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[Dovecot] rc >= 6, libtool and zsh
by Thomas Hummel 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hello Timo, On FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, rc7 doesn't build (rc6 didn't either) because of a broken "sed" in the genarated "libtool" script, at least with the "zsh" shell comming from the ports (zsh-4.3.2). This has occured starting from your move from Autoconf 2.59 to Autoconf 2.60 since for some reason, now "libtool" is run by zsh (instead of sh as in 2.59). I didn't investigate if it comes from : . "me/FreeBSD" : my particular version of zsh, or some patch that may be included in the port . "you" : changes in config.in, some problems in autotools you are using . "Debian" : the 1.5.22 Debian 1.5.22-4 patches of "ltmain.sh" used . "Libtool" : maybe some strange interaction with zsh . "Autoconf" : maybe some bug with the libtool script generation by configure . or some other reason At least, it works if I force CONFIG_SHELL to be /bin/sh -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] Dovecot as LDA with Postfix
by Gerard Seibert 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

I have been attempting to replace Procmail with Dovecot as the LDA for my Postfix mail server, but without success. Below is a truncated output from the /var/log/maillog. Aug 9 11:56:20 scorpio postfix/local[4338]: 88C3FC3D1: to=<gerard(a)localhost.seibercom.net>, orig_to=<gerard@localhost>, relay=local, delay=1119, delays=1118/0.71/0/0.11, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) Aug 9 11:56:20 scorpio postfix/local[4324]: 818AEBF6F: to=<gerard-gmail(a)localhost.seibercom.net>, orig_to=<gerard-gmail@localhost>, relay=local, delay=495, delays=494/0.06/0/0.81, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) Aug 9 11:57:37 scorpio postfix/postfix-script: stopping the Postfix mail system Aug 9 11:57:37 scorpio postfix/master[4233]: terminating on signal 15 Aug 9 12:00:09 scorpio postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system Aug 9 12:00:09 scorpio postfix/master[4501]: daemon started -- version 2.4-2000727, configuration /usr/local/etc/postfix Aug 9 12:00:28 scorpio postfix/smtpd[4522]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Aug 9 12:00:28 scorpio postfix/smtpd[4522]: A269EC46D: client=localhost[127.0.0.1] Aug 9 12:00:28 scorpio postfix/cleanup[4526]: A269EC46D: message-id=<44DA0115.40500(a)dlr.de> Aug 9 12:00:28 scorpio postfix/qmgr[4503]: A269EC46D: from=<samba-bounces+gerard=seibercom.net(a)lists.samba.org>, size=7308, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 9 12:00:29 scorpio postfix/local[4527]: A269EC46D: to=<gerard(a)localhost.seibercom.net>, orig_to=<gerard@localhost>, relay=local, delay=0.58, delays=0.2/0.06/0/0.33, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/local/bin/procmail) Aug 9 12:00:29 scorpio postfix/qmgr[4503]: A269EC46D: removed With Dovecot as the LDA, no mail is ever delivered. I keep getting this temporary failure message. As soon as I revert to Procmail everything works fine. I am simply trying to deliver to mbox format on a FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE system. Nothing exotic. I am using SASL2. Authentication is via saslauthd -a sasldb. Perhaps I do not have that configured correctly in Dovecot. Dovecot does work fine as a POP server though, so it is running at least partially correctly. I would appreciate any assistance. -- Gerard Seibert gerard(a)seibercom.net Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

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[Dovecot] RC7: its issues or mine?
by David Lee 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Background: I'm new to dovecot (although with many years Washington IMAP behind me). We're considering migrating from Washington IMAP to dovecot on the main service here, and have just started trying dovecot, using RC7. Washington, IMAP has the usual(-ish) "/var/spool/mail" shared area for the INBOX (trad. UNIX "From " format); a user's folders default to being in their home directory (same format). We are looking towards a "minimal effort" migration to dovecot, so wish to keep this layout. (In an ideal world, we would re-think, including "maildir" etc. But that's not an option at the moment.) I have encountered three issues (so far); I'm not sure whether their mine or something in dovecot (if the latter, whether bugs or features; whether RC7-specific issues; etc.). 1. The overall description of "default_mail_env" seems inadequate (in the conf file, "doc/variables.txt" and "doc/mail-storages.txt"). I'm trying: default_mail_env = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%-2.02i/%u:INDEX=/tmp/indexes/%d/%n and that seems OK-ish. (The extra "%-2.02i" is because we subdivide the otherwise huge "/var/spool/mail/" directory using the user's uid-mod-100.) But the mere act of an IMAP "login" commands creates a directory (empty) with the liternal name of ~ (tilde). (An IMAP 'list "Mail" "*"' command successfully finds the usr folders in the 'Mail' subdirectory of the user's home directory.) It's almost as if the 'default_mail_env' is telling it to create (literal) '~' before realising that this is shorthand (as in C-shell) for home directory. 2. We have some Pine usage in our UNIX cluster. Historically this has taken advantage of the Pine "rsh mailmachine /etc/rimapd" ability to avoid the need for the password: pre-authentication etc. (Yes, we realise that 'rsh' has security issues.) But when I try making symlink "/etc/rimapd" point to "/usr/dovecot/sbin/dovecot" this fails: Error: Can't use SSL key file /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem: Permission denied We have: /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem (mode 444) /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem (mode 400) for the sake of secure-IMAP (port 993). But why does this come into the equation at all for this (none-SSL) "rsh ... /etc/rimapd" usage? 3. I was developing and testing this here at work using an account that I mostly use from home using Outlook Express. I was very careful (I think!) only to use the read-only "examine INBOX" command (not "select INBOX"). When I went home and tried it as usual (connecting to our production Washington IMAP service reading that INBOX). But OE showed all the email (including previously read) as "unread" (closed envelope icon). It seems that dovecot has done something to the message headers (even under "examine") that has worried OE. Any thoughts? Finally any hints for NFS-based working? We have a farm of a few Fedora machines running the IMAP processes and the sendmail locally-delivery. Our current "/etc/fstab" NFS spec. for the INBOX area (on a NetApp) is: rw,noac,actimeo=0,vers=3,tcp,timeo=600,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,intr,fg,nosuid Any changes? Issues? Thinks to consider? Etc. Many thanks. -- : David Lee I.T. Service : : Senior Systems Programmer Computer Centre : : Durham University : : http://www.dur.ac.uk/t.d.lee/ South Road : : Durham DH1 3LE : : Phone: +44 191 334 2752 U.K. :

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[Dovecot] IMAPS + Outlook
by Mark Adams 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Hi, We have been using Dovecot 1.0 to serve Maildir format over IMAPs to a client with an office of around 30 people, and a remote office of 10, all using Outlook 2003. While users in the base office (location of server) are not having issues with the server users in the remote office are often having problems with Outlook freezing, or not being able to connect. The dovecot log shows them logging in, but users report not being able to open any mail. We are having similar problems with 2 users that are often on 3G cards, in that the headers download but when they try to open the file it gives the 'must be online to download the message' error, even though they are still connected to their 3G. The net connection for the server is 2mb sdsl, which I have tested myself (using thunderbird on linux!) and achieved good throughput and reliable mailbox navigation. Is there any Outlook work arounds we could be using? (currently using idle timeout work around) Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks, Mark

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[Dovecot] dovecot with Calendar or Contacts?
by ajmcello 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

