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[Dovecot] Dovecot + virtual users
by bichumo 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Hi, I'm running FreeBSD, Dovecot, Postfix (virtual users), MySQL, Squirrelmail. I have installed squirrelmail-quota_usage-plugin, but I cannot make it work. It mentions "If you have an IMAP server with QUOTA Extension capability...". In dovecot.conf I have enabled "mail_plugins = quota" near protocol pop3 and protocol lda, near protocol imap I have "mail_plugins = quota imap_quota". Near " plugin { ..." I have "quota = maildir:storage=204800". I think that the problem of why I don't see quota in Squirrelmail is in file dovecot-sql near user_query. I have my users mailboxes in such format: /usr/local/virtual/domain.tld/username and my user_query looks like this: user_query = SELECT maildir, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1', I think that in my user_query I'm missing something. I do not get any errors in the dovecot and dovecot-debug logs, everything works fine, but I still can't see quota.

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[Dovecot] Deliver parameter problem!
by Umut Arus 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Is there anybody having idea about this problem? thanks. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Deliver parameter problem Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:21:56 +0300 From: Umut Arus <umuta(a)sabanciuniv.edu> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Hello, I'm using dovecot-1.0.5 with postfix. I have to use deliver from procmail because I have some filters. There is no document about how to using deliver parameters (-d) other than http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA . If I set -d parameters manually as a username everything is ok. I can not set users' mail quota (don't lookup) with mysql db if I haven't set -d parameter as receipt username in procmail. How can I describe user (-d) parameter's variable in procmail? Procmail configuration, :0 | /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f $blabla -d $blabla2 Output of the configuration, # 1.0.5: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen: 10.1.1.168 ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.cert.pem ssl_key_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.key.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u mail_debug: yes mail_full_filesystem_access: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u inbox: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: mail/ location: maildir:~/Maildir/.mail:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 plugin: quota: maildir:storage=500000:ignore=trash regards,

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[Dovecot] Dovecot v1.1.alpha4 problem
by Vladislav Malyshkin 13 Sep '07

13 Sep '07

Dovecot v1.1.alpha4 imap after some time stops responding. It can not be restarted as /etc/init.d/dovecot restart killall imap also does not help killall -9 imap and then restart does help in log I see message (repeted periodically) that Sep 12 09:50:02 localhost postfix/local[22533]: C7057753B6: to=<username@domain> , relay=local, delay=5195, delays=5156/0.01/0/39, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferr ed (cannot update mailbox /home/username/Mailbox for user username. unable to lo ck for exclusive access: Resource temporarily unavailable) lsof -n shows that the file is is open by imap process.

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[Dovecot] Datehandling bug?
by Ed W 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hi, I am testing dovecot 1.0.3 alongside my existing courier installation and a number of my emails are heading to the top of the inbox even though they are rather old. Closer inspection shows that my mailclient (Thunderbird on Win32) is showing me some screwey dates for a number of messages. One example is an email which says: Date: 2007-08-21 11:42:43 But in TB I see the date shown as only: 03:27 ie just a time and no date OK, the date above is clearly not an RFC date, but any idea why this is showing up only under Dovecot? Is it a dovecot date handling issue? Cheers Ed W

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot sieve notify example?
by Thanh Han The 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hi, On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 10:47:10PM +0300, Uldis Pakuls wrote: > you can expand it using variables: > > sample: > ----------- > # Imagine the header > if address :matches ["From"] ["*"] { > # ${1} is the matching address > keep; > notify :method "mailto" :options ["${1}"] :message "Thank you, your message has been received." ; > } else { > # Control wouldn't reach this block, any match was successful > } > ----------- > > see: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-sieve-variables-08.txt I installed the latest sieve plugin (1.0.2) but it seems that the "variables" extension is not supported yet. When I say ,-------- | require ["fileinto", "variables"]; `-------- then I get the error: ,-------- | sieve parse error: line 1: Unsupported features in require line `-------- If I leave variables out, sieve doesn't complain but the variable is not expanded and I got ,-------- | sent notification to <${1}> (method=mailto) `-------- Any hint please? Thanks, Thanh

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[Dovecot] [Debian] Sarge packages for dovecot 1.0.5 available
by Brian T Glenn 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 07:21:26AM +0300, Timo Sirainen may have written: > http://dovecot.org/releases/1.0/dovecot-1.0.5.tar.gz > http://dovecot.org/releases/1.0/dovecot-1.0.5.tar.gz.sig Packages dovecot-common, dovecot-pop3d, and dovecot-imapd are available from the delink.net repository. Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.delink.net/ sarge-delink main Any problems with the package should be reported to me offlist. Just remove the tag from the left hand side of my email address above. Thanks, Brian - -- http://www.delink.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG5w5vFy/L+4MovqIRApgfAKCSbqHNTZYHArAJNhRb9ZIc0fXm1ACfZLJ9 QNA9XIqzFEGi8tpxCX9mNjU= =APhD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] still having problems with deliver , quota , mysql
by Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo 12 Sep '07

12 Sep '07

Hi I have problems with deliver? I can not make it work with mysql. I mean I can write over the space declared on mysql. does any have a way of setting up deliver to read quota from mysql??? Thanks

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot sieve notify example?
by Thanh Han The 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

sorry for the noise, I found the answer: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/20813/match Thanh On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 02:06:06PM +0200, The Thanh Han wrote: > Dear list, > > I was trying to use the "notify" action with dovecot sieve > but I just couldn't get it work. The relevant lines look as follows: > > ,-------- > |require ["fileinto", "notyfy"]; > | if header :contains ["to", "cc"] ["userA(a)example.com", "userB(a)example.com"] { > | notify > | :method "mailto" > | :options "userC(a)example.com" > | :low > | :message "notification"; > | keep; > | stop; > | } > `-------- > > But I get in log file the error > > ,-------- > | Sep 11 10:51:25 host30 deliver(abc(a)example.com): sieve runtime error: Notify: Generic Error > `-------- > > Can someone please give me a hint what I did wrong, or give > an example how a sieve notify action should look like? > > I appended my configuration below, in case it matters. I am > running linux debian etch, and use the postfix/dovecot packages > from debian repository. > > Thanks for your consideration, > Thanh > > Output from 'dovecot -n': > ,-------- > | ssl_listen: *:993 > | ssl_ca_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem > | ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem > | ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/key.pem > | disable_plaintext_auth: no > | login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > | login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > | mail_extra_groups: mail > | mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%n > | auth default: > | user: nobody > | passdb: > | driver: ldap > | args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf > | userdb: > | driver: static > | args: uid=520 gid=520 home=/var/mail/vmail/%n allow_all_users=yes > | socket: > | type: listen > | client: > | path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth > | mode: 432 > | user: postfix > | group: postfix > | master: > | path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master > | mode: 384 > | user: vmail > `-------- > > dovecot-ldap.conf: > ,-------- > | hosts = 192.168.100.20:389 > | ldap_version = 3 > | base = ou=People,dc=example,dc=com > | deref = never > | scope = onelevel > | auth_bind = yes > | auth_bind_userdn = uid=%n,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com > `--------

