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[Dovecot] Manually creating folders from terminal
by A. J. Giurato 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

I'm trying to use a script to create a mailbox structure. I'm aware that the structure should look like: ~/.maildir/.INBOX/{cur,tmp,new} ~/.maildir/.INBOX.Subfolder1/{cur,tmp,new} ~/.maildir/.INBOX.Subfolder2/{cur,tmp,new} ~/.maildir/.INBOX.Subfolder2.Subsubfolder1/{cur,tmp,new} ... I have tried manually making those directories and using the "maildirmake.dovecot" command that my system has. I feel that in the past, folders I have made this way worked. However, now none are showing up in my clients. In Thunderbird, they aren't even listed on the "Subscribe" window for me to enable. Using Squirrelmail doesn't show them either. Essentially what I am doing is taking my current IMAP dir structure, and making a copy in a subfolder called ".INBOX.Archive.<year>" to archive my old mail. Thus, .INBOX.Subfolder1.Subfolder2 becomes .INBOX.Archive.2009.Subfolder1.Subfolder2. My system: Ubuntu 8.04 # 1.0.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S ssl_listen: * disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_access_groups: mail default_mail_env: ~/.maildir mail_location: ~/.maildir auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix

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[Dovecot] Director service for LMTP in 2.0rc1
by Oliver Eales 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hello, has anyone a running setup for LMTP proxy and the director service ? pop3/imap/managesieve is properly working, but i have problems with LMTP. I set it up as described in the conf.d/10-director.conf From the user_db i get proxy=y and no proxyhost as described for imap/pop3 But lmtp is complaining about the missing host: Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: master in: PASS 1 user56(a)domain.de service=lmtp lip=::1 lport=30025 rip=::1 rport=41992 Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: ldap(user56@domain.de,::1): pass search: base=ou=mailboxes,ou=vfag,c=de,o=top scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=uco)(mail=user56(a)domain.de)) fields=mailboxname,userpassword,myproxy Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: auth(user56@domain.de,::1): username changed user56(a)domain.de -> 1000000000032 Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: ldap(1000000000032,::1): result: mailboxname(user)=1000000000032 userpassword(password)=<hidden> myproxy(proxy)=y Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: master out: PASS 1 proxy Jul 07 15:00:48 lmtp(18537): Debug: auth input: proxy Jul 07 15:00:48 lmtp(18537): Error: proxy: host not given Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: master in: USER 2 user56(a)domain.de service=lmtp lip=::1 rip=::1 Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: ldap(user56@domain.de,::1): user search: base=ou=mailboxes,ou=vfag,c=de,o=top scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=uco)(mail=user56(a)domain.de)) fields=homeDirectory,uidNumber,gidNumber,quotaBytes Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: ldap(user56@domain.de,::1): result: homeDirectory(home)=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032 quotaBytes(quota_rule=*:storage=%$B)=*:storage=1073741824B Jul 07 15:00:48 auth: Debug: master out: USER 2 user56(a)domain.de home=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032 quota_rule=*:storage=1073741824B Do i still have have to set lmtp_proxy=yes ? My config: # 2.0.rc1 (056c3240a912): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.42-0.1-default x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm = domain.de auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes director_mail_servers = 10.189.34.99 10.189.34.100 director_servers = 10.189.34.38 151.189.34.59 disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = yes lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 60001 mail_location = mdbox:%h:INDEX=%h/index mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_uid = 60001 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus virustest namespace type=private { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-pw.conf driver = ldap } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = dovecot } } service director { fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { mode = 0666 } inet_listener { port = 13459 } unix_listener director-userdb { mode = 0666 } unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { executable = imap-login director } service lmtp { inet_listener { port = 30025 } } service managesieve-login { executable = managesieve-login director inet_listener managesieve { port = 2000 } } service pop3-login { executable = pop3-login director } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-pw.conf driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb }

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[Dovecot] post 2.0rc1 compilation issue
by Michal Hlavinka 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hi, I was just updating dovecot to nightly snapshot for Fedora rawhide, but got following issue: fts-backend-solr.c: In function 'fts_box_name_get_root': fts-backend-solr.c:60: error: 'NAMESPACE_FLAG_INBOX' undeclared (first use in this function) fts-backend-solr.c:60: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once and once again on line 750 seems the change http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/07353259bb41 is not complete Michal

