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[Dovecot] Dovecot git mirror
by David Woodhouse 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

I've been working on Evolution's 'imapx' back end to support QRESYNC, and was going to look at NOTIFY next. Then I realised I may have to look at implementing it on the server side first. Before I can even contemplate that, though, I had to mirror it into git. I've always resisted the one-version-control-system-per-child craze, and these days if I'm even contemplating a project which is using some other version control system, I'll start by importing it into a git repo. Thus: git://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.0 git://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.1 git://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.2 git://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-2.0 These are browsable in gitweb as: http://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.0 http://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.1 http://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-1.2 http://git.infradead.org/dovecot/dovecot-2.0 The mirrors are updated hourly, at 15 minutes past the hour. When making such a mirror, I usually try to ensure that it's imported in such a way that that the project maintainer(s) _could_ switch to using it as their primary VCS if they wanted to -- and a number of projects have actually done so. But I'm not arguing for that; I'm just making the repository available in git form in case it's useful to anyone else who, like me, doesn't really want to install and learn to use all of arch/hg/bzr/monotone/svn/etc for various different projects. No VCS flame wars please. -- dwmw2

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[Dovecot] dovecot last logged in via sql
by Daniel Petre 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

hello, i am currently matching users via sql database with: password_query = SELECT clear as password FROM users,domains WHERE users.username = '%u' \ AND users.enabled = '1' AND (users.type='local' OR users.type='piped') and domains.enabled='1' \ and domains.domain_id = users.domain_id user_query = SELECT pop as home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE username = '%u' is there any way i can also insert into database when users successfully logged in? thanks!

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.2.12 fails to build on Solaris 8 and 10
by Dennis Clarke 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

> Interesting, it is almost like the fopen function fails to open > conftestval for write. Makes me wonder. However my simple test code works fine. Something very fishy going on here. Dennis

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.2.12 fails to build on Solaris 8 and 10
by Dennis Clarke 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Further details from config.log : | #include <stdio.h> | #include <sys/types.h> | int main() { | FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w"); | if (!f) exit(1); | fprintf(f, "%d\n", sizeof(off_t)); | exit(0); | } | configure:18477: result: unknown configure:18512: error: Unsupported off_t type This is bogus however as that code compiles and runs just fine : $ cat sizeof.c /* * Main function */ /* Feature test switches */ #define _POSIX_SOURCE 1 /* System Headers */ #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <time.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> /* Macros */ /* External function */ /* * print size of basic data types used in Solaris 8 upwards */ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf ("\nC\n"); printf ( "sizeof char = %d\n", sizeof (char)); printf ( "sizeof double = %d\n", sizeof (double)); printf ( "sizeof float = %d\n", sizeof (float)); printf ( "sizeof int = %d\n", sizeof (int)); printf ( "sizeof long = %d\n", sizeof (long)); printf ( "sizeof long long = %d\n", sizeof (long long)); printf ( "sizeof short = %d\n", sizeof (short)); printf ( "sizeof void * = %d\n", sizeof (void *)); printf ( "sizeof clock_t = %d\n", sizeof (clock_t)); printf ( "sizeof gid_t = %d\n", sizeof (gid_t)); printf ( "sizeof pid_t = %d\n", sizeof (pid_t)); printf ( "sizeof size_t = %d\n", sizeof (size_t)); printf ( "sizeof ssize_t = %d\n", sizeof (ssize_t)); printf ( "sizeof time_t = %d\n", sizeof (time_t)); printf ( "sizeof uid_t = %d\n", sizeof (uid_t)); printf ( "sizeof \"\" = %d\n", sizeof ("")); /* quick file test */ printf ( "\nWill attempt FILE *f=fopen(\"conftestval\", \"w\");\n\n" ); FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w"); if (!f) printf ( " * * * FAIL * * * \n" ); else { printf ( "\nWill attempt to write sizeof(off_t) to FILE f\n" ); fprintf( f, "%d\n", sizeof(off_t) ); } printf( "sizeof off_t = %d\n", sizeof(off_t)); return(0); } $ cat compile.sh #!/bin/ksh /usr/xpg4/bin/rm -rf /tmp/`uname -n`_`uname -p`_temp mkdir /tmp/`uname -n`_`uname -p`_temp /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc -keeptmp -xtemp=/tmp/`uname -n`_`uname -p`_temp -V -v -Xc -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=386 -xlibmil -Kpic -xlibmieee -xregs=no%frameptr -g -D_TS_ERRNO -H -\# -o sizeof sizeof.c $ ./compile.sh cc: Sun C 5.8 Patch 121016-08 2009/04/20 ### Note: NLSPATH = /opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/../lib/locale/%L/LC_MESSAGES/%N.cat:/opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/../../lib/locale/%L/LC_MESSAGES/%N.cat ### Note: TMPDIR = /tmp/titan_i386_temp ### command line files and options (expanded): ### -D_TS_ERRNO -g -H -keeptmp -Kpic -V -v -Xc -xarch=386 -xlibmieee -xlibmil -xregs=no%frameptr -xstrconst -xtemp=/tmp/titan_i386_temp sizeof.c -o sizeof /opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/acomp -dg -xldscope=global -i sizeof.c -y-fbe -y/opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/fbe -y-pic -y-k -y-xarch=386 -y-td -y/tmp/titan_i386_temp -y-g -y-o -ysizeof.o -y-verbose -y-il -y/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib/libm.il -y-xthreadvar=dynamic -y-comdat -xdbggen=no%stabs+dwarf2+usedonly -V -v -strconst -D_TS_ERRNO -H -xdbggen=incl -y-s -2k -fparam_ir -Qy -D__SunOS_5_8 -D__SUNPRO_C=0x580 -D__SVR4 -D__unix -D__sun -D__i386 -D__BUILTIN_VA_ARG_INCR -D__C99FEATURES__ -Xc -D__PRAGMA_REDEFINE_EXTNAME -xc99=%all,no%lib -D__FLT_EVAL_METHOD__=-1 -I/opt/SUNWspro/prod/include/cc "-g/opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/cc -keeptmp -xtemp=/tmp/titan_i386_temp -V -v -Xc -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=386 -xlibmil -Kpic -xlibmieee -xregs=no%frameptr -g -D_TS_ERRNO -H -c " -fsimple=0 -destination_ir=yabe acomp: Sun C 5.8 Patch 121016-08 2009/04/20 /usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/iso/stdio_iso.h /usr/include/sys/feature_tests.h /usr/include/sys/isa_defs.h /usr/include/sys/va_list.h /usr/include/stdio_tag.h /usr/include/stdio_impl.h /usr/include/sys/types.h /usr/include/sys/machtypes.h /usr/include/ia32/sys/machtypes.h /usr/include/sys/int_types.h /usr/include/time.h /usr/include/iso/time_iso.h /usr/include/stdlib.h /usr/include/iso/stdlib_iso.h /usr/include/unistd.h /usr/include/sys/unistd.h /opt/SUNWspro/prod/bin/fbe -s -o sizeof.o -warn=%none -Qy /tmp/titan_i386_temp/yabeAAAkoaqGj ### Note: LD_LIBRARY_PATH = <null> ### Note: LD_RUN_PATH = <null> /usr/ccs/bin/ld /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib/crti.o /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib/crt1.o /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib/values-xi.o -o sizeof -V sizeof.o -Y "P,/opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib:/usr/ccs/lib:/lib:/usr/lib" -Qy -lc /opt/SUNWspro/prod/lib/crtn.o ld: Software Generation Utilities - Solaris Link Editors: 5.8-1.302 $ $ ./sizeof C sizeof char = 1 sizeof double = 8 sizeof float = 4 sizeof int = 4 sizeof long = 4 sizeof long long = 8 sizeof short = 2 sizeof void * = 4 sizeof clock_t = 4 sizeof gid_t = 4 sizeof pid_t = 4 sizeof size_t = 4 sizeof ssize_t = 4 sizeof time_t = 4 sizeof uid_t = 4 sizeof "" = 1 Will attempt FILE *f=fopen("conftestval", "w"); Will attempt to write sizeof(off_t) to FILE f sizeof off_t = 4 $ $ ls -lap total 80 drwxr-xr-x 2 sysadmin sysadmin 277 Jul 4 21:43 ./ drwxrwxrwt 7 root sys 538 Jul 4 21:42 ../ -rwx------ 1 sysadmin sysadmin 311 Jul 4 21:33 compile.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 sysadmin sysadmin 2 Jul 4 21:42 conftestval -rwxr-xr-x 1 sysadmin sysadmin 9424 Jul 4 21:42 sizeof -rw-r--r-- 1 sysadmin sysadmin 1626 Jul 4 21:41 sizeof.c -rw-r--r-- 1 sysadmin sysadmin 6152 Jul 4 21:42 sizeof.o $ cat conftestval 4 So I'm at a loss why the dovecot configure script fails due to anything regarding off_t. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-1.2.12 fails to build on Solaris 8 and 10
by Dennis Clarke 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