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[Dovecot] Disconnected: Shutting down:
by Frank Elsner 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello, dovecot-1.0.3 on Fedora 6 works perfect in general but sometimes the system becomes unresponsive and the log file shows tons of messages like this: ... imap-login: Disconnected: Shutting down: 127.0.0.1, secured ... pop3-login: Disconnected: Shutting down: aa.bb.cc.dd Restarting dovecot helps, but what's behind? What can I do to prevent this? dovecot -n output: # 1.0.3: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/mailbox.pem ssl_key_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/mailbox.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: TU-Berlin.DE POP3-/IMAP Service ready login_log_format_elements: %u %r %c login_processes_count: 20 verbose_proctitle: yes mail_location: maildir:/var/Mail/Boxes/%1u/%u mailbox_idle_check_interval: 15 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_log_prefix: %Ls(%u): imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-ext ra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra- mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login anonymous count: 20 passdb: driver: ldap args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=777 gid=12 plugin: quota: maildir:ignore=Trash Best regards ______________________________________________________________ Frank Elsner / c/o Technische Universitaet Berlin | ____________/ tubIT [BD], Sekr. E-N 50 | | Einsteinufer 17 | | Phone: +49 30 314 23897 D-10587 Berlin | | eMail: Frank.Elsner(a)TU-Berlin.DE Germany __________________| |_________________________________________________________| in dubio pro exim

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[Dovecot] dovecot sieve notify example?
by Thanh Han The 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Dear list, I was trying to use the "notify" action with dovecot sieve but I just couldn't get it work. The relevant lines look as follows: ,-------- |require ["fileinto", "notyfy"]; | if header :contains ["to", "cc"] ["userA(a)example.com", "userB(a)example.com"] { | notify | :method "mailto" | :options "userC(a)example.com" | :low | :message "notification"; | keep; | stop; | } `-------- But I get in log file the error ,-------- | Sep 11 10:51:25 host30 deliver(abc(a)example.com): sieve runtime error: Notify: Generic Error `-------- Can someone please give me a hint what I did wrong, or give an example how a sieve notify action should look like? I appended my configuration below, in case it matters. I am running linux debian etch, and use the postfix/dovecot packages from debian repository. Thanks for your consideration, Thanh Output from 'dovecot -n': ,-------- | ssl_listen: *:993 | ssl_ca_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cacert.pem | ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem | ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/key.pem | disable_plaintext_auth: no | login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login | login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login | mail_extra_groups: mail | mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/vmail/%n | auth default: | user: nobody | passdb: | driver: ldap | args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf | userdb: | driver: static | args: uid=520 gid=520 home=/var/mail/vmail/%n allow_all_users=yes | socket: | type: listen | client: | path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth | mode: 432 | user: postfix | group: postfix | master: | path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master | mode: 384 | user: vmail `-------- dovecot-ldap.conf: ,-------- | hosts = 192.168.100.20:389 | ldap_version = 3 | base = ou=People,dc=example,dc=com | deref = never | scope = onelevel | auth_bind = yes | auth_bind_userdn = uid=%n,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com `--------

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[Dovecot] Deliver parameter problem
by Umut Arus 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello, I'm using dovecot-1.0.5 with postfix. I have to use deliver from procmail because I have some filters. There is no document about how to using deliver parameters (-d) other than http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA . If I set -d parameters manually as a username everything is ok. I can not set users' mail quota (don't lookup) with mysql db if I haven't set -d parameter as receipt username in procmail. How can I describe user (-d) parameter's variable in procmail? Procmail configuration, :0 | /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f $blabla -d $blabla2 Output of the configuration, # 1.0.5: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen: 10.1.1.168 ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.cert.pem ssl_key_file: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.key.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u mail_debug: yes mail_full_filesystem_access: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u inbox: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: mail/ location: maildir:~/Maildir/.mail:INDEX=/var/no-quotas/index/%u:CONTROL=/var/no-quotas/control/%u auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 plugin: quota: maildir:storage=500000:ignore=trash regards,

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[Dovecot] Does the list work?
by Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hi all Does the list work? I have sent two mail without answer up today. I want to change Courrier-imap by dovecot but i have problems with quota and sieve in dovecot. would you help validating dovecot? I this does not work i would have to stay with courier-imap. This is the mail I sent before. Hi Well my problem is with quota it is not taken into account by deliver i compiled dovecot from sorces and the resault is the same. thoses are my files: File /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ssl_cert_file = /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt ssl_key_file = /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key #ssl_ca_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca-bundle.crt protocols = imap pop3 imaps pop3s log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " #mail_location = maildir:/export/mail/%d/%u mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/Maildir mail_extra_groups = mail first_valid_uid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com mail_plugins = quota log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = cmusieve # sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/ global_script_path =/etc/dovecot/sieve/dovecot.sieve } auth default { # Having "login" also as a mechanism make sure outlook can use the auth smtpd as well # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = nobody socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = vmail group = mail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = mail } } } dict { } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls trash = /etc/dovecot/trash.conf } file /etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = MD5 connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password user_query = SELECT concat('/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as mail, 5000 AS uid, 8 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', floor(quota/1024)) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' password_query = SELECT username as user, password, concat('/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as userdb_home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as userdb_mail, 5000 as userdb_uid, 12 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' Thanks Thanks in advance

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[Dovecot] postfix + dspam + dovecot problem
by Lars Stavholm 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hi All, I'm new to dovecot (coming from cyrus) and have a bit of a problem setting up postfix + dspam + dovecot. 1. postfix + dovecot: works like a charm. Using "mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver" in postfix main.cf 2. adding dspam to the equation: unable to deliver: net_connect(/usr/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: No such file or directory Using "mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/tmp/dspam.sock" in postfix main.cf (instead of the above mailbox_command), and the corresponding setting in master.cf. In /etc/dspam.conf I'm using... TrustedDeliveryAgent "/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver" And here's the full error message: Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie postfix/pickup[18313]: 090F1C042: uid=0 from=<root> Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie postfix/cleanup[7010]: 090F1C042: message-id=<20070911001038.090F1C042(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se> Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie postfix/qmgr[18318]: 090F1C042: from=<root(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se>, size=431, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie deliver(stava(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se): net_connect(/usr/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: No such file or directory Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie dspam[10379]: Delivery agent returned exit code 75: /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d stava(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se Sep 11 02:10:38 nwinnie postfix/lmtp[7018]: 090F1C042: to=<stava(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se>, orig_to=<stava>, relay=nwinnie.telcotec.se[/var/tmp/dspam.sock], delay=0.35, delays=0.32/0.01/0.01/0.01, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (host nwinnie.telcotec.se[/var/tmp/dspam.sock] said: 421 4.3.0 <stava(a)nwinnie.telcotec.se> Delivered (in reply to end of DATA command)) So, postfix hands the message to dspam, dspam does its thing, dspam tries to deliver and fails. What throws me is that the delivery works as expected in case 1) but not in case 2), despite the fact I'm using the same delivery agent, i.e. /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver. Why would dovecot go for some other authentication method in case 2)? BTW, we're using PAM on top of LDAP. Any ideas appreciated. Cheers /Lars

