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[Dovecot] Kicking by dovecot as proxy?
by Antonio Perez-Aranda 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

I'm using dovecot 2.0 as proxy to make easy the migration from Courier to Dovecot. ¿Is it possible to use doveadm kick on a proxy connection? Example: telnet (login as user1) -> dovecot (proxy) (user1) -> courier (user1) If I exec doveadm who on "dovecot", any user are connected. -- Antonio Pérez-Aranda Alcaide aperezaranda(a)yaco.es Yaco Sistemas S.L. http://www.yaco.es/ C/ Rioja 5, 41001 Sevilla Teléfono +34 954 50 00 57 Fax +34 954 50 09 29

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[Dovecot] Status update
by Timo Sirainen 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Just in case you're wondering: I should hopefully soon get back to answering all the pending mails and start coding. I moved back to Finland a week ago. I should get my proper internet connection on Wednesday, although this 3.5G isn't too bad either. I couldn't get my old Mac Mini to work properly anymore so I went and bought a new machine. Dovecot recompiles in 43 seconds now. :)

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[Dovecot] passwd, gid and uid
by Mauricio Tavares 25 Dec '10

25 Dec '10

I forgot the answer for this: in http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/PasswdFile, we have the passwd file defined as user:password:uid:gid:(gecos):home:(shell):extra_fields What should the uid and gid be associated with? In my setup I told postfix to use Dovecot LDA's deliver, which then is saving files as uid:gid of 1500:1500. How would that affect the uid:gid used in the passwd file? From what I read in the dovecot's wiki, you want them *not* to be anything that has the rights to access the emails. So, does that mean any value for them will do?

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[Dovecot] Maildir feature I'd like to see - SSD for newer messages
by Marc Perkel 24 Dec '10

24 Dec '10

SSD drives are very fast but expensive. So I have a crude idea that I'd like to see. May not be practical but would like to get some thoughts on it. Some new SSDs use SATA 3 (6gb/sec) with 355/mb/sec read speeds and 215MB/sec write. Put these in raid 0 and it screams! Can you imagine how fast that would be? What would be nice is if new email were on faster drives with old email being migrated to larger mechanical cheaper storage. Perhaps messages over a month old? From dovecot's perspective it would sort of all look the same but maybe one a week a script would run migrating older messages to slower media. It would also make backups easier. The faster newer messages could be archived hourly. On the weekend after the archiving script was run the older message could be backed up once a week. I'm not sure what it would take to make dovecot seamlessly access email from two different locations or if this is practical. Just wanted to throw the idea out there to see if something sticks.

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[Dovecot] Is this an index problem?
by Chris Barnes 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

This is my first post to this list/gmane newsgroup, so please be gentle with me.... :-) Here's my situation: I have a user (the "main boss secretary") who uses MS Outlook 2007 as her email client. She has over 46,000 messages in her inbox, with nobody knows how many more in 75+ different folders & subfolders. Surprisingly, her response time wasn't too terrible up until we had to reboot our mail server the other day (actually, restoring the entire server from a backup). Now it takes anywhere from 10 to 60 seconds for her to switch from 1 folder to another. Details: * Server is Debian running Postfix and Dovecot (both the current release). Using Maildir format stored in the user's ~/Maildir folder. * User connects to server via Imaps. Connection is local using gigabit network (ie. it ain't the network). * Yes, we did all the things on the Outlook side -thinking that is where the problem lays. Rebuild the .pst file, had Outlook re-index, compacted the .pst file, etc. So now I'm thinking that maybe I need to just wipe out all of the ~/Mailder/dovecot* files (including all those in sub-directories) and let it all reindex. Which begets 3 questions: (1) will this help? (2) anyone have a shell script that will remove all those dovecot* files from the user's directory AND all the sub-directories? (3) Any other suggestions I might be missing? -- Chris Barnes

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[Dovecot] Deliver limit based of number of destination recipients and size of mails, any option to do that?
by Andrés Yacopino 23 Dec '10

23 Dec '10

I have a mail server with postfix, dovecot (1.2.15) and deliver lda (dovecot) with 350 users. I have the problem that in this christmas the employees are sending some big files (mainly powerpoints files) to a lot of recipients, because of that the server get a lot of charge (is a Xeon quad core 5405 with 4GB of Ram), i have four disks in Raid 5 configuration (HP E200 controller, not very fast) Is there any option to limit this type of delivery, the total size of the mails delivered to each user (total recipients * size of mail), in dovecot deliver. I don't want to limit the concurrent delivery more lower than 350 recipients and the max size of the mail we can send is 15M. Thanks a lot, -- Andrés Fernando Yacopino

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[Dovecot] trying to make cmusieve happen globally
by Phil Howard 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

In Dovecot 1.1.11 cmusieve is apparently integrated in the Ubuntu 9.10 package "dovecot-common" since the files are there. I am wanting to right now just do a very basic test of the setup to see how it runs before doing more sophisticated steps that could obscure any errors or bugs (e.g. unit testing). So I took the following example sieve script from the wiki1 documentation: require "fileinto"; if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" { fileinto "spam"; } and recoded it to skip the test and just always do the fileinto step like so: require "fileinto"; fileinto "spamtest"; Then I configured my dovecot.conf file (via dovecot-postfix.conf it really points to) by setting: protocol lda { ... mail_plugins = cmusieve mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda ... } and: plugin { sieve_global_path = /etc/dovecot/sieve-global.d/spam.sieve } I manually compiled /etc/dovecot/sieve-global.d/spam.sieve so there also exists /etc/dovecot/sieve-global.d/spam.sievec in the same directory. Then I restarted both Dovecot and Postfix. Mail is being delivered, but still only to the same place it always has. The filesystem shows these sieve files are not being accessed at all. I've read documents http://wiki1.dovecot.org/LDA/Sieve and http://wiki1.dovecot.org/LDA/Sieve/CMU to come up with this. But it just doesn't seem to be happening. So I guess it is a good thing I've broken my testing down into smaller units. Anything standout that I misinterpreted about the documentation? If not, I can post the whole config files (in case there is a conflict with something else I have done). FYI, I'm only trying to do a global sieve, not per-user sieve scripts. I'll tackle per-user stuff at a later date, after the global is working. -- sHiFt HaPpEnS!

