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Re: [Dovecot] Default sendmail_path value
by Joseph Tam 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-06-26 at 16:43 -0700, Joseph Tam wrote: >> ... >> but the documentations states >> >> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA >> >> sendmail_path is used to send mails. Note that the default is >> /usr/lib/sendmail, which doesn't necessarily work the same as >> /usr/sbin/sendmail. > > It used to be /usr/lib/sendmail, but some people complained that it's > obsolete now and /usr/sbin/sendmail should be used, so I changed it in > v2.0. > > I changed the wiki2 now. Thanks. Solaris still uses /usr/lib/sendmail which is a pain since /usr/lib is rarely in shell search paths. Nothing a few symlinks can't fix. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Maildir parent directory permissions incorrect for new mailbox
by Dominic Marks 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi, My issue is with the automatic creation of parent directories above new maildirs. It seems to be that they're being set with incorrect (or unhelpful) permissions, applying the permissions of the mailbox down the path towards the mailbox root, as opposed to taking the permissions of the mailbox root up towards the mailbox. Our mail is stored under the scheme: location = maildir:/var/dovecot/mail/%d/%n:INDEX=/var/dovecot/index/%d/%n Initially, /var/dovecot consists of acl, index and mail, all empty. The permissions on these are: >> ls -l total 6 drwxrwxr-x 2 hmgp hmgp 512 17 Jun 12:23 acl drwxrwxr-x 3 hmgp hmgp 512 17 Jun 15:56 index drwxrwxr-x 3 hmgp hmgp 512 17 Jun 15:56 mail If I perform a mail delivery to my mailbox, the mailbox parent directory is created with the following permissions: >> ls -l total 2 drwx------ 3 dm hmgp 512 17 Jun 15:56 insidetrading.co.uk Note that the user ID is my own and the mode restricts all other access. When I perform a second delivery to different mailbox under that domain, one mapped to a different UID, the delivery fails because that user cannot access the parent folder in order to create the new maildir. I've read on the Wiki that Dovecot copies permissions from the parent directory when adding new messages to a mailbox. That would suit my situation, but it doesn't happen here. Maybe there is there a reason why this is the case? I've had a look at the code and it it works in the opposite direction, starting from the full path (with its associated mode, uid & gid) and working by removing a section from the right-hand side each time. For me, at least, it would be better if it started from the bottom and worked upwards, inheriting the parent uid, gid and mode until the mailbox directory, where the existing behaviour would be retained, looking like: >> ls -dl insidetrading.co.uk/dm total 2 drwx------ 5 dm hmgp 512 17 Jun 15:56 dm I know I could hold all our mail under a single uid/gid or I could fix the mode manually, but I'd rather not do either. Am I missing some key configuration detail or should I work on a patch for this? Thanks, Dominic >> dovecot -n # 2.0.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 auth_debug = yes listen = * mail_debug = yes mail_plugins = acl namespace { inbox = yes location = maildir:/var/dovecot/mail/%d/%n:INDEX=/var/dovecot/index/%d/%n prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { list = children location = maildir:/var/dovecot/mail/%%d/%%n:INDEX=/var/dovecot/index/%%d/shared/%%n prefix = shared/%%n separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/dovecot/acl/%d/%n-shared.db } protocols = lmtp imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_ca = </usr/local/etc/ssl/cert/geotrust-all.pem ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/ssl/cert/mail.helenmarks.co.uk.pem ssl_cipher_list = AES+HIGH ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/ssl/private/mail.helenmarks.co.uk.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/ldap.conf driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl }

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[Dovecot] Invalid cross-device link while trying to delete folder - Dovecot 2.0.7
by Laurent CARON 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi, I'm having the following setup. 2 datastores mounted as: /home/ and /data/mail2/ I have 2 namespaces: namespace archives-baie { prefix = INBOX.Extra-001. hidden = no list = yes inbox = no location = maildir:/data/mail2/%u/Maildir type = private } namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. type = private } When trying to trash some folder from the second namespace, I get the following error in the logs: imap(USER): Error: rename(/data/mail2/USER/Maildir/.Archives.20112, /home/USER/Maildir/.Trash.20112) failed: Invalid cross-device link In my config I have: maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no Do you have a clue about this issue ? Thanks

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[Dovecot] UIDL and message migration
by Hugo Monteiro 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello, I'm in the process of migrating accounts between two dovecot servers. An old server running ancient 1.0.15 and a new server running 1.2.15. Account migration is going to be gradual and so i would like to use imapsync to move messages and subscriptions from one server to the other. The only problem so far is with POP users. After doing an account migration with imapsync, and although both servers share the same pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv, the client downloads every message that was already on the server. Any pointers would be very much appreciated. Best Regards, Hugo Monteiro.

