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[Dovecot] 1.0-test CVS HEAD index problems
by Jim Lawson 03 Dec '04

03 Dec '04

Running current CVS HEAD I get: dovecot: Dec 01 13:27:38 Info: Dovecot v1.0-test52 starting up dovecot: Dec 01 13:33:34 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.162.177.245] dovecot: Dec 01 13:41:07 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1100294646 -> 110192643 5) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:41:07 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1100294646 -> 110192643 5) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:42:39 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.x.x.x] dovecot: Dec 01 13:42:39 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1100294646 -> 110192643 5) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:42:39 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1100294646 -> 110192643 5) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:43:59 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.x.x.x] dovecot: Dec 01 13:43:59 Error: IMAP(jtl): Corrupted index cache file /users/j/t/jtl/.i map/INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: indexid changed dovecot: Dec 01 13:47:24 Error: IMAP(jtl): file mbox-lock.c: line 493 (mbox_lock): asse rtion failed: (lock_type == F_RDLCK || ibox->mbox_lock_type != F_RDLCK) dovecot: Dec 01 13:47:25 Error: child 17528 (imap) killed with signal 6 dovecot: Dec 01 13:47:41 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.x.x.x] dovecot: Dec 01 13:50:49 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1101926435 -> 110192703 6) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:55:27 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.x.x.x] dovecot: Dec 01 13:55:27 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1101926435 -> 110192703 6) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl dovecot: Dec 01 13:56:15 Info: imap-login: Login: jtl [69.x.x.x] dovecot: Dec 01 13:56:15 Error: IMAP(jtl): UIDVALIDITY changed (1101926435 -> 110192703 6) in mbox file /var/spool/mail/j/t/jtl Using Thunderbird-0.9. Dovecot is running on RHEL 3, on top of Redhat/Sistina GFS (clustered filesystem.) Currently I'm keeping it on one node to avoid possible GFS locking issues. I'm running with mmap_disabled=yes, mbox format. Most of the 1.0-test builds I have done eventually corrupt their index files, and show strange behavior (click on a message in the folder view, and an entirely different message opens... delete three or four messages and expunge, the messages instantly reappear as unseen.). I typically wipe the .imap directories between different builds of Dovecot. I've been following the -test code for a couple of months now, just to see how it does, because we're running UW IMAPd and are excited to have a way to increase the performance of our mail cluster (indexes) without having to move away from mbox. Let me know if there's more information I could provide that would be helpful. Jim

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[Dovecot] Excessive imap_login processes
by Keith Edmunds 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

I'm running Dovecot on a very small mail server (never more than six users accessing IMAP, often fewer). I'm seeing the number of imap_login processes grow over time, and right now there are 23. All the "login_process_*" settings in dovecot.conf are commented (ie, at their defaults). Is this a known or expected issue? The version of Dovecot is 0.99.10.8, which I accept is perhaps a little old. Thanks, Keith

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test55
by Timo Sirainen 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

http://dovecot.org/test/ Sorry :) The last fix I made a few minutes before test54 release didn't turn out to be exactly correct.

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[Dovecot] big troubel - damaged mailboxfolders
by Götz Reinicke 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hi, because the fedora project switcht from wu imap to dovecot, i followed this step. Today I'm very unhappy about this step, because there are more problems for me than advantages... But today the biggest problem is, that a lot!!! of mailboxes are damaged. within three year no mailbox was damaged using wu imap. The errormessage is: imap(cstrang): File isn't in mbox format: /var/mail/cstrang the server is fedora core 1, dovecot-0.99.11. May be I have something misconfigured, but where to look at? Any ideas, what causes the damage? And installing the test-version isnt an alternativ for my production server vor 500 users. Regards Götz Reinicke -- Götz Reinicke IT Koordinator - IT OfficeNet Tel. +49 (0) 7141 - 969 420 Fax +49 (0) 7141 - 969 55 420 goetz.reinicke(a)filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg Mathildenstr. 20 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test55, threading does not include new messages
by Nicolas.Kowalski＠imag.fr 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hello. The dovecot server is 1.0-test55, with maildir storage. The MUA is pine 4.61, using thread sort. When I open a folder containing new messages (delivered through procmail), the threads do not include these messages. I have to close the folder, then open it again to make the threads complete. Thanks in advance. -- Nicolas