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[Dovecot] Write-only mailboxes
by Steffen Kaiser 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I've setup a mailbox for reporting SPAM by simply symlinking it into the Maildir of selected users. In order to preserve anonymity of the users I setup the mailbox as follows: drwxr-xr-t 5 root fb 4096 2007-09-05 16:18 ./ drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 2007-09-05 16:16 ../ drwx-wx-wt 2 spamd fb 12288 2007-09-10 16:17 cur/ hence, with read permission for the spam bot only. When Thunderbird copies mails from the same mail account into the folder, it seems like it tries to select the mail box afterwards, then a "Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information." because of permission denied. When one copies mail from yet another account into the SPAM box, no such message appears. I guess, Thunderbird does not try the refresh the message count. Well, is there a possiblity to setup a Write-Only mailbox, with Dovecot v1.0.3 with the ACL plugin? Is there a working setup for write-only mailboxes with the ACL plugin? Bye, - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRuVWAi9SORjhbDpvAQLJEQgApVcJ/YdyMBvVHC+saU+kZWaWVLba7lGT gkSOqFqXhOMBVdSfUPke4G/KPaCPaCVCLW+YO+LCLO/qqL9ZWlAv3pEj9nDXhTEQ AVJgVW6SnucGFzqNVV4uXWr8A6nVfwKfs9TH66JH5s/iOKKe4kGtAwf05+DPT5iY hDQ6CRXJY5hD4XuBAW5iqnvqo7IaoOH9KwvPanQiqCwYVQTjf0JHzn6XwZt+J7Bo mKxIDTm0wTpy6l6l4E3qzhBXJoDYlxOHe57/CAgEAddu04ovJR6lxrwxorEs8VAC PwiiPuRGMlW1XnztiMWvpYB8LVhykhtG7RuZJEoeyQDnTz+a2JHRBA== =LSa2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Stuck on an Error: " Connect to private/auth failed: Connection refused"
by Blake Carver 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hi All, I've recently recompiled Postifx & Dovecot and I'm hitting an error I can't seem to chase down. Running dovecot version 1.0.3 (dovecot -n is below) Here's the error in my error log: Sep 10 12:58:22 lishost postfix/smtpd[13726]: xsasl_dovecot_server_create: SASL service=smtp, realm=example.com Sep 10 12:58:22 lishost postfix/smtpd[13726]: xsasl_dovecot_server_connect: Connecting Sep 10 12:58:22 lishost postfix/smtpd[13726]: warning: SASL: Connect to private/auth failed: Connection refused Sep 10 12:58:22 lishost postfix/smtpd[13726]: fatal: no SASL authentication mechanisms Sep 10 12:58:23 lishost postfix/master[13721]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 13726 exit status 1 Sep 10 12:58:23 lishost postfix/master[13721]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling (In case it matters I recently makde postfix like so:) make -f Makefile.init makefiles 'CCARGS=-DHAS_MYSQL -I/usr/include/mysql -DUSE_SASL_AUTH -I/usr/local/include/sasl -DDEF_SERVER_SASL_TYPE=\"dovecot\"' 'AUXLIBS=-L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -L/usr/local/lib -lsasl2' The permissions on that file are so: srwxr-xr-x 1 postfix postfix 0 Sep 9 14:38 /var/spool/postfix/private/auth I've tried changin those but it didn't seem to matter. # dovecot -n # 1.0.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/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 first_valid_uid: 101 last_valid_uid: 101 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%u mail_debug: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes 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_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: vmail verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes 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: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: mail plugin: quota: maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls trash: /etc/dovecot/trash.conf

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[Dovecot] auto expunge trash
by Quey 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

Hello, Can this be done? configurable number of days? Like to move from courier, but this is the only thing we really need to convince us to change, it is no good telling users to periodically delete trash, they never listen :) Quey

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Re: [Dovecot] xinetd and pop3
by Kurt Krueckeberg 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

>> Yes, I currently have "protocols = pop3 pop3s". I am using xinetd to >> start pop3-login because I have a VPS not a dedicated server and I am >> trying to conserve memory usage. Eventually, I will start also start >> imap-login via xinetd and will add those protocols (protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s). >the memory usage of those "login" processes is pretty low and you get limit the number of workers (login_processes_count in the config). >that said your xinetd doesnt gain you much. Thanks. That is a good point. Sounds like "login_processes_count=1" is the thing to do.

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Re: [Dovecot] xinetd and pop3
by Kurt Krueckeberg 11 Sep '07

11 Sep '07

> >i just wonder ... when you run the dovecot master anyway.... why dont > >you run pop3 via the dovecot master aswell? > How would I get the pop3 process to run via the dovecot master? >in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >replace: >protocols = imap imaps >with: >protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s Yes, I currently have "protocols = pop3 pop3s". I am using xinetd to start pop3-login because I have a VPS not a dedicated server and I am trying to conserve memory usage. Eventually, I will start also start imap-login via xinetd and will add those protocols (protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s).

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Re: [Dovecot] xinetd and pop3
by Kurt Krueckeberg 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

>> 3. Restarted xinetd >> #/etc/init.d/xinetd restart >> >> 4. telnet'ed to pop3 port. Because I am using the dovecot local >> delivery agent, postfix needs the dovecot master process and its >> associated processes already first running; otherwise, postfix will >> not be able to use the dovecot local delivery agent. >i just wonder ... when you run the dovecot master anyway.... why dont you run pop3 via the dovecot master aswell? How would I get the pop3 process to run via the dovecot master?

