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After logrotation Dovecot still writes to old log file
by Michael Heuberger 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Hi there This is weird. On my latest Ubuntu server Dovecot seems to write to /var/log/dovecot.log.1 instead of a recently created /var/log/dovecot.log Here my logrotate config for Dovecot: /var/log/dovecot.log { su root syslog rotate 7 missingok copytruncate create 666 root syslog sharedscripts postrotate doveadm log reopen endscript } Doveadm should reopen it but no, still writes to old log file. Not sure, maybe it's someone else, not dovecot, writing to the log file? And here the versions: # 2.2.33.2 (d6601f4ec): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.21 (92477967) # OS: Linux 4.14.49-rh65-20180612025235.xenU.x86_64 x86_64 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS How can we investigate best? Or is there a mistake in the above logrotate config? - Michael -- Binary Kitchen Michael Heuberger 1/33 Parrish Road Sandringham Auckland 1025 (New Zealand) Mobile (text only) ... +64 21 261 89 81 Email ................ michael(a)binarykitchen.com Website .............. http://www.binarykitchen.com

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new problem
by Walter Ulmke 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

1) my inbox is "Posteingang". should I officially declare it somewhere? I now get the following error messages: Jun 14 00:23:32 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: Error: opendir(/u/ulw/Mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=503(ulw) egid=100(users) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) Jun 14 00:23:32 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: Error: opendir(/u/ulw/Mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=503(ulw) egid=100(users) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) Jun 14 00:23:32 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: Error: Couldn't create mailbox list lock /u/ulw/Mail/mailboxes.lock: file_create_locked(/u/ulw/Mail/mailboxes.lock) failed: safe_mkstemp(/u/ulw/Mail/mailboxes.lock) failed: Permission denied Jun 14 00:23:33 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: Error: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: open(/u/ulw/Mail/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=503(ulw) egid=100(users) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) Jun 14 00:23:33 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: Error: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: Mailbox INBOX: file_dotlock_create(/u/ulw/Mail/dovecot-uidlist) failed: Permission denied (euid=503(ulw) egid=100(users) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) Jun 14 00:23:33 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: Error: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: Mailbox INBOX: open(/u/ulw/Mail/dovecot-uidlist) failed: Permission denied Jun 14 00:23:43 ulmke2 dovecot[3981]: Error: imap(ulw)<3997><4O/Xbo1uotLAqGQd>: open(/u/ulw/Mail/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=503(ulw) egid=100(users) UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) Also, when I start Thunderbird I get the following error message: "der aktuelle Vorgang in "Posteingang" ist fehlgeschlagen. Der Server des Kontos antwortete (Serverbug) Internal error ocurred. Refer to server log WHERE IS THE SERVER LOG? -- -- Best Regards, Walter Ulmke Ulmke Machine Tools, 48496 Hopsten, Germany Tel. ++49/5458/93345-0 Fax. ++49/5458/93345-45 Mobile: ++49/172/5357999 eMail: ulw(a)ulmke.com Dipl.-Ing. Walter Ulmke e.K. AG Steinfurt HRA 4384

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Namespaces for Apple Client
by Janzen, Tobias 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

Hi, i have a plesk server with postfix an dovecot. Webmail is roundcube. Version of Dovecot is 2.3.0.1 I want apple clients to use the default special folders. My config for namespaces worked till last week. Now I cant get it to work again. Hope someone can help me. # 2.3.0.1 (ffd8a29): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.0.1 (d33dca20) # OS: Linux 4.4.0-042stab130.1 x86_64 Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS reiserfs auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 apop auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890&.-_@' disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 30 imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail imap_logout_format = rcvd=%i, sent=%o mail_home = /var/qmail/mailnames/%Ld/%Ln mail_location = maildir:/var/qmail/mailnames/%Ld/%Ln/Maildir mail_log_prefix = "service=%s, user=%u, ip=[%r]. " mail_plugins = " quota" managesieve_logout_format = rcvd=%i, sent=%o managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext imapflags notify namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = create special_use = \Sent } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { driver = plesk } plugin { mail_crypt_global_private_key = <ecprivkey.pem mail_crypt_global_public_key = <ecpubkey.pem mail_crypt_save_version = 2 quota = maildir:User quota quota_grace = 0 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format = rcvd=%i, sent=%o, top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth-worker { group = user = } service auth { group = unix_listener auth-userdb { group = popuser mode = 0600 user = popuser } user = } service imap { process_limit = 1024 service_count = 1 } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 service_count = 1 } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/ssl-cert-and-key.pem ssl_cipher_list = HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5 ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { args = uid=popuser gid=popuser driver = static } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } HEIM & HAUS Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH Hochstra?e 7-9, 47169 Duisburg Telefon: +49 203 40644-0 Telefax: +49 203 407312 E-Mail: service-du(a)heimhaus.de Internet: http://www.heimhaus.de USt-IdNr.: DE 272301801 Sitz Duisburg, HRB 22438 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Michael Demming, Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Rappers

