail_plugins = zlib } ...Jeff

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[Dovecot] specifying home/sieve/sieve_dir relative to mail_location
by Edgar Fuß 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

With 1.2, is it possible to specify home, sieve and sieve_dir relative to mail_location? I have mail_location = maildir:/import/mail/%n/:INDEX=/var/db/dovecot/indexes/%n and, in the plugin section, home = /import/mail/%n/home sieve = /import/mail/%n/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /import/mail/%n/sieve I would like to partially move users to another location (different file server) by using an LDAP entry. I know it's possible to specify everything relative to home, so I could probably use relative ~/../-type paths for mail_locatin etc., but that looks a bit awkward. The VirtualUsers/Home Wiki enty contains an example for relative paths user_attrs = .., mailDirectory=home=/var/vmail/%$ which I do not understand.

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[Dovecot] dovecot support ms-tnef mail parser?
by DongYu.Zhen 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hello everybody, I used iRedMail Server with dovecot-1.2.0. I used OutLook2007 send a RTF mail and the mail can't be parsed normal. In dovecot maildir storage the mail body appeared ,/ / /------=_NextPart_000_0007_01CD52BC.99E1BE10 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="winmail.dat"/ How to parse ms-tnef mail by dovecot? Thank you.

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[Dovecot] 2.1.7 TLS issues
by Christian Rößner 25 Jun '12

25 Jun '12

Hi, I have an interesting problem: I am building dovecot packages for Ubuntu since 10.04. Never had bigger trouble with it. Now since 2.1.6 or 2.1.7 (I can not say more precisely), Thunderbird 10ESR and Outlook 2010 can no longer use 143/TLS correctly. Automx delvers 143/TLS and Outlook tells me that it can not create a secure connection. I changed automx to use 993/SSL and everything works. Under Thunderbird 10ESR, I get a box that tells me that I need to change settings. When I sent mail, TB told me that it could not copy the mail to the sent folder. I also changed to 993/SSL and everything is perfect. At the other and, Apples Mail.app and iOS devices work perfectly over 143/TLS. So my guess is that it has to do with OpenSSL. Did something change in dovecot concerning TLS? Can I change options in the built process? Thanks in advance -Christian Rößner --- Roessner-Network-Solutions Bachelor of Science Informatik Nahrungsberg 81, 35390 Gießen F: +49 641 5879091, M: +49 176 93118939 USt-IdNr.: DE225643613 http://www.roessner-network-solutions.com

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[Dovecot] The deleted_to_trash Plugin (workaround Outlook 2007 behaviour)
by J E Lyon 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hi, I see the plugin exists for v1 & v2, all very interesting... Surprised no one seems to have created an RPM and it looks like deleted_to_trash is one of the very few plugins to not be shipped as part of the default install with CentOS 5.5 or CentOS 6 (i.e. Dovecot v1 & v2 respectively.) Am I missing something, or does everyone really build from source? Thanks, James.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Quotas in Version 2
by Brian Spraker 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hello all, Just upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04 on a server today and went through a few issues that I finally got corrected with many different services. However, one of them - I absolutely cannot figure out. I was using Dovecot 1 in Ubuntu 10.04 - but in Ubuntu 12.04, it has been upgraded to Dovecot 2. Finally managed to get the configuration to work and get it to use MySQL as the back-end authentication method (had to install the dovecot-mysql package). But, I cannot get quotas to work. The moment I uncomment a quota line, Dovecot fails to start. Would appreciate any help with this. I am not using any of the individual configuration files on the conf.d folder - simply the dovecot.conf and dovecot-sql.conf file. Here is a copy of those. You can see the one commented line (mail_plugins under imap) simply will not work - but yet the one under POP works (although I don't think it is used): base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 33 last_valid_uid = 33 listen = * log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_privileged_group = www-data passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir quota_rule = Trash:storage=100M } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { user = root } service imap-login { executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login } service imap { executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap # mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } And for the dovecot-sql.conf file (passwords changed, of course): driver = mysql connect = dbname=horde user=<USER> password=<PASSWORD> host=localhost default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT user_uid as user, user_pass as password FROM horde_users WHERE user_uid = '%u'; user_query = SELECT uid, gid, home, maildir, concat('maildir:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM horde_users WHERE user_uid = '%u'; I did not update the dovecot-sql.conf file at all - so I don't know if there maybe be some configuration issue with how it is pulling the quota limit from the database. Quotas are in bytes in the database. Certainly would appreciate any help with this. I went through the Dovecot Quota Configuration in the wiki but it wasn't any help - as I basically already have that line in the config file, but it will fail to start Dovecot. Thank you! Brian S.

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[Dovecot] 2.0.19 segfault
by Mailing List SVR 24 Jun '12

24 Jun '12

Hi, after the upgrade from dovecot 2.0.13 (ubuntu oneiric) to dovecot 2.0.19 (ubuntu precise), in my logs I have a lot of these errors: Jun 23 00:20:29 server1 dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): child 6714 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) I tested 2.0.21 and the problem is still here. The problem seems to appear only when the client is ms outlook, thunderbird works fine Here is the captured trace (I hope this is enough and I don't need to install debug symbols for everythings): Core was generated by `dovecot/imap-login -D'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00007f4d01c1a031 in RC4 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007f4d01c1a031 in RC4 () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000000000000134 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #2 0x00000000000000cd in ?? () No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007f4d03e97470 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007f4d01c80629 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007f4d01f82bcf in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007f4d01f79e04 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 No symbol table info available. #7 0x00007f4d01f7a134 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.0 No symbol table info available. #8 0x00007f4d027fed6f in ssl_write (proxy=0x7f4d03e7c0a0) at ssl-proxy-openssl.c:499 ret = <optimized out> #9 0x00007f4d027fee68 in plain_read (proxy=0x7f4d03e7c0a0) at ssl-proxy-openssl.c:308 ret = <optimized out> corked = true ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- #10 0x00007f4d025b5c98 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x7f4d03e84b10) at ioloop.c:384 ioloop = 0x7f4d03e3e680 t_id = 2 #11 0x00007f4d025b6d27 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 ctx = 0x7f4d03e505a0 events = 0x6579351d event = 0x7f4d03e50610 list = 0x7f4d03e93690 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 59, tv_usec = 999832} msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> #12 0x00007f4d025b5c28 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x7f4d03e3e680) at ioloop.c:405 No locals. #13 0x00007f4d025a3e33 in master_service_run (service=0x7f4d03e3e550, callback=<optimized out>) at master-service.c:481 No locals. #14 0x00007f4d027f7cc2 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7f4d03e3e370) at main.c:371 set_pool = 0x7f4d03e3e880 allow_core_dumps = <optimized out> ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- login_socket = 0x7f4d02800763 "login" c = <optimized out> #15 0x00007f4d021d676d in __libc_start_main () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007f4d02c2d5a9 in _start () No symbol table info available. Nicola

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[Dovecot] Dovecot list IMAP archives with thunderbird?
by Alex Crow 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Hi, I'm trying to access the IMAP archives with Thunderbird but can't seem to get it to work. I have tried an unencrypted connection, SSL and TLS but with no success. Any ideas? Thanks Alex -- This message is intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential information. Unless you are that person, you may not disclose its contents or use it in any way and are requested to delete the message along with any attachments and notify us immediately. "Transact" is operated by Integrated Financial Arrangements plc Domain House, 5-7 Singer Street, London EC2A 4BQ Tel: (020) 7608 4900 Fax: (020) 7608 5300 (Registered office: as above; Registered in England and Wales under number: 3727592) Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (entered on the FSA Register; number: 190856)

