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[Dovecot] 1.0 beta 9 problems
by Peter Chiu 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

Two problems with this new beta not found in beta 8. 1. mbox_from_create error This is the configure string I use, and I paste the make error message below. I have to use "--with-storages=maildir,mbox" to get around the error. ./configure \ --prefix=/opt1/dovecot \ --localstatedir=/var \ --without-shadow \ --without-cyrus-sasl2 \ --without-pop3d \ --without-gssapi \ --disable-ipv6 \ --disable-debug \ --with-storages=maildir \ --with-ssl=openssl mkdir .libs gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -o deliver auth-client.o deliver.o duplicate.o mail-send.o smtp-client.o ../lib/mountpoint.o ../lib/str-sanitize.o -Wl,--export-dynamic ../lib-storage/register/libstorage-register.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/maildir/libstorage_maildir.a ../../src/lib-storage/index/libstorage_index.a ../../src/lib-index/libindex.a ../lib-storage/libstorage.a ../lib-storage/subscription-file/libstorage_subscription_file.a ../lib-imap/libimap.a ../lib-mail/libmail.a ../lib-dict/libdict.a ../lib-charset/libcharset.a ../lib/liblib.a deliver.o(.text+0xa28): In function `main': /opt1/source/dovecot-1.0.beta9/src/deliver/deliver.c:301: undefined reference to `mbox_from_create' *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.0.beta9/src/deliver. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.0.beta9/src. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.0.beta9. *** Error code 1 Stop in /opt1/source/dovecot-1.0.beta9. 2. I have to specify the following in the dovecot.conf or server wont start as others have pointed out alreay. protocol imap { ssl_listen = *:993 }

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[Dovecot] APPEND command truncates message
by Chris Rodgers 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

Hi, I have been debugging a small perl script (see ShowBug2) that I use. In doing so, I think that I may have uncovered a problem with the dovecot IMAP server. Attached are two packet traces for connections to two different IMAP servers. On both servers I run the script: i.e. I login, select a folder, search for messages and append a message. On the fvs5 server (Courier IMAP?), everything works as expected. However, on the dovecot server, the message that is saved into my mailbox has been truncated at the end of the line containing "26". I attach a copy of the saved message in MessageAsOnIMAPServer.txt. I hope that this report might be useful. Please let me know if you require any further information. Chris. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] fvs5 IMAP4rev1 2003.339p-cpanel at Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:50:06 +0000 (GMT) 1 Login "*******" {7} + Ready for argument ******* 1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 IDLE NAMESPACE MAILBOX-REFERRALS BINARY UNSELECT SCAN SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND] User Rodgers authenticated 2 SELECT IT-Lilac * 0 EXISTS * NO Trying to get mailbox lock from process 32317 * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1145396966] UID validity status * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen)] Permanent flags 2 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed 3 UID SEARCH HEADER Subject "lilac gpg message" * SEARCH 3 OK UID SEARCH completed 4 APPEND IT-Lilac {717} + Ready for argument >From chris(a)rodgers.org.uk Tue Apr 18 21:49:09 2006 Return-Path: <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Received: from lilac.home (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3IKn8cK004092 for <chris(a)lilac.home>; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Received: (from chris@localhost) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3IKn8Cm004091 for chris; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 From: Chris Rodgers <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Message-Id: <200604182049.k3IKn8Cm004091(a)lilac.home> To: chris(a)lilac.home Subject: test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 * 1 EXISTS * 1 RECENT 4 OK APPEND completed 5 LOGOUT * BYE fvs5.freevirtualservers.com IMAP4rev1 server terminating connection 5 OK LOGOUT completed * OK dovecot ready. 1 Login "*******" {8} + OK ******** 1 OK Logged in. 2 SELECT IT-Lilac * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk Junk) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk Junk \*)] Flags permitted. * 117 EXISTS * 1 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 116] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1136428693] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 344] Predicted next UID 2 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. 3 UID SEARCH HEADER Subject "lilac gpg message" * SEARCH 3 OK Search completed. 4 APPEND IT-Lilac {717} + OK >From chris(a)rodgers.org.uk Tue Apr 18 21:49:09 2006 Return-Path: <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Received: from lilac.home (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3IKn8cK004092 for <chris(a)lilac.home>; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Received: (from chris@localhost) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3IKn8Cm004091 for chris; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 From: Chris Rodgers <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Message-Id: <200604182049.k3IKn8Cm004091(a)lilac.home> To: chris(a)lilac.home Subject: test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 * 118 EXISTS * 2 RECENT 4 OK Append completed. 5 LOGOUT * BYE Logging out 5 OK Logout completed. >From chris(a)rodgers.org.uk Tue Apr 18 21: 49:09 2006 Return-Path: <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Received: from lilac.home (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3IKn8cK004092 for <chris(a)lilac.home>; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Received: (from chris@localhost) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3IKn8Cm004091 for chris; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 From: Chris Rodgers <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Message-Id: <200604182049.k3IKn8Cm004091(a)lilac.home> To: chris(a)lilac.home Subject: test Content-Length: 113 Status: O X-UID: 344 X-Keywords: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 #! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use Mail::IMAPClient; use Term::ReadPassword; # Check that username, password and server have been provided my $Server = "imap.pcl.ox.ac.uk"; my $User = `whoami`; chomp $User; my $Password = read_password('Mail password: '); my $INBOX = "IT-Lilac"; unless ($Server) { die "You must provide a server!"; } unless ($User) { die "You must provide a user!"; } unless ($Password) { die "You must provide a password!"; } print "Connecting to $User\@$Server\n\n"; my $IMAP = Mail::IMAPClient -> new (Server => $Server, User => $User, Password => $Password, Debug => 1) or die "Could not connect to your IMAP server, stopping"; if (!$IMAP->IsAuthenticated()) { die "Could not log in to your IMAP server, stopping"; } $IMAP -> Uid(1); # Use UID's for messages. $IMAP -> select($INBOX); my @msgs = $IMAP -> search("HEADER","Subject","lilac gpg message"); my $MessageBody = <<'EOM'; >From chris(a)rodgers.org.uk Tue Apr 18 21:49:09 2006 Return-Path: <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Received: from lilac.home (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3IKn8cK004092 for <chris(a)lilac.home>; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Received: (from chris@localhost) by lilac.home (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k3IKn8Cm004091 for chris; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:49:08 +0100 From: Chris Rodgers <chris(a)rodgers.org.uk> Message-Id: <200604182049.k3IKn8Cm004091(a)lilac.home> To: chris(a)lilac.home Subject: test 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 EOM print "Length is: {" . length($MessageBody) . "}"; $IMAP -> append("IT-Lilac",$MessageBody); # BUG: For some reason, we lose a bit of the message! print "\n"; $IMAP = $IMAP -> disconnect(); exit;