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can't login to Dovecot solved
by Walter Ulmke 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

solved. It was doen to not being able to log in in "plain" -- -- Best Regards, Walter Ulmke Ulmke Machine Tools, 48496 Hopsten, Germany Tel. ++49/5458/93345-0 Fax. ++49/5458/93345-45 Mobile: ++49/172/5357999 eMail: ulw(a)ulmke.com Dipl.-Ing. Walter Ulmke e.K. AG Steinfurt HRA 4384

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cant login to Dovecot
by Walter Ulmke 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Hi all, I can't login. This is a dovecot server for a small inhouse network, and I doon't use any encryption, and just want to login using the standard Linux login dovecot status gives me the following error messages: un 12 12:30:06 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: auth: Fatal: APOP mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs Jun 12 12:30:06 ulmke2 dovecot[5811]: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 32 secs Jun 12 12:30:06 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 10 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.100.29, lip=192.168.100.2, session=<qXOLWW9uBNPAqGQd> Jun 12 12:30:06 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: imap-login: Warning: Timeout leak: 0x7fa8a7d372a0 (auth-server-connection.c:397) Jun 12 12:30:16 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed sending initial response (greeting): user=<>, rip=192.168.100.29, lip=192.168.100.2, session=<pw8lWm9uBtPAqGQd> Jun 12 12:30:36 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=5874, input bytes=0 Jun 12 12:30:36 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: imap-login: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected before auth was ready, waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.100.29, lip=192.168.100.2, session=<pw8lWm9uBtPAqGQd> Jun 12 12:30:38 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: auth: Error: stats: open(old-stats-user) failed: Permission denied Jun 12 12:30:38 ulmke2 dovecot[5814]: auth: Fatal: APOP mechanism can't be supported with given passdbs Jun 12 12:30:38 ulmke2 dovecot[5811]: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs I'm moving to a new server. stats: open(old-stats-user) failed: Permission denied This file may be somewhere on the old server. Can anyone help me? -- -- Best Regards, Walter Ulmke

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can't login to Dovecot
by Walter Ulmke 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

I've managed to turn on "plain" and now it seems I can logon. Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]: imap(ulw)<2474><+kyqk4du5M7AqGQd>: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/u/ulw in=0 out=373 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0 Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]: imap-login: Login: user=<ulw>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.100.29, lip=192.168.100.2, mpid=2476, session=<GJCrk4du5s7AqGQd> Jun 13 17:24:20 ulmke2 dovecot[1973]: imap(ulw)<2476><GJCrk4du5s7AqGQd>: Error: Namespace '': Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/u/ulw All users mailboxes are $HOME/Mail How do I tell Dovecot this? -- -- Best Regards, Walter Ulmke Ulmke Machine Tools, 48496 Hopsten, Germany Tel. ++49/5458/93345-0 Fax. ++49/5458/93345-45 Mobile: ++49/172/5357999 eMail: ulw(a)ulmke.com Dipl.-Ing. Walter Ulmke e.K. AG Steinfurt HRA 4384

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can't login to Dovecot
by Walter Ulmke 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