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[Dovecot] xinetd and pop3
by Kurt Krueckeberg 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Is this the best way to get dovecot's pop3 process to run under xinetd? This is what I did after I installed postfix and dovecot. I am using Debian. I am using the dovecot local delivery agent. ---------first the dovecot configuration and version information------------------ dovecot -n output: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format: %08Xu%08Xv auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf output: driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=mailserver user=mailuser password=XXXXXX default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 password_query = SELECT email as user, password FROM view_users WHERE email='%u'; dovecot --version: 1.0.rc15 --------------------------------------- 1. created a file dovecot-pop3 under /etc/xinetd.d with this content: service pop3 { disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no server = /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login user = root } 2. Terminated the dovecot master process #kill -TERM <pid of dovecot> 3. Restarted xinetd #/etc/init.d/xinetd restart 4. telnet'ed to pop3 port. Because I am using the dovecot local delivery agent, postfix needs the dovecot master process and its associated processes already first running; otherwise, postfix will not be able to use the dovecot local delivery agent. #telent localhost pop3 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to krueckeberg.org. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. quit +OK Logging out quit Regards, Kurt

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[Dovecot] multiple emails
by dhottinger＠harrisonburg.k12.va.us 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

I have a weird issue where several users are recieving the same email's multiple times. Each email has a different que id, but are exactly the same otherwise. I thought at first this was a new spam, but I have local users doing the same thing. Im not sure where to start looking for the root of this problem. Seems to be pretty widespread across multiple platforms. I currently utilize openldap for user database, sendmail, Dovecot-Imap, and horde webmail. Im not sure where to start digging for this problem, Ive scanned through all my log files and havent found anything. Any guidance would be great. thanks, ddh -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools

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[Dovecot] Deliver parameter problem
by Umut Arus 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Hello, I'm using dovecot-1.0.5 with postfix. There is no document about how to using deliver parameters (-d). I can not set mail quota with mysql db if I haven't set this parameter. How can I describe user (-d) parameter to procmail. Procmail set, :0 | /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f blabla -d blabla regards,

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[Dovecot] (re: B. Baca 2) Dovecot] Unexpected input from auth master: CUID
by Jerry Yeager 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Also check the top of Authentication processes section: ## ## Authentication processes ## # Executable location auth_executable = /path/to/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth

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[Dovecot] (re: B. Baca) Dovecot] Unexpected input from auth master: CUID
by Jerry Yeager 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Branislav Baca wrote the following: Hello, I'm using postfix(2.4.5) and dovecot(1.0.5), and till now I have been using postfix deliver agent. Now I have tried to reconfigure postfix to use the dovecot LDA, but I'm getting some strange error: Try this: socket listen { master { path = /path/to/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = your_dovecot_user_name group = your_dovecot_user_name } client { path = /path/to/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = your_postfix_user_name group = your_postfix_group_name } } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)tld.com mail_plugin_dir = /path/to/lib/dovecot/lda sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail <-- this is the usual postfix path to sendmail auth_socket_path = /path/to/run/dovecot/auth-master }

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[Dovecot] quota problémé( HowTo/
by Osvaldo Alvarez Pozo 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Hi alI I install dovecot using the DovecotLDAPostfixAdminMySQL HOWTO but I have a problem with quota. Quota it is not taken into account by deliver I also tried a compiled dovecot version from sorces and the resault is the same. dovecot version from debian distribution 1.0.rc15-2 dovecot from sources dovecot-1.0.5.tar.gz Thanks in advance Osvaldo Those are my files File /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ssl_cert_file = /etc/apache2/ssl/server.crt ssl_key_file = /etc/apache2/ssl/server.key #ssl_ca_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/ca-bundle.crt protocols = imap pop3 imaps pop3s log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " #mail_location = maildir:/export/mail/%d/%u mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/Maildir mail_extra_groups = mail first_valid_uid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com mail_plugins = quota log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = cmusieve # sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/ global_script_path =/etc/dovecot/sieve/dovecot.sieve } auth default { # Having "login" also as a mechanism make sure outlook can use the auth smtpd as well # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/Mechanisms mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = nobody socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = vmail group = mail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = mail } } } dict { } plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240:messages=1000 acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls trash = /etc/dovecot/trash.conf } File /etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = MD5 connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=password user_query = SELECT concat('/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as mail, 5000 AS uid, 8 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', floor(quota/1024)) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' password_query = SELECT username as user, password, concat('/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as userdb_home, concat('maildir:/var/vmail/', maildir, 'Maildir') as userdb_mail, 5000 as userdb_uid, 12 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'

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[Dovecot] Error: corrupted index file
by Jordi Espasa Clofent 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Hi all, I see the next error at dovecot.log: dovecot: Sep 06 17:57:27 Error: IMAP(jordi.espasa(a)opengea.org): Corrupted index file /var/vmail/opengea.org/jordi.espasa/.Dov ecot/dovecot.index: Duplicate header extension keywords ¿Why this error is producted? -- Thanks, Jordi Espasa Clofent

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[Dovecot] Dovecot connection error because of the desynchronization between a index file and it's log file
by kkm 10 Sep '07

10 Sep '07

Today, i lost connection with the mail server. I think that there are some problem with the index file and it's log file. Following is the log for losing connection. Sep 10 11:18:01 biosoft dovecot: POP3(hjnam): Transaction log file /home/hjnam/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log: marked corrupted Sep 10 11:18:01 biosoft dovecot: POP3(hjnam): Fixed index file /home/hjnam/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index: seen_messages_count 4294967295 -> 0 Sep 10 11:18:02 biosoft dovecot: POP3(hjnam): Corrupted index cache file /home/hjnam/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: record points outside file Sep 10 11:18:04 biosoft dovecot: POP3(hjnam): file mail-index-sync-ext.c: line 118 (mail_index_sync_deinit_handlers): assertion failed: (size <= synch_size) Sep 10 11:18:04 biosoft dovecot: child 24912 (pop3) killed with signal 6 Thanks in advance. -Kyungman Kim

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[Dovecot] "pipe() failed: Too many open files"
by peter 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

I am getting random disconnects from my imap session, dificulties to revconnect, very sluggish behaviour when changing between mail folders also frequent and rapidly repititive messages on te client "mailserver x.x.x.x is not a imap4 server" I am running dovecot 1.0.rc2 from ports on OpenBSD 4.0 on a PIII, 500MHz 512MB My set up is very small - a webserver with a single imap account on it for myself and my wife and a pop3 account for a printserver. The clients are both Thunderbird on Linux (Ubuntu7.04 and Ubuntu 6.06 I have overall maybe 6000 mails distributed over all folders. The maillog file looks like this: Aug 31 20:51:44 apache dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<my-login>, method=plain, rip=y.y.y.y, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:51:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:52:22 apache dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=y.y.y.y, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:52:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:52:57 apache dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=y.y.y.y, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:53:33 apache last message repeated 3 times Aug 31 20:53:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:54:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:55:03 apache dovecot: IMAP(my-login): Disconnected: Logged out Aug 31 20:55:52 apache dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=y.y.y.z, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:55:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:56:15 apache dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=y.y.y.y, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:56:30 apache last message repeated 3 times Aug 31 20:56:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:56:57 apache dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=y.y.y.y, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS Aug 31 20:57:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 20:58:57 apache dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 31 21:00:57 apache last message repeated 2 times Aug 31 21:03:57 apache last message repeated 3 times My dovecot -n looks like this: # /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/dovecot/ protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecotcert.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/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_user: _dovecot default_mail_env: maildir:%h/Maildir/ mbox_write_locks: fcntl 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): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: passdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd What can I do? Thanks a loy!

