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Non-standard socket locations w/ Dovecot + AWS Linux
by Antonio Leding 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

# === The post relates to Dovecot v2.2 running on AWS Linux v1 === # Hello all… The Dovecot sockets on this server are installed in two different locations one of which is different from what I have on my other Dovecot installations which run on Centos-7. Here are the sockets paths: — all sockets EXCEPT "auth-master” —> "/usr/local/var/run/dovecot” <<<<< this appears to be the default for this server — "auth-master” —> "/var/run/dovecot” <<<<< without this statement, Dovecot authentication always failed. The config stanza for this is shown below: service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ============ The above has been working great for several years but the time eventually came where I needed to upgrade. This of course meant I had to move lots of maildata between the servers. Unfortunately, the “auth-userdb" config mentioned above prevented “dsync" from working properly. This is the error I received when trying “dsync”: Error: userdb lookup: connect(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb) failed: No such file or directory This error led me to the eventual fix which was adding the following to the “dovecot.conf” file: auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master ============ So, to my questions: (1) Why would the socket path on this AWS installation be different from what I see on my Centos-based Dovecot servers and also what I’ve read in several Dovecot mailer discussions? (2) Can the default socket path be set at compile time? If so, then I'm thinking maybe the AWS folks — for whatever reason — decided to install all sockets (except ”auth-master”) in the “/usr/local/var/run/dovecot” directory. Are there any benefits or reason to do this? (3) Is there any requirement that the “auth-master” socket be located in the “/var/run/dovecot” directory? Also, there is nothing else in that directory — just the “auth-master” socket file — that’s it. (4) Why is “dsync" looking for "auth-userdb" in the “/usr/local/var/run/dovecot” directory despite the “auth" stanza stating it is located elsewhere in "/var/run/dovecot”? (5) And last, why do I need to add the “auth_socket_path” statement to get “dsync” working even though the socket path is stated in the “auth" stanza? Thanks in advance for your time on this. I know this is mostly to help educate me on what is going on so I really appreciate your feedback…

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Namespace issues & duplicate maiboxes
by Antonio Leding 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Hello, I am seeing duplicate mailboxes when I perform the “doveadm mailbox list” command…the output is as follows: ================= INBOX INBOX.Drafts INBOX.Trash INBOX.Sent INBOX.INBOX INBOX.INBOX.Sent Messages INBOX.INBOX.Drafts INBOX.INBOX.Trash INBOX.INBOX.Deleted Messages ================= Here is namespace config that seems to have caused the above duplicates. Please help me understand what I’m doing wrong here…and also, not sure if this is relevant but the client is Apple Mail… ================= namespace inbox { type = private separator = . inbox = yes prefix = INBOX. mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } }

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Stuck here - help please
by Kishore Potnuru 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Hi All, I have 2 test servers with the below configuration. ========================== Linux OS - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.7 (Maipo) Dovecot version - 2.2.36 (1f10bfa63) Postfix version - 2.10.1 ========================== Trying to create High Availability. I have added both of the above servers behind a F5 load balancer. I have got a Load Balancer FQDN "intl-dev-imaptest.testorg.com". I have enabled/opened the ports (25/110/143/993/995) on the above " intl-dev-imaptest.testorg.com". When I send 10 emails to "intl-dev-imaptest.testorg.com", then those 10 emails are getting distributed between the above 2 backend servers (5 emails to each server). I see those 5 emails each in both the servers. >From Outlook I have configured the email address using "POP and IMAP", when I gave the IMAP server as "intl-dev-imaptest.testorg.com" ,then it shows only 5 emails from server1 in outlook and after a few seconds/minutes, automatically it shows/refreshes the other 5 emails from server2. But I am not seeing all the 10 emails at the same time. why? So I tried the sync command. When I execute sync command like below from server1, it reflects the same emails in other server2 also. Then I see the same number of emails in both the servers. Is it not possible to access the both servers emails at one time with the "sync" command? Do we need to run this on all the email boxes on both servers? don't we miss/lose any emails during this sync process multiple times? "doveadm sync -f -u kishore(a)test.testorg.com remote:vmail@bal3200dev002.testorg.com" Is "replication" and "sync" are same? Why are we not able to see all the emails at one time without the "sync" command? What is the best and easiest way to create High Availability with just 2 servers, like emails should travel to both servers equally and if one server goes down also, another server should take care of the emails/functionality. This is my requirement. My current real time environment: I have around 10 email domains and each domain is having 10 imap emails. In total around 100 email boxes/addresses. We receive around 50K emails in a day to those email addresses. We are using the "Maildir" format in our environment. Want to move to the High Availability option with 2 servers. Please help me to fix the issue. Thanks & Regards, Kishore Potnuru

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Outlook vs Thunderbird
by The Doctor 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Got a client that usually uses Outlook I think 2010. This person tends to move their e-mails to certain folers. On Thunderbird, the move shows. Not on Outlook. Any explanation? -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b A full cup must be carried steadily. -English proverb