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[Dovecot] Problems getting auto create plugin to work
by Dr Josef Karthauser 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

Hi there, I've configured the 'autocreate' plugin (in v.2.1.6), but it doesn't appear to be working. Can someone help me work out how to work out why please? I've got this in my 20-imap.conf file: protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins antispam autocreate } and this in my 90-plugins.conf file: plugin { autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Spam autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Spam ... etc } But, the spam does not get created upon login. I've restart dovecot and restarted my mail client, but there's no hint of an spam folder. Is there something else that I also need to do? Thanks, Joe

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[Dovecot] Import from Evolution
by Jonathan Ryshpan 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

I need to import the mail database generated by the evolution mail reader into dovecot. Evolution stores its mail in maildir format (fully standards compatible, I think); I would be using the maildir format in dovecot. Is there anything in the wiki, etc. explaining exactly how to do this? Why do this? Evolution is hopelessly broken, and is not likely to be fixed in the forseeable future, and I would like to keep my mails in maildir form. Reviews of kmail are very bad, and thunderbird uses the mbox format for storage. Thanks in advance - jon

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Re: [Dovecot] Import from Evolution
by Wojciech Puchar 23 Jun '12

23 Jun '12

sorry for replying through that links but - as you may see - replying to Jonathan will not work. If AT&T have such strange policy then i am just sorry. It sings the beginning of end of open internet if more companies will start to do this, and result in few huge corporations handling everything. Not happy world to live. On Sat, 23 Jun 2012, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > On Sat, 2012-06-23 at 10:32 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> For Jonathan Ryshpan: >> >> for no obvious reason my IP is blocked at AT&T mail server you use. > > I'm not sure what's going on, but I suspect the problem is this: Many US > mail servers refuse to accept mail from any servers that they have not > approved; if mail is coming direct from you to ATT, rather than via some > large ISP, it will likely be refused. This is supposed to reduce the > amount of spam (fat chance). > > Thanks for your reply - jon > > >

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[Dovecot] cumulative userdb ?
by Benoit Branciard 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

in Dovecot 2.0, is it possible to have kind of "cumulative" multiple userdb ? that is, for all users: - extract some attributes (let's say: uid, gid, home) from a first userdb (Passwd for example), - an extract some other attributes (mail for example, but overwriting those from the first userdb in case of redundancy) from a second userdb (LDAP for example) ? This is *different* from the "multiple databases" setup described in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases, where it is meant as "failover": the second database is looked up only if the user isn't found in the first database. -- Benoit BRANCIARD Service InfraStructures (SIS) - Direction du Système d'Information (DSI) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Centre Pierre Mendès France B 406 - 90, rue de Tolbiac - 75634 Paris cedex 13 - France Tél : +33 1 44 07 89 68 - Fax : +33 1 44 07 89 66 Accueil tél. : +33 1 44 07 89 65 Assistance : assistance-dsi(a)univ-paris1.fr Web : http://dsi.univ-paris1.fr -- Ce message a ete verifie par MailScanner pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de suspect n'a ete trouve.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot LDA, Offlineimap and Sieve
by Johnny 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hi, I am trying to st up Offlineimap to use Dovecots LDA to be able to use Sieve for mail filtering, but am not sure how to get this working. I think the right way would be to use 'preauthtunnel' in .offlineimaprc and try the setup below, which doesn't work. ,----.offlineimaprc | [Repository LocalRepository] | type = IMAP | preauthtunnel = ssh -q localhost '/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d myloginid' `---- If I go via the network card, the snch is fine, but Sieve can't be used? ,---- | [Repository LocalRepository] | type = IMAP | preauthtunnel = MAIL=maildir:$HOME/Maildir/myMailDir /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d mylogonid | remotehost = localhost | port = 143 | remoteuser = mylogonid | remotepass = mypassword `---- Has anyone got any tips on how to get offlineimap to send mail to Dovecot in a way that Siev3e can be used? thanks! -- Johnny

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[Dovecot] LDA vs maildrop... LDA *and* maildrop?
by email builder 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

We're considering a move from Courier to Dovecot. So far, looks like it's not too bad, but the most challenging obstacle is what to do about our local delivery. Factors: 1. we use a lot of maildrop "features" that are impossible in sieve without piping to an external program (would rather not re-write our working maildrop scripts in another language) 2. would love to try dbox 3. we use IMAP/Maildir++ quotas (looks like with a little finesse it's possible to get maildrop and dovecot to play nice on this account, yes?) I saw it suggested to just call LDA from maildrop for any maildrop "to" commands (hmmm, what about "cc"?) here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/56120 How much overhead will this take? Would it be possible or advisable to use LMTP instead if that would help? Is this idea just too crazy?

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[Dovecot] Manual manipulation of Sieve files
by email builder 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

We have some scripts that take care of some tasks when creating new email accounts, such as creating some default mail filter rules. I know Sieve scripts are plain text files, but need to be compiled for use. I see that you can use seivec to compile scripts manually, which can help me create .dovecot.svbin which can be placed where needed and permissioned correctly. But a couple questions: * Sieve has the concept of an active script - is this merely whatever is compiled into the .dovecot.svbin file? * Does dovecot (managesieve) do any other housekeeping when a user sieve script is installed and set as the active script? I would need to replicate this manually. * If the default script is always the same (sorry, for us, the solution isn't global scripts), would it work to compile that script once, keep the compiled version somewhere and merely copy it into the correct place for a new user? Are there issues with this? * Should we always have the plain text version along with the compiled one for proper managesieve operation going forward (users can edit their sieve scripts) Thank you

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[Dovecot] Dovecot proxy/director and mail pop3/imap backend service on same server
by Aerion Stevens 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hi all, I am interested in running a Dovecot Proxy(with Director) on the same server as the main Dovecot IMAP/POP3 service. I have a basic Proxy/Director configuration working, however I am struggling with getting the Proxy and IMAP/POP3 service to coexist on the same server. I plan to use three IMAP/POP3 servers with a NFS/maildir backend, and I am playing with Dovecot 2.1.5 at the moment. I have two seperate configurations, one for the Proxy/Director and one for the Dovecot IMAP/POP3 "mail backend servers". For this to work my thoughts are that I will need to run the Proxy/Director imap/pop3 login process on the standard ports 143, 110, 993, 995 and for the Dovecot IMAP/POP3 mail backend service running on the same server will need to use different ports (I decided to be 9143, 9110, 9993, 9995 for example). How do I tell the director to proxy incoming imap/pop3 connection to the mail backend servers running on ports 9143, 9110, 9993, 9995 rather than the default imap/pop3 ports? Using the default ports will clearly cause loops. Can anyone kindly provide an example snippet of config that tells the director to use different port for IMAP and POP3 proxy? I have so far found the following pages helpful to what I am working on: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/Proxy http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Director Cheers, Aerion.

