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error trying to access the doveadm http api
by KT Walrus 09 May '17

09 May '17

I’m trying out the the doveadm http api for the first time. When I do: $ curl -H "Authorization: Basic <base64 doveadm:doveadm_password>" http://localhost:8888 curl: (52) Empty reply from server In the logs, I see the following error: May 09 11:58:05 doveadm(10.0.0.17): Error: doveadm client not compatible with this server (mixed old and new binaries?) I am running Dovecot 2.2.29.1 in Docker containers. What am I doing wrong? Kevin

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DoS (was IMAP-auth on LAN and otherwise)
by Rupert Gallagher 09 May '17

09 May '17

Today the problem raised its head again, with a twist. A LAN client lost the DNS setting that pointed directly to the LAN address of the IMAP server, and two things happened: the LAN client could not connect to IMAP as we know, and a telephone call from the external client reported the same. When the LAN client closed Thunderbird, then the external client regained access. There were no other clients online at the same time. It turns out that the single LAN client was making enough requests to saturate dovecot's authentication service. I already described the detail with wireshark. On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Rupert Gallagher <ruga(a)protonmail.com> wrote: Hello, Thunderbird has been bugging us with connection errors. Dovecot is installed on a local server that carries a local IP and a public IP. When Thunderbird on a local client connects successfully, Wireshark shows a SYN request from the client's IP on LAN to the public IP of the server, followed by the ACK from the same public IP. When Thunderbird on the same local client fails to connect, Wireshark shows a SYN request from the client's IP on LAN to the public IP of the server, followed by the ACK from the server's LAN address, the client does not accept the ACK as valid and sends a new SYN request. The loop eventually leads to time-out. At the client's console, the DNS query of the IMAP server always responds with the server's public IP address. It is evident from Wireshark that the dovecot server sends ACKs from two IPs. Is it possible to instruct Dovecot to use the public IP only?

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2.2 -git fails to compile as of Apr 28 2017
by Reuben Farrelly 09 May '17

09 May '17

This has been broken for the last few days: libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "lib10_quota_plugin.la" && ln -s "../lib10_quota_plugin.la" "lib10_quota_plugin.la" ) libtool: link: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -std=gnu99 -O2 -pipe -march=native -mtune=native -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -fno-builtin-strftime -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wl,-O1 -o .libs/quota-status quota-status.o .libs/quota.o .libs/quota-count.o .libs/quota-fs.o .libs/quota-dict.o .libs/quota-dirsize.o .libs/quota-imapc.o .libs/quota-maildir.o .libs/quota-plugin.o .libs/quota-storage.o .libs/quota-util.o .libs/rquota_xdr.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--as-needed ../../../src/lib-storage/.libs/libdovecot-storage.so /var/tmp/portage/net-mail/dovecot-9999_p20170427/work/dovecot-9999_p20170427/src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so ../../../src/lib-imap-storage/.libs/libimap-storage.a ../../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -ldl -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/lib64/dovecot .libs/quota-imapc.o: In function `imapc_quota_refresh': quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x8dd): undefined reference to `imapc_storage_client_register_untagged' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x8f7): undefined reference to `imapc_storage_client_register_untagged' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x90a): undefined reference to `imapc_client_get_capabilities' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x964): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_context_init' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x975): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_callback' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x97e): undefined reference to `imapc_client_cmd' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x996): undefined reference to `imapc_command_sendf' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0x99e): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_run' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0xaab): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_context_init' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0xabc): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_callback' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0xac5): undefined reference to `imapc_client_cmd' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0xadd): undefined reference to `imapc_command_sendf' quota-imapc.c:(.text+0xae5): undefined reference to `imapc_simple_run' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [Makefile:694: quota-status] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/net-mail/dovecot-9999_p20170427/work/dovecot-9999_p20170427/src/plugins/quota'

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PoC doveadm HTTP API client
by Hannu Ylitalo 09 May '17

09 May '17

Hi, In case you are interested in testing the Doveadm HTTP API in a bit more simplified fashion I have written a client for it in Python. Feedback is always appreciated (pull requests more appreciated). https://github.com/hnsk/doveadm-http-cli <https://github.com/hnsk/doveadm-http-cli> -Hannu

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logging number of deleted messages
by David Mehler 07 May '17

07 May '17

Hello, I'm running Dovecot 2.29. I've got it going through a Mysql database. I've got the auto expunge plugin loaded. What I'm wanting to know is is there message count deletion ability? For example, does the mail_log, trash, or auto expunge plugins log how many messages were deleted? Thanks. Dave.

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IMAP-auth on LAN and otherwise
by Rupert Gallagher 04 May '17

04 May '17

Hello, Thunderbird has been bugging us with connection errors. Dovecot is installed on a local server that carries a local IP and a public IP. When Thunderbird on a local client connects successfully, Wireshark shows a SYN request from the client's IP on LAN to the public IP of the server, followed by the ACK from the same public IP. When Thunderbird on the same local client fails to connect, Wireshark shows a SYN request from the client's IP on LAN to the public IP of the server, followed by the ACK from the server's LAN address, the client does not accept the ACK as valid and sends a new SYN request. The loop eventually leads to time-out. At the client's console, the DNS query of the IMAP server always responds with the server's public IP address. It is evident from Wireshark that the dovecot server sends ACKs from two IPs. Is it possible to instruct Dovecot to use the public IP only?

