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How to continuously gather statistics?
by Roel van Duijnhoven 17 May '19

17 May '19

Hello, I recently upgraded to the latest version of Dovecot, and want to use the newly introduced logging / event system. I want to fetch the statistics every couple of seconds, and push those to our logging platform. Metrics such as: number of IMAP commands, average time they took, etc. However the metrics as reported by Dovecot continously increment. So I see two solutions: - Our solution could keep track of the previous values. But that could also break if the statistics are reset for some reason (e.g. threshold reached). - My second thought was to use "stats -r". That *should* clear the statistics directly after fetching them. And thus, give a better picture. However I am not sure if this gives me actual useful results. Or is there maybe a better approach to fetch statistics that I overlooked? Thanks a lot. Best, Roel van Duijnhoven

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Dovecot Separator change
by Oliver Werner 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi community, actually we are using dovecot 2.2.27 without shares mailboxes. Now we would like to implement it. So the problem is that our separator is dot „.“ and the username like „firstname.surname“. That’s doesn’t works with shared mailboxes. Are there a migration guide for changing „.“ to „/„ or it's not possible? kind regards Oliver

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File-dictionary based quotas and SETQUOTA
by Ganael Laplanche 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hello, I am trying to set up file-dictionary based quotas while supporting the SETQUOTA IMAP command. I am using the following configuration : ---- plugin { quota = dict:User quota::file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota quota_set = dict:file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota } ---- which enables correct quota accounting + setting through SETQUOTA. A user's dovecot-quota file ends with the following contents : ---- priv/quota/limit/storage 5242880 priv/quota/limit/messages 20 priv/quota/messages 1 priv/quota/storage 8506282 ---- which shows a correct accounting (1 mail received, ~8MB used) and correct setting after having used the following IMAP command through a master user : A2 SETQUOTA "User quota" (STORAGE 5242880 MESSAGE 20) *But* the problem is that I am unable to fetch the limits and consume them from userdb (as a consequence, the limits are never applied). On the consuming side, I am using a dictionary userdb to try to fetch the 'priv/quota/limit/storage' value from the file but it does not work because the key is never found. Here is my configuration : ---- userdb { driver = dict args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf.ext } ---- and my dovecot-dict-quota.conf.ext file : ---- uri = file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota iterate_disable = yes key quota { key = priv/quota/limit/storage default_value = 100 } userdb_fields { quota_rule = *:storage=%{dict:quota} } ---- If I try to fetch the quota for that user : # doveadm quota get -u ganael.laplanche(a)centralesupelec.fr Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 8307 100 8307 User quota MESSAGE 1 - 0 the default rule is returned (100). The logs show : May 16 12:02:45 mailhost1-saclay dovecot: auth-worker(12899): Debug: dict(Ganael.Laplanche(a)centralesupelec.fr): Lookup: shared/priv/quota/limit/ storage not found, using default value 100 We can see that the default quota rule has been applied because the key is not found. The problem is that a "shared/" prefix is always prepended when looking for the key I configured (priv/quota/limit/storage). If I test the dictionary manually, the key is found : # doveadm dict get -u ganael.laplanche(a)centralesupelec.fr "file:/var/vmail/l/ laplanche_gan/Maildir/dovecot-quota" priv/quota/limit/storage 5242880 Does anyone know how to prevent Dovecot from adding that prefix and make it fetch the correct value from userdb ? Best regards, -- Ganael Laplanche <ganael.laplanche(a)centralesupelec.fr> Unix Systems Engineer @CentraleSupelec Rennes

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Password database - external verification
by Richard Hector 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi all, I'm currently using a PostgreSQL database for my user/password db, directly from dovecot. The trouble with that is that I'm stuck with whatever hash algorithms dovecot supports - which IIRC means (a subset of?) what libc has been compiled with, which can be a bit restrictive. So I'd like to use an external tool, which would also let me integrate other applications (eg web apps). PAM seems to be most suited to sharing accounts with the OS, which isn't what I want. BSDAuth likewise, but I'm not using BSD. CheckPassword looks like a somewhat convoluted protocol, but maybe the best bet? IMAP - well, that's circular :-) OAuth2 looks possible, but seems to be focused on http? Any suggestions? And recommended implementations? How hard is it to add extra methods? Thanks, Richard