> Have you read the compilation wiki > http://wiki.dovecot.org/CompilingSource ? Yep .. been there. This is configure that fails. We never even get to "make". :-( I even tried a real simple ./configure and that fails at the same point. I just posted a really verbose test to the maillist also that confirms that the conf.c code should work as is. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris

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[Dovecot] dovecot-1.2.12 fails to build on Solaris 8 and 10
by Dennis Clarke 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

configure fails with : configure: error: Unsupported off_t type I am not too sure what off_t is needed but this is a pretty standard thing. My configure line : ./configure --build=i386-pc-solaris2.10 --host=i386-pc-solaris2.10 --prefix=/opt/csw --with-zlib --with-ssl=openssl --with-storages=mbox,maildir --with-libiconv-prefix=/opt/csw Yes, the openssl libs are in /opt/csw/lib Not sure what Dovecot needs to build or what other options are required. Any thoughts would be appreciated. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris

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[Dovecot] 2.2rc1 doveadm segfault
by Mark Sapiro 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

[root@sbh16 ~]# doveadm help Segmentation fault (core dumped) [root@sbh16 ~]# gdb /usr/local/bin/doveadm core.28104 [...] (gdb) bt full #0 0x461a2da8 in strcmp () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x009aed70 in module_dir_load_missing (old_modules=0x0, dir=0x805fc23 "/usr/local/lib/dovecot", module_names=0x805d3a8 "", set=0xbfac058c) at module-dir.c:263 arr = <value optimized out> _data_stack_cur_id = 2 modules = <value optimized out> #2 0x08053b08 in doveadm_mail_init () at doveadm-mail.c:554 mod_set = {version = 0x9bfa0c "2.0.rc1", require_init_funcs = 1, debug = 0, ignore_dlopen_errors = 0} i = <value optimized out> #3 0x0804e79b in main (argc=2, argv=Cannot access memory at address 0x6f6c5f70) at doveadm.c:343 cmd_name = 0x8c7e1d4 "help" i = <value optimized out> quick_init = false c = <value optimized out> (gdb) -- Mark Sapiro <mark(a)msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

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[Dovecot] v2.0.rc1 released
by Timo Sirainen 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc1.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc1.tar.gz.sig All of the important features are implemented and all of the important bugs are fixed. The only thing I'd like to solve before v2.0.0 is that two people have said their doveconf fails when trying to convert old v1.x config file. I haven't been able to reproduce this, so if it happens to anyone I'd like to know about it (and even better, get access to a test system where it happens, since it doesn't seem to be caused by the config file itself). There's at least one installation that has already used v2.0 + mdbox for months in production. A lot of bugs have been fixed thanks to them. So I'm expecting this release to be rather stable and v2.0.0 hopefully won't be too far away from now. So the "rc1" tag really means that this is a release candidate. After a few weeks go by without any important bug reports, I'll release v2.0.0. Largest changes since beta6: - Added man pages, mostly written by Pascal Volk. They're also synchronized to wiki in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools - dsync syntax changed, although it's still compatible with old syntax. see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Dsync for new syntax - dsync backup command added - dsync should now be stable (in theory anyway, more testing would probably be a good idea) - LMTP proxying supports director - director should now be stable - Single-dbox should now be stable - mdbox locking behavior modified. when rebuilding indexes it can no longer fail with deadlocks - fsync_disable=no was renamed to mail_fsync = optimized (default) - fsync_disable=yes was renamed to mail_fsync = never. - added a new mail_fsync = always (basically what mail_nfs_*=yes also did before, but now it can be done without enabling NFS cache flushes) Plus lots of fixes, as usual.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot and IPv6
by Steven King 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hello, I am trying to run Dovecot with IPv6 and IPv4. I have the following command in my conf: listen = * This makes Dovecot listen on all addresses on IPv4. I then add: listen = [::] So the conf now has both listen lines. This forces Dovecot to listen on all IPv6 addresses, but it no longer responds to requests on IPv4. Is there a way to get Dovecot to listen on both protocols? -- Steve King Senior Linux Engineer - Advance Internet, Inc. Cisco Certified Network Associate CompTIA Linux+ Certified Professional CompTIA A+ Certified Professional

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[Dovecot] dovecot created mailbox empty - all mail forwarded to main MX server and cyrus-dovecot conflict
by Hans Neukomm 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi all after lots of trial and error and the help of THIS mail list, finally my dovecot-postfix combination seems to work yet the dovecot mail spool always is empty all mail forwarded to my main mail server - but i have no mail relay configured. why is the mail NOT in the dovecot inbox but forwarded to another mail server ?? and why does postconf -A show cyrus and NOT dovecot ?? below some relevant config data. my goal is to have a clean simple dovecot+postfix mail system with nothing else (cyrus or so) involved when ever possible. ---------- DNS MX stuff dig mx kriyayoga.com ;; ANSWER SECTION: kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 10 smtp.kriyayoga.com. kriyayoga.com. 3600 IN MX 0 mail.kriyayoga.com. the new dovecot setup is tested on smtp.kriyayoga.com and when successfully working shall be used on both mail MX servers. ---------- postfix stuff relevant to dovecot > postconf -A cyrus > postconf -a cyrus dovecot my postconf -n shows nothing about cyrus in the config NOR anything about mail-relay to my main MX relayhost = mailbox_transport = mailbox_command = smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot virtual_transport = dovecot ---------- below the mail log for sending mail to my dovecot box Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: connect from unknown[124.108.51.96] Jul 3 20:31:08 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=27801 Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=smtp#011nologin#011lip=78.46.101.111#011rip=124.108.51.96#011resp=aGFucwBoYW5zAEk4Q3Nhd084MUR4Y1JlTTh1QmgwTA== Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK#0111#011user=hans Jul 3 20:31:09 kriyayoga postfix/smtpd[27801]: BC90129D9F: client=unknown[124.108.51.96], sasl_method=PLAIN, sasl_username=hans Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/cleanup[27807]: BC90129D9F: message-id=<201007032031.07830.hans(a)kriyayoga.com> Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: from=<hans(a)kriyayoga.com>, size=1287, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: to=<hans(a)kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 97FCE138024) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/smtp[27808]: BC90129D9F: to=<hans(a)kriyayoga.com>, relay=mail.kriyayoga.com[88.198.14.45]:25, delay=0.95, delays=0.5/0.01/0.17/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 Ok: queued as 97FCE138024) Jul 3 20:31:10 kriyayoga postfix/qmgr[14627]: BC90129D9F: removed at this point the mail is gone already - NO mail in my dovecot inbox - NO error - just automatically relayed to my main MX ---------- any help or tip or pointer to a howto is welcome and highly appreciated. greetings Hans <hans(a)kriyayoga.com> Cyberspace Ashram http://www.kriyayoga.com/

