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Virtual mailboxes, index update issues
by Stefan Hagen 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Hello, I noticed a strange behavor, where I would like to ask for help. I have set up a few virtual mailboxes using the Virtual plugin. These mailboxes are: - Unread (all undread in all mailboxes) - LastDay (last 24h of all mailboxes) - LastWeek (last 7 days of all mailboxes) ... The virtual mailboxes in general are working great. However, there is one annoying behavior I would like to fix. If I define my virtual mailboxes like this: namespace inbox { inbox = yes prefix = "Virtual/" separator = / location = "virtual:~/.emails_virtual:LAYOUT=fs" list = yes subscriptions = yes } All programs can work with this mailbox. However, the index are not kept in sync. Let's say I mark some emails as "read" in the "Unread" mailbox, then they will still be in "unread"-state in the LastDay and LastWeek mailboxes. This is annoying. And there is a fix for it... location = "virtual:~/.emails_virtual:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY" Once I set INDEX=MEMORY, the mailbox refresh happens instantly. Marking an email as "read" in the "Unread" mailbox will instantly set it as "read" in the other mailboxes as well. However, many mail programs (mainly clients on OSX and iOS) have trouble and freak out with a refresh loop once I open these mailboxes. One client specifically complained about UID validity issues, which leads me to believe that UIDs are generated on the fly and are not stable when INDEX is set to MEMORY? How can I keep my virtual mailboxes in sync? Shouldn't they stay in sync even when INDEX=MEMORY is *not* set? I tried to set INDEX to a directory - it didn't help. Best Regards, Stefan Files: - 15-mailboxes.conf: https://gist.github.com/e54d458ece16ad6f29b536fa840e99ec - dovecot version: 2.2.31 (65cde28) - OS: FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p11 -- Stefan Hagen @: post(a)herrhagen.de T: +49 (0) 151 623 456 01 PGP: 0x8B8BD6DB

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Re: IMAP From sort uses only local-part
by Paul 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

On August 7, 2017, at 2:56pm, Michael Slusarz wrote: > This is the RFC 5256 compliant behavior.? From is sorted on addr-mailbox.? Interesting. I can't be the only person who's found this to be a limitation, right? It would be very useful to sort by actual sender, not just to group all the michael@'s together, then all the paul@'s, etc. I'm just a user looking for a workaround, not a protocol architect, but it looks like the RFC also specifies that SORT is extensible, so maybe the most correct, if not the easiest, solution would be to define a new sort key such as DOMAIN.

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Re: Auth Policy Server/wforce/weakforced
by Daniel Miller 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

On 8/4/2017 12:48 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > On 8/3/2017 6:11 AM, Teemu Huovila wrote: >> >> On 02.08.2017 23:35, Daniel Miller wrote: >>> Is there explicit documentation available for the (probably trivial) >>> configuration needed for Dovecot and Wforce? I'm probably missing >>> something that should be perfectly obvious... >>> >>> Wforce appears to start without errors. I added a file to dovecot's >>> conf.d: >>> >>> 95-policy.conf: >>> auth_policy_server_url = http://localhost:8084/ >>> auth_policy_hash_nonce = this_is_my_super_secret_something >>> >>> Looking at the Wforce console I see: >>> >>> WforceWebserver: HTTP Request "/" from 127.0.0.1:45108: Web >>> Authentication failed >>> >>> In wforce.conf I have the (default): >>> >>> webserver("0.0.0.0:8084", "--WEBPWD") >>> >>> Do I need to change the "--WEBPWD"? Do I need to specify something >>> in the Dovecot config? >> You could try putting an actual password, in plain text, where >> --WEBPWD is. Then add that base64 encoded to dovecot setting >> auth_policy_server_api_header. >> > I knew it would be something like that. I've made some changes but > I'm still not there. I presently have: > > webserver("0.0.0.0:8084", "--WEBPWD ultra-secret-secure-safe") > in wforce.conf (and I've tried with and without the --WEBPWD) > > and > > auth_policy_server_api_header = Authorization: Basic > dWx0cmEtc2VjcmV0LXNlY3VyZS1zYWZl > in 95-policy.conf for dovecot > > Obviously I'm still formatting something wrong. > I think I've got something working a little better. I'm using: webserver("0.0.0.0:8084", "ultra-secret-secure-safe") (so I remove the --WEBPWD - that's a placeholder, not a argument declaration) and for dovecot, the base64 encoding needs to be "wforce:password" instead of just the password. Now I have to see what else needs to be tweaked. Daniel