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[Dovecot] GlusterFS + Dovecot
by Romer Ventura 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

Hello, Has anyone used GlusterFS as storage file system for dovecot or any other email system..? It says that it can be presented as a NFS, CIFS and as GlusterFS using the native client, technically using the client would allow the machine to read and write to it, therefore, I think that Dovecot would not care about it. Correct? Anyone out there used this setup?? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] how to use new style namespace for INBOX
by ml 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 dear honorable doctor timo reading the list I saw appear a new style for the "writing of INBOX". namely this example 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 = I do not know how to use it can you help me now is my config ~]# /usr/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.34.6-xxxx-grs-ipv6-32 i686 CentOS release 5.8 (Final) auth_mechanisms = plain login base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = [::] log_path = /var/log/maillog log_timestamp = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_max_userip_connections = 30 mail_plugins = " quota trash zlib" mailbox_list_index = yes maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus virustest namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Junk autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Drafts autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Junk autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Drafts deleted_to_trash_folder = Trash plugin = $mail_plugins autocreate managesieve sieve quota quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded, please go to http://www.fakessh.eu/over_quota_help.html for instructions on how to fix this. quota_rule = *:storage=10GB quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10% quota_rule3 = Spam:storage=+20% quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /var/sieve-scripts/roundcube.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_path = whatever trash = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf.ext zlib_save = bz2 zlib_save_level = 9 } protocols = sieve imap pop3 service anvil { client_limit = 6000 } service auth { client_limit = 6000 process_limit = 1 unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } vsz_limit = 64 M } service imap-login { client_limit = 0 inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { address = * , [::] port = 993 } process_limit = 1024 service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service imap { process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener managesieve-login { address = * , [::] port = 2000 } process_limit = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { address = * , [::] port = 995 } process_limit = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = mail } user = dovecot } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/class3.crt ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/ks37777.kimsufi.com.cert ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/ks37777.kimsufi.com.key ssl_verify_client_cert = yes userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { driver = passwd } version_ignore = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_plugins = " quota trash zlib autocreate quota imap_quota imap_zlib zlib" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = autocreate quota quota autocreate deleted_to_trash zlib pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s } protocol lda { hostname = ks37777.kimsufi.com info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = autocreate sieve quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)fakessh.eu sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail } protocol sieve { managesieve_implementation_string = dovecot managesieve_logout_format = bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } - -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xC2626742 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key C2626742 http://urlshort.eu fakessh @ http://gplus.to/sshfake http://gplus.to/sshswilting http://gplus.to/john.swilting https://lists.fakessh.eu/mailman/ This list is moderated by me, but all applications will be accepted provided they receive a note of presentation -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk/iZKsACgkQNgqL0sJiZ0LNvgCgwO5+e7zu+OfTqOWdtSpxzqCL 6ZgAnRuEtAtALE9zUfxIb9zN/5fhmy3t =rF7F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.1.5 performance
by Angel L. Mateo 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Hello, I'm migrating from 1.1.16 running in 4 debian lenny servers virtualized with xenserver and 1 core and 5GB of RAM to 2.1.5 running in 4 ubuntu 12.04 servers with 6 cpu cores and 16GB of RAM virtualized with VMWare, but I'm having lots a performance problems. I don't think that virtualization platform could be the problem, because the new servers running in xenserver has the same problems than running in vmware. I have about 70000 user accounts, most of them without real activity (they are students who doesn't read his email or have its account redirected to other provider). I have about 700-1000 concurrent imap connections. I have storage in nfs (nfsv3, the nfs server is a celerra), but indexes are in local filesystems (each server has its own index fs). Mailboxes are in maildir format. Old servers and actual director servers are load balanced with an radware appdirector load balancer (the new backend servers don't need to be balanced because I'm using a director farm) In the old platform I have scenario number 2 described at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/NFS, but in the new ones I have a director proxy directing all connections from each user to the same server (I don't specify any server for the user, director selects it according to the hash algorithm it has). Some doubts I have for the recommended in that url: * mmap_disable: both single and multi server configurations have mmap_disable=yes but in index file section says that you need it if you have your index files stored in nfs. I have it stored locally. Do I need mmap_disable=yes? What it's the best? * dotlock_use_excl: it is set to no in both configurations, but the comment says that it is needed only in nfsv2. Since I have nfs3, I have it set it to yes. * mail_nfs_storage: In single server is set to no, but in multi server it set to yes. Since I have a director in front of my backend server, what is the recommended? With this configuration, when I have a few connections (about 300-400 imap connections) everything is working fine, but when I disconnect the old servers and direct all my users' connections to the new servers I have lot of errors. server loads increments to over 300 points, with a very high io wait. With atop, I could see that of my 6 cores, I have one with almost 100% waiting for i/o and the other with almost 100% idle, but load of the server is very, very high. With the old servers, I have performance problems, access to mail is slow, but it works. But with the new ones it doesn't work at all. Any idea? -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información _o) y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) / \\ http://www.um.es/atica _(___V Tfo: 868887590 Fax: 868888337

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[Dovecot] public namespace
by Daniel Fischer 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Hello, dovecot -n # 2.0.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian wheezy/sid mail_gid = 5000 mail_location = maildir:~:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = 5000 namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { list = children location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/public:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/%d/%n/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } i´m a little bit confused but I hope I find help here. The user mailboxes work perfectly just the public mailbox is a little bit tricky I expect that all public maildirs be placed under /var/mail/vhosts/%d/public. They are created by defining a public namespace, under which all the shared mailboxes are. For those special users, I have set the maillocation via passwd file to /%d/public/%n, all other users have /%d/%n. So we have following folder structure \public \public\.info \public\.lager \public\.buchhaltung And so on Thats works fine, but with subfolder start the problems. When the info-user loggs on and creates a subfolder under his INBOX(called hust2) then no other people can see this. Otherside, if a normal user creates a folder in public folder info(called hust), the info user can´ t see this one. If I look to filesystem, the reason is clear: %d/public/.info# ls -la insgesamt 32 drwx--S---+ 2 vmail vmail 6 Jun 19 11:50 cur -rwxrwx---+ 1 vmail vmail 51 Jun 21 09:50 dovecot-uidlist -rw-rw----+ 1 vmail vmail 8 Jun 19 11:51 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r-----+ 1 vmail vmail 0 Jun 19 11:50 dovecot-uidvalidity.4fe04b06 drwx--S---+ 5 vmail vmail 78 Jun 19 11:54 .INBOX.hust2 drwx--S---+ 2 vmail vmail 6 Jun 19 11:50 new -rw-rw----+ 1 vmail vmail 18 Jun 19 11:51 subscriptions drwx--S---+ 2 vmail vmail 6 Jun 19 11:50 tmp drwx--S---+ 5 vmail vmail 78 Jun 21 09:51 .Trash %d/public# ls -la insgesamt 16 -rw-rw----+ 1 vmail vmail 8 Jun 19 11:51 dovecot-uidvalidity -r--r-----+ 1 vmail vmail 0 Jun 19 11:51 dovecot-uidvalidity.4fe04b36 drwx--S---+ 7 vmail vmail 4096 Jun 21 09:50 .info drwx--S---+ 5 vmail vmail 78 Jun 21 09:51 .info.hust A look to the info mailbox makes it clear: info@BLABLA \INBOX \hust2 >create by info user in his mailbox \Trash \Public \info >his own public share \hust >create by other user in public folder What I need is: %d/public/lager/cur %d/public/lager/new %d/public/lager/tmp %d/public/lager/.foo %d/public/lager/.foo.bar %d/public/ info /cur %d/public/ info /new %d/public/ info /tmp %d/public/info/.hust %d/public/info/.hust.deeperhust %d/public/info/.hust2 All public maildirs under /%d/public/%n Must I create a namespace for all public maildirs?: namespace { location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/public/info } namespace { location = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/public/lager } I can´ t figure out on my own, please give me an explanation. Thanks for soon comment. Daniel