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[Dovecot] dovecot: pop3-login: Internal login failure - howto add dovecot users that are NO server users
by Hans Neukomm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi all my Linux system: opensuse 11.2 my mail system: postfix - dovecot my key problem since several days googling and testing is: how can I have a pop account with dovecot for a user if that user is NO linux system user it appears to me that most auth mechanisms somehow expect a mail user also to be a linux system user either to be found in the /etc/passwd or /etc/alias on my 4 servers I have NO users at all registered, NO login at all for any normal user - incl me. I strictly work as root and with serverkey auth on a tightly secured system since many years my goal is to have the most simple possible mail system - one user to send/receive (me) may be a very few friends with a pop3 account - that's that I have since many years - using cyrus. now I want to move to dovecot and I missed somehow since many days searching to find a simple howto add mail users - just for mail - pop3 and smtp, no imap, no home directory, etc I think that most of the errors I get in my mail log are about user unknown, I try different variations of postfix main.cf found in www the result always is some error like the newest dovecot: pop3-login: Internal login failures - below the last mail log - after I added a user to /etc/passwd hans:x:1000:100:xxxx yyyyyyy::/sbin/nologin ------------- dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=pop3#011secured#011lip=127.0.0.1#011rip=127.0.0.1#011lport=110#011rport=53082#011resp=AGhhbnMASThDc2F3TzgxRHhjUmVNOHVCaDBM dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,127.0.0.1): lookup: user=hans file=/etc/dovecot/passwd dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK#0111#011user=hans dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST#0112#01115510#0111 dovecot: auth(default): passwd(hans,127.0.0.1): lookup dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER#0112#011hans#011system_groups_user=hans#011uid=1000#011gid=100#011home= dovecot: dovecot: Relative home directory paths not supported (user hans): dovecot: pop3-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<hans>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured ------------- WITHOUT the user hans entry in /etc/passwd I get the following mail log errors ------------- Jul 1 02:43:01 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=17860 Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=pop3#011lip=78.46.101.111#011rip=124.108.51.96#011lport=110#011rport=50152#011resp=AGhhbnMASThDc2F3TzgxRHhjUmVNOHVCaDBM Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd-file(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup: user=hans file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK#0111#011user=hans Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST#0112#01117840#0111 Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd(hans,124.108.51.96): lookup Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): passwd(hans,124.108.51.96): unknown user Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): userdb(hans,124.108.51.96): user not found from userdb passwd Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND#0112 Jul 1 02:43:22 kriyayoga dovecot: pop3-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<hans>, method=PLAIN, rip=124.108.51.96, lip=78.46.101.111 ------------- any help or pointer to a solution or howto setup dovecot pop3 accounts for non-system users would be MOST welcome greetings hans

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[Dovecot] dovecot ldap search result ordering?
by chasye 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

I use openLDAP as dovecot pass/user db. here is main part of dovecot-ldap.conf: pass_attrs = mail=user, uid=userdb_home=/home/xadmin/%d/%$,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) default_pass_scheme = SSHA user_attrs = mail=user, uid=home=/home/xadmin/%d/%$ user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(|(mail=%u)(mailAlias=%u))) It works fine, but some account failed to get their domain in pass_attrs. I check the log. when it success, the result order is "mail, uid, userPassword" when it failed, the order is "userPassword, uid, mail" we just use a username to login. I think dovecot cant get the domain before username changed to "username@domain". So can dovecot sort the result order and How? -- 　　多情卻似總無情，　　唯覺尊前笑不成。　　蠟燭有心還惜別，　　替人垂淚到天明。

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.11/ thunderbird 3.1 - moving folders
by Andre Hübner 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hello List, customers telled me problem when moving folders in thunderbird which i can confirm. Following setup on my side: dovecot 1.2.11 with mbox. Thunderbird 3.1 with ready mailaccount and "Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages" is disabled. i create folder1 for subfolders and in folder1 a folder2 for mails. Now i create folder3 on toplevel like just like folder1 for subfolders. Now i drag/dop folder2 to folder3. Thunderbird is moving this folder successful but in folder1/.imap i can still see a folder folder2 which is containing a dovecot.index.log At this point thunderbird shows error-message when i start to delete folder1. It tells: [CANNOT] Mailbox is'nt selectable: folder1. AND [NONEXISTENT] Directory folder1 is'nt empty, can't delete it. What to do now? Is error on my or thunderbirds side? Parts of my config needed? Thanks, Andre

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[Dovecot] Quota in mysql dict not properly recalculated on 1.2?
by Joan 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Good morning, I am trying to add quota storage on mysql following the guide in the wiki http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict, and I am having some problems. My setup works fine for the newly created accounts, and correctly increases/decreases quota when necessary. The wrong part seems to be the recalculation. It seems to me that the system doesn't count the real occupation when it has to recreate the quota entry for a username. This is the case: .- User test(a)testing.com has a quota 200000 bytes, I delete the entry of the database for user, and then when I do the: echo 'x GETQUOTAROOT Inbox' | USER=test(a)testing.com /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap .- These are ALL the queries I see, I am missing the userdb queries to get the real quota. INSERT INTO quota_dovecot (bytes,username) VALUES ('0','test(a)testing.com') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE bytes='0' INSERT INTO quota_dovecot (messages,username) VALUES ('0','test(a)testing.com') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE messages='0' COMMIT SELECT bytes FROM quota_dovecot WHERE username = 'test(a)testing.com' SELECT messages FROM quota_dovecot WHERE username = 'test(a)testing.com' .- And the result also seems to indicate that it's not reading the quota from userdb * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA] Logged in as test(a)testing.com * QUOTAROOT "Inbox" "user" * QUOTA "user" (STORAGE 0 1048576) x OK Getquotaroot completed. It seems to me that dovecot --exec-mail doesn't do the mysql lookups to get the usersdb. Note: attached are my dovecot -n output and the relevant .conf files

