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[Dovecot] maildir and /var/spool/mail/$USER
by Rob Campbell 29 Jan '05

29 Jan '05

I was told to use dovecot because it was easier than cyrus. I just upgraded from fc1 to fc3. I am not sure what fc1 used but I think it was cyrus and it worked perfect out of the box no configurations to do. The new cyrus-imapd is not so simple so I got dovecot. I see examples saying to use mbox=~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u but when I try that I cannot map mail folders that reside under ~/mail. I have tried default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u default_mail_env = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u which is the setup i have now. I get this error when trying to connect via evolution error while scanning folders in "IMAP server localhost" imap command failed. invalid mask. when I use default_mail_env = maildir:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u the error i get is: This store does not support subscriptions or they are not enabled. I have an Inbox Junk and Trash folder under that account. When I set up outlook as pop3 it says it connects fine but it doesn't download any mail. When I try to subscribe to folders via Outlook it says that it cannot connect.

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[Dovecot] mbox slowness in dovecot-1.0-test61
by Todd Burroughs 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Hi, We're trying out Dovecot to see if it's a good replacement for UW-imapd. It seems to be very slow in opening an mbox file, even after it's been indexed. (I mean way slower than UW) Here's some info on the system: Dovecot-1.0-test61 SuSE 8.1, Linux kernel 2.4 Using NFS to access mail. I've tried turning off mmap, using dotlocking, using fcntl locking (lockd, etc. are running), mbox_dirty_syncs and mbox_very_dirty_syncs. Also tried putting the cache files on local disk. Compile options where basically default. I'm accessing it with pine, using several filters which tend to do SEARCH commands. Has anyone come across this? Maybe I'm missing something obvious??? Thanks, Todd Burroughs - Hostopia todd(a)hostopia.com

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[Dovecot] Moving to Dovecot
by Matt Saunders 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi there, I'm currently running IMAP with Courier and POP3 with Solid-POP3d. I'd like to migrate IMAP and POP3 to both use Dovecot. All this works fine in testing, except for the fact that I have two types of users for legacy reasons. One type of user has a Maildir-style inbox at ~/Maildir/ The other type has a mbox-style inbox at ~/Mailbox Is it possible to make Dovecot look for both? As far as I can see I'd need default_mail_env to accept multiple names, something like this: default_mail_env = maildir:~/Maildir/ mbox:~/Mailbox ...but it doesn't, so I'm stuck. :-( By default, Dovecot would work for me if I moved all my users' ~/Mailbox files to ~/mail/inbox but I really don't want to have to do that if at all possible as that'll break other custom stuff. Does anyone have any ideas? [ Apologies if this is a FAQ - I've had a good Google around and a look at the mail archives but can't find the info. ] TIA, Matt. -- Matt Saunders http://www.yoyo.org/matts/contacts/ "This is getting very silly. Too silly." - Professor Yaffle

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[Dovecot] dovecot Maildir issue
by Tadghe Danu 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

I'm working on switching a domain from a Cyrus+postfix+procmail to Dovecot+postfix+procmail (using Maildir). It works great, except one small problem. I cannot figure out what the permissions for my Maildir directories should be. Can anyone point me to a doc or just a few pointers on what the permissions of the Maildirs should be? The only way I seem to be able to make this config work is to make the Maildirs world read+write. I can't exactly roll out a config like that :). I have postfix+procmail delivering to per user Maildirs under /var/mail. The permissions on /var/mail (pulled from the Wiki) are mail:/var/mail# ls -l /var/ |grep mail drwxrwxrwt 7 root mail 4096 Jan 25 22:37 mail The user Maildirs are set as: mail:/var/mail# ls -l /var/mail/ |grep tadghe drwxr-xrwt 2 tadghe tadghe 4096 Jan 25 22:36 tadghe When I try and access a mail box I get this in the logs an 25 22:35:34 mail imap(tadghe): opendir(/var/mail/tadghe/tmp) failed: Permission denied Jan 25 22:35:34 mail imap(tadghe): opendir() failed with file /var/mail/tadghe/new: Permission denied Jan 25 22:35:34 mail imap(tadghe): opendir() failed with file /var/mail/tadghe/new: Permission denied Jan 25 22:35:34 mail imap(tadghe): opendir(/var/mail/tadghe/tmp) failed: Permission denied Tadghe