I have the SyncKolab plugin installed with Thunderbird. I can't get it to work properly. Maybe I have to have a Kolab Server? I can get my Address Book contacts to sync with an IMAP folder when I check Sync IMAP, but I can't get it to work the other way around. From their website, it seems possible: [begin paste] SyncKolab SyncKolab was written to add kolab functionality to thunderbird. It reads a selected Imap folder and synchronizes it with the local address book and calendar. It has been tested under Thunderbird 1 for Windows and Linux. What is Kolab? What it does is, that it loads all your contacts (from a selected address book) as well as events and todos (from the selected calendar), and synchronizes them with a selected imap folder. Where every contact is stored as an vcard and every event,todo as iCalendar. For more information http://kolab.org/ The idea behind this is, that you can now have your contacts+calendar entries stored on the imap server. so you can actually have the same addresses on more than one computer. The kolab project has a groupware server that uses imap to exchange calendar entries and vcards. But you can also setup simple sharing in your office if you have f.e. cyrus by symlinking shared folders. [end paste] Yeah, I've explored the Outlook connectors some. Do any exist that are free/open source? On 8/30/06, Curtis Maloney <cmaloney(a)cardgate.net> wrote: > > ajmcello ajmcello wrote: > > When I attempted to import my Contacts list into dovecot, my mail > > client told me that the IMAP server did not support "Special" folders. > > > > Is there a way to to do the contacts, or sync up Contacts & Calendar > from a > > database or something else? > > > > I'm using both Thunderbird and Outlook. > > What are you using in Thunderbird to store your contacts+calendar info on > the > IMAP server? The only tool I've found like that is Kolab Sync, which > didn't > work last time I tried it. :/ > > As for Outlook - it's absolutely correct. You'd need some sort of > "Connector" > to translate their Contacts/Calendar storage to IMAP. > > -- > Curtis Maloney > cmaloney(a)cardgate.net >

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[Dovecot] dovecot with Calendar or Contacts?
by ajmcello 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

I don't know. Is IMAP capable of serving "Special" folders? If so, then I would say yes. Are there plans for dovecot to support this feature? And if not, does anybody know of a way to sync up Contacts & Calendar information from one client to another (using the same id) with Thunderbird, Outlook, or another MTA? Curious to know. Thanks. On 8/30/06, Odhiambo WASHINGTON <odhiambo.raburu(a)wananchi.com> wrote: > > * On 30/08/06 14:24 -0700, ajmcello ajmcello wrote: > | When I attempted to import my Contacts list into dovecot, my mail > | client told me that the IMAP server did not support "Special" folders. > | > | Is there a way to to do the contacts, or sync up Contacts & Calendar > from a > | database or something else? > | > | I'm using both Thunderbird and Outlook. > > Is this really a server function? > > > > -Wash > > http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html > > DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php > > -- > +======================================================================+ > |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington < wash(a)wananchi.com> > Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 > +======================================================================+ > > A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely > rearranging their prejudices. > -- William James >

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[Dovecot] dovecot with Calendar or Contacts?
by ajmcello ajmcello 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

When I attempted to import my Contacts list into dovecot, my mail client told me that the IMAP server did not support "Special" folders. Is there a way to to do the contacts, or sync up Contacts & Calendar from a database or something else? I'm using both Thunderbird and Outlook. Thanks.

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[Dovecot] format for per-user QUOTAs in passwd-file?
by OpenMacNews 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

what's the correct format for setting per-user override quotas in a passwd-file? in my "dovecot.conf", i've: protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/dovecot-plugins/imap plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 # 10 MB quota limit } in my "imap_user_file", i've: passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot/imap_user_file ... i have: user@mydomain.com:{PLAIN}testpass:::::: quota=maildir:storage=4096 on login to the user(a)mydomain.com, however, QUOTA on the account's mailboxes is reporting as the global default: 10240 something wrong in my user string, i s'pose ... thanks, richard -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6

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[Dovecot] [long message] problem with imap authentication process
by computational_complex-forthespam＠yahoo.it 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

Hi guys, this is my first message in list. i've installed dovecot 1 RC 7 from sources and set it up with postfix as a pop3 mail server: all worked perfectly. Now i would like to set up a local web mail interface; most web mails (eg horde,squirrelMail) use imap to get mail; so i've to set up dovecot imap server. I've set up imap settings in config file and added imap to protocols (i don't use ssl encription): > protocols = pop3 imap But when i run dovecot, i get "USER environment missing", what does it mean? : > root@mailer:~# for i in /var/log/mail.*; do echo > $i ; done > root@mailer:~# echo $USER > root > root@mailer:~# > root@mailer:~# /usr/sbin/dovecot > root@mailer:~# cat /var/log/mail.info > Aug 30 15:58:42 mailer dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc7 starting up > Aug 30 15:58:43 mailer dovecot: imap-login: USER environment missing > Aug 30 15:58:43 mailer dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down > Aug 30 15:58:43 mailer dovecot: child 3929 (login) returned error 89 As you seen, $USER environment variable was set; authentication process user id (in config file) was set to root. Mail users are virtual users and their account informations are stored to a passwd-like file. I searched in the source code the error string and found this dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/imap/main.c: > user = getenv("USER"); > if (user == NULL) { > if (IS_STANDALONE()) > user = getlogin(); > if (user == NULL) > i_fatal("USER environment missing"); > } This is the only occurrence of the error. This code is simple, Why getenv("USER") returns NULL ? variable was set when i run dovecot.... mmm..Any suggestion? Is this a bug of a process cloning /forking system in dovecot? I looked in mailinglist archives for a solution but nothing found. Anyway can you suggest me any web mail with simple configuration with postfix+dovecot virtual accounts? What about oMail-webmail? is there a way to integrate it in dovecot authentication ? Any help appreciated! Valerio

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[Dovecot] filtering problem using sieve
by ajmcello ajmcello 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

For some reason, I cannot filter messages that have uppercase or possibly mixed casing in them. I have tried several tests by connecting to port 25 and sending messages. The ones that fail are from MAILER-DAEMON(a)mydomain.net. Here are the rules I have tried: require ["fileinto", "reject", "vacation"]; if header :contains ["To", "Cc", "Bcc", "Reply-To", "In-Reply-To"] " mailer-daemon(a)mydomain.net" { fileinto "mailer-daemon"; stop; } if header :contains ["To", "Cc", "Bcc", "Reply-To", "In-Reply-To"] " MAILER-DAEMON(a)mydomain.net" { fileinto "mailer-daemon"; stop; } if header :contains ["To", "Cc", "Bcc", "Reply-To", "In-Reply-To"] " MAILER-DAEMON(a)mail.mydomain.net" { fileinto "mailer-daemon"; stop; } if header :contains ["To", "Cc", "Bcc", "Reply-To", "In-Reply-To"] " mailer-daemon(a)mail.mydomain.net" { fileinto "mailer-daemon"; stop; } They all fail to deliver to my mail folder "mailer-daemon" and go to my inbox instead. Anybody have any ideas what I am doing wrong? Also, how can I add a wildcard so that I do not have to specify subdomains? Thank you!