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[Dovecot] Per-user quotas aren't working
by Guillaume CHARREYRON 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hello I tried to get per-user quotas working. The global quota is working well, but I can't get the one work on my test user: dovecot -n # 1.1.20: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 i686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info.log protocols: pop3 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: test-POP3 READY mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins: quota mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: grog(a)test.mymail.srv mail_plugins: quota auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/password.pop3 userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/password.pop3 plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=10M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=1M with users line in my password.pop3 like this: test-oper:{plain}test-oper:501:501::/home/test-oper::userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=2 0M allow_nets=192.168.4.0/24 I know that this file is well understood since the allow_nets works well. But I don't know why, the specific user quota rule isn't taken. I also use the Dovecot deliver process. Here is the info log: dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(test-oper,192.168.4.239): lookup: user=test-oper file=/etc/password.pop3 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): auth(test-oper,192.168.4.239): allow_nets: Matching for network 192.168.4.0/24 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=test-oper dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 4521 1 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(test-oper,192.168.4.239): lookup: user=test-oper file=/etc/password.pop3 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1 test-oper uid=501 gid=501 home=/home/test-oper quota_rule=*:bytes=20M dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: pop3-login: Login: user=<test-oper>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.4.239, lip=192.168.4.239, secured deliver(test-oper): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<11c5.0003.0000(a)test.mymail.srv>: save failed to INBOX: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(test-oper): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<11c5.0003.0000(a)test.mymail.srv>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(grog): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<dovecot-1278068147-645784-0(a)test.mymail.srv>: saved mail to INBOX dovecot: Jul 02 12:56:13 Info: POP3(test-oper): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/15, size=13816325 The corresponding maildirsize still show the global quota, and not the "test-oper" one: more /home/test-oper/Maildir/maildirsize 10485760S 13643547 15 I also tried to delete it, restart dovecot service, the result is the same. Do you have any idea? Guillaume

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[Dovecot] do Dovecot userdb and passwd filles need to be postmap'd
by Hans Neukomm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi all I am unsure if dovecot files like userdb and passwd also need to be postmap'd i.e. postmap userdb or userdb passwd when I use the typical data format for creating userdp postmap outputs the error > postmap userdb postmap: warning: userdb, line 1: expected format: key whitespace value a clarification is welcome greetings hans

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[Dovecot] address extension going into folder
by Phil Howard 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Is it possible with a simple config change to make address extensions, e.g. alice+sales(a)example.com, go into a folder, e.g. .INBOX.sales, and do so ONLY if that folder already exists (and just go into INBOX if it does not exist)?

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[Dovecot] Upgrade Too 1.2.11 Broke Everything
by Marcel Grandemange 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Good Day. I have had dovecot working successfully for years now, however after a system update , dovecot refused to start up complaing that im not using absolute paths. It took a bit of hacking to get it working again as can be seen by the sql query, however now imap doesn't work anymore because of that change. Im lost!! dovecot --version 1.2.11 dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: thavinci Ready verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_privileged_group: postfix mail_location: mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf In regards to this file the following was changed to make it work... mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Used to be: mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=xx.xx.xx.xx dbname=nameofdb user=dbuser password=dbpassword password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, concat('/var/mail/',maildir) AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' This query used to be: user_query = SELECT maildir, maildir AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' A snapshot of the maillog during failure Jun 29 11:50:15 thavinci postfix/qmgr[1469]: BA3DD9B4C9: removed Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): stat(/var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci last message repeated 2 times Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): open() failed with subscription file /var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.subscriptions: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=306/4046 As can be seen somehow it's trying to write to the mbox file and I have no idea why! And this is the db structure! SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; -- ---------------------------- -- Table structure for `mailbox_copy` -- ---------------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mailbox_copy`; CREATE TABLE `mailbox_copy` ( `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `maildir` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `quota` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `modified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`username`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Postfix Admin - Virtual Mailboxes'; -- ---------------------------- -- Records of mailbox_copy -- ----------------------------

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[Dovecot] Dovecot LDA/LDAP
by Frank den Hartog 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I'm a total newbie with Dovecot LDA and LDAP. To be honoust, I don't know what I'm doing. My system runs CentOS 5.5, Postfix 2.3.3 and Dovecot 1.2.11. I try to set up Dovecot LDA. But whatever I'm trying, I fail. 2010-06-30T18:28:12.585128+02:00 h1690641 postfix/pipe[26443]: 84F012A00A55: to=<test(a)domain.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.07, delays=0.03/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown) My current situation: I'm using at the current server OpenLDAP, Postfix and Dovecot with the Postfix LDA. It works fine, but I want to use sieve. I've setup a second server. I'm using my current OpenLDAP directory. The configurations: /etc/dovecot.conf # 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab064.7 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) reiserfs login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%i/Maildir/ mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:/home/vmail/%i/Maildir/ inbox: yes hidden: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)cocamsterdam.net sendmail_path: /usr/lib/sendmail auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.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 user: vmail group: mail /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = host.server.com dn = cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com dnpass = blabla ldap_version = 3 base = dc=domain,dc=com user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\ homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) /etc/postfix/main.cf (Virtual settings) virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000 virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000 virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail/ virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/domains.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:500 /etc/postfix/master.cf (Dovecot settings) dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} /etc/postfix/domains.cf domain.com /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf server_host = host.domain.com search_base = dc=domain,dc=com version = 3 query_filter = (&(objectclass=person)(mail=%s)) result_attribute = uid result_format = %s/Maildir/ I've used http://www.linuxmail.info as an example. That works fine, but I want more.

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[Dovecot] Can't establish Dovecot authorization in Exim.
by 秋元亮二 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi, I have some problem in Dovecot authorization in Exim for outgoing SMTP. Version of Exim is 4.69 and the Exim was compiled with "AUTH_DOVECOT=yes" and "AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes". Version of Dovecot is 1.2.12. I use SSL for IMAP. Is Exim neccesary to use SSL(TLS) for authorization of outgoing SMTP? Configuration files is as follows; - Exim ---------------------------------------------------------- dovecot_login: driver = dovecot public_name = LOGIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth1 dovecot_plain: driver = dovecot public_name = PLAIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth2 ---------------------------------------------------------- - Dovecot ---------------------------------------------------------- auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { args = cache_key=%u dovecot } userdb passwd { } socket listen { #master { #} client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0666 } } } ---------------------------------------------------------- Do I have to set other than that, like TLS for Exim? Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmailがサクサク動く！フィッシング詐欺も怖くない http://o.jp.msn.com/ie8/

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[Dovecot] "forgot my password" feature
by Mustafa Cagatayli 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi, We have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot(v.1.1.11) combination which we have user data on MySQL through virtual users. We have configured the SquirrelMail interface so that users can now change their own passwords. Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password management" which would allow us to add the "I forgot my password. Lets reset it" feature which would do the authentication with the help of some random personal data or personal question/answer combination ? Regards. -- Mustafa Çağataylı BİM

