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[Dovecot] dovecot-smtp connection?
by J Moore 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

This may be a dumb question, but I'll ask because... :) I've got dovecot installed and running successfully on OpenBSD 3.9 (this *really* was an easy setup, my hat's off to the developer(s)). And the other employees can now use MS Access to read their mail (they didn't like mutt and pine via SSH - go figger'). So my final challenge is to get things configured so that they can also *send* mail through the same host that dovecot is installed on. I *think* this has to be configured in sendmail, but I'm hoping that someone can confirm that before I start reading. Thanks, Jay

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[Dovecot] Corrupted Indexes - again...
by Joseph W. Breu 26 Jul '06

26 Jul '06

I am still getting these in my maillog: Jul 13 07:39:38 pop5.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: invalid record size Jul 13 09:35:03 pop5.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: invalid record size Jul 13 11:48:40 pop6.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted Jul 13 12:05:36 pop1.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: invalid record size Jul 13 12:07:45 pop1.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted transaction log file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.log: end_offset (30280) > current sync_offset (30244) Jul 13 12:08:46 pop6.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted Jul 13 12:29:44 pop5.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: invalid record size Jul 13 14:06:18 pop6.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted Jul 13 14:16:42 pop4.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/.lists.dovecot/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted Jul 13 14:23:52 pop4.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/.work.cron/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted Jul 13 14:51:20 pop6.cfu.net dovecot: IMAP(breu(a)cfu.net): Corrupted index cache file /var/spool/mail/filer/storage//cfu.net/b/r/breu/.lists.bugtraq/dovecot.index.cache: field header names corrupted -- Thanks, --------------------------------------------------------- Joseph W. Breu, CCNA phone : +1.319.268.5228 Senior Network Administrator fax : +1.319.266.8158 Cedar Falls Utilities cell : +1.319.493.1686 support: +1.319.268.5221 url : http://www.cfu.net

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[Dovecot] Problem starting the daemon...
by Hostmaster 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

I have successfully run dovecot on three out of four of the servers I use. They all run Fedora Core 2 or 4. But when I installed dovecot on a Mandrake server I have using urpmi, I can't start dovecot there. I get: imap-login: Jul 25 07:36:22 Fatal: setuid(77) failed: Resource temporarily unavailable dovecot: Jul 25 07:36:22 Error: Login process died too early - shutting down dovecot: Jul 25 07:36:22 Error: child 1829 (login) returned error 89 imap-login: Jul 25 07:36:22 Fatal: setuid(77) failed: Resource temporarily unavailable Any help is appreciated... /s/ Harley Puthuff, Hostmaster "Master and Commander--the Far Side of the Internet" mailto:hostmaster@yourshowcase.com http://www.yourshowcase.com

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[Dovecot] IMAP issues?
by J Moore 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

I've probably done something dumb, but a quick search on Google, etc has turned up nothing I recognized as useful. I just installed dovecot on an OpenBSD 3.9 box. It is working fine with secure POP3 (after changing the config file to "mbox_write_locks = fcntl"). I also selected secure IMAP as a protocol, but it is proving to be more resistant to working. I am trying to connect to dovecot using Outlook as a client (sigh). Outlook's error messages are to the effect that it is unable to connect to the server. Looking in /var/log/maillog indicates that a connection was not even attempted! I've configured the client to use SSL (port 993), and tried diddling with some of the other parameters to no avail. I also tried to connect using the Thunderbird IMAP client with similar results. I've obviously missed something in my dovecot setup, but just don't see it... can anyone offer a clue? Thnx, Jay

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[Dovecot] Permissions issue in OpenBSD
by J Moore 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

I jumped right in and followed the "Quick Configuration" guide after installing dovecot (dovecot-1.0.beta3.tgz) on my OpenBSD 3.9 box. I had previously been using akpop3d (which worked, but was flaky). I am getting the following errors in /var/log/maillog: Jul 23 22:40:29 kingcull dovecot: pop3(jm): open(/var/mail/.temp.myserver.mymail.com.19038.10090e2f3cc51a4b) failed: Permission denied Jul 23 22:40:29 myserver dovecot: pop3(jm): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/jm: Permission denied Jul 23 22:40:29 myserver dovecot: pop3(jm): Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/ del=0/0, size=0 Jul 23 22:40:29 myserver dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<jm>, method=PLAIN, rip=67.33.58.194, lip=67.33.58.195, TLS Could someone offer a clue as to what is needed to fix this? Thanx, Jay

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[Dovecot] Multiple attempts to get mail delivered
by Gerard Seibert 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE I am using a basic MBOX mail setup. I have noticed that when the MBOX size starts to grow, say 35-30M or more, Dovecot will not always deliver the mail via POP on the first attempt. In fact, in some cases it takes four or five attempts before it will actually deliver the mail. Is there some setting that I should be changing? There does not appear to be any error written to the log file. Ciao! -- Gerard Seibert gerard(a)seibercom.net Take diplomacy out of a war and the thing would fall flat in a week. Will Rogers