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Re: dovecot log shows: service=imap ... Error: Temp file, creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such directory
by Peter 03 May '17

03 May '17

I am using dovecot 2.2 with plesk 12 and I have made no modifications to the dovecot config. >> Logwatch reports the messages below. >> The errors don't seem to appear for every imap connect as can be seen from the number of deliveries and successful logins. >> So what makes dovecot fail sometimes to create the /tmp/dovecot.imap? >> >> >> Dovecot Deliveries: 19 >> Dovecot IMAP and POP3 Successful Logins: 106 >> Dovecot disconnects: 72 >> >> **Unmatched Entries** >> dovecot: message repeated 4 times: [ service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory]: 1 Time(s) >> dovecot: message repeated 5 times: [ service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory]: 1 Time(s) >> dovecot: service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory: 10 Time(s) >> dovecot: service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory: 1 Time(s) >> Maybe you are chrooting dovecot yourself? The chroot must contain /tmp directory. << If this was the case I would expect the error for every imap connection and not only sometimes. Nonetheless: How can I check the chroot settings? Peter

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Problem with Userid
by Luciano Mannucci 03 May '17

03 May '17

I have a problem with a physical user that was removed and recreated whith same name and different uid. The home dir, the mailbox file and the index directory where removed and recreated with the new uid/gid. I can feed the mailbox via procmail, though dovecot-lda complains that userids do not match: May 02 15:27:33 lda(alessandro_cmr): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailboxes/alessandro_cmr/INBOX) failed: Permission denied (euid=3525(alessandro_cmr) egid=111(poppers) missing +x perm: /var/spool/mailboxes/alessandro_cmr, dir owned by 1000:111 mode=0700) doveadm auth cache flush says 28 entries flushed but the situation does'nt change. here's my doveconf -n: # 2.2.29.1 (e0b76e3): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.17 (e179378) # OS: Linux 3.0.101-105-pae i686 openSUSE 11.4 (i586) ext3 auth_cache_size = 3 k auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes default_client_limit = 1249 default_vsz_limit = 712 M disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 0 first_valid_uid = 100 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/logfile.info listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot/logfile login_greeting = Dovecot at Baobab ready. login_trusted_networks = 127.0.0.0/8 212.45.144.0/24 192.168.134.0/24 mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mailboxes/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:DIRNAME=mbox:INDEX=/var/dovecot_indexes/%u maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no 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 mbox_lock_timeout = 443 secs namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size } protocols = pop3 imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { address = * } process_limit = 512 } service pop3-login { chroot = executable = pop3-login -D inet_listener pop3s { address = * } process_limit = 512 } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd } version_ignore = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_plugins = mail_log notify } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_enable_last = yes } protocol lda { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/lda.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot/lda-errors.log postmaster_address = mostmaster(a)mcs.it } Any idea? Thanks in advance 2 any helper, Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster(a)sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/

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Sieve dict and bindir question
by Alessio Cecchi 03 May '17

03 May '17

Hi, I have setup the latest Dovecot and Sieve with dict in order to read rules from MySQL and works fine: sieve_before = dict:proxy::sieve;name=activesql;bindir=~/.sieve-bin dict { sieve = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sieve-sql.conf.ext } # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sieve-sql.conf.ext connect = host=10.1.1.1 dbname=dovecot user=dovecot password=Ciao map { pattern = priv/sieve/name/$script_name table = user_sieve_scripts username_field = username value_field = id fields { script_name = $script_name } } map { pattern = priv/sieve/data/$id table = user_sieve_scripts username_field = username value_field = script_data fields { id = $id } } But when I update the rules in mysql sieve continue to apply only the "old" rules stored in the binary. The only way to apply the new rules is to delete the .sieve-bin/activesql.svbin. If I remove ";bindir=~/.sieve-bin" works fine. This is a cache issue and can be fixed via setting, is an issue or is a "feature" :-) ? Thanks -- Alessio Cecchi Postmaster @ http://www.qboxmail.it https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessice

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dovecot log shows: service=imap ... Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such directory
by Peter Kielbasiewicz 03 May '17

03 May '17

I am using dovecot 2.2 with plesk 12 and I have made no modifications to the dovecot config. Logwatch reports the messages below. The errors don't seem to appear for every imap connect as can be seen from the number of deliveries and successful logins. So what makes dovecot fail sometimes to create the /tmp/dovecot.imap? Dovecot Deliveries: 19 Dovecot IMAP and POP3 Successful Logins: 106 Dovecot disconnects: 72 **Unmatched Entries** dovecot: message repeated 4 times: [ service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory]: 1 Time(s) dovecot: message repeated 5 times: [ service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory]: 1 Time(s) dovecot: service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory: 10 Time(s) dovecot: service=imap, user=tester(a)example.com, ip=[::1]. Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap. failed: No such file or directory: 1 Time(s)

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