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[Dovecot] Dovecot public folders ACL
by typus vulgaris 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi, all! I'm new to dovecot but trying to setup read-only public folders for different user groups. My goal is to create several public folder such as sales, operation etc with per user index. But I have some problem which I can't resolve with Google and Dovecot.Org. Now users can see and subscribe to test folder "share", but I can't block ability to delete messages via ACL. Here is file system permissions: public/.share ]> ls -la total 12 drwxrwx--- 5 share mail 512 17 авг 12:17 . drwxrwx--- 6 root mail 512 17 авг 11:04 .. drwxrwx--- 2 share mail 512 17 авг 11:18 cur -rwxrwx--- 1 root mail 21 17 авг 10:36 dovecot-acl -rwxrwx--- 1 root mail 0 16 авг 17:56 dovecot-shared drwxrwx--- 2 share mail 512 17 авг 11:17 new drwxrwx--- 2 share mail 512 17 авг 11:17 tmp my dovecot-acl file: public/.share ]> cat dovecot-acl owner lr user=typ lr But user typ can delete messages. But ACL seems working because if I remove letter 'l' from typ's setting he cannot see the folder. Here is my config: ----------8<------------ protocols = imap ssl_disable = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no shutdown_clients = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot/sys.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log login_process_size = 64 verbose_proctitle = yes first_valid_gid = 0 mail_extra_groups = mail default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u:INDEX=/home/user/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u namespace private { separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/home/user/%u/.maildir inbox = yes } namespace public { separator = / prefix = Public/ location = maildir:/home/user/public:CONTROL=/home/user/%u/public/control:INDEX=/home/user/%u/public/index hidden = no inbox = no } mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl mbox_lock_timeout = 300 mbox_very_dirty_syncs = yes umask = 0007 protocol imap { listen = 192.168.101.1:143 mail_plugins = acl imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail outlook-idle } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root } plugin { } -----------------8<-------------- -- typus vulgaris

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[Dovecot] 0.99.11 (CentOS4 or RHEL4) to 1.0.rc7 upgrade folder issue
by Stephen Warren 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

[Sending this again from the email account that I actually have subscribed to the list - hopefully won't be a dup...] We have been running dovecot-0.99.11-2.EL4.rpm on CentOS4 (since that's the latest that ships with RHEL/CentOS) for a while. Aalso in parallel, we have been running various 1.0 betas and RCs on a different port for a different set of more test-tolerant users. This weekend, I upgraded to 1.0.rc7, and made all users use this. I found a small issue. All our users have a large set of folders in their Maildir. For the users who got upgraded from 0.99.11 to 1.0.rc7 (well, the one user who accessed their mail so far since the upgrade...) their folders weren't showing up in Thunderbird any more. Deleting all the dovecot-* files in the Maildir didn't help. In the end, the user re-subscribed to all the folders and then they showed up. (FYI, this is a right-click operation on the account in the Thunderbird tree view, subscribe menu option, then re-check all the folder names). Is there anything that can be implemented in 1.0.rc7 so that users don't have to manually re-subscribe to everything, so the upgrade process in this situation is a little more transparent? Is this simply a matter of the different Dovecot versions naming the folders with different UUIDs (or whatever the IMAP protocol uses), or something else?

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[Dovecot] auth mechanisem and postfixadmin
by xrado 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Aug 29 20:58:01 example dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I2^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Isecured^Ilip=127.0.0.1^Irip=127.0.0.1^Iresp=AHJhZG9AZXhhbXBsZS5jb20AcmFkbw== Aug 29 20:58:01 example dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(rado(a)example.com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'rado(a)example.com' Aug 29 20:58:01 example dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(rado(a)example.com,127.0.0.1): Password mismatch Aug 29 20:58:01 example dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(rado(a)example.com,127.0.0.1): PLAIN(rado) != '$1$997b1881$fpU1U5wRtWfVZQqbat0km/' Aug 29 20:58:03 example dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL^I2^Iuser=rado(a)example.com Aug 29 20:58:08 example dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login: user=<rado(a)example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured which mechanisem do i have to use, database uses md5crypt-ed passwords rado.

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[Dovecot] Problem using Apple Mail with Dovecot (fwd)
by Jason Fesler 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bruce Arthur <barthur(a)apple.com> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Cc: Bruce Arthur <barthur(a)apple.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:04:35 -0700 Subject: Problem using Apple Mail with Dovecot Server Configuration: dovecot-1.0.rc6 Built with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 running on ufs Client configuration Mac OS X 10.4.7, using Apple Mail client. Issue: Apple Mail is able to connect to the server, but it is not seeing the available folder correctly. I did a little debugging and it looks like dovecot is failing to provide the separator in response to the LIST command. I did not spend anytime trying to figure out how other mail clients are getting this (my tcpdump is a little rusty these days). Here is what I see Mail sending to the server, and it's responses. 1 LOGIN applecot ******** 1 OK Logged in. 2 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS 2 OK Capability completed. 3 LIST "" "" 3 OK List completed. The "LIST" command should be sending back the mailbox separator. The IMAP spec seems pretty clear about this (but reading RFC's is always a bit of a challenge). From the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt 6.3..8. LIST Command Arguments: reference name mailbox name with possible wildcards Responses: untagged responses: LIST Result: OK - list completed NO - list failure: can't list that reference or name BAD - command unknown or arguments invalid An empty ("" string) reference name argument indicates that the mailbox name is interpreted as by SELECT. The returned mailbox names MUST match the supplied mailbox name pattern. A non-empty reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of mailbox hierarchy, and indicates a context in which the mailbox name is interpreted in an implementation-defined manner. An empty ("" string) mailbox name argument is a special request to return the hierarchy delimiter and the root name of the name given in the reference. The value returned as the root MAY be null if the reference is non-rooted or is null. In all cases, the hierarchy delimiter is returned. This permits a client to get the hierarchy delimiter even when no mailboxes by that name currently exist. Example: C: A101 LIST "" "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" "" S: A101 OK LIST Completed C: A102 LIST #news.comp.mail.misc "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "." #news. S: A102 OK LIST Completed C: A103 LIST /usr/staff/jones "" S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" / S: A103 OK LIST Completed C: A202 LIST ~/Mail/ % S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ~/Mail/foo S: * LIST () "/" ~/Mail/meetings S: A202 OK LIST completed -- Bruce

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Re: [Dovecot] Problem using Apple Mail with Dovecot
by Jason Fesler 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

> Server Configuration: > dovecot-1.0.rc6 > Built with: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local > OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE i386 running on ufs Thanks, Bruce. Timo et all; Bruce specifically has been looking at my instance of dovecot after a friend of his reported problems with Mail.app and my server. More information: Stock dovecot namespaces work; This name space does not: namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes hidden = no } namespace private { separator = / inbox = no hidden = yes prefix = "#mail/" location = mbox:/home/%u/mail } > > Client configuration > Mac OS X 10.4.7, using Apple Mail client. > > Issue: > Apple Mail is able to connect to the server, but it is not seeing the > available folder correctly. > > I did a little debugging and it looks like dovecot is failing to provide the > separator in response to the LIST command. I did not spend anytime trying to > figure out how other mail clients are getting this (my tcpdump is a little > rusty these days). Here is what I see Mail sending to the server, and it's > responses. > > 1 LOGIN applecot ******** > 1 OK Logged in. > 2 CAPABILITY > * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT > LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS > 2 OK Capability completed. > 3 LIST "" "" > 3 OK List completed. > > The "LIST" command should be sending back the mailbox separator. The IMAP > spec seems pretty clear about this (but reading RFC's is always a bit of a > challenge). > > From the RFC: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2060.txt > 6.3..8. LIST Command > > Arguments: reference name > mailbox name with possible wildcards > > Responses: untagged responses: LIST > > Result: OK - list completed > NO - list failure: can't list that reference or name > BAD - command unknown or arguments invalid > ? > An empty ("" string) reference name argument indicates that the > mailbox name is interpreted as by SELECT. The returned mailbox > names MUST match the supplied mailbox name pattern. A non-empty > reference name argument is the name of a mailbox or a level of > mailbox hierarchy, and indicates a context in which the mailbox > name is interpreted in an implementation-defined manner. > > An empty ("" string) mailbox name argument is a special request to > return the hierarchy delimiter and the root name of the name given > in the reference. The value returned as the root MAY be null if > the reference is non-rooted or is null. In all cases, the > hierarchy delimiter is returned. This permits a client to get the > hierarchy delimiter even when no mailboxes by that name currently > exist. > ? > > Example: C: A101 LIST "" "" > S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" "" > S: A101 OK LIST Completed > C: A102 LIST #news.comp.mail.misc "" > S: * LIST (\Noselect) "." #news. > S: A102 OK LIST Completed > C: A103 LIST /usr/staff/jones "" > S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" / > S: A103 OK LIST Completed > C: A202 LIST ~/Mail/ % > S: * LIST (\Noselect) "/" ~/Mail/foo > S: * LIST () "/" ~/Mail/meetings > S: A202 OK LIST completed > > -- Bruce > >

