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[Dovecot] public folders fchown error
by junk＠mc1.mccarthy.ac 01 Apr '08

01 Apr '08

I was hoping this would be the right place to look for some help, I cannot make public folders get the right permissions. I continually get the fchown error in logs, and have googled high an low to find multiple solutions that do not work for me. I'm using maildir. I have sendmail with postfix distributing my mail. I created maildir's in each users personal directory. I then thought it would be neat to set up a public folder that people could dump spam and ham into, then have a cron script go through the directory and automatically sort it for bayes. However, when I put a file in the public folder, the permissions do not seem to work. I've put a dovecot-shared file with root.mail permissions, 660, in just about every directory (all the public folder directories, and every personal user's control and index location), I've chmod'd to 777 each file and folder to test, etc, and no matter what, the dovecot.index.tmp in the user's index folder comes through with their permissions, and this error shows up. Am I thinking this is something different then what it is or am I completely off base? Thanks in advance, Bob dovecot 1.0.13 (debian install) # 1.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s 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 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/%u/Mail/Inbox umask: 7 mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 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 pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/var/mail/public:CONTROL=~/Mail/public/public:INDEX=~/Mail/public/index namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd

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[Dovecot] Setting for deleting old messages from Trash?
by David Rosenstrauch 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi. Just switched to Dovecot from Courier last week and have been very pleased so far. The conversion was extremely painless, and I only hit a few small configuration issues before I was able to get the server up and running. Since then, I've been quite pleased - Dovecot's been very stable, and a good bit faster than courier as well. However, there's one nice feature from courier that I used to use that it doesn't seem like Dovecot provides. Wanted to see if that was indeed the case and, if so, if there was any workaround. In Courier, there was a setting whereby the server would automatically delete messages in the Trash once they were of a certain age. (The default was 7 days.) However, looking through the dovecot.conf, it didn't appear that Dovecot had any comparable setting. Anyone know how I might achieve this with Dovecot? TIA, DR

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[Dovecot] mbox with sub-folders and messages?
by Richard Lefebvre 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hi, Is it possible to have dovecot configured to use mbox format and yet have folders that contains sub-folders and messages? I'm thinking of a simple setup where any files directory with extension .sbd are presented to the IMAP client without the extension. So if you have a mbox file named BOX01 and a directory name BOX01.sdb would show has one on the client side (note: that is the way Thunderbird keeps it's mail locally). I know that the Maildir format does the sub-folders+messages, but I'm not really interested by the one file per email. Richard

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Re: [Dovecot] outlook2007 shows frequent imap disconnect no matterwhat, outlook-idle setting in dovecot.conf
by Javier García 31 Mar '08

