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Considerations for a not so simple set-up ...
by Lars Hanke 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

I want to set up a new IMAP server with Dovecot, so far I've been running Cyrus. I'm running dovecot on Debian Jessie. The general idea of the system would be: 1) Virtual users, i.e. login users are disjoint from any mail accounts. 2) Real-Users authenticate using their kerberos tickets. 3) There is a n-to-n mapping of real to virtual users. 4) Maildirs shall be stored on glusterfs. 5) Fallback passwords for cloud access Concerning 1) and 2) I keep reading that this is possible, but I could not find any concise and current description. I'd welcome pointers to howtos. Concerning 3) this should be a matter of ACL, e.g. a single real user (kerberos pricipal) may have several mail-boxes (virtual users), and groups of real users may share the same mail-box. I have a faint idea, how this could be done in Cyrus (but never did that), but I read that these features should exist in Dovecot as well. But I'm completely lost to even figure out a starting point. I appreciate any keywords for further reading. Concerning 4) I read that there are some issues using NFS. Are there any caveats when using gluster? Concerning 5) Users logging in from outside may not have TGT on their notebooks, which by design should run as stand-alone. They should nevertheless be able to access their mail. I currently think of another set of real users, but anything less messy is welcome. Did someone try something similar, already? Thanks for your help, - lars.

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'doveadm expunge' with -A and userdb { driver = passwd }
by Grant 05 Sep '15

05 Sep '15

I'm expunging mail in my crontab like this: doveadm search -u user1 mailbox INBOX.Trash savedbefore 30d doveadm search -u user2 mailbox INBOX.Trash savedbefore 30d doveadm search -u user3 mailbox INBOX.Trash savedbefore 30d ... I'd rather do this: doveadm search -A mailbox INBOX.Trash savedbefore 30d but I'm told not to: "If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the first_valid_uid setting." I'm using userdb { driver = passwd-file } but I'm guessing that's the same thing. Am I understanding this correctly? - Grant

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apple mail fails to connect intermittently
by Eric Smith 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi (New to dovecot) I am experiencing intermittent connection failures with both apple mail and ios mail. No specific errors and I cannot find relevant information on the mac logs or on my server. It spontaneously corrects. restarting dovecot - no dice It just happened now (again), this time there might have been a reason, I just dovecot-lda'd some large mailboxes from mbox to Maildir. But as I said, it spontaneously corrects, so is downloading now. While this connection error is occurring, then I can connect to dovecot via a remote mutt session, via web imap client and via outlook. Is this a known issue? FWIW: % doveconf -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic i686 Ubuntu 15.04 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes 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 } mailbox virtual/All { special_use = \All } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)biovolt.nl protocols = " imap lmtp" ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { info_log_path = /tmp/dovecot-deliver.log log_path = /tmp/dovecot-deliver-errors.log } Thanks Eric

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Reviving an old thread: "requiring client certificates for external connections"
by Robert Giles 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hi folks - reviving an old thread from 2010: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-December/055837.html We're basically looking to do the same thing: require client certificates for external connections, while preserving certificate-less username/password authentication for internal connections. Any tips on the best way to accomplish this? 'ssl_verify_client_cert = yes' can go within a local {} block, but it doesn't seem to force the client to submit a certificate. Thanks in advance - Robert Giles

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disable quota for all users
by Support Antenna 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Dear all, On a new server (postfix dovecot postfixadmin Centos) I did define quota=0 in postfixadmin However suddenly a user with more than 9Gb of mail got his mailbox new/cur empty and maillog shows: Sep 3 15:43:56 mail16 dovecot: lda(brouwerb(a)scholarium.nl): Error: sieve: msgid=<alpine.LRH.2.20.1509031543050.16381(a)streaming2.antenna.nl>: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Sep 3 15:43:56 mail16 dovecot: lda(brouwerb(a)scholarium.nl): Error: sieve: script /home/sieve/globalfilter.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep Sep 3 15:43:56 mail16 dovecot: lda(brouwerb(a)scholarium.nl): msgid=<alpine.LRH.2.20.1509031543050.16381(a)streaming2.antenna.nl>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Apparently somewhere a quota is defined, probably in dovecot cd /etc/dovecot grep -R quota * |grep -v "#" conf.d/auth-vpopmail.conf.ext: args = quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q dovecot.conf: mail_plugins = quota sieve dovecot.conf: mail_plugins = quota imap_quota trash dovecot.conf: mail_plugins = quota dovecot.conf: quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf dovecot.conf: quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict dovecot-dict-quota.conf: pattern = priv/quota/storage dovecot-dict-quota.conf: table = quota2 dovecot-dict-quota.conf: pattern = priv/quota/messages dovecot-dict-quota.conf: table = quota2 dovecot-mysql.conf:user_query = SELECT concat('/home/vmail/', maildir) as home, concat('maildir:/home/vmail/', maildir) as mail, 101 AS uid, 12 AS gid, CONCAT('*:messages=10000:bytes=', quota) as quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' Output of dovecot -n : # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-573.3.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.7 (Final) ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login dict { quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf } first_valid_gid = 12 first_valid_uid = 101 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%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 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /home/sieve/ sieve_global_path = /home/sieve/globalfilter.sieve sieve_max_script_size = 1M trash = /etc/dovecot/trash.conf } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service imap { vsz_limit = 256 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } process_min_avail = 0 service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/PositiveSSL_Bundle.crt ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/webmail2.antenna.nl.crt ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/certs/webmail2.antenna.nl.key ssl_verify_client_cert = yes userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster(a)antenna.nl } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_plugins = quota imap_quota trash } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } protocol sieve { managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } What should be changed where to disable quota (as to messages and space)? Thanks a lot, warm regards, Tsjêbbe

