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[Dovecot] Dovecot-2.1.14 - pop3 processes always hangs forever - another follow-up
by Axel Luttgens 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hello, With the same basic configs as in my previous messages, I tried with the maildir format instead of the mbox format. That is, in both cases ("virtual" uids/gids vs a single "real" uid/gid), doveconf -n shows: mail_location = maildir:~/maildir instead of: mail_location = mbox:~/mboxes:INBOX=~/mboxes/inbox Here too, with "virtual" uids/gids, connections thru pop hang forever, while imap connections behave flawlessly. And with a single "real" uid/gid, connections thru both pop and imap behave as expected. As a result, it could be inferred that the problems I am encountering with pop connections do not depend on the mailbox format in use, and that they are entirely related to "virtual" uids/gids. To recap: with this very basic config # 2.1.14: /_ETC/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Darwin 12.2.1 x86_64 auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mboxes:INBOX=~/mboxes/inbox passdb { args = /_ETC/dovecot/db.conf driver = sql } ssl = no userdb { driver = prefetch } a pop connection hangs forever after the pass command $ telnet 127.0.0.1 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user user2 +OK pass pass2 and the log shows (here, when the user connects for the first time) dovecot[2997]: pop3-login: Login: user=<user2>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=3113, secured, session=<GTOlMjfV3gB/AAAB> dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Effective uid=100003, gid=100003, home=/_Data/Mailstores/100003 dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Home dir not found: /_Data/Mailstores/100003 dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: fs: root=/_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes, index=, control=, inbox=/_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes/inbox, alt= dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes doesn't exist yet, using default permissions dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes: mode=0700 gid=-1 dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes/inbox doesn't exist yet, using default permissions dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes: mode=0700 gid=-1 dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes/inbox doesn't exist yet, using default permissions dovecot[2997]: pop3(user2): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /_Data/Mailstores/100003/mboxes: mode=0700 gid=-1 With exactly the same config, imap connections are fully functional. Does someone have an explanation? TIA, Axel

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[Dovecot] Defer emails until the user is ready to deal with them (snooze button / bring-forward file / bring-up file for emails)
by Chris Laif 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi, I would like to add a feature to my email-client (Thunderbird) which stops emails from showing up until a specific time (e.g. having buttons for: show again this evening, tomorrow, next week, next month ...). As far as I've learned this is not possible with IMAP: - storing the 'do-not-show-until-time' within a custom header-field requires down- and uploading of the whole email and therefore causes problems especially with large emails - IMAP keywords are limited are limited in quantity and can not be compared with datetime functions Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Chris