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[master-2.2] 4118e86
by Armin Tüting 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

quota-status.c: In function ‘client_handle_request’: quota-status.c:98:10: warning: passing argument 4 of ‘message_detail_address_parse’ from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default] &detail); ^ In file included from quota-status.c:14:0: ../../../src/lib-mail/message-address.h:38:6: note: expected ‘const char **’ but argument is of type ‘char *’ void message_detail_address_parse(const char *delimiter_string, ^ quota-status.c:98:10: error: too many arguments to function ‘message_detail_address_parse’ &detail); ^ In file included from quota-status.c:14:0: ../../../src/lib-mail/message-address.h:38:6: note: declared here void message_detail_address_parse(const char *delimiter_string,

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Dovecot infrastructure
by Simone Marx :: Edinet Srl 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Hi, I would need some suggestion for a dovecot based mail infrastructure. Actually, only one server (with dovecot sendmail amavis spamassassin clamav etc etc) is no longer enouth, so I thought I would put on a more complex infrastructure on different servers. But I do not know a few things. I was thinking about partitioning users on 3-4 servers with dovecot (imap / pop3) and dovecot-lda (no networked filesystem between them) and then configuring 1-2 servers with dovecot director and 1-2 servers for SMTP with postfix. It is not clear how the director will map user -> server to be used and, in a user virtualization context (maybe on MySQL) what is the owner / permissions I should give to home folders where I will store mail Thank you. Simone.

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IMAP From sort uses only local-part
by Paul 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

As far as I can tell, when I ask Dovecot to sort an IMAP mailbox by the >From address, it ignores the part of the address after the '@'. So, for instance, mails from info(a)abc.org, info(a)xyz.org, and info(a)ghi.org are all mingled together in arrival order. Is there a way to change this? Thanks!

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dovecot 2.2.28 password auth with openldap
by Markus Rosjat 07 Aug '17

07 Aug '17

Hi there, I desperatly trying to store a BLF-CRYPT password hash in an LDAP userPassword Attribute and get dovecot to authenticate against it. I use a thunderbird as client and send the password plain with starttls. what worked so far but is kinda problematic for my smtp authenticaton was to store the has with the prefix {CRYPT} or {BLF-CRYPT}. Is there a way to get dovecot to authenticate without storing the prefix in the LDAP attribute ? regards -- Markus Rosjat fon: +49 351 8107223 mail: rosjat(a)ghweb.de G+H Webservice GbR Gorzolla, Herrmann Königsbrücker Str. 70, 01099 Dresden http://www.ghweb.de fon: +49 351 8107220 fax: +49 351 8107227 Bitte prüfen Sie, ob diese Mail wirklich ausgedruckt werden muss! Before you print it, think about your responsibility and commitment to the ENVIRONMENT

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Re: dovecot Digest, Vol 172, Issue 8
by Ken Zachreson 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

