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[Dovecot] mbox vs maildir
by Jim Pazarena 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

I've had clients 'request' nested folders, and it would seem that maildir is designed with that ability while with mbox it is difficult and.or impossible to implement (nested can be achieved; but not nested AND populated in each nest level). My question is, is one format 'better' than the other? It would take a fair bit of time to convert my system to maildir and I would want to feel comfortable that this would be a true 'upgrade' in abilities, rather than simply a change to accommodate nested folders. Thanks,

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[Dovecot] moving 1.2.13 system to another hard drive
by Paul Scott 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Hi, I am not very experienced with Dovecot (1,2,13) installed on Debian sid. I have just set up a new system on a new hard drive on the same computer. fetchmail is correctly putting mail in /var/mail/<username>. I have copied my entire Maildir directory from the old hard drive. I have made what changes I understood to dovecot.conf. Dovecot was working on the other drive even though I'm not completely sure how I got it working before. Any ideas for debugging this certainly simple problem for some of you. TIA, Paul Scott

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[Dovecot] Maildir premission denied
by Omer Ahmed 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Hi Sirs,I am using ubuntu OS, with dovecot and postfix, I can send emails receive email but not access them. I have the errorSep 17 21:21:31 myserver-name dovecot: POP3(virtualuser(a)mydomain.tld): stat(/var/mail/virtualuser(a)mydomain.tld) failed: Permission denied (euid=1001(upload) egid=1001(upload) missing +x permI don't know why it is using euid 1001, my var/mail folder uid:gid is 500:500and here are my settings:# 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf# OS: Linux 2.6.31-14-server x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10 ext3log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%Sprotocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3sdisable_plaintext_auth: nologin_dir: /var/run/dovecot/loginlogin_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-loginlogin_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-loginlogin_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-loginmail_privileged_group: mailmail_uid: 500mail_gid: 500mail_location: Maildir:/var/mail/%umail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imapmail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imapmail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imapmail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imapmail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3auth default: passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf Waiting for ur life saving replies

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[Dovecot] Too stupid for sieve (former maildrop user)
by Dieter Knopf 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Hello, I just migrated from Postfix/Courier/Maildrop to Postfix/Dovecot/Deliver/Sieve and don't unterstand the right syntax for sieve :( I searched and found many small examples and many links to the RFC, but nothing was usefull for me (or i didn't unterstand it) I installed the latest Dovecot-Sieve (hg). Examples from my maildrop config: # Filter FROM if($E =~ /name(a)domain1\.tld/) { to "$M/.Friends.Name1/" } # Filter FROM with OR if($E =~ /name1(a)domain1\.tld/ || $E =~ /name2(a)domain2\.tld/) { to "$M/.Friends.Name2/" } # Filter Mailinglists if (/^List-Id: .*<sylpheed\.sraoss\.jp>/) { to "$M/.ML.Sylpheed/" } # Filter FROM AND SUBJECT if($E =~ /fname(a)domain.tld/ && /^Subject: *foooooo/) { to "$M/.foo/" } # Filter TO if (hasaddr("name(a)domain.tld")) { to "$M/.foo/" } # Or something like this: if($E =~ /.*(a)facebookmail\.com/) { if (/^Subject: .*invited you to join the group/) { to "$M/.Facebook.Invites.Groups/" } if (/^Subject: .*invited you to the event/) { to "$M/.Facebook.Invites.Events/" } } $E was a shortcut for (adressmatching): ADDR=getaddr($MATCH) E=`echo $ADDR | sed 's/^M//'` $M was the path to the maildir, like /home/vmail/domain.tld/name Is that possible? Or is maildrop simple more powerful? Thank you :-) Dieter

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[Dovecot] default ACL - in namespace's mail root directory ?
by Per Jessen 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

I have a namespace like this: namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = location = maildir:/var/ferrari/users/%d/%n:INDEX=/var/ferrari/indexes/3/4/%u:CONTROL=/var/ferrari/indexes/3/4/%u inbox = no list = yes subscriptions = yes } Where do I store "dovecot-acl" as the default ACL ? /Per Jessen, Zürich

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Re: [Dovecot] dsync crash
by Timo Sirainen 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:34 +0400, Василий Шоков wrote: > > namespace { > hidden = no > inbox = yes > location = maildir:~/mail/inbox/:INDEX=/var/dovecot_index/%u/inbox > prefix = .INBOX. Uh. Does this really work with IMAP clients? A namespace prefix must not start with hierarchy separator. My guess is that the crash happens because of it. I think I'll add code to give an error if it's tried.