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP Query
by Magnus Holmgren 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 15:41, Chris Kenward took the opportunity to say: > Hi Magnus > > > Just a couple of general netiquette issues: When bringing up > > a new topic you shouldn't use the Reply command, and you > > should also use a more descriptive subject, such as "Mail > > deleted from IMAP server doesn't disappear". > > Sorry about that - will try and behave a little better in future. In the future, please send follow-ups to the mailing list. The support you get from mailing lists is of a collaborative nature and you can't normally assume that because someone replies to your questions, he or she is prepared to give you personal assistance. Also, the other list subscribers may be interested in the answers. > > What mail user agent are you using? Do the messages *appear* > > in the Trash folder? Messages, when deleted, are normally > > only marked as such and not really removed until they are expunged. > > I'm using Outlook 2003. I've set up this particular account in Outlook as > an IMAP account and the folders all appear as they should down the left > hand side. > > 1. Mail arrives and I get the "beep" to let me know. > 2. I go and look at the Inbox, which has the new message in bold. > 3. I read the message and then highlight and delete it, using either > the DEL key on the keyboard or else the X in Outlook. > 4. The message header is scored through with a line, denoting that it > has been deleted but that's it. The message neither moves from the > Inbox to Trash nor does it disappear. So I end up with a load of > 'deleted' messages in the Inbox. > > Trust that's enough detail. I would have imagined that there would be some > sort of "refresh" every so many seconds or something which would purge > 'deleted' messages. This is a client issue. Some clients let you choose between deleting messages by moving them to the Trash folder or just by marking them as deleted (which is, arguably, The IMAP Way). I don't use Outlook 2003 myself but from what I find by googling it seems that there is no such option in Outlook. However, you can choose whether deleted messages are hidden or shown. http://email.about.com/cs/outlooktips/qt/et060204.htm -- Magnus Holmgren holmgren(a)lysator.liu.se (No Cc of list mail needed, thanks)

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[Dovecot] dovecot SASL as auth backend to exim?
by OpenMacNews 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

hi, i'm running dovecot branch_10 cvs on OSX 10.4.7 w/ exim 4.63. i'd like to use Dovecot's SASL as an auth backend to exim, instead of Cyrus-SASL. @ dovecot's sasl page: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Sasl i know there's a patch against exim 4.43: http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/AuthenticatedSmtpUsingDovecot that, purportedly, enables EXIM to use dovecot's SASL as an auth backend. questions: (1) with 'recent' updates to both dovecot/exim, is that patch still required? (2) if so, is that patch still viable/safe against 4.63? (3) can anyone provide a _specific_ example of the exim config(s) (Makefile, Router, Transport) they're using to 'make it work'? i've asked this question @ exim list, but, other than a 'why would you bother?' and a 'good luck with your efforts', no "joy" so far ... thanks, richard -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6

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[Dovecot] Auto-blacklisting hosts after too many failed logins
by Amon Ott 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Hi folks, first of all thanks for Dovecot, I appreciate it a lot. On one of our servers, we experience regular tries to brute force logins, probably based on harvested mail addresses. Now I wonder if dovecot has or could in future have some mechanism to blacklist remote IP addresses after a configurable number of failures to login to any account. Blacklisted IPs could simply be disconnected without giving them a chance to do anything. After e.g. one day or one hour of no further connection, the blacklist entry could be dropped. As a bonus, it would be great to have a way to close the POP3/IMAP firewall ports to these IPs to avoid dovecot seeing the connection at all. A kind of blacklist status file on disk would be enough, from which some cron job could fill a firewall chain. If necessary, I would try to add this functionality myself. Amon. -- http://www.rsbac.org - GnuPG: 2048g/5DEAAA30 2002-10-22

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[Dovecot] 1.0rc7 working well
by Bruce Lane 29 Aug '06

29 Aug '06

Fellow dove-users, Just a note to say that Dovecot 1.0rc7 is working very well indeed, supplying SPOP3, regular POP3, and TLS/SASL services on FreeBSD 6.1 Production, in conjunction with Postfix 2.3.2. I have authentication methods PAM and passwd in use. Keep the peace(es). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

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[Dovecot] dovecot-1.0_rc7 crashes (Login process died too early) with repeated deletes from thunderbird
by Tim Schafer 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

I can consistently reproduce a crash in dovecot: Select 20 or more messages and copy them to a test folder. Go into that test folder and SHIFT-DEL the messages rapidly (holding down SHIFT-DEL works best) Just rapidly DELing them (even holding down DEL) doesn't do it (unless it's the Trash folder) I'm using the following namespace (in case that's relevant) namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } The /var/log/syslog for the session reads: Aug 24 14:58:54 hostname dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.rc7 starting up Aug 24 14:58:55 hostname slapd[7243]: conn=147 fd=9 ACCEPT from IP=127.0.0.1:41074 (IP=0.0.0.0:389) Aug 24 14:58:55 hostname slapd[7243]: conn=147 op=0 BIND dn="" method=128 Aug 24 14:58:55 hostname slapd[7243]: conn=147 op=0 RESULT tag=97 err=0 text= Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Ilip=192.168.0.7^Irip=192.168.0.100 Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT^I1^IAHRdfmkerjejfkdeie Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=username Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I1^I10081^I1 Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I1^Iusername^Isystem_user=username^Iuid=1000^Igid=100^Ihome=/home/username Aug 24 14:59:09 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=plain, rip=192.168.0.100, lip=192.168.0.7 Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Ilip=192.168.0.7^Irip=192.168.0.100 Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT^I1^IAHRdfmkerjejfkdeie Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=username Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I2^I10082^I1 Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I2^Iusername^Isystem_user=username^Iuid=1000^Igid=100^Ihome=/home/username Aug 24 14:59:10 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=plain, rip=192.168.0.100, lip=192.168.0.7 Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Ilip=192.168.0.7^Irip=192.168.0.100 Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT^I1^I Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT^I1^IAHRdfmkerjejfkdeie Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=username Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I3^I10085^I1 Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I3^Iusername^Isystem_user=username^Iuid=1000^Igid=100^Ihome=/home/username Aug 24 14:59:12 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<username>, method=plain, rip=192.168.0.100, lip=192.168.0.7 Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname dovecot: IMAP(username): Disconnected Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=192.168.0.100, lip=192.168.0.7 Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname last message repeated 2 times Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=192.168.0.100, lip=192.168.0.7 Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname slapd[7243]: conn=147 op=1 UNBIND Aug 24 14:59:14 hostname slapd[7243]: conn=147 fd=9 closed -- Regards, Tim Schafer

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[Dovecot] Reproduced the Login process died too early issue.
by Johnny Vestergaard 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi. I tried for some time to reproduce the "Login process died too early issue". It seems related to when the system run out of file descriptors, to force the issue i forwarded 3k of messages trough the server(using thunderbird). I also tried with my usual mail application - mail.app, but no luck there. Aug 26 18:46:36 soekris postfix/cleanup[14739]: fatal: accept connection: Too many open files in system Aug 26 18:46:36 soekris dovecot: imap-login: imap-login: can't load library 'libcrypto.so.12.0' Aug 26 18:46:37 soekris dovecot: child 16480 (login) returned error 4 Aug 26 18:46:37 soekris dovecot: child 23241 (login) returned error 4 Aug 26 18:46:37 soekris dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down Aug 26 18:46:37 soekris dovecot: imap-login: imap-login: can't load library 'libc.so.39.0' Aug 26 18:46:36 soekris postfix/bounce[24767]: fatal: open file bounce 5D0B141743: Too many open files in system /jkv

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[Dovecot] How to make 'pureged mails to Trash Box'?
by hshh 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hi, Is it possible add feature to make purged mails to Trash Box for default?