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new server
by Franc 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

I am going to build a new box (2-3.000 users, 4-500 domains name (50-100 real, remaining used as redirect on the main (.it,.eu,.com,...)) . Is there any how-to or similar to follow for build an updated system? (My current boxes are based on CentoOS 6.x using included Dovecot + PostFix .rpms) I am thinking to CentOS 7.x + Dovecot + PostFix + RoundCube + Squirrel + procmail with unix users and virtual users. But I admit that systemd isn't still my best friend ... :-) In CentOS 7.x there is a default dovecot-2.2.10. Is it enough Ok or better use different rpms source? Any hints is welcomed :-) Thanks, F.

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internal server error
by Sergey Schwartz 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hi! Today I've got a client unable to open a mailbox with Thunderbird - constantly drops connection. On the server side I can see an error message in the log Jul 22 11:07:29 mx10 dovecot: imap(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7c96f) [0x7fd52575b96f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7c9ce) [0x7fd52575b9ce] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fd525709875] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_uint32_to_offset+0x74) [0x7fd525aa72d4] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_cache_add+0x561) [0x7fd525a91cf1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_parse_header+0x2b1) [0x7fd525a79241] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x66e47) [0x7fd525745e47] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x68) [0x7fd5257657a8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3d) [0x7fd52576614d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x62) [0x7fd52574af02] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x667ff) [0x7fd5257457ff] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x68) [0x7fd5257657a8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3d) [0x7fd52576614d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_get_header_size+0x53) [0x7fd52574e4b3] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(imap_msgpart_open+0x257) [0x7fd525ab4527] -> dovecot/imap(+0x1da42) [0x7fd525f3ca42] -> dovecot/imap(+0x1be3f) [0x7fd525f3ae3f] -> dovecot/imap(imap_fetch_more+0x37) [0x7fd525f3be97] -> dovecot/imap(cmd_fetch+0x316) [0x7fd525f2f946] -> dovecot/imap(command_exec+0x4c) [0x7fd525f398cc] -> dovecot/imap(+0x19830) [0x7fd525f38830] -> dovecot/imap(+0x198c4) [0x7fd525f388c4] -> dovecot/imap(client_handle_input+0x115) [0x7fd525f38bc5] -> dovecot/imap(client_input+0x75) [0x7fd525f38fa5] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x5b) [0x7fd52576e54b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xbb) [0x7fd52576f5cb] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x9) [0x7fd52576e5d9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7fd52576e658] Jul 22 11:07:29 mx10 dovecot: imap(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 17109 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Should I report a bug or there is a workaround for this issue? -- Best regards, Sergey Schwartz Senior System Administrator Biblio Globus Tour Operator www.bgoperator.ru T: +7 495 5042500 ext 1532 E: sergey.schwartz(a)bgoperator.com