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[Dovecot] dsync to move from 1.2 to 2.0
by Daniel L. Miller 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

I'm not certain of the correct syntax for this - and I'm reluctant to risk my live data by experimenting. I've setup a 2.0.2 server on a virtual machine, and I want to copy a live account over to it for testing. Not that it should matter, but the 1.2 machine is using maildir and I want to give sdbox a try on 2.0.2. I'm assuming (dangerous, I know) I should run dsync on the new 2.0.2 machine, and connect remotely to the 1.2. If it matters, my usernames are complete mail addresses, i.e. myname(a)mydomain.com, and are stored as /var/mail/domain/name/Maildir. Does dsync perform an imap connection to the remote server to pull the mails? Or am I confusing this with imapsync? -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Processes remaining
by Andreas Kossack 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi all, on my system ("AIX 6.1" 64bit) after "doveadm stop" there are some processes still alive: vmail 3997878 1 0 16:54:26 - 0:00 dovecot/imap dovenull 4915236 1 0 16:54:26 - 0:00 dovecot/imap-login root 6029330 1 0 16:54:20 - 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 6553702 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/log vmail 6881392 1 0 16:54:21 - 0:00 dovecot/imap dovecot 7078140 1 0 16:52:23 - 0:00 dovecot/auth dovenull 7733396 1 0 16:54:20 - 0:00 dovecot/imap-login root 7864502 1 0 16:54:21 - 0:00 dovecot/auth -w root 9240650 1 0 16:54:20 - 0:00 dovecot/config dovecot 12189718 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil After some minutes I can see less than before: root 6029330 1 0 16:54:20 - 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 6553702 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/log dovecot 12189718 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil But these seem to be permanent. Restarting dovecot there is an error sometimes logged: Sep 9 17:08:17 Buckow local3:err|error dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): Socket already exists: /var/run/dovecot/auth-login And - some restarts later: root 3997884 1 0 17:07:21 - 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 6029330 1 0 16:54:20 - 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 6226004 13172840 0 17:14:04 - 0:00 dovecot/config root 6553702 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/log dovecot 6881398 1 0 17:06:13 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 7733432 13172840 0 17:14:04 - 0:00 dovecot/log root 7864522 1 0 17:06:13 - 0:00 dovecot/log dovecot 7995430 13172840 0 17:14:04 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil dovecot 9240682 1 0 17:11:20 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 9306298 1 0 17:13:28 - 0:00 dovecot/ssl-params root 9371814 1 0 17:11:20 - 0:00 dovecot/log dovecot 12189718 1 0 16:52:01 - 0:00 dovecot/anvil root 13172840 1 0 17:14:04 - 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot What's wrong? -- Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen A. Kossack _______________________________________________________________________________ Andreas Kossack Andreas.Kossack(a)TU-Cottbus.De BTU Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, Walther-Pauer-Str.2, 03046 Cottbus http://wwwca.telesec.de/cgi-bin/caservice/Common/InstallRoot/DT-Root-CA-2.d… _______________________________________________________________________________ Diese Nachricht wurde aus 100% wiederverwerteten Elektronen erstellt. _______________________________________________________________________________

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[Dovecot] sent-mail
by dhottinger＠harrisonburg.k12.va.us 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Im trying to nail down an issue with some users sent-mail. I have had a few users complaining that their emails are not being copied to their sent-mail folder. Im not sure how widespread it is, mainly because most people dont check their sent-mail. Im running Dovecot version 1.0.7, and yes I know its outdated, but I have had zero problems thus far. Im grepping through my logfiles and dont see any error messages to indicate that there are any issues anywhere on the mailserver. Has anyone else seen any issues with sent-mail not being copied? If checked permissions on the folders and they look correct. thanks, ddh -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein "The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, preserved their neutrality." -- Dante

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[Dovecot] dsync - how to speed up
by Burckhard Schmidt 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi, I have converted some mbox mailboxes to maildir. Inbox and folders had been cpopied before into a separate directories "old-home" and old-inbox onto the new server (dovecot 2.0.2. with fix hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/14a6e526900d) dsync -v -u user mirror mbox:/old-homehome/~user:INBOX=/old-inbox/user It works but it lasts "very long" time. For one mailbox with 2,4 Gb and nearly 200.000 emails it lasts 100 minutes. I would like to migrate 1.500 Gb - not possible in that way I think. Are there any possibilities making it faster? May be not to generate indices, ..., which could be done later during a first access by the user? Is it possible to run several dsync commands at the same time, of course each one for a different user? (Ressources cpu and I/O system are available.) -- Mit freundlichen Gruessen --- Burckhard Schmidt

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