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[Dovecot] Problem with dovecot and system crashing
by Colin Kingsbury 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Hi all, I am running dovecot on a linux server (FC3) in conjunction with Sendmail. My configuration is quite vanilla and I am having the following problem: occasionally (once every 3-10 days) the dovecot server will become unresponsive and attempting to access mail via pop3 will produce an error message on the client side. As best as I can tell, the dovecot process dies because if I restart it with /sbin/service dovecot restart I get [failed] on the stop and [ok] on the start. Now, here's the interesting part: within 5 minutes of this happening, the whole machine becomes completely unresponsive and requires a power-cycle to restart it. In between dovecot dying and the server going down, the other applications (apache, mysql) continue to run. Naturally, there are no messages in the syslog or the maillog and it is set to log all messages of info or higher. Any suggestions on how to attack this would be greatly appreciated. Best, -cwk.

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot & SquirrelMail
by admin＠downend.org 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

aries:/etc/init.d# netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' aries:/etc/init.d# Right I found that cyrus was in the inet config uncommented and now I recieve outputs for dovecot :) As for SquirrelMail Config test: Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to localhost:143 in /var/www/mail/src/configtest.php on line 247 ERROR: Error connecting to IMAP server "localhost:143".Server error: (111) Connection refused Right so obiously I need to put dovecot in the inet conf any ideas what to put in? Thanks Mark Quoting Allen Parker <infowolfe(a)gmail.com>: > On 8/14/05, admin(a)downend.org <admin(a)downend.org> wrote: > > Hi I am back thought I should start a new mail... since i lost track of > > previous. Anyways, > > > > Does Dovecot require courier-authdaemon or whatever it is called to run? > > When running the following i recieve the following output should I kill > inet > > from 143 or not. > > > > aries:/etc/init.d# netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > > 24715/inetd > > more than likely, you should check in your distribution's inetd.conf > (under xinetd, normally /etc/xinetd.d/ is where configurations are > kept) and remove any reference to an imap server in there since you're > not launching dovecot from inetd... you should be seeing errors like > "unable to bind to port" in your syslog coming from dovecot.. (i > personally don't use inetd for launching things... but to each their > own) > > hope this helps > > > I am recieving the same response with the dovecot init file: > > > > aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot > > aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot > > > > aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart > > aries:/etc/init.d# > > > > > > There is no output possible because of inet? > > Any Help will be great! > > Thanks! > > > > > -- > ________________________________________ > To avoid being added to my spam filter: > 1. Utilize list replies unless otherwise requested. > 2. If you DO send me a personal email, use english. > 3. HTML isn't cute. It belongs on the web, not in my inbox. >

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[Dovecot] Mailbox written with normalized headers
by Kenneth Porter 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Over on the SpamAssassin list someone noted that some spam generators add leading spaces to the subject line, but it was impossible to detect this when using Dovecot for POP3 service. Some quick testing shows that dovecot-0.99.13-4.FC2 writes the mailbox back with the extra spaces in the header squeezed out. I think Dovecot should avoid reformatting headers any more than necessary to avoid interfering with spam detectors.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot & SquirrelMail
by admin＠downend.org 14 Aug '05

14 Aug '05

Hi I am back thought I should start a new mail... since i lost track of previous. Anyways, Does Dovecot require courier-authdaemon or whatever it is called to run? When running the following i recieve the following output should I kill inet from 143 or not. aries:/etc/init.d# netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 24715/inetd I am recieving the same response with the dovecot init file: aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot aries:/etc/init.d# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart aries:/etc/init.d# There is no output possible because of inet? Any Help will be great! Thanks!

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[Dovecot] debs for 1.0?
by Lorens 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hi, 0.99 is running nicely on my sarges, but I need pop3_uidl_format = %f for Courier compatibility. I can't find any debs more recent than test22 of over a year ago (those are at http://src.braincells.com/dovecot-test/) Even though google turns up http://hemma.tobbe.nu/debian/mini-dinstall/incoming/dovecot_1.0.test46-1_i3… searching for dovecot on packages.debian.org (any distribution or source) only yields 0.99.14 and 0.99.20050712. I know Jaldhar called for vounteers to take over, but I don't feel qualified... but I've managed to do away with all non-deb installations, so if I have to I'll make a .deb myself, is there maybe an already-written script to do that with dovecot? Thanks for suggestions.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot & SquirrelMail HELP!
by admin＠downend.org 12 Aug '05

12 Aug '05

Hi All, I just installed Dovecot-Imap because uw-imap is awful... and Dovecot seems like a good Imap Server. Anyway I am using a Debian Server and apt-get install dovecot Seems to be working... I can telnet to port 143 and run /var/run/dovecot/login However SquirrelMail Config test cannot detect if, If anyone knows a guide to make Dovecot work with SquirrelMail please let me know... THis is quite urgent matter and need to fix this ASAP! Thanks! Mark Smith

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Fwd: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot & SquirrelMail HELP!
by admin＠downend.org 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

aries:/etc/postfix# netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 22272/cyrmaster Well we are getting somewhere :) Just one now... Cyrus has been removed and purged off the system.. i found something about cyrus commented in postfix config, i have removed it, restarted and reloaded postfix still there aries:/etc/postfix# pidof cyrmaster 22272 aries:/etc/postfix# kill 22272 and it is still alive argg!!! Quoting Johannes Berg <johannes(a)sipsolutions.net>: > On Fri, 2005-08-12 at 02:03 +1000, admin(a)downend.org wrote: > > > > I have installed previous Imap Servers could that be it? > > > > How can I check if port 143 is being used by another imap server? > > > > > > netstat -tan|grep 143 > > > > I recieved the following output: > > > > aries:~# netstat -tan|grep 143 > > tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN > > There's something listening on 143. Run the following as root: > > netstat -ltnp | grep ':143' > > to see which process it is. > > johannes > ----- End forwarded message -----

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[Dovecot] vpopmail directory permissions denied
by bclements＠io-networks.com 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

I've moved from a postfix setup to a qmail/vpopmail setup I've setup the dovecot.conf file for vpopmail That works fine, users can log in, but the problem is when they go to see their folders. Nothing is there. INBOX, Drafts, nothing. This is using any imap client, imp, evolution, outlook, outlook express This is using 99.14 and the latest vpopmail/qmail I looked at the directory structure and everything is there. The dovecot log file says something about permissions denied. I am using freebsd 4.10 Anybody have a clue on whats going on? -Brent ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Mail disappearing
by bclements＠io-networks.com 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

My users are complaining that their mail is dissappearing out of folders or if they go into a folder, the mail will be there one minute, the next it isn't. Anybody see this before...and if so..is there a fix? I'm running dovecot 99.11 Brent ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] Need Help with Dovecot-Imapd and SquirrelMail
by admin＠downend.org 11 Aug '05

11 Aug '05

Hi All, I just installed Dovecot-Imap because uw-imap is awful... and Dovecot seems like a good Imap Server. Anyway I am usnig a Debian Server and apr-get install dovecot Seems to be working... I can telnet to it and /var/run/dovecot/login However SquirrelMail Config test cannot detect if, If anyone knows a guide to make Dovecot work with SQuirrelMail please let me know... THis is quite urgent. Thanks! Mark Smith

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