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Re: [Dovecot] LDAP authentication via PAM
by Stephen Warren 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Oscar A. Valdez wrote: > El lun, 10-04-2006 a las 11:17 -0600, Stephen Warren escribió: >> Oscar A. Valdez wrote: >>> Before trying Luis' suggestion, I had the following in /var/log/messages: >>> >>> dovecot(pam_unix)[4691]: check pass; user unknown >>> dovecot(pam_unix)[4691]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 >>> tty= ruser= rhost= >> >> I believe this is because your PAM configuration checks both local files >> (pam_unix: /etc/passwd) and pam_ldap: LDAP. The pam_unix module can't >> find the user in the local database, and complains, then LDAP finds the >> user information, and allows the login/whatever. >> >> The solution is probably to create a /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ldap-only >> file that doesn't reference pam_unix, and use that pam configuration for >> network services such as Dovecot. >> >> Or, possible, check pam_ldap first with a "sufficient" setting; perhaps >> this will stop pam_unix being tried at all? >> >> I keep meaning to try this, since I'm seeing those messages from a >> number of network services, but have never gotten around to it! > > They tend to fill up the message log quickly, so if you get around to > it, I'm interested in your fix. Well, I finally got around to fiddling with this, and I now have created a /etc/pam.d/system-auth that doesn't trigger the annoying authentication failure messages in syslog. The file is shown below. I've tested this by connecting in using SSH (setup for PAM) both as a user in the local /etc/passwd and as a user in LDAP. Also, I tested /etc/passwd users with the LDAP server stopped, and that worked too. Finally, I tested connecting to Dovecot as an LDAP user. Note: The only section that references LDAP is the auth section. That's because account and session rely on pam_unix to pick up the information using nss_ldap (i.e. /etc/nsswitch.conf says "files ldap" for passwd, group, etc.) This seems to work for me... Also, note that my LDAP server stores Samba passwords too, so that's why the password section uses pam_smbpass (which in turn is setup to access LDAP via /etc/samba/smb.conf) rather than pam_ldap. This is so both the Unix and SMB passwords are updated in LDAP. Anyway, here's my file. Anyone want to pick holes in it? Indented lines are just mail formatting... #%PAM-1.0 # This file is auto-generated. # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run. auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_ldap.so debug auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so use_first_pass likeauth auth required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so account sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 100 quiet account required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so password requisite /lib/security/$ISA/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_smbpass.so use_authtok password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow password required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so session required /lib/security/$ISA/pam_mkhomedir.so skel=/etc/skel/ umask=0077

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[Dovecot] failed to start
by Don Citarella 28 Aug '06

28 Aug '06

Hello, i saw you posted on dovecot.org and was hoping you could assist with a problem i have with dovecot. I installed the attached file to webmin and clicked it said it installed correctly: Dovecot IMAP/POP3 Server in /usr/libexec/webmin/dovecot (372 kB) under category Servers I clicked the link and then clicked "Start Dovecot Server" from the webmin panel and got this error: Failed to start Dovecot : I assume this means a file is missing. My config file looks like this: dovecot=/usr/sbin/dovecot dovecot_config=/etc/dovecot.conf init_script=dovecot pid_file=/var/run/dovecot/master.pid There doesn't appear to be a dovecot directory in: etc/rc.d/init.d/ Perhaps that's the issue? I'm running Redhat Linux 4. Can you assist in any way? Any help is most appreciated. Thanks, Don

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[Dovecot] vmysql: sql error[3]
by Charles M. Gerungan 27 Aug '06

27 Aug '06

I keep getting these messages in the log: @4000000044f1db7732acaddc dovecot: Error: auth(default): vmysql: sql error[3]: MySQL server has gone away I see that at least one user has the same problem: http://www.mail-archive.com/vchkpw@inter7.com/msg23311.html Unfortunately, no solution is given. I also found the MySQL Problems page on the wiki, but the issues are supposed to be resolved for my version of MySQL. The only way to get dovecot to authenticate again is to restart the daemon. Is there a solution to this problem? If yes, please share it! dovecot 1.0 RC7 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p17 #6 vpopmail 5.4.13 mysql version: Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.24, for portbld-freebsd5.4 (i386) using 4.3 Dovecot and vpopmail are compiled from source. MySQL is compiled from source via the FreeBSD ports system. -- Regards, Charles.

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[Dovecot] imap service not working
by LeVA 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hi! I'm using dovecot-1.0.rc7 with pop3 and imap. The pop3 is ok, really, no problem at all. With imap, I have the following problem: From the client side it looks like it logs in - logs out - logs in - logs out... can not see any emails or directories. From the server side, I can see these in the logs: dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=x.x.x.x rip=x.x.x.x dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 AHRlc3p0AGxvZmFzeg== dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=teszt MAIL=maildir:/ dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 30 15660 1 dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 30 teszt uid=8010 gid=8010 home=/var/mail/virtual/teszt/Maildir/./ dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: IMAP(teszt): Effective uid=8010, gid=8010 dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: IMAP(teszt): maildir: data=/ dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: IMAP(teszt): maildir: root=, index=, control=, inbox= dovecot: Aug 26 22:29:00 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<teszt>, method=plain, rip=x.x.x.x, lip=x.x.x.x, TLS These messages are repeating, but with an incrementing number: "USER 30 teszt". This number after the 'USER' word increments with every login. The user's mail directory has 770 perms, and owned by 8010:8010 (the teszt user's UID and GID). The cur/new/tmp folders gets created, but nothing more. The MTA on the server puts the messages inside the new/ folder, and I can get the mails with pop3 from the 'teszt' account. Only imap is acting funny. This "infinite loop" happens with Thunderbird, but I tried it with KMail too. The latter says right after the login procedure: "The connection to the server IMAP Account was unexpectedly closed or timed out. It will be re-established automatically if possible." Is there some script which makes the maildir folder "ready" for use (like the mkmaildir with courier imap), or is there some special file which I must put in it to make it work? Thanks for the help! Daniel -- LeVA

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[Dovecot] separate passdb for imap and pop3
by LeVA 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hi! Is this possible? I couldn't find any writings about the 'auth' (like 'auth default') keyword in the wiki. What does that mean? Can I setup seperate user and password dbs for sepearate circumstances? I've tried to experiment with it and added two auths: auth pop3 { mechanisms = plain digest-md5 passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot_pop3.passwd } userdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot_pop3.passwd } user = _dv_auth } auth imap { mechanisms = plain digest-md5 passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot_imap.passwd } userdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot_imap.passwd } user = _dv_auth } But how can I configure dovecot to use the 'auth imap' for imap authentications, and use 'auth pop3' for pop3 authentications. With the above setup dovecot always try to use the last one (auth imap). Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Daniel -- LeVA

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[Dovecot] Dovecot SSL issue on Solaris 10 x64 (64-bit)
by Patric 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