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[Dovecot] Get rid of inotify in 2.1.15
by Martin Rabl 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi, after update to Dovecot 2.1.5 (Ubuntu 12.04, dovecot from https://launchpad.net/~kokelnet/+archive/dovecot21) we are getting a huge ;-) bunch of log entries about " imap(USERNAME): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 5000 (UID vmail)". At last I did an echo 512 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances but the logentries did appear again after some minutes. Maybe you have a hint for me? Thank you! At the bottom my current configuration. -- Greetings, Martin Rabl # 2.1.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-36-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS auth_anonymous_username = anonymous auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 hours auth_cache_size = 0 auth_cache_ttl = 1 hours auth_debug = no auth_debug_passwords = no auth_default_realm = auth_failure_delay = 2 secs auth_first_valid_uid = 500 auth_gssapi_hostname = auth_krb5_keytab = auth_last_valid_uid = 0 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_proxy_self = auth_realms = auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_ssl_require_client_cert = no auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no auth_use_winbind = no auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_username_format = %Lu auth_username_translation = auth_verbose = no auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/bin/ntlm_auth auth_worker_max_count = 30 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot config_cache_size = 1 M debug_log_path = default_client_limit = 1000 default_idle_kill = 1 mins default_internal_user = vmail default_login_user = vmail default_process_limit = 100 default_vsz_limit = 256 M deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ dict { acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-acl-sql.conf.ext } dict_db_config = director_doveadm_port = 0 director_mail_servers = director_servers = director_user_expire = 15 mins director_username_hash = %u disable_plaintext_auth = yes dotlock_use_excl = yes doveadm_allowed_commands = doveadm_password = doveadm_proxy_port = 0 doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server doveadm_worker_count = 0 dsync_alt_char = _ dsync_remote_cmd = ssh -l%{login} %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%u -l%{lock_timeout} -n%{namespace} first_valid_gid = 1 first_valid_uid = 500 hostname = imap_capability = imap_client_workarounds = imap_id_log = imap_id_send = imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o imap_max_line_length = 64 k imapc_features = imapc_host = imapc_list_prefix = imapc_master_user = imapc_max_idle_time = 29 mins imapc_password = imapc_port = 143 imapc_rawlog_dir = imapc_ssl = no imapc_ssl_ca_dir = imapc_ssl_verify = yes imapc_user = %u import_environment = TZ info_log_path = instance_name = dovecot last_valid_gid = 0 last_valid_uid = 0 lda_mailbox_autocreate = no lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = no lda_original_recipient_header = libexec_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot listen = * lmtp_address_translate = lmtp_proxy = no lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = no lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = no lock_method = fcntl log_path = syslog log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_access_sockets = login_greeting = Dovecot ready. login_log_format = %$: %s login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c login_trusted_networks = mail_access_groups = vmail mail_attachment_dir = mail_attachment_fs = sis posix mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1} mail_attachment_min_size = 128 k mail_cache_fields = flags mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0 mail_chroot = mail_debug = no mail_fsync = optimized mail_full_filesystem_access = no mail_gid = mail_home = mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INBOX=~/Maildir/INBOX:LAYOUT=fs mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u): " mail_max_keyword_length = 50 mail_max_lock_timeout = 0 mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_never_cache_fields = imap.envelope mail_nfs_index = no mail_nfs_storage = no mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules mail_plugins = mail_prefetch_count = 0 mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_save_crlf = no mail_shared_explicit_inbox = yes mail_temp_dir = /tmp mail_temp_scan_interval = 1 weeks mail_uid = vmail mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs mailbox_list_index = no maildir_broken_filename_sizes = no maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes maildir_stat_dirs = no maildir_very_dirty_syncs = no managesieve_client_workarounds = managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave imapflags notify master_user_separator = mbox_dirty_syncs = yes mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 2 mins mbox_lazy_writes = yes mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins mbox_md5 = apop3d mbox_min_index_size = 0 mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl mdbox_preallocate_space = no mdbox_rotate_interval = 0 mdbox_rotate_size = 2 M mmap_disable = no namespace { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = no list = yes location = maildir:%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=%%Lh/shared-idx/%%u:INBOX=%%Lh/Maildir/INBOX:LAYOUT=fs prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = no list = yes location = maildir:/srv/vmail/public:LAYOUT=fs prefix = public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.masterusers default_fields = deny = no driver = passwd-file master = yes override_fields = pass = no } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext default_fields = deny = no driver = ldap master = no override_fields = pass = no } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext default_fields = deny = no driver = sql master = no override_fields = pass = no } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Spam autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Drafts autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Spam autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Drafts autosubscribe5 = public/Files autosubscribe6 = public/Groupware autosubscribe7 = public/EXAMPLE sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_after = /srv/vmail/sieve/after.sieve sieve_before = /srv/vmail/sieve/before.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags sieve_global_dir = /srv/vmail/sieve sieve_global_path = /srv/vmail/sieve/globalsieverc } pop3_client_workarounds = pop3_enable_last = no pop3_fast_size_lookups = no pop3_lock_session = no pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_no_flag_updates = no pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_duplicates = allow pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv pop3c_host = pop3c_master_user = pop3c_password = pop3c_port = 110 pop3c_rawlog_dir = pop3c_ssl = no pop3c_ssl_ca_dir = pop3c_ssl_verify = yes pop3c_user = %u postmaster_address = postmaster(a)EXAMPLE.de protocols = imap sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes recipient_delimiter = + rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r rejection_subject = Rejected: %s replication_full_sync_interval = 12 hours replication_max_conns = 10 replicator_host = replicator replicator_port = 0 sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail service aggregator { chroot = . client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = aggregator extra_groups = fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { group = mode = 0600 user = } group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener replication-notify { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service anvil { chroot = empty client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = anvil extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 1 protocol = service_count = 0 type = anvil unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener anvil { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service auth-worker { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = auth -w extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 1 type = unix_listener auth-worker { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service auth { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = auth extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-client { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener auth-login { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener login/login { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service config { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = config extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = config unix_listener config { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service dict { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = dict extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service director { chroot = . client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = director extra_groups = fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { group = mode = 00 user = } group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs inet_listener { address = port = 0 ssl = no } privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener director-admin { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener director-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener login/director { group = mode = 00 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service dns_client { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = dns-client extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener dns-client { group = mode = 0666 user = } unix_listener login/dns-client { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service doveadm { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = doveadm-server extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 1 type = unix_listener doveadm-server { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = imap-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener imap { address = port = 143 ssl = no } inet_listener imaps { address = port = 993 ssl = yes } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = imap service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service imap { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = imap extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 2048 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = imap service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/imap { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service indexer-worker { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = indexer-worker extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 10 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener indexer-worker { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service indexer { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = indexer extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener indexer { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service ipc { chroot = empty client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = ipc extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener ipc { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener login/ipc-proxy { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_login_user } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service lmtp { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = lmtp extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = lmtp service_count = 0 type = unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service log { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = log extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = log unix_listener log-errors { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service managesieve-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = managesieve-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener sieve { address = port = 4190 ssl = no } inet_listener sieve_deprecated { address = port = 2000 ssl = no } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = sieve service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service managesieve { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = managesieve extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = sieve service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/sieve { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service pop3-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = pop3-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener pop3 { address = port = 110 ssl = no } inet_listener pop3s { address = port = 995 ssl = yes } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = pop3 service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service pop3 { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = pop3 extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = pop3 service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/pop3 { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service replicator { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = replicator extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener replicator { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service ssl-params { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = ssl-params extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = startup unix_listener login/ssl-params { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service stats { chroot = empty client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = stats extra_groups = fifo_listener stats-mail { group = mode = 0600 user = } group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener stats { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } shutdown_clients = yes ssl = yes ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/imap.EXAMPLE.de-20110527-20160525.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/imap.EXAMPLE.de-20110527-20160525.pem ssl_cert_username_field = commonName ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_client_cert = ssl_client_key = ssl_crypto_device = ssl_key = </etc/ssl/imap.EXAMPLE.de-20110527-20160525.pem ssl_key_password = ssl_parameters_regenerate = 1 weeks ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 ssl_require_crl = yes ssl_verify_client_cert = no stats_command_min_time = 1 mins stats_domain_min_time = 12 hours stats_ip_min_time = 12 hours stats_memory_limit = 16 M stats_session_min_time = 15 mins stats_user_min_time = 1 hours submission_host = syslog_facility = mail userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext default_fields = driver = sql override_fields = } valid_chroot_dirs = verbose_proctitle = no verbose_ssl = no version_ignore = no protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-lsub-flags tb-lsub-flags tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugins = acl imap_acl autocreate } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ mail_plugins = sieve autocreate postmaster_address = postmaster(a)EXAMPLE.de quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } protocol sieve { managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave imapflags }

