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[Dovecot] strange Folder in subscription list (was: Imap Ghost Folder)
by Sascha Zucca 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Hi list, here's the complete Problem for easy reading again. Can someone reproduce this? I have a strange "ghostfolder" when using shares/%%n/ as prefix for shared namespace. If i swith only this setting to shares/%%u/ everything is just as wanted, only then the prefix is very long, so i would prefer the name. dovecot --version 2.1.7 dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-14-pve i686 Debian 6.0.5 simfs auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%%d/%%n/Maildir mail_plugins = acl mail_privileged_group = vmail 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { hidden = yes list = children location = maildir:/var/vmail/%%d/%%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shares/%%n/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db quota = dict:user::file:/var/vmail/%d/%n/.quotausage sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/smtpd.cert ssl_key = </etc/postfix/smtpd.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve quota } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota acl imap_acl } Thank you very much for your help Sascha -- Systemschmiede IT-Lösungen Zucca & Teves GbR August-Thyssen-Straße 2-4 52511 Geilenkirchen www.systemschmiede.com Tel.: 02451 - 9088390 Fax: 02451 - 9124070 Mobil: 0178 - 4073254 Ust.ID: DE248030393

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Re: [Dovecot] finding messages deleted before timespec
by Joseph Tam 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

On Tue, 4 Sep 2012, Sven Hartge wrote: > I am searching for a search_query which only matches messages with the > flag \Deleted whose flag has been set 24h or longer ago. > > Doing something like > > doveadm expunge -A mailbox \* DELETED > > is not the solution, since it will expunge all deleted mails without > looking at the time when they have been deleted. > > Using savedbefore does not work either, since a message may have been > saved 2 years ago but only recently deleted. You could work out a cron job that does a "doveadm search ...", then diff it with one generated 24 hours ago, extract the common GID/UUIDs, then do a second pass to delete them. Not elegant, but it would probably work. (I just read the man page, and there doesn't seem to be an option to pipe the search like "doveadm search ... | doveadm expunge ...". You'll have to expunge one message at a time. Ugh.) Or maybe the advice "don't worry, be happy" applies here. I find that too many "mistake mitigation" features is counterproductive as users habitually relying on them, rather than being careful. Extending your grace period to a week will lessen the probability of this race condition. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Custom auth process in dovecot 2
by Richard Platel 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hi, I'm trying to upgrade from dovecot-1.1.x to 2.1.7. We have our own custom auth server process (because we want to do our own password validation and for other reasons) that listens on a UNIX domain socket and speaks the dovecot auth protocol. In dovecot 1.1 we could configure this with auth external { socket connect { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth.sock } } } as per http://wiki.dovecot.org/MainConfig I haven't been able to figure out how to do this in 2.1.7, is it possible?

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[Dovecot] finding messages deleted before timespec
by Sven Hartge 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hi! I've been pondering about doveadm-search-query(7) and trying to formulate a search query for some time now and it seems there is no way to search for messages, which have been marked DELETED before a certain time. I want to use this to expunge all DELETED messages which have been in that state for 24h or longer. For example a cronjob runs at midnight to expunge those messages but a user deletes one just 10 minutes before that, this message should not be deleted until the day after. This is my first time diving deeper into IMAP search queries so I have the nagging feeling I am missing something important here. Grüße, Sven. -- Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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[Dovecot] doveadm command to block a user?
by Angel L. Mateo 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hello, Is there any command to be able to lock imap access to a specific user? With doveadm kick I could close his connections, but I want to avoid future ones too and just for imap. Any way to do it? -- Angel L. Mateo Martínez Sección de Telemática Área de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones Aplicadas (ATICA) http://www.um.es/atica Tfo: 868887590 Fax: 868888337

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Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
by Spyros Tsiolis 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

>________________________________ > From: "cc "maco" young" <bangkokmaco(a)gmail.com> >To: Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 16:00 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting > > >On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> . . . . %< . . . . . %< . . . . . . . . > >what you showed is what I remember when I was last hacking in TB. now all options are gone. screenshot attached > > >think I know problem. got tired of TB - no options, no feedback. ok if everything works; otherwise sucks. > > >went to claws. they have actual messages, actual logs. had similar problem, but claws easily allowed me to override. see this: http://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2199 > > >know my cert chain ok because http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html checks chain ok > > >anyway, thanks for your help, and goodbye thunderbird > > > > I remember being stuck on this. I know what you are saying. Give it another go. Tinker with it. You'll get there. If you're fed up with TB, that's another thing. However, you _can_ get round this. I know I did. Just my 2c, Regards, spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] problems with ssl cert
by cc "maco" young 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

in conf.d/10-ssl.conf: ssl = yes ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/ms1xxx.net.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/ms1.xxx.net.key when try to set up an account in thrunderbird, get /var/log/mail.log: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, lip=xx.xx.xx.xx, TLS: SSL_read() failed: error:14094416:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert certificate unknown: SSL alert number openssl s_client -connect mail.myserver.com:993 - successful using the same cert in gning / chrome is successful, so think the cert is ok

