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[Dovecot] Conversion help
by Jason Frisvold 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi there, I'm working on converting my server from using bincimap to dovecot. I seem to be having some trouble with folders, however. Binc was set up like this : depot = "IMAPdir", /* Use Maildir++ style type = "Maildir", /* only Maildir path = "Maildir", /* default path */ auto create inbox = "yes", /* create INBOX in auto subscribe mailboxes = "INBOX", /* list mailboxes umask = "077" /* use this umask I have dovecot set up thusly : mail_location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/Maildir namespace private { separator = / prefix = INBOX/ inbox = yes hidden = yes } The problem is, I'm not seeing any folders.. If I do a listing in the directory, I see this : -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 35453 Mar 10 2004 bincimap-cache -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 702 Jul 16 19:20 .bincimap-subscribed -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 73 Mar 10 2004 bincimap-uidvalidity drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 532480 Jul 21 11:49 cur -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 25956 Jul 21 11:49 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 35840 Jul 21 11:49 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 18220 Jul 21 11:49 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 42080 Jul 21 11:34 dovecot.index.log.2 -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 106631 Jul 21 11:49 dovecot-uidlist drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 21 09:38 INBOX drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 20 16:17 INBOX\.Drafts drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 16 18:53 INBOX\.Learn FP drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 20 17:37 INBOX\.Learn Spam drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 16 18:56 INBOX\.Sent drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 20 17:37 INBOX\.Spam drwx------ 5 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 21 11:44 INBOX\.Trash drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 348160 Jul 21 11:53 new -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Jul 21 11:34 subscriptions drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jul 21 11:53 tmp -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 72 Jul 16 18:57 uidvalfilename It would appear that I need to use . as my separator, but that doesn't work either.. Any thoughts? Also, I'm using SQL for authentication. Is there a limitation to the characters allowed in the password? I was unable to use a password with a # in it, or is there a way to escape it? # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps ssl_cert_file: /path/to/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /path/to/cert.pem ssl_cipher_list: !ADH:RC4+RSA:HIGH:MEDIUM:LOW:EXP:+SSLv2:+EXP login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 89 mail_location: maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/Maildir mail_debug: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: INBOX/ inbox: yes hidden: yes auth default: user: vpopmail passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf Thanks, -- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold XenoPhage0(a)gmail.com http://blog.godshell.com

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[Dovecot] v1.1.2 release candidate
by Timo Sirainen 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

I've finally read and answered most of the mails on this list. If you haven't received an answer to your question, resend it. There are a couple of tricky mbox issues left, but I'm not sure if I can do anything about them unless someone can show me how to reproduce the problems. There are quite a lot of new features in v1.1.2 actually. Most of them are in plugins so hopefully they shouldn't destabilize anything. Anyway I tought I'd just in case put out a quick release candidate so at least a few people could try it. I'll probably make the final v1.1.2 release in a day or two. So, please test: http://dovecot.org/tmp/dovecot-1.1.2-rc.tar.gz Largest changes since v1.1.1 are: + Added full text search indexing support for Apache Lucene Solr server: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/FTS/Solr + IMAP SORT: Added X-SCORE sort key for use with Solr searches. + zlib plugin supports now bzip2 also. + quota: All backends now take noenforcing parameter. + Maildir: Add ,S=<size> to maildir filename whenever quota plugin is loaded, even when not using Maildir++ quota. + deliver: Allow lda section to override plugin settings. + deliver: Giving a -m <namespace prefix> parameter now silently saves the mail to INBOX. This is useful for e.g. -m INBOX/${extension} + Added a new maildirlock utility for write-locking Dovecot Maildir. + dict-sql: Support non-MySQL databases by assuming they implement the "INSERT .. ON DUPLICATE KEY" using an INSERT trigger. - SORT: Fixed several crashes/errors with sort indexing. - IMAP: BODYSTRUCTURE is finally RFC 3501 compliant. Earlier versions didn't include Content-Location support. - IMAP: Fixed bugs with listing INBOX. - Maildir: maildirfolder file wasn't created when dovecot-shared file existed on the root directory - deliver didn't expand %variables in namespace location settings. - zlib: Copying non-compressed messages resulted in empty mails (except when hardlink-copying between maildirs). - mbox-snarf plugin was somewhat broken - deliver + Maildir: If uidlist couldn't be locked while saving, we might have assert-crashed

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[Dovecot] Problems with deliver and account resolving
by Andreas Podgurski 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi! I'm currently setting up my first mailsystem based on dovecot. For a far way, working with dovecot was very convenient, but after I had to integrate deliver, it became massivly painful. My components are postfix as MTA, postgresql as user database and dovecot as IMAP server. When translating the mail adresse into the account name, something goes terribly wrong (Mail adresses modified to protect against spam, think about them in correct format): dovecot: Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: auth(default-listen): master in: USER 1 Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de service=deliver dovecot: Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: auth(default-listen): prefetch(Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de): passdb didn't return userdb entries, trying the next userdb dovecot: Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: auth(default-listen): sql(Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de): SELECT 1011 AS uid,1011 AS gid,'/var/www/jade/mail/' || admin.username AS home,admin.username AS user FROM admin,email WHERE lower(email.local_address) = lower('Andreas.Podgurski') AND email.receiver = admin.id; dovecot: Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: auth(default-listen): auth(Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de): username changed Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de -> SunAdmin dovecot: Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: auth(default-listen): master out: USER 1 SunAdmin uid=1011 gid=1011 home=/var/www/jade/mail/SunAdmin deliver(Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de): Jul 22 01:48:13 Error: mkdir(/var/www/jade/mail/Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de/cur) failed: Permission denied deliver(Andreas.Podgurski_at_MediaGUILD.de): Jul 22 01:48:13 Info: msgid=<20080721234813.302260(a)gmx.net>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-07-22 01:48:13] As you can see, the account SunAdmin has an email adresse andreas.podgurski_at_mediaguild.de assigned. The database seems to reveil the username correctly, but after that, deliver continues to use the original mail adresse, not the account name returned by the auth master. Any idea, where my solution went the wrong way? The uid/gid belong to vmail:vmail, which is used for the auth-master, as well as for running deliver and to dispatch the postfix messages. Btw., I ask myself, how dovecot can assume to use prefetch in this case, as prefetch bases upon the password query, which has to fail in this case, as there is no password. Shouldn't it not even try to use the prefetch values there...? Thanks in advance, Andreas Podgurski -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger