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[Dovecot] Per user quota on MySQL
by M. Rodrigo Monteiro 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hi! I'm new on Dovecot. I'm using: - CentOS 5.5 - Kernel 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 x86_64 - Dovecot 2.0.8 (from source) - Postfix 2.7.2 (from source) - MySQL 5.0.77 (CentOS binary) - Postfixadmin 2.3.2 (from source) - Horde Webmail 1.2.9 - Thunderbird 3.1.7 (from CentOS) I follow this how to: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/DovecotLDAPostfixAdminMySQL I was able to send and recieve e-mail via Postfix/Dovecot. I'm having troubles in the quota. As I said, I use Postfixadmin to manage users. When I log in Horde, it says that the quota is unlimited. Thunderbird too. I think it's because of the configuration on Dovecot. Here it's my confs files: ===== dovecot.conf ===== #ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/myserver.example.com.crt #ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/myserver.example.com.key #ssl_ca_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca-bundle.crt #default_login_user = nobody disable_plaintext_auth = no log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log auth_mechanisms = plain login first_valid_uid = 200 last_valid_uid = 200 mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u ssl = no passdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { #acl = vfile:/usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/acls quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 trash = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/trash.conf } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = dovecot } userdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { driver = prefetch } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mydomain.com #log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log #info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log } ===== ===== sql.conf ===== driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=dovecot password=password user_query = SELECT concat('/var/vmail/', maildir) as home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir) as mail, 200 AS uid, 200 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', floor(quota/1024)) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' ===== ===== mysql ===== mysql> select * from mailbox; +----------------------+------------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------+---------+------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ | username | password | name | maildir | quota | local_part | domain | created | modified | active | +----------------------+------------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------+---------+------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ | teste(a)mydomain.com | $1$bb3d6a71$IF/FORTbdoIqdzBLuSciJ0 | E-mail Teste | mydomain.com/teste/ | 1024000 | teste | mydomain.com | 2010-12-17 10:32:16 | 2010-12-17 11:46:24 | 1 | +----------------------+------------------------------------+--------------+-----------------------+---------+------------+----------------+---------------------+---------------------+--------+ ===== ===== mysql_virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf ===== user = postfix password = password hosts = localhost dbname = postfix query = SELECT quota FROM mailbox WHERE username='%s' AND active = '1' ===== I think it's it. If I forgot something, please let me know. Regards, Rodrigo. -- M. Rodrigo Monteiro "Free as in Freedom, not free as in free beer" "As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others" Linux User # 403730 Pense antes de imprimir. Think before printing. AVISO LEGAL Esta mensagem é destinada exclusivamente para a(s) pessoa(s) a quem é dirigida, podendo conter informação confidencial e/ou legalmente privilegiada. Se você não for destinatário desta mensagem, desde já fica notificado de abster-se a divulgar, copiar, distribuir, examinar ou, de qualquer forma, utilizar a informação contida nesta mensagem, por ser ilegal. Caso você tenha recebido esta mensagem por engano, pedimos que nos retorne este E-Mail, promovendo, desde logo, a eliminação do seu conteúdo em sua base de dados, registros ou sistema de controle. Fica desprovida de eficácia e validade a mensagem que contiver vínculos obrigacionais, expedida por quem não detenha poderes de representação. 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Re: [Dovecot] Managesieve + Timeout
by Stephan Bosch 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Please reply to the mailinglist as well. I am not the only one who can help you out. Op 21-12-2010 20:19, spamvoll(a)googlemail.com schreef: > Thunderbird 3.1.6 (Linux) with Sieve addon > > TLS auth happens and then a timeout is displayed > Does the TLS auth succeed, or is that where it hangs? The Tbird add-on as protocol logging facility, so you could check that to find out where it hangs exactly. Unfortunately, such issues are notoriously hard to debug when the problems don't occur consistently. I'm hoping Timo can provide some additional insight on this. Regards, Stephan. > here is my donvecot -n > > # 2.0.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) > default_process_limit = 250 > first_valid_gid = 10000 > first_valid_uid = 10000 > last_valid_gid = 10000 > last_valid_uid = 10000 > listen = 194.94.127.57 > mail_gid = 10000 > mail_location = maildir:~/mail > mail_plugins = " quota acl" > mail_uid = 10000 > 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 > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > namespace { > inbox = yes > location = > prefix = > separator = / > type = private > } > namespace { > list = children > location = maildir:%%h/mail:INDEX=~/mail/shared/%%u > prefix = shared/%%u/ > separator = / > subscriptions = no > type = shared > } > namespace { > list = children > location = maildir:/home/MAILBOXES/public:INDEX=~/mail/public > prefix = public/ > separator = / > subscriptions = no > type = public > } > passdb { > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext > driver = ldap > } > plugin { > acl = vfile > acl_shared_dict = file:/home/MAILBOXES/shared-mailboxes.db > autocreate = Trash > autocreate2 = INBOX.SPAM > autosubscribe = Trash > autosubscribe2 = INBOX.SPAM > quota = maildir:iMAP Storage > quota_rule = *:storage=15G > quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u > sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > sieve_before = /home/MAILBOXES/sieve.global > sieve_dir = ~/sieve > } > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)**example.org** > protocols = imap sieve > service auth { > unix_listener auth-userdb { > group = vmail > mode = 0600 > user = vmail > } > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 0 > } > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > service_count = 0 > } > ssl = required > ssl_cert =</etc/pki/tls/certs/imap.cert.pem > ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL:!eNULL:!ADH:!MEDIUM:HIGH > ssl_key =</etc/pki/tls/private/imap.key.pem > userdb { > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext > driver = ldap > } > protocol lda { > mail_plugins = " quota acl sieve" > } > protocol imap { > mail_plugins = " quota acl autocreate imap_quota imap_acl" > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole > } > > > 2010/12/21 Stephan Bosch<stephan(a)rename-it.nl>: >> On 12/21/2010 08:03 PM, spamvoll(a)googlemail.com wrote: >>> hi.. >>> >>> im using dovecot 2.0.7 on centos with Managesieve 0.2.1-12.1 >>> >>> from time to time my users get a timeout >>> im using default values and i dont see any errors in my logfiles.. >>> >>> any ideas what can caus the timeout ? >> What client are those users using? How exactly does the timeout >> manifest, i.e. at what activity does it typically occur? >> >> What is your config ( dovecot -n ) ? >> >> Regards, >> >> Stephan. >> >>

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[Dovecot] doveadm mirror in dovecot 2 FREEBSD 8.1 ?
by bonnetf 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

hELLO AGAIN doveadm mirror -does not seems to be installed in dovecot 2 freebsd 8.1 ports mail# doveadm usage: doveadm [-Dv] [-f <formatter>] <command> [<args>] altmove [-u <user>|-A] <search query> auth [-a <auth socket path>] [-x <auth info>] <user> [<password>] config [doveconf parameters] director add|flush|map|remove|status dump [-t <type>] <path> expunge [-u <user>|-A] <search query> fetch [-u <user>|-A] <fields> <search query> force-resync [-u <user>|-A] <mailbox> help <cmd> import [-u <user>|-A] <source mail location> <dest parent mailbox> <search query> kick [-a <anvil socket path>] [-f] <user mask>[|]<ip/bits> log find|reopen|test mailbox create|delete|list|mutf7|rename|status|subscribe|unsubscribe penalty [-a <anvil socket path>] [<ip/bits>] purge [-u <user>|-A] pw [-l] [-p plaintext] [-r rounds] [-s scheme] [-u user] [-V] reload search [-u <user>|-A] <search query> sis deduplicate|find stop user [-a <userdb socket path>] [-x <auth info>] <user mask> [...] who [-a <anvil socket path>] [-1] [<user mask>] [<ip/bits>]

