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Migrate Dovecot email archive
by Marco Usai 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Yesterday I'vemigrated Dovecot mail archive between two servers using the procedure below: 1) Createon the new server the same email accounts existing on the old server. 2) Transferthe "tarred" mail folder from the old to the new server. For testingpurposes, on Outlook 2007 I've deleted a .pst cache file, forcing the client todownload all emails again. The switchwas absolutely transparent without any problem. All the emails were availableand Outlook 2007 noticed no changes. Can Iconsider this a correct procedure or should I use some tools like Dsync ?

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Increased errors "Broken MIME parts" in log file
by Alessio Cecchi 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

Hi, after the last upgrade to Dovecot 2.2.24.2 (d066a24) I see an increased number of errors "Broken MIME parts" for users in dovecot log file, here an example: Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 34 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=410000005b070000000000007b07000000000000fc0a000000000000400b0000000000000300000048000000800700000000000060000000000000006400000000000000200000000000000021000000000000000100000040000000260800000000000027000000000000002900000000000000ea00000000000000f000000000000000440000005d090000000000001e000000000000002000000000000000b308000000000000e0080000000000002d00000001000000410000007b09000000000000b208000000000000de080000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 35 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=410000005b070000000000007b07000000000000fd0a000000000000410b0000000000000300000048000000800700000000000060000000000000006400000000000000200000000000000021000000000000000100000040000000260800000000000027000000000000002900000000000000eb00000000000000f100000000000000440000005e090000000000001e000000000000002000000000000000b308000000000000e0080000000000002d00000001000000410000007c09000000000000b208000000000000de080000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): unlink(/home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache) failed: No such file or directory (in mail-cache.c:28) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 49 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): unlink(/home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache) failed: No such file or directory (in mail-cache.c:28) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 50 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): unlink(/home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache) failed: No such file or directory (in mail-cache.c:28) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 54 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): unlink(/home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache) failed: No such file or directory (in mail-cache.c:28) Jun 01 15:25:29 Error: imap(alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it): Corrupted index cache file /home/domains/skye.it/alessio.cecchi/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken MIME parts for mail UID 55 in mailbox INBOX: Cached MIME parts don't match message during parsing: Cached header size mismatch (parts=) I try to run: - doveadm index -u alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it INBOX - doveadm force-resync -u alessio.cecchi(a)skye.it INBOX - delete all dovecot.* files for user but the error reappears always (for the same UID) when I do "search" from webmail. All works fine for the users but I don't think is good to have these errors in log file. My configuration: # dovecot -n # 2.2.24.2 (d066a24): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.14 (5986a78) # OS: Linux 2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.8 (Final) auth_cache_negative_ttl = 2 mins auth_cache_size = 20 M auth_cache_ttl = 20 mins auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_worker_max_count = 50 deliver_log_format = msgid=%m, from=%f, subject="%s": %$ dict { acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext sqlquota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 89 first_valid_uid = 89 imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags imap_idle_notify_interval = 29 mins imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o session=<%{session}> imap_max_line_length = 2 M last_valid_gid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = 10.0.0.157 login_trusted_networks = 10.0.0.0/24 mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = quota acl expire zlib maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext vnd.dovecot.duplicate mmap_disable = yes namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%n/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } passdb { args = username_format=%Ld /etc/dovecot/extra/alias-domains-denylogin.txt deny = yes driver = passwd-file } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-deny-sql.conf.ext deny = yes driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/extra/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl antispam_backend = mailtrain antispam_mail_notspam = --ham antispam_mail_sendmail = /usr/bin/sa-learn antispam_mail_spam = --spam antispam_spam = Spam antispam_trash = Trash expire = Trash expire2 = Spam expire_dict = proxy::expire fts = solr fts_solr = url=http://10.0.0.5:8983/solr/ quota = maildir:UserQuota quota2 = dict:Quota Usage::noenforcing:proxy::sqlquota quota_grace = 10M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve/before.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.duplicate -vacation zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, bytes=%i/%o, session=<%{session}> protocols = imap pop3 sieve sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail service anvil { unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty { mode = 00 } } service auth { client_limit = 6524 unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } } service dict { process_limit = 500 unix_listener dict { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/scripts/imap-postlogin.sh unix_listener imap-postlogin { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin process_limit = 5000 vsz_limit = 384 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/scripts/pop3-postlogin.sh unix_listener pop3-postlogin { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } service pop3 { executable = pop3 pop3-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/scripts/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } } ssl = no ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 submission_host = 127.0.0.1 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_fsync = optimized mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY mail_plugins = quota acl expire zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota acl expire zlib imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 2 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 15 } -- Alessio Cecchi Postmaster @ http://www.qboxmail.it https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessice

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tlsv1 alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
by Maurizio Dall'Acqua 19 Jun '16

19 Jun '16

The version of Roundcube I am using is 0.9.5+dfsg1-4.1

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Custom storage backend
by Cornelius Charlie 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Hello, We use a storage backend that is using non-standard apis. We would like to know if there is some way to write a storage backend as a plugin instead of hardcoding our changes directly into the dovecot source ? Thanks.