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[Dovecot] Dovecot not liking AD config from wiki??
by Kaya Saman 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

I think the issue seems to be the mechanism between Dovecot and AD, so basically PAM..... I adapted my pam.d file to this: # auth auth sufficient pam_krb5.so no_warn try_first_pass debug #auth sufficient pam_ssh.so no_warn try_first_pass auth required pam_unix.so no_warn try_first_pass # account #account required pam_nologin.so #account required pam_unix.so account required pam_krb5.so in the hope that this config would work: userdb { driver = static args = uid=501 gid=501 home=/mail/%u driver = static # args = uid=500 gid=500 home=/ZPOOL_1/%u # allow_all_users=yes } passdb { driver = pam } However I am still having issues :-( Regards, Kaya

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[Dovecot] migrating sql virtual 1 to 2, namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing
by Voytek Eymont 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

I'm trying to setup a new server on centos 6, from old dovecot 1.x I installed 'dovecot --version 2.1.1' from dovecot rpm I converted conf file as per migration specs, also, copied sql conf across when I try to retrieve email, log has *1: dovecot.conf -m *2 and sql conf *3 follows *1------------------------------- dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.1.1 starting up (core dumps disabled) dovecot: auth-worker(26890): mysql(127.0.0.1): Connected to database zzz dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<name@tld>, method=PLAIN, rip=111.22.33.5, lip=111.22.33.4, mpid=26892, TLS dovecot: imap(name@tld): Error: user name@tld: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: inbox=yes namespace missing dovecot: imap(name@tld): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. *2----------------------------------- # doveconf -n # 2.1.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.2 (Final) auth_cache_size = 1 k auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace inbox { 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 = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } user = root } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } *3----------------------------------- cat dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=zzz user=yyy password=xxx user_query = SELECT concat('/var/mail/vhosts/', maildir) as home, concat('maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/', maildir) as mail, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' default_pass_scheme = MD5 user_query = SELECT '/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as home, 'maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as mail, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('dirsize:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' # Get the password password_query = SELECT username as user, password, '/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as userdb_home, 'maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as userdb_mail, 5000 as userdb_uid, 5000 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' -- Voytek

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[Dovecot] troncated email
by Claude Gélinas 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Hi, I'm on fc16 with dovecot and Claws Mail version 3.8.0 All email in INBOX are troncated as they arrive. I only get the title, from and date but no more core message could someone guide me so I find a solution for my problem. cannot lose my email Regards, Claude

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[Dovecot] Problem with Dovecot 2.0/2.1 and MySQL 5.1
by Mark Schmale 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi everyone, since some time I got problems with dovecot & mysql. I got the problem with version 2.0.x and upgraded to 2.1.7 to check if its gone. But its not :( The logs just tell me this: dovecot: auth: Error: auth worker: Aborted request: Worker process died unexpectedly If I change to a sqlite setup, everything works fine. Here are some informations. I hope someone can tell me whats wrong with my system/setup. I really dont think that this is a bug because someone else should have hit that before me. doveconf - n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.2-hardened-r1 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.1 auth_verbose = yes mail_location = maildir:~/%d/mail/%n 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 = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve } contents of dovecot-sql.conf: default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=config user=user password=pass password_query = SELECT CONCAT( u.username, '@', d.name ) AS user, password FROM mail_user AS u LEFT JOIN mail_domains AS d ON u.domain = d.id WHERE u.username = '%n' AND d.name = '%d' user_query = SELECT home, uid, gid FROM mail_user AS u LEFT JOIN mail_domains AS d ON u.domain = d.id WHERE u.username = '%n' AND d.name = '%d' // linebreaks added by mailclient for readability bt full with gdb: [Thread debx7fb891e85977 "216be49381eb03d180103cdf6eb90483" fields_count = 2 name = 0x0 #1 sql_query_callback (result=0x7fb891e82f60, sql_request=0x7fb891e82c08) at passdb-sql.c:87 auth_request = 0x7fb891e82a80 _module = <optimized out> module = <optimized out> passdb_result = PASSDB_RESULT_INTERNAL_FAILURE password = 0x0 scheme = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "sql_query_callback" #2 0x00007fb891c3c940 in driver_sqlpool_query_callback (result=0x7fb891e82f60, request=0x7fb891e82e50) at driver-sqlpool.c:635 db = 0x7fb891e66540 conn = 0x0 conndb = 0x7fb891e66910 #3 0x00007fb891c3dbe0 in driver_mysql_query (db=<optimized out>, query=<optimized out>, callback=0x7fb891c3c8c0 <driver_sqlpool_query_callback>, context=0x7fb891e82e50) at driver-mysql.c:296 result = 0x7fb891e82f60 #4 0x00007fb891c3cc41 in driver_sqlpool_query (_db=0x7fb891e66540, query=0x7fb891e561c8 "SELECT CONCAT( u.username, '@', d.name ) AS user, password FROM mail_user AS u LEFT JOIN mail_domains AS d ON u.domain = d.id WHERE u.username = 'masch' AND d.name = 'masch.it'", callback=0x7fb891c31960 <sql_query_callback>, context=0x7fb891e82c08) at driver-sqlpool.c:657 db = 0x7fb891e66540 request = 0x7fb891e82e50 conn = 0x7fb891e667c0 #5 0x00007fb891c23b49 in auth_worker_handle_passv (args=0x7fb891e560b8, id=1, client=<optimized out>) at auth-worker-client.c:200 auth_request = 0x7fb891e82a80 passdb = <optimized out> password = 0x7fb891e55ff2 "somepassword" passdb_id = 1 #6 auth_worker_handle_line (line=<optimized out>, client=<optimized out>) at auth-worker-client.c:559 args = out>0x7fb891e560a8 id = 1 ret = false #7 auth_worker_input (client=0x7fb891e80650) at auth-worker-client.c:647 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 line = <optimized out> ret = true #8 0x00007fb89179f4b6 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x7fb891e80970) at ioloop.c:379 ioloop = 0x7fb891e5e390 t_id = 2 #9 0x00007fb8917a043f in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 ctx = 0x7fb891e69100 events = <optimized out> event = 0x7fb891e69170 list = 0x7fb891e809c0 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 59, tv_usec = 999508} msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> j = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> #10 0x00007fb89179ed50 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x7fb891e5e390) at ioloop.c:398 No locals. #11 0x00007fb891786a87 in master_service_run (service=0x7fb891e5e240, callback=<optimized out>) at master-service.c:544 No locals. #12 0x00007fb891c289a3 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fb891e5e080) at main.c:373 c = <optimized out> best regards, Mark Schmale

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Maildir - How to Seperate mail folders
by Guido Weiler 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:53:39 +0300 > From: Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> > To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot Maildir - How to Seperate mail folders > Message-ID: <A828DCE4-9B1D-48AC-B1A1-C77C4D639AE4(a)iki.fi> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On 18.6.2012, at 12.17, Guido Weiler wrote: > > > 01 OK Logged in. > >>> 02 list "" "*" > > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" > > * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "greetings" > > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "greetings/INBOX" > > 02 OK List completed. > >>> 03 select "greetings/INBOX" > > 03 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX > >>> 04 select greetings > > 04 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: greetings > > > > --- > > > > What is this "\Noselect" mailbox showing up and why is it saying "greetings/INBOX" in the third row when in fact there > isn't a mailbox with this name? > > > > I am very sorry for having to bother you again, but I don't know what we are doing wrong here. > > (Dovecot version is 1.1.16) > > Fixed in newer versions, upgrade. > ------------------------------ Thank you. Can you tell me if this bug belongs to the LIST command only? Or is it generally impossible to SELECT such mailboxes with this version? Best Regards, Guido Weiler

