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[Dovecot] Dovecot + Cygwin the 2nd
by Ronny 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Hi, i still try to get dovecot to run under cygwin. After a post on the cygwin list i am able tu run dovecot. Under Cygwin you have to run dovecot by inetd. Starting the binary "dovecot.exe" does not work. Well the server is running but answers with a fatal error. Account: 'localhost', Server: 'localhost', Protokoll: POP3, Serveranswer: 'Fatal: EOF while reading environment from master', Port: 110, Secure (SSL): No, error on server: 0x800CCC90, Fehlernummer: 0x800CCC90 This error is from Outlook, Thunderbird just says there is an error without any error message. So maybe you can help me to bring my story to a hapy end ;-) Cheers Ronny

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[Dovecot] cache files corruption
by Dmitry Pryadko 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Here what one of my users sometimes gets in logs when using IMAP: dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Disconnected in IDLE dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Maildir /usr/local/mail/pawlin.mass.hc.ru/skribtsov/Maildir sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox (59 > 16, file = 1198267793.H747026P68033.mail5.hc.ru:2,RS) dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Disconnected: Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Maildir /usr/local/mail/pawlin.mass.hc.ru/skribtsov/Maildir sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox (59 > 16, file = 1198267793.H747026P68033.mail5.hc.ru:2,RS) dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Disconnected: Mailbox is in inconsistent state, please relogin. dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Corrupted transaction log file /usr/local/mail/pawlin.mass.hc.ru/skribtsov/Maildir/dovecot.index.log.2: invalid indexid (1198254020 != 1198498301) dovecot: IMAP(skribtsov(a)pawlin.mass.hc.ru): Corrupted index cache file /usr/local/mail/pawlin.mass.hc.ru/skribtsov/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: indexid changed After that, some messages could "disappear" from messages list. And then maybe "appear" again. When I delete dovecot.* files, all goes ok. I use NFS storage. BTW, it seems like this problem exists only when working with M$ Outlook :) # 1.0.5: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf syslog_facility: local7 protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/mail5.hc.ru.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/mail5.hc.ru.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Mail server ready. login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_max_processes_count: 256 max_mail_processes: 2048 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 90 last_valid_uid: 65000 first_valid_gid: 90 last_valid_gid: 90 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mmap_disable: yes lock_method: dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format(default): pop3_uidl_format(imap): pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login cram-md5 verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes worker_max_count: 150 passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vexim plugin: quota: maildir -- Dmitry Pryadko http://www.hc.ru

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[Dovecot] per user quota
by Massimo Maioli 28 Dec '07

28 Dec '07

Hi, i've tryed to setup per user quota with postfix/dovecot, but without luck. My configuration is: postfix 2.3.8 with virtualdomain on mysql (http://workaround.org tutorial) dovecot 1.0.9 IMAP/PO3 OK on dovecot config, i've made the changes for the quota plugin, i've setup the gereral quota at 20MB, with this configuration: quota = maildir:storage=20480:messages=1000 it works very well, from telnet connection and squirrelmail, i see the right % of quota used. My problem is the per user quota, if i want give some user, more or minus space, i'm not able to do this. I've added a quota field to the mysql that read dovecot, but i don't know ho to read this in dovecot-mysql.conf. Someone can help me? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Audit log?
by Bjørn T Johansen 26 Dec '07

26 Dec '07

Where can I found the log that dovecot writes if a user fails to log in? I am authenticating agains an sql db, but I can't find where dovecot logs this, if it does? Regards, BTJ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bjørn T Johansen btj(a)havleik.no ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Someone wrote: "I understand that if you play a Windows CD backwards you hear strange Satanic messages" To which someone replied: "It's even worse than that; play it forwards and it installs Windows" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] v1.1.beta12 released
by Timo Sirainen 25 Dec '07

25 Dec '07

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/beta/dovecot-1.1.beta12.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/beta/dovecot-1.1.beta12.tar.gz.sig Still not a release candidate, maybe the next one.. This release fixes a lot of bugs and adds some new sanity checks. Fixes quite a lot of mbox problems. v1.1.beta11 (no other versions) had a potential security hole where memory was free()d multiple times. \Recent flags should work perfectly now with mbox. Still somewhat broken with maildir.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Log control=
by Evaggelos Balaskas 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, i use dovecot-1.0.9 + sieve plugin 1.0.2 pop3 - imap, virtual users from file with MD5-CRYPT some with maildir some with mbox, spamassasin + sieve filter per user, etc - etc and everything are simple perfect. The only real question i have is this: in the logs when the dovect LDA deliver a mail to a maildir account is something control= What exactly is this ? deliver(ebalaskas): Dec 14 23:32:35 Info: maildir: root=/var/mail/folders/ebalaskas, index=/var/mail/index/ebalaskas, control=, inbox= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHYvb0WIK+Pe9twhoRAnyVAKCKHsvi7DJ01uYnAQvbeLNh85HBoQCgxtSp Sm9WetpSQMJsiyp0wAkReOQ= =k0f0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Brute Force Blocking?
by Ben Cadieux 24 Dec '07

