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doveadm backup for all users to file system
by Jeff Larsen 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

The wiki says that doveadm backup supports the -A option for all users, but when I specify a file-system destination (like /tmp, or an NFS mounted folder), it just rewrites each user backup to the same location overwriting the previous user's content. You end up with just the content for the last user processed. I tried the typical %u substitution but that just created folder named '%u' and had the same overwrite problem. My userdb is LDAP which works just fine for other doveadm commands. The verbose/debug output from doveadm backup shows that it is processing every user. Example: doveadm -vD backup -A sdbox:/tmp/backup My understanding is that "doveadm backup" is just a front-end for dsync. The dsync manpage on the other hand says "dsync can currently sync only one user at a time. If you want to dsync all users, you'll need to get a list of all users and execute dsync separately..." It appears that "doveadm backup -A" is doing the iteration for me, but it's not generating individual destination paths for each user. So, is this is a documentation problem for "doveadm backup"? Or am I missing something here? Is there some secret sauce for "doveadm backup -A" that I'm not finding? If all else fails, I know I can write a script to iterate over the available users and run the backup repeatedly, but I would like to keep this as simple as possible. Thanks, Jeff

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Replication warnings
by Jan Behrend 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

Hi list, I get these warnings quite frequently. Warning: Failed to do incremental sync for mailbox INBOX, retry with a full sync Is this something to worry about? Otherwise the replication works perfectly. Cheers Jan -- MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT fuer Radioastronomie Jan Behrend - Rechenzentrum ---------------------------------------- Auf dem Huegel 69, D-53121 Bonn Tel: +49 (228) 525 359, Fax: +49 (228) 525 229 jbehrend(a)mpifr-bonn.mpg.de http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de

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Outlook 2010 not connecting to secure POP3
by Robert Moskowitz 24 Nov '14

24 Nov '14

OK, I did not know that this user has a new computer with Outlook 2010. This SHOULD make it easier but... I have the computer right next to me, they brought it over. It is on the same LAN as this notebook. I can access my server with: openssl s_client -connect z9m9z.htt-consult.com:995 And then log the user in with the appropriate POP3 credentials. In Outlook 2010, in Advanced settings I have specified "This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)" and it switches to port 995 (from 110). I try connecting and I get an error that "Your server does notg support the connection encryption type you have specified." The first time we tried this it installed my self-signed cert in the local cert store. Any idea on what is going on or how to get this working?

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Strange repplication issues
by Bertrand Caplet 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi, I know there are lots of questions about replication, but I searched and didn't find my question. I've got some problems with syncing. I've got 2 servers: A and B When a email arrives on server A sometimes it's not syncing in server B I think server A doesn't always notify server B there are new mails to sync. But I don't know how to fix it. And I spotted something, when it isn't syncing. The only thing to do is to send local or remote mail to server B and then it sync or do a "doveadm sync -A tcp:serverB.example:port" of course. My doveconf -n of the two servers are in attachements bellow. By the way both of my dovecot servers are v2.2.9 P.S.: I didn't test from server B to A but I think it's the same problem. Thanks in advance, Regards. -- CHUNKZ.NET - casual fiddler and computer technician Bertrand Caplet, Flers (FR) Feel free to send encrypted/signed messages Key ID: FF395BD9 GPG FP: DE10 73FD 17EB 5544 A491 B385 1EDA 35DC FF39 5BD9

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failed login message
by Rajesh M. 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

hi i am using dovecot for pop3 and imap along with qmail toaster i had recently changed over from a 32 bit system to a 64 bit system. i use squirrelmail. the issue i face is that when the user inserts an invalid password then the message he gets is connection dropped by imap server (instead of invalid userid or password) such a message confuses the user. my earlier 32 bit version used to give the correct message i am posting this issue here because i am not sure if this is squirrelmail issue or a dovecot issue. can somebody please let me know the reason for this ? rajesh

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Migrate Separator and prefix
by Hanns Mattes 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi, I'm thinking of changing the separator form "." to "/" and also to allow only folders under INBOX, changing the Prefix. I have to dovecot-servers, which are synched by the replication plugin. My idea is to switch off Server B, make the necessary config-changes, delete all user maildirs, restart the server an let replication do it's work. After that (and correcting the sieve-rules of the users if necessary), I'd stop server A, delete, restart, resync. My idea is, that this will avoid dealing with subscriptions files and change them to reflect the new INBOX-Structure. Is this going to work at all and/or is there a better way for the wanted migration? Thanks in advance Hanns

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Outlook Express and STARTTLS
by Robert Moskowitz 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

I have one user that uses Outlook Express. Not only do I not use it, I don't have any systems here that can easily use it. I bit of a challenge. I am strictly enforcing STARTTLS or TLS for SMTP/POP3/IMAP connections. SO far a google search has not shown me how to configure this for a user. Anyone have a pointer to instructions so I can talk the person through the changes?

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Static build failure
by Baruch Siach 23 Nov '14

23 Nov '14

Hi dovecot list, Static build of dovecot fails because src/lib/module-dir.c refers to MODULE_SUFFIX that is undefined when building statically. This least to the following build failure: module-dir.c: In function 'module_file_get_name': module-dir.c:624:20: error: 'MODULE_SUFFIX' undeclared (first use in this function) p = strstr(fname, MODULE_SUFFIX); ^ The following somewhat inelegant patch fixes the problem. diff -Nuar dovecot-2.2.15-orig/src/lib/module-dir.c dovecot-2.2.15/src/lib/module-dir.c --- dovecot-2.2.15-orig/src/lib/module-dir.c 2014-10-18 00:10:15.000000000 +0300 +++ dovecot-2.2.15/src/lib/module-dir.c 2014-11-13 19:27:29.417786313 +0200 @@ -621,7 +621,11 @@ if (*p == '_') fname = p + 1; +#ifdef MODULE_SUFFIX p = strstr(fname, MODULE_SUFFIX); +#else + p = NULL; +#endif if (p == NULL) return fname; baruch -- http://baruch.siach.name/blog/ ~. .~ Tk Open Systems =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= - baruch(a)tkos.co.il - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il -

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Prevent a message from be deleted but not from be moved
by Bruno Galindro da Costa 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

Is it possible to prevent a message from be deleted but not from be moved to another mailbox via ACL? I need this because I'm using antispam plugin with the mailtrain backend. It calls a script every time a message is moved to/from a monitored spam mailbox. But, if the user deletes a message from the spam folder, the script is executed with the option to train the antispam to consider that excluded message as a non spam. So, what I need is to prevent the user from delete a message from the spam mailbox, but I want to permit the user to move a menssage from the spam mailbox to another mailbox. -- Att. Bruno Galindro da Costa

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Mailing list removal.
by Max Shortte 22 Nov '14

22 Nov '14

Guys, Can you please remove my email address from the mailing list. Thanks, M

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