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[Dovecot] [debian] Etch Packages Available for v1.0.10
by Brian T Glenn 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Compiled only for i386 with source package available. deb http://debian.delink.net/ etch-delink main deb-src http://debian.delink.net/ etch-delink main Cheers, - -- Brian T Glenn http://www.delink.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfcGYFy/L+4MovqIRAgJUAJ4/fcaLb/Cyeo8s42EnAOu5MZr4CgCdGgBK 2RuF/zkrGBsQzElZSBJBCaI= =dGHp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Too many open files
by Andrew Hutchings 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hi Guys, Just got this on one of my test72 dovecot servers: - Jun 10 12:40:28 svr21 dovecot: auth(default): net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/auth-worker.18818) failed: Too many open files Jun 10 12:40:28 svr21 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=PLAIN, rip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Jun 10 12:40:28 svr21 dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: method=PLAIN, rip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Jun 10 12:40:28 svr21 dovecot: child 18818 (auth) returned error 89 Jun 10 12:40:29 svr21 dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down Jun 10 12:40:29 svr21 dovecot: auth(default): mysql: Connected to localhost (maildb) Jun 10 12:40:29 svr21 dovecot: auth(default): net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/auth-worker.13784) failed: No such file or directory Jun 10 12:40:29 svr21 dovecot: child 13784 (auth) returned error 89 - Is dovecot leaving files open? Or is it a large mailbox? Regards Andrew -- Andrew Hutchings (A-Wing) Linux Guru - Netserve Consultants Ltd. - http://www.domaincity.co.uk/ Admin - North Wales Linux User Group - http://www.nwlug.org.uk/ BOFH excuse 122: because Bill Gates is a Jehovah's witness and so nothing can work on St. Swithin's day.

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[Dovecot] Switch from courier to dovecot
by Richard G Riley 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

I have an courier IMAP server running. To get sib dirs working I had to rename them all to begin with a period ".". e.g Maildir Maildir/{cur,new,tmp} Maildir/.account1/{cur,new,tmp} Maildir/.account2/{cur,new,tmp} Maildir/.account3/{cur,new,tmp} etc If I uninstall Courier and install dovecot, will these "period" dirs be seen by default? I am fairly new to this and sometimes it seems that Maildir format requirements vary a lot depending on client or server. Thank you for your help.

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Re: [Dovecot] Per user mailbox quota
by Ranjith Kumar 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

I have read the links and where can I mention these extra fields (in /etc/passwd file??). Thanks BAT Message: 2 Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:47:05 +0100 From: Luuk <dovecot(a)vosslamber.nl> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Per user mailbox quota To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Message-ID: <1199893625.5147.0.camel(a)opensuse.vosslamber.nl> Content-Type: text/plain On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 19:19 +0530, Ranjith Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > How do I setup per user mailbox quota? I am using /etc/passwd database. > > Thanks > BAT > >read this: >http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota >and this: >http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields >and you should know, how to do this.... greetings, Luuk

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[Dovecot] Too many open files
by Harrison Metzger 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hello, I have dovecot installed and it works for about 3 hours then I get this error (in /var/log/maillog): Jan 8 08:42:53 stu dovecot: auth(default): pam(grossmsm,69.131.100.47): pipe() failed: Too many open files I set pam_limits.so to allow the user 'dovecot' to have 8192 open files, and I also changed: login_process_size = 512 However, it still wont work for more than a few hours. When I run: lsof -p `ps -o pid= -C dovecot-auth` I get: [...] dovecot-a 1385 root 248u sock 0,5 374241289 can't identify protocol dovecot-a 1385 root 249u sock 0,5 374241391 can't identify protocol dovecot-a 1385 root 250u sock 0,5 374243642 can't identify protocol dovecot-a 1385 root 251u sock 0,5 374241701 can't identify protocol [...] And the number followed by a u keeps growing. As of writing this email that number is now at 274u. Is dovecot not closing its fd's or something? Harrison Metzger

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[Dovecot] OT: ctimes
by Jeff Grossman 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

I am going to convert my 32-bit Debian system to a 64-bit Debian system today. But, after I move my maildir files over to the new hard drive the ctimes are going to get modified to current time and mess up my automatic purge scripts for the Deleted Items folders. Is it possible for me to either keep the existing ctimes or is it possible for me to modify the ctimes to the date headers of the emails after I move the files? Thanks, Jeff

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[Dovecot] Dovecot indexing questions
by Asheesh Laroia 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

I was playing with Dovecot 1.1 full text indexing through Squat in late October, which was working pretty well. I wanted to ask about this behavior I had: When an email arrives in INBOX using procmail (which delivers to my Maildirs), and I see it in Dovecot, when I next do a search (IMAP SEARCH TEXT) of that folder, the search takes a long time. Successive searches are lickety-split. My question is: Can there be an option to "index greedily"? As soon as Dovecot sees the message, I'd like it to update the Squat index. That way, searches are always fast. I guess this implies a small performance hit - namely, that my IMAP server spends CPU and disk time indexing every message at the first time it is seen rather than being able to do batch indexing each time SEARCH TEXT is issued. But when I think about that, that sounds like the server can waste its time so I don't waste mine - which is exactly why I like these computing machines! (That, and because I can waste my time programming them.) -- Asheesh. -- Use extra care when cleaning on stairs.

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[Dovecot] Logging to stderr
by Abhijit Hoskeri 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hi, I am having a bit of a problem with logging to stderr. I am trying to run dovecot as sort of "inetd" install using daemontools. I have daemontools 'services' named dovecot-pop3, dovecot-imap, etc. The service command line looks like tcpsvd -c20 -v -l 0 0 110 /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login [--ssl] In dovecot/dovecot.conf, the log_path is set to /dev/stderr. What seems to be happening is that all the log lines (regardless of service) go to the log file of which ever service was first used. Exactly how are these logs written? Is it possible to (easily) make the login process write to its own stderr? Thanks, -Abhijit

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[Dovecot] Trash plugin in 1.0.x
by Ralf Hildebrandt 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Does the Trash plugin in 1.0.x log it's dirty deeds somehow? I'd like to see that it works :) -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandt(a)charite.de) plonk(a)charite.de Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.arschkrebs.de Arguing with good advice will result in lack of good advice. -- Victor Duchovni

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[Dovecot] Per user mailbox quota
by Ranjith Kumar 10 Jan '08

10 Jan '08

Hi, How do I setup per user mailbox quota? I am using /etc/passwd database. Thanks BAT

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