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[Dovecot] User data over Mysql
by Andew Velikorechanin 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Hi, all! What I need set in dovecot config (dovecot-mysql.conf) for get home dir and mailbox file path from mysql DB? dovecot 0.99.11 Thanks.

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[Dovecot] postfix 2.3 SMTP AUTH and Outlook
by Antonin Karasek 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Hi all, I just maked $SUBJECT to run. The main problem was, that in Dovecot are by default enabled only plain digest-md5 and cram-md5 authentication mechanisms. While MS Outlook knows only "LOGIN" mechanism. So, Outlook users wasn't able to use SMTP AUTH. The solution is to change a line in dovecot.conf: mechanisms = plain digest-md5 cram-md5 to: mechanisms = plain digest-md5 cram-md5 login I suggest Timo to change the default configuration, and the page http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication -- more precisely the line "LOGIN: Similiar to PLAIN, not very useful. [in 1.0-tests only]" -- I think, that this line is a little confusing. Becouse since one can use Dovecot for SASL authentication, "LOGIN" is starting to be useful (because of the M*S* bullshit). Regards Tony

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[Dovecot] var_expand and pop3_logout_format
by Alexander Sabourenkov 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Hi. -alpha2 broke the retr-byte-count field of the pop3_logout_format with the following change: -Added %R (reverse string) and %H (hash string) variable modifiers. %R as modifier conflicts on expand with %R as retr-byte-count in pop3_logout_format resulting in expanded strings like: top=0/0, retr=1/ del=0/1, size=431 seen in -alpha3 -alpha4 cvs as of 04.11.2005 FreeBSD 5.4-R, both i386 and amd64 -- ./lxnt

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[Dovecot] Fedora 4: x86_64 different build options than i386?
by fishgills＠fishgills.net 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

After successful testing on our 32-bit machine using the rpm, I'm installing dovecot on our Fedora 64-bit machine using that rpm. In the log file I get: dovecot: Mar 31 15:34:16 Error: auth(default): Unknown database driver 'mysql' I see this: # dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=poll dnotify ipv6 openssl Passdb: checkpassword pam passwd passwd-file shadow Userdb: checkpassword passwd passwd-file static and dovecot is in: /usr/local/sbin/dovecot But on my 32-bit Fedora machine, also installed from the rpm, I get this: # dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=poll dnotify ipv6 openssl mysql postgresql sqlite Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql Userdb: checkpassword ldap passwd passwd-file sql static and dovecot is in: /usr/sbin Shouldn't the 64-bit machine have the same build-options? What can I do to make it right? Do I *have* to build it from a tarball? Charlie Davis

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Re: [Dovecot] Fedora 4: x86_64 different build options than i386?
by Charlie Davis 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Yeah, I got your latest from your website. Google's top return for you was an older release. Using your .5 I believe it is. For x86_64 of course. It works fine now. ----- On Friday, March 31, 2006 ivazquez(a)ivazquez.net wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 16:32 -0800, fishgills(a)fishgills.net wrote: >> After successful testing on our 32-bit machine using the rpm, I'm >> installing dovecot on our Fedora 64-bit machine using that rpm. In >> the log file I get: > > It was previously broken. Which specific package did you install? > > -- > Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams > http://fedora.ivazquez.net/ > > gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 38028b72

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[Dovecot] Quick question. Thunderbird/Outlook = no love.
by Charlie Davis 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Are there any how-tos or documentation on getting dovecot to be thunderbird/outlook friendly? Thunderbird can connect about 20% of the time, the other 80% of the time, I Get the error: "You may need to connect via SSL or TLS. Please check the account settings for your mail server." I have my thunderbird setup to do TLS. I've put it on the TLS if available as well, still no love. Dovecot logfile contains: dovecot: Mar 31 17:25:19 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=10.0.0.4, lip=10.0.0.208, TLS dovecot: Mar 31 17:25:24 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=10.0.0.4, lip=10.0.0.208, TLS Nothing else. Thanks in advance! -Charlie