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[Dovecot] Managesieve with multiple uid's
by Joseba Torre 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hi, I'm trying to setup a system with dovecot to remove the old courier one, and everything (pop3, imap, lmtp, quotas) but managesieve is working fine. It seems like it's a problem with each user having a separate uid, because I have a working similar setup with a single uid working without problems. In this system when I try to connect to the managesieve port using telnet I get no response: $ telnet localhost 4190 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. ^] telnet> quit In the logs I see: Dec 21 14:16:30 v000148 dovecot: managesieve-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth attempts): rip=10.0.4.25, lip=10.0.82.8 Dec 21 14:16:30 v000148 dovecot: managesieve-login: Error: auth: connect(login) in directory / failed: Permission denied (euid=102(<unknown>) egid=103(<unknown>) missing +x perm: /, euid is not dir owner) Dec 21 14:16:30 v000148 dovecot: managesieve-login: Error: auth: connect(login) in directory / failed: Permission denied (euid=102(<unknown>) egid=103(<unknown>) missing +x perm: /, euid is not dir owner) Dec 21 14:19:30 v000148 dovecot: managesieve-login: Disconnected: Inactivity (no auth attempts): rip=10.0.4.25, lip=10.0.82. (102 is the uid of the dovecot user, and 103 is the gid of the dovenull group) My current setup is (I changed the mode of the service auth to 666 thinking the problem was there, but I got no change): # 2.0.8: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) nfs auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_verbose = yes lock_method = dotlock mail_location = maildir:/docencia/cuentas/%1n/%n/Maildir/ mail_plugins = quota 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 passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { quota = dict:User quota::file:%h/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=100M quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u quota_warning2 = storage=82%% quota-warning 82 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp service auth-worker { user = dovecot } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { chroot = login service_count = 1 user = dovecot } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { chroot = login service_count = 1 user = dovecot } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem ssl_key = </usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem syslog_facility = local1 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve syslog_facility = local2 } -- Joseba Torre. Vicegerencia de TICs, área de Explotación

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[Dovecot] Restarting dovecot-auth stops authentication
by Attila Nagy 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hi, The Dovecot wiki states that Dovecot's master restarts all died processes, which is good for availability. But when I kill dovecot/auth (to simulate an error condition which happened on a machine), the authentication fails with: Nov 16 14:32:40 be dovecot: imap: Error: net_connect_unix(auth-master) failed: No such file or directory It seems -albeit it gets restarted- dovecot/auth doesn't re-create its socket file. Before: # ls /var/run/dovecot/ anvil auth-worker doveadm-server anvil-auth-penalty config dovecot.conf auth-client dict empty auth-login director-admin lmtp auth-master director-userdb login auth-userdb dns-client master.pid # ps auwx | grep dovecot/auth dovecot 87455 0.0 0.0 20024 3832 ?? S 2:34PM 0:00.01 dovecot/auth # rm /var/run/dovecot/auth-master; kill 87455 # ps auwx | grep dovecot/auth dovecot 88815 0.0 0.0 20024 3776 ?? S 2:36PM 0:00.01 dovecot/auth # ls /var/run/dovecot/ anvil config dovecot.conf anvil-auth-penalty dict empty auth-client director-admin lmtp auth-login director-userdb login auth-userdb dns-client master.pid auth-worker doveadm-server I've deleted the auth-master socket because if I don't, you can't see that it's not re-created. :) Is this a normal behaviour? I understand that killing dovecot/auth is not, but Dovecot could survive this easily, if recreating and re-using the new socket file would work. And loosing dovecot/auth happens sometimes (I don't yet now why). Thanks,

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[Dovecot] Moving email between folders outside of IMAP context
by Phil Howard 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

I'd like to run a script from cron that will scan certain mailboxes and move selected mail from one folder (usually INBOX) to another folder. The basic idea is to move previously detected spam based on headers prepended to the mail. Since I am not able to figure out how to get Postfix to invoke deliver with the -m option in these cases, and not in others, this is one idea I have come up with to deal with it. The big (hopefully obvious) complication seems to be getting the indexes updated. Is there a way to move mail this way AND then have the indexes updated to reflect that move (maybe even if regenerating the entire index all over again)? -- sHiFt HaPpEnS!

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[Dovecot] shared boxes
by Tobias Daucher 22 Dec '10

22 Dec '10

Hi there, is it possible in any way to have private seen flags for users in a shared mailbox? http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Shared says no, but i'm not sure, if newer mailbox formats can do this... like mdbox oder something like that. thanks for your help Tobi --

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Re: [Dovecot] doveadm "-S <socket_path>" option enabled in 2.0.8?
by David Warden 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

On Dec 21, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Alex Baule wrote: > Its a UNIX Socket , not a TCP socket. > > So, it's be a local unix socket, like postgres do. > > Ah, in that case it looks like the docs need to be updated because the man pages and the wiki contain documentation that indicates TCP sockets should work: (from man doveadm-quota) -S socket_path The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket. This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket. > > 2010/12/21 David Warden <warden(a)geneseo.edu> > I apologize if this is a stupid question but I just compiled 2.0.8 and am trying to use doveadm to get the quota for a user using the -S <socket_path> option because I have different options for the various local IPs that dovecot listens on. > > For example, my default quota is filesystem (NFS rquota) and I can get that by doing: > > doveadm quota get -u warden > > which tells me: > > Quota name Type Value Limit % > User quota STORAGE 1313476 1766400 74 > > But when I try to get my quota on a different local IP using the -S flag to doveadm: > > doveadm quota get -u warden -S 137.238.2.244:143 > > I am told: > > get: invalid option -- S > > The strange thing is doveadm's usage says that the -S option is valid for quite a few commands and in the man pages for those commands it looks like they should work for the way I'm calling doveadm. In the 2.0.8 source I also see code that looks like it should be parsing the -S flag. > > I can telnet to 127.0.0.1:143 and do ". getquotaroot inbox" which gives me the same information as "doveadm quota get -u warden" and I can telnet to 137.238.2.244:143 and ". getquotaroot inbox" also tells me my quota, but I'm hoping to use doveadm to periodically recalc my Maildir++ quota and update the squat FTS indexes and for that to happen doveadm needs to be able to be told what local IP address/port to connect to (I think). > > Here's my doveconf -n: > > # 2.0.8: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.0.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga) nfs > auth_cache_size = 10 M > auth_master_user_separator = * > auth_mechanisms = plain login > auth_username_format = %Ln > deliver_log_format = msgid="%m" subject="%s" from="%f" size=%p result="%$" > first_valid_uid = 0 > lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes > lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes > login_log_format_elements = user=%u method=%m rip=%r lip=%l lport=%a mpid=%e encryption=%c > mail_location = maildir:/home/%Lu/Maildir:CONTROL=/Mail/mailhome/%Lu/.dovecot:INDEX=/Mail/mailhome/%Lu/.dovecot > mail_log_prefix = "service=%s user=%u rip=%r lip=%l " > mail_nfs_storage = yes > mail_plugins = zlib quota mail_log notify fts fts_squat > 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 > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > namespace { > inbox = yes > location = > prefix = INBOX. > separator = . > type = private > } > passdb { > args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.masterusers > driver = passwd-file > master = yes > } > passdb { > args = cache_key=%u dovecot > driver = pam > } > plugin { > autocreate = Trash > autocreate2 = Drafts > autocreate3 = Sent > autosubscribe = Trash > autosubscribe2 = Drafts > autosubscribe3 = Sent > fts = squat > mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change append > mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size from subject flags > mail_log_group_events = yes > quota = fs:User quota > quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full). Please see http://go.geneseo.edu/emailoverquota for help deleting messages while over quota. > sieve = /Mail/mailhome/%Lu/.filter.sieve > sieve_dir = /Mail/mailhome/%Lu/.sievedir > } > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)geneseo.edu > protocols = imap pop3 sieve > quota_full_tempfail = yes > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > } > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lmtp { > mail_plugins = zlib quota mail_log notify fts fts_squat sieve > } > protocol lda { > mail_plugins = zlib quota mail_log notify fts fts_squat sieve zlib > } > protocol imap { > imap_logout_format = bytes(in/out)=%i/%o > mail_max_userip_connections = 50 > mail_plugins = zlib quota mail_log notify fts fts_squat quota imap_quota autocreate imap_zlib fts fts_squat > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_logout_format = bytes(in/out)=%i/%o > } > protocol pop3 { > pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh > pop3_logout_format = bytes(in/out)=%i/%o, top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, mailbox-size=%s > pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v > } > local 137.238.2.244 { > mail_location = maildir:/Mail/mailhome/$Lu/mailtest/Maildir:CONTROL=/Mail/mailhome/%Lu/mailtest/.dovecot2-control:INDEX=/Mail/mailhome/%Lu/mailtest/.dovecot2-index > namespace { > location = > prefix = > } > plugin { > quota = maildir:User quota > quota_rule = *:storage=200M > quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+50M > zlib_save = gz > zlib_save_level = 6 > } > } > local 137.238.1.1 { > protocol imap { > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/imaps.geneseo.edu.crt > ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/imaps.geneseo.edu.key > } > } > local 137.238.2.244 { > protocol imap { > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mailtest.geneseo.edu.crt > ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mailtest.geneseo.edu.key > } > } > local 137.238.1.1 { > protocol pop3 { > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/imaps.geneseo.edu.crt > ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/imaps.geneseo.edu.key > } > } > local 137.238.2.244 { > protocol pop3 { > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mailtest.geneseo.edu.crt > ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/mailtest.geneseo.edu.key > } > } > >