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[Dovecot] Work with auth socket
by Неворотин Вадим 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Неворотин Вадим <nevorotin(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/6/29 Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Work with auth socket To: Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> Hmm, I have some problems with realization of authentication throw dovecot socket. I've wrote such script: #!/usr/bin/perl $login = "test"; $passwd = "test"; #utf8::encode($login); # I don't know are we really need it #utf8::encode($passwd); my $service = "ejabberd"; my $timeout = 1; my $socket = '/var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client'; my $sock = new IO::Socket::UNIX(Type => SOCK_STREAM, Peer => $socket) or die "Can't open socket."; my $sel = new IO::Select($sock); while (1) { $sel->can_read($timeout) or last; defined recv($sock, my $buf, 256, 0) or warn 'Error while reading response'; print $buf; } send($sock,"VERSION\t1\t0\nCPID\t$$\n",0) or die "Can't write to $socket"; my $base64 = encode_base64("\0$login\0$passwd"); $sock->send("AUTH\t1\tPLAIN\tservice=$service\tsecured\tresp=$base64\n") or die "Can't write to $socket"; my $i = 10; while ($i--) { $sel->can_read($timeout) or last; # "Timed out while waiting for response"; defined recv($sock, my $buf, 256, 0) or warn 'Error while reading response'; print $buf; } And has such log: # ./test.pl MECH PLAIN plaintext MECH LOGIN plaintext VERSION 1 0 SPID 26023 CUID 1818 DONE So dovecot doesn't answer anything after AUTH command. May be http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication%20Protocol is not fully describe auth protocol? 2010/6/24 Неворотин Вадим <nevorotin(a)gmail.com> Thank you! > > > 2010/6/24 Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Неворотин Вадим wrote: >> >> >> I need to use Dovecot auth socket from my perl script to validate user's >>> passwords (for jabber server). Is there any information about how to >>> communicate with dovecot auth socket? >>> >>> >> >> http://search.cpan.org/~sasha/Authen-SASL-Authd-0.04/lib/Authen/SASL/Authd.… >> >> "NAME >> >> Authen::SASL::Authd - Client authentication via Cyrus saslauthd or Dovecot >> authentication daemon." >> >> http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication+Protocol >> >> Regards, >> >> - -- Steffen Kaiser >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEVAwUBTCNOy7+Vh58GPL/cAQJXEQf/SHlQTrUo/OiNFSLteEuF6kGGY/iYGYZ2 >> CUEKLJQtE92yyGJqt7CYun3Z64llrkzYUGoJDnyPtEFgP2a1uqaEUyusilobuYfB >> E/B7zdRbHOD2+4afdwHocGundcfWB2GxZi+j454rCDWt5haX+cSd5Be561WdpyE0 >> yUc3raXLRz6qeRC/A+vmpbA4sbmm+Fd1fCHtwcQhOVvk+X7fJRLb30HUq1wRjyMi >> LBTv5TxCib+O34MPYpA6xLyrNCkjwAuhdshiw6KihVBx29U9HcoNtUIjfSqL6/gG >> vhKt6RfgahpytJm97LuDwE7GNf6/3oDeHlTJfAS5EfYdSqcnxxyfLw== >> =1C+5 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > >

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[Dovecot] Expunge email Plugin
by Alex Baule 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hello everyone..... I Need to know when a email is expunge, but i don't need change this action. I Need to call another action + the default action. There is a plugin to do this ?

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[Dovecot] Error that I don't understand
by Andre 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I’ve noticed lines like this in error log: IMAP(username(a)cubeholding.com): Error: read(mail, uid=58284) failed: Is a directory I’ve looked at sources and found this message in src/lib-storage/index/index-mail.c, function static int index_mail_stream_check_failure(struct index_mail *mail) but I don’t understand where it come from, I understand it is something about indexes, anyone can explain me more, please? Dovecot 1.2.12 TIA Andrea

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[Dovecot] Use both SQL and LDAP
by Shayne Jellesma 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hey guys, I am just wondering if it is possible to use both SQL and LDAP queries at the same time to get information. Example on why I want to do this: I work at a school where we have the need for 2 separate types of mailbox configuration (better wording is eluding me at the moment). Staff and Students currently share the same email server. I would like to be able to give staff a bigger inbox (eg: 500MB) than students (eg: 50MB). The way I am thinking, if this is even possible, to pull username and group membership from Active Directory. Check the groups against a SQL query to give the user the appropriate mailbox size. Also, having email is a privilege, not a right at my school so is it also possible to check if a user is part of a BannedEmailUsers or AllowedEmailUser group so I could quickly and effectively disable accounts as needed. I apologise if this is a little hard to follow. Writing what I want has never been a strongpoint for me J I also apologise if this has been asked, or information is available somewhere. I did search and didn't come up with much. Regards, Shayne Jellesma Network Administrator / ICT Support St Martins Lutheran College

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[Dovecot] system_groups_user=%u seem not to be considered by deliver
by Matthias Rieber 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi, while trying to deliver a mail I got the following error: Jun 20 21:57:09 shrike dovecot: lda(matthias): Error: user matthias: Initialization failed: Namespace 'shared.': stat(/home/sharedbox/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=1014(matthias) egid=1022(scheff32) missing +x perm: /home/sharedbox, euid is not dir owner) Jun 20 21:57:09 shrike dovecot: lda(matthias): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. The shared mailbox works without any problems when I access it with imap. Regards, Matthias

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[Dovecot] %d/%n doesn't work... why?
by William Ottley 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello all, I've been trying to setup my postfix and dovecot to AUTH with mysql, and I'm almost there! BUT, for some reason, dovecot won't create the folders in their proper location. For some reason, instead of going into /var/vmail/pplsnet.com/{username}location, where the postfix put all the emails, dovecot creates a whole new set of folders in /var/vmail/{username} I have attempted to force dovecot to put into a sub directly, without using the %d, but that doesn't work either: #mail_location = mbox:/var/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = mbox:/var/vmail/pplsnet.com/%n Where do I look to figure out why its not putting it into the %d/%n location? does it have to do with the fact that AUTH graps the username, and NOT the domain name? (via mysql)? I have included dovecot -n and postconf -n.. can anyone take a quick guess and figure out what I should be doing? thanks! *dovecot -n* # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 150 last_valid_uid: 150 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: mbox:/var/vmail/pplsnet.com/%n maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: mail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: mail *postconf -n: *alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 disable_vrfy_command = no html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail mailbox_size_limit = 500000 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/share/man message_size_limit = 10000 mydomain = rnd myhostname = mail.pplsnet.com mynetworks = 174.xx.xx.0/24 myorigin = $myhostname newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/gd_bundle.crt smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/pplsnet.com.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/www.pplsnet.com.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = no smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 virtual_alias_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:$config_directory/ mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 150 virtual_uid_maps = static:150 * *

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[Dovecot] help with global ACL
by Piyush Joshi 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Dear All, I am willing to know can i restrict all my users to delete some general folders like Drafts, Sent, SPAM, Trash etc. I am using autocreate plugin to create these folders and using Maildir to store my mails. I also want that they can not unsubscribe the above mentioned folder as well. Dovecot version - 1.2.11 Please send me some link so that i can implement the same if possible. Thanks Piyush Joshi

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[Dovecot] Upgrade Too 1.2.11 Broke Everything
by Marcel Grandemange 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Good Day. I have had dovecot working successfully for years now, however after a system update , dovecot refused to start up complaing that im not using absolute paths. It took a bit of hacking to get it working again as can be seen by the sql query, however now imap doesn't work anymore because of that change. Im lost!! dovecot --version 1.2.11 dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: thavinci Ready verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_privileged_group: postfix mail_location: mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf In regards to this file the following was changed to make it work... mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Used to be: mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=xx.xx.xx.xx dbname=nameofdb user=dbuser password=dbpassword password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, concat('/var/mail/',maildir) AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' This query used to be: user_query = SELECT maildir, maildir AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' A snapshot of the maillog during failure Jun 29 11:50:15 thavinci postfix/qmgr[1469]: BA3DD9B4C9: removed Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): stat(/var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci last message repeated 2 times Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): open() failed with subscription file /var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.subscriptions: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=306/4046 As can be seen somehow it's trying to write to the mbox file and I have no idea why! And this is the db structure! SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; -- ---------------------------- -- Table structure for `mailbox_copy` -- ---------------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mailbox_copy`; CREATE TABLE `mailbox_copy` ( `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `maildir` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `quota` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `modified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`username`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Postfix Admin - Virtual Mailboxes'; -- ---------------------------- -- Records of mailbox_copy -- ----------------------------