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[Dovecot] problem with dovecot and sieve
by Javier 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi We've been using dovecot with great success so far. We are trying to add sieve support for our users. We enabled managesieve and users can define rules from the webmail (roundcube) with sieverules plugin for roundcube. Everything goes ok, but here's a problem I couldn't figure yet. When I define a redirect rule, the mail is forwarded but a local copy is stored too. Weird thing is that the logs say redirecting failed but the mail gets forwarded. Let me show you some of this (personal data masked): # cat .dovecot.sieve ## Generated by Roundcube Webmail SieveRules Plugin ## # rule:[teste] if anyof (true) { redirect "xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx"; } And the log from the user's sieve log sieve: info: started log at Jun 15 18:05:49. error: msgid=<BANLkTik1OzJEreF0qW000OvFpkaR7nOhCQ(a)mail.gmail.com>: failed to redirect message to <xxxxxx@xxxxxxx> (refer to server log for more information). syslog: Jun 16 11:40:26 mailstore5 dovecot: lmtp(8458, xxxxxxx(a)xxxxxx.com) Error: /eMhMNoV+k0KIQAAmtbU9A: sieve: execution of script /var/maildir++/99/xxxxxx(a)xxxxxxxx/.dovecot.sieve failed, but implicit keep was successful (user logfile /var/maildir++/99/xxxxxx(a)xxxxx.com/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) And gets redirected anyway Jun 16 11:40:26 mailstore5 postfix/smtp[13041]: CB4D1C79FE: to=<xxxx@xxxxxxx>, delay=0.12, delays=0.02/0/0.01/0.08, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as E24FAB0880) There's no explicit keep anywhere in the sieve rule, nor a global rule, so Im confused, the email should be forwarded only. The error message confuses me too, as it says failed but the mail gets through. dovecot -n # 2.0.9: /opt/mail/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.36.2 x86_64 Debian 5.0.8 auth_mechanisms = plain login base_dir = /opt/mail/dovecot/var disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = create_mbox quota managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include varia passdb { args = socket=/opt/mail/auth_server/var/socket timeout=10 driver = courier } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = Trash:ignore quota_rule2 = Spam:ignore sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 30143 ssl = no } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 0.0.0.0 port = 30024 } process_min_avail = 4 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 30110 } } ssl = no ssl_parameters_regenerate = 0 userdb { args = socket=/opt/mail/auth_server/var/socket timeout=10 driver = courier } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = create_mbox quota maildiraccess pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %f } protocol imap { mail_plugins = create_mbox quota imap_quota maildiraccess } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = create_mbox quota sieve } protocol sieve { mail_debug = yes } Your help is appreciated. Thanks! Javier

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[Dovecot] User doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database
by Claudio Prono 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hello all, I have a strange message into the logs of dovecot, il says something like: Jun 22 10:18:07 lda(claudio(a)domain.com): Error: User claudio(a)domain.com doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database But the mail arrives correctly, and no problems at all. I have googled a little about, and i have found a post it says to put mail_home and not home into the plugin part of the configuration, but this is not my problem.. Here is my conf: # 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.37.6-0.5-desktop x86_64 openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login first_valid_gid = 51 first_valid_uid = 51 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-inf.log last_valid_gid = 51 last_valid_uid = 51 log_path = /var/log/dovecot-err.log mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/virtual/%d/%u 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 namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = INBOX. subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } plugin { mail_home = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%u/ quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=80%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 80 quota_warning2 = storage=90%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 90 quota_warning3 = storage=99%% /usr/bin/quota_warning.sh 90 sieve = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%u/.dovecot.sieve sieve_storage = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%u/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = nobody mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { address = * port = 993 } } service managesieve-login { executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login } service managesieve { executable = /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/SecureTrust_CA.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol sieve { managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 plugin { sieve = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%u/.dovecot.sieve sieve_storage = /var/mail/virtual/%d/%u/sieve } } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lda.log mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mediaservice.net } Any hint? Cordially, Claudio Prono. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Claudio Prono OPST System Developer Gsm: +39-349-54.33.258 @PSS Srl Tel: +39-011-32.72.100 Via San Bernardino, 17 Fax: +39-011-32.46.497 10141 Torino - ITALY http://atpss.net/disclaimer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP Key - http://keys.atpss.net/c_prono.asc