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[Dovecot] Managesieve + Timeout
by spamvoll＠googlemail.com 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

hi.. im using dovecot 2.0.7 on centos with Managesieve 0.2.1-12.1 from time to time my users get a timeout im using default values and i dont see any errors in my logfiles.. any ideas what can caus the timeout ?

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.08 start script
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Hi Could anyone provide me with a start script for dovecot 2.08 that could be placed in /etc/init.d ? I did an installation from the sources and followed the documentation at dovecot.org. Thankx in advance. Mit freundlichem Gruß Carsten Laun-De Lellis Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Hauptstrasse 13 D-67705 Trippstadt Phone: +49 (6306) 992140 Mobile: +49 (151) 27530865 email: <mailto:carsten.laun-delellis@delellis.net> carsten.laun-delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Does thunderbird 3.x fully supports dovecot 2 shared mailboxes ?
by Frank Bonnet 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Hello Everything is in the subject ... If not which MUA does it ? Infos welcome Thanks

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[Dovecot] Maildir and Solaris UFS acls
by Tom Lieuallen 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I have a centrally located shared imap folder location. We have several maildir folders with different file system permissions. They are for several groups of people who are loosely related for support purposes. All mail gets delivered to queue1 just fine. The files are group writable by group1. Some of the mail gets moved via imap to queue2. Queue2's maildir tree is configured with Solaris UFS acls such that any new files are read/write by group1 or group2. If a new file is created within queue2 anywhere, it has the correct permissions. However, if a message is moved from queue1 to queue2, it retains the permissions that it had within queue1. This is what happens if I use 'mv' within the file system, btw. Is there any way to configure dovecot such that if a person moves or copies a message to another imap folder, it creates a new file instead of doing a link or mv or whatever? If not, no problem; I was just hoping for an elegant solution to my particular problem. :-) queue1 - read/write by group1 queue2 - read/write by group1 & group2 through solaris ACLs BTW, if any file whatsoever in queue2 is not readable by group2, those in group2 cannot read _anything_ in queue2. thanks Tom Lieuallen

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[Dovecot] quota issues
by PA 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

Hi I seem to be getting an error when quotas are enabled. Also I noticed that the quota_ rule settings don't actually get used, the only settings that are used are on the sql.conf file. Maybe I'm not understanding what the quota_rule does but should I be specifying the storage/messages values on there even though they are being read/used are on the sql.conf file only. dict { quotadict = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota-sql.conf } plugin { quota = dict:::proxy::quotadict quota_rule = *:storage=1M:messages=5 quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceed, please email support for further assistance. trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf.ext driver = sql } Sql.conf user_query = SELECT concat('/var/vmail/%d/', maildir) as home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/%d/', maildir) as mail, 101 AS uid, 502 AS gid, concat('*:messages=5:storage=', quota) AS quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' Below are the errors I'm seeing in the log. If I'm overquota I get the following error Dec 20 08:32:32 testip5 dovecot: dict: mysql: Connected to localhost (dovecotquota) Dec 20 08:32:32 testip5 dovecot: lda(user1(a)virttest2.meganet.net): Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards Dec 20 08:32:32 testip5 dovecot: lda(user1(a)virttest2.meganet.net): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x7850c0] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_syslog_fatal_handler+0x34) [0x785164] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x784704] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x78e600] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_seek+0x68) [0x78bb68] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x78eda8] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x7a) [0x78bc3a] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x2b) [0x78beab] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x87) [0x76f4a7] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x770d5e] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_next_block+0x43) [0x770543] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_header+0x2f) [0x77075f] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_parse_headers+0x10 1) [0x598b51] -> /usr/local Dec 20 08:32:32 testip5 postfix/pipe[7995]: E0FA4958156: to=<user1(a)virttest2.meganet.net>, relay=dovecot, delay=3900, delays=3900/0/0/0.06, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver") Or error message if I'm not over quota on certain messages. Dec 20 08:12:12 testip5 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER 1 user2(a)virttest1.meganet.net home=/var/vmail/virttest1.meganet.net/user2@virttest1.meganet.net/ mail=maildir:/var/vmail/virttest1.meganet.net/user2@virttest1.meganet.net/ uid=101 gid=502quota_rule=*:messages=5:storage=0 Dec 20 08:12:12 testip5 dovecot: lda(user2(a)virttest1.meganet.net): Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards Dec 20 08:12:12 testip5 dovecot: lda(user2(a)virttest1.meganet.net): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x63d0c0] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_syslog_fatal_handler+0x34) [0x63d164] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x63c704] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x646600] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_seek+0x68) [0x643b68] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x646da8] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x7a) [0x643c3a] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x2b) [0x643eab] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x87) [0x6274a7] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 [0x628d5e] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_next_block+0x43) [0x628543] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_header+0x2f) [0x62875f] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_parse_headers+0x10 1) [0xb17b51] -> /usr/local Dec 20 08:12:12 testip5 postfix/pipe[7557]: 2982A958151: to=<user2(a)virttest1.meganet.net>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.03, delays=0.01/0/0/0.02, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver") I look at http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg35048.html and it looks like the issue I'm having, if so what file to I apply the path to? Dovecot -n # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/ dict { quotadict = mysql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota-sql.conf } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 101 last_valid_uid = 101 login_greeting = Mail Server Ready. mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls driver = sql quota = dict:::proxy::quotadict quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceed, please email support for further assistance. quota_rule = *:storage=0:messages=5 trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/trash.conf.ext } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sql.conf.ext driver = sql } userdb { driver = prefetch } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota trash } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota trash pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota trash postmaster_address = xx(a)xx.com }