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Dovecot not connecting to OpenLDAP
by Elias Falconi 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi, We recently shutdown our old LDAP server and repointed our mail server (dovecot + postfix) to our new LDAP server and ever since we've been unable to fetch mail. Mail is getting delivered, but we just can't pop it. We're using Ubuntu 16.04, btw. We keep on getting the following error messages in /var/log/dovecote: 2019-05-15 16:27:43 auth: Error: LDAP /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext: ldap_start_tls_s() failed: Can't contact LDAP server 2019-05-15 16:39:36 auth: Error: LDAP /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext: ldap_start_tls_s() failed: Connect error 2019-05-15 16:39:43 auth: Error: LDAP /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext: ldap_start_tls_s() failed: Local error However, our server is finding our LDAP users and postfix doesn't seem to have a problem, just Dovecot. Also, when we try to connect via Dovecot, we get the following message: -ERR [SYS/TEMP] Temporary authentication failure. [mail:2019-05-15 21:40:06] Our /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf contains the following: ## Dovecot configuration file # If you're in a hurry, see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/QuickConfiguration # "doveconf -n" command gives a clean output of the changed settings. Use it # instead of copy&pasting files when posting to the Dovecot mailing list. # '#' character and everything after it is treated as comments. Extra spaces # and tabs are ignored. If you want to use either of these explicitly, put the # value inside quotes, eg.: key = "# char and trailing whitespace " # Most (but not all) settings can be overridden by different protocols and/or # source/destination IPs by placing the settings inside sections, for example: # protocol imap { }, local 127.0.0.1 { }, remote 10.0.0.0/8 { } # Default values are shown for each setting, it's not required to uncomment # those. These are exceptions to this though: No sections (e.g. namespace {}) # or plugin settings are added by default, they're listed only as examples. # Paths are also just examples with the real defaults being based on configure # options. The paths listed here are for configure --prefix=/usr # --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var # Enable installed protocols !include_try /usr/share/dovecot/protocols.d/*.protocol # A comma separated list of IPs or hosts where to listen in for connections. # "*" listens in all IPv4 interfaces, "::" listens in all IPv6 interfaces. # If you want to specify non-default ports or anything more complex, # edit conf.d/master.conf. #listen = *, :: # Base directory where to store runtime data. #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ # Name of this instance. In multi-instance setup doveadm and other commands # can use -i <instance_name> to select which instance is used (an alternative # to -c <config_path>). The instance name is also added to Dovecot processes # in ps output. #instance_name = dovecot # Greeting message for clients. #login_greeting = Dovecot ready. # Space separated list of trusted network ranges. Connections from these # IPs are allowed to override their IP addresses and ports (for logging and # for authentication checks). disable_plaintext_auth is also ignored for # these networks. Typically you'd specify your IMAP proxy servers here. #login_trusted_networks = # Space separated list of login access check sockets (e.g. tcpwrap) #login_access_sockets = # With proxy_maybe=yes if proxy destination matches any of these IPs, don't do # proxying. This isn't necessary normally, but may be useful if the destination # IP is e.g. a load balancer's IP. #auth_proxy_self = # Show more verbose process titles (in ps). Currently shows user name and # IP address. Useful for seeing who are actually using the IMAP processes # (eg. shared mailboxes or if same uid is used for multiple accounts). #verbose_proctitle = no # Should all processes be killed when Dovecot master process shuts down. # Setting this to "no" means that Dovecot can be upgraded without # forcing existing client connections to close (although that could also be # a problem if the upgrade is e.g. because of a security fix). #shutdown_clients = yes # If non-zero, run mail commands via this many connections to doveadm server, # instead of running them directly in the same process. #doveadm_worker_count = 0 # UNIX socket or host:port used for connecting to doveadm server #doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server # Space separated list of environment variables that are preserved on Dovecot # startup and passed down to all of its child processes. You can also give # key=value pairs to always set specific settings. #import_environment = TZ ## ## Dictionary server settings ## # Dictionary can be used to store key=value lists. This is used by several # plugins. The dictionary can be accessed either directly or though a # dictionary server. The following dict block maps dictionary names to URIs # when the server is used. These can then be referenced using URIs in format # "proxy::<name>". dict { #quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext #expire = sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext quota = ldap:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext expire = ldap:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext } # Most of the actual configuration gets included below. The filenames are # first sorted by their ASCII value and parsed in that order. The 00-prefixes # in filenames are intended to make it easier to understand the ordering. !include conf.d/*.conf # A config file can also tried to be included without giving an error if # it's not found: !include_try local.conf # Added by Elias protocols = pop3 imap #ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server.crt #ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server.key ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key log_path = /var/log/dovecote info_log_path = /var/log/dovecote_info log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " #syslog_facility = mail_dovecote #ssl = no #mail_location = mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u #namespace { # type = private # separator = . # inbox = yes #} mail_privileged_group = mail mail_full_filesystem_access = yes mail_debug = yes mmap_disable = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_nfs_index = yes mail_fsync = always mbox_read_locks = dotlock mbox_write_locks = dotlock passdb ldap { driver = ldap # Path for LDAP configuration file args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext } userdb { driver=passwd } userdb ldap { driver = ldap # Path for LDAP configuration file args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext } And our /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext has this: # This file is commonly accessed via passdb {} or userdb {} section in # conf.d/auth-ldap.conf.ext # This file is opened as root, so it should be owned by root and mode 0600. # # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP # # NOTE: If you're not using authentication binds, you'll need to give # dovecot-auth read access to userPassword field in the LDAP server. # With OpenLDAP this is done by modifying /etc/ldap/slapd.conf. There should # already be something like this: # access to attribute=userPassword # by dn="<dovecot's dn>" read # add this # by anonymous auth # by self write # by * none # Space separated list of LDAP hosts to use. host:port is allowed too. hosts = 139.147.9.135 # LDAP URIs to use. You can use this instead of hosts list. Note that this # setting isn't supported by all LDAP libraries. #uris = ldaps://139.147.9.135 # Distinguished Name - the username used to login to the LDAP server. # Leave it commented out to bind anonymously (useful with auth_bind=yes). dn = cn=admin,dc=cs,dc=lafayette,dc=edu # Password for LDAP server, if dn is specified. dnpass = blahblah123 # Use SASL binding instead of the simple binding. Note that this changes # ldap_version automatically to be 3 if it's lower. Also note that SASL binds # and auth_bind=yes don't work together. #sasl_bind = no # SASL mechanism name to use. #sasl_mech = # SASL realm to use. #sasl_realm = # SASL authorization ID, ie. the dnpass is for this "master user", but the # dn is still the logged in user. Normally you want to keep this empty. #sasl_authz_id = # Use TLS to connect to the LDAP server. tls = yes # TLS options, currently supported only with OpenLDAP: #tls_ca_cert_file =/etc/ssl/certs/ldap.crt tls_ca_cert_file =/etc/ssl/certs/ldap6_cacert.pem #tls_ca_cert_dir =/etc/ssl/certs/ #tls_cipher_suite = # TLS cert/key is used only if LDAP server requires a client certificate. #tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ldap01_slapd_cert.pem #tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ldap01_slapd_key.pem # Valid values: never, hard, demand, allow, try #tls_require_cert = demand # Use the given ldaprc path. #ldaprc_path = # LDAP library debug level as specified by LDAP_DEBUG_* in ldap_log.h. # -1 = everything. You may need to recompile OpenLDAP with debugging enabled # to get enough output. #debug_level = 0 # Use authentication binding for verifying password's validity. This works by # logging into LDAP server using the username and password given by client. # The pass_filter is used to find the DN for the user. Note that the pass_attrs # is still used, only the password field is ignored in it. Before doing any # search, the binding is switched back to the default DN. auth_bind = yes # If authentication binding is used, you can save one LDAP request per login # if users' DN can be specified with a common template. The template can use # the standard %variables (see user_filter). Note that you can't # use any pass_attrs if you use this setting. # # If you use this setting, it's a good idea to use a different # dovecot-ldap.conf.ext for userdb (it can even be a symlink, just as long as # the filename is different in userdb's args). That way one connection is used # only for LDAP binds and another connection is used for user lookups. # Otherwise the binding is changed to the default DN before each user lookup. # # For example: # auth_bind_userdn = cn=%u,ou=people,o=org # #auth_bind_userdn = # LDAP protocol version to use. Likely 2 or 3. ldap_version = 3 # LDAP base. %variables can be used here. # For example: dc=mail, dc=example, dc=org base = ou=People,dc=cs,dc=lafayette,dc=edu # Dereference: never, searching, finding, always deref = never # Search scope: base, onelevel, subtree scope = subtree # User attributes are given in LDAP-name=dovecot-internal-name list. The # internal names are: # uid - System UID # gid - System GID # home - Home directory # mail - Mail location # # There are also other special fields which can be returned, see # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid # Filter for user lookup. Some variables can be used (see # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables for full list): # %u - username # %n - user part in user@domain, same as %u if there's no domain # %d - domain part in user@domain, empty if user there's no domain user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) # Password checking attributes: # user: Virtual user name (user@domain), if you wish to change the # user-given username to something else # password: Password, may optionally start with {type}, eg. {crypt} # There are also other special fields which can be returned, see # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password # If you wish to avoid two LDAP lookups (passdb + userdb), you can use # userdb prefetch instead of userdb ldap in dovecot.conf. In that case you'll # also have to include user_attrs in pass_attrs field prefixed with "userdb_" # string. For example: #pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\ # homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid # Filter for password lookups pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) # Attributes and filter to get a list of all users #iterate_attrs = uid=user #iterate_filter = (objectClass=posixAccount) # Default password scheme. "{scheme}" before password overrides this. # List of supported schemes is in: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication #default_pass_scheme = CRYPT What do you suppose could be the problem? Thanks, Elias