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[Dovecot] Trouble with Trash
by Dominic Pratt 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi guys and girls, Version: 2.0.19 - running on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server dovecot -n: # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.3.1 x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS mail_location = maildir:~/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 passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_plugins = sieve postmaster_address = postmaster quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } My problem is, that actually old mails in the Thrash-Folder are deleted. This is crap, because I want to look at some mails again. I'm not sure if my Thunderbird does it or Dovecot. I don't think, TB does it, there's actually no option, I think. Any ideas? P.S.: Sorry for the bad english. -- "If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle." Dominic Pratt Fachinformatiker Systemintegration Handy: +49 173 8371427

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[Dovecot] Dovecot not liking AD config from wiki??
by Kaya Saman 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi, I'm trying to setup Dovecot with MS AD and am using this as my guide: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ActiveDirectoryNtlm I can definitely access information on the AD server using wbinfo -g and wbinfo -u..... Currently my dovecot.conf file looks like this: # v1.1: #auth_ntlm_use_winbind = yes # v1.2+: auth_use_winbind = yes auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/local/bin/ntlm_auth protocols = imap # It's nice to have separate log files for Dovecot. You could do this # by changing syslog configuration also, but this is easier. log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log # Disable SSL for now. ssl = no disable_plaintext_auth = no # We're using Maildir format #mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_location = mbox:/mail:INBOX=/mail/%u # If you're using POP3, you'll need this: #pop3_uidl_format = %g # Authentication configuration: auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth_username_format = %n auth_mechanisms = plain ntlm login userdb { driver = static args = uid=501 gid=501 home=/mail/%u driver = static allow_all_users=yes } According to the documentation I should be using: userdb static { ... } which seems to be Dovecot v1. config, and additionally the "allow_all_users=yes" statement when added seems again v1. config since Dovecot 2. won't even start? In the meantime when not using "allow_all_users" Dovecot throws up these errors: Jun 20 11:30:40 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=4149 uid=0 code=kill) Jun 20 11:30:48 auth: Fatal: No passdbs specified in configuration file. LOGIN mechanism needs one Jun 20 11:30:48 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs Jun 20 11:30:59 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=4182 uid=0 code=kill) Jun 20 11:31:13 auth: Fatal: No passdbs specified in configuration file. LOGIN mechanism needs one Jun 20 11:31:13 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs Jun 20 11:32:38 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=4245 uid=0 code=kill) Jun 20 11:32:58 imap-login: Warning: Auth connection closed with 1 pending requests (max 0 secs, pid=4265, EOF) Jun 20 11:32:58 auth: Fatal: master: service(auth): child 4266 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped - set service auth { drop_priv_before_exec=yes }) -- this was after adding: passdb { driver = static } to the mix. I'm using Dovecot 2.1.3 on FreeBSD 8.2 RELEASE x64. Can anyone help me configuring Dovecot to authenticate? Regards, Kaya

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[Dovecot] Very High Load on Dovecot 2 and Errors in mail.err.
by Urban Loesch 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Hi, I have a DELL PE R610 (32GB RAM 2x Six Core CPU and about 1,4 TB RAID 10) running with 20.000 Mailaccounts behind 2 Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Proxies on a Debian Lenny. The Server was running about 1 year without any problems. 15Min Load was between 0,5 and max 8. No high IOWAIT. CPU Idletime about 98%. But since yesterday morning the Systemload on the Server has been increased over 500. I Think this is very high. The strange thing: there was no IOWAIT and the CPU Idle time was allways the same on about 98%. The total amount of IMAP Sessions is about 300 - 600. Current vmstat and iostat: # vmstat 1 procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu---- r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa 1 0 0 27040576 635460 3495600 0 0 14 15 2 31 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 27040320 635468 3496064 0 0 804 455 1383 1281 0 0 98 1 0 0 0 27047016 634964 3489312 0 0 216 156 1841 1292 1 0 98 1 0 0 0 27047140 635028 3489012 0 0 240 619 1629 1658 0 0 96 3 0 0 0 27047264 635120 3489172 0 0 92 0 1069 881 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 27047388 635120 3489256 0 0 0 46 1404 1265 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 27047512 635136 3489312 0 0 128 471 1539 1354 0 0 99 1 0 0 0 27047388 635156 3489384 0 0 12 360 1108 952 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 27047516 635160 3489408 0 0 104 12 893 677 0 0 99 0 ^C # iostat -k Linux 3.0.28-vs2.3.2.3-rol-em64t (mailstore4) 16.05.2012 _x86_64_ (24 CPU) avg-cpu: %user %nice %system %iowait %steal %idle 0,08 0,00 0,09 0,34 0,00 99,49 Device: tps kB_read/s kB_wrtn/s kB_read kB_wrtn sda 67,35 636,28 1080,48 31337690 53215361 dm-0 73,53 591,55 893,93 29134837 44027496 dm-1 15,06 42,40 181,79 2088493 8953661 drbd1 51,21 316,06 277,94 15566325 13689004 drbd0 9,22 23,50 80,38 1157641 3958796 Current Load: 08:55:44 up 14:04, 3 users, load average: 19,64, 14,47, 10,49 Load is increasing. The only strange thing I can see is this: # ps -ostat,pid,time,wchan='WCHAN-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',cmd ax |grep D STAT PID TIME WCHAN-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CMD D 18713 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 18736 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 18775 00:00:05 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 20330 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 20357 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 20422 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap D 20687 00:00:00 synchronize_srcu dovecot/imap S+ 20913 00:00:00 pipe_wait grep D There are many imap processes in D State. Amount is increasing. I think they are delayed and are wating for some event. I have no idea on which event they are waiting. And many of this in "mail.err" Log: May 16 08:52:11 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 17468 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:52:24 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20307 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:52:25 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20318 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:52:26 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 18964 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:52:28 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 19244 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:54:22 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 21177 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:54:41 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20647 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:55:10 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 18836 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:55:17 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 18857 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:55:19 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 21176 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:55:24 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20688 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:55:25 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20973 is ignoring idle SIGINT May 16 08:56:44 dcot-rolmail-1.rolmail.net dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): Process 20326 is ignoring idle SIGINT Have you any Idea ho I can troubleshoot this problem? Some more technical information about the system: # uname -a Linux mailstore4 3.0.28-vs2.3.2.3-rol-em64t #1 SMP Thu May 3 09:31:08 CEST 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux Dovecot Packages on Backend: installed: # dpkg -l |grep dovecot ii debian-dovecot-auto-keyring 2010.01.30 GnuPG archive keys of the Automatic Dovecot Debian repository ii dovecot-common 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 secure mail server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-imapd 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 secure IMAP server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-lmtpd 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 secure LMTP server for Dovecot ii dovecot-managesieved 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 secure ManageSieve server for Dovecot ii dovecot-mysql 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 MySQL support for Dovecot ii dovecot-pop3d 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 secure POP3 server that supports mbox, maildir, dbox and mdbox mailboxes ii dovecot-sieve 2:2.0.13-0~auto+54 sieve filters support for Dovecot Dovecot Packages on both Proxies installed: ii debian-dovecot-auto-keyring 2010.01.30 GnuPG archive keys of the Automatic Dovecot ii dovecot-common 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 Transitional package for dovecot ii dovecot-core 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 secure mail server that supports mbox, maild ii dovecot-gssapi 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 GSSAPI authentication support for Dovecot ii dovecot-imapd 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 secure IMAP server that supports mbox, maild ii dovecot-managesieved 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 secure ManageSieve server for Dovecot ii dovecot-mysql 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 MySQL support for Dovecot ii dovecot-pgsql 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 PostgreSQL support for Dovecot ii dovecot-pop3d 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 secure POP3 server that supports mbox, maild ii dovecot-sieve 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 sieve filters support for Dovecot ii dovecot-sqlite 2:2.0.17-0~auto+4 SQLite support for Dovecot # doveconf -n # 2.0.13 (02d97fb66047): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.0.28-vs2.3.2.3-rol-em64t x86_64 Debian 6.0.2 ext4 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 40 M auth_cache_ttl = 12 hours auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ %p %w disable_plaintext_auth = no login_trusted_networks = 195.254.252.207 195.254.252.208 2a02:2e8:0:2:0:143:0:1 2a02:2e8:0:2:0:143:0:2 mail_gid = mailstore mail_location = mdbox:/home/vmail/%d/%n:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%d/%n mail_plugins = " quota zlib" 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 imapflags notify mdbox_rotate_size = 5 M passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-account.conf driver = sql } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size from mail_log_group_events = no quota = dict:Storage used::file:%h/dovecot-quota sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags sieve_max_redirects = 10 zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 5 } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth-worker { process_min_avail = 12 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 512 M } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } process_min_avail = 12 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service imap { process_min_avail = 12 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 512 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = * port = 24 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } vsz_limit = 512 M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } process_min_avail = 12 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service pop3 { service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } ssl = no ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-account.conf driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota zlib sieve zlib" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 40 mail_plugins = " quota zlib imap_quota imap_zlib" } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota zlib" pop3_logout_format = bytes_sent=%o top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s uidl_hash=%u } Thanks and regards Urban Loesch

