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auth: Error: BUG: Authentication client sent unknown handshake command
by Marcus Endberg 08 Jan '17

08 Jan '17

Hello! I run dovecot for many years now, but today it ran into a bug I've never seen before. Searching the archives, this bug seems to occur very seldom. The current server installation & configuration is running since mid 2015, uptime of the server today is more than two months. It is a virtual machine in a data center, debian 7 / reiserfs, 'dovecot -n' output below. Just within normal operation, suddenly my users could no longer check their IMAP accounts, log shows lots of entries like this: ----------------------- /var/log/mail.log excerpt --------------------- 2017-01-08 08:15:23 dovecot: auth: Error: BUG: Authentication client sent unknown handshake command: REQUEST?3484549121?11364?1?74fa603b892f9a262605ae6c2ce1d9a1 2017-01-08 08:15:23 dovecot: imap: Error: Authentication server didn't send valid SPID as expected: MECH#011PLAIN#011plaintext 2017-01-08 08:15:23 dovecot: imap: Error: Disconnected from auth server, aborting (client-pid=11364 client-id=1) 2017-01-08 08:15:23 dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (pid=11364 id=1) (internal failure, 1 succesful auths): user=<USER_NAME>, method=PLAIN, rip=<USER_IP>, lip=85.214.143.57, mpid=11368, TLS, session=<0oiwA5BFmQBQhoL1> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Strangely, sending mails still worked fine (postfix uses dovecot SASL authentification). I could not find any hint what might have caused the error in any logfile. After restarting dovecot everything is back to normal operation. Is there any other information I can / should provide? Thanks for your efforts, Marcus ----------------------- output of 'dovecot -n' ------------------------ # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.41-042stab120.16 i686 Debian 7.11 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 { driver = pam } protocols = " imap" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </correct_path_to/mailbox.endberg.net-chain.cert ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA ssl_key = </home/sslcerts/keys/mailbox.endberg.net.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { driver = passwd } -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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OP/PSA: Net Systems Research mail port diddlers
by lists＠lazygranch.com 07 Jan '17

07 Jan '17

http://netsystemsresearch.com/ dovecot.log.1.bz2:Jan 05 17:28:15 pop3-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 3 secs): user=<>, rip=169.54.233.124, lip=MYIP, TLS handshaking: Disconnected, session=<z/L0OVxFetOpNul8> Their "research" pokes your email ports. Block if you want or participate in the (cough cough) research. IP addresses and opt-out email address on webpage.

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Dovecot dsync tcps sends incomplete certificate chain
by Juri 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Hi, I'm trying to configure a Dovecot dsync service between two servers, using a tcp+ssl connection and a valid Let's Encrypt certificate. I followed the guide on the wiki (http://wiki.dovecot.org/Replication) using the tcps method, but when I launch the replication it fails writing on the log (/var/log/mail.err): (Server 1 - sync "client" )| Error: sync: Disconnected from remote: Received invalid SSL certificate: unable to get local issuer certificate: /CN=mail.dividebyzero.it (Server 2 - sync "server")| Error: doveadm client disconnected before handshake: <no error> If I try to connect to the server using openssl s_client, on the port 993 (imaps) the server correctly sends the full chain: $ openssl s_client -connect server1.fqdn:993 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=2 O = Digital Signature Trust Co., CN = DST Root CA X3 verify return:1 depth=1 C = US, O = Let's Encrypt, CN = Let's Encrypt Authority X3 verify return:1 depth=0 CN = mail.dividebyzero.it verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:/CN=mail.dividebyzero.it i:/C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3 1 s:/C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3 i:/O=Digital Signature Trust Co./CN=DST Root CA X3 ... while on the doveadm port it fails: $ openssl s_client -connect server1.fqdn:7557 CONNECTED(00000003) depth=0 CN = mail.dividebyzero.it verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate verify return:1 depth=0 CN = mail.dividebyzero.it verify error:num=21:unable to verify the first certificate verify return:1 --- Certificate chain 0 s:/CN=mail.dividebyzero.it i:/C=US/O=Let's Encrypt/CN=Let's Encrypt Authority X3 ... I run Dovecot 2.2.13 on Debian 8.6: $ dovecot -n # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6 auth_default_realm = dividebyzero.it auth_mechanisms = plain login doveadm_password = (redacted) doveadm_port = 7557 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" namespace inbox { (removed) } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = username_format=%n /etc/vmail/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } plugin { mail_replica = tcps:otherserver.fqdn } protocols = " imap lmtp" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { user = dovecot } } service auth { unix_listener auth-client { group = Debian-exim mode = 0660 } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = vmail } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 7557 ssl = yes } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0666 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.dividebyzero.it/fullchain.pem ssl_client_ca_file = /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.dividebyzero.it/chain.pem ssl_key = </etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.dividebyzero.it/privkey.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/local/vmail/%d/%n driver = static } Is it a known problem, or has it been resolved in a subsequent version? If it is not, can you suggest me a workaround in the meantime? Thank you.

