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[Dovecot] Random Loss of Connection with Thunderbird and Dovecot
by Jay Welch 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hi, Dovecot Version: 1.2.16 OS: CENTOS 5.5 I am having issues with Thunderbird connecting to Dovecot at random times. Usually an error comes up and states that Thunderbird cannot connect to the server. The only way I have been able to fix this is reset/repair the network connection or reboot the computer. Is there any parameters I can change in Dovecot to fix this issue? Does anyone know what is likely going on? I have been reading forums and I cannot find anything. Thanks

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[Dovecot] Excluding some system users after configuration
by Nanitous 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Dear readers, Consider an installed Postfix configuration (2.3.3) on CentOS. Now I want to install Dovecot (alas only version 1.0.7.7 is available) to provide IMAP services for a few system users, but not all. Most importantly the mail delivery by postfix for some of these system user /must/ not change after the installation of Dovecot. How can I prevent the installation of Dovecot to touch some specific system user accounts? Thanks in advance, /Twan

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[Dovecot] How to disable pop3 in version 2?
by Knute Johnson 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

I'm about to bring up a new mail server running Ubuntu 11.10 with Dovecot 2. I've been using 1.2 all along and there are a bunch more config files in 2. In 1.2 I just edited the protocols statement but I can't find one in version 2. Is there a way to disable pop3 or do I just firewall the ports? And a related question, I've been using imaps on port 993 but I hear that's not the best solution anymore, I should be using imap with STARTTLS? How do I disable imaps? Thanks, -- Knute Johnson

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Re: [Dovecot] Seg fault in dovecot/auth 2.0.15
by Mark Goldey 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Sorry about the HTML. I removed the string "-O2" from the /auth Makefile and, for good measure, did make clean, make and make install for all of Dovecot. Still, it crashed when trying to log in via IMAP (webmail). Core dumped, here's the backtrace. [snip] Core was generated by `dovecot/auth -w'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0x00000000 in ?? () (gdb) bt full #0 0x00000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0x0805b0c7 in auth_worker_handle_user (client=0x82754d0, id=2, args=0x82601c8) at auth-worker-client.c:405 auth_request = 0x82776e8 userdb_id = 1 #2 0x0805b630 in auth_worker_handle_line (client=0x82754d0, line=0x82757da "2\tUSER\t1\tuser=mgoldXX@goldey.net\tservice=imap\toriginal_username=mgoldXX@goldey.net\trequested_login_user\tlip=127.0.0.1\trip=127.0.0.1\tlport=143\trport=47574\tsecured=1\tsuccessful=1\tmech=PLAIN") at auth-worker-client.c:534 args = 0x82601c0 id = 2 ret = false #3 0x0805b890 in auth_worker_input (client=0x82754d0) at auth-worker-client.c:614 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 line = 0x82757da "2\tUSER\t1\tuser=mgoldXX@goldey.net\tservice=imap\toriginal_username=mgoldXX@goldey.net\trequested_login_user\tlip=127.0.0.1\trip=127.0.0.1\tlport=143\trport=47574\tsecured=1\tsuccessful=1\tmech=PLAIN" ret = 183 #4 0xb7726021 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x8275688) at ioloop.c:384 ioloop = 0x8268398 t_id = 2 #5 0xb77270d3 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x8268398) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 ctx = 0x8273f38 event = 0x8273f78 list = 0x82756b0 io = 0xbf80049f tv = {tv_sec = 2147483, tv_usec = 0} msecs = 1 ret = 1 i = 0 j = 0 call = 192 #6 0xb7725fa0 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x8268398) at ioloop.c:405 No locals. #7 0xb7711baa in master_service_run (service=0x82682e8, callback=0x805e466 <worker_connected>) at master-service.c:481 No locals. #8 0x0805e7aa in main (argc=2, argv=0x82681c0) at main.c:298 c = -1 And, for good measure: (gdb) fr 1 #1 0x0805b0c7 in auth_worker_handle_user (client=0x82754d0, id=2, args=0x82601c8) at auth-worker-client.c:405 405 auth_request->userdb->userdb->iface-> (gdb) p *auth_request->userdb->userdb $1 = {args = 0x8268d10 "", cache_key = 0x0, blocking = true, id = 1, init_refcount = 1, iface = 0x807b320} (gdb) p *auth_request->userdb->userdb->iface $2 = {name = 0x8074f3d "vpopmail", preinit = 0x8069a27 <vpopmail_preinit>, init = 0, deinit = 0, lookup = 0x806975f <vpopmail_lookup>, iterate_init = 0, iterate_next = 0, iterate_deinit = 0} This is all Greek to me, but I'm happy to do more troubleshooting. --mhg