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Re: [Dovecot] Quick question. Thunderbird/Outlook = no love.
by Charlie Davis 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Oh, I forgot to mention that if I turn on plain text authentication, it works fine. But I'd to do TLS over the net. -Charlie ----- On Friday, March 31, 2006 fishgills(a)fishgills.net wrote: > Are there any how-tos or documentation on getting dovecot to be > thunderbird/outlook friendly? > > Thunderbird can connect about 20% of the time, the other 80% of the time, I > Get the error: > > "You may need to connect via SSL or TLS. Please check the account settings for > your mail server." > > I have my thunderbird setup to do TLS. I've put it on the TLS if available as > well, still no love. > > Dovecot logfile contains: > > dovecot: Mar 31 17:25:19 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=10.0.0.4, > lip=10.0.0.208, TLS > dovecot: Mar 31 17:25:24 Info: imap-login: Aborted login: rip=10.0.0.4, > lip=10.0.0.208, TLS > > Nothing else. > > Thanks in advance! > > -Charlie

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Re: [Dovecot] Fedora 4: x86_64 different build options than i386?
by Charlie Davis 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Fixed this by getting the latest x86_64 rpm from Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams' repository. Sorry for the email. :D -Charlie Davis ----- On Friday, March 31, 2006 fishgills(a)fishgills.net wrote: > After successful testing on our 32-bit machine using the rpm, I'm > installing dovecot on our Fedora 64-bit machine using that rpm. In > the log file I get: > > dovecot: Mar 31 15:34:16 Error: auth(default): Unknown database driver 'mysql' > > I see this: > > # dovecot --build-options > Build options: ioloop=poll dnotify ipv6 openssl > Passdb: checkpassword pam passwd passwd-file shadow > Userdb: checkpassword passwd passwd-file static > > and dovecot is in: > > /usr/local/sbin/dovecot > > But on my 32-bit Fedora machine, also installed from the rpm, I get this: > > # dovecot --build-options > Build options: ioloop=poll dnotify ipv6 openssl mysql postgresql sqlite > Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql > Userdb: checkpassword ldap passwd passwd-file sql static > > and dovecot is in: > > /usr/sbin > > Shouldn't the 64-bit machine have the same build-options? > > What can I do to make it right? Do I *have* to build it from a > tarball? > > Charlie Davis

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[Dovecot] Repot: Problems with Fedora core 5, Dovecot and Thunderbird - is this a Dovecot bete3 bug?
by Robert Hart 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi One Wed I posted the following message and have had no replies. I am reposting as I think this is a Dovecot bug but I am not sure. If anyone can assist on this I'd be most grateful. Tks ----------------------------------------------------- Hi I am testing FC5 before upgrading my main server and I am getting errors with dovecot 1.0 beta3 - both the distributed RPM and also the one at ATrpms and thunderbird (the distributed version which is thunderbird-1.5-6) I am running both dovecot and thunderbird on the same machine, pointing thunderbird at 127.0.0.1 for its imap server. The symptoms are an inability to access mail - thunderbird just keeps on trying and getting nowhere and even if I shut down thunderbird on the client, it still leaves processes running that have to be killed by hand. In the maillog I get Mar 29 09:17:25 bree dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<hartr>, method=plain, rip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, lip=::ffff:127.0.0.1, secured Mar 29 09:17:25 bree dovecot: imap(hartr): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /var/mail/hartr (8 > 1, seq=2, idx_msgs=4) Mar 29 09:17:25 bree dovecot: imap(hartr): file mbox-sync-update.c: line 55 (mbox_sync_move_buffer): assertion failed: (ctx->mail.offset + ctx->mail.space <= ctx->hdr_offset + pos || ctx->mail.offset > ctx->hdr_offset + pos + have) Mar 29 09:17:26 bree dovecot: child 14242 (imap) killed with signal 6 When I point this thunderbird at my main (dovecot 0.99) server everything is fine, which seems to suggest that this is a dovecot problem and not a thunderbird one. Can anyone give me any pointers on this please as it's a show stopper for upgrading my main server. Tks -- Robert Hart hartr(a)interweft.com.au +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au

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[Dovecot] Courier to Dovecot Maildir converstion
by Jeff S. 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hello, I am running Dovecot 0.99 on OpenSuse 10.0. Previously, I was running courier IMAP with vpopmail on Suse 9.3. In the process of the change, I decided to sing MySQL to authenticate the users, provide home dir, uid and gid. I tar'ed up the old mail directories, moved them to the new server, added a new user and group to own the files, set the files uid/gid to match the values in the db. Next, I followed the Migration directions on http://wiki.dovecot.org/Migration. I can successfully authenticate the new users, have no errors in the log file but when I am logged in I only see the Inbox. There should be other folders as well as mail in the inbox. No errors in the log files. Any ideas?

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