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[Dovecot] statistics on proxy ???
by Marco Giunta 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Hi at all, could I have imap statistics on my dovecot proxy server ?? Here my config: # 2.1.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf ... mail_plugins = stats ... plugin { ... stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } ... service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0666 } } ... protocol imap { ... mail_plugins = stats imap_stats } File '/var/run/dovecot/stats' is always 0 byte: # ls -la /var/run/dovecot/stats srw-------. 1 root root 0 Feb 18 14:24 /var/run/dovecot/stats and 'dovecotadm' say always: # doveadm stats dump session doveadm(root): Info: no statistics available Is there something wrong in my config, or stats are not available on proxy ??? Cheers, Marco

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[Dovecot] Private message flags in shared mailboxes
by Timo Sirainen 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

I'm wondering a bit how these should work. Comments welcome. In v2.2 the recommended way to enable private flags for shared mailboxes is to create private indexes with :INDEXPVT=<path>. This creates dovecot.index.pvt[.log] files which only contain message UIDs and flags. The indexes are updated somewhat lazily by updating them whenever user has the shared mailbox opened and it gets synced. 1. What would be a good place to configure which flags are shared and which are private? Currently it forces \Seen flag to be private and others not. With Maildir I used to have the idea of configuring these in dovecot-shared file, but that's a rather annoying extra file. Then again it could be cached into dovecot.index. Another possibility would be in dovecot-acl file, but public mailboxes might be enabled without ACL plugin. Mailbox attributes (for URLAUTH and for future METADATA) also exist in v2.2, but they require configuring a dict for them, which isn't very efficient either to read every time a mailbox is accessed. Mailbox's admin user should be able to do this somehow via IMAP protocol also. METADATA would pretty much be required for that I guess. 2. Private flags aren't currently inherited from the primary (shared) flags. With user-shared mailboxes this is good, because the owner doesn't have private indexes for the mailboxes, so when owner reads a mail it gets a \Seen flag in the primary index. If that mailbox was shared to someone else, the \Seen flag shouldn't be set. But this also means that for truly shared (public) mailboxes that have no owner you can't set initial flags with Sieve's addflag command (e.g. \Seen flag to high-scored mails in Spam). I guess it could be possible to change this so that the inheritance is done for public namespaces but not for shared namespaces, but is that really a good idea either?.. 3. Currently COPY/APPEND ignore any private flags (which also means dsync won't set them always). Fixing this would require remembering these flags, committing the save to primary index, syncing the private index to get the new mails added there, then updating their flags (or doing it directly at sync stage with some kludging code). To avoid race conditions the private index would need to be locked before committing the save. I guess this is doable.. 4. Private keywords aren't supported. I guess not much worse than system flags, but more code complexity. Wonder if anyone would care about them.