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[Dovecot] 1.2.15 can't get zlib working
by Stan Hoeppner 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Following these instructions: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Zlib I enabled zlib and restarted Dovecot. I made a backup copy of a 68MB mbox file and moved it to a non mail directory. The mbox file is an existing TBird IMAP folder in my UNIX user mail directory. It is an archive of a defunct mailing list. It was a regular IMAP folder prior to attempting this. I was able to access all emails in the folder. It worked fine. I gzipped the original mbox file down to 14MB and removed the write flag with chmod. I launched TBird and received the following error in Activity Manager when accessing this IMAP folder: The current operation on '1-Spam-l' did not succeed. The mail server for account stan(a)hardwarefreak.com responded: Mailbox doesn't exist: 1-Spam-l I deleted the Dovecot index files and the TBird 1-Spam-l.msf file which didn't help. Curiously, there are no entries in either dovecot.err or dovecot.log, giving not even the slightest hint as to where I should troubleshoot. Kinda sucks when one follows instructions exactly, simple instructions at that, and it doesn't work, and generates zero log errors. A bit frustrating... Any ideas? /$ la /home/stan/mail/1-Spam-l.gz -r-------- 1 stan stan 14M Oct 28 2010 /home/stan/mail/1-Spam-l.gz # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.38.6 i686 Debian 6.0.3 xfs log_path: /var/log/dovecot.err info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap ssl_parameters_regenerate: 0 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_process_per_connection: no login_process_size: 16 login_processes_count: 1 login_max_processes_count: 1 login_max_connections: 8 max_mail_processes: 4 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mailbox_idle_check_interval: 15 mbox_write_locks: fcntl mbox_very_dirty_syncs: yes mbox_lazy_writes: no mail_plugins: fts fts_squat zlib imap_client_workarounds: tb-extra-mailbox-sep lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)hardwarefreak.com mail_plugins: sieve auth default: worker_max_count: 1 process_size: 16 passdb: driver: pam args: max_requests=1 userdb: driver: passwd plugin: fts: squat fts_squat: partial=4 full=10 -- Stan

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[Dovecot] doveadm import assertion failed
by Micah Anderson 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Restoring a user's mailbox yesterday resulted in 'doveadm import' panic'ing with an assertion failure and giving a backtrace: /usr/bin/doveadm import -u <user> mdbox:/maildir/riseup.net/a/<user>/.daily.1/mdbox restored_from_backups/daily1 all doveadm(<user>): Error: Transaction log /maildir/riseup.net/a/<user>/.daily.1/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log: duplicate transac tion log sequence (3) doveadm(<user>): Error: Transaction log /maildir/riseup.net/a/<user>/.daily.1/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log: duplicate transac tion log sequence (3) doveadm(<user>): Panic: file mail-transaction-log-file.c: line 187 (mail_transaction_log_file_add_to_list): assertion failed: ((*p)->hdr.file_se q < file->hdr.file_seq) doveadm(<user>): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3fd1a) [0x7f05152bbd1a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_f atal_handler+0x32) [0x7f05152bbe02] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7f051529519f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so .0(+0xa596a) [0x7f05159e696a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_transaction_log_file_open+0x1f8) [0x7f05159e7bc8] -> /usr/lib/ dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_transaction_log_find_file+0xd0) [0x7f05159e46e0] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_transa ction_log_view_set+0xcb) [0x7f05159e8bdb] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_map+0xbe) [0x7f05159dff6e] -> /usr/lib/ dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_map+0x86) [0x7f05159d1816] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x9a6da) [0x7f05159db6da] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_begin_to+0x56) [0x7f05159db956] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_ index_sync_begin+0x1e) [0x7f05159dc21e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_sync_begin+0x121) [0x7f05159bbb41] -> /usr/lib/dove cot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_sync+0x46) [0x7f05159bc1f6] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_storage_sync_init+0x43) [0x7f 05159bc293] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_sync_init+0x31) [0x7f0515974031] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_sync+0x27) [0x7f05159748b7] -> /usr/bin/doveadm(doveadm_mail_iter_init+0x8b) [0x40c9db] -> /usr/bin/doveadm() [0x40c284] -> /usr/bin/doveadm() [0x40a673] -> /usr/bin/doveadm(doveadm_mail_single_user+0x61) [0x40a731] -> /usr/bin/doveadm() [0x40a95d] -> /usr/bin/doveadm(doveadm_mail_try_run+0x141) [0x40ad71] -> /usr/bin/doveadm(main+0x381) [0x4107e1] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f0514b2dc4d] -> /usr/bin/doveadm() [0x409e59] This is with 2.0.15. Micah --