31 Mar '08

Hello all, I configured imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle after a customers complaint (Windows Vista, Outlook 2007) and after a week, she reports me that the issue has never repeated. So it has worked for me. I am running 1.0.rc15 (as from the original post) on a Debian etch box. Regards, Javier > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:34:00 +0200 > From: "Kielbasiewicz, Peter" <peter.kielbasiewicz(a)philips.com> > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] outlook2007 shows frequent imap disconnect no > matterwhat outlook-idle setting in dovecot.conf > To: "dovecot(a)dovecot.org" <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Message-ID: > <042A6AAA4FA2494FB87EC7AE1FE227AD629BB94850(a)nlamsexm01.connect1.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > I updated to the latest rev from atrpms.net which is 1.0.13 and I see the same behaviour. > No matter if I set "imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle" or "imap_client_workarounds =" I get those disconnect popups. It seems that the setting has no effect. > > Is there someone who had success by applying the setting with outlook 2007? > > Peter > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dovecot-bounces+peter.kielbasiewicz=philips.com(a)dovecot.org >> [mailto:dovecot-bounces+peter.kielbasiewicz=philips.com@dovecot.org] On >> Behalf Of Samuel HAMEAU >> Sent: Freitag, 28. M?rz 2008 11:11 >> Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org >> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] outlook2007 shows frequent imap disconnect no >> matterwhat outlook-idle setting in dovecot.conf >> >> Scott Silva a ?crit : >> >>> on 3-26-2008 1:33 AM Kielbasiewicz, Peter spake the following: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I saw the problem quite often in various posts but could not find a >>>> real solution . >>>> Problem is that I frequently get annoying popups from outlook 2007 >>>> about imap idle timeouts which block working with outlook until the >>>> popup is acknowledged. >>>> >>>> The popup says: >>>> Your IMAP server closed the connection. This can occur if you leave >>>> the connection idle for too long. >>>> Protocol: IMAP >>>> Server: testhost >>>> Port: 143 >>>> Error Code: 0x800CCCDD >>>> >>>> I tried to run dovecot with or without "imap_client_workarounds = >>>> outlook-idle" but do not see any difference. >>>> I am running dovecot on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client release 5.1 >>>> (Tikanga). >>>> Below is the output of some commands to get a clue about my config. >>>> >>>> Background info: >>>> Our primary mailboxes are on exchange servers. >>>> As there is a size limit on the server mailboxes I am evaluating a >>>> local storage solution for our users. >>>> Thus I set up an additional mailbox in outlook using IMAP. >>>> Local .pst files can not be backuped easily (especially when outlook >>>> is running) and I am investigating a local IMAP server where users >>>> >> can >> >>>> move their mails to. This server can easily be backuped (even >>>> incrementally when using Maildir) and users do always have access >>>> >> to >> >>>> their mails. >>>> The drawbacks are that users must have an extra login to the imap >>>> server because I have no ldap access to the company AD server from >>>> >> our >> >>>> local site domain. >>>> The solution will not be accepted though if I can not prevent the >>>> frequent disconnect popups. >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> >>>> #dovecot --version >>>> 1.0.rc15 >>>> >>> First try upgrading to a more current version. 1.0.rc15 has got to be >>> >> a >> >>> year old by now. You can get a newer rpm at atrpms.net. >>> >>> >> I do have the same problem with dovecot 1.0.10 : disconnection popups >> with Outlook 2003/2007 with this kind of line in the logs: >> dovecot: 2008-03-26 15:16:01 Info: IMAP(user): Connection closed: >> Connection reset by peer >> >> sam >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list > dovecot(a)dovecot.org > http://dovecot.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dovecot > > End of dovecot Digest, Vol 59, Issue 78 > *************************************** >

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[Dovecot] Flags can be changed in read-only mode
by Ron Avriel 30 Mar '08

30 Mar '08

Hi, It seems that IMAP flags can be changed in EXAMINE read-only mode. Luckily, messages cannot be expunged. This happens in both dovecot 1.0.12 and 1.1.rc3: * OK Dovecot ready. 1 login *** *** 1 OK Logged in. 2 examine inbox * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 1 EXISTS * 1 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1206865015] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 2] Predicted next UID 2 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. 3 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent)) 3 OK Fetch completed. 4 store 1:* +flags (\Deleted) * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 4 OK Store completed. 5 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 5 OK Fetch completed. 6 expunge 6 OK Expunge completed. 7 fetch 1:* flags * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) 7 OK Fetch completed. Thanks, Ron ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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[Dovecot] Proxy Problems
by Richard Cooper 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Hi, I'm trying to use dovecot as a proxy as described on http://wiki.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/Proxy but without much success. The problem is that when I send a IMAP login command dovecot is responding with "BYE Internal login failure. Refer to server log for more information." Can anyone help me shed light on this problem? Here's the log (Username, password and IPs have been anonymised): dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:11 Info: Dovecot v1.0.rc15 starting up dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:12 Info: auth(default): passwd-file /root/ dovecot-proxy-test.passwd: Read 1 users dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP lip=192.168.0.1 rip=192.168.0.2 resp=WWVzIEkgYW5vbnltaXNlZCB0aGlzIHRvbyA7LSk= dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=test_proxy proxy host=192.168.0.3 port=143 pass=password dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 11786 1 dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Error: auth(default): Master request 11786.1 not found dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Info: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND 1 dovecot: Mar 27 13:07:29 Info: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<test_proxy>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.2, lip=192.168.0.1 And here's my config according to dovecot -n # /root/dovecot-proxy-test.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot-proxy-test log_path: /dev/stderr protocols: imap listen: *:10143 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot-proxy-test/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /root/dovecot-proxy-test.passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=0 gid=0 /root/dovecot-proxy-test.passwd contains a single line: test_proxy:::::::proxy=y host=192.168.0.3 port=143 I am on Cent OS 5 using dovecot version 1.0.rc15 from their official yum repositories. If I connect my client directly to 192.168.0.3:143 using the same username and password everything works correctly. Thanks in advance. - Richard