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[Dovecot] Logging subjects of messages
by Sandu cucereanu 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Dear Sirs, I want to know if there is any possibility to log the subjects of the messages downloaded from ther server. We use dovecot 1.0.15 with POP3S and IMAP and we want to keep a trace of the reading of messages by the users of our mail server (who, when and what are the subjects of the e-mail messages read) because some users complain that they did not read some messages but in the logs of the server (maillog files( those messages appear to be delivered to their inboxes. Thank you very much for your help Best regards Alexandru Cucereanu

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[Dovecot] dovecot2 rc1: symbol hook_client_created: referenced symbol not found
by Burckhard Schmidt 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hello, by accident I had configured inside 15-lda.conf protocol lda { mail_plugins = autocreate imap_acl acl } (I only wanted autocreate sieve.) There ist a problem with the symbol hook_client_created: lda: Error: dlopen(/usr/dovecot-2.0.rc1/lib/dovecot/lib02_imap_acl_plugin.so) failed: ld.so.1: dovecot-lda: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/dovecot-2.0.rc1/lib/dovecot/lib02_imap_acl_ lugin.so: symbol hook_client_created: referenced symbol not found lda: Fatal: Couldn't load required plugins ) -- Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] dsync convert Maildir -> mdbox, separators in subscriptions file
by Frode Nordahl 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hello, I'm playing around with Dovecot 2.0 beta 4. If I use dsync to convert a users mail stored in Maildir format to mdbox format, the subscriptions file in the new mdbox is created using the wrong mailbox separator ('.') leading to folders within folders not being readable by clients using the subscription feature. Excerpt from IMAP: . LIST "" "*" * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "Spam" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Spam/Test" . LSUB "" "*" * LSUB () "/" "Spam" * LSUB () "/" "Spam.Test" I am not currently using Maildir, and have no plans to either, so I am very pleased with mdbox using '/' as seperator. I am considering to use Maildir as a transition format so that I can use allready available scripts to do the job (uw2dovecot.pl first, then dsync). So the question is, is this a bug in dsync? At the time of conversion mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir I used the following command to do the conversion: # dsync -u username convert mdbox:~/mdbox -- Frode Nordahl

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[Dovecot] how to setup a simplest travel-mode read-only IMAP
by Seetamraju Uday Bhaskar Sarma 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi All, I don't use gmail/hotmail etc... I have been a Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird user for ever now... The mail and folders are all on my private fileserver. But on certain tours, I do know in advance that I would like IMAP access to my mail folders. Nothing but the simplest read-only access to the years of accumulated email. (All that email was soft-mounted onto /mnt/mail for safety and simplicity.) I have read the FAQ and Wiki. I even created the /cur /new /tmp folders under /mnt/mail... (after noting errors in dovecot logs) But when I test from another machine as :- # mutt -f imap://sarma@10.0.1.10/Inbox mutt comes up blank. I did check that /mnt/mail/Inbox exists, and has read permissions to all. Ideally, I don't want dovecot updating my mail files. I just simply want to read my old mail, while my new mail will continue to reside-on/be-accessible via the webmail. Thanks in advance! # /usr/sbin/dovecot --version 1.0.15 # /usr/sbin/dovecot -n # 1.0.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_processes_count: 1 login_max_processes_count: 2 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/mnt/mail:INDEX=/var/mail/dovecot/index:CONTROL=/var/mail/dovecot/lib:LAYOUT=fs mbox_dirty_syncs: no mbox_lazy_writes: no auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd

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[Dovecot] Correct folder permissions for maildir....
by Donovan J. Edye 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