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Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting
by Spyros Tsiolis 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

>________________________________ > From: "cc "maco" young" <bangkokmaco(a)gmail.com> >To: Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 9:42 >Subject: Re: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting > > >On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Spyros Tsiolis <stsiol(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>> From: cc young <bangkokmaco(a)gmail.com> >>> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 September 2012, 7:21 >>> Subject: [Dovecot] thunderbird not connecting >>> >>> cannot get TB to recognize either pop3/s or imap/s server >>> >>> can connect just fine with: >>> >>> openssl s_client -connect ms1.myserver.net:993 >>> . login ... >>> >>> but trying with TB /var/log/mail.log gets: >>> >>> dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, >>> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx >>> dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (no auth attempts): rip=223.205.150.234, >>> lip=xxx.xx.xx.xx >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/thunderbird-not-connecting-tp37389.html >>> Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >> >> >>Thunderbird is not the best of clients out there. >>It's ok but not the best. >> >>I am using TB on my sites and found out that it has many issues. >>Can you be a bit more specific ? >>Are you trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot ? >> >>In that case, as far as I remember you have to "fool" Thunderbird >>during the mail account set up process. >> >>It's a bit crazy, I know but it's true. I have documented everything. >>Let me know where the hickup is and I'll try to get the docs and >>let you know how to work around this. >> >>HTH, >> > > >right - trying to connect to Secure IMAP ? (993) on dovecot > > >not in love with thunderbird, but need to access via linux and ms > > >any help / insight would be wonderful > > Hi again, Taken from my docs . This is the first part for Mozilla Thunderbird setup. I've seen this work both on Win32 systems and linux systems (mainly Linux Mint). There's a part on pop3/smtp. I am sure you can skip that and do your own magic for those two protocols : Pre-Installation, Wizard Configuration -------------------------------------- During initial Thunderbird startup, the admin is greeted by a welcome window named “Mail Account Setup” Click on Cancel Installation ------------ Click on “Edit” -> “Account Settings” New window pops up Click on “Add” New window pops up Fill in “Description” (e.g. “Name Surname mailbox”) On “Server Name” enter the IP address (e.g. 192.168.3.5) On “Port” enter the SMTP port (e.g. 25) On “Security and Authentication” → “Connection Security” enter none On “Authentication Method” choose Password transmitted insecurely On “Username” enter the users' username including the FQDN (e.g. name(a)domain.gr) Click on OK From “Edit”, click on “Account Settings” From “Account Actions” click on “Add Mail Account” New windows pops up Enter in the same name for “Your name” Enter in the same e-mail address for “Email address” On “Password” enter in users' password Click on “Continue” then without waiting click on “Manual Config” Once “Manual Config” is clicked, thunderbird will allow the admin to perform additional configuration tasks For “Incoming” the admin will choose “IMAP”, Server Hostname will be set to the servers' IP address (again, 192.168.3.5) From “Port” choose “993” From “SSL” choose “SSL/TLS” From “Authentication” choose “Autodetect” For “Outgoing” the admin will let the “SMTP” option For “Server Hostname”, choose the same IP address (e.g. 192.168.3.5) For “Port” choose “25” For “SSL” choose “None” For “Authentication” choose “Normal Password” On the Username field, enter the full user name, e.g. “user(a)domain.xn--gr-02t Click on “Re-test” Click on “Create Account” Check on the “I understand the Risks” checkbox Click on “Create Account” Click on “Confirm Security Exception” Click on “OK” Hope this helps and best regards, Spyros ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] dovecot-antispam and Thunderbird, Outlook, etc.
by Eddy Ilg|univation 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hi, In the documentation of dovecot-antispam it is mentioned that moving mails out of the spam folders trains them as non-spam. I.e. thunderbird automatically deletes old spam messages (after a time limit, i.e. 14 days). Will this also train the old spam messages as non-spam? Cheers, Eddy

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[Dovecot] Disable security for testing?
by Voytek Eymont 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

I want to offer 'plain' unsecure pop/imap access, just for temp. testing purpose, do I simply comment out ssl = required ? Voytek -- Swyped on Motrix with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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