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[Dovecot] Dovecot's as ip/user based login filter?
by Sysadmin 18 Jun '06

18 Jun '06

Hello. I'm facing a problem, I need to give access to internal mailserer for some people only, but can't figure out how to do it. Opening the 993 port for whole word gives access to everyone who have account. Can Dovecot act as login filter or etc for that purpose. Or does anybody have idea how to do it? -- Sysadmin

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[Dovecot] Dovecot not responding to CAPABILITY command
by Ryan Hinton 17 Jun '06

17 Jun '06

Thank you for the patch, my mail server is up and running again. Now I am back to my previous problem: I am not able to log in with Thunderbird. Thunderbird issues the capability command which is not answered by Dovecot. Here is a session transcript using openssl s_client. * OK Dovecot ready. 1 capability * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond.. 2 CAPABILITY * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond.. quit * OK Waiting for authentication process to respond.. QUIT DONE The first time I tried it worked fine. * OK Dovecot ready. 1 capability * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=PLAIN 1 OK Capability completed. QUIT DONE But every other time I tried it failed like the first example. Any suggestions? --- Ryan Hinton iobass(a)email.com

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[Dovecot] Plugin Docs (Trash)
by Timothy White 17 Jun '06

17 Jun '06

I searched, and couldn't find much in the wiki, or the mailing list... What is the trash plugin? How do we use it? I notice that none of the plugins have much documentation, other that bits on the wiki, which is getting out of date. When I get the chance, I'll make sure the wiki quota stuff, is right, and post working examples. Thanks Tim -- Linux Counter user #273956

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[Dovecot] Dovecot+NFS: Copying messages causes failures (possible SIGABRT)
by Tony Kay 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

Environment: Dovecot 1.0beta8 Host: 64 bit Red Hat AS4 Linux (2.6.9-34.0.1) Disks: NFS netapp In the case below, the two connections were going through two separate servers sharing disks via an NFS NetApp. Here is the sequence of operations: 1. Open a connection to a folder (say mail/Trash) 2. Open a connection to another folder (say Inbox) 3. Move messages from Inbox to Trash using this sequence on Inbox: uid copy #,# "mail/Trash" uid store #,# +flags (\Deleted) check expunge 4. Next, access open connection to Trash: noop (completes OK, but does not see new messages) ...wait a few seconds... noop (connection drops...no response) Attempt to reconnect: mailbox locked. Will override in 270 seconds. The dovecot logs contain the following for the exact time when the connection drops: dovecot: IMAP(tkay): file mail-index-sync-update.c: line 686 (mail_index_sync_update_index): assertion failed: (view->hdr.messages_count == map->hdr.messages_count) I cannot correlate this to the user/folder, but this message is usually nearby: child 22915 (imap) killed with signal 6 -- Anthony Kay University Computing Center (541) 346-1719 GPG Fingerprint: B0DB D46A 60AF FAE7 A94A 5075 0CB4 4D88 9F4F 7F09 Perfection uncanned Like a beautiful redhead Fresh from her trailer from Spam-Ku : Tranquil Reflections on Luncheon Loaf by John Cho