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[Dovecot] Using LDA with postfix and virtual users
by Chris Cohen 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Hi list, I have 7 virtual users in a sql database. I don't want any systemusers or local delivery using postfix. On the postfix side everything works fine as long as I use the 'local' delivery agent. But since I want to use dovecot's sieve functionality I set local_transport to dovecot. From now on Postfix seems to ignore local_* settings like local_recipient_maps. Here is my current configuration: log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps managesieve login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap 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(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(managesieve): /var/mail/%u/dovecot/sieve/ sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(managesieve): /var/mail/%u/.dovecot.sieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/mail/%u socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: sieve: /var/mail/%u/.dovecot.sieve And my postfix configuration: alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/alias_maps-mysql.cf command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix inet_interfaces = all local_recipient_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/local_recipients-mysql.cf $alias_maps local_transport = dovecot mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $mydomain mydomain = unixhosts.org myhostname = amy.unixhosts.org mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 myorigin = $myhostname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 And accourding to the wiki I have: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user} As soon as I set local_transport to dovecot postfix seems to lookup local_recipients using dovecot. And dovecot doesn't know anything about my alias table. Heres a small log: Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/smtpd[4412]: warning: 10.1.32.13: address not listed for hostname amy.unixhosts.org Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/smtpd[4412]: connect from unknown[10.1.32.13] Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/smtpd[4412]: 820D478399: client=unknown[10.1.32.13] Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/cleanup[4415]: 820D478399: message-id=<20080328134925.5E3954C444(a)zoidberg.unixhosts.org> Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/qmgr[4410]: 820D478399: from=<virtualuser(a)daisy.unixhosts.org>, size=762, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/smtpd[4412]: disconnect from unknown[10.1.32.13] Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER^I1^Iroot^Iservice=deliver Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(root): query: SELECT password FROM users WHERE username = 'root'; Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(root): unknown user Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth(default): master out: NOTFOUND^I1 Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/pipe[4416]: 820D478399: to=<root(a)daisy.unixhosts.org>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.09, delays=0.03/0.02/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown) Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/cleanup[4415]: 914C978407: message-id=<20080328134925.914C978407(a)amy.unixhosts.org> Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/qmgr[4410]: 914C978407: from=<>, size=2516, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/bounce[4418]: 820D478399: sender non-delivery notification: 914C978407 Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/qmgr[4410]: 820D478399: removed Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER^I1^Ivirtualuser^Iservice=deliver Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(virtualuser): query: SELECT password FROM users WHERE username = 'virtualuser'; Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth(default): password(virtualuser): Credentials: {CRYPT}{PLAIN-MD5}ebb12eb47da2af187241a0d74fc3d14f Mar 28 14:49:25 amy dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER^I1^Ivirtualuser^Iuid=5000^Igid=5000^Ihome=/var/mail/virtualuser Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/pipe[4416]: 914C978407: to=<virtualuser(a)daisy.unixhosts.org>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.03, delays=0.01/0/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) Mar 28 14:49:25 amy postfix/qmgr[4410]: 914C978407: removed I have already read a lot of documentation, howtos and so on, but just can't figure out how to get this to work. Could someone please give me a hint? -- Greetings Chris

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[Dovecot] Mailbox to maildir conversion
by Aaron Gallagher 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

