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[Dovecot] Openwebmail with Dovecot
by ftnx＠ksbase.com 10 Feb '06

10 Feb '06

So far I've managed to get Dovecot to work fine for regular POP users and Squirrelmail. Even though it seems dead slow and obsolete, a few users would like to use Openwebmail. All users are virtual, and there are/will be no system accounts. Anyone have a working example for Dovecot/Openwebmail for virtual user setup? Kari Suomela KARICO Business Services Toronto, ON Canada http://www.karico.ca

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[Dovecot] epoll error when running as proxy
by Bill Boebel 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I am running dovecot 1.0 beta3 as a front-end proxy, and getting the following error when using epoll. The error goes away if I switch to poll. On the backend IMAP server I see that the login was successful. The error occurs when I try to retrieve an email or get a folder listing via IMAP after logging in successfully... Feb 9 15:35:57 director4 dovecot: imap-login: proxy(bboebel(a)webmail.us): started: user=<bboebel(a)webmail.us>, method=plain, rip=204.119.252.7, lip=192.168.1.68 Feb 9 15:09:50 director4 dovecot: imap-login: io_loop_handle_add: epoll_ctl(op=3, fd=10, ret=-1, errno=2): No such file or directory Feb 9 14:58:23 director4 dovecot: child 9688 (login) returned error 89 I can't find anything in the mailing list archives about this error, so here are some details. I hope somebody can point me in the right direction to fix this. - I am running this on Red Hat ES4 (32-bit x86), compiling with the following options: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-ssldir=/usr/share/ssl \ --disable-ipv6 \ --with-file-offset-size=32 \ --with-mem-align=4 \ --with-ioloop=epoll \ --without-passwd \ --without-passwd-file \ --without-shadow \ --without-pam \ --without-checkpassword \ --without-bsdauth \ --without-gssapi \ --with-ldap \ --without-vpopmail \ --with-static-userdb \ --with-prefetch-userdb \ --without-pgsql \ --with-mysql \ --without-sqlite \ --without-ssl \ --with-storages=maildir - I have also complied with these options and got the same error: ./configure \ --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-ioloop=epoll \ --with-mysql - I have also tried the latest CSV snapshot (dovecot-20060209.tar.gz) and 1.0 beta2, and I get the same error. - If I switch to poll instead of epoll, everything works fine. Any ideas? Bill

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[Dovecot] trouble compiling today's CVS in Solaris 9
by Glenn Leavell 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

I've recently been able to compile the CVS code in Solaris 9, but I'm now getting a few errors. First, I receive this error during the autogen process: src/plugins/Makefile.am:5: required directory src/plugins/convert does not exist configure.in:1717: required file `src/plugins/convert/Makefile.in' not found I can workaround that by removing the reference to src/plugins/convert in configure.in. I then get this error: src/plugins/Makefile.am:5: required directory src/plugins/convert does not exist I can workaround that by removing the reference to the convert plugin from src/plugins/Makefile.am. After that, the autogen process completes and I get the previously discussed shell error when running make: if [ "" != "" ]; then \ for i in ; do \ echo "extern struct sql_db driver_${i}_db;" >>sql-drivers-register.c ; \ done \ fi /bin/bash: -c: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `;' /bin/bash: -c: line 1: `if [ "" != "" ]; then for i in ; do echo "extern struct sql_db driver_${i}_db;" >>sql-drivers-register.c ; done fi' I can workaround that by simply running make from /bin/sh. I then get this error: Making all in auth make[3]: Entering directory `/home/glenn/dovecot/src/auth' /bin/bash ../../libtool --mode=link --tag=CC gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall ... <snip> userdb-prefetch.o userdb-static.o userdb-vpopmail.o userdb-sql.o -L/usr/local/ssl/lib libpassword.a ../lib-settings/libsettings.a ../lib-ntlm/libntlm.a ../lib-sql/libsql.a ../lib/liblib.a -lcrypt -lpam -lldap -ldl -lsocket -lnsl -lrt -lsendfile Undefined first referenced symbol in file sql_drivers_register_all main.o ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to dovecot-auth collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [dovecot-auth] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/glenn/dovecot/src/auth' I'm not sure why sql_drivers_register_all is getting referenced. I tried explicitly turning off all sql-related options on the configure command line, and that didn't help. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Glenn

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[Dovecot] FreeBSD dovecot port maintainer
by Alexander Shikoff 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

Hi, How often does mantainer update dovecot in FreeBSD ports tree? It would be a good thing to get 1.0beta3 in ports... -- Kind Regards, Alexander Shikoff minotaur(a)crete.org.ua

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[Dovecot] Re: Dovecot 1.0beta3 - make fails without sql
by Chris Wakelin 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

The problem seems to be in src/lib-sql/Makefile[.in] When there are no sql drivers to build, the shell-script for making sql-drivers-register.c fails. I've managed to get it to build by just having #include "lib.h" #include "sql-api.h" void sql_drivers_register_all(void) { } as sql-drivers-register.c Best Wishes, Chris P.S. I meant to send the message below to the whole list rather than just Timo. Sorry! Chris Wakelin wrote: > I'm getting build errors with 1.0-beta3. It looks like something to with > the dynamic SQL drivers; presumably needs equivalent of "-I../lib-sql" > somewhere! > > Configure line was "./configure --prefix=/opt/RDGdovect > --with-ssl=openssl", Solaris make, gcc 3.3.2 > > Best Wishes, > Chris > > Undefined first referenced > symbol in file > sql_drivers_register_all main.o > ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to dovecot-auth > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > *** Error code 1 > make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `dovecot-auth' > > Timo Sirainen wrote: >> + Added support for loading SQL drivers dynamically (see INSTALL file >> for how to build them) > > -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] configuring lda
by Lenny 09 Feb '06