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[Dovecot] stat(/..../Maildir/cur) failed: No such file or directory
by Lystopad Olexandr 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hi! I use dovecot 1 without any problems for years. Thanks for it! Now I try to migrate to dovecot2. I have small problem. # dovecot --version 2.0.7 # dovecot -n # 2.0.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386 auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 26 first_valid_uid = 26 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes login_greeting = imap/pop mailserver ready mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_privileged_group = mail passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocols = pop3 imap service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mailnull mode = 0600 user = mailnull } user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = * port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { address = * port = 993 } } service imap { process_limit = 512 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = * port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { address = * port = 995 } } service pop3 { process_limit = 512 } ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/exim/mail.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/exim/mail.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes verbose_ssl = yes protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep } # dovecot-sql.conf: driver = mysql connect = host=localhost user=exim_user password=xxx dbname=exim default_pass_scheme = MD5-CRYPT password_query = SELECT login as user, crypt as password FROM accounts WHERE login = '%u' user_query = SELECT homedir as home, uid, gid, maildir as mail FROM accounts WHERE login = '%u'; exim router: mysql_account: driver = accept condition = ${lookup mysql{MYSQL_Q_MAILDIR}{$value}fail} transport = dovecot_delivery cannot_route_message = Unknown account $local_part@$domain exim transport: dovecot_delivery: driver = pipe command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -e -k -d $local_part@$domain \ -f $sender_address -a $original_local_part@$original_domain -m INBOX #use_shell user = mailnull message_prefix = "" message_suffix = "" return_path_add = true envelope_to_add = true delivery_date_add = true temp_errors = 64 : 69 : 70: 71 : 72 : 73 : 74 : 75 : 78 log_output And my problem: Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: auth: Error: mysql: Query failed, retrying: MySQL server has gone away Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: auth: mysql: Connected to localhost (exim) Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda: Debug: auth input: 3mail(a)somedomain.priv home=/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail uid=26 gid=26 mail=/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: Effective uid=26, gid=26, home=/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: maildir autodetect: stat(/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir/cur) failed: No such file or directory Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: mbox autodetect: INBOX file: is a directory (/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir) Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: mbox autodetect: has .imap/: stat(/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir/.imap) failed: No such file or directory Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: mbox autodetect: has inbox: stat(/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir/inbox) failed: No such file or directory Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Debug: mbox autodetect: has mbox: stat(/d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir/mbox) failed: No such file or directory Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Error: user 3mail(a)somedomain.priv: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: Ambiguous mail location setting, don't know what to do with it: /d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir (try prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:) Dec 19 08:50:05 server dovecot: lda(3mail(a)somedomain.priv): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. If I manually mkdir /d/mail/somedomain.priv/3mail/Maildir/cur and chown it to 26:26 mail succesfully delieveried. Why lda_mailbox_autocreate=yes does not create this dir? Thanks. -- Lystopad Olexandr

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[Dovecot] Sieve create non-existent folder
by Jeff Mitchell 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hello, Is there a way to have a Sieve script create a non-existent folder rather than have it deliver messages to INBOX instead? I'm using Dovecot 2.0.8 with Postfix, via LMTP. Thanks!

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[Dovecot] Best way to move mail to an archive
by Richard C. Cox 19 Dec '10

19 Dec '10

Hello all...new to dovecot and this list. I have a question that may have been answered before, but I can't find anything yet that addresses it directly. I installed dovecot 2.0.8 (+postfix, fetchmail) on a small server to manage several e-mail accounts. I love this software! So, to back to the question: I'd like to archive e-mail as it ages into a single IMAP archive directory. Ideally, I would like to set up a cron job to search for e-mail in all of my imap directories that older that 'X' days and move it to the archive directory. I know that dovecot wants to manage e-mail movement thru the IMAP interface, so I'm leery of just using ordinary Linux commands to move mail around and bypass the IMAP protocol. Does anybody have any recommendations about dovecot/IMAP safe commands I could use to accomplish this task? Thanks in advance and I apologize for not being more knowledgeable about this subject. Regards, Richard

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[Dovecot] Authentication issue.
by dmitri tchernov 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi list, I try to run imaptest, but I get the following errors (as root): # ./imaptest copybox=Trash # or any other command in http://www.imapwiki.org/ImapTest/Examples Logi List Stat Sele Fetc Fet2 Copy Stor Dele Expu Appe Logo 100% 50% 50% 100% 100% 100% 33% 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 30% 5% 5% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/ 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10/ 10 Error: root[4]: LOGIN failed: 4.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[3]: LOGIN failed: 3.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[5]: LOGIN failed: 5.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[2]: LOGIN failed: 2.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[6]: LOGIN failed: 6.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[10]: LOGIN failed: 10.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[7]: LOGIN failed: 7.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[1]: LOGIN failed: 1.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[8]: LOGIN failed: 8.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. Error: root[9]: LOGIN failed: 9.1 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed. ^C # tail /var/log/mail.log: Dec 17 18:07:28 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<root>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=0, secured Dec 17 18:08:01 dovecot: last message repeated 19 times # tail /var/log/auth.log: Dec 17 18:07:24 auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=root rhost=127.0.0.1 user=root Dec 17 18:08:01 auth: last message repeated 19 times Dec 17 18:08:01 CRON[13916]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Dec 17 18:08:02 CRON[13916]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root # dovecot --version 2.0.2 # /usr/bin/doveconf -n -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # 2.0.2: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.34.6-ipv6-64 x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_debug = yes mail_location = dbox:/mnt/dovecot/users/%n mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_read_locks = fcntl dotlock mbox_write_locks = fcntl dotlock mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = /mnt/dovecot/userlist.passwd driver = passwd-file } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 user = doveusers } user = root } ssl = no userdb { args = /mnt/dovecot/userlist.passwd driver = passwd-file } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address = my-email(a)gmail.com } I do not understand where the problem is. Do you have any idea? /dimitri

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[Dovecot] Problem with expunge
by Jeff Mitchell 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

I'm running Dovecot 2.0.8. The other day I tested doveadm expunge on a test Inbox with a few messages received over the course of a day, and using savedbefore <a few hours>, and it seemed to work. However, today I was testing converting some maildirs over to sdbox, and noticed odd behavior: it's deleting all messages in the specified folder instead of just the ones matching the condition I'm using ("savedbefore 4w"). The command I'm using is "doveadm -Dv expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 4w" Because of the conversion, all of the ctimes for all of the files are actually the same (basically, a few minutes ago), due to the converstion to sdbox from maildir, so I would expect that either it doesn't delete any of them or looks inside at some header of the mail (half of which was received/placed into Trash before 4w ago and half of which wasn't). I definitely don't expect full-on deletion... Any idea what's going on? Thanks, Jeff

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[Dovecot] undefined reference to fallocate64
by Mike Korizek 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

Hi While compiling dovecot 2.0.8 on Ubuntu 9.10 I get the following error at make: ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so: undefined reference to `fallocate64' Any idea how to resolve this? Thanks, Mike

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Re: [Dovecot] Namespace subscription issue
by Eric N. Jones 18 Dec '10

18 Dec '10

The same issue appears to exist with the shipping version of Dovecot on Mac OS X Server 10.6+. I have shared namespaces that cause this same issue (and your subsequent issues with roundcube). -- Eric N. Jones Sr. Engineer TransWare Enterprises Inc.

