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Dovecote 1.2.17 poodle
by Marc Rantanen 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

Hi, how do I protect dovecot 1.2.17 against poodle? Br /Marc

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Dynamic tags in email address
by Felix Gustavsson 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

I'm trying to get dynamic tagging (user+sometag(a)example.com) to work on a mail server I'm setting up, however it only works as long as it's sent to the main user and not to aliases. virtual-alias-maps query: SELECT get_email_alias_dyn('%s') virtual-mailbox-domains query: SELECT 1 FROM domain WHERE name='%s' virtual-mailbox-maps query: SELECT 1 FROM user_alias INNER JOIN domain ON user_alias.domainID = domain.id WHERE user_alias.primary = 1 AND CONCAT(user_alias.name, '@', domain.name)='%s' "get_email_alias_dyn()" is a stored function which returns the destination email, so alias+tag(a)example.com returns user(a)example.com, alias(a)example.com returns user(a)example.com and so on. It works perfectly fine when the mail does not contain any tags (alias(a)example.com or user(a)example.com) or if it's the primary email which contains tags (user+sometag(a)example.com) but when it's tags on an alias the mail is bounced due to "user unknown". I tried modifying the dovecot service in master.cf so the addresses can be filtered with Sieve (http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix) but that did not solve the issue either, so I have not idea where it goes wrong or how to solve it. I have included the logs from when I sent to alias+tag(a)example.com below: Oct 25 19:54:20 xx postfix/smtpd[10987]: connect from mail-wg0-f50.google.com[74.125.82.50] Oct 25 19:54:21 xx postfix/smtpd[10987]: 10585DFA63: client=mail-wg0-f50.google.com[74.125.82.50] Oct 25 19:54:21 xx postfix/cleanup[10995]: 10585DFA63: message-id=<CAGPeO-YcJwbRJb-Gfga+G_vKqj9cm80rMZf9LAfENRCFfxLVAg(a)mail.gmail.com> Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/qmgr[9945]: 10585DFA63: from=<xx(a)gmail.com>, size=1743, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/smtpd[10987]: disconnect from mail-wg0-f50.google.com[74.125.82.50] Oct 25 19:54:25 xx dovecot: auth-worker(11000): mysql(127.0.0.1): Connected to database mailcp Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/pipe[10998]: 10585DFA63: to=<xx+test(a)xx.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=5.4, delays=5.4/0/0/0.03, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown) Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/cleanup[10995]: D39B2DFC7D: message-id=<20141025175425.D39B2DFC7D(a)xx.com> Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/bounce[11002]: 10585DFA63: sender non-delivery notification: D39B2DFC7D Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/qmgr[9945]: D39B2DFC7D: from=<>, size=3937, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Oct 25 19:54:25 xx postfix/qmgr[9945]: 10585DFA63: removed Oct 25 19:54:26 xx postfix/smtp[11004]: D39B2DFC7D: to=<xx(a)gmail.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.195.27]:25, delay=0.24, delays=0/0/0.16/0.07, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1414259666 d8si5463492wiv.41 - gsmtp) Oct 25 19:54:26 xx postfix/qmgr[9945]: D39B2DFC7D: removed The dovecot-sql.conf.ext file looks like this: driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=mailcp user=mailcp password=xxx default_pass_scheme = SHA512-CRYPT password_query = SELECT CONCAT(user_alias.name, '@', domain.name) as user, user.password as password, concat('*:bytes=', (CASE WHEN user.quota -1 THEN user.quota ELSE domain.quota END)*1000000) AS userdb_quota_rule FROM user INNER JOIN user_alias ON user.id = user_alias.userID AND user_alias.primary = 1 INNER JOIN domain ON user_alias.domainID = domain.id WHERE CONCAT(user_alias.name, '@', domain.name) ='%u' AND user.status = 1 user_query = SELECT CONCAT('/var/mail/vmail/', domain.name, '/', user_alias.name) as home, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('*:bytes=', (CASE WHEN user.quota != -1 THEN user.quota ELSE domain.quota END)*1000000) AS userdb_quota_rule FROM user INNER JOIN user_alias ON user.id = user_alias.userID AND user_alias.primary = 1 INNER JOIN domain ON user_alias.domainID = domain.id WHERE CONCAT(user_alias.name, '@', domain.name) ='%u' AND user.status = 1

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Sieve duplicate detection
by Bruce Bodger 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Good day, Gents. We are running: dovecot 1.2.17 dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.19 dovecot-1.2-managesieve-0.11.13 postfix 2.4.3 on OS X 10.5.8 server. Only about 15 users access the server. No problems. My question is... what would I have to upgrade, and to what version, in order to take advantage of pigeonhole sieve's duplicate detection (vnd.dovecot.duplicate) functionality? Thank you very much. Bruce