Help Thank You, Ken Zachreson On Aug 6, 2017 2:00 AM, dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org wrote: ATTENTION: This email was sent from someone outside of GCRC. Always use caution when opening attachments or clicking links, and when receiving unexpected emails. Send dovecot mailing list submissions to dovecot(a)dovecot.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://dovecot.org/mailman/listinfo/dovecot or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org You can reach the person managing the list at dovecot-owner(a)dovecot.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of dovecot digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Corrupted SSL parameters file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat (Terry Jones) 2. Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP (Kenneth Ulrich) 3. Re: Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP (Larry Rosenman) 4. Re: Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP (Randy Bush) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 11:55:49 +0100 From: Terry Jones <r.a.n.domdev4+dovecot(a)gmail.com> To: Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com> Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: Corrupted SSL parameters file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat Message-ID: <CA+HuS5GLWxSq6fxh8pg4RXsYOOUBa0gLqTQ-Pt0Xs-fC1pfmYQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > Your timestamps suggest you did this the other way around. > > Aki mentioned that issue is/will be fixed, but DH parameters can take a > *very* long time to generate if you're unlucky, so maybe it's a timing > issue (using the service before the DH parameters was ready.) > I think I would ask you to ignore the timestamps in this instance. I can tell you from fact that I deleted the old .dat file, restarted dovecot, and waited for it to regenerate the file (i.e. there was nothing there, and then there was ...). So I can guarantee you that the file there at the moment very much is a new file, and that I waited for that new file before testing again. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 20:14:57 -0500 From: Kenneth Ulrich <ulrichkenneth(a)gmail.com> To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP Message-ID: <CACSvXraiWV_JkJ=bZmnNV6Axs8ziWb_8ywN0beyB1fkRJ3RLSg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" All, I was wondering if it is possible to use Dovecot as both incoming and outgoing. I have a friend that I am helping build a server, and he plans on using Dovecot for POP/IMAP and Postfix for SMTP and mailbox storage. If I understand right, Dovecot can handle both services and that is the path I would like him to take for easier maintenance. Can someone confirm this? ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 20:18:18 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <larryrtx(a)gmail.com> To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Subject: Re: Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP Message-ID: <CA+S=X75hvJU+Y5tiUCcLAC9kDLsDQhOwqMu7Q7Em6oXD_sG8YQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" No. Dovecot is JUST an IMAP/Pop3 server. SMTP *MUST* be handled via an MTA (Mail transport agent). Exim, Postfix, Sendmail, qmail, others are MTA's for SMTP. On 8/5/17, Kenneth Ulrich <ulrichkenneth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > All, > > I was wondering if it is possible to use Dovecot as both incoming and > outgoing. > > I have a friend that I am helping build a server, and he plans on using > Dovecot for POP/IMAP and Postfix for SMTP and mailbox storage. > > If I understand right, Dovecot can handle both services and that is the > path I would like him to take for easier maintenance. > > Can someone confirm this? > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 17716 Limpia Crk, Round Rock, TX 78664-7281 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 10:48:58 +0900 From: Randy Bush <randy(a)psg.com> To: Kenneth Ulrich <ulrichkenneth(a)gmail.com> Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP Message-ID: <m2tw1lihyt.wl-randy(a)psg.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > I was wondering if it is possible to use Dovecot as both incoming and > outgoing. no. but if it was systemd it would, and pick up the paper post too. randy ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list dovecot(a)dovecot.org https://dovecot.org/mailman/listinfo/dovecot ------------------------------ End of dovecot Digest, Vol 172, Issue 8 ***************************************

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Using Dovecot for IMAP/POP and SMTP
by Kenneth Ulrich 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

All, I was wondering if it is possible to use Dovecot as both incoming and outgoing. I have a friend that I am helping build a server, and he plans on using Dovecot for POP/IMAP and Postfix for SMTP and mailbox storage. If I understand right, Dovecot can handle both services and that is the path I would like him to take for easier maintenance. Can someone confirm this?

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Re: Corrupted SSL parameters file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat
by Joseph Tam 05 Aug '17

05 Aug '17

> But if I enable SSL, the doveadm backup on the remote machine hangs. > And the destination machine prints the following two massages in the > logs : > > Aug 4 17:10:31 bbb dovecot: doveadm: Error: Corrupted SSL parameters > file in state_dir: ssl-parameters.dat - disabling SSL 360 > Aug 4 17:10:31 bbb dovecot: doveadm: Error: Couldn't initialize SSL > parameters, disabling SSL > > > BUT : > > (1) /var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat *DOES* exist. > and > (2) If I delete it and restart dovecot, it successully re-creates it, as per > Aug 4 17:02:32 bbb dovecot: ssl-params: Generating SSL parameters > Aug 4 17:06:58 bbb dovecot: ssl-params: SSL parameters regeneration completed Your timestamps suggest you did this the other way around. Aki mentioned that issue is/will be fixed, but DH parameters can take a *very* long time to generate if you're unlucky, so maybe it's a timing issue (using the service before the DH parameters was ready.) Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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