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird or Dovecot causing duplicates
by Tim 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hey everyone, back on the list after a few years away. I have a strange issue that is just annoying. Trying to work out if it's Dovecot or Thunderbird causing the problem. Basically, I read an email (so it gets marked as read) and then very quickly I mark is as unread, (i.e. I realised I want to leave that email for later) which causes a duplicate email to be created. Generally I believe both duplicates are then marked as unread, but I've not taken too much notice of that part yet, other than the new email (the duplicate) being marked as unread. This has also happened when deleting emails from a junk folder. It seems to be events happening quickly that ether Thunderbird or Dovecot don't keep up with, so think the state of the message hasn't changed, so recreate the message maybe? I'm not really sure, so was hoping someone else had experienced the issue or could shed some light on it. Thanks Tim The logs from when I managed to recreate this manually this morning as a test. Jun 23 09:23:24 tahn dovecot: IMAP(tim): Fixed a duplicate: /home/tim/Maildir/cur/1308696708.M863172P16126.tahn,S=3761,W=3888:2,S -> 1308792204.M626641P1992.tahn Some older logs from what I believe was deleting from the junk mail. Jun 22 13:50:30 tahn dovecot: IMAP(tim): Fixed a duplicate: /home/tim/Maildir/.Junk/cur/1305489734.M227104P26221.tahn,S=73074,W=75051:2,S -> 1308721830.M966622P17272.tahn Jun 22 13:50:30 tahn dovecot: IMAP(tim): Fixed a duplicate: /home/tim/Maildir/.Junk/cur/1305417777.M51118P10799.tahn,S=4057,W=4132:2,ST -> 1308721830.M966623P17272.tahn Jun 22 13:50:30 tahn dovecot: IMAP(tim): Fixed a duplicate: /home/tim/Maildir/.Junk/cur/1305611378.M37299P20335.tahn,S=4772,W=4858:2,ST -> 1308721830.M966624P17272.tahn I'm using dovecot on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with the dovecot-postfix package. Client is Thunderbird 3.1.10. $ apt-cache policy dovecot-imapd dovecot-imapd: Installed: 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.4 Candidate: 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.4 Version table: 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.5 0 900 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages 400 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Packages *** 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.4 0 990 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages $ apt-cache policy dovecot-postfix dovecot-postfix: Installed: 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.5 Candidate: 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.5 Version table: *** 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.5 0 900 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages 400 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.4 0 990 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6 0 500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/linux/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages $dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve listen: *,[::] ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): lda: postmaster_address: postmaster mail_plugins: sieve quota_full_tempfail: yes deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve -- Timothy White - Somewhere in Australia

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[Dovecot] %d empty string
by Ryan Dotson 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

I am trying to upgrade from dovecot 1.x to Dovecot 2.0.13 on Fedora. My problem is the mail_location setting seems to ignore the %d variable. My my location is as follows: mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/virtual_mail/%d/%u/Maildir However, when trying to log in the maillog says it can't find /var/spool/virtual_mail//*myusername*/Maildir/cur. As you can see it just uses an empty string for the %d variable. Can anyone help? Thanks, Ryan

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[Dovecot] Multiple values found for 'user', using value
by komodo 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

Hi since latest upgrade on my machine, i have lot of warnings in my log, and i found that it is due this change http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot-cvs/2011-February/018588.html Is there any option to disable these warnings ? Yes we have multiple UIDs so these warnings bothers me. Many thanks Regards Martin

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[Dovecot] Default sendmail_path value
by Joseph Tam 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

It appears the documentation of this parameter is inconsistent with the documentation: > grep -nF /sendmail `gfind src -type f` src/lib-lda/lda-settings.c:41: .sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail", src/config/all-settings.c:732: .sendmail_path = "/usr/sbin/sendmail", (and doc/example-config/conf.d/15-lda.conf is also consistent with this) but the documentations states http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA sendmail_path is used to send mails. Note that the default is /usr/lib/sendmail, which doesn't necessarily work the same as /usr/sbin/sendmail. I don't know which ought to be changed though. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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