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sieve filtering utf 8 strings
by Sergey Schwartz 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Guys, I'm completely stuck, so asking for advice. My user has a sieve script which checks message header if it contains words in russian like 'Лист бронирования отправлен'. Pritty simple script # rule:[Отправлено] if allof (header :contains "subject" "LDS (robot): Лист бронирования отправлен", header :contains "from" "noreply(a)bgoperator.com") { fileinto "Отправлено"; } I don't have errors compiling the script or executing it via LMTP, but it doesn't work. Normally user receives messages from robot with subject encoded as quoted-printable Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?LDS_(robot):_=D0=9B=D0=B8=D1=81=D1=82?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=D0=B1=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=BD=D0=B8=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B0=D0=BD?= =?UTF-8?Q?=D0=B8=D1=8F__=D0=BE=D1=82=D0=BF=D1=80=D0=B0=D0=B2=D0=BB=D0=B5?= When I send a test message via Thunderbird with required words - sieve works fine and subject is encoded in base64 Subject: =?UTF-8?B?0JvQuNGB0YIg0LHRgNC+0L3QuNGA0L7QstCw0L3QuNGPINC+0YLQv9GA?= =?UTF-8?B?0LDQstC70LXQvQ==?= It is the same text, but encodind is different - base 64 works fine and quoted-printable does not. Is it possible to have both supported for sieve ? -- Best regards, Sergey Schwartz Senior System Administrator Biblio Globus Tour Operator www.bgoperator.ru T: +7 495 5042500 ext 1532 E: sergey.schwartz(a)bgoperator.com

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Unsubscribe from shared mailbox
by Miloslav Hůla 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hi, I'm using Dovecot 2.2.13-11 (Debian Jessie) and shared namespace (to be old Cyrus compatible setting): namespace { list = children location = maildir:/vmail/user/%%n/Maildir:INDEXPVT=/vmail/user/%n/Maildir/Shared/%%n prefix = user.%%n. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = shared } My account: milo Other account: peter After subscription, I have: /vmail/user/milo/Maildir/Shared/peter/.INBOX/dovecot.index.pvt.log After unsubscribe, file and folder still exists. Where Dovecot stores the information, that I had unsubscribed from this folder? I need this to analyze subscriptions over all mail acounts. Thank you, Miloslav

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Error: Raw backtrace: and Transaction log changed unexpectedly, can't get modseq
by Andreas Fineske 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Hi there, i've got some errors in my log files # dovecot --version 2.2.9 Here the Log's: Aug 26 12:05:39 s-imap4 dovecot: dsync-server(ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5e271) [0x7f61d943c271] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5e34e) [0x7f61d943c34e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f61d93f7a9e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so(+0x53e2) [0x7f61d8c083e2] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so(+0x72d9) [0x7f61d8c0a2d9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so(acl_attribute_iter_next+0x5d) [0x7f61d8c0953d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x99e73) [0x7f61d973fe73] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_storage_mailbox_delete+0xf8) [0x7f61d9741338] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib15_notify_plugin.so(+0x1d10) [0x7f61d87efd10] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so(+0xbe16) [0x7f61d8c0ee16] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_delete+0x27) [0x7f61d9717f77] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](dsync_brain_mailbox_tree_sync_change+0x281) [0x7f61d9bf4e21] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](dsync_brain_recv_mailbox_tree_deletes+0x11b) [0x7f61d9bf4aeb] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](dsync_brain_run+0x4e3) [0x7f61d9bf1f53] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](+0x1c270) [0x7f61d9bf2270] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](+0x2de60) [0x7f61d9c03e60] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x27) [0x7f61d944c247] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xd7) [0x7f61d944cfd7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f61d944bde8] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](+0x1a189) [0x7f61d9bf0189] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](+0xebeb) [0x7f61d9be4beb] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](+0x184d3) [0x7f61d9bee4d3] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x27) [0x7f61d944c247] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xd7) [0x7f61d944cfd7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f61d944bde8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f61d93fcc93] -> dovecot/doveadm-server [ralph.carstens.iea-dpc.de recv_mailbox_tree_deletes](main+0x11b) [0x7f61d9be494b] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f61d903aec5] and Aug 26 09:33:03 s-imap3 dovecot: dsync-local(dv.iea-dpc.de): Error: /vmail/iea-dpc.de/dv/Maildir/.Projekte.BiSpra.erledigt/dovecot.index.log: Transaction log changed unexpectedly, can't get modseq Aug 26 09:33:03 s-imap3 dovecot: dsync-local(dv.iea-dpc.de): Error: /vmail/iea-dpc.de/dv/Maildir/.Projekte.BiSpra.erledigt/dovecot.index.log: Transaction log changed unexpectedly, can't get modseq Can you help me? Gruß Andreas -- IEA Data Processing and Research Center Andreas Fineske ICT Services Mexikoring 37 22297 Hamburg Germany tel: +49 40 48 500-550 fax: +49 40 48 500-501 email:andreas.fineske@iea-dpc.de web: www.iea-dpc.de -- -- IEA Data Processing and Research Center Andreas Fineske Information and Communication Technology Services Mexikoring 37 22297 Hamburg Tel.: 040/48 500 550 Fax: 040/48 500 501 E-Mail: andreas.fineske(a)iea-dpc.de Web: www.iea-dpc.de --

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