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[Dovecot] Expire plugin does not work
by Christoph Pleger 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hello, I followed the instructions on http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire to configure the expire plugin, but when I move a message to the Trash folder, I get the following error messages in my logfile: dovecot: dict: Error: sqlite: exec(INSERT INTO expires (expire_stamp,username,mailbox) VALUES ('1292525469','christoph','Trash')) failed: unable to open database file (14) dovecot: dict: Error: sql dict: commit failed: I have attached a "dovecot -n"-generated dovecot.conf, the configuration file for the expire dict service, and my sqlite3 database file. In my filesystem, dovecot-dict.sqlite currently has permissions 666. Regards Christoph

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0.8 LDA with MYSQL issues
by PA 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hi, after deciding to use Dovecot 2.0.8 as a postfix LDA using mysql DB I'm running into some issues. I started to follow, http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/DovecotLDAPostfixAdminMySQL but noticed that the auth settings on the config changed, after looking through the dovecot wiki I think I have that issue fixed. However I still can't get the SQL part to work right, below is what I have on the conf.d/sql.conf and the error I get. service dovecot status doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/sql.conf line 1: Unknown setting: password_query Where do I put the sql connect string, in the URL above that along with the driver type went on the sql.conf file but that is no longer the case. If anyone has a better reference/suggestions for what im trying to do I would appreciated it. Thanks, Paul [root@testip5 conf.d]# cat sql.conf password_query = SELECT userid as user, password FROM users WHERE userid = '%u' user_query = SELECT uid, gid, '/var/vmail/%d/%n' as home FROM users WHERE userid = '%u' [root@testip5 conf.d]# dovecot -n # 2.0.8: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.el5PAE i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 first_valid_uid = 101 last_valid_uid = 101 login_greeting = MegaNet Mail Server Ready. mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u mail_uid = vmail passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/trash.conf } protocols = imap pop3 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/conf.d/sql.conf driver = sql } doveconf: Error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set

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[Dovecot] deliver -m causes crash: Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards
by James Lee 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

When exim runs deliver -m and tries to write to a directory that does not exist is causes a crash which stops the exim MTA. Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost exim: [ID 197553 mail.info] 2010-12-09 23:20:38 1PQpmu-0007O9-OD <= dovecot-bounces+user=domain.co.uk(a)dovecot.org H=dovecot.org [62.236.108.70] P=esmtp S=2714 id=1291936811.2991.135.camel(a)kurkku.sapo.corppt.com Dec 9 23:20:38 localhost spamd[7995]: prefork: child states: II Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] lda(user(a)domain.co.uk): msgid=<1291936811.2991.135.camel(a)kurkku.sapo.corppt.com>: save failed to Dovecot: Mailbox doesn't exist: Dovecot Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] lda(user(a)domain.co.uk): Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.error] lda(user(a)domain.co.uk): Error: Raw backtrace: 0xff13ca0c -> 0xff146f88 -> 0xff144700 -> 0xff1472fc -> 0xff1442f4 -> 0xff146314 -> 0xff1466c4 -> 0xff1442f4 -> 0xff148d9c -> 0xff1442f4 -> 0xff144b94 -> 0xff15284c -> 0xff1526c4 -> 0xff0568cc -> 0xff01c7b4 -> 0xff01c850 -> 0xff1cb1b4 -> 0xff0260d0 -> 0xff385470 -> 0x132ac -> 0x11f40 Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost exim: [ID 197553 mail.info] 2010-12-09 23:20:38 1PQpmu-0007O9-OD ** |/opt/xxxx/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d user(a)domain.co.uk -m Dovecot (user(a)domain.co.uk) <user(a)domain.co.uk> R=userforward T=address_pipe: Child process of address_pipe transport (running command "/opt/xxxx/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d user(a)domain.co.uk -m Dovecot") was terminated by signal 6 (Abort) Dec 9 23:20:38 mailhost exim: [ID 197553 mail.info] 2010-12-09 23:20:38 1PQpmw-0007OL-B2 <= <> R=1PQpmu-0007O9-OD U=exim P=local S=3731 When run from the command line syslog reports: save failed to missing: Mailbox doesn't exist: missing saved mail to INBOX (no crash) Exceeding quotas also cause a "Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards" and a crash as reported elsewhere. Dovecot 2.0.7 Exim 4.72 James.

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0 revision 12532:e030df616faf: problem with Snarf plugin
by Jonathan Siegle 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

this command fails when the snarf plugin is enabled. 5 status inbox (UIDNEXT MESSAGES) with the error: Dec 10 13:57:57 tr27n12.aset.psu.edu dovecot: imap(tstem38): Panic: file index-transaction.c: line 71: assertion failed: (box->opened) If it isn't easy to reproduce, I'll spit out the config. thanks, Jonathan

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.8 dysnc problems
by Eugene Tay 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hi All, I try to install dovecot 2 in ubuntu, but when I try dsync on virtualbox "dsync -v -u it mirror it(a)10.32.1.3" it come out an error to me. dsync-local(it): Error: Can't rename mailbox INBOX_15a69e11bbd4014d09330000a5727609 to INBOX: Target mailbox already exists dsync-local(it): Error: Can't rename mailbox INBOX to INBOX_e67c001b52ca014d8f5c00001f237f90: Renaming INBOX isn't supported. May I know what is the problems on here? Thanks & Regards, Eugene Tay -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Dovecot-2.0.8-dysnc-problems-tp30479540p30479540.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] namespace and list=children inconsistencies
by Holger Mauermann 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

Hi, after setting up a new Dovecot server with shared and public namespaces, both with hidden=no and list=children, I see some inconsistency in the folder listing. . NAMESPACE * NAMESPACE (("" "/")) (("Shared/" "/")) (("Public/" "/")) . OK Namespace completed. . LIST "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "Shared/user(a)do.main" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Shared/user(a)do.main/INBOX" * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "Public" . OK List completed. . LIST "Shared/" * * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "Shared/user(a)do.main" . OK List completed. . LIST "Public/" * . OK List completed. With LIST "Shared/" the other users INBOX is missing, so with namespace capable clients like Thunderbird it is impossible to see or subscribe this folder. The "Public/" namespace has some subfolders, but only for other acl_groups and I don't have rights to access any of them. So the LIST "Public/" looks good. However, with LIST "" * it is shown without the trailing slash and with \HasChildren where it should be hidden. Here is the relevant doveconf -n output: ... namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/shared/%%u prefix = Shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace { list = children location = cydir:/var/spool/imap/public:INDEX=~/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } ...

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[Dovecot] Permission denied
by Alex Cherniak 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

After several trouble free months and without any obvious reason our server just stopped working. I cannot even re-start it: [root@dsmail /]# service dovecot start Starting Dovecot Imap: Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot.log: Permission denied If I create those manually (touch /var/log/dovecot.log, .../dovecot_info.log, .. dovecot_debug.log) service starts, but reports an error in dovecot.log: "Dec 16 14:55:30 master: Error: symlink(/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf, /var/run/dovecot/dovecot.conf) failed: Permission denied" and users still cannot login. Where do I start troubleshooting? Bellow is my dovecot -n: # 2.0.4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_master_user_separator = * debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot_debug.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot_info.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:~/%Ln passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls:cache_secs=300 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 { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/data/vmail allow_all_users=yes driver = static } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl quota imap_quota }

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[Dovecot] load increase after upgrade to 2.0.8
by Cor Bosman 17 Dec '10

17 Dec '10

I upgraded most of our servers from 1.2.x to 2.0.8 and am noticing a really big increase in server load. This is across the board, not any specific server. Check this screenshot of a load graph: http://grab.by/7N8V Is there anything i should be looking at that could cause such a drastic load increase? Conf file is available here: http://wa.ter.net/download/doveconf.txt Regards, Cor