I have now deleted EVERYTHING and installed fresh. Now at least it starts doveconf -n: managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve } ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!3DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4:!ADH:!LOW@STRENGTH ssl_options = no_compression ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { driver = passwd } ----------------------------------- looks like PAM is already configured. I CAN'T LOKIN USING PLAIN TEXT. HOW DO i TURN THIS OFF?? -- -- Best Regards, Walter Ulmke Ulmke Machine Tools, 48496 Hopsten, Germany Tel. ++49/5458/93345-0 Fax. ++49/5458/93345-45 Mobile: ++49/172/5357999 eMail: ulw(a)ulmke.com Dipl.-Ing. Walter Ulmke e.K. AG Steinfurt HRA 4384

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Re: 2.3.1 Replication is throwing scary errors
by Thore Bödecker 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Aaaaand I forgot to CC the list, sorry for that, it's way too early in the morning :P On 07.06.18 - 07:39, Thore Bödecker wrote: > What does the output of these two commands show after that error has > been logged? > > doveadm replicator status > > doveadm replicator dsync-status > > If there are *waiting failed* requests, that never make it "through" > (after being temporarily in state *queued failed* and then returning > to *waiting failed*) this means there is something wrong with the > replication. > > You can try forcing replication of all known users using > > doveadm replicator replicate '*' > > And see if that resolves the failed requests, but I doubt it. > > Please let us know how your status outputs look like. > > > Cheers, > Thore > > -- > Thore Bödecker > > GPG ID: 0xD622431AF8DB80F3 > GPG FP: 0F96 559D 3556 24FC 2226 A864 D622 431A F8DB 80F3 > > > On 07.06.18 - 15:21, Reuben Farrelly wrote: > > Still not quite right for me. > > > > Jun 7 15:11:33 thunderstorm.reub.net dovecot: doveadm: Error: > > dsync(lightning.reub.net): I/O has stalled, no activity for 600 seconds > > (last sent=mail, last recv=mail (EOL)) > > Jun 7 15:11:33 thunderstorm.reub.net dovecot: doveadm: Error: Timeout > > during state=sync_mails (send=mails recv=recv_last_common) > > > > I'm not sure if there is an underlying replication error or if the message > > is just cosmetic, though. > > > > Reuben > > > > > > On 7/06/2018 4:55 AM, Remko Lodder wrote: > > > Hi Timo, > > > > > > Yes this seems to work fine so far. I’ll ask the people to add it to the > > > current FreeBSD version.. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Remko > > > > > > > On 6 Jun 2018, at 19:34, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi > > > > <mailto:tss@iki.fi>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Should be fixed by https://github.com/dovecot/core/commit/a952e178943a5944255cb7c053d970f8e6d4… > > > > > > >

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2.3.1: Core dump on quota reach
by Tom Sommer 12 Jun '18

12 Jun '18

Just upgraded from 2.2.34 to 2.3.1: Jun 12 16:06:38 lmtp(example(a)example.name)<46176><8JrHEW7TH1tgtAAAd9aEAw>: Info: msgid=<iOIOOFTVyrtapfaoLCJKLCGX2P21E2eVWiGnXPfSSik.ezvWGm_MVMKKL2i0I81WDbYtapg7RisY9PCL91ga0WQ(a)ketopasuse.date>: save failed to INBOX: The email account that you tried to reach is over quota (Mailbox is full). Jun 12 16:06:38 lmtp(example(a)example.name)<46176><8JrHEW7TH1tgtAAAd9aEAw>: Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 46176 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled - https://dovecot.org/bugreport.html#coredumps) And also, unrelated: Jun 12 16:21:32 lmtp(53430): Error: lmtp-server: conn director.local:39204 [6]: Connection lost during data transfer: read(director.local:39204 [6]) failed: <no error> -- Tom

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Race condition when setting flags (\Deleted) + expunge quickly, leaving mails not deleted
by Tomas Forsman 12 Jun '18