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[Dovecot] Courier Migration
by Ed W 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi Is it legal/sensible to use the following in the conf file # default namespace namespace private { separator = / prefix = inbox = yes } # for backwards compatibility: namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes hidden = yes } The goal would be to migrate away from an Courier server, whilst still supporting clients using their old settings, but going forward they can use the new settings? In particular I always noticed that OE would not set the namespace automatically, so being able to leave it blank would be an advantage (fewer config issues for customers) Grateful if someone could confirm this works ok? Compatibility issues with Thunderbird/OE/Outlook 2003+ in particular? Cheers Ed W

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Inactivity Problem
by vipin＠barc.gov.in 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi, We are using dovecot version 1.0.3. We have dovecot-ldap configured to authenticate users using ldap database. We are facing the inactivity problem with dovecot. After some hrs of successful working, dovecot logs shows the connection inactive problem with pop3 & imap server, & it starts rejecting the connection requests from clients. The problem goes away once we restart dovecot. The problem occurs again & again after some random time. Please help us in solving this problem. The output of dovecot -n command is as follows: # 1.0.3: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/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_max_processes_count: 256 login_max_connections: 512 mail_location: mbox:~/:INBOX=%h/mbox 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 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf Thanks & Regards Vipin Gupta Scientific Officer Computer Division BARC, Trombay Mumbai

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[Dovecot] Dovecot problem
by Raphael Bittencourt S. Costa 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Helo all, Yesterday dovecot began droping connections and there is nothing conclusive in the log file, just the messagens below: Sep 2 11:43:57 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.152.100.77, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:02 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.204.69.20, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:19 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.20.236.248, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:21 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.83.2.206, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:24 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.158.0.143, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:25 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.52.200.131, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:26 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.53.20.53, lip=10.0.3.1, TLS Sep 2 11:44:35 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.0.90.117, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:41 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=189.33.173.226, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:44:45 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.82.135.42, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:03 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.19.218.250, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:04 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.83.2.206, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:05 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.81.250.119, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:21 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.171.100.233, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:23 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=64.233.182.131, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:27 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.43.185.179, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:40 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.161.155.35, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:41 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.62.149.20, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:43 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.83.43.154, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:47 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=134.171.76.5, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:49 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.92.248.84, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:55 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.21.114.120, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:45:57 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.229.107.85, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:04 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.204.69.20, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:04 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.53.83.146, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:05 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.152.100.77, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:35 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.95.95.108, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:35 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.0.90.117, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:35 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=200.159.87.122, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:40 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=83.131.211.245, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:46:41 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.6.61.147, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:47:13 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.1.153.202, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:47:38 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=189.0.252.144, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:47:39 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.20.236.248, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:47:47 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=134.171.76.5, lip=10.0.3.1 Sep 2 11:47:51 relay01 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=201.12.103.67, lip=10.0.3.1 After restart, everything just back working. Any ideia? Raphael Costa

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[Dovecot] shared mailbox subfolder permissions
by David Leuschner 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi all, when I create a subfolder in a public mailbox the dovecot-shared file is copied for the newly created subfolder and all mails get the owner, group and permissions from the file. Unfortunately the cur, new and tmp folders only get the permissions from the file but owner and group are set according to the creator. This effectivly makes the folder private to the creator. Is this the intended behavior? Is it a bug that has already been fixed in a later version? I am using 1.0.rc29. An example follows. Thanks for your help! David As an example .foobar was created manually (maildirmake) and permissions were setup using the shell: uml public # ls -al . .foobar .: total 24 drwxrwx--- 6 root pub 4096 Aug 18 13:05 . drwxrwxr-x 3 root mail 4096 Aug 18 11:10 .. drwxrwx--- 5 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 .foobar drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 cur -rw-rw---- 1 root pub 0 Aug 18 11:40 dovecot-shared drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 new drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 tmp .foobar: total 20 drwxrwx--- 5 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 . drwxrwx--- 6 root pub 4096 Aug 18 13:05 .. drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 cur drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 new drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 tmp After creating a subfolder 'baz' with Thunderbird the group of .baz is the group from dovecot-shared but the contained new/cur/tmp directories have the users primary group (instead of pub). uml public # ls -al . .baz .: total 28 drwxrwx--- 7 root pub 4096 Aug 18 13:09 . drwxrwxr-x 3 root mail 4096 Aug 18 11:10 .. drwxrwx--- 5 dleuschner pub 4096 Aug 18 13:09 .baz drwxrwx--- 5 root pub 4096 Aug 18 11:42 .foobar drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 cur -rw-rw---- 1 root pub 0 Aug 18 11:40 dovecot-shared drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 new drwxrwx--- 2 root pub 4096 Aug 18 10:50 tmp .baz: total 20 drwxrwx--- 5 dleuschner pub 4096 Aug 18 13:09 . drwxrwx--- 7 root pub 4096 Aug 18 13:09 .. drwxrwx--- 2 dleuschner dleuschner 4096 Aug 18 13:09 cur -rw-rw---- 1 dleuschner pub 0 Aug 18 13:09 dovecot-shared drwxrwx--- 2 dleuschner dleuschner 4096 Aug 18 13:09 new drwxrwx--- 2 dleuschner dleuschner 4096 Aug 18 13:09 tmp Here's my configuration: listen: localhost ssl_listen: * ssl_ca_file: /root/ca/ca.crt ssl_cert_file: /root/ca/crt/uml.crt ssl_key_file: /root/ca/keys/uml.key ssl_verify_client_cert: yes verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: Priv. location: maildir:~/.maildir:CONTROL=~/.maildir/ctrl/priv:INDEX=~/.maildir/idx/priv inbox: yes namespace: type: public separator: . prefix: Pub. location: maildir:/var/mail/public:CONTROL=~/.maildir/ctrl/pub:INDEX=~/.maildir/idx/pub auth default: passdb: driver: pam args: * userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: -- David Leuschner Meisenweg 7 79211 Denzlingen Tel. 07666/912466

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[Dovecot] SSL connections frozen on Dovecot 1.0.0
by Thibault VINCENT 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hello, We are running Dovecot 1.0.0 (Debian Etch, Backports.org, OpenSSL) in a production environment and we experience sporadic SSL connection problems. At the moment, it's difficult to tell if the server goes back to normal operation after some time or if it can be reproduces at any time because we have to restart it as soon as we get Nagios alerts. Some tests with openssl s_client have shown difficulties to proceed the SSL handshake (hanging at different stages), or no response to IMAP commands. SSL client used: openssl s_client -host imap -port 993 - First case : s_client hangs on the first output "CONNECTED(00000003)" and there is no handshake at all; - Second case : like the first but the handshake starts after a few minutes; - Third case : the handshake goes fine but the "OK" server banner is never sent (no response to commands); - Fourth case : the greeting banner is received but dovecot will never answer. The configuration file is almost identical to the default and SSL certificate is not the autogenerated one. Log files do not show dying process. I've searched the ML archive for SSL issues but not found related bug. Does anyone use the Backport.org package of Dovecot ? Thank you :) -- Thibault VINCENT tibal(a)reloaded.fr thibault.vincent(a)reloaded.fr PGP Key : 0x4BA8A39B