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[Dovecot] Compile error sieve plugin for dovecot2
by Christian Kivalo 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm trying to compile the sieve plugin for dovecot2 Dovecot2-beta6 is allready running and working. i did a hg clone http://hg.renamie-it.nl/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole and ran the autogen.sh script as mentioned in the INSTALL file configure options: /configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot/ --with-managesieve=no compiling gives an error after a while: /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\""/usr/lib/dovecot"\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c -o sieve-actions.lo sieve-actions.c libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\"/usr/lib/dovecot\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c sieve-actions.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/sieve-actions.o sieve-actions.c: In function 'act_store_mailbox_open': sieve-actions.c:338: error: storage size of 'save_ctx' isn't known sieve-actions.c:355: warning: implicit declaration of function 'mail_deliver_save_open' sieve-actions.c:338: warning: unused variable 'save_ctx' make[4]: *** [sieve-actions.lo] Fehler 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 am i missing something? further information can be provided. dovecot2 was configured with prefix/sysconfdir/localstatedir as above it doesnt make any differences if i change --with-dovecot to the local sources directory thanks in advance Christian Kivalo

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-2.0 conf misc questions
by Thomas Hummel 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm setting up a dovecot-2.0.beta6 install and I'm experiencing the following issues/questions : 1. Converting the config file # /usr/local/dovecot-2/bin/doveconf -n -c /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf : [...] doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf line 176: Unknown setting: process_limit but # grep -i process_limit /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf # Well, it doesn't bother me much since I made the dovecot-2 conf from scratch anyway. 2. Changing the process limit In 10-master.conf, I changed 'service imap''s 'process_limit' from 1024 to 4096 which caused : Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5320) Where does the 5320 come from ? 3. The = <file syntax Is there anything to know about this new syntax other than files are introduced by "<" ? 4. The "filter" hierarchy My understanding is that protocol, remote, local must be specified in the following order protocol name { remote <ip|name> { local <ip|name> { and that for a match in several blocks, the more specific wins. but it's not clear to me where they are valid and if we can negate (with a ! for instance) an argument. For instance, I want to implement the typical case of "let clients from the inside network perform a plain auth over a clear connection, require SSL before auth for the outside network clients". For that, I want to put remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } in 10-auth.conf and let the 'disable_plaintext_auth = yes' in dovecot.conf But : . why is this default not in 10-auth.conf file ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol imap { remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol ! imap ... or remote ! <some address> ? Besides, if I set ssl=required, do I still need disable_plaintext_auth = yes ? 4. auth unix listner Default is the unix socket 'auth-userdb'. Which processes communicate through this one ? Does that mean the the auth process is not the process which performs the actual passdb/userdb lookup ? In that case what is the 'userdb process' ? Same question : what is the auth-client socket used for ? Finally, would it make sense to declare other auth listeners than the two listed by default in the 10-master.conf file ? -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] pop passd for changing passwords in squirrelmail
by Rajesh M 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

hi when i migrated from courier to dovecot my password change plugin in squirrelmail stopped working since courierpassd was being used in poppassd is there a way to get this working ie some alternative solution i don't want to use qmailadmin thanks rajesh

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[Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot
by Xavi Montero 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi all, my first post. After years with an old server, a couple of months ago I've installed a new one. We use IMAP. After research, I chosed dovecot. It has been running for several weeks but from one week ago or so, it suddently dies about once per day. The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9 seconds each night. We did this because "apparently" we did not a "soft time drift" installing the full ntp daemon, but I start thinking the time-jump crashes dovecot. QUESTIONS: - Might this time-jump cause dovecot to die? - I don't know wehere the dovecot logs are written to. Where do I start searching? Thanks to all! Xavi. -- Xavier Montero - 93 589 71 91 - 630 59 01 62 - xmontero(a)dsitelecom.com

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Re: [Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Am 28.06.2010 16:01, schrieb Matthias Rieber: > Hi, > > On 28.06.2010 14:36, Oliver Eales wrote: >> Hello, >> i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace >> in v2.0. >> The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver >> virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this >> is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i >> configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace >> itself is working.) > maybe you've to add the virtual plugin to protocol managesieve: > > protocol managesieve { > mail_plugins = <other plugins> virtual > } > Thanks, that was the problem! Now it is working. Quite logical when i think about it... :-) Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hello, i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace in v2.0. The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace itself is working.) Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve-login: Info: Login: user=<1000000000032>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=30947, secured Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve: Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=1073741824B Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Effective uid=20001, gid=20001, home=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032 Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace type=private: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=ye s, subscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: fs: root=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032-dbox, index=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000 032-dbox/index, control=, inbox= Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=virtual., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, su bscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: user 1000000000032: Initialization failed: Namespace 'virtual.': Unknown mail stora ge driver virtual Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. I am using dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole 1301:1def8519d775 and dovecot-2.0 11638:5326d6b2f36e excerpt from confs: protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve mail_location = dbox:%h-dbox:INDEX=%h-dbox/index namespace type=private { separator = . prefix = inbox = yes } namespace { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:%h-dbox/virtual:INDEX=%h-dbox/index/virtual } service managesieve-login { inet_listener managesieve { } } Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] "forgot my password" feature
by Mustafa Cagatayli 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi, We have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot(v.1.1.11) combination which we have user data on MySQL as virtual users. We have configured the SquirrelMail interface so that users can now change their own passwords. Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password management" which would allow us to add the "I forgot my password. Lets reset it" feature which would do the authentication with the help of some random personal data or personal question/answer combination ? Regards. -- Mustafa Çağataylı BİM

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[Dovecot] SASL EXTERNAL docs?
by Patrick Ben Koetter 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

The wiki says Dovecot supports SASL EXTERNAL as of version 1.2. I couldn't find any documentation telling me how I would configure SASL EXTERNAL. Is there any? p@rick -- state of mind Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] importing outlook express messages to dovecot imap server
by Angelo Chen 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hi, I have a local Dovecot 1.1.4 running. I have a big number of outlook express messages that I like to put into Maildir so that I can use Dovecot's imap to access. I can convert them into mbox format. any available means for me to import outlook express/mbox messages into Maildir/Dovecot? command line will be preferred, Thanks, Angelo