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[Dovecot] sieve and namespace
by Николай Клименко 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

HI I'm tryin to set up sieve the way so it will put incoming message into Junk folder, which is described via namespace. Unfortunately rule doesn't work and message is put into Inbox. If i change destination folder to folder not described via namespace in the same rule the message is placed to that folder. please help dovecot 1.2.9 namespace: type: private prefix: Junk/ location: maildir:/opt/mail/Junk/INBOX:LAYOUT=fs hidden: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes

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[Dovecot] message parser: Fixed infinite loop when parsing a specific message.
by Timo Sirainen 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

I committed this change to all hg branches: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/4461b48fcc1f After that I realized that it doesn't actually matter, because it fixes only a situation where input buffer's size is less than 84 bytes. This happened on a test program where I was using a 64 byte buffer, but the real code in Dovecot always uses much larger buffers. So, don't worry, there's no way to actually DOS Dovecot with this. No need for distro people to create any security releases.

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[Dovecot] doveadm fetch LARGE attachments and remove message
by Bradley Giesbrecht 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Looking at the wiki and man pages I am unsure how to fetch email attachments from a unix shell. I have an "doveadm search" that returns the messages that have the attachments I am after. Would I loop through an "doveadm fetch" and use a commandline imap client to save the attachments and move the message to the Trash? Or is there a doveadm command for this? Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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[Dovecot] dovecot-sieve and LMT
by Martin Weil 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear list, My mail server is working perfectly. So I am trying to add feature after feature, until I have all the features I need. This has worked fine until now. I am trying to get dovecot-sieve to work. So I activated dovecot-lda and the sieve plugin and told postfix to use deliver instead of procmail. After restarting all services I then created a test sieve file. Obviously I have not yet understood the whole process completely because, it simply does not work. I suspect some permission problems or misconfiguration of the sieve file, but I am not sure where to look for solutions. -rw-r--r-- 1 2001 2001 116 2012-06-16 21:25 /var/mail/vmail/domain.com/user/dovecot.sieve dovecot.sieve require "fileinto"; if header :contains ["subject"] ["Test"] { fileinto ".Folder1"; } else { fileinto ".Folder2"; } Of course Folder1 and Folder2 do exist. (/var/mail/vmail/domain.com/user/mail/.Folder1 and Folder2) As far as I can tell there are no errors reported anywhere, I checked mail.log and syslog. 2001 is the virtual uid/gid of this particular user. If anyone can help me with this it would be great. The Mailserver works very well apart from this. There was one odd thing apart from this. In the docs I read that auth-master has to be running for deliver to work correctly. I did not know this before, but mails were delivered correctly after I started using deliver. So is there a need for auth-master to be running or not? Thanks a lot Martin dovecot -n output: # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab091.2 i686 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS reiserfs log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps lda ssl: required ssl_cert_file: /home/mweil/CA/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /home/mweil/CA/key.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_max_userip_connections: 25 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_uid: 10000 mail_gid: 10000 mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%d/%n/mail mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)domain.com mail_plugins: sieve mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda auth default: user: nobody passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 plugin: sieve: /var/mail/vmail/%d/%u/dovecot.sieve 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 inet_interfaces = all mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver mailbox_size_limit = 0 message_size_limit = 102400000 mydestination = host.domain.net, localhost, mydomain = domain.com myhostname = host.domain.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.1 myorigin = $mydomain readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_client_restrictions = smtpd_error_sleep_time = 1s smtpd_hard_error_limit = 20 smtpd_helo_restrictions = smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks reject_sender_login_mismatch permit_sasl_authenticated reject_unauth_destination reject_unverified_recipient smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_login_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/lookup/pgsql_sasl_senders.cf smtpd_sender_restrictions = smtpd_soft_error_limit = 10 smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /home/mweil/CA/cert.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /home/mweil/CA/key.pem smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes virtual_alias_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/lookup/pgsql_virtual_alias.cf virtual_gid_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/lookup/pgsql_virtual_gid.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/vmail/ virtual_mailbox_domains = domain.com virtual_mailbox_limit = 0 virtual_mailbox_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/lookup/pgsql_virtual_accounts.cf virtual_uid_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/lookup/pgsql_virtual_uid.cf

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[Dovecot] question about fts_squat
by Wojciech Puchar 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

just installed dovecot with fts_squat config attached after message. When i telnet to imap server and execute by hand 1 login user password select foldername search body "someword" it works fine, and at blazing speed except first run (indexing). i already indexed everything by doveadm index offline to prevent server overload if multiple users (after i tell them) will try fulltext search. All great BUT it doesn't work in thunderbird. Just gives zero results. i used tcpdump to check how thunderbird executes it and it uses search undeleted body "someword" tried manually and it DOES NOT WORK. always give empty results. even search all body "someword" doesn't work. while search body "someword" always work very well. what's wrong? # 2.1.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE amd64 disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = fts fts_squat 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 = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/deny-users deny = yes driver = passwd-file } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = fts fts_squat }