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[Dovecot] postfix + dovecot lda,
by Michael Moritz 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

I'm trying to replace procmail with deliver but I'm having problems with the group part of things. I keep getting: Aug 29 16:44:19 dingbat deliver(mimo): open(/var/mail/.temp.dingbat.3969.d1689935a308e0dd) failed: Permission denied Aug 29 16:44:19 dingbat deliver(mimo): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/mimo: Permission denied My primary group is mimo and I think it's trying to use that. I changed it to mail and things work. But I do not want all my users to have a primary group mail. Is there a way I can force deliver to use group mail as group and ignore the per user gid? I tried chmod 6755 /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver but no change. This is on debian/etch, help appreciated.... mimo

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[Dovecot] too many files opened
by Joshua, C.S. Chen 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi folks, My institute's mail server was upgraded to RHEL5 with dovecot 1.0-2.1rc5 recently. And it uses PAM authentication which points to LDAP server. Now from time to time it gets Error like dovecot: Aug 29 09:23:59 Error: auth(default): pam(joshua,192.168.177.52): pipe() failed: Too many open files and users can not login. My config is like dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot listen: * 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 login_greeting: ASIAA Dovecot ready. login_processes_count: 4 mail_location: mbox:/asiaa/home/%u/:/asiaa/home/%u/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=/asiaa/home/%u/mail/dovecot_indexes mail_debug: yes mail_full_filesystem_access: yes mail_drop_priv_before_exec: yes mail_executable(default): /etc/dovecot_postlogin_beforeimap.sh mail_executable(imap): /etc/dovecot_postlogin_beforeimap.sh mail_executable(pop3): /etc/dovecot_postlogin_beforepop3.sh mail_process_size: 512 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Any suggestion or help is appreciated Cheers Joshua

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot + Sieve
by Marcin Michal Jessa 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

> Steffen Kaiser wrote: >>>> Any idea how to fix that? >>> Second: >>> When you remove the compiled Sieve script, is it re-created by deliver? >>> >> I have the same problem with the same config myself. No evidence that >> the script is being compiled automatically. If I remove the >> "sieve=path" global setting from dovecot.conf, deliver complains about >> not finding a per-user sieve or home path - so I assume the sieve module >> is being activated. Is there a particular format for the global sieve >> parameter? Does the script file HAVE to be named ".dovecot.sieve"? >I've got the global script working. Global setting is there in >dovecot.conf. deliver should have write access to that directory, to save >compiled script. > >It's called .dovecot.sieve, but I don't think it's that important: > >require "fileinto"; > >if header :matches ["X-Spam-Flag"] [ > "YES" >] >{ >fileinto "INBOX.Spam"; >stop; >} > >Calling the folder INBOX.Spam is important, if it is to be delivered to >users' Spam folders. It doesn't work with '+' delimited address+extension >(I reported it in this list, but had no replies). Actually I managed to fix this setting global_script_path = /usr/local/etc/sieve/Junk instead of sieve_global_dir = The emails marked as spam were moved to correct directory which is Junk, as listed in user's subscriptions file and not INBOX.Junk. I also correcred my sieve file to say: require ["fileinto"]; # Move spam to Junk folder if header :contains ["X-DSPAM-Result"] "Spam" { fileinto "Junk"; # Stop here so that we do not reply on spams stop; } But now I can see following logs for some of the accounts. Any idea what that may be? This account is not above quota which is set to 51200000 (just to be sure). deliver(lists(a)yazzy.org): Sep 04 18:04:16 Info: sieve runtime error: Keep: Generic Error deliver(lists(a)yazzy.org): Sep 04 18:04:16 Error: sieve_execute_bytecode(/usr/local/etc/sieve/Junkc) failed deliver(lists(a)yazzy.org): Sep 04 18:04:16 Info: msgid=<200709042006.51319.flash(a)preferance.ru>: Rejected: Quota exceeded Some work fine: deliver(abc(a)def.com): Sep 04 19:08:34 Info: msgid=<s6dd58a7.055(a)xyz.abc.state.ga.us>: saved mail to Junk deliver(abc(a)def.org): Sep 04 19:13:37 Info: msgid=<9B1E9600-42CC-49E0-8CB8-AF826257EE1B(a)abc.no>: saved mail to INBOX Cheers, Marcin P.S Becouse of that error I sent the same message twice yesterday and did not receive any follow ups so I had to copy and paste this thread from the web archive.

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[Dovecot] Don't let deliver create index files
by Martin Strand 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

For various reasons I want to use deliver with Postfix and Courier-IMAP, and it seems to work fine except for one thing: deliver creates some dovecot.* index files that Courier never uses (and I assume deliver doesn't need them) Is there a way to prevent that? Thanks, Martin

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[Dovecot] Using NID_x500UniqueIdentifier as ssl_username_from_cert
by S. Wefel 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi, please have a look at the attached patch for dovecot-1.0.3 These patch modifies ssl_proxy_get_peer_name() to use the NID_x500UniqueIdentifier as username instead of NID_commonName. The reason is, that the Common Name doesn't have to be unique for the whole mailserver. Example; in germany a lot of people got the first name "Andreas" and the last name "Schulz". Therefore a lot of certificates exists with subjects like this: C=DE,O=ABC,CN=Andreas Schulz/emailAddress=andreas.schulz(a)abc.de C=DE,O=DEF,CN=Andreas Schulz/emailAddress=andreas.schulz(a)def.de ... dovecot couldn't distinguish between these users. So we decide to use certificates with an X509v3 extension NID_x500UniqueIdentifier which allows to extend the subject by an unique ID, e.g. the unix-uid or a database unique key. The new certificates may look like this: C=DE,O=ABC,CN=Andreas Schulz/emailAddress=andreas.schulz(a)abc.de/x500UniqueIdentifier=user1 C=DE,O=DEF,CN=Andreas Schulz/emailAddress=andreas.schulz(a)def.de/x500UniqueIdentifier=user2 With the attached patch the user is taken from this extension and e.g. with userdb=ldap you can use the filter string user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) A good solution to use booth, the common name and the UniqueIdentifier is to extend settings like ssl_username_from_cert = no | yes | cn | uid where "yes" is similar to "cn". Regards, Sandro Wefel

