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[Dovecot] mysql log entry
by Terry Barnum 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

I'm sure this is a really newbie question, but I notice in /var/log/mail.log that there are between 3 and 15 of the following log entries every day for the last five days, which is far back as my logs go--what do they mean? Apr xx hh:mm:ss mail dovecot[109]: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (postfix) Is it dovecot connecting to mysql for password or user info? If so, wouldn't it be more frequent? I've got 20 users with some connecting from outside many times per day. Thanks, -Terry

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[Dovecot] Problems with masteruser
by Неворотин Вадим 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

I have very strange problem with masteruser. See two logs below: # telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Welcome to our post server! x login nevorotin password x OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in x list "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" x OK List completed. x getacl INBOX * ACL "INBOX" "nevorotin" lrwstipekxacd x OK Getacl completed. All work perfectly. And then I log in throw masteruser: # telnet localhost 143 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Welcome to our post server! x login nevorotin*master masterpassword x OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in x list "" "*" * LIST (\Unmarked) "/" "INBOX" x OK List completed. x getacl INBOX x NO [NONEXISTENT] Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX I've turned on debug logging, but there aren't any errors. I only see that masteruser succesfully logged in as nevorotin. How can I make a masteruser login to user account exactly the same as simple user login? Now it don't work at all [?] I use 1.2.10 version of dovecot.

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Re: [Dovecot] zlib Plugin Dovecot 2.0
by Alex Baule 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hi Paschal You do not understand what I want. I developed a plugin based on the zlib plugin, but want to port it to dovecot 2.0. There are some differences in the 2.0 plugin, which I did not quite understand how it works for me to readjust it in my plugin. As in the source code there are not many comments, I do not quite know what each function does, if they are all necessary in my adaptation. In developing the plugin in version 1.4, Timo helped me a lot. What I need to know is how the hooks on write emails do this, and what the differences in the read function, since the code is different from version 1.4 to 2.0.

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[Dovecot] 2.0beta4 and latest Mercurial: Folder not SELECT-able until LIST-ed
by B. Johannessen 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Have a look at the attached dialog. It shows the folder "shared/a(a)db.org/Archive" not being SELECT-able until after it's been mentioned in a LIST response. This can't possibly be right, can it? Bob

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[Dovecot] flags, keywords in a shared mailbox setup
by Thomas Hummel 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hello Timo, I'm trying to get a clear understanding of dovecot's (1.2.x) flags and keywords sharing possibilities or impossibilities in a shared-mailboxes setup. By definition, a shared mailbox is a mailbox from a personal namespace which has been made available to someone else who sees it in a shared namespace. There can be some combinatorics according to the fact that INDEX and CONTROL files location can either be user-dependent or user-independent and this in either the private or the shared namespace. Besides, it's not clear to me if the 'dovecot-shared' file is still relevant in 1.2x and shared-namespaces to store flags only in indexes. So what combination is to be avoided because it would break things ? More specifically : . is, in 1.2x, the method for having private flags of a shared mailbox still to have the 'dovecot-shared' file (in order to store flags in indexes) ? . how can shared keywords in a shared mailbox even work ? If they're shared (how ? by pointing CONTROL to the same user-independent location ?), keywords known by a client (user1) won't necessary be known or have the same meaning for another client (user2), will they ? [Note : isn't it the same event with no shared mailboxes but with one user using several clients ?] But, if they're private, they have to be stored outside the filename : how can we do that ? Thanks -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] dovecot-auth question
by rmcgraw＠math.purdue.edu 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