09 Feb '06

after coping lda stanza into the config file, I get "unknown protocol name" error. adding lda to the list of protocols doesn't seem to do the trick. lda was built during compile and the binary is present, piping into it manually spits error messages about missing config, so how do I go about the problem above ? It is my undertanding that using dovecot-lda would help maintain the indexes in proper state ( as opposed to using procmail and having to rebuild indexes from scratch upon delivery of large amounts of mail ) ? mucho gracias to you all. protocol lda { # If you wish to use plugins you need to specify plugin directory # For example quota enforcing is implemented by plugin #module_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda # Address from LDA should send MDNs like out of quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)your.dom # If there is no user-specific Sieve-script, global Sieve script is # executed if set. #global_script_path = # UNIX socket path to master authentication server to find users. auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot-auth-master }

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[Dovecot] Broken NSS Implementation
by Campbell McKilligan 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

We're getting this error when IMAP clients attempt to authenticate using their aliases rather than their actual username: Feb ... dovecot: auth(default): BROKEN NSS IMPLEMENTATION: getpwnam() lookup returned different user than was requested (campbellmckilligan != campbell.mckilligan). Feb ... dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<campbell.mckilligan>, method=plain, rip=82.148.120.110, lip=172.20.2.2, TLS Feb ... dovecot: child 27345 (auth) returned error 89 For historic reasons, there is no consistency with which username in individuals mail client. NSS correctly returns the name that dovecot should use for the purposes of accessing mailboxes etc. Dovecot-0.99.14 worked fine in this regard - but since upgrading to 1.0beta3 we have this problem. It's running on a Fedora Core 4 server. It compiled fine with selinux enabled. Is there a switch to control the response to this NSS behaviour? Any help appreciated. Campbell

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RE: [Dovecot] How to have a "public" readonly folder?
by Villalovos, John L 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org <> wrote: > I have my email users who are using dovecot-1.0.beta2. I just upgraded to dovecot-1.0.beta3. No change. > I also have setup a dummy account to get the Linux Kernel Mailing > List (LKML) traffic. > > I would like to have it so that my IMAP users (maybe POP3 but > don't need > that) be able to read the LKML mailing list from that email account. > > I can put the email into an mbox or a maildir for the LKML mail. > > I have played around with the namespace and public option and I can't > get it to work :( > > I tried this: > > namespace public { > separator = / > prefix = Public/ > location = maildir:/home/virtemail/lkml/ > } > > In my email client (Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), I am unable to view the > Public folder. If I select subscribe, I can see the Public folder > but it is grayed out. If I do a symbolic link it works, in the sense that I can know subscribe to the folder. I created the file 'dovecot-shared' in the shared folder (I also updated the Wiki to make the procedure a little bit clearer). I couldn't seem to figure out a good way to make it read only though. So I still can't seem to get the namespace method working. I also tried pointing the location at an mbox and that did not work. In the client I can see the Public folder listed but it is grayed out and won't let me subscribe. Any thoughts? Thanks, John

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Re: [Dovecot] Mail.app message numbering for deleted messages
by Jesse Chan-Norris 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Jesse Chan-Norris wrote: > On Jan 22, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 18:29 -0500, jcn-dovecot(a)pith.org > wrote: > I'm having a strange problem that appeared when I > upgraded from� > > .99something to 1.0alpha3 and then disappeared for a while and then� > > re-appeared when I upgraded to 1.0alpha5. > > > I am using mbox and IMAP in Apple's Mail.app to read my mail. When I� > > delete a message in Mail.app, the message gets marked as deleted in the� > > spool and it disappears from the mail listing in Mail. However, the� > > message number does not change until I either manually flush the > > deleted� messages through mail, or I go offline which deletes the > > messages from the� spool. > > > I have mbox_lazy_writes set to 'no' but this didn't seem to have any� > > effect on the behavior. I never saw this type of behavior with UW-IMAP� > > either, which is what I migrated from. > > > What do you mean by "message number doesn't change"? > > To me this sounds like it all works as it should. Deleted messages are > really deleted only until expunge command is given, which is done when > you manually select "purge expunged messages" command or whatever it was > called in Mail. > > Maybe before with UW-IMAP you just had some "automatically expunge > messages" option set? I don't think that UW-IMAP was expunging messages because I could open up the mbox with pine and see all of the messages flagged as "Deleted" but not yet expunged. And when I try a similar test with Fastmail.fm (delete the message in Mail, then check using the web interface) the mail is marked as deleted in the web interface and does not show up in Mail.app but the messages are re-numbered appropriately. Granted, I have no idea how Mail.app does its numbering (especially since Thunderbird doesn't have message numbering), but is it possible that there's more information that the IMAP server should be sending back that Dovecot isn't? I've attached a screenshot from my Mail.app that shows the numbering issue. The gaps in the message sequence are where a deleted (but not expunged) message was. jcn

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[Dovecot] Mac mail copy/delete problems w/1.0b2
by Tony Kay 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Hi, Mac mail (a horribly mis-behaved client, it seems), has a horribly hard time deleting/copying large blocks of messages from one folder to another. The basic symptom is: 1. Select a bunch of messages 2. Click on delete 3. Wait for a _very_ long time. It also seems very slow on copying, so it may be the "trash folder copy on delete" that is really slowing it down. Anybody else seen this? -- Anthony Kay University Computing Center (541) 346-1719 GPG Fingerprint: B0DB D46A 60AF FAE7 A94A 5075 0CB4 4D88 9F4F 7F09 The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. Dr. Linus Pauling

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