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[Dovecot] Server Timed Out: Outlook Express
by Jackie Hunt 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi all, We just started running Dovecot this fall here on campus v 1.0. I've started getting some trouble reports from users. An Outlook Express users reported seeing the "Server has not responded in 60 seconds" messages. Waiting longer doesn't help, he has to stop/start Outlook Express to get connected again. Also have a Thunderbird user who is seeing that type of behavior first thing in the morning after being logged in all night. He has to stop/restart Thunderbird. Also, have had some reports of "disconnected" showing up on the Outlook2007 status bar. I've looked at the Dovecot log, and don't see any errors. I do see lots of "Disconnected", "Disconnected in IDLE" and "Disconnected: Logged Out". These last two seem normal, if I just see "Disconnected" is that a flag that we're losing connections abnormally? I know version 1.0.3 is out. I've looked at the changes, and the only one I can see that might be related to what we are seeing is the IDLE commmand fix. Was hoping for some advice on whether upgrading might resolve these issue. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Jackie --- Jackie Hunt ACNS Voice: (970) 663-3789 Colorado State University FAX: (970) 491-1958 Fort Collins, CO 80523 Email: jackie.hunt(a)colostate.edu

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[Dovecot] LDA bouncing mails after upgrade -- again
by Milan Holzäpfel 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi Timo, some time ago (2007-03-24 and following) I asked whether it was intended that Dovecot deliver bounces mails (by terminating with status 89) if the deliver version is older than the rest of the dovecot installation. You replied that it was a bug, and that it had been fixed in <URL:http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2007-March/008346.html>. When I upgraded from Dovecot 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 a few days ago, I found out that this problem probably still exists: | Aug 28 09:38:03 host.example.org deliver(user(a)example.org): Module is for different version 1.0.3: /usr/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so | Aug 28 09:38:03 host.example.org postfix/pipe[18356]: <ID>: to=<user(a)example.org>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.4, delays=0.13/0.09/0/0.18, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with status 89: "/usr/libexec/dovecot/postfix-deliver/deliver") The error message I posted in march was: | Mar 22 20:29:20 host.example.org deliver(user(a)example.org): Module is for different version 1.0.rc27: /usr/lib/dovecot/lda/lib10_quota_plugin.so | Mar 22 20:29:20 host.example.org postfix/pipe[17344]: <ID>: to=<user(a)example.org>, relay=dovecot, delay=1.9, delays=1.5/0/0/0.35, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with status 89: "/usr/libexec/dovecot/postfix-deliver/deliver") I suppose you still want to fix it. Regards, and thanks for all your work, Milan -- Milan Holzaepfel <mail(a)mjh(d)name> <URL:http://mjh.name/> pub 4096R/C790FC23 EB8E 5E81 81E3 53A9 9B74 B895 5179 54C0 C790 FC23

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[Dovecot] processing Dovecot maildirs with shell scripts
by M. Fioretti 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hello, I have a postfix server which uses procmail as its delivery agent to deliver incoming messages to several maildirs. For several reasons, not really relevant here, I need to process/refilter/sort again the content of these mailboxes before delivering the messages to the _other_ maildirs which Dovecot sees and serves to local or remote imap users. Basically, I need to write some shell scripts that, from cron jobs, regularly do this: foreach file in some_incoming_mailbox/new/ do #process the file and/or set some variable according to its content delete the file or mv it to some_other_maildir/new/ where the actual action and value of some_other_maildir is set every time by the "process the file" part of the script. The part that I still miss is guidelines to do these things safely, that is without losing or corrupting messages or doing anything else that would confuse dovecot. For example, under which conditions it is sure to move or delete (the Unix way, with mv or rm) a message from mailbox1/new/ to mailbox2/new, when the latter is served via dovecot to remote users? What is advisable and most efficient? Use locks (how?), only work on file which are at least one minute old? Should I move the messages to tmp instead of new? What else? Tips or pointers about this are very welcome. Ciao, Marco

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[Dovecot] How can i complie and install the dict modules
by Oliver Eales 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hello, I want to migrate from courier-imap to dovecot and now i am trying out dovecot1.1.alpha3 But i have problems getting the expire plugin to work. At startup i get the message: Unknown dict module: db As far as i understood i have to compile the backend manually an copy it into tho appropirate place. But how can i do this ? Thanks in advance, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] Today's dovecot-1.1.alpha3 checkins fail to build
by David Favor 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

net1#uname -a Linux net1.coolsurf.com 2.6.22.4-65.fc7 #1 SMP \ Tue Aug 21 21:50:50 EDT 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux make[5]: Entering directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../.. -I../../../../src/lib -I../../../../src/lib-mail -I../../../../src/lib-imap -I../../../../src/lib-index -I../../../../src/lib-storage -I../../../../src/lib-storage/index -pipe -O2 -I/common/pkgs/sqlite-3.4.2.1/include -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/usr/kerberos/include -MT dbox-file.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/dbox-file.Tpo -c -o dbox-file.o dbox-file.c mv -f .deps/dbox-file.Tpo .deps/dbox-file.Po make[5]: *** No rule to make target `dbox-keywords.o', needed by `libstorage_dbox.a'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3/src/lib-storage/index/dbox' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3/src/lib-storage/index' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3/src/lib-storage' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/work/dovecot-1.1.alpha3' make: *** [all] Error 2 exp=0, got ec=2, abort=1 -- Love feeling your best ever, all day, every day? Email join(a)RadicalHealth.com for the easy way.

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[Dovecot] Index and Thunderbird
by Jon 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Hi, Whitbox Linux 3 (RHEL) Dovecot 1.0.rc29 Using NFS From time to time does all mail get re-downloaded to Thunderbird. I would believe this has something to do with an index problem. I upgraded to 1.0 a few months ago but that didn't work well so I installed version 1.0.rc29 which worked better but we still get this problem from time to time. DOes anyone know if it is a good idea to install 1.03 or perhaps 1.1alpha? dovecot: Sep 01 04:47:30 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file i dovecot: Sep 01 04:47:30 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 04:47:30 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (19065 -> 19064) dovecot: Sep 01 04:47:30 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file dovecot: Sep 01 04:47:30 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 09:11:23 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 09:11:23 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 09:11:23 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (18094 -> 18093) dovecot: Sep 01 14:32:25 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 14:32:25 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 14:32:25 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (18095 -> 18094) dovecot: Sep 01 17:13:27 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 17:13:27 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 17:13:27 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (18096 -> 18095) dovecot: Sep 01 17:31:26 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 17:31:26 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 17:31:26 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (18097 -> 18096) dovecot: Sep 01 17:38:28 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 17:38:28 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 19:05:24 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 01 19:05:24 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:53:34 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:53:34 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:53:35 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (33015 -> 33014) dovecot: Sep 02 09:54:57 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (33015 -> 2) dovecot: Sep 02 09:58:49 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:58:49 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:58:49 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (33017 -> 33016) dovecot: Sep 02 09:58:50 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 02 09:58:50 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 03 06:18:40 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): rename(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock, /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 03 06:18:40 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): file_dotlock_replace(/mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: No such file or directory dovecot: Sep 03 06:18:40 Error: IMAP(XXXXXX): /mail2/home/XXXXXX/.Maildir/dovecot-uidlist: next_uid was lowered (24248 -> 24247) Best regards - Jon