I just today wrote Yet Another Conversion Script. This one differs from the rest that I've seen in that it will generate a dovecot- uidlist index. I've done some testing, but not any absolutely extensive testing. It works well from what I've tried. Invocation is simple. You pass the script the maildir and the mailbox file and it parses the mailbox file. The index file is generated if there is at least one e-mail with an X-IMAP header which contains the last ID used and the IMAP UIDVALIDITY. My old mail setup was ipop3d + sendmail (now dovecot + postfix) and it had a DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE e-mail with the aforementioned X-IMAP header. This e-mail will not be saved in the maildir. All e-mails with an X-UID header will get an entry in the uidlist file. The script works with python 2.3 or later. I haven't tested it on pre-2.3 python versions as I don't have any installed. http://habnabit.org/mb2md.py.gz I can answer questions about it if needed. I'm also willing to try to add any suggested features.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Startup error on FreeBSD
by Dien Phan 28 Mar '08

28 Mar '08

Hi, I have installed latest Dovecot 1.0.13 on a FreeBSD 6.2 with XMail (www.xmailserver.org) It works OK except one thing: error on startup. After each reboot there are lots of such error: dovecot: Mar 28 08:54:38 Error: child 916 (login) returned error 89 dovecot: Mar 28 08:54:54 Error: imap-login: No authentication sockets found When I restart dovecot by running startup script /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dovecot.sh restart the problem disappears. I have to manually restart dovecot after each reboot. Below is used conf file $ dovecot -n # 1.0.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir dotlock_use_excl: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_plugins: antispam imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default: verbose: yes passdb: driver: checkpassword args: /var/MailRoot/bin/dovecot_xmail userdb: driver: static args: uid=vxmail gid=vxmail home=/var/MailRoot/domains/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vxmail plugin: antispam_signature: X-DSPAM-Signature antispam_trash: Trash antispam_spam: SPAM antispam_dspam_binary: /usr/local/bin/dspam antispam_dspam_args: --user;%u I googled and found similar post at http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg01793.html, http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg01798.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg01831.html but answers there don't meet my case. I don't use sql backend. And startup script doesn't delete /var/run/dovecot/ directory after Dovecot is started. After booting when error still there I have in this directory: $ ls /var/run/dovecot auth-master dict-server login master.pid If restart dovecot (working OK): $ ls /var/run/dovecot auth-master auth-worker.960 dict-server login master.pid As we see dovecot works when there appears a file named auth-worker.960 (the number 960 changes each time it restarted). Please help me to fix this. Thanks in advance. Dien Phan

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[Dovecot] dovecot-1.1.rc3 segmentation fault in fetch_bodystructure
by Diego Liziero 27 Mar '08

27 Mar '08

Hi, another imap crash with latest dovecot. segmentation fault in fetch_bodystructure src/imap/imap-fetch.c static int fetch_bodystructure(struct imap_fetch_context *ctx, struct mail *mail, void *context ATTR_UNUSED) { const char *bodystructure; if (mail_get_special(mail, MAIL_FETCH_IMAP_BODYSTRUCTURE, &bodystructure) < 0) return -1; ---> before the segfault here we have bodystructure=0 and mail_get_special returns >=0 [..] if (o_stream_send(ctx->client->output, "BODYSTRUCTURE (", 15) < 0 || /*line 461*/ o_stream_send_str(ctx->client->output, bodystructure) < 0 || ---> here o_stream_send_str calls strlen(bodystructure=0), and strlen tries to access "Address 0x0" causing a segfault -- Address 0x0 is not stack'd, malloc'd or (recently) free'd Process terminating with default action of signal 11 (SIGSEGV): dumping core Access not within mapped region at address 0x0 at: strlen by: o_stream_send_str (ostream.c:163) by: fetch_bodystructure (imap-fetch.c:461) by: imap_fetch (imap-fetch.c:309) by: cmd_fetch (cmd-fetch.c:154) by: client_command_input (client.c:546) by: client_command_input (client.c:595) by: client_handle_input (client.c:636) by: client_input (client.c:691) by: io_loop_handler_run (ioloop-epoll.c:201) by: io_loop_run (ioloop.c:301) by: main (main.c:293)

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