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot evaluation on a 30 gb mailbox
by Eric Shubert 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Rajesh M wrote: >> Rajesh M wrote: >>>> Rajesh M wrote: >>>>> eric >>>>> >>>>> i studied LDA a bit >>>> > >>>>> if i use lda that means all my 5000+ users' email index files will be >>>>> continuously updated when every email arrives -- means a lot of writes >>>>> to >>>>> disk ... is that correct ? >>>> Yes, but I think you make it sound worse than it is. Updating the index >>>> as each email arrives doesn't involve rebuilding the whole index like >>>> what happens at login. It only updates what's there instead of >>>> rebuilding the whole thing. I can't speak from experience, but I expect >>>> that it's very efficient, and you'll never notice any increased load on >>>> the machine. Perhaps the equivalent of adding journaling to a >>>> filesystem. You can ask the dovecot list to verify this. >>>> >>>> Also, it just occurred to me that if you're using ext3, you should be >>>> sure to optimize the filesystem. Off hand, I'd use the noatime and >>>> nodiratime mount options (man mount) and dir_index filesystem option >>>> (man tune2fs). >>>> >>>>> if yes then i dont want that since only around 200 or so people out of >>>>> the >>>>> above 5000 use webmail. >>>> Just to be clear, it affects all imap usage, not only webmail (although >>>> your uses may not use imap other than webmail). >>>> >>>>> i will study a some more and revert >>>> I hope you can figure a way to try this out. I expect that QMT's move >>>> to >>>> dovecot in the future will include the deliver LDA, and your work here >>>> will be a big help getting us there. >>>> >>>> Let me know if I can be of any further help. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -Eric 'shubes' >>>> >>> >>> hi eric >>> >>> few questions >>> >>> i wil enable lda exclusively for this one 30 gb email box using .qmail >>> file see the performance improvement .. is that ok ? >> I believe that would be fine. >> >>> can i safely enable atime for this user maildir ? >> Sure. That's simply a performance consideration. I don't believe that >> atime is used for much of anything, so either atime or noatime is safe. >> noatime is just a little faster because the inode (where that piece of >> information is stored) doesn't need to be updated each time a file is >> accessed. >> >>> thanks for your help >> Sure. I'm eager to see your results. >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> > > > hi eric > > this is what i plan to do > > as per > http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Qmail > > i need to enter the following line in a .qmail file under the Maildir > directory of the user > |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$USER the location is /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver on my system. > i would add an email forward using qmailadmin web interface (which creates > the .qmail file) and then manually edit the .qmail file and put the above > line in it (so that ownership and permissions are taken care off) That sounds ok. The permissions/ownership I'm seeing on .qmail files is: -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 101 Mar 26 2008 .qmail > now i would also need to edit the dovecot.conf file > could you guide me on what changes do i need to dovecot.conf file ? Others on this list would be more help than me regarding this. From the looks of it though (after browsing the dovecot.conf file, which is well documented btw) I don't think you'd need to change a thing. We'll certainly find out if that's the case or not. I'd just give it a go. Perhaps on a test account initially. ;) -- -Eric 'shubes'

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[Dovecot] Pigeonhole Managesieve issue with Dovecot 2.0
by Tim Traver 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

Hi all, ok, I am running version v2.0.beta6 and the latest pigeonhole build to run managesieve and the sieve delivery filters... I am getting the following response from the managesieve port when connecting : Escape character is '^]'. "IMPLEMENTATION" "Dovecot" "SIEVE" "" "SASL" "PLAIN" "STARTTLS" "VERSION" "1.0" OK "Dovecot ready." But, I think that the SIEVE line is suppose to have all of the supported sieve functions like so : "SIEVE" "comparator-i;ascii-numeric fileinto reject vacation imapflags notify include envelope body relational regex subaddress copy" I modified the dovecot sieve config file to try and add (although they should all be added by default), and it still comes up blank... Am I missing something? what might cause it to not broadcast the sieve implementations that it has? Thanks, Tim.

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[Dovecot] auth_cache_size
by Daniel L. Miller 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

I was going to ask how much space I should allocate for auth_cache_size - but decided to read the wiki first. Now I'll be more specific - Wiki says about 50 bytes per passdb, and up to 200 bytes for userdb - so my arithmetic says each combined entry needs 250 bytes budgeted. Assuming that's correct, I need some clarification. Let's start small. Assume ten users, all connected - and everybody also likes looking at everybody else's mailbox. So there are ten clients, each with at least ten connections (I say at least because each folder viewed within an account is its own connection, right?). How is the auth_cache used? If I have ten user/pass combinations - is that all that is stored? Or are there connection-specific entries as well? In other words, for the above example, do I have 10 x 250 bytes yields auth_cache_size=3, or do I need 10 x 10 x 250 yields auth_cache_size=30 - or am I totally off? -- Daniel

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot evaluation on a 30 gb mailbox
by Rajesh M 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

> Rajesh M wrote: >>> Rajesh M wrote: >>>> eric >>>> >>>> i studied LDA a bit >>> > >>>> if i use lda that means all my 5000+ users' email index files will be >>>> continuously updated when every email arrives -- means a lot of writes >>>> to >>>> disk ... is that correct ? >>> Yes, but I think you make it sound worse than it is. Updating the index >>> as each email arrives doesn't involve rebuilding the whole index like >>> what happens at login. It only updates what's there instead of >>> rebuilding the whole thing. I can't speak from experience, but I expect >>> that it's very efficient, and you'll never notice any increased load on >>> the machine. Perhaps the equivalent of adding journaling to a >>> filesystem. You can ask the dovecot list to verify this. >>> >>> Also, it just occurred to me that if you're using ext3, you should be >>> sure to optimize the filesystem. Off hand, I'd use the noatime and >>> nodiratime mount options (man mount) and dir_index filesystem option >>> (man tune2fs). >>> >>>> if yes then i dont want that since only around 200 or so people out of >>>> the >>>> above 5000 use webmail. >>> Just to be clear, it affects all imap usage, not only webmail (although >>> your uses may not use imap other than webmail). >>> >>>> i will study a some more and revert >>> I hope you can figure a way to try this out. I expect that QMT's move >>> to >>> dovecot in the future will include the deliver LDA, and your work here >>> will be a big help getting us there. >>> >>> Let me know if I can be of any further help. >>> >>> -- >>> -Eric 'shubes' >>> >> >> >> hi eric >> >> few questions >> >> i wil enable lda exclusively for this one 30 gb email box using .qmail >> file see the performance improvement .. is that ok ? > > I believe that would be fine. > >> can i safely enable atime for this user maildir ? > > Sure. That's simply a performance consideration. I don't believe that > atime is used for much of anything, so either atime or noatime is safe. > noatime is just a little faster because the inode (where that piece of > information is stored) doesn't need to be updated each time a file is > accessed. > >> thanks for your help > > Sure. I'm eager to see your results. > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > hi eric this is what i plan to do as per http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Qmail i need to enter the following line in a .qmail file under the Maildir directory of the user |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $EXT@$USER i would add an email forward using qmailadmin web interface (which creates the .qmail file) and then manually edit the .qmail file and put the above line in it (so that ownership and permissions are taken care off) now i would also need to edit the dovecot.conf file could you guide me on what changes do i need to dovecot.conf file ? rajesh

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[Dovecot] Work with auth socket
by Неворотин Вадим 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

I need to use Dovecot auth socket from my perl script to validate user's passwords (for jabber server). Is there any information about how to communicate with dovecot auth socket?