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RE: [Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth, inetd, localhost, IPv6, and mapped addresses
by Villalovos, John L 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org wrote: > Dovecot 0.99.13. > > I've noticed that the condition > > client->secured = ssl || > (IPADDR_IS_V4(ip) && strncmp(addr, "127.", 4) == 0) || > (IPADDR_IS_V6(ip) && strcmp(addr, "::1") == 0); > > (in (imap-login|pop3-login)/client.c) isn't enough, at least not when > running from inetd. The thing is that you will come across >>> ffff:127.0.0.1, which is secure, but not covered by the above. > > I thought I saw someting on this earlier, but in that case I > cant't find > it now. Yes I mentioned something about it in a message titled, "RE: [Dovecot] Plaintext Authentication from Localhost" On 19-Jan-2005. Seems to be a bug. At least it didn't work quite right for me. John

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[Dovecot] imap://anonymous@dovecot.org/dovecot gets only 4 messages
by Sergey Ivanov 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

I have just trying to connect as user anonymous to the imap server at dovecot.org. And got only 4 messages in dovecot folder, one of them unread. Is it some problem at this server I have encountered? WBR, Sergey

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[Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth, inetd, localhost, IPv6, and mapped addresses
by Magnus Holmgren 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Dovecot 0.99.13. I've noticed that the condition client->secured = ssl || (IPADDR_IS_V4(ip) && strncmp(addr, "127.", 4) == 0) || (IPADDR_IS_V6(ip) && strcmp(addr, "::1") == 0); (in (imap-login|pop3-login)/client.c) isn't enough, at least not when running from inetd. The thing is that you will come across ::ffff:127.0.0.1, which is secure, but not covered by the above. I thought I saw someting on this earlier, but in that case I cant't find it now. Cheers, Magnus Holmgren holmgren(a)lysator.liu.se

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Re: [Dovecot] Outlook 2002 SP3 & Dovecot 0.99.13 Runs really really slowly.
by Md 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Ooops, that would help. IMAP. Md Pop3 or Imap? On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 11:16 -0500, M.d. wrote: >> Hi, >> I'm seeing a problem that I'm hoping someone can help with. Neither Googling or searching >> the list archives have turned up anything useful. >> >> I'm running Dovecot0.99.13 on Fedora Core 3 and things work fine when using either >> Thunderbird 1.0 or Outlook Express as clients. Outlook (2002 SP3) on the other hand >> runs incredibly slowly. >> >> Any ideas, would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks, >> >> Md

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[Dovecot] Outlook 2002 SP3 & Dovecot 0.99.13 Runs really really slowly.
by M.d. 25 Jan '05

25 Jan '05

Hi, I'm seeing a problem that I'm hoping someone can help with. Neither Googling or searching the list archives have turned up anything useful. I'm running Dovecot0.99.13 on Fedora Core 3 and things work fine when using either Thunderbird 1.0 or Outlook Express as clients. Outlook (2002 SP3) on the other hand runs incredibly slowly. Any ideas, would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Md

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[Dovecot] Is it possible to access maildir w/ 2 clients at the same time?
by Erhard Guenther 24 Jan '05

24 Jan '05

Hi, I have dovecot with Maildir installed and running. No problems. I use kmail on both desktop and laptop with cachedimap configuration. kmail is configured to look for new mail every two minutes. Now my question: When both maschines are running and kmail is started then two clients access the same Maildir on the server at the same time. Is this possible or can this corrupt the Maildir directory. TIA Guenther

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