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imap failing
by ＠lbutlr 16 May '19

16 May '19

mail kernel: pid 59433 (imap-login), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 16 secs May 15 17:21:37 imap-login: Fatal: master: service(imap-login): child 92934 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) I also get a password error for a user unknown, but if I connect to the database with the credentials dovecot uses, I get a password. MariaDB [postfix]> select password FROM mailbox where username ='sample(a)domain.munged'; +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | password | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | {SHA256-CRYPT}$5$042......................................................... | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ MariaDB [postfix]> select 89 as uid, 89 as gid, concat('/usr/local/virtual/', maildir) as home FROM mailbox where username = 'sample(a)domain.munged'; +-----+-----+------------------------------------------+ | uid | gid | home | +-----+-----+------------------------------------------+ | 89 | 89 | /usr/local/virtual/sample(a)domain.munged/ | +-----+-----+------------------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) I updated my system to openssl111 and rebuilt dovecot and postfix (and a hundred other packages). <y configuration files have not changed. I've looked through he logs for other info, but I don't see anything. Trying to connect via openssl gives me: # openssl s_client -connect mail.covisp.net:993 -starttls imap CONNECTED(00000003)

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Setting up individual encrypted user keys using mail-crypt-plugin
by emordin 16 May '19

16 May '19

Hi, I have setup up a simple mail server using the ISPMail tutorial and I'm trying to learn how to create email encryption at rest. I'm having a tough time understanding how to set this up... So say a user logins thru roundcube and they type in their password...so the password authenticates to the mysql database which is storing their encrypted private key?? And once they access that private key, how do they use that private key to unencrypt their mailbox? I'm a super noob at this, and I may be off, but I don't know where to start when it comes to setting this up... if I'm way off could you just recommend some tutorials or other basics I should learn first before moving on to setting this up? Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.

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Mutual auth and MS Outlook
by dovecot＠scottsavarese.com 16 May '19

16 May '19

I am trying to get Dovecot IMAP and Outlook to talk to each other with SSL and client certificates enabled. In Dovecot, I have the following options enabled: ssl_ca = ... ssl_verify_client_cert = yes auth_ssl_require_client_cert = yes auth_ssl_username_from_cert = yes when I try to connect with Outlook, I get: May 12 08:07:50 mail dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (client didn't send a cert): user=<>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.245, lip=192.168.2.5, TLS: Disconnected, session=<is7gpa+Im97AqAH1> But when I use openssl directly with the same certificates it seems to pass the certificate in just fine. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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Permissions fix
by Lefteris Tsintjelis 16 May '19

16 May '19

Is there a fast way for dovecot to set and/or fix its directory permissions?

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Anyone using object storage ceph?
by Marc Roos 15 May '19

15 May '19

Just curious if there are already people actively using object storage? https://github.com/ceph-dovecot/dovecot-ceph-plugin https://docplayer.net/docs-images/40/9935441/images/page_13.jpg

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