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[Dovecot] Quota Problems with LMTP in HG 62a930eb22b5
by Thomas Leuxner 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Since updating to the latest HG these errors occur. Nothing else changed in the config: $ dovecot --version 2.2.beta1 (62a930eb22b5) ==> /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log <== Feb 18 09:47:32 spectre dovecot: lmtp(14340): Connect from local Feb 18 09:47:32 spectre dovecot: lmtp(14340, tlx(a)leuxner.net) Error: mkdir_parents(/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox) failed: File exists Feb 18 09:47:32 spectre dovecot: lmtp(14340, tlx(a)leuxner.net) Error: mkdir_parents(/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox) failed: File exists Feb 18 09:47:32 spectre dovecot: lmtp(14340, tlx(a)leuxner.net) Error: dict quota: Quota update failed, it's now desynced $ doveconf -n # 2.2.beta1 (62a930eb22b5): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.6 auth_cache_size = 16 k auth_verbose = yes mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = acl quota stats mailbox_list_index = yes namespace { list = yes location = mdbox:/var/vmail/public:INDEXPVT=~/mdbox/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = username_format=%u /var/vmail/auth.d/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/%d/acls:cache_secs=300 mail_log_events = expunge mailbox_delete quota = dict:user::file:%h/mdbox/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=1GB quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/conf.d/%d/sieve stats_refresh = 30s stats_track_cmds = yes } protocols = " imap lmtp" quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth-worker { unix_listener auth-worker { user = doveauth } user = doveauth } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = doveauth } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 1.2.3.4 port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/SSL123_CA_Bundle.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/host_domain_tld.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/host_domain_tld.key syslog_facility = local1 userdb { args = username_format=%u /var/vmail/auth.d/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl quota stats sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = acl quota stats mail_log notify imap_acl imap_quota imap_stats }

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[Dovecot] Dsync converting dbox->Maildir
by Anes Mukhametov 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Hi! I've changed my mailbox format from dbox to Maildir. The problem is maildir message filename extension has no S=/W= field after migration. Using dovecot 2.1.15.

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot-uidlist crashing and re retriving messages by pop3 clients
by Piotr Rotter 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

I configure director temporary in some tricky way because I have to serve md5 and ntlm authentication method and I do not want reconfigure pop/imap servers. Can you confirm I done all ok becouse I have that issue: # doveadm director map doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure doveadm(root): Error: user listing failed user mail server ip expire time <unknown> 192.168.111.24 2013-02-14 00:57:34 <unknown> 192.168.111.21 2013-02-14 00:57:46 yet everything else works ok My password_query: password_query = SELECT clear AS password, 'Y' as proxy, '%u' AS destuser, clear AS pass FROM postfix_users WHERE email = '%u' My director server config (dovecot -n): # dovecot -n # 2.1.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.7.1-hardened-r2 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.1 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 ntlm apop auth_verbose = yes default_client_limit = 10000 default_process_limit = 10000 default_vsz_limit = 512 M deliver_log_format = from=%f, msgid=%m, psize=%p: %$ director_mail_servers = 192.168.111.21 192.168.111.22 192.168.111.23 192.168.111.24 192.168.111.25 192.168.111.26 director_servers = 195.78.67.29 director_user_expire = 2 hours disable_plaintext_auth = no passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = box msgid from size } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { client_limit = 10000 unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service director { inet_listener { port = 9090 } unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { executable = imap-login director } service pop3-login { executable = pop3-login director } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/dovecot.ca ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot.key

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[Dovecot] Virtual Users Dovecot and Postfix
by Silvio Siefke 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Hello, i want setup my Mailserver with the Tutorial on Dovecot Wiki. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/VirtualUserFlatFilesPostfix I have one question for this, must i set the Mailadresses in /etc/postfix/virtual too or is the passwd File from dovecot enough? Thank you for help & Greetings Silvio

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[Dovecot] doveadm -D quota get -u user
by Robert Schetterer 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Hi Timo, just running into problems with doveadm -D quota get -u user doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib15_notify_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_autocreate_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_expire_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_listescape_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_virtual_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_zlib_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_quota_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: undefined symbol: quota_user_module (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_lucene_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so doveadm(root): Fatal: Unknown command 'quota', but plugin quota exists. Try to set mail_plugins=quota should mail_plugins=quota really be set ? dovecot --version 2.1.12 (abcc9959b757) Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Joerg Heidrich

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