I'm having an issue with Thunderbird (and Opera) and Dovecot SSL on a Solaris 10. My OS is Solaris 10 6/06 x86 (running in 64-bit mode) using ZFS (disk mirror) as the filesystem for my users. Dovecot version is 1.0rc7 (logs below are from 1.0rc6). First the connection asks if the SSL-certificate should be accepted, accepting it seems to work but then nothing happens. Thunderbird is quite silent, not always displays an error message, it just seems that there are no emails to download. It works fine in Mac OS X Mail.app with POP3s and IMAPs (both SSL). But not for Thunderbird (1.5.0.5) and Opera (latest). Setting "verbose_ssl=yes" and "auth_debug=yes" in the configuration gives this error from a Thunderbird login: Aug 16 14:16:28 credo dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.warning] pop3-login: SSL_accept() failed: error:140D308A:SSL routines:TLS1_SETUP_KEY_BLOCK:cipher or hash unavailable [85.225.200.123] Aug 16 14:16:28 credo dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.info] pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=85.225.200.123, lip=195.198.174.212, TLS Aug 16 14:16:29 credo dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.warning] pop3-login: SSL_accept() failed: error:140D308A:SSL routines:TLS1_SETUP_KEY_BLOCK:cipher or hash unavailable [85.225.200.123] Aug 16 14:16:29 credo dovecot: [ID 107833 mail.info] pop3-login: Disconnected: rip=85.225.200.123, lip=195.198.174.212, TLS It seems to be that the OpenSSL installed with Solaris 10 is abit "broken" or missing the cryptographic procotols needed. (at least from what I've read on the Internet) Strange that it works fine with Mail.app on Mac OS X. So, I installed the latest OpenSSL, compiled, tested and installed. (no problems occured) Back to compiling Dovecot, used this oneliner to point it to the new OpenSSL (and my compile settings): env PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/ssl/lib/pkgconfig ./configure --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc --with-ssldir=/usr/local/etc/ssl Worked! bash-3.00$ egrep "^SSL_" config.log SSL_CFLAGS='-I/usr/local/ssl/include ' SSL_LIBS='-L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto -lsocket -lnsl -ldl ' But gives this error message when I compile: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -I/usr/local/ssl/include -o ssl-build-param ssl-init-main.o ssl-init-openssl.o ssl-init-gnutls.o ../lib/liblib.a -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -lssl -lcrypto -ldl -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -lsendfile ld: warning: file /usr/local/ssl/lib/libcrypto.a(dh_asn1.o): wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 Undefined first referenced symbol in file DH_generate_parameters ssl-init-openssl.o ERR_get_error ssl-init-openssl.o ERR_error_string_n ssl-init-openssl.o i2d_DHparams ssl-init-openssl.o ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to ssl-build-param collect2: ld returned 1 exit status *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ssl-build-param' Current working directory /home/nollan/work2/dovecot-1.0.rc7/src/master *** Error code 1 The following command caused the error: (error message removed to save space, can include if requested) It seems that the Thunderbird/Opera SSL problem will be solved with a new OpenSSL. But I seem to have problems getting Dovecot to compile with the new OpenSSL (64-bit issue?). Anyone got any hints on what I should do? With Regards, Patric

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[Dovecot] imap daemon consuming all the cpu
by Rui Lopes 26 Aug '06

26 Aug '06

Hello, I've tried to do a full text search on the inbox, it run fine, but the imap daemon started to eat all the CPU until I closed the email client. I'm running dovecot 1.0.rc7 [using kqueue] on FreeBSD 6.1. ktrace shows this pattern over and over (its seems to be looping): 49021 imap CALL kevent(0x4,0,0,0x80df000,0x5,0xbfbfe988) 49021 imap RET kevent 1 49021 imap CALL gettimeofday(0x80d0b00,0x80d0b08) 49021 imap RET gettimeofday 0 49021 imap CALL gettimeofday(0x80d0b00,0x80d0b08) 49021 imap RET gettimeofday 0 49021 imap CALL kevent(0x5,0,0,0xbfbfe930,0x1,0xbfbfe928) 49021 imap RET kevent 1 49021 imap CALL gettimeofday(0xbfbfe990,0) 49021 imap RET gettimeofday 0 Maybe this is useless to track the cause... :( Unfortunately(?) I can't reproduce this again, because searches run OK. Best regards, Rui Lopes

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[Dovecot] High CPU load
by Nagy László 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hello, I'm using dovecot-1.0.b9 on a FreeBSD 6.1 system. Usually we have 6 clients connected to dovecot through IMAPs. These clients are Thunderbird 1.5 programs. After some hours, one or two processed go up to 100% WCPU. As an example, this is what I see when I run 'top': last pid: 5111; load averages: 1.34, 1.82, 1.75 up 13+00:04:09 15:26:59 150 processes: 2 running, 147 sleeping, 1 zombie CPU states: 21.2% user, 0.0% nice, 47.7% system, 0.0% interrupt, 31.1% idle Mem: 149M Active, 368M Inact, 196M Wired, 29M Cache, 111M Buf, 255M Free Swap: 5120M Total, 548M Used, 4572M Free, 10% Inuse PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 52627 thomas 1 109 0 2940K 1500K CPU1 0 21:49 99.02% imap When there are two rebellious clients, they occupy 50-50% CPU time. If I restart thunderbird, then all goes well for a couple of minutes. I need to solve this problem. I already had a system crash that was probably caused by the cpu heat. Pleas help me. Laszlo

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[Dovecot] Restricting IP and/or user access (POP3/IMAP)
by Phil Clare 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi, The documentation says to authenticate only from a specific IP or network… if you set this to 127.0.0.1 to indicate the local loop then this effectively blocks every IP address but this one. Since the extra field is in passdb then this would imply it can be done on a per user basis. Have you tried this? Phil ________________________________________ From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Jos Chrispijn Sent: 24 August 2006 15:08 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] Restricting IP and/or user access (POP3/IMAP) Hi, Just new on this mailinglist; I sure hope my questions wouldn't be too dumb for words :-) Q: Restricting IP and/or user access (POP3/IMAP) What I would like to do is blocking some of my user from fetching their mail with neither POP3 nor IMAP. The only way of letting them read/write their e-mail is to be done with my/their Webmail client. On the site of Dovecot I read: 'It's possible to allow user to authenticate only from a specific IP or network. This is especially useful for master users. This can be done by returning allow_nets extra field in passdb.' Actually I am looking for a way of _blocking_ user(names) or certain IP adress(es) instead of _allowing_ certain IP adresses to get their POP3/IMAP mail. Pls could someone hint me out on this? Thanks in advance. Jos -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/426 - Release Date: 23/08/2006

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[Dovecot] multiple mailboxes in imap
by einKI.ml 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi I try to setup a mail server which fetches mails from some pop accounts and presents them through imap (with dovecot) to my local network. I get the mails with getmail at this works as it should. To use dovecot as a pop3 and imap server works too. Now I am trying to setup multiple mailboxes which then should be presented to the user as different folders. I think I have to use namespaces for this (is this correct?) So I tried to configure two namespaces with the following statement. namespace private { separator = / inbox = yes prefix = } namespace private { separator = / prefix = ns location = maildir:/data/server/mail/in/%u/ns } when i try to access the imap server with thunderbird I can receive mails for Inbox but when I want to subscripe an additional folder ns can be seen but is grayed out in thunderbird. To summarize this can anybody give me a hint or example how to configure multiple mailboxes which are located in different directories on the server. thx

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[Dovecot] forward flag metadata
by Tim Schafer 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

In testing the migration from courier-imap to dovecot I've discovered that the forward flag on messages isn't kept track of in a standard way. courier-imap seems to keep track of forwarded messages in courierimapkeywords/:list dovecot seems to add an 'a' flag to the filename. Unfortunately this 'a' flag information doesn't seem to be given out by dovecot. It's like it's write only. Is it a bug that dovecot doesn't hand out the "forwarded" metadata? -- Regards, Tim Schafer Information Technology Logistics Easier with Technology Freight Solution Providers direct 916-376-6190 10453 Old Placerville Road fax 916-376-6156 Sacramento, CA 95827 tim_schafer(a)shipfsp.com