G'Day, I am trying to find a definitive answer to what the directory permissions should be for my configuration under Centos 5.5. I see a number of the following error messages in the maillog as a consequence of permissions errors. After reading the FAQ, Wiki etc. and browsing the web I am unable to determine just exactly what the user security settings should be for the offending folders. If anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Should you require additional diagnostic information let me know and I will source it. The error messages: Jun 17 19:50:14 moe dovecot: POP3(carolyn.spyseebiz): mkdir_parents(/home/spyseebiz/homes/carolyn/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: Permission denied Jun 17 19:53:09 moe dovecot: POP3(marnie.capitel): mkdir_parents(/home/capitel/homes/marnie/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: Permission denied dovecot -n # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s listen: 116.212.71.194 ssl_listen: 116.212.71.194 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: #mbox/ location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u inbox: yes hidden: yes namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:~/Maildir auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd ps aux | grep dovecot root 3457 0.0 0.0 1880 508 ? Ss Jun13 0:20 /usr/sbin/dovecot root 5650 0.0 0.1 7952 1460 ? S 03:28 0:04 dovecot-auth dovecot 15591 0.0 0.1 4992 1760 ? S 19:26 0:00 imap-login dovecot 15598 0.0 0.1 4992 1752 ? S 19:26 0:00 imap-login dovecot 15627 0.0 0.1 4992 1508 ? S 19:26 0:00 imap-login dovecot 16596 0.0 0.1 4988 1748 ? S 19:45 0:00 pop3-login dovecot 16615 0.0 0.1 4988 1744 ? S 19:46 0:00 pop3-login dovecot 16720 0.2 0.1 4988 1500 ? S 19:47 0:00 pop3-login root 16726 0.0 0.0 4000 700 pts/0 S+ 19:48 0:00 grep dovecot -- --Donovan J. Edye Calico Communications - "All your marketing, communication & web needs." Home To: daisyndandelion.com.au, natiki.com.au, themarketingcoach.com.au w: calicom.com.au t: +61-2-6292-1573 f: +61-2-6292-1592 p: PO Box 165, Erindale Centre, ACT 2903, Australia