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[Dovecot] passing quota to deliver via command line
by bill-dovecot＠carpenter.ORG 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Is there any way to pass things like "quota=" for the quota plugin to the deliver LDA via the command line or as an environment variable or whatever? I've got all the info I need in my MTA to avoid a userdb lookup in the LDA, but I still have to do the userdb query to get the per-user quota number (the default quota works fine, of course). -- bill-dovecot(a)carpenter.ORG (WJCarpenter) PGP 0x91865119 38 95 1B 69 C9 C6 3D 25 73 46 32 04 69 D6 ED F3

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[Dovecot] passdb/userdb args
by Daniel L. Miller 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

I'm a bit unclear on these - give me a moment to ramble on. I should mention I'm using version 1.0.3, my primary backend is LDAP, and I do NOT want to store user mail folders in my LDAP directory. I currently have the following: default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%n passdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf } # Instructions for deliver state a userdb is still required if using prefetch userdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf } userdb prefetch { } My dovecot-ldap.conf is pretty simple - the trimmed version is: hosts = localhost auth_bind = no user_attrs = %d/%n=mail user_filter = (mail=%u) pass_attrs = (&(userPassword=password)(mail=%u)) user_global_uid = 5000 user_global_gid = 8 I recognize that the pass_attrs is incorrect for a prefetch config - but I couldn't get it to work. My mail folder structure is /var/mail/domain/username. If, under 1.0.3, I can't use the %d/%n variables to build the user/home/mail parameters in the LDAP config, can I do it in the configuration stanza? Something like: passdb ldap{ args = home=%dn/%n mail=%d/%n /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf } -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Timeout while waiting for lock for transaction log file
by Peter Eriksson 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

I have a user that gets client timeout errors when he tries to delete/clean up his massive "Spam" folder (many thousands of mail messages). He uses Thunderbird and has it configured to use "Move to Trash" when he deletes messages. I find the following in Dovecot's log file when it happens: Aug 28 10:38:22 ifm.liu.se dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.error] IMAP(bpn): Timeout while waiting for lock for transaction log file /home/bpn/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log Aug 28 10:38:24 ifm.liu.se dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.info] IMAP(bpn): Disconnected Any suggestions on what I can tuned/fix in Dovecot to solve this issue? We're using Dovecot 1.0.3 with Maildirs. This is the only user (so far) where we are seeing this. - Peter

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[Dovecot] BUG REPORT - Stops logging after sleep
by Bruce Bodger 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Version: dovecot --version: 1.0.0 OS: OS X - 10.4.9 Architecture: G5 Dual/1.8Ghz Had a fairly normal time correction last night: May 9 20:56:56 G518X2 ntpd[219]: time set -1.212733 s Which dovecot duly noted: May 9 20:56:56 G518X2 dovecot: auth(default): Time just moved backwards by 1 seconds. I'll sleep now until we're back in present. This morning all of the dovecot processes are running fine but dovecot has stopped logging. (I have modified nothing in dovecot.conf relative to logging: dovecot logs to syslog using the "mail" syslog_facility.) ps -aux | grep dovecot root 53 0.0 -0.0 27772 544 ?? Ss 4:23PM 0:04.69 /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -F root 79 0.0 -0.0 28176 556 ?? S 4:23PM 0:03.21 dovecot-auth dovecot 9548 0.0 -0.0 27780 496 ?? S 7:12AM 0:00.05 imap-login dovecot 9631 0.0 -0.0 27780 500 ?? S 7:17AM 0:00.03 imap-login dovecot 9632 0.0 -0.0 27780 500 ?? S 7:17AM 0:00.03 imap-login I am starting dovecot via OS X's launchdaemon facility thus the "-F" command line switch requirement. Sending a "kill -HUP" to the process did not get it to start logging. Sending a "Kill -9" to the process forced a restart and logging began again. ps -aux | grep dovecot root 9738 0.0 -0.0 27772 540 ?? Ss 7:26AM 0:00.03 /usr/local/sbin/dovecot -F root 9739 0.0 -0.0 28176 544 ?? S 7:26AM 0:00.02 dovecot-auth dovecot 9740 0.0 -0.0 27780 500 ?? S 7:26AM 0:00.02 imap-login dovecot 9751 0.0 -0.0 27780 500 ?? S 7:27AM 0:00.01 imap-login dovecot 9762 0.0 -0.0 27780 500 ?? S 7:27AM 0:00.01 imap-login Before posting this bug I compared v1.0.0's /src/lib/ioloop.c to that in the nightly snapshot and saw no adjustments in, what I presumed to be, the relevant portion of the code. Output of "dovecot -n" protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 490 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: mbox:~/Library/Mail/IMAP:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=%h/ Library/Mail/DOVECOT.indexes dotlock_use_excl: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Thank you.

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[Dovecot] trouble with deliver in 1.0.4
by Jack Bailey 09 Sep '07

09 Sep '07

Ok, here's one for the idiot file. I just installed dovecot-1.0.4 on my personal system for testing, a system which has to be the simplest dovecot configuration possible. deliver is barking about something with which version 1.0.3 has no problem. I looked over the wiki, googled, and see nothing wrong. The error: deliver(jjb): Sep 07 21:39:40 Fatal: Failed to create storage for 'jjb' with mail 'mbox:/HOME_DIRECTORY_USED_BUT_NOT_GIVEN_BY_USERDB/:INBOX=/var/mail/jjb' In dovecot.conf: userdb passwd { # [blocking=yes] - By default the lookups are done in the main dovecot-auth # process. This setting causes the lookups to be done in auth worker # processes. Useful with remote NSS lookups that may block. # NOTE: Be sure to use this setting with nss_ldap or users might get # logged in as each others! #args = args = blocking=yes } and mail_location = mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Clues generously accepted, Jack

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[Dovecot] v1.0.4 released
by Timo Sirainen 08 Sep '07

08 Sep '07

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.0/dovecot-1.0.4.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.0/dovecot-1.0.4.tar.gz.sig * Assume a MIME message if Content-Type: header exists, even if Mime-Version: header doesn't. - IMAP: CREATE ns_prefix/box/ didn't work right when namespace prefix existed. - deliver: plugin {} settings were overriding settings from userdb. - mbox: Expunging the first message might not have worked always - PostgreSQL: If we can't connect to server, timeout queries after a while instead of trying forever. - Solaris: sendfile() support was broken and could have caused 100% CPU usage and the connection hanging. And one more thing I forgot from NEWS file: - IMAP: Fixed infinite loop in some situations

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