/export/rpoolbackup# dovecot -n # 1.2.10: /local/etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 768). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: SunOS 5.10 i86pc protocols: imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /local/ssl/certs/dovecot-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /local/ssl/private/dovecot-key.pem verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 101 mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /local/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd ----- We recently moved to dovecot and after few little configuration problem our dovecot seems to be running without problems for the most part, but I am seeing the following error in /var/adm/messages about ever 3 minutes. Apr 5 09:13:23 gauss.math.purdue.edu dovecot-auth[14359]: [ID 293258 user.error] libsldap: Status: 49 Mesg: openConnection: simple bind failed - Invalid credentials I would like to try and find out what user connection is causing this message. I have turned on most of the verbose logging but I cannot see anything in any logs that might give me the information. Can someone give me guidance on how I can track this down. Thanks Robert _____________________________________________________________________ Robert P. McGraw, Jr. Manager, Computer System EMAIL: rmcgraw(a)purdue.edu Purdue University ROOM: MATH-807 Department of Mathematics PHONE: (765) 494-6055 150 N. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.11 + virtual plugin + deliver
by Stef Simoens 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hello List and Timo, I configured the virtual mailboxes which are really nice. To create the virtual-folder, I made a postlogin-script as described in the wiki. However, as my mail is delivered by dovecot's deliver ... I'm getting errors for people not yet logged in... Namespace 'virtual.': virtual : Root mail directory doesn't exist: /var/vmail/domain.org/username/virtual I tried removing the virtual-plugin from the protocol lda-section; and putting the namespace only in the protocol imap-section; but then the error becomes Namespace 'virtual.': Unknown mail storage driver virtual After an IMAP login (thanks to the postlogin-script) the virtual folder is created. However, I would prefer that mails to existing users and new users works even before they logged-in (and before the postlogin-script creates the virtual folder). Any help? Greetings, -- Stef Simoens

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[Dovecot] Per-user flags for shared folders
by Неворотин Вадим 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

As I see in 2.0 there willn't be ability to control which flags should be shared, and which should be per-user. But may be there is some plans to implement settings to control that? It'll be great if you can write in dovecot-shared file which flags should be per-user. It's very usefull for group mailboxes, when each user should work with such mailbox like with their own. Now I can't add permission for delete on group mailbox for anybody, because if somebody delete a message, it dissapear for other users of group mailbox. So my group mailboxes look like a big scrapyard[?] I can compile from sources and add also \Deleted flag to private flags, but it's not an elegant solution[?] And my idea is easy to implement :) Only add here: 305 shared_path = t_strconcat(box->path, "/dovecot-shared", NULL); 306 if (stat(shared_path, &st) == 0) 307 box->private_flags_mask = MAIL_SEEN; in maildir-storage.c some code for reading a mask from dovecot-shared file. Unfortunatelly I'm not a good programmer, so I can't make a patch myself(((