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IMAP proxy for Exchange - encrypted backend Communication?
by tom 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Hello, I try to setup a IMAP proxy for my old Exchange server. Running Dovecot v2.x on Centos 7. So far I follow http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapcProxy and it seem to work. The only but major thing is with this setup - the communication between proxy and backend is not encrypted. :( To fix this, I changed the config and add: imapc_ssl=imaps imapc_port=993 but it doesnt work, because of verify failure of the self signed backend certificate: Jan 5 21:48:55 imap dovecot: imap(user1): Error: imapc(192.168.1.1:993): Couldn't initialize SSL context: Can't verify remote server certs without trusted CAs (ssl_client_ca_* settings) Jan 5 21:48:55 imap dovecot: imap(user1): Error: imapc(192.168.1.1:993): No SSL context Jan 5 21:48:55 imap dovecot: imap(user1): Error: imapc: Command failed: Disconnected from server Jan 5 21:48:55 imap dovecot: imap(user1): Error: user tkoenig: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: Mailbox list driver imapc: Failed to access imapc backend Jan 5 21:48:55 imap dovecot: imap(user1): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. I didnt found anything in the documentation which tells dovcot not verify the backend certificate. Is there a know way to get it runing? Many thanks for any hint! regrds, Tom

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dovecot-pigeonhole running external script ends with signal 11
by Tobi 06 Jan '17

06 Jan '17

Hi, I'm running a dovecot 2.2.26 (self compiled) on a Centos 7. I have a sieve script which should run an external script (in filter mode) that encrypts the mail using the users pub key. I configured 90-plugin.conf as follows plugin { sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.filter sieve_filter_bin_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve-filters sieve_filter_exec_timeout = 10000 } The script is named SCRIPT and is called in my sieve script require "vnd.dovecot.filter"; if blabla { filter "SCRIPT" ["me(a)example.com"]; } the script returns the encrypted mail. I can call this SCRIPT without any error manually on the console as dovecot user (vmail). Also sieve-test "says" that the script called sucessfully su vmail sieve-test -e -t - -Tlevel=commands -r me(a)example.com -l /home/vmail/example.com/me/.Maildir /home/vmail/example.com/me/.dovecot.sieve /tmp/test.mail ... 23: filter action 23: execute program `SCRIPT' 23: executed program successfully 23: changed message ... info: msgid=<B5OEuIEvrCZzcoJ7A6fCF-ka2Nwz-Ze2UCO840Panvw.w7zr1vruaJMbDBwK63natps3v__yOgbhHy3ntACTU0s@redacted>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX'. sieve-test(vmail): Info: final result: success and I get the encrpted message in my mailbox. Just when it's called upon delivery via lmtp the script ends with signal 11 Jan 3 15:59:48 mbox2 dovecot: lmtp(me(a)example.com): Error: program `/etc/dovecot/sieve-filters/SCRIPT' terminated abnormally, signal 11 And in ~/.dovecot.sieve.log I can find the following .dovecot: line 23: error: filter action: failed to execute to program `SCRIPT': refer to server log for more information. [2017-01-03 15:59:48]. I have no idea why the manual call runs perfect and the call from sieve file ends up in this error. Does anyone have an idea how I could narrow down the source of this error? Or even better how to fix it? :-) Thanks for any answer tobi