12 Jun '18

Hello. I seem to have found a race condition, when setting flags on multiple emails rapidly. 5 commands including login to reproduce. Problem found using mutt in real world usage. Seems to happen both with UID STORE 1:3 and UID STORE 1,2,3 .. I have tried with the following packages, with a minimized config in a throwaway vm: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/dovecot-core Package: dovecot-core (1:2.2.27-3+deb9u2) https://packages.debian.org/stretch-backports/dovecot-core Package: dovecot-core (1:2.2.34-2~bpo9+1) Also tested pristine: https://dovecot.org/releases/2.3/dovecot-2.3.0.1.tar.gz https://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.34.tar.gz https://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.35.tar.gz .. built on Debian9 with: # apt-get build-dep dovecot-core # bash configure --prefix=/scratch/dovecot-test Tried with both mailbox over NFS (backed by ext4), and also mailbox on ext4. On my test systems, I am only able to reproduce it with mbox_lazy_writes=no, but with production settings on a Ubuntu 14.04 with 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.4 that has mbox_lazy_writes=yes it is still reproducable with mutt. I have found two different ways to reproduce it with netcat + cut'n'paste, below is done with 2.2.34/35. All servers are VMs in Ganeti/kvm clusters (Debian hosts in one cluster&organization, Ubuntu host in another cluster&organization). Debian minimized config: > doveconf -n # 2.2.34 (874deae): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.22 (22940fb7) # OS: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 x86_64 Debian 9.4 # Hostname: mail2-vm.cs.umu.se auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = syslog info_log_path = syslog mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_lazy_writes = no namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { client_limit = 2500 unix_listener auth-client { group = postfix mode = 0660 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } } service imap { executable = imap } ssl = no syslog_facility = local1 userdb { driver = passwd } Attached is a mailbox that can be used to reproduce the problem, called "error-box", anonymized with mbox-anonymize.pl. It was created by sending test messages with mutt 1.7.2 through Dovecot/Postfix/Amavis. **** Method 1, with IDLE: Setup a local account, MY-USER / MY-PASSWORD (replace below). > mkdir Mail > cp error-box Mail/error1 > nc -v localhost 143 Paste the following 3 lines in a go: a0000 LOGIN "MY-USER" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error1" a0020 IDLE then wait a second.. then paste the following 3 in a go: DONE a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0040 EXPUNGE Notice that the results from UID STORE + EXPUNGE gives: * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 1 EXPUNGE * 3 RECENT a0030 OK Store completed (0.004 + 0.000 + 0.003 secs). a0040 OK Expunge completed (0.004 + 0.000 + 0.003 secs). Verify what's left in the mailbox with: a0050 UID FETCH 1:4 FLAGS * 1 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) a0050 OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Since 1 to 3 should be \Deleted and then EXPUNGEd, we should only have UID 4 left, not uid 2-4 without Deleted flag. Try same again, but with 1 inserted delay (use a new mailbox name for every test, otherwise UID numbering will vary, indexes etc): > cp error-box Mail/error2 > nc -v localhost 143 Paste the following 3 lines in a go: a0000 LOGIN "MY-USER" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error2" a0020 IDLE then wait a second.. then paste 1 line: DONE then [newly introduced] wait a second.. then paste 2 lines: a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0040 EXPUNGE Notice that the results from UID STORE + EXPUNGE gives: * 1 FETCH (UID 1 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) a0030 OK Store completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.002 secs). * 3 EXPUNGE * 2 EXPUNGE * 1 EXPUNGE * 1 RECENT a0040 OK Expunge completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.002 secs). Verify what's left in the mailbox with: a0050 UID FETCH 1:4 FLAGS * 1 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) a0050 OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). So if I wait some between DONE and UID STORE, it seems to be ok. If I, in the problem-triggering method, change a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0040 EXPUNGE to a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0035 UID FETCH 1:4 FLAGS a0040 EXPUNGE The untagged responses become: * 1 FETCH (UID 1 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 4 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 1 EXPUNGE * 3 RECENT Full transcript (in&out from screen) from first, failing, run: localhost [127.0.0.1] 143 (imap2) open * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready. a0000 LOGIN "MY-USERNAME" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error1" a0020 IDLE a0000 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY] Logged in * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 