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[Dovecot] question about fts_squat
by Wojciech Puchar 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

i repost my question as it probably wasn't received properly - i did it just after subscribing possibly too early. thanks for answers ---------------------------------------------- just installed dovecot with fts_squat config attached after message. When i telnet to imap server and execute by hand 1 login user password select foldername search body "someword" it works fine, and at blazing speed except first run (indexing). i already indexed everything by doveadm index offline to prevent server overload if multiple users (after i tell them) will try fulltext search. All great BUT it doesn't work in thunderbird. Just gives zero results. i used tcpdump to check how thunderbird executes it and it uses search undeleted body "someword" tried manually and it DOES NOT WORK. always give empty results. even search all body "someword" doesn't work. while search body "someword" always work very well. what's wrong? # 2.1.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE amd64 disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = fts fts_squat 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 = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/deny-users deny = yes driver = passwd-file } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = fts fts_squat }

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[Dovecot] Problem with lmtp director proxy
by Angel L. Mateo 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hi, I have a timeout problem only when I have heavy load in my system. I have two director servers directing to 4 backend servers. The problem is when my smtp relays tries to deliver mail to my users via lmtp (proxied with director). In the smtp logs I have: Jun 12 11:41:18 xenon13 postfix/lmtp[4248]: 4433E5D5A0: to=<myuser(a)um.es>, relay=pop.um.es[155.54.212.106]:24, delay=31, delays=0.41/0.06/0/30, dsn=4.4.0, status=deferred (host pop.um.es[155.54.212.106] said: 451 4.4.0 Remote server not answering (timeout while waiting for reply to DATA reply) (in reply to end of DATA command)) If I look for this connection in the director servers I have: Jun 12 11:40:39 myotis41 dovecot: lmtp(6595): Connect from 155.54.212.167 Jun 12 11:40:39 myotis41 dovecot: lmtp(6595): Debug: auth input: user=user1 proxy host=155.54.211.163 proxy_refresh=450 Jun 12 11:40:39 myotis41 dovecot: lmtp(6595): Debug: auth input: user=user2 proxy host=155.54.211.163 proxy_refresh=450 .... (more users, a total of 34 recipients) Jun 12 11:40:39 myotis41 dovecot: lmtp(6595): Debug: auth input: user=myuser proxy host=155.54.211.164 proxy_refresh=450 ... Jun 12 11:41:09 myotis41 dovecot: lmtp(6595): Disconnect from 155.54.212.167: Client quit (in reset) and in one of the final server (the one for the user in question): Jun 12 11:40:38 myotis34 dovecot: lmtp(16824): Connect from 155.54.211.186 Jun 12 11:40:38 myotis34 dovecot: lmtp(16824, <user1>): wJ9BD7YM10 +4QQAAG5O5Qg: sieve: msgid=<182283367.48.1339494011054.JavaMail.tomcat@sakai-prod4>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' ... Jun 12 11:41:10 myotis34 dovecot: lmtp(16824, <myuser>): wJ9BD7YM10+4QQA AG5O5Qg: sieve: msgid=<182283367.48.1339494011054.JavaMail.tomcat@sakai-prod4>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' ... Jun 12 11:41:11 myotis34 dovecot: lmtp(16824): Disconnect from 155.54.211.186: Connection closed (in reset) So the mail seems to be correctly delivered in about 30 seconds. All my postfix timeouts are bigger than this time: lmtp_connect_timeout = 0s lmtp_connection_cache_time_limit = 2s lmtp_connection_reuse_time_limit = 300s lmtp_data_done_timeout = 600s lmtp_data_init_timeout = 120s lmtp_data_xfer_timeout = 180s lmtp_lhlo_timeout = 300s lmtp_mail_timeout = 300s lmtp_pix_workaround_delay_time = 10s lmtp_pix_workaround_threshold_time = 500s lmtp_quit_timeout = 300s lmtp_rcpt_timeout = 300s lmtp_rset_timeout = 20s lmtp_sasl_auth_cache_time = 90d lmtp_starttls_timeout = 300s lmtp_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s lmtp_xforward_timeout = 300s So... why do I have this error? As a side effect this mail was delivered twice in the user's mailbox, this is one and the other when postfix retries again. Any help? Thank you -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información _o) y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) / \\ http://www.um.es/atica _(___V Tfo: 868887590 Fax: 868888337

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[Dovecot] Maildir + quota + listescape = wrong dir location
by Mariusz Kruk 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

I've just stumbled across a strange thing which seems to be a bug. It happens in 2.0.9 as well as 2.0.11 in which I tested it. dovecot -n output: # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.2 (Final) listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/mail mail_plugins = " quota listescape" mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota listescape imap_quota autocreate" } The problem with this setup is that with listescape loaded doveadm (as well as dovecot running by itself) can't properly get quotas for nested subfolders. Listescape causes dovecot to use namespace separator for fetching directory names corresponding to folders instead of interpreting them according to layout rules. When I tried stracing, i got this: # strace -e trace=stat doveadm quota recalc -u testimap 2>&1 | grep testimap stat("/home/testimap/mail", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/new", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/cur", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX/test/new", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX/test/cur", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/new", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/cur", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX/test/new", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX/test/cur", 0x7fff220ca290) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 If I either disable listescape or change namespace separator to dot, the path gets resolved correctly (although it's still wrong behaviour with '.' as separator, just happens to give right result in this case). # strace -e trace=stat doveadm quota recalc -u testimap 2>&1 | grep testimap stat("/home/testimap/mail", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/new", 0x7fffac6b0cb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/cur", 0x7fffac6b0cb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/new", 0x7fffac6b0cb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/cur", 0x7fffac6b0cb0) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.INBOX.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail/.test/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 stat("/home/testimap/mail", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0 And in this case quota info gets updated correctly. I believe this is a bug but maybe I'm missing something about listescape configuration. Regards Mariusz Kruk

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Maildir - How to Seperate mail folders
by Guido Weiler 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hi Timo, thank you very much for your quick reply. I tried that but it is not possible to SELECT such a mailbox. I have in dovecot.conf: --- mail_location=maildir:/data/messages%h namespace private { separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/data/messages%h inbox = yes list = yes } namespace public { separator = / prefix = greetings/ location = maildir:/data/greetings%h inbox = no list = yes hidden = yes } --- Messages are coming in from EXIM separated by a special HEADER into this two folders. For INBOX this works fine but not for greetings, although the maildir files are being created upon delivery. Sample IMAP Session AFTER delivering a greeting-type message: --- 01 OK Logged in. >> 02 list "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "greetings" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "greetings/INBOX" 02 OK List completed. >> 03 select "greetings/INBOX" 03 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX >> 04 select greetings 04 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: greetings --- What is this "\Noselect" mailbox showing up and why is it saying "greetings/INBOX" in the third row when in fact there isn't a mailbox with this name? I am very sorry for having to bother you again, but I don't know what we are doing wrong here. (Dovecot version is 1.1.16) Guido Weiler -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss@iki.fi] Gesendet: Montag, 11. Juni 2012 22:48 An: Guido Weiler Betreff: Re: Dovecot Maildir - How to Seperate mail folders You should be able to do this with namespaces. namespace { prefix = INBOX/VeryImportantMessages/ location = maildir:/very/important/messages hidden = yes } On 8.6.2012, at 18.09, Guido Weiler wrote: > Hello Timo, > > for one of our latest dovecot/IMAP-projects, we need to separate physical locations of some special IMAP folders. > So to make, for example the "INBOX/VeryImportantMessages"-Folder is on a completely different volume or mount point than the mails in INBOX or other user generated imap subfolders. > > Can you tell me if there is any possible way to implement this / change it in dovecots maildir implementation, or maybe it is already planned to do so in further versions of dovecot? > > We have to treat all messages in that one special folder with an extended backup scenario, and I think it would be the best if we can implement to have an additional mail_location parameter in dovecot.conf (e.g. important_mail_location). > > We are somewhat familiar with the dovecot source code since we already implemented plugins and other modifications to dovecot 1.1.16 but any advise or information is very appreciated. > > Kind regards, > > > Guido Weiler

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[Dovecot] Sieve and fileinto encoding change?
by Angel L. Mateo 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

Hello, I have changed from debian servers (debian lenny 5) running dovecot 1.1.16 to new ones with ubuntu 12.04 and dovecot 2.1.5 and now I'm having problems with sieve filters storing mails in folders with spanish characters (accents). Myh problem is the one described at http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-October/044061.html and http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-July/041690.html, that is, in my sieve scripts (generated with horde ingo) folder's names are in utf-7 instead of utf-8. Although I'm planning to patch ingo, my question is why those same scripts, with utf-7 folder's names, are working with dovecot 1.1.16 but not with 2.1.5? Because in my old servers those scripts worked without any problem...