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Invoking the spam checker on the sieve script
by Alejandro Exojo 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hi. TL/DR version: Is it advisable to invoke an spam checker from the sieve script, and then, once the message is filtered, decide if should be moved to a certain spam folder? A bit more context on why I'm considering this: I'm just a geek who wants to handle his own mail, but not a great experience as a system administrator. I don't have any corporate setup, just a simple VPS with me as the only user. Previously I fetched all my mail through POP, and in the client of my PC I moved (lots of) mailing list traffic to its folders. Then, for those remaining messages (and only those remaining) I passed the spam filter and moved to spam folder. That's a significant saving since I have many mailing list subscriptions, and now I'm even using rss2email, so I have lots of email that is not spam. I moved to IMAP and my filters are server side with sieve, but I don't have spam filtering yet. I thought I could replicate the setup easily, but it seems nobody is doing that, and everyone has the mail already scored when it reaches sieve. Seems like the "extprograms" extension would be a fit, but again, nobody seems to mention on documentation, so I'm fearing I'm probably wrong. Suggestions? Thank you very much! -- Alex (a.k.a. suy) | GPG ID 0x0B8B0BC2 http://barnacity.net/ | http://disperso.net

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Multiple user attributes in LDAP
by CARDENAS Eduardo SIDOR 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hello, I have an issue with dovecot and Ldap… Any help will be grateful… I have dovecot 1.2.15 and i want to know if in that version can i use two values returned from LDAP in the user_attrs template? Thanking you in anticipation… -- " Notificación Automática: Este mensaje y cualquier archivo que se adjunte contiene información privilegiada y confidencial. Es para uso exclusivo del destinatario. Si usted ha recibido esta comunicación por error, por favor avísenos inmediatamente. Automatic notification: This e-mail and any file transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and may not be disclosed to or used by anyone other than the addressee. If you have received this e-mail by mistake , please advise the sender immediately"

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Where can I find change logs/release notes for Dovecot EE releases?
by deoren 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

I searched for them and haven't come across them yet. Could any point me in the right direction? Specifically the Ubuntu 12.04 package notes if they're split out. Thanks!

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2.2.14 Panic in sync_expunge_range()
by Hans Morten Kind 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

I am getting some panics after upgrading from 2.2.13 to 2.2.14 This panic happens for one user only, he is subscribed to 86 folders, on two of them this panic happens quite often - several times a day. The mbox folders seems OK, less than 30M with 30 and 200 messages. Panic: file mail-index-sync-update.c: line 250 (sync_expunge_range): assertion failed: (count > 0) hmk GNU gdb 6.8 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-pc-solaris2.10"... Reading symbols from /datapool/local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/dovecot-2.2.14/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libz.so...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libz.so Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.2 Reading symbols from /datapool/local/program/lib/libiconv.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /local/program/lib/libiconv.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/librt.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/librt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libnsl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libnsl.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libsocket.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libsocket.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libsendfile.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libsendfile.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libz.so Reading symbols from /lib/libaio.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libaio.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/libmd.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libmd.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/ld.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld.so.1 Core was generated by `dovecot/imap imap-postlogin'. Program terminated with signal 6, Aborted. [New process 76621 ] #0 0xfe7fc8e5 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 #0 0xfe7fc8e5 in _lwp_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #1 0xfe7f7765 in thr_kill () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #2 0xfe7a376f in raise () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #3 0xfe7829e1 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.1 No symbol table info available. #4 0xfeda13ba in default_fatal_finish (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0) at failures.c:152 backtrace = 0x8093660 "0xfeda22d7 -> 0xfeda15d3 -> 0xfef31e5f -> 0xfef32d65 -> 0xfef3349e -> 0xfef33b77 -> 0xfef1dcbd -> 0xfef170e4 -> 0xfef173a4 -> 0xfef1767d -> 0xfef03e09 -> 0xfeea5540 -> 0xfeea5714 -> 0xfeea5857 -> 0xfe"... #5 0xfeda22d7 in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=0x8047400, format=0xfef5ebc8 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0x8047424 ".ìõþú") at failures.c:152 status = 0 #6 0xfeda15d3 in i_panic (format=0xfef5ebc8 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:152 ctx = {type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, exit_status = 0, timestamp = 0x0, timestamp_usecs = 0} args = 0x8047424 ".ìõþú" #7 0xfef31e5f in sync_expunge_range (ctx=0x8047600, seqs=0x80474d8) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 map = (struct mail_index_map *) 0x80c5d90 range = (const struct seq_range *) 0x8093430 i = 134509780 count = 0 dest_seq1 = 562 prev_seq2 = 562 orig_rec_count = 4277606968 __FUNCTION__ = "sync_expunge_range" #8 0xfef32d65 in mail_index_sync_record_real (ctx=0x8047600, hdr=0x80b5d28, data=0x80b5df8) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 rec = (const struct mail_transaction_expunge_guid *) 0x80b8968 end = (const struct mail_transaction_expunge_guid *) 0x80b8968 seqs = {arr = {buffer = 0x8093410, element_size = 8}, v = 0x8093410, v_modifiable = 0x8093410} seq = 0 modseq = 32612 ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_index_sync_record_real" #9 0xfef3349e in mail_index_sync_record (ctx=0x8047600, hdr=0x80b5d28, data=0x80b5df8) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 _data_stack_cur_id