4 EXISTS * 4 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1520944853] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 5] Predicted next UID a0010 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.004 secs). + idling DONE a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0040 EXPUNGE a0020 OK Idle completed (7.805 + 7.804 + 7.804 secs). * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 1 EXPUNGE * 3 RECENT a0030 OK Store completed (0.004 + 0.000 + 0.003 secs). a0040 OK Expunge completed (0.004 + 0.000 + 0.003 secs). a0050 UID FETCH 1:4 FLAGS * 1 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) a0050 OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Full transcript (in&out from screen) from the second, slower, run: localhost [127.0.0.1] 143 (imap2) open * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot (Debian) ready. a0000 LOGIN "MY-USERNAME" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error2" a0020 IDLE a0000 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY] Logged in * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 4 EXISTS * 4 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1520944957] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 5] Predicted next UID a0010 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.004 secs). + idling DONE a0020 OK Idle completed (2.830 + 2.829 + 2.829 secs). a0030 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0040 EXPUNGE * 1 FETCH (UID 1 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Deleted \Recent)) a0030 OK Store completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.002 secs). * 3 EXPUNGE * 2 EXPUNGE * 1 EXPUNGE * 1 RECENT a0040 OK Expunge completed (0.003 + 0.000 + 0.002 secs). a0050 UID FETCH 1:4 FLAGS * 1 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) a0050 OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). Transcript from .muttdebug0 when using mutt 1.7.2 against the production server with NFS backed storage, marking message 1-3 for deletion and hitting $ for sync. This is how the problem was first found. [2018-03-12 13:46:28] 5> a0020 IDLE^M [2018-03-12 13:46:28] 5< + idling ... [2018-03-12 13:46:29] Marking 3 messages deleted... [2018-03-12 13:46:29] Expunging messages from server... [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5> DONE^M a0021 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS.SILENT (\Deleted)^M a0022 EXPUNGE^M [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< a0020 OK Idle completed (0.001 + 1.634 + 1.633 secs). [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< * 2 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent)) [2018-03-12 13:46:29] Handling FETCH [2018-03-12 13:46:29] FETCH response ignored for this message [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< * 3 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent)) [2018-03-12 13:46:29] Handling FETCH [2018-03-12 13:46:29] FETCH response ignored for this message [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< * 1 EXPUNGE [2018-03-12 13:46:29] Handling EXPUNGE [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< * 3 RECENT [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< a0021 OK Store completed (0.001 + 0.000 + 0.001 secs). [2018-03-12 13:46:29] 5< a0022 OK Expunge completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). [2018-03-12 13:46:29] IMAP queue drained [2018-03-12 13:46:29] imap_cmd_finish: Expunging mailbox *** Method 2, without IDLE (seems to require that I fetch flags before the wait/store) Copy'n'paste the following: a0000 LOGIN "MY-USER" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error20" a0015 FETCH 1:4 (UID FLAGS) <wait a second, then paste the next two in one go> a0020 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0025 EXPUNGE Gives the following transcript: mail3-vm:~/Mail> nc -v localhost 143 localhost [127.0.0.1] 143 (imap2) open * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. a0000 LOGIN "MY-USER" "MY-PASSWORD" a0010 SELECT "error20" a0015 FETCH 1:4 (UID FLAGS) a0000 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS BINARY MOVE SNIPPET=FUZZY] Logged in * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 4 EXISTS * 4 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1521552107] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 5] Predicted next UID a0010 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed (0.001 + 0.000 + 0.001 secs). * 1 FETCH (UID 1 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 4 FETCH (UID 4 FLAGS (\Recent)) a0015 OK Fetch completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). a0020 UID STORE 1:3 +FLAGS (\Deleted) a0025 EXPUNGE * 2 FETCH (UID 2 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 3 FETCH (UID 3 FLAGS (\Recent)) * 1 EXPUNGE * 3 RECENT a0020 OK Store completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). a0025 OK Expunge completed (0.001 + 0.000 secs). /Tomas -- Tomas Forsman, stric(a)cs.umu.se, http://people.cs.umu.se/stric/ `- SysAdmin at Computing Science, University of Umeå

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