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[Dovecot] sa learning from an imap spam folder
by Zbigniew Szalbot 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hello, I am sorry if I am writing to a wrong list because honestly I do not know where to write but I would like to be able to set up sa-learn via cron to learn from spam folder of a particular email account (via IMAP). Can anyone share how to do it? Is dovecot involved in it? I am using: Exim 4.69 Dovecot 1.0.10 p5-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.1 Thanks a lot for helping. Zbigniew Szalbot

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[Dovecot] Load average on machine 400+
by Patrick 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hi all, Over the past week our mail server which NFS mounts the /home directory for mail has been experiencing major load issues. When doing a 'top', it appeared that slapd was the culprit (we use LDAP for authentication), but after upgrading the system and updating ldap, the cpu usage for LDAP has gone down, but the load average as not. I'm using Maildir. Everything from /home is NFS mounted, and the structure looks like this: /home/USERNAME/Maildir We're doing about 300 email messages a minute right now to that server, which isn't that much. I'm at a loss of words right now as I do not know where to troubleshoot from here. I've come up with the following questions: 1) I've noticed that some of our users have 500mb Maildir folders some even have 3gb+ - would this cause the CPU to have such a high load? 2) Currently on the box there is about 120 POP3 connections and 40 IMAP connections. Could this be the issue? 3) When I first set up this server, I appended INDEX=MEMORY to the end of the mail_location line. Should I remove this? I wanted to either remove it or put it on the local machine to speed things up. Here is my config: ##################### protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen = * disable_plaintext_auth = no log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/xyz.com/xyz.com.crt ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/xyz.com/xyz.com.key login_dir = /var/run/dovecot-login login_user = dovecot login_process_size = 64 login_process_per_connection = yes login_max_processes_count = 128 login_max_connections = 256 mail_location = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY mmap_disable = yes fsync_disable = yes first_valid_uid = 200 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = outlook-idle delay-newmail } protocol pop3 { pop3_no_flag_updates = no pop3_lock_session = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds = } protocol lda { fsync_disable = no postmaster_address = postmaster(a)xyz.com hostname = mail.xyz.com } auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes auth_worker_max_count = 30 auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { args = blocking=yes } userdb passwd { } user = dovecot-auth socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } dict { } plugin { } ##################### Again, this only happened within the past 1-2 weeks. How can I fix? Thanks in advance! Patrick

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot/SeLinux issues after RHEL5.1 upgrade
by Ion Soltan 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Thanks to Marius, I've got this problem fixed! I don't know how or why, but selinux directory contexts have been altered during the update for everyone else on the system except myself (what makes it odd is that my user has the same group and permissions as everyone else). So what did the trick was to apply: chcon -t user_home_dir_t to each user's home, mail, .imap and INBOX directories. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction, Marius! Ion ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marius ROMAN" <marius.roman(a)gmail.com> To: "Ion Soltan" <webmaster(a)forlangs.net> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:05 PM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot/SeLinux issues after RHEL5.1 upgrade > On Jan 28, 2008 9:33 PM, Ion Soltan <webmaster(a)forlangs.net> wrote: >> Marius, >> >> I do run the targeted policy. Are you suggesting a reinstall of the RPM? >> >> Thank you, >> Ion >> > > Nope. > Read http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2007-January/018989.html > maybe you have the same or related problem. > If this helps post your solution to the list. > > -- > Marius

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[Dovecot] Messages not moved from Inbox by Apple Mail (Dovecot 1.0.10)
by Tom Collins 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

I just upgraded a server from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot, and I'm seeing some odd behavior. It's probably the result of something I did wrong in my configuration, and I'm hoping someone will let me know the easy fix for it. I have rules set up in Apple Mail to move and copy messages to different folders, some of which are IMAP folders, others on my own system. With Courier-IMAP, the messages would get moved without a problem. With dovecot, that's not happening. Here's my dovecot config. I've tried changing maildir_copy_with_hardlinks and maildir_copy_preserve_filename to "no", but that didn't seem to help. # 1.0.10: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 89 last_valid_uid: 89 first_valid_gid: 89 last_valid_gid: 89 maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes namespace: type: private prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 username_chars: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@% username_translation: %@ passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail plugin: quota: maildir I haven't tried logging the IMAP session yet, but I can turn off SSL, fire up Wireshark and monitor the session if necessary. Is this a known problem? I'm able to move messages between folders manually, but when Apple Mail moves the new messages it doesn't work. -- Tom Collins - tom(a)tomlogic.com Vpopmail - virtual domains for qmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ QmailAdmin - web interface for Vpopmail: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/