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[Dovecot] How to avoid "authenticated user not found" - messages when using multiple Ldap userdbs/passdbs?
by Sebastian Urbanneck 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Following: We've got a Dovecot 1.0.10 running on Ubuntu Hardy. Till now we used to have only mail accounts under our own domain, but since we're also a webhoster the people began to ask if there is a possibility to use there own Domains in there mail address. For addressing this we changed our Ldap Tree Structur: users which had been there befor remain in there old subtree, new accounts for Virtual Domains are located below an "vd=<domain>,ou=domains,..." subtree. The main Problem at this: old users are used to login only with their username and password, new users has to login via their complete mail address and their password. This is not going to change in the future so I tried to do this: Using two userdb/passdb - entries, in each case one for the old users and one for the new ones. If a user is not found through the first request the second is tried. If this failed too, the user gets rejected. The Problem with this: when not found during the first try the request logs an "authenticated user ot found" - message, no matter if trying via the second etry is successful. Is there a way to tell dovecot, that the user is not "not found" until __both__ requests failed? Regards Sebastian

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[Dovecot] Upgrade dovecot 1.2.14 to 2.0.7
by Firebolt 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi, I try to upgrade my dovecot server to the 2.x branch. But i have a big problem with the mailbox which are over quota. Server works fine, but when a mail arrived to user who is over quota, i have this error: Dec 16 14:54:42 lda(*******(a)*******.com): Panic: stream doesn't support seeking backwards OS: FreeBSD 6.1 Dovecot: 2.0.7 Could you help me to solve the problem. My dovecot.conf is: ssl = yes ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/mail2010.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/mail2010.key auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 143 info_log_path = /home/log/mail/dovecot/dovecot-info.log last_valid_uid = 143 log_path = /home/log/mail/dovecot/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%u mail_privileged_group = mail auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } userdb { driver = prefetch } pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0660 user = dovecot } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 1 process_min_avail = 0 vsz_limit = 64M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } protocol lda { postmaster_address = ************(a)********.com mail_plugins = quota log_path = /***********/dovecot-deliver.log info_log_path = /************/dovecot-deliver.log sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } plugin { acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-acls quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=20480k trash = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf }

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[Dovecot] adding servers to director_mail_servers
by Cor Bosman 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Is there a specific order in which one has to add servers to director_mail_servers, Let's say I have 20 loadbalanced director servers (I dont, but for arguments sake). I want to add 5 servers to director_mail_servers. If I do this by restarting each director server 1 by 1 with an updated conf, it seems the 5 new servers dont get added. Or at least I dont get what makes it work eventually. Only after restarting a few times they seem to all want to agree on the new list of servers. Cor

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[Dovecot] users's mailboxes = mbox , shared mailboxes = maildir ... is it possible ?
by Frank Bonnet 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hello I solved my previous SSL problem by reinstalling dovecot2 ... :-) at FreeBSD 8.1 Now I'm using dovecot 2 , cool ... Actually my production mail server runs with MBOX format but reading the dovecot 2 wiki I read shared mailboxes are only working well with Maildir format. As I would like to setup some shared mailboxes, is it possible to have MBOX format for normal users ( UNIX NIS users ) and Maildir format for shared mailboxes to gain access to the per-user \Seen flag Or do I have to convert ALL my server to Maildir format ? Thanks a lot for your help

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[Dovecot] Plugins on a NFS
by Alex Baule 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hi timo..... I Made a plugin that's works fine in a Normal Partition and a GlusterFS enviroment too. in NFS it's intermitent, some times works, some times don't. Only the expunge part have this issue, i use stat to get the amont of hard link in a file. There is because of that (stat, hard link count) ? If is, there is some workarround to do !? Tks Timo !!!

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[Dovecot] xapian search plugin
by Vasiliy G Tolstov 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

Hello. Does anybody write fts xapian plugin to dovecot 2? If nobody - can You suggest me what i need to read and what source files i need no read to write own xapian fts plugin. Thank You for any comments. -- Vasiliy G Tolstov <v.tolstov(a)selfip.ru> Selfip.Ru

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[Dovecot] ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set ( 2.0.7 freebsd 8.1 )
by Frank Bonnet 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

hello trying to install dovecot 2 on a fresh installed machine I get this error message : doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Error: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: ssl enabled, but ssl_cert not set the ssl config file look like the following : Thanks for any info. ## ## SSL settings ## # SSL/TLS support: yes, no, required. <doc/wiki/SSL.txt> ssl = yes # PEM encoded X.509 SSL/TLS certificate and private key. They're opened before # dropping root privileges, so keep the key file unreadable by anyone but # root. Included doc/mkcert.sh can be used to easily generate self-signed # certificate, just make sure to update the domains in dovecot-openssl.cnf ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem # If key file is password protected, give the password here. Alternatively # give it when starting dovecot with -p parameter. Since this file is often # world-readable, you may want to place this setting instead to a different # root owned 0600 file by using ssl_key_password = <path. #ssl_key_password = # PEM encoded trusted certificate authority. Set this only if you intend to use # ssl_verify_client_cert=yes. The file should contain the CA certificate(s) # followed by the matching CRL(s). (e.g. ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem) #ssl_ca = # Request client to send a certificate. If you also want to require it, set # auth_ssl_require_client_cert=yes in auth section. #ssl_verify_client_cert = no # Which field from certificate to use for username. commonName and # x500UniqueIdentifier are the usual choices. You'll also need to set # auth_ssl_username_from_cert=yes. #ssl_cert_username_field = commonName # How often to regenerate the SSL parameters file. Generation is quite CPU # intensive operation. The value is in hours, 0 disables regeneration # entirely. #ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168 # SSL ciphers to use #ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL -- Frank BONNET 01.45.92.66.17 Service des Moyens Informatique Generaux ESIEE PARIS Cité Descartes / BP 99 93162 NOISY-LE-GRAND Cedex http://www.esiee.fr <http://www.esiee.fr/>

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[Dovecot] problem with ~/mail/ namespace
by Tom Lieuallen 16 Dec '10

16 Dec '10

We just changed from UW imap last night and one of our bigger problems right now is that the ~/mail/ compatibility namespace doesn't seem to work. dovecot 2.0.8 Dec 15 12:01:52 zen.engr.oregonstate.edu dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.warning] imap(tom2): Warning: Subscriptions file /nfs/rack/u4/t/tom2/mail/.subscriptions: Ignoring invalid entry: ~/mail/foo1/folder1 Dec 15 12:01:52 zen.engr.oregonstate.edu dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.warning] imap(tom2): Warning: Subscriptions file /nfs/rack/u4/t/tom2/mail/.subscriptions: Ignoring invalid entry: ~tom2/mail/foo1/folder1 from .subscriptions: ~/mail/foo1/folder1 ~tom2/mail/foo1/folder1 in 10-mail.conf namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = inbox = yes } # for backwards compatibility: namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = mail/ hidden = yes list = no } namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = ~/mail/ hidden = yes list = no } namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = ~%u/mail/ hidden = yes list = no } What's funny is that it appears to work with a preauthenticated session or by using openssl to connect to port 993. 1 list "~/mail/" * * LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "~/mail/testfolder" * LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "~/mail/Trash" * LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "~/mail/Sent" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "~/mail/foo1" * LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "~/mail/foo1/folder1" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "~/mail/foo2" * LIST (\NoInferiors \UnMarked) "/" "~/mail/foo2/folder1" 1 OK List completed. 1 select ~/mail/foo2/folder1 * OK [CLOSED] Previous mailbox closed. * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 1 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1274985137] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 2] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 1] Highest 1 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. We're seeing this with at least thunderbird and outlook. thank you Tom Lieuallen Oregon State University

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.8 don´t recognize auth user format
by Wilberth Perez 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

My configuration file have this lines: # doveconf | grep user auth_anonymous_username = anonymous auth_master_user_separator = auth_socket_path = auth-userdb auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_username_format = %Lu <-----(in version 1.2.10 this work fine) auth_username_translation = default_internal_user = dovecot default_login_user = dovenull director_user_expire = 15 mins login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_max_userip_connections = 10 in this new version, my user authentication fails: Debug: shadow(wperez(a)mydomain,1.2.3.4): lookup Info: shadow(wperez(a)mydomain,1.2.3.4): unknown user auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 2 user=wperez@mydomain in my server only exists the user wperez, but dovecot uses the user "wperez@mydomain" in this new version auth format changes? Thank you.