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[Dovecot] check pass; user unknown in logs
by james edwards 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

I am seeing lots of these in my logs and there are often a hundered or so imap/dovecat process running. I am running RC Core3. Can anyone shead some light on how to correct this ? Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27653]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27653]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27657]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27657]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27658]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:24 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27658]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:26 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27684]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:26 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27684]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:27 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27690]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:27 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27690]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:27 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27693]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:27 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27693]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:29 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27712]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:29 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27712]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:30 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27713]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:30 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27713]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= Jun 16 08:38:30 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27716]: check pass; user unknown Jun 16 08:38:30 jidmail dovecot(pam_unix)[27716]: authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost= -- James H. Edwards Network Systems Administrator Judicial Information Division jedwards(a)nmcourts.com

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[Dovecot] Problem with Dovecot LDA / Postfix
by Dominique Feyer 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

Our setup is ok with Postfix / Dovecot. I just need to add dovecot LDA. I use the 1.0beta9 LDA Configuration: protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)clm.net4all.ch #hostname = #mail_plugins = #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap #sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master } auth default-socket { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf } userdb sql { args = /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta8/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0660 user = vmail group = mail } } user = dovecot count = 1 } Postfix configuration, like the dovecot LDA wiki page Master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} Main.cf default_destination_recipient_limit = 1 Log: Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 postfix/qmgr[4226]: 31FA27FF2: from=<root(a)localhost.localdomain>, size=343, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): master in: USER^I1^Iinfo(a)lda.net4all.ch^Iservice=deliver Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): sql(info(a)lda.net4all.ch): SELECT '/var/spool/mail/'||home AS home, uid, gid FROM users WHERE userid = 'info(a)lda.net4all.ch' Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): master out: USER^I1^Iinfo@lda.net4all.ch^Ihome=/var/spool/mail/lda.net4all.ch/mails/info^Iuid=1999^Igid=1999 Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 postfix/pipe[4314]: 31FA27FF2: to=<info(a)lda.net4all.ch>, relay=dovecot, delay=0, status=bounced (Command died with status 89: "/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver") The status 89 is for default error ... so no more informations with this. Permision on deliver is setuid (we use a different UID per domain) mail2:/etc/dovecot# stat /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver File: `/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver' Size: 2507575 Blocks: 4912 IO Block: 4096 fichier r�gulier Device: 805h/2053d Inode: 65010 Links: 1 Access: (6755/-rwsr-sr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2006-06-15 19:15:43.314434576 +0200 Modify: 2006-06-15 13:46:15.000000000 +0200 Change: 2006-06-15 19:18:32.821665560 +0200 Can anyone help me ? Thanks, -- Dominique Feyer Administrateur Système Ch. de la Colline 5bis CH-1007 Lausanne dfeyer(a)net4all.ch

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Re: [Dovecot] Problem with Dovecot LDA / Postfix
by Dominique Feyer 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