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[Dovecot] Dovecot/SeLinux issues after RHEL5.1 upgrade
by Ion Soltan 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Hello to everyone on the list, I have upgraded my RHEL4 to RHEL5.1 yesterday (all updates have been applied to it as well). I used to have dovecot v0.99.11 on the old system. Everything was working fine. Now I have 5.1 and its respective dovecot v1.0.rc15. Upon upgrading to RHEL5.1, dovecot no longer works correctly. The first thing I did after rewriting the config file for the updated version, was to check my own email. It works fine. However, no other user on the system can check his/hers. Here is what the log shows for everyone except myself: ============================ Jan 27 13:56:41 warp dovecot: POP3(jj): open() failed with file /home/jj/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log: Permission denied Jan 27 13:56:41 warp dovecot: POP3(jj): open() failed with file /home/jj/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log: Permission denied Jan 27 13:56:41 warp dovecot: POP3(jj): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-01-27 13:56:41] ============================ There are NO complaints reported by selinux in the logs. If I setenforce 0 (disable selinux), everything is working fine for everyone. If I disable selinux monitoring on dovecot (setsebool dovecot_disable_trans 1), nothing changes, which makes me think that something else is causing the problem. I do very much want to use selinux, however, I cannot figure out what the problem is and I have been trying for many hours. Can anyone help? Thanks, Ion

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[Dovecot] dovecot servers hanging with fuse/glusterfs errors
by Jordi Moles 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

hi. i've got a clustered mail system with glusterfs and some postfix, squirrelmail and dovecot machines sharing the same storage system through glusterfs. each server has only postfix or squirrel or dovecot installed on it. The thing is... dovecot servers hang very often and the last thing they always log is this: ************* login: Unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000100108 RIP: [<ffffffff88020838>] :fuse:request_end+0x45/0x109 PGD 1f729067 PUD 1faae067 PMD 0 Oops: 0002 [1] SMP CPU 0 Modules linked in: ipv6 fuse dm_snapshot dm_mirror dm_mod Pid: 678, comm: glusterfs Not tainted 2.6.18-xen #1 RIP: e030:[<ffffffff88020838>] [<ffffffff88020838>] :fuse:request_end+0x45/0x109 RSP: e02b:ffff88001f04dd68 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000200200 RBX: ffff88001db9fa58 RCX: ffff88001db9fa68 RDX: 0000000000100100 RSI: ffff88001db9fa58 RDI: ffff88001f676400 RBP: ffff88001f676400 R08: 00000000204abb00 R09: ffff88001db9fb58 R10: 0000000000000008 R11: ffff88001f04dcf0 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff88001db9fa90 R14: ffff88001f04ddf8 R15: 0000000000000001 FS: 00002b29187c53b0(0000) GS:ffffffff804cd000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: e033 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 Process glusterfs (pid: 678, threadinfo ffff88001f04c000, task ffff88001fc5a860) Stack: ffff88001db9fa58 ffff88001f676400 00000000fffffffe ffffffff88021056 ffff88001f04def8 000000301f04de88 ffffffff8020dd40 ffff88001f04ddb8 ffffffff80225ca3 ffff88001de23500 ffffffff803ef023 ffff88001f04de98 Call Trace: [<ffffffff88021056>] :fuse:fuse_dev_readv+0x385/0x435 [<ffffffff8020dd40>] monotonic_clock+0x35/0x7d [<ffffffff80225ca3>] deactivate_task+0x1d/0x28 [<ffffffff803ef023>] thread_return+0x0/0x120 [<ffffffff802801d3>] do_readv_writev+0x271/0x294 [<ffffffff802274c7>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe [<ffffffff803f0976>] __down_read+0x12/0xec [<ffffffff88021120>] :fuse:fuse_dev_read+0x1a/0x1f [<ffffffff802804bc>] vfs_read+0xcb/0x171 [<ffffffff802274c7>] default_wake_function+0x0/0xe [<ffffffff8028089b>] sys_read+0x45/0x6e [<ffffffff8020a436>] system_call+0x86/0x8b [<ffffffff8020a3b0>] system_call+0x0/0x8b Code: 48 89 42 08 48 89 10 48 c7 41 08 00 02 20 00 f6 46 30 08 48 RIP [<ffffffff88020838>] :fuse:request_end+0x45/0x109 RSP <ffff88001f04dd68> CR2: 0000000000100108 dovecot01gluster01 kernel: Oops: 0002 [1] SMP dovecot01gluster01 kernel: CR2: 0000000000100108 <3>BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! Call Trace: <IRQ> [<ffffffff80257f78>] softlockup_tick+0xd8/0xea [<ffffffff8020f110>] timer_interrupt+0x3a9/0x405 [<ffffffff80258264>] handle_IRQ_event+0x4e/0x96 [<ffffffff80258350>] __do_IRQ+0xa4/0x105 [<ffffffff8020b0e8>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x28 [<ffffffff8020cecb>] do_IRQ+0x65/0x73 [<ffffffff8034a8c1>] evtchn_do_upcall+0xac/0x12d [<ffffffff8020ac1e>] do_hypervisor_callback+0x1e/0x2c <EOI> [<ffffffff802d6f56>] dummy_inode_permission+0x0/0x3 [<ffffffff8028c9b8>] do_lookup+0x63/0x173 [<ffffffff803f1232>] .text.lock.spinlock+0x0/0x8a [<ffffffff8802144c>] :fuse:request_send+0x1b/0x2a8 [<ffffffff8028f0d6>] __link_path_walk+0xdf2/0xf3c [<ffffffff80261275>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x8a/0x28f [<ffffffff8802249f>] :fuse:fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x94/0x120 [<ffffffff80299838>] mntput_no_expire+0x19/0x8b [<ffffffff8028f2f3>] link_path_walk+0xd3/0xe5 [<ffffffff8029571e>] __d_lookup+0xb0/0xff [<ffffffff8028ca92>] do_lookup+0x13d/0x173 [<ffffffff8028e687>] __link_path_walk+0x3a3/0xf3c [<ffffffff8028f27c>] link_path_walk+0x5c/0xe5 [<ffffffff80219b90>] do_page_fault+0xee9/0x1215 [<ffffffff8027e38d>] fd_install+0x25/0x5f [<ffffffff8025daac>] filemap_nopage+0x188/0x324 [<ffffffff8028f6df>] do_path_lookup+0x270/0x2ec [<ffffffff8028e0c6>] getname+0x15b/0x1c1 [<ffffffff8028ff52>] __user_walk_fd+0x37/0x4c [<ffffffff80288883>] vfs_stat_fd+0x1b/0x4a [<ffffffff80219b90>] do_page_fault+0xee9/0x1215 [<ffffffff8027e38d>] fd_install+0x25/0x5f [<ffffffff80239287>] do_sigaction+0x7a/0x1f3 [<ffffffff80288a4e>] sys_newstat+0x19/0x31 [<ffffffff80239495>] sys_rt_sigaction+0x59/0x98 [<ffffffff8020ab73>] error_exit+0x0/0x71 [<ffffffff8020a436>] system_call+0x86/0x8b [<ffffffff8020a3b0>] system_call+0x0/0x8b ************* these are basic debian etch brand new set ups, they have nothing else than dovecot and glusterfs-client installed on them. The thing is all machines i've got have the very same version of glusterfs-client, but only the dovecot ones hang. Do you have any idea? Thank you.