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0 beta4 and Expire Plugin
by Burckhard Schmidt 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hello, there seems to be an error writing into the expire database defined by dict. dict { expire = sqlite:/usr/dovecot/etc/dovecotbeta-dict-expire.conf } ... plugin { ... expire = AutoCleanSpam 1d expire_dict = proxy::expire } with dovecotbeta-dict-expire.conf: connect = /test/addons/expire/expiresbeta.db map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } sqlite shows schema: CREATE TABLE expires ( username varchar(100) not null, mailbox varchar(255) not null, expire_stamp integer not null, primary key (username, mailbox) ); CREATE TRIGGER mergeexpires BEFORE INSERT ON expires FOR EACH ROW BEGIN UPDATE expires SET expire_stamp=NEW.expire_stamp WHERE username = NEW.username AND mailbox = NEW.mailbox; SELECT raise(ignore) WHERE (SELECT 1 FROM expires WHERE username = NEW.username AND mailbox = NEW.mailbox) IS NOT NULL; END; Delivering of an email into folder AutoCleanSpam via sieve script works fine. error-log: Apr 08 12:57:05 lda(account1): Debug: sieve: executing compiled script /addons/sieve/account1.sieve Apr 08 12:57:05 lda(account1): Debug: expire: Mails expire in 86400 secs in mailbox: AutoCleanSpam Apr 08 12:57:05 dict: Error: sqlite: exec(INSERT INTO expires (expire_stamp,username,mailbox) VALUES ('1270810625','account1','AutoCleanSpam')) failed: unable to open database file (14) Apr 08 12:57:05 master: Error: service(dict): child 10936 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped - set drop_priv_before_exec=yes) Apr 08 12:57:05 master: Error: service(dict): command startup failed, throttling deliver-log: Apr 08 12:57:05 lda(account1): Error: read(/var/run/dovecot//dict) failed: Remote disconnected Apr 08 12:57:05 lda(account1): Info: sieve: msgid=<4BBDB681.10003(a)hu-berlin.de>: stored mail into mailbox 'AutoCleanSpam' If I use a non existing database filename in dovecotbeta-dict-expire.conf like connect = /test/addons/expire/expiresbeta.dbbbbb I see in the log dict: Error: sqlite: open(/test/addons/expire/expiresbeta.dbbbbb) failed: unable to open database file So I'm sure, having the rigth config file. Moreover how to start expire-tool now? dovecot --exec-mail ... is no more valid. Additional: /usr/dovecotbeta/sbin/dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=poll ipv6 openssl Mail storages: cydir dbox maildir mbox mdbox raw shared SQL drivers: sqlite Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql Userdb: checkpassword ldap passwd prefetch passwd-file sql static /usr/dovecotbeta/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.0.beta4: /usr/dovecotbeta/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.9 sun4u auth_debug = yes auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ012345 67890 auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-error default_client_limit = 6144 dict { expire = sqlite:/usr/dovecot/etc/dovecotbeta-dict-expire.conf } first_valid_gid = 20 first_valid_uid = 20 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-error listen = 172.19.5.17 log_path = /var/log/dovecot-error mail_access_groups = sysdov mail_debug = yes mail_gid = sysdov mail_location = dbox:%h:INDEX=/addons/index/%u:CONTROL=~/Control:LAYOUT=fs mail_privileged_group = sysdov mail_uid = sysdov mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = dovecot driver = pam } plugin { autocreate = AutoCleanSpam autocreate1 = Junk autocreate2 = Trash autocreate3 = Sent autocreate4 = Drafts autosubscribe = AutoCleanSpam autosubscribe1 = Junk autosubscribe2 = Trash autosubscribe3 = Sent autosubscribe4 = Drafts expire = AutoCleanSpam 1d expire_dict = proxy::expire sieve = /addons/sieve/%u.sieve } service pop3 { process_limit = 0 } ssl_cert = </opt/csw/etc/ssl/certs/mail.pem ssl_key = </opt/csw/ssl/priv/mail.key syslog_facility = local2 userdb { args = /usr/dovecot/etc/sybldap.conf driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { log_path = /var/log/imap.log mail_plugin_dir = /usr/dovecotbeta/lib/dovecot mail_plugins = autocreate expire } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master info_log_path = /var/log/deliver.log log_path = /var/log/deliver.log mail_plugin_dir = /usr/dovecotbeta/lib/dovecot mail_plugins = sieve autocreate expire postmaster_address = postmaster(a)hu-berlin.de sendmail_path = /opt/csw/sbin/sendmail } -- Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] ACL, forced INBOX subscription
by Matthias Rieber 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi, I've two accounts 'matthias' and 'mailverwalter'. Mailverwalter want's to share the Spam folder: This is the situation in the beginning: (matthias) a LIST (SUBSCRIBED) "common." "*" a OK List completed. a LIST (SUBSCRIBED) "common.mailverwalter" "*" a OK List completed. (mailverwalter) a GETACL Spam * ACL "Spam" "mailverwalter" lrwstipekxacd a OK Getacl completed. a GETACL INBOX * ACL "INBOX" "mailverwalter" lrwstipekxacd a OK Getacl completed. So far so good. Mailverwalter sets the list permission: (mailverwalter) a SETACL "Spam" "matthias" l a OK Setacl complete. a GETACL "Spam" * ACL "Spam" "matthias" l "mailverwalter" lrwstipekxacd a OK Getacl completed. a GETACL "INBOX" * ACL "INBOX" "mailverwalter" lrwstipekxacd a OK Getacl completed. That's ok as well and I want to make sure that the INBOX doesn't have any other permission. After that, some listing: (matthias) a LIST (SUBSCRIBED) "common." "*" a OK List completed. a LIST (SUBSCRIBED) "common.mailverwalter." "*" a OK List completed. That's also ok, nothing subscribed. (matthias) a LIST "common.mailverwalter." "*" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "common.mailverwalter" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "common.mailverwalter.Spam" a OK List completed. This normal folder listing seems to be ok, too, and then listing of the subcribed folders again: (matthias) a LIST (SUBSCRIBED) "common.mailverwalter." "*" * LIST (\Subscribed \NonExistent) "." "common.mailverwalter.INBOX" a OK List completed. And then, the INBOX is subscribed and \NonExistent because I don't have permissions on it. The folder stays subscribed as long as I'm connected to the server. When I disconnect and do the LIST (SUBSCRIBED) again, the folder is not subscribed as long I do not 'normal' list it. Happens with dovecot 1.2.11, haven't tried 2.0 yet. I assume that's not the intended behaviour. This INBOX folder confuses the Nokia n900 email client a lot, but it doesn't matter if it can be accessed or not. Regards, Matthias

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