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[Dovecot] cosmetic: "userdb" checkpassword
by Heiko Schlichting 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hi, $ dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=inotify Mail storages: maildir SQL drivers: Passdb: checkpassword Userdb: checkpassword prefetch Isn't "checkpassword" misplaced in the userdb list? For me it seems that USERDB_CHECKPASSWORD is only used in configure and for printing the build-options. Additionally checkpassword protocol does not makes any sense for a userdb. It could be used only for passdb plus prefetching userdb. Therefore I suggest to remove USERDB_CHECKPASSWORD to make this more obvious althought this is only cosmetic. Heiko Heiko Schlichting Freie Universität Berlin heiko(a)FU-Berlin.DE Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung (ZEDAT) Telefon +49 30 838-54327 Fabeckstraße 32 Telefax +49 30 838454327 14195 Berlin

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[Dovecot] Problem authenticating iPod Touch
by Mark Leisher 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Given the (slightly edited) config info below, iPod Touch users are unable to connect, leaving the following message in the log file: dovecot: Jul 23 10:00:40 Info: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 0 attempts): rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, TLS handshaking: Disconnected Even with maximum logging on, no other error messages seem related to this problem. Am I missing something simple I didn't catch in the list archives? Or is it more likely a problem on the iPod side? The iPods connect to our non-dovecot IMAP servers with no problem. # 1.1.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/imap-dovecot listen: *:143 ssl_listen *:943 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: _dovecot login_greeting: IMAP ready. login_processes_count: 10 login_max_processes_count: 30 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_nfs_index: yes auth default: passdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd -- Mark Leisher

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[Dovecot] Dovecot antispam (X-DSPAM-Signature)
by Isabel Estêvão 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi Which dovecot-antispam backend (must allow the movement of mail into SPAM folder) integrates with amavis and spamassassin? Regards, Isabel

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot antispam (X-DSPAM-Signature)
by Isabel Estêvão 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hello, If I use dovecot as LDA how do I move old mails without signature? Regards, Isabel Michael A. Revenko wrote: > Hello, isabel.estevao! > You wrote to <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:26:54 +0100: > > ie> I recently installed an IMAP server with dovecot and the dovecot > ie> antispam plugin with dspam backend. > > ie> If I configure dspam to not include the signature in the > ie> X-DSPAM-Signature header will I be able to move mail into SPAM > folder? > > ie> Regards, > > It is possible in case you are using dovecot as LDA and cmusieve > plugin for dovecot LDA > > With best regards, Michael A. Revenko. E-mail: mike(a)mrgfd.org.ua >

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[Dovecot] \HasNoChildren versus \Noinferiors in ACL plugin and no CREATE permission
by Heiko Schlichting 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi, using ACL plugin with dovecot 1.1.1 I expected that a Maildir was listed as * LIST (\NoInferiors) "/" "Foldername" if "create" (k) permission is not set in ACLs and there doesn't exists any subfolders. But to my surprise, dovecot gives the following output: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Foldername" Therefore the client (here: SquirrelMail) does not know about the inability to create subfolders and offers "Foldername" in the selection for the parent folder. If there are exists already subfolders of "Foldername", dovecot has to use \HasChildren and not \NoInferiors. But in other cases \NoInferiors should be the correct answer and not \HasNoChildren. Or am I totally wrong? Heiko Heiko Schlichting Freie Universität Berlin heiko(a)FU-Berlin.DE Zentraleinrichtung für Datenverarbeitung (ZEDAT) Telefon +49 30 838-54327 Fabeckstraße 32 Telefax +49 30 838454327 14195 Berlin

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[Dovecot] Mailbox_module_context question
by Daniel Brosseau 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi, I am new to the dovecot source and would like to know why the mailbox_module_context has a pointer to the mail_storage_module_register and not to a mailbox_module_register. From what I have understood, if a context is first added to the mailbox.module_contexts array using the mail_storage_module_register and then a context is added to the mail_storage.module_contexts and then a third context is again added to the mailbox.module_contexts the mail_storage_module_register.id will be 3 and the second element in the mailbox.module_context will be unused and the first and third elements of the mail_storage.module_contexts are unused. There might be something I am not understanding here so please forgive me if my question has an obvious answer. Daniel

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[Dovecot] Squat indexing a Maildir of over 600 GB?
by John Wells 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Guys, We have a very large maildir for email auditing purposes. It's currently at 600 GB and continues to grow. Can dovecot handle this with squat indexing, or am I out of my mind? Thanks! John

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