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test53 and 'Junk in start of group' messages
by Nicolas.Kowalski＠imag.fr 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hello. I am using dovecot-1.0-test53 with Maildir mailstore, with pine 4.61 as MUA. I have several folders which cause error messages like 'Junk in start of group' in Pine when I read them. I googled a bit for this, and found that removing the index file should do the trick, but unfortunately, it does not. What can I do to make these annoying messages disappear ? Thanks in advance. -- Nicolas

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[Dovecot] dovecot only answers to imap connections
by Mitch Pirtle 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hey list, Finally got up and running, and now am trying to figure out why dovecot would only accept imap connections - I have people that are happy with pop, but they can only authenticate when they use imap. Is there a conf setting for this somewhere that I am missing? -- Mitch

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test54
by Timo Sirainen 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

http://dovecot.org/test/ Fixing crashes and other index problems with test53.

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[Dovecot] Entourage on Dovecot 09.11, is 1.0-test the answer?
by Michael Maggard 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Background: I'm running a RH9 box with Dovecot 0.99.11. Dovecot was installed using yum and the rpm found on http://dag.wieers.com/packages/dovecot/. With two exceptions I've been enormously happy with Dovecot. I'm even happier having recently successfully installed pop-before-smtp sop one exception down. However the other problem I've experienced is becoming critical. I've an ongoing issue with MS Entourage clients, a MS for Mac product, unable to authenticate to Dovecot. This had been attributed to MacOS 9/MS Entourage 2001 but with new systems in place I'm having the same issue with MacOS X/MS Entourage 2004 being unable to authenticate to Dovecot. MS acknowledges the issue in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871016 with the errata: > 5 Known issues > 5.1 NTLM v1 authentication support > Entourage no longer supports NTLM v1 authentication. Entourage does support NTLM v2. Where I am now: There has been previous references to an Entourage authentication issue on the mailing list but it was resolved by "after I tried everything else with no success, upgrading from Dovecot 0.99.10.2 to 0.99.10.4 solved the problem." Well, I'm at 0.99.11 so apparently this is back, or something else is going on. >From several hours going over the mailing list it appears that Dovecot 1.0-test is the solution with it's extended NTLM support. However I'm not a very sophisticated sysadmin and so it was with trepidation I downloaded dovecot-1.0-test52 and started following the instructions. After a quick "yum install openssl-development" I thought I was good to go but alas "./configure --with-ssl=openssl" resulted in: > ./configure: line 26374: pkg-config: command not found > checking for SSL_read in -lssl... yes > checking openssl/ssl.h usability... no > checking openssl/ssl.h presence... no > checking for openssl/ssl.h... no > checking openssl/err.h usability... yes > checking openssl/err.h presence... yes > checking for openssl/err.h... Yes and make failed with a cascade of errors after: > In file included from /usr/include/openssl/ssl.h:179, > from ssl-proxy-openssl.c:14: > /usr/include/openssl/kssl.h:72:18: krb5.h: No such file or directory Why I'm posting: So, hoping I've given enough detail to be useful, here are my questions: * Am I correct that MS Entourage 2004 can't authenticate with Dovecot .99.11? Are there folks it does work for (how)? * Am I correct that Dovecot-1.0-test has support for NTLMv2 and would thus authenticate MS Entourage 2004? * Does anyone have a prebuilt (yum suitable) rpm of a recent Dovecot 1.0-test for RH9? Dag appears to only carry released versions, is there a source for -test ones? * Is there something trivial I'm overlooking in trying to build dovecot-1.0-test52? I'm assuming I'm missing /usr/include/openssl/kssl.h, is this correct? Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I was pushing my skillset getting pop-before-smtp working. While I'm good at following directions and learning from them I'm just that; learning. -- Michael <michael(a)michaelmaggard.com>

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test53, sig11 when sorting by thread
by Nicolas.Kowalski＠imag.fr 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Hello. When trying to sort a folder by thread (with pine4.61), I get a sig11. The mailstore is Maildir, indexes stored in /var/indexes/%u. The syslog on the server shows this: Nov 29 11:37:55 olan dovecot: IMAP(kowalski): Corrupted index cache file /var/indexes/kowalski/.INBOX/dovecot.index.cache: record points outside file Nov 29 11:37:56 olan dovecot: child 14344 (imap) killed with signal 11 A backtrace of the core is attached. Thanks. PS: I tried with mbox mailstore, and got the same sig11. -- Nicolas

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