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[Dovecot] getting dovecot unwedged
by Scott Murman 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

I'm having a problem with the dovecot server. I've upgraded to 1.0rc7 to no avail. My naive view is that a cache file is corrupt, or a lock file cannot be unset. Certain mailboxes cannot be accessed to read or write. Checking the process, the server looks stuck in an infinite poll/wait loop. telnetting directly to the server shows that things are definately amiss, though the original problem may have been caused by a faulty client (Apple Mail or Outlook). My question at this point is how to unwedge the server. Is there a cache repair utility, or a list of files which shouldn't exist? I don't see this info on the Wiki. After sortinig this out, I'm going to install mysql, since this seems to be the more-tested installation. Will dovecot automatically rebuild my current databases or do i need to prepare for sql by hand? -SM-

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[Dovecot] dovecot v1.0 rc7 hung up
by Jack Chen 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

It looks like the v.0 RC7 is still not stable. It hangs almost every day. This morning I found that pop3 was not working but imap was working. I know other times when dovecot stop working, neither pop3 and imap worked. I just want to know if other users are getting the same problem.

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[Dovecot] Restricting IP and/or user access (POP3/IMAP)
by Jos Chrispijn 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Joseph D. Wagner 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Ok, I tried: sh -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start and it started ok. Then I tried: sh /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start and it started ok too. However, simply using: /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start won't start. On a hunch, I disabled SELinux, and then: /etc/rc.d/init.d/dovecot start started ok. So I have an SELinux problem. Right now I'm doing a filesystem relabel. If that doesn't work, does anyone know where to go from here? Joseph D. Wagner

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[Dovecot] sieve-cvs build failing @ 'make'
by Richard 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 hi, i've dovecot-cvs up on osx. logging in with virtual users is working. so far so good. i'm attempting to build sieve support now. after: % cd /usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-sieve % glibtoolize -f -c % autoreconf -i -f configure.in: installing `./install-sh' configure.in: installing `./missing' src/Makefile.am: installing `./depcomp' configure.in: installing `./ylwrap' Makefile.am: installing `./INSTALL' Makefile.am: installing `./COPYING' a: % ./configure \ --prefix=/usr/local/dovecot \ ... --disable-static --enable-shared \ --with-dovecot=/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs % make fails @: ... gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-dict - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-mail - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-storage - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/deliver - -I/usr/local/berkeley-db/include -I/usr/local/cyrus-sasl/include - -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations - -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast - -I/usr/local/ssl/include -MT map.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/map.Tpo -c map.c - -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/map.o if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. - -I. -I.. -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-dict - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-mail - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-storage - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/deliver - -I/usr/local/berkeley-db/include -I/usr/local/cyrus-sasl/include - -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations - -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast - -I/usr/local/ssl/include -MT sieve-cmu.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/sieve-cmu.Tpo" -c -o sieve-cmu.lo sieve-cmu.c; \ then mv -f ".deps/sieve-cmu.Tpo" ".deps/sieve-cmu.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/sieve-cmu.Tpo"; exit 1; fi gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-dict - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-mail - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/lib-storage - -I/usr/ports/dovecot/dovecot-cvs/src/deliver - -I/usr/local/berkeley-db/include -I/usr/local/cyrus-sasl/include - -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations - -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast - -I/usr/local/ssl/include -MT sieve-cmu.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/sieve-cmu.Tpo -c sieve-cmu.c -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/sieve-cmu.o sieve-cmu.c: In function 'get_flags': sieve-cmu.c:181: error: 'array_t' undeclared (first use in this function) sieve-cmu.c:181: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once sieve-cmu.c:181: error: for each function it appears in.) sieve-cmu.c:181: error: parse error before 'union' sieve-cmu.c:181: warning: unused variable 'v_modifiable' sieve-cmu.c:181: warning: unused variable 'v' sieve-cmu.c:178: warning: unused parameter 'sieve_flags' sieve-cmu.c:179: warning: unused parameter 'flags_r' sieve-cmu.c:179: warning: unused parameter 'keywords_r' sieve-cmu.c: At top level: sieve-cmu.c:181: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'keywords' sieve-cmu.c:181: warning: data definition has no type or storage class sieve-cmu.c:185: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'flags_r' sieve-cmu.c:185: warning: data definition has no type or storage class sieve-cmu.c:187: error: parse error before 'void' sieve-cmu.c:187: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of '_array_tmp' sieve-cmu.c:187: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast sieve-cmu.c:187: warning: data definition has no type or storage class sieve-cmu.c:187: error: parse error before '&' token sieve-cmu.c:193: error: parse error before '&' token sieve-cmu.c:209: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'name' sieve-cmu.c:209: error: conflicting types for 'name' sieve-cmu.c:182: error: previous declaration of 'name' was here sieve-cmu.c:209: warning: initialization makes integer from pointer without a cast sieve-cmu.c:209: warning: data definition has no type or storage class sieve-cmu.c:210: error: parse error before 'void' sieve-cmu.c:210: error: parse error before '&' token sieve-cmu.c:212: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'keywords_r' sieve-cmu.c:212: error: request for member 'arr' in something not a structure or union sieve-cmu.c:213: error: request for member 'v' in something not a structure or union sieve-cmu.c:213: error: request for member 'arr' in something not a structure or union sieve-cmu.c:213: warning: type defaults to 'int' in declaration of 'type name' sieve-cmu.c:213: warning: cast from function call of type 'const void *' to non-matching type 'int' sieve-cmu.c:213: warning: pointer/integer type mismatch in conditional expression sieve-cmu.c:213: error: initializer element is not constant sieve-cmu.c:213: warning: data definition has no type or storage class sieve-cmu.c:214: error: parse error before '}' token make[3]: *** [sieve-cmu.lo] Error 1 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 - -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iEYEAREDAAYFAkTpGRwACgkQlffdvTZxCMaAaQCeJVgg9SIx2iezvPwtHGZVghQE h4wAniYsJU//3a010k0bO0p9me8RHIGz =6Dh0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Problems with dovecot 1.0rc5 + MySQL 5.0.24
by Daniel Torreblanca 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Hi all, I'm having an intermittent problem logging users in through a webmail client (RoundCube). My maillog reports this: auth(default): vmysql: sql error[3]: MySQL server has gone away imap-login: Disconnected: user=<sales(a)coppersinkdepot.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured The MySQL server hasn't gone anywhere, I can log into it fine and other apps report no problems with it. Restarting Dovecot fixes this issue, but it'll just happen again later. I'm on OpenBSD 3.9 using vpopmail. I've looked through the mailing list archives but can't find any info on this specific problem. Any ideas?

