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Authentication hangs on before SSL initialization
by Matt 22 Nov '24

22 Nov '24

I'm running into below probem; my ath is stuck on initializing SSL. Certificates are fine, cert-chain is tested and auth no further errors are shown. Comparing to the default configuration from the docs it's pretty the same and up-to-date so I'm curious what cloud cause this. Also CHMOD on files has been checked. Nov 21 02:50:29 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth Nov 21 02:50:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Nov 21 02:50:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Nov 21 02:50:29 auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat Nov 21 02:50:29 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=477) Nov 21 02:50:29 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x10, ret=1: before SSL initialization Nov 21 02:50:29 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2001, ret=1: before SSL initialization Nov 21 02:50:29 imap-login: Debug: SSL: where=0x2002, ret=-1: before SSL initialization Maybe someone has a suggestion... Thanks!

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Dovecot Director Proxy (Error: lmtp-server: conn Failed to initialize user: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=(not set))
by abdelhaq.jalboush＠gmail.com 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

dovecot --version 2.3.21 (47349e2482) I have Postfix and two dovecot directors I am trying to setup them as proxy in front of two dovecot backends, I am using openldap, when I set passdb { driver = static args = proxy=y nopassword=y } it is working fine. but If I try to authenticate on the proxy I get this error: lmtp(22086): Error: lmtp-server: conn [3]: rcpt : Failed to initialize user: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=(not set) here is my openldap file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-openldap-proxy.conf.ext: uris = ldaps:// dn = CN=,OU=,DC=,dc= dnpass = debug_level = 0 auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = OU=,DC=,dc= scope = subtree user_attrs = mail=user pass_attrs = userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=person)(mail=%u)) dovecot -n on the director side: # 2.3.21 (47349e2482): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.21 (f6cd4b8e) # OS: Linux 6.8.0-1018-aws x86_64 Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS # Hostname: stg-vm-dir01 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = director-userdb auth_verbose = yes director_mail_servers = 10.100.10.15 10.100.15.16 director_servers = 10.100.15.201 10.100.15.202 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log listen = * lmtp_proxy = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = vmail mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = vmail namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-openldap-proxy.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp service director { fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { mode = 0600 user = $default_login_user } inet_listener { port = 9090 } unix_listener director-admin { mode = 0600 } unix_listener director-userdb { mode = 0600 } unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { executable = imap-login director inet_listener imap { port = 0 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service ipc { unix_listener ipc { user = dovecot } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } service pop3-login { executable = pop3-login director inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service submission-login { inet_listener submission { port = 587 } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/fullchain.pem ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb }

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sharing sso between regular mail client and web applications
by Marc 20 Nov '24

20 Nov '24

I am testing a bit with sso with keycloak, I was wondering if/how it is possible that your logged in session between eg Thunderbird and dovecot can be used as a single sign on in webapplications. So as long as you have an active session with dovecot you can access all your web applications without the need to login.

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Fatal: sql proxy::sqlite-proxy: Can't open configuration file
by Matt 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

Hi, I'm running into a problem where I'm not sure anymore if it's possible to proxy to an SQLite database file using a dict for authentication. The docs are unclear about it and I thought it was not possible as it's not a connection for SQLite but a file-read where the documentation shows different. ov 14 13:57:52 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth Nov 14 13:57:52 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/lib20_auth_var_expand_crypt.so Nov 14 13:57:52 master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 4.000 secs Nov 14 13:57:52 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Nov 14 13:57:52 auth: Fatal: sql proxy::sqlite-proxy: Can't open configuration file proxy::sqlite-proxy: No such file or directory doveconf -n does show me the dict being loaded, the file exists as well but it still says not found. dict { sqlite-proxy = sqlite:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dicts/sqlite/sqlite-connection.conf.ext } What am I missing here ? Thanks, Matt

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openid / roundcube example
by Marc 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

Does anyone have a current config example using openid and with roundcube. I like to add this next to 'regular' logins'. I was able to login once but know I am getting these in the logs " No requests to service for this peer (1 connections exist, 0 pending)" I have added the 2 passdb with links to dovecot-oauth2.token.conf.ext from this manual[1], but it is not really clear if I need these and can just add a config file with openid_configuration_url [1] https://doc.dovecot.org/2.3/configuration_manual/authentication/oauth2/

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2.3.21.1 and oauth
by v＠minakov.pro 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

Hello! I'm using dovecot with keycloak for oauth authentication. My config is: client_id = dovecot client_secret = MY_SECRET introspection_url = https://MY_KEYCLOAK/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect introspection_mode = post pass_attrs = pass=%{oauth2:access_token} Everything worked great on version 2.3.20. After upgrading to version 2.3.21.1 oauth stopped working with errors: auth: Debug: http-client: conn [::1]:443 [1]: Got 401 response for request [Req1: POST https://MY_KEYCLOAK/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect] Unauthorized (took 5 ms + >Aug 16 00:23:58 auth: Error: oauth2(MY_EMAIL,127.0.0.1,<HADwdb8f+PN/AAAB>): oauth2 failed: Introspection failed: No username returned I tried all combination of configurations, debugging and versions of keycloak. Seems something was broken in this version of dovecot.

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Locking box for backups
by Steve Atkins 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

I’m running 2.3.19.1 on a system that isn’t set up to support filesystem snapshots. So I’d like to back up my mdbox mailboxes at a filesystem level (with rsync, or something equivalent). I’m assuming that to get a consistent backup I should lock the mailbox while I copy it. How should I acquire a (write) lock on an mdbox mailbox? Cheers, Steve

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auto clear trash
by Hua Young 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

Hello where can I setup dovecot to auto clear trash periodically? for example, I want the messages in trash folder to be kept up to 20 days. Thanks.

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replication and backup
by Philippe 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

Hi all & thanks Aki for adding me to the list. First of all, I'm not a dovecot user yet. For several years now I use cyrus imapd and never saw the urge to switch, until I recently lost random mails from my mailbox which were neither temporally connected nor related in some other way. Fortunately, I had a rolling replication which never expunges, so I was able to restore them. While circumventing some pitfalls during the restore, I learned that the backup and restore procedure cyrus imapd offers is deprecated and will be removed. Now I ponder whether or not I should switch the mda. Does dovecot offer the following? - setting up a rolling replication which replicates every action made to the mailbox (flags, mark as deleted, relocations, etc.) to a different server (one way only) - NOT expunging the emails that have been marked as deleted on the slave server or expunging only manually - restoring selected emails from the slave directly to the master The slave server doesn't need to be accessible via imap, I'd be happy to search for some header data (subject, recipient, sender, date, ...) and restore the email by command line using its uuid or message-id or something like that. Browsing the documentation I found "doveadm-backup" which is using "dsync", but I'm not sure whether or not it fits my requirements. I'd love to hear your opinions. Kind regards, Philippe

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SMTPUTF8 in dovecot lmtp - current status
by Kamil Jońca 12 Nov '24

12 Nov '24

About a year ago I asked about SMTPUTF8 in dovecot-lmtp, and then dovecod did not handle it. Is that changed? KJ -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/ A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.

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