I have only postfix log (in syslog mail facility), no dovecot log from the LDA deliver binary (with mail_debug = yes), this is strange ... Jun 16 14:37:58 mail2 postfix/pickup[6014]: 5407F7FF3: uid=0 from=<root> Jun 16 14:37:58 mail2 postfix/cleanup[6073]: 5407F7FF3: message-id=<20060616123758.5407F7FF3(a)mail2.clm.net4all.ch> Jun 16 14:37:58 mail2 postfix/qmgr[6015]: 5407F7FF3: from=<root(a)localhost.localdomain>, size=326, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 16 14:37:58 mail2 postfix/pipe[6076]: 5407F7FF3: to=<info(a)lda.net4all.ch>, relay=dovecot, delay=0, status=bounced (Command died with status 89: "/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver") Can i activate log for the LDA in the configuration file or deliver command argument in master.cf ? Thanks Le vendredi 16 juin 2006 à 08:24 -0400, My BSD a écrit : > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:18:40 +0200 > Dominique Feyer <dfeyer(a)net4all.ch> wrote: > > > Our setup is ok with Postfix / Dovecot. > > > > I just need to add dovecot LDA. > > > > I use the 1.0beta9 > > > > LDA Configuration: > > > > protocol lda { > > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)clm.net4all.ch > > #hostname = > > #mail_plugins = > > #mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > > #sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail > > auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master > > } > > auth default-socket { > > mechanisms = plain login > > passdb sql { > > args = /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf > > } > > userdb sql { > > args = /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta8/etc/dovecot-pgsql.conf > > } > > socket listen { > > master { > > path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master > > mode = 0660 > > user = vmail > > group = mail > > } > > } > > user = dovecot > > count = 1 > > } > > > > Postfix configuration, like the dovecot LDA wiki page > > > > Master.cf: > > dovecot unix - n n - - pipe > > flags=DRhu user=mail:mail > > argv=/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d > > ${recipient} > > > > Main.cf > > default_destination_recipient_limit = 1 > > > > Log: > > > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 postfix/qmgr[4226]: 31FA27FF2: > > from=<root(a)localhost.localdomain>, size=343, nrcpt=1 (queue active) > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): master in: > > USER^I1^Iinfo(a)lda.net4all.ch^Iservice=deliver > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): > > sql(info(a)lda.net4all.ch): SELECT '/var/spool/mail/'||home AS home, > > uid, gid FROM users WHERE userid = 'info(a)lda.net4all.ch' > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): master out: > > USER^I1^Iinfo@lda.net4all.ch^Ihome=/var/spool/mail/lda.net4all.ch/mails/info^Iuid=1999^Igid=1999 > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 dovecot: auth(default-socket): > > Jun 15 19:15:43 mail2 postfix/pipe[4314]: 31FA27FF2: > > to=<info(a)lda.net4all.ch>, relay=dovecot, delay=0, status=bounced > > (Command died with status 89: > > "/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver") > > > > The status 89 is for default error ... so no more informations with > > this. > > > > Permision on deliver is setuid (we use a different UID per domain) > > mail2:/etc/dovecot# > > stat /usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver > > File: `/usr/local/dovecot-1.0-beta9/libexec/dovecot/deliver' > > Size: 2507575 Blocks: 4912 IO Block: 4096 fichier > > r�gulier > > Device: 805h/2053d Inode: 65010 Links: 1 > > Access: (6755/-rwsr-sr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ > > root) Access: 2006-06-15 19:15:43.314434576 +0200 > > Modify: 2006-06-15 13:46:15.000000000 +0200 > > Change: 2006-06-15 19:18:32.821665560 +0200 > > > > Can anyone help me ? Thanks, > > > > -- > > Dominique Feyer > > Administrateur Système > > Ch. de la Colline 5bis > > CH-1007 Lausanne > > dfeyer(a)net4all.ch > > > > > > What are the corresponding "dovecot" log entries? > > (I use exim and was finally able to get "deliver" working by studying > "dovecot" log entries.) > -- Dominique Feyer Administrateur Système Ch. de la Colline 5bis CH-1007 Lausanne dfeyer(a)net4all.ch

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[Dovecot] Broken on upgrade, "Protocol not supported"
by Ryan Hinton 16 Jun '06

16 Jun '06

Hello, and thanks in advance for your help. I was having trouble with dovecot-1.0beta2 after it worked flawlessly since January. Thunderbird was complaining that dovecot was not returning proper mail server capabilities (its log seems to confirm this). I checked the dovecot site and saw a new beta (beta9) with lots of bug fixes, so I downloaded it and installed it. The configure and make ran without incident. Before running 'sudo make install' I stopped the dovecot process with a SIGTERM. I installed and tried to restart the server, but now I get the two following errors: Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported I went back and re-configured without IPv6 support, recompiled, and reinstalled. I even rebooted, but still the same result. Any help is greatly appreciated. I am running OpenBSD 3.5 i386. <time passes...> After some printf's, I found Error: socket() failed: Protocol not supported Error: section 2 port = 993 my_ip.family = 0 so.sin.family = 0 SOCK_STREAM = 1 AF_UNIX = 1 AF_INET = 2 AF_INET6 = 24 Fatal: listen(993) failed: Protocol not supported in function net_listen(...) in src/lib/network.c. My socket programming is a little rusty, but don't we want an address family of AF_INET or AF_INET6? Moving up into src/master/main.c I found set->protocols = imap imaps set->listen_ip.family = 2 set->listen_port = 143 set->ssl_listen_ip.family = 0 set->ssl_listen_port = 993 These print statements start at line 361, right after if (set->ssl_listen_ip.family == 0 && set->ssl_listen == NULL) set->ssl_listen_ip = set->listen_ip; Is there something going wrong in resolve_ip? I'm out of time tonight trying to track this down. Hopefully someone else will have more knowledge to pinpoint the problem. Let me know if I can provide more information. OK, one more tidbit. I hard-coded set->ssl_listen_ip.family to 2 and it seems to work beautifully. My mail server is back up. Why? --- Ryan Hinton iobass(a)email.com

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