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Re: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3
by Esquivel, Vicente 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

I am sorry maybe I confused all of you, but I am not running them side by side. What I did was install one rpm and uninstall it then install 1.0 and then uninstall it. Testing the individually when installed. Vicente ________________________________ From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Graves Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:54 PM To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3 The config files are different of 0.99 and 1.0 (and I'm not sure you can run them side by side). Delete the config for 0.99 and install just 1.0rc7 and modify it's config. You may also need to delete the index files and recreate the subscriptions file as I don't think they're compatible. -- Jeff Graves, MCSA Image Source, Inc. 508.966.5200 x31 www.image-src.com -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Esquivel, Vicente Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:27 PM To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: Re: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3 Anyone else see something similar to this? Vicente ________________________________ From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Esquivel, Vicente Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:39 AM To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3 Hello all, I am new to the list so bear with me. I am testing dovecot out on a test server running RHEL ES 3, I have installed 0.99.14-1.1.el3 and 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3. This server is using the mbox mailbox format, running sendmail, procmail, and using PAM to do authentication to an LDAP server. I get varying results between the two version. 0.99.14-1.1.el3 : Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine, I can view mail just fine via outlook express and thunderbird. 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3: Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine but I cannot view my email via outlook express or thunderbird. The logs indicate that it reads my inbox with no errors but I still cannot see anything. Can anyone please help me with this. Thanks Vicente

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Re: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3
by Esquivel, Vicente 24 Aug '06

24 Aug '06

Anyone else see something similar to this? Vicente ________________________________ From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Esquivel, Vicente Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 8:39 AM To: Dovecot Mailing List Subject: [Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3 Hello all, I am new to the list so bear with me. I am testing dovecot out on a test server running RHEL ES 3, I have installed 0.99.14-1.1.el3 and 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3. This server is using the mbox mailbox format, running sendmail, procmail, and using PAM to do authentication to an LDAP server. I get varying results between the two version. 0.99.14-1.1.el3 : Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine, I can view mail just fine via outlook express and thunderbird. 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3: Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine but I cannot view my email via outlook express or thunderbird. The logs indicate that it reads my inbox with no errors but I still cannot see anything. Can anyone please help me with this. Thanks Vicente

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[Dovecot] Rename folder bug dovecot-1.0RC6 ?
by Ian Thurlbeck 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Dear All can someone confirm this bug please ? I am using Thunderbird 1.07, TB 1.5.0.4, Horde/IMP webmail as test clients, all running on FC4. Server is 1.0RC6 on CentOS 4 with maildir-sep set to ';' To reproduce: In your favourite mail client: 1. Create a top-level mail folder "atest" 2. Rename "atest" to "atest-extra" (basically hyphen<anything>) Result: Error about mailbox "atest-extra" does not exist If you refresh the folder list you see a new folder called "atest-extra-extra" (read all about it). Anyone else see this or is just me ? Many thanks Ian -- Ian Thurlbeck http://www.stams.strath.ac.uk/ Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow, UK, G1 1XH Tel: +44 (0)141 548 3667 Fax: +44 (0)141 552 2079

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[Dovecot] virtual user directories?
by Mike 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

I'm installing dovecot and hope to migrate my users from a POP3 system soon. I have the users in LDAP and LDAP is working, dovecot is using LDAP to authenticate my tests. What I'm trying to find is a setting when a user is authenticated by LDAP and dovecot, and that user directory does not exist in the location I have given for the private name space, I want dovecot to create the directory. Mentioning in a log that it created a directory is ok, but I want it to create the directory. I do not want to have to create the directories by hand (easy to do, I know, but that's not the point). Is there a way to tell dovecot to create any missing directories for authenticated users? Mike

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[Dovecot] bug? order dependencies in branch_1_0 conf file
by Richard 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 bldg dovecot cvs branch_1_0 on osx, i'm seeing a sensitivity to order in protocol statements. e.g., on launch: THIS WORKS FINE: protocol lda { sendmail_path = /usr/local/exim/bin/exim ... plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 # 10 MB quota limit } } but, THIS DOES NOT protocol lda { ... plugin { quota = maildir:storage=10240 # 10 MB quota limit 65: } 66: sendmail_path = /usr/local/exim/bin/exim 67: } reporting: /dovecot.conf line 66: Unknown setting: is this, in fact, a bug? feature? thanks, richard - -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X against HTML email, vCards / \ & micro$oft attachments [GPG] OpenMacNews at gmail dot com fingerprint: 50C9 1C46 2F8F DE42 2EDB D460 95F7 DDBD 3671 08C6 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iEYEAREDAAYFAkTsnD0ACgkQlffdvTZxCMbu1QCfbyq1bddAz8H5RdDJJYx8iTMw SNkAoIaK6xwJ05zM2aJ0/XJH+UucdPoV =9ajq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Maildir folder separator
by Mikko Kortelainen 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi, There's been some demand from users to make it possible to use the period character (.) in folder names, but that is impossible when the folder separator is already period. Is there any possibility of replacing that which another separator, say a / ? -Mikko

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[Dovecot] Problems with VersaMail on PalmOS
by Paul Tansom 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

I'm at the early stages of debugging this problem, but in case I can save some time because somebody else has already come across these issues I thought I'd try a quick post. I have an installation of Dovecot 0.99.14-1sarge0 from the Debian stable tree (so nothing cutting edge, but it's proving stable and reliable) that I am connecting to from a Palm TX with VersaMail 3.1C over IMAP. Sadly it doesn't display all the mail folders I have available and I'm not entirely sure why. So far I've not found a common link between which are displayed, and if I try renaming them then the ones displayed change - so I suspect there is a certain randomness to this. I am aware that it doesn't cope with subfolders, and all these are root folders. Some of the root folders are empty because they are simply acting as a container for other folders in case that is relevant. As I say I'm at the early stages, and I'm also looking at other Palm mail apps (but this came with it so it seemed a good starting point). I'll post more diagnostic details if I need help further down the line, but in the mean time if anyone has also seen this I'd be interested to hear any details. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com

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[Dovecot] Unable to get LDA working
by Gerard Seibert 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE Postfix version 2.4-20060806 Dovecot v1.0.rc2 I have the following in the postfix main.cf file: mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver This is from the dovecot.conf file: default_mail_env = mbox:/var/mail/%u However, mail is never delivered with this configuration. This is an excerpt from the 'dovecot.log' file: deliver(gerard): Error: open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1928.e70d4dd9d14583ce) failed: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1932.e70d4dd9d14583ce) failed: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1950.dd8b6a29139b74ac) failed: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1951.847c445495634caa) failed: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1952.847c445495634caa) failed: Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied I have several different users, and they all receive the same type of error message. I have reverted to having postfix deliver the mail and having dovecot as the POPs server. That works fine. I would like to know what I am doing wrong though in getting Dovecot to work as an LDA. -- Gerard Seibert gerard(a)seibercom.net GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY (#17): On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence.

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[Dovecot] Exempt mailboxes from indexing?
by B H 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

I looked through the wiki and the archives, but couldn't find an answer to this question. We use a webmail product that uses three dummy mbox dotfiles for storing configuration and temporary info. I'm trying to find a way to have dovecot's indexing ignore all dotfiles, and so far have had no luck (other than, of course, coding it in myself). Does anyone know if this is possible? Thanks. -Brian Hayden

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[Dovecot] Performance problem with outlook & outlook express
by Luc Rocheleau 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hi, I've set up a dovecot server under redhat enterprise 4.3 with the basic configuration(mbox). Everything runs fine under webmail(squirrelmail) and thunderbird. When I try it under outlook/outlook express tough, it takes a couple of minutes after the authentication to get all headers where it takes a couple of seconds under thunderbird(both windows and linux version). I tried with these two versions with same results: dovecot-1.0.beta9 and dovecot-1.0.rc7 Any idea? Thanks for help and regards --

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[Dovecot] 0.99.14-1.1.el3 vs 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3
by Esquivel, Vicente 23 Aug '06

23 Aug '06

Hello all, I am new to the list so bear with me. I am testing dovecot out on a test server running RHEL ES 3, I have installed 0.99.14-1.1.el3 and 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3. This server is using the mbox mailbox format, running sendmail, procmail, and using PAM to do authentication to an LDAP server. I get varying results between the two version. 0.99.14-1.1.el3 : Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine, I can view mail just fine via outlook express and thunderbird. 1.0-0_20.rc7.el3: Upon installing this I leave the defaults and login just fine but I cannot view my email via outlook express or thunderbird. The logs indicate that it reads my inbox with no errors but I still cannot see anything. Can anyone please help me with this. Thanks Vicente

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