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[Dovecot] 2.0beta4 doesn't respond to DONE after untagged FETCH during IDLE
by Daniel I. Applebaum 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Using K-9 Mail to IDLE on a test folder "MyIncTmp". When there is a flag change on a message in the folder, which generates an untagged FETCH, K-9 Mail responds with a DONE, but dovecot does not exit IDLE state (LOG 1). However, if a new message is delivered, generating an untagged EXISTS, K-9 Mail responds the same way, with a DONE, and dovecot does exit IDLE state. (LOG 2) You can also see in LOG 1 that the "OK Still here" continues to be sent, corroborating that dovecot is still in IDLE state. I hope this information is helpful. Sincerely, Dan. LOG 1: failure to exit IDLE after untagged FETCH 04-16 08:25:48.911: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sending IMAP command IDLE on connection conn1127686952 04-16 08:25:48.921: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952>>> 13 IDLE 04-16 08:25:48.921: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sent IMAP command IDLE with tag 13 for conn1127686952 04-16 08:25:49.191: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #+# [idling] 04-16 08:25:49.201: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952<<<#+# [idling] 04-16 08:25:49.201: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #+# [idling] 04-16 08:25:49.201: DEBUG/k9(10160): Idling dantest:MyIncTmp/Thread-24/conn1127686952 04-16 08:25:49.201: DEBUG/k9(10160): Considering releasing WakeLock for Pushing 04-16 08:25:49.201: DEBUG/k9(10160): Releasing WakeLock for Pushing for thread Thread-24 04-16 08:25:54.491: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #null# [16, FETCH, [FLAGS, [\Seen, \Recent]]] 04-16 08:25:54.491: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952<<<#null# [16, FETCH, [FLAGS, [\Seen, \Recent]]] 04-16 08:25:54.491: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #null# [16, FETCH, [FLAGS, [\Seen, \Recent]]] 04-16 08:25:54.501: DEBUG/k9(10160): Acquired WakeLock for Pushing for thread Thread-24 04-16 08:25:54.501: DEBUG/k9(10160): Got useful async untagged response: #null# [16, FETCH, [FLAGS, [\Seen, \Recent]]] for dantest:MyIncTmp/Thread-24/conn1127686952 04-16 08:25:54.501: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952>>> DONE 04-16 08:26:54.571: DEBUG/k9(10160): Acquired WakeLock for Pushing for thread Thread-24 04-16 08:26:54.581: ERROR/k9(10160): Error 'Read timed out' 04-16 08:26:54.581: ERROR/k9(10160): java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out 04-16 08:27:00.141: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sending IMAP command NOOP on connection conn1127686952 04-16 08:27:00.141: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952>>> 14 NOOP 04-16 08:27:00.141: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sent IMAP command NOOP with tag 14 for conn1127686952 04-16 08:27:26.651: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1127686952<<<#null# [OK, Still, here] LOG 2: successful exit from IDLE after untagged EXISTS 04-16 08:28:35.271: INFO/k9(10160): About to IDLE for dantest:MyIncTmp/Thread-24/conn1126759992 04-16 08:28:35.271: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sending IMAP command IDLE on connection conn1126759992 04-16 08:28:35.281: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992>>> 10 IDLE 04-16 08:28:35.281: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Sent IMAP command IDLE with tag 10 for conn1126759992 04-16 08:28:35.531: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #+# [idling] 04-16 08:28:35.531: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992<<<#+# [idling] 04-16 08:28:35.531: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #+# [idling] 04-16 08:28:35.531: DEBUG/k9(10160): Idling dantest:MyIncTmp/Thread-24/conn1126759992 04-16 08:28:35.531: DEBUG/k9(10160): Considering releasing WakeLock for Pushing 04-16 08:28:35.531: DEBUG/k9(10160): Releasing WakeLock for Pushing for thread Thread-24 04-16 08:28:51.621: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #null# [18, EXISTS] 04-16 08:28:51.621: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992<<<#null# [18, EXISTS] 04-16 08:28:51.621: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #null# [18, EXISTS] 04-16 08:28:51.621: DEBUG/k9(10160): Acquired WakeLock for Pushing for thread Thread-24 04-16 08:28:51.631: DEBUG/k9(10160): Got useful async untagged response: #null# [18, EXISTS] for dantest:MyIncTmp/Thread-24/conn1126759992 04-16 08:28:51.631: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992>>> DONE 04-16 08:28:51.631: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #null# [1, RECENT] 04-16 08:28:51.631: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992<<<#null# [1, RECENT] 04-16 08:28:51.631: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #null# [1, RECENT] 04-16 08:28:51.901: VERBOSE/k9(10160): <<< #10# [OK, Idle, completed.] 04-16 08:28:51.901: VERBOSE/k9(10160): conn1126759992<<<#10# [OK, Idle, completed.] 04-16 08:28:51.901: VERBOSE/k9(10160): Got async response: #10# [OK, Idle, completed.]

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0 beta 4 errors reported
by Ken A 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Timo, Thank you for an amazing imap/pop server. I'm using Dovecot 2.0 beta 4 and mbox storage, and have encountered a couple of errors worth reporting: ------ 1. When I delete a parent folder that contains sub folders, I get this error message pop up in Thunderbird 3.04: > "The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: > [CANNOT] Mailbox GUIDs are not permanent without index files." But, the folders are deleted properly, and no error is logged on the server. I have the mail_log plugin currently enabled like so: > mail_plugins = quota mail_log notify > mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename > mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size ------ 2. segfault reported in the system log (unrelated to the error above): > kernel: pop3[6794]: segfault at 0000000000000028 rip 0000000000403489 > rsp 00007fff20a24a20 error 4 ------ Thanks, Ken -- Ken Anderson Pacific Internet - http://www.pacific.net

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