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[Dovecot] 2 mysql dbs or 2 types of encryption
by Ken Anderson 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

Just upgrading to 1.0.0 and I'm trying to switch from PAM (using pam-mysql) to a direct mysql query from dovecot, and I've got both md5crypt and crypt passwords in a password db. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/PasswordSchemes seems to indicate that I have to pick 1, but that is per auth-worker, right? So, I created 2 auth workers using 2 dovecot-sql config files specifying different default encryption schemes and it seems to work. Is there any problem with this, other than a small bit of overhead for 2 queries if the first doesn't hit? Thanks, Ken Anderson Pacific.Net

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[Dovecot] minor public folder problem still in v1.0.0
by Mark Nienberg 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

This minor problem still exists in the current version. http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2006-December/018251.html It's my own fault, I kept meaning to test one of the latest versions before the 1.0 release and never got around to it. Oh well, just mentioning it so it stays on the list of things to do. 1.0.0 update from RC15 went smoothly here. Thanks, Mark Nienberg

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[Dovecot] Convert mbox to maildir
by Héctor S. Mendoza O 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

Hello all Ive installed a new Server with dovecot, started using it and had no problems until I noticed that I couldnt create sub-sub-folders on my imap account, Ive read for the past two days info on how to convert and I know now that instead of using mbox I need to user maildir, the issue is now to convert mbox to maildir, on the various searches I did, I found the convert wiki page (http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Convert) followed the instructions there and no luck, I always end up with an error: Eopen(/.temp.chihuahua.intranet.acorporativa.com.mx.21409.1089e702ee50f317) failed: Permission denied Error: imap dump-capability process returned 89 If I remove the line convert_mail = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u it starts correctly but I see no e-mails and no conversion takes place, since its a production server Ive reverted all changes and had to add a line (mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u) to be able to see my e-mails again. Ive tried stopping dovecot, making the changes and trying dovecot n to see the configuration, but with the same results. Any ideas on what Ive been doing wrong? TIA Héctor [root@chihuahua etc]# dovecot --version 1.0.rc15 [root@chihuahua etc]# dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot.conf login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd [root@chihuahua etc]#

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[Dovecot] Wiki language issues
by James Turnbull 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

Hi all It's morning and I haven't had coffee but has anyone else noticed that the Wiki seems to have changed languages from English to Russian in sections? http://wiki.dovecot.org/FrontPage It appears a user has made some edits to a couple of the pages and 'translated' them. Regards James Turnbull -- James Turnbull <james(a)lovedthanlost.net> --- Author of Pro Nagios 2.0 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590596099/) Hardening Linux (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590594444/) --- PGP Key (http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x0C42DF40)

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[Dovecot] Test
by Brian Morrison 14 Apr '07

14 Apr '07

Hi Georgie Just testing! -- Brian Morrison bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud; after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it." GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html

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[Dovecot] 1.0.rc32 released
by Timo Sirainen 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

http://dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.rc32.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/dovecot-1.0.rc32.tar.gz.sig Pretty late for changes if v1.0 is supposed to come out tomorrow, but I can't really leave these LDAP bugs unfixed. They shouldn't anyway break anything, so here's one more day for you people to find out about any bugs. One thing that I'm a bit concerned about is the addition of #define LDAP_DEPRECATED. I know it fixes crashes with OpenLDAP 2.3 + 64bit systems, but I hope it doesn't break compiling with some old versions or non-OpenLDAP libraries.. - LDAP, auth_bind=no: Don't crash if doing non-plaintext ldap passdb lookup for unknown user. This also broke deliver when userdb static was used. - LDAP, auth_bind=yes and userdb ldap: We didn't wait until bind was finished before sending the userdb request, which could have caused problems. - LDAP: Don't break when compiling with OpenLDAP v2.3 library - Convert plugin: Don't create "maildirfolder" file to Maildir root.

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[Dovecot] upgrading from 1.0 to 1.1
by Daniel 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hi! I've been using 1.0 cvs always. Now that 1.0 is final, I would like to continue testing the future dovecot, and thought I'd ask if there is anything I must be aware of, if I'm trying to upgrade to 1.1 cvs. Thanks! Daniel

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[Dovecot] dovecot + ima
by aza zel 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

hi... ¿dovecot uses imap4? can anybody explain diferences between imap4 and imap. -- Salu2 ;)

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[Dovecot] dovecot forward multipart problem
by Samuel HAMEAU 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hi, I experience problems everytime i forward a mail (basically, when forwarding an email containing an attachement). I'm using thunderbird (it does the same with outlook clients) with the forward parameter "as attachement" instead of "inline". (Using the inline parameters works fine). When i forward a mail with attachements (eg a jpeg file), the attachements file is displayed in base64 instead, and is impossible to detach/save. I'm using dovecot 1.0.rc22-1 (debian package) on debian etch, x86 SMP box with maildir format on a ext3 partition. I'm using postfix currently 2.3.4-3, i have tried different version of dovecot (from rc16 i think) and postfix (from 2.2.?) and i suspect the deliver to be the origin of the problem. I think it is the same problem than here http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2006-July/014786.html , my "From" headers are badly duplicated. Could this be fixed before the dovecot 1.0 release ? Regards, Samuel HAMEAU

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[Dovecot] LDA sieve plugin [patch]
by Uldis Pakuls 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Hi all. I spent some time testing Dovecot's LDA sieve plugin and found problem with "notify" method. In fact it always returns "generic sieve error"... and thus produces bounce messages like this: ----- Your message was automatically rejected by Dovecot Mail Delivery Agent. The following reason was given: Unknown error ---- Deliver logs error: "generic sieve error", but otherwise server reports "notify" method as supported. The problem is: original code was taken from curys sieve and requires "notifyd", as sieve runs 'chrooted' and can't access external binaries like "sendmail". communications with notifyd is done via socket. Thus I wrote pacth, which ads "notify" functionality to dovecot's sieve plugin, at less "notify:mailto" method. cyrus originally contains null, log and zephyr methods. null and log is useless with dovecot, zephur is cyrus specific... RFC docs says there is 3 available methods SMS, XMPP and MAILTO: ------ method can be an SMS URI [SMS-URI <http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-ietf-sieve-notify/#ref-SMS-URI>] containing a phone number, or an XMPP [XMPP <http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-ietf-sieve-notify/#ref-XMPP>] URI containing an XMPP identifier [XMPP-URI <http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-ietf-sieve-notify/#ref-XMPP-URI>] The supported URI values will be site-specific, but support for the [MailTo <http://ietfreport.isoc.org/idref/draft-ietf-sieve-notify/#ref-MailTo>] method is REQUIRED in order to insure interoperability. If a URI schema is specified that the implementation does not support, the notification MUST cause an error condition. Sieve scripts can check the supported methods using the "valid_notify_method" test to be sure that they only use supported ones, to avoid such error conditions. ------ as SMS-URI and XMPP methods are not included in cyrus sieve version, they are not available in dovecots plugin too. [any ideas, sample code how to implement them?] BUT... WARNING All this will not work if you have "mail_chroot" setting enabled in dovecot.conf; chrooted process can't access required external binaries. DOT USE THIS PLUGIN WITH "mail_chroot" SENTIG ENABLED! Actualy it is not sieve plugin problem only - its LDA problem... it can't send bonce messages, do forwards etc. Question to Timo: Do You have ideas how to fix it? My be disable chroting for LDA at all? or do it "cyrus way" - move all calls to external binaries to sepreate, non chrooted process? For delivery agent it is requred to be able send bounces and notifications... do forwards. Uldis

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