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[Dovecot] v2.1.beta1 released
by Timo Sirainen 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/beta/dovecot-2.1.beta1.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/beta/dovecot-2.1.beta1.tar.gz.sig Here's the first beta release of Dovecot v2.1. This version has already been tested quite a lot, so I'm not expecting any major bugs. So please upgrade and see if you can find any problems. I'm optimistic about getting rc1 released this year and perhaps even v2.1.0. Since alpha2 there have been a lot of fixes, especially to imapc backend. There are probably also some small new features, but nothing huge. As a reminder, here's the largest changes since v2.0: * Plugins now use UTF-8 mailbox names rather than mUTF-7: acl, autocreate, expire, trash, virtual * auth_username_format default changed to %Lu. If you really want case sensitive usernames, set it back to empty. * Solr full text search backend changed to use mailbox GUIDs instead of mailbox names, requiring reindexing everything. solr_old backend can be used with old indexes to avoid reindexing, but it doesn't support some newer features. + imapc (= IMAP client) storage allows using a remote IMAP server to be used as storage. This allows using Dovecot as a smart (caching) proxy or using dsync to do migration from remote IMAP server. + Mailbox indexing via queuing indexer service (required for Lucene) + Lucene full text search (FTS) backend rewritten with support for different languages + FTS finally supports "OR" search operation + FTS supports indexing attachments via external programs + IMAP FUZZY extension, supported by Lucene and Solr FTS backends + Mailbox list indexes + Statistics tracking via stats service. Exported via doveadm stats. + Autocreate plugin creates/subscribes mailboxes physically only when the mailbox is opened for the first time. Mailbox listing shows the autocreated mailboxes even if they don't physically exist. + Password and user databases now support default_fields and override_fields settings to specify template defaults/overrides. - listescape plugin works perfectly now

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[Dovecot] dovecot as an imap "client"
by David LEROUX 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi, I need to get emails from one of my users imap account on a server which is not managed by us to his local imap mailbox. I'm almost sure that I've read some times that dovecot would be able to do that, kind of imap relay, but I can't find it again. I'm not sure to be very clear. Thanks, -- David

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[Dovecot] [PATCH] SCRAM-SHA-1 authentication
by Florian Zeitz 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hy, over the last days I have implemented SCRAM-SHA-1 in Dovecot's 2.1 branch. It does not do SCRAM-SHA-1-PLUS, but should be extendable enough to introduce it later. There are some checks for the message format which (assuming the client acts correclty) are not strictly necessary during parsing. This is partially in the hope that it might aid client implementers, partially because it (IMHO) improves readability when checking against the RFC. Also errors found in this way could be sent to the client, this is however strictly OPTIONAL in the RFC, for now they are just logged. Some of the variable names are rather long. This is in order to have them match the terms introduced in the RFC, again I expect it to help readability (maybe my recent Objective-C programming showing though). I do feel somewhat insecure about my usage of some lib functions. Hopefully no API has been abused too much. I also note that there are a lot of fields in the scram_auth_request struct. I think they are all there for a reason, however feel free to prove me wrong. Attached is a hg export. It also includes a hmac-sha1 implementation, an adaption off of the hmac-md5 implementation already in Dovecot. I guess those should eventually be merged into a hash-independent hmac implementation, but I figured this would have to do for now. The implementation has been tested against GNU SASL and does appear to work fine. (The command line was `gsasl -m SCRAM-SHA-1 -a user -p pass --imap host` for those curious) Regards Florian "Florob" Zeitz

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[Dovecot] Can't delete sub-folder
by pch0317 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi list, I have problem with deleting sub-folder. I use thunderbird 8.0 as a client and dovecot 2.0.9 with imap protocol as a server. I use dovecot with tb-extra-mailbox-sep parameter. I use mbox mailboxes and thunderbird with *not checked* option 'server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages' so when I create sub-folder I can choose between 'folders only' and 'messages only'. When I try to delete 'parent' folder which contain 'messages only' folder, error message appear: [ALREADYEXISTS] Mailbox has children, delete them first. Ok, so I delete 'message only' folder first and try to delete parent folder, but the same error appear: [ALREADYEXISTS] Mailbox has children, delete them first. When I list mailboxes from console I see inside 'parent' folder ".imap" folder. When I delete .imap folder from console and then delete parent folder from thunderbird, parent folder is deleted correctly. Which application create this ".imap" hidden folder and how solve this problem. Thanks

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