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archive all saved IMAP messages
by KT Walrus 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

I need to archive (i.e., send to another mail server) all messages saved on my mail servers. I’ve implemented for SMTP submission, but haven’t figured out how to archive messages saved by IMAP (like to Drafts, Sent, etc.). How would I best implement this? Can I enable Sieve plugin for IMAP? Or, some other method? Like one way backup to archive server? I really only need to archive the messages sent/saved by a user and not the messages received from other users. Kevin

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tlsv1 alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48
by Maurizio Dall'Acqua 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Hi, I have set up a mail server with postfix+dovecot 2.2.13 on my raspberry pi running Raspbian Jassie OS. Now I would like to add an on-line e-mail client like Squirrelmail or Roundcube. I was able to start up these two clients but when I try to login I get this error message in the dovecot log: tlsv1 alert unknown ca: SSL alert number 48 But I have inserted the self-signed certificate and key in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf Moreover, I can send and receive e-mails from/to my server, and I can login successfully to dovecot IMAP with Thunderbird. Can somebody give me a clue on how to solve this problem? Any help would me much appreciated. Regards, Maurizio

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Mail dates
by ＠lbutlr 18 Jun '16

18 Jun '16

Where exactly does dovecot get the date that it reports via IMAP? I have a lot of messages that were restored from an archive and so all have the same date, despite being over the span over several years. I tried setting the timestamps of the files to the date in the Received header, but that didn’t seem to make any difference to what my IMAP clients see. Do I have to rename the files to the right epoch seconds in order for dovecot to show the right dates to the IMAP clients? … It seems I’ve been here before, but I don’t remember the solution … -- 'What is this thing, anyway?' said the Dean, inspecting the implement in his hands. 'It's called a shovel', said the Senior Wrangler. 'I've seen the gardeners use them. You stick the sharp end in the ground. Then it gets a bit technical.' --Reaper Man

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Advice needed: SMTP/LMTP or IMAP for internal message delivery
by KT Walrus 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

I’ve implemented “next day” delivery this week by taking messages submitted through Postfix, queuing the messages in a MySQL database, and sending them out for delivery through another Postfix instance/Dovecot LMTP proxy with final delivery using the destination mail servers LMTP service. Delivery is sent to a “next day” mail server which is sync’d to the recipient’s mail server using “doveadm sync -A tcp:next-day-mail:12345” on each mail server in the early morning. This all appears to be working well. I do have a need to deliver these messages into specific mail folders in the recipient’s mailbox and I was planning on using global Sieve scripts running on the “next day” mail server to place the messages in the proper folder (not all messages are delivered to the INBOX folder). I am using a PHP script to move the messages from Postfix to the MySQL database and then later sending them via SMTP to the internal Postfix instance for delivery to the “next day” mail server. I started investing how to code the Sieve scripts today and it occurred to me that I could greatly simplify message delivery by using IMAP to deliver the messages to the “next day” mail server. The PHP script would be able to deliver the exact message that should be stored to the proper folders setting the \Seen flags appropriately. My backend “next day” mail server already supports Master password login so I figure the PHP script should be able to login via IMAP to access the folders in the recipient mailboxes. Also, the PHP script could do other mailbox maintenance tasks when it connects to the user’s mailbox such as purge folders by age, message count, etc. The PHP script could also retrieve info about the current state of the user’s mailbox folders (like the date of the oldest unread message, how many messages have been read in the last week or so, etc) and store this data in the MySQL DB. I’m looking for any advice on whether to scrap the current plan of deploying internal Postfix SMTP/Dovecot LMTP proxy/Dovecot LMTP/Sieve script for “next day” mail delivery and just write PHP script to access Dovecot IMAP (direct to the “next day” mail server or to the user’s mail server for “immediate” delivery). This would allow me to drop using Dovecot LMTP at all. Postfix SMTP would only be configured to invoke a PHP script to deliver messages to the database (which is already implemented). Postfix would still use Dovecot IMAP authentication, but only Dovecot IMAP service would need to be “highly available”. Any opinions? Should I dump LMTP? Kevin

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Migrate email account from Dovecot to Dovecot servers
by Marco Usai 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hello, 1) I needto migrate some mbox imap email accounts from a shared webhosting provider toanother one. 2) Bothservers seem to use Devecot, as a telnet command on port 143 shows an identicalresponse:* OK[CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE NAMESPACESTARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. 3) I don'tknow Dovecot version because I don't have access to "dovecot --version"command. 4) I can'tuse "doveadm-sync" because the command is not available on my sharedhosting account. 5) I preferto leave imapsync perl script as the last option because I want to preserve theUID. So, I needto know what migration procedure can be adopted: if I copythe /home/user/mail/ directory containing all email account from the sourceserver to the destination server, can I expect to see all accounts working withall the emails transferred ? Should I firstcreate from cPanel all the email account with identical names and password onthe destination server ? Anysuggestion will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

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Double variable expansion / multiple password mechanisms
by Leon Kyneur 17 Jun '16

17 Jun '16

Hi, Trying to solve the problem of supporting multiple auth mechanisms + proxy and really don't want to store user passwords in plain test and fine to do master user to backend. I had the crazy thought I could do something like the following: For each user Store supported password schemes as LDAP attributes: userPasswordCRAM-MD5: {CRAM-MD5}xxx userPasswordDIGEST-MD5: {DIGEST-MD5}xxxx userPasswordSCRAM: {SCRAM-SHA-1}xxxx userPasswordNTLM: {NTLM}xxxx then: =password=%{ldap:userPassword%m} <- Though this doesn't work.. just wondering if it could possibly work or if I should give up on this crazy idea :) Thanks Leon

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