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[Dovecot] LMTP SIZE Option
by Paul Freeman 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hi Timo, Are there any plans to support the SIZE option in the lmtp server? Paul

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[Dovecot] Fw: Re: step-to-step Installation Guide
by Spyros Tsiolis 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

XMail is not bad either. Strictly command-line oriented but very powerfull (if you want my opinion anyway). http://www.xmailserver.org I've been using it for almost a decade now (!) s. --- On Wed, 23/6/10, Charles Marcus <CMarcus(a)Media-Brokers.com> wrote: > From: Charles Marcus <CMarcus(a)Media-Brokers.com> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] step-to-step Installation Guide > To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Date: Wednesday, 23 June, 2010, 18:34 > On 2010-06-23 11:03 AM, Eric Shubert > wrote: > > Are you running other services on your server, or will > it be dedicated > > to email? If the later, you might want to look into > > http://qmailtoaster.com/. > > Bad advice imo. QMail is dead, it just doesn't know it yet. > :) > > Seriously thought, the only person who should be using > qmail is someone > who has been using it forever and knows it inside and out - > and I would > *still* argue that they should just admit the truth and > move on. > > Do yourself a favor and don't go down that road. The best > two open > source MTA's are postfix and Exim, so you should be using > one of them > unless there is a compelling reason to use something else. > I personally > prefer postfix, but only because that's all I've ever used. > I've heard > nothing but good things about Exim, so you wouldn't be > going wrong > either way. > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles >

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot evaluation on a 30 gb mailbox
by Rajesh M 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Rajesh M wrote: > >>> Roundcube 0.3.1 seems to have a hard coded limit of 200 mails per page. > >> it again took around 4-5 mins > > I do not know nothing about Roundcube, therefore I wonder where the 5min > delay come from: > > a) Do you keep index files on Dovecot side? > > b) Do you deliver / manipulate the mailbox via Dovecot only? E.g. do you > use Dovecot deliver? > > c) If you rawlog or sniff the connection and issue the same commands as > roundcube to Dovecot via, say, telnet next morning, is the delay the same? > http://wiki.dovecot.org/Debugging/Rawlog > http://wiki.dovecot.org/TestInstallation?highlight=%28telnet%29 > > a) and b) should avoid rereading of the mailbox. > c) is to ensure that Roundcube does not add the delay itself. > >> the extra 1000 emails were to be added to the cache .. does dovecot go >> thru all the 170000 emails again to form the meta data ? or is there >> some >> cache expiry period ? > > Usually no. > > Regards, > > - -- > Steffen Kaiser > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBTCG2V7+Vh58GPL/cAQJyHAf+MayOiuayYay2mCM5i0DJH296pbuDMAXc > kbXKMRXFOP/KGeAYmHirL/9/63h0IjeRtSuBe0HJxmbg87aZVWOejVaXSPOPTAUR > n8d++siuBnQ8xiDFw0LKgep2HetYFdxepDRjdPTOM/Drpv+THFRGOVnem6JYb7yw > 0XqkQG7M4pKBaxZA+0HFH4c4ADz3XykkOluTHhmU0zDXcdkK0TybfEiwGRY3R7i8 > IozQ62pKv/v2t2z2clYOXsqLe6pM14B8/2SXUX4Anrkz8AoKyocT1Ks9hOCkizEn > bG99r7U+WObrMmbTpy6jsq//amh496ot37S4DO7DBKa3cKYqOJwwXg== > =gqnn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > hi did the tests once again on this large email box i set maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes this was done in the morning and dovecot was restarted i logged after about 4 hours after the previous login again it took around 5 mins to login i was monitoring my server load which around 1.5 - 2 on my dual core dual xeon machine this increased to around 8-9 during the login process the no of emails in the box had increase by around 7500 emails setting maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes does not seem to help i have pasted below my dovecot.conf file ################ base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ protocols = imap imaps log_path = /backup1/qmaillog/dovecot.log #ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key_file = /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_cipher_list = djdjjd verbose_ssl = yes protocol imap { listen = *:143 ssl_listen = *:993 } ## Login processes #login_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_user = dovecot login_process_per_connection = no login_processes_count = 3 login_process_size = 128 login_max_processes_count = 512 login_greeting = Ready #login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c ## Mailbox locations and namespaces mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } # Mail processes verbose_proctitle = yes first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 # Maximum number of running mail processes. When this limit is reached, max_mail_processes = 200 # Set max. process size in megabytes. Most of the memory goes to mmap()ing # files, so it shouldn't harm much even if this limit is set pretty high. mail_process_size = 256 ## Maildir-specific settings maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes ## Authentication processes disable_plaintext_auth = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb vpopmail { args = webmail=127.0.0.1 } userdb vpopmail { } user = vpopmail count = 1 ssl_require_client_cert = no } ################ thanks rajesh

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[Dovecot] Regenerate Index and Control Files
by John S 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

In a bad attempt of correcting a non-related error, I deleted, and recreated, the control and index directories; now, the only e-mail showing up, in all user mailboxes, is mail that has been delivered afterward. How do I make dovecot regenerate the control and index files so that the old e-mail shows up? John

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[Dovecot] step-to-step Installation Guide
by Marcus Linnenkohl 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

Hello, I'm new here, and I'm from Germany, so please be patient with me because my English is not so good ;) I am searching for a Step-to-Step Guide to first-configure Dovecot. I want to create virtual Users wich can logon to my Server to a Webinterface to call theire mails. I think IMAP is the right protokoll but it should be safe, so i think IMAPs is better. Unfortunately I am not familiar with Dovecot, so I need your help. Yours sincerely Marcus -- GRATIS für alle GMX-Mitglieder: Die maxdome Movie-FLAT! Jetzt freischalten unter http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/maxdome01

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[Dovecot] quota_set leak
by Mike Abbott 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

The quota plugin in 2.0.beta6 leaks 2KB "quota settings" pools. Here is a patch to plug this leak, assuming you intended the caller of quota_init to retain ownership of the quota_set. If on the other hand you intended for quota_init to assume ownership of the quota_set, then the quota_settings_deinit call belongs in quota_deinit. --- a/src/plugins/quota/quota-storage.c (beta6) +++ b/src/plugins/quota/quota-storage.c (patched) @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ { struct quota_user *quser = QUOTA_USER_CONTEXT(user); + quota_settings_deinit(&quser->quota->set); quota_deinit(&quser->quota); quser->module_ctx.super.deinit(user); }

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[Dovecot] Proxy Access (Manager/Secretary) Best Practices?
by Chris Hobbs 23 Jun '10

23 Jun '10

I've mostly got our dovecot+postfix+SOGo+openldap open source groupware replacement working the way I want it to; we're replacing GroupWise in our organization and I'm thrilled to be doing it. I'm supporting about 1,000 active staff users (and another 6,000 student accounts). I've got e-mail and calendar sharing working, and it does what it says it will do, but it is (go figure) different in concept from Proxy access under GroupWise. In GroupWise, I can give my secretary proxy access to my account and she can read all of my folders, see my calendars, and send e-mail as me. To someone that receives an e-mail or appointment request from her while she's proxied to me, there's no distinction at all. Is there a way to mimic this sort of functionality with the tools I've chosen? I've figured out that I can add additional 'mail' attributes to the secretary's record, and those addresses are available as drop-down choices in the SOGo web interface, but with the secretary's name and not the manager. Any advice will be much appreciated. And many thanks to the developers involved for writing and making available such amazingly good software. Eliminating the license fees we've been paying to Novell is allowing me to save a technician that surely would have been eliminated in budget cuts this year. Chris Chris Hobbs Director, Technology New Haven Unified School District -- This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean.

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