24 Dec '07

Hi Everyone, Before I begin, I'd just like to mention: I love dovecot. Thank you :) Anyway, today I had 8000 login attempts to my dovecot server in an hour before blocking the IP with my firewall. After googling, I didn't see very much discussion on the topic. There was some mention of blocksshd which was supposed to support dovecot in the next release (but doesn't appear to) and also fail2ban. While a script that parses logfiles will work, I'm not sure that this is the best way to go about handling repeated authentication failure. Would it not be best built into dovecot? Are there any plans for this? Best Regards, Ben Cadieux

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[Dovecot] Compact all maildirs with dovecot-1.0.9?
by Jeff Kowalczyk 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

I'm running dovecot-1.0.9 on Gentoo Linux. I recently observed a large increase in disk usage on this dedicated mailserver. I attribute it to high spam traffic and/or large attachments for legit email retained on the server. How can I run a command equivalent to an IMAP client's 'Compact Folder' on the entire tree of maildirs under each /home/(user)? Thanks.

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Re: [Dovecot] namespace problem / 1.1beta11
by ja nein 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

yep, originally I want Dovecot to behave exactly the same like our Cyrus environment regarding namespaces, in preparation of a migration :) The first login shows Dovecot output, second show Cyrus, for comparison... Regards, Sebastian ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ---- Von: Charles Marcus <CMarcus(a)Media-Brokers.com> An: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Gesendet: Samstag, den 22. Dezember 2007, 16:24:00 Uhr Betreff: Re: [Dovecot] namespace problem / 1.1beta11 On 12/22/2007, ja nein (reg9009(a)yahoo.de) wrote: > AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=NTLM AUTH=SRP AUTH=OTP AUTH=PASSDSS-3DES-1 > SASL-IR] Cyrus IMAP4 v2.3.8 server ready Cyrus?? -- Best regards, Charles __________________________________ Ihr erstes Baby? Holen Sie sich Tipps von anderen Eltern. www.yahoo.de/clever

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Re: [Dovecot] v1.1.beta12 deliver crashes (arvids) Ditto!
by Jerry Yeager 22 Dec '07

22 Dec '07

On Dec 22, 2007, at 5:00 AM, dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org wrote: (stuff cut out) > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:12:30 +0200 > From: arvids <arvids(a)mpe.lv> > Subject: [Dovecot] v1.1.beta12 deliver crashes > To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> > Message-ID: <200712221112.30760.arvids(a)mpe.lv> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello, > > v1.1.beta12 deliver crashes: > > Dec 22 11:05:29 iserver deliver(tests2): file index-mail.c: line > 1042 (index_mail_close): assertion failed: (!mail- > >data.destroying_stream) > Dec 22 11:05:29 iserver deliver(tests2): Raw backtrace: /usr/local/ > dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_syslog_fatal_handler+0x2c) > [0x80baa8c] -> /usr/local/do > vecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80ba88b] -> /usr/local/dovecot/ > libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80852e1] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/ > dovecot/deliver(index_mail > _free+0xe) [0x8085f5e] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/ > deliver(mail_free+0x10) [0x80a9b70] -> /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/ > dovecot/deliver(main+0xfce) [ > 0x805a9be] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7e69df8] - > > /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x8058a51] > more stuff cut out > > Regards, Arvids > > > ------------------------------ > I am getting essentially the same type of error, except that the message actually is delivered along with a receipt to the sender that it was not able to be delivered. Dec 22 11:33:57 mac-g5 deliver(jerry(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org) [28416]: msgid=<B865E78F-83BB-4B46-864C-44EEC1BC01AF(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org >: saved mail to INBOX Dec 22 11:33:57 mac-g5 deliver(jerry(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org) [28416]: file index-mail.c: line 1042 (index_mail_close): assertion failed: (!mail->data.destroying_stream) Dec 22 11:33:57 mac-g5 deliver(testuser(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org) [28417]: auth input: testuser(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org Dec 22 11:33:57 mac-g5 deliver(jerry(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org) [28416]: Raw backtrace: 2 deliver 0x00000000000c8ae4 i_syslog_fatal_handler + 124 -> 3 deliver 0x00000000000c8598 i_fatal + 0 -> 4 deliver 0x0000000000057f5c index_mail_close + 264 -> 5 deliver 0x0000000000058958 index_mail_free + 68 -> 6 deliver 0x00000000000a406c mail_free + 68 - > 7 deliver 0x00000000000055d8 main + 4344 -> 8 deliver 0x00000000000010d0 start + 68 Dec 22 11:33:58 mac-g5 postfix/pipe[28415]: 251EE4D094C: to=<jerry(a)scene-naturally.dyndns.org >, relay=dovecot, delay=0.38, delays=0.02/0.04/0/0.32, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/local/libexec/ dovecot/deliver") Dec 22 11:33:58 jerry-yeagers-power-mac-g5 postfix/qmgr[67]: 251EE4D094C: removed Switching to using the Postfix deliver works and it seems everything else in the new beta 12, so far, is fine. Running on OS X 10.5.1 Jerry

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