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dovecot.index.pvt view is inconsistent: error messages for public mailbox folder
by Andreas Ntaflos 04 Jan '17

04 Jan '17

Hi list, running Dovecot 2.2.27 on Ubuntu 14.04. A public mailbox "Public/Spam-Learning" in a public namespace with per-user "Seen" flags is configured like this: namespace pub { hidden = no inbox = no list = children location = maildir:/var/vmail/public:INDEXPVT=~/Maildir/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public mailbox "Spam-Learning" { auto = subscribe } } The log files are full of error messages like these (got about 15000 in the last three days): 2017-01-03T11:19:28.242386+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(foo.bar(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/foo.bar/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:19:28.248524+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(foo.bar(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/foo.bar/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt view is inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:23:50.209732+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(baz.quux(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/baz.quux/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:23:50.775940+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(some.user(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/some.user/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:25:38.419536+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(other.user(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/other.user/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:34:14.351346+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(more.user(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/more.user/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent 2017-01-03T11:41:37.488916+01:00 mailserver01 dovecot: imap(support.user(a)example.org): Error: /var/vmail/example.org/support.user/Maildir/public/.Spam-Learning/dovecot.index.pvt reset, view is now inconsistent This problem did not seem to manifest itself in Dovecot 2.2.25, we see it only after upgrading to 2.2.27. I am not sure what the effects are. It seems that messages moved to the Public/Spam-Learning folder are deleted after a short while (not by the sa-learn cron job, which runs every morning) but I currently cannot say if this is because a user deletes them explicitly or because Dovecot does something it shouldn't. So this observation is possibly not relevant. It also doesn't seem to matter what kind of IMAP client access the Spam-Learning folder. Our users use Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook, Roundcube, Horde and various mobile clients as well. I have attached the output of doveconf -n for reference. What could be the issue here? Are we doing something wrong or is this a bug in Dovecot? Thanks! Andreas

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expunging all mailboxes
by Michael Fox 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Evidently, the 'doveadm expunge' command requires a "mailbox" to be defined in the search string. But is there a way tell it all mailboxes for a user? For example, something like: doveadm expunge -u user@domain mailbox ALL savedbefore 30d Thanks, Michael

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two listeners with different "driver = " configs
by mj 03 Jan '17

03 Jan '17

Hi, I would like to have two seperate imap listeners, with different authentication settings, but the mailstore and userbase etc will be identical. I know I can do this: > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imap2 { > port = 144 > } > } But I'm unsure how to configure imap/143 with "driver = ldap" and imap2/144 with "driver = pam" Just to explain why i would like this: I am using pam-script-saml (https://github.com/ck-ws/pam-script-saml) to enable saml-based access to dovecot. I would like to have one listener 144 to only serve this saml authentication listener, and the regular 143 listener with driver = ldap. Is that config possible? Best regards, MJ

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differential SETACL silently fails if no vfile exists
by Vincent Breitmoser 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

In version 2.2.13, with `acl = vfile`, setting a differential ACL permission doesn't work if there are no permissions set yet. Example IMAP log: b1 GETACL test * ACL test valodim lrwstipekxacd b1 OK Getacl completed. b2 SETACL test valodim -l b2 OK Setacl complete. b3 GETACL test * ACL test valodim lrwstipekxacd b3 OK Getacl completed. My expectation was that the file would be created with default permissions, and the requested change then applied. However, no acl permission is set and no vfile is created for this mailbox in the process. This does work as expected (and a file is created) if I set a non-differential ACL first: b4 SETACL test valodim lrwstipekxacd b4 OK Setacl complete. b5 GETACL test * ACL test valodim akxeilprwtscd b5 OK Getacl completed. b6 SETACL test valodim -l b6 OK Setacl complete. b7 GETACL test * ACL test valodim akxeiprwtscd b7 OK Getacl completed. - V

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dovecot and sssd
by Günther J. Niederwimmer 02 Jan '17

02 Jan '17

Hello, is there a way to configure dovecot over sssd ? like driver = sss Thanks for a answer, -- mit freundlichen Grüssen / best regards Günther J. Niederwimmer

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