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Variable expansion in passwords
by lukn 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hello list A user reports failure to log in after password change. The client side error message indicates a lost or dropped connection by the server. A peek into the server logs reveales this: dovecot: imap(user(a)example.com)<53267><el0HoZGqHIdb0K2G>: Error: Failed to expand plugin setting plain_pass = 'asdf%?asdf': Unknown variable '%?' This looks a lot like a %-variable in the user provided password is tried to be expanded... Is this a bug or did I misconfigure something? output of dovecot -n is attached. regards lukn

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NFS vs Replication
by Andrea Gabellini 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hello list, I built an email system using a proxy / director pair (IMAP, POP3, LMTP) and a backend pair. To have an HA system, I would like to understand if it is better to use an NFS export or replication to save emails and index files NFS is provided by a NAS (in HA), while for replication I would use the local backend disks Which of the two systems is more reliable? Are there any drawbacks for one or the other? Thanks, Andrea -- __________________________ Buy a Pentium 586/200 so you can reboot faster. __________________________ TIM San Marino S.p.A. Andrea Gabellini Engineering R&D TIM San Marino S.p.A. - https://www.telecomitalia.sm Via Ventotto Luglio, 212 - Piano -2 47893 - Borgo Maggiore - Republic of San Marino Tel: (+378) 0549 886237 Fax: (+378) 0549 886188 -- Informativa Privacy Questa email ha per destinatari dei contatti presenti negli archivi di TIM San Marino S.p.A.. Tutte le informazioni vengono trattate e tutelate nel rispetto della normativa vigente sulla protezione dei dati personali (Reg. EU 2016/679). Per richiedere informazioni e/o variazioni e/o la cancellazione dei vostri dati presenti nei nostri archivi potete inviare una email a privacy(a)telecomitalia.sm. Avviso di Riservatezza Il contenuto di questa e-mail e degli eventuali allegati e' strettamente confidenziale e destinato alla/e persona/e a cui e' indirizzato. Se avete ricevuto per errore questa e-mail, vi preghiamo di segnalarcelo immediatamente e di cancellarla dal vostro computer. E' fatto divieto di copiare e divulgare il contenuto di questa e-mail. Ogni utilizzo abusivo delle informazioni qui contenute da parte di persone terze o comunque non indicate nella presente e-mail potra' essere perseguito ai sensi di legge.

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Error in namespace config; how to move messages
by Antonio Leding 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hello, I inadvertently made an error re: the namespace prefix when setting up a few accounts and several messages have been saved in the Sent\Deleted folders under the incorrect namespace. Can I simply copy these messages to the relevant folder in the proper namespace? Or do I need to export\import these? Some other procedure? Thanks in advance for any feedback…

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Massive alias / bulk delivery problem
by gnd 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hello list, we are experimenting with using Dovecot as part of a simplified mail stack with SQL for a internal messaging / notification system for our customers. Sometimes we need to send a message to thousands of customers at once and we do it by having aliases resolve to 10k and 20k+ mail accounts. When we send such a message the server load (obviously) is very high for a few minutes (in case of an alias containing 10k addresses its around 6-7 minutes for a 2 core machine with load around 20-30). Are there any optimizations or ways how to design the system around this problem ? Eg. is there a way how to deliver messages more slowly, and spread the load over longer time ? The stack is very simple with Postfix receiving the messages and Dovecot acting as a LMTP and IMAP server. Mailboxes are in the Maildir format on disk. Customers get the messages on login, a PHP script connects to the mail account associated with their ID via IMAP and sends unseen messages in the form of a JSON. Best regards, gnd/

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doveadm quota question
by hfh＠cndns.com 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

I found that when the mailbox name contains special characters such as \x7f, when the doveadm quota recalc -u xxx command is executed, the messages under the mailbox name with special characters will not be counted. doveadm mailbox list -u xxx Actual mailbox name: doveadm quota recalc -u xxx, Mail under 'INBOX.Metaltex' will not be counted. hfh(a)cndns.com

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dovecot 2.2.13
by Santhosh 14 Jul '20

14 Jul '20

all, below command not reporting the actual usage report on dovecot 2.2.13. please share your suggestion to how to fix this issue doveadm -f flow mailbox status -A -t 'messages vsize' '*' is just showing rkreddy messages=0 vsize=0 jcplho messages=0 vsize=0 planning messages=0 vsize=0 accounts messages=0 vsize=0 spam.notify messages=0 vsize=0 jsraju messages=0 vsize=0 amarnath messages=0 vsize=0 kamesh messages=0 vsize=0 moulivarma messages=0 vsize=0 test messages=0 vsize=0 electrical messages=0 vsize=0 subbarao messages=0 vsize=0 contracts messages=0 vsize=0 rrsrinivas messages=0 vsize=0 sralluri messages=0 vsize=0 jvgkraju messages=0 vsize=0 harikrishna messages=0 vsize=0 kvvnrao messages=0 vsize=0 chandrasekhar messages=0 vsize=0 admin messages=0 vsize=0 gsnraju messages=0 vsize=0 Thanks Kumar -- Sent from: http://dovecot.2317879.n4.nabble.com/

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