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[Dovecot] [PATCH] Substitution of dots to ", dc=" in variable expansions
by Antonio Kanouras 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi list, my ldap directory uses DNs like this: uid=solist,ou=People,dc=solistland,dc=net,ou=Virtuals but I only could use something like uid=solist,ou=People,dc=solistland.net,ou=Virtuals with dovecot, which obviously isn't what the dcObject object class was meant to present. I've written a small function for var-expand.c which introduces a new modifier for string variable expansions, %D (arbitrarily chosen), which substitutes dots to ",dc=". You might want to include that in dovecot's code base, after bringing it up to dovecot standards of course. :-) Example of use: base = ou=People,dc=%Dd,ou=Virtuals Warning: I'm a beginner in C and could only understand so much of dovecot's code, so this patch is a hack at best. That said, I tested it with more than 10k logins and can say it works for me. :-D Cheers, Antonio

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[Dovecot] Maildir++ quota - how to handle a full mailbox
by Joseph W. Breu 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello all, We are using Horde/IMP and we are having problems deleting messages from accounts where the user is very close to going over quota. My test environment includes: Horde 3 IMP 4.1.2 dovecot 1.0rc2 postfix maildrop I created a user and set the quota at 13MB. I then sent a 10MB file to the user - which was received. However, when I attempt to move the message from the INBOX to Trash, I get a Quota Exceeded error. Is this more of an IMP error than a dovecot quirk? Is the message size credited back to the quota after the message has been removed from the INBOX? Is there any way to change the order that the qouta usage is applied? -- Thanks, --------------------------------------------------------- Joseph W. Breu, CCNA phone : +1.319.268.5228 Senior Network Administrator fax : +1.319.266.8158 Cedar Falls Utilities cell : +1.319.493.1686 support: +1.319.268.5221 url : http://www.cfu.net

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[Dovecot] MySQL table for use with dict et quota
by mikael 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

In your "http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict" documentation, the table to create is : create table quota ( path varchar(255) not null primary key, username varchar(255) not null, current integer ); "path" field is the primary key. But when i see the SELECT queries, "path" is always used ('quota/storage') and username too. I don't understand... If "path" is the primary key, it must be unique in quota table ? Perhaps the table would be like this : create table quota ( path varchar(255) not null, username varchar(255) not null, current integer, primary key (path, username) ); No ? I start to have a headache... :D 2 days with dovecot quota, and no fully working results :'( Please, help me :) -- Mikaël

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[Dovecot] Try with Dictionary proxy server, but... Bug or not ?
by mikael 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hello again :), I try to use dictionary proxy server to replace my precedent configuration (direct use of dict in plugin quota). Before, i have this configuration in my dovecot.conf : ## Dictionary server settings dict { } ## Plugin settings plugin { # quota = 10 Mo quota = dict:storage=10240 mysql:/etc/dovecot/dict-quota.conf } And after, to use proxy, I have this configuration in my dovecot.conf : ## Dictionary server settings dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dict-quota.conf } ## Plugin settings plugin { # quota = 10 Mo quota = dict:storage=10240 proxy::quota } My dict-quota.conf doesn't change : connect = host=localhost dbname=dovecot user=dovecot table = quota select_field = current where_field = path username_field = username My dovecot.info file : dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): Effective uid=1019, gid=1019 dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib01_quota_plugin.so dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib02_imap_quota_plugin.so dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): maildir: data=/home/test/Mail dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): maildir: root=/home/test/Mail, index=/home/test/Mail, control=, inbox= dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): dict quota: uri = proxy::quota dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): dict quota: byte limit = 10485760 dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: IMAP(test): dict quota: count limit = 0 dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:01 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<test>, method=plain, rip=82.228.176.60, lip=192.168.1.60 When i use the proxy configuration, i have this error : dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: dict: sql dict: commit failed: Not connected to database dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: IMAP(test): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: dict: sql dict: commit failed: Not connected to database dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: IMAP(test): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: dict: sql dict: commit failed: Not connected to database dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:51 Error: IMAP(test): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:52 Error: dict: sql dict: commit failed: Not connected to database dovecot: 2006-07-23 15:07:52 Error: IMAP(test): dict_quota: Couldn't update quota And in MySQL log : 060723 15:07:01 460 Connect Accès refusé pour l'utilisateur: 'dovecot'@'@localhost' (mot de passe: NON) 060723 15:07:45 461 Connect Accès refusé pour l'utilisateur: 'dovecot'@'@localhost' (mot de passe: NON) It try to connect with 'dovecot'@'@localhost'... But it will be 'dovecot'@'localhost'. No ? Thanks for your help, -- Mikaël,

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