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[Dovecot] dbox
by Evaggelos Balaskas 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I am trying to create a user with dbox format. i get this error: dovecot: Jan 28 13:45:34 Error: IMAP(ebal2): Mail storage creation failed with mail_location: dbox:/var/mail/folders/testuser dovecot: Jan 28 13:45:34 Error: child 5336 (imap) returned error 89 my conf has this entry: mail_location: dbox:/var/mail/folders/%u dovecot 1.0.10 any ideas? - -- Evaggelos Balaskas - http://ebalaskas.gr Unix System Engineer Informatics Engineer Technological Education -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHncCfWIK+Pe9twhoRAsqJAKCD1Ctf0Tz+2uU5LpLsrmXyNQTg9gCeO/C3 6AzUw9JG3gMwq0cPwiUDmps= =Q/0q -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Plugin Trash
by Sebastien Andreatta 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Hello, I have a problem with the trash plugin. i'm not English, but if i ave understand this http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Trash , if a mailbox is full (90% for example) and i want to delete a mail, the plugin delete a mail in mailbox specified in a file ... I have this : dovecot.conf : protocol imap { [.....] mail_plugins = quota imap_quota trash } plugin { trash = /etc/dovecot-trash.conf } And in dovecot-trash.conf : # Spam mailbox is emptied before Trash 1 Spam # Trash mailbox is emptied before Sent 2 Trash # If both Sent and "Sent Messages" mailboxes exist, the next oldest message # to be deleted is looked up from both of the mailboxes. 3 Sent 3 Sent Messages I have 3 mail in a 20Mb mailbox : 2 in Mailbox (5.1mb both) 1 in Trash (6.2Mb) When i try to delete a mail from my mailbox i have a error and i only see this in maillog : Jan 28 15:49:37 soez dovecot: child 28398 (imap) killed with signal 11 Thanks for your help !! Number :-) _________________________________________________________________ Envoyez vos voeux de façon originale grâce aux nombreuses solutions de Windows Live ! http://get.live.com

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[Dovecot] Shared mailboxes
by Wouter Amsterdam 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

L.S. It is not clear to me why I should use namespaces or symlinks to share a single maildir mailbox with multiple users. Why not configure multiple mail clients with the same account information? TIA, Wouter

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[Dovecot] Howto set mail_location for system users over LDAP?
by Patrick Ben Koetter 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

In parallel to /etc/passwd I do have my system users in LDAP. I want to store their messages in /srv/mail/state-of-mind/<username>. Dovecot has been configured to retrieve the extra field mail to override the mail_location setting. I can see in the log it retrieves the correct information as long as I run Dovecot deliver as Postfix service 'dovecot' as shown in section "Virtual users" <http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix>. However if I use deliver as specified for "System users" it ignores the LDAP settings and delivers messages to my users $HOME directory as specified in /etc/passwd. Is this correct behaviour? What do I need to do to use the Postfix $mailbox_command _and_ have Dovecot deliver honor my LDAP settings? TIA, p@rick -- state of mind Agentur für Kommunikation, Design und Softwareentwicklung Patrick Koetter Tel: 089 45227227 Echinger Strasse 3 Fax: 089 45227226 85386 Eching Web: http://www.state-of-mind.de Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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