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[Dovecot] Error: doveadm client attempted non-PLAIN authentication
by Daniel Parthey 17 Jun '12

17 Jun '12

Hi doveadm search -u user(a)example.org -S localhost:19000 all produces the following error in the logs: dovecot: doveadm: Error: doveadm client attempted non-PLAIN authentication What am I missing? * tcpdump of tcp communication on port 19000 is attached * dovecot.conf is attached Regards Daniel

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[Dovecot] doveadm backup panic
by Gedalya 16 Jun '12

16 Jun '12

using latest auto build didn't help. this happens only with a specific account. # doveadm -o imapc_user=-----(a)domain.com -o imapc_password=---- backup -u =-----(a)domain.com -R imapc: dsync(----(a)domain.com): Panic: pool_data_stack_realloc(): stack frame changed dsync(----(a)domain.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4209a) [0xb762b09a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x41) [0xb762b1a1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0xb75fd99e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x547ce) [0xb763d7ce] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3ebf9) [0xb7627bf9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(buffer_get_space_unsafe+0x78) [0xb7628658] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(buffer_append_space_unsafe+0x2a) [0xb762875a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x60005) [0xb76dc005] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x62aa9) [0xb76deaa9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x66e61) [0xb76e2e61] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imapc_connection_input_pending+0x14d) [0xb76e3a3d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x67aac) [0xb76e3aac] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x44) [0xb763a034] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xce) [0xb763ae8e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x40) [0xb76399d0] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imapc_client_run+0xa7) [0xb76e0297] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imapc_storage_run+0x26) [0xb76df1e6] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imapc_mailbox_sync_init+0x6de) [0xb76ddfde] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_sync_init+0x3b) [0xb76f468b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_sync+0x3c) [0xb76f47cc] -> doveadm() [0x8072510] -> doveadm() [0x8072789] -> doveadm() [0x80729b2] -> doveadm(dsync_worker_msg_iter_next+0x29) [0x8070a69] -> doveadm() [0x806b6e1] -> doveadm() [0x806b736] -> doveadm(dsync_brain_msg_sync_more+0x4cb) [0x806bc7b] -> doveadm(dsync_brain_sync+0x3bb) [0x806a3ab] Aborted

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[Dovecot] migrating v.1 to v.2
by Voytek Eymont 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

I have a working Dovecot/MySQL with version 1.x I'm looking at setting a new server using ver. 2 I'm currently pre-planning: can I use config files from ver 1 installation on version 2 setup 'as is'; or what's a proper way to do such migration/upgrade ? -- V

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[Dovecot] Sieve stopped working
by Ben Versang 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

Hi, I have installed RoundCube a couple of years ago on a Snow Leopard server. All nice and dandy up to today. Sieve has stopped working and I have spent hours and been unable so far to get it up and running again. When I run ps aux |grep sieve it is not returning anything to me suggesting that the problem is not with sieve it-self but rather with Dovecot not starting the sieve. If anyone could give me some leads I can't think of anyting else. netstat -a |grep 2000 returns returns nothing telnet localhost 2000 Trying ::1... telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused Trying fe80::1... telnet: connect to address fe80::1: Connection refused Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: connect to address 127.0.0.1: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host The rest of mail functions are working fine (IMAP, SMTP...). Thanks in advance Ben

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[Dovecot] imap max user ip conn, what's a safe increase?
by Voytek Eymont 15 Jun '12

15 Jun '12

I have dovecot 1.x, all's working well, thanks now that I'm using K9 mail on Android phone, whenever I try to access emails with an imap collect 'pass' from Snapper mail client on Palm, I get: "max number of connections from user+ip exceeded" I'm currently at default (unspecified) of 10 imap/3 pop what's a reasonable next number of IMAP connections I should up it to ? that won't bite on the backside...? 12 ? 20 ? when I run IMAP pass from Snapper, I only run it over inbox, maybe one other folder, max 2 folders, so 12 should do ? /etc/dovecot# grep max_user * dovecot.conf: #mail_max_userip_connections = 10 dovecot.conf: #mail_max_userip_connections = 3 -- Voytek

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[Dovecot] Auth password problem
by arleal 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

i have debian squeeze. i have installed mds with ldap integration and i want to use dovecot/LDAP but i have problems with login. I have dovecot 1.2. I try all of dovecot wiki but i dont know how to configure it good dovecot.conf protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen = *, :: auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes mail_debug = yes verbose_ssl = yes login_greeting = royoleal.com mailserver ready. mail_location = maildir:/home/users/%u/Maildir disable_plaintext_auth = no ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/mail.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/mail.key log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log # IMAP configuration protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } # POP3 configuration protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv mail_plugins = quota } # LDA configuration protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mail_plugins = quota } # LDAP authentication auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf } userdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = dovecot group = mail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } And this is dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = 127.0.0.1 auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 dn = cn=admin,dc=royoleal,dc=com dnpass = royoleal base = dc=royoleal,dc=com auth_bind_userdn = cn=%u,ou=Users,dc=royoleal,dc=com scope = subtree user_attrs = uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=mailAccount)(mail=%u)(mailenable=OK)) pass_attrs = mail=mail,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=mailAccount)(mail=%u)(mailenable=OK)) default_pass_scheme = CRYPT When i try login with telnet or other program i have this problem in dovecot.log Jun 13 22:45:13 auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=14 3 rport=55040 resp=AHBydWViYUByb3lvbGVhbC5jb20AcHJ1ZWJh Jun 13 22:45:13 auth(default): Info: ldap(prueba(a)royoleal.com,127.0.0.1): invalid credentials (given password: prueba) Jun 13 22:45:13 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=2613 Jun 13 22:45:15 auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 1 user=prueba(a)royoleal.com Jun 13 22:45:20 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<prueba(a)royoleal.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip= 127.0.0.1, secured Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Auth-password-problem-tp34008289p34008289.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] difference between client_limit and process_limit
by Angel L. Mateo 14 Jun '12

14 Jun '12

Hi, What is the real difference between client and process limit? According to documentation (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Services#Service_limits) client_limit: Maximum number of simultaneous client connections. If set to 0, default_client_limit is used instead. process_limit: Maximum number of processes that can exist for this service. If set to 0, default_process_limit is used instead. But what does "client connection" exactly means? Is a user (login)? Is a user opens a few TCP connections (as many clients do) are they count as different connections? -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información _o) y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) / \\ http://www.um.es/atica _(___V Tfo: 868887590 Fax: 868888337

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