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[Dovecot] Trying to populate dovecot with outlook contacts
by Spyros Tsiolis 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello, What the subject says. I am trying, that is. OK, here's the story. Users very lazy. Don't want to write down their contact details from scratch. Here's what I thought : migrate (export?) contacts from outlook to mozilla thunderbird. Then find a way to make thunderbird "talk" to dovecot, so that the latter can import the contact details from mozilla tb. Any ideas ? Will it work ? Am I ranting ? :-) Thank you all, s. ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] Problem after upgrade dovecot v2.0.8
by Wilberth Perez 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hello, upgrade Dovecot from v1.2.10 to v2.0.8, after build a new configuration file following instructions of http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 run dovecot I get this: auth: Error: Fatal: Dovecot version mismatch: Master is v2.0.8, dovecot-auth is v1.2.10 (if you don't care, set version_ignore=yes) log: Error: service(auth): child 3389 returned error 89 (Fatal failure) master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling Did any SSL configuration is missing? I am currently authenticating with dovecot and postfix. Any knows , how could i solved this problem? Thanks.

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Re: [Dovecot] Question about "slow" storage but fast cpus, plenty of ram and dovecot
by Stan Hoeppner 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Patrick Westenberg put forth on 12/11/2010 5:12 AM: > Stan Hoeppner schrieb: > >> So, either: >> >> 2. Move indexes to memory > > What steps have to be done and what will the configuration look like > to have your indexes in memory? Regarding Dovecot 1.2.x, for maildir, I believe it would be something like this: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY The ":INDEX=MEMORY" disables writing the index files to disk, and as the name implies, I believe, simply keeps indexes in memory. The docs say: "If you really want to, you can also disable the index files completely by appending :INDEX=MEMORY." My read of that is that indexing isn't disabled completely, merely storing the indexes to disk is disables. The indexes are still built and maintained in memory. Timo, is that correct? Also, due to the potential size of the index files (mine alone are 276 MB on an 877 MB mbox), you'll need to do some additional research to see if this is a possibility for you. If using a ramdisk, 100 mail boxen like mine would require ~ 27.6 GB or RAM just for the index files. This would not be logical to do or feasible given the amount of RAM required. I don't know if, or how much, storing them in RAM via :INDEX=MEMORY consumes, as compared to using a ramdisk. The memory consumption may be less or it may be more. Timo should be able to answer this, and give a recommendation as to whether this is even a sane thing to do. -- Stan

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[Dovecot] Connection queue full on 2.0.8
by Patrick McLean 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Hi, I can't find any references to this problem on 2.x. I upgraded to 2.0.8 last night, and now I am getting these errors in the logs (along with the server refusing new connections): > Dec 8 09:46:52 orford dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Connection queue full (no auth attempts): rip=x.x.x.x, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS > Dec 8 09:47:16 orford dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Connection queue full (no auth attempts): rip=x.x.x.x, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS handshaking I have unsuccessfully tried to tweak my settings to prevent this problem, and any help would be appreciated. The server has plenty of power for increasing process limits, etc. Below is the output of "dovecot -n". We have users with some _very_ large mailboxes (~400 000 messages) so some of the limits might appear excessive.: > # 2.0.8: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.35-gentoo-r5+ x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 > auth_cache_size = 10 M > auth_mechanisms = plain login > auth_worker_max_count = 80 > default_client_limit = 2048 > default_process_limit = 256 > default_vsz_limit = 512 M > first_valid_uid = 125 > last_valid_uid = 20000 > listen = 127.0.0.1 x.x.x.x > login_greeting = IMAP ready. > 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 > mdbox_rotate_size = 10 M > namespace { > hidden = no > inbox = yes > list = yes > location = > prefix = > subscriptions = yes > type = private > } > namespace { > hidden = yes > list = no > location = > prefix = INBOX. > subscriptions = yes > type = private > } > namespace { > hidden = no > list = yes > location = maildir:/home/shared/Maildir:CONTROL=~/Maildir/control/shared:INDEX=~/Maildir/index/shared > prefix = shared. > subscriptions = no > type = public > } > passdb { > args = failure_show_msg=yes > driver = pam > } > plugin { > quota = fs:User quota:user > quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u > sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve > sieve_dir = ~/sieve > } > protocols = imap pop3 > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > group = postfix > mode = 0666 > user = postfix > } > } > service imap-login { > process_min_avail = 5 > } > service imap { > process_limit = 2048 > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve_deprecated { > port = 2000 > } > } > service pop3 { > process_limit = 128 > } > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/imap.crt > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/imap.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > mail_plugins = sieve quota > } > protocol imap { > mail_max_userip_connections = 10 > mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota acl" > } > protocol sieve { > mail_max_userip_connections = 10 > } > protocol pop3 { > mail_max_userip_connections = 3 > pop3_uidl_format = %u-%v > ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/certs/pop3.pem > ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/certs/pop3.key > }

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[Dovecot] question about snarf plugin in dovecot 2
by Tom Lieuallen 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

I'm trying to get the snarf plugin working with dovecot 2.0.7. Specifically, I want to use the UW-IMAP style optional snarfing. I'm looking at the wiki2 documentation. The first question is whether the UW-IMAP optional snarfing will require any changes to the mail_location. The first section suggests (but doesn't specifically state, which I'd propose be clarified) that mail_location be updated to point at ~/mbox for INBOX. However, with the optional snarfing, sometimes inbox will be at /var/mail and for some users, it'll be ~/mbox. What, if anything, do I do to mail_location? Does it matter where (in which config file) the plugin block is placed? I put all of my snarf configuration in 10-mail.conf. It's not working; not snarfing and not reading mail from ~/mbox (how would it, I have yet to tell it to). The following are excerpts from 10-mail.conf mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=/a2/imap-index/%u .... namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = inbox = yes } .... namespace snarf { prefix = /snarf separator = / location = mbox:/private/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/empty:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY list = no hidden = yes } plugin { snarf = /snarf/INBOX mbox_snarf = ~/mbox } Thank you BTW, the dovecot-2.0.7/docs/wiki appear to be from wiki1, not wiki2... :-) Tom Lieuallen Oregon State University

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[Dovecot] After-delivery sieve processing
by Daniel L. Miller 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Is it possible to run sieve against an existing mailbox? My application: I've got a mailbox that stores status messages from multiple sites. It's easier to check up on recent events by having them all in one folder. However, after I've read them, I'd like to have them archived to individual folders per site. I currently have a sieve script that uses "fileinto" to sort the mails - but I'm thinking of removing it from deliver if I can run it as a manual job later. I suppose another method would be to duplicate the mails on delivery into both the main folder and the per site folders, then delete after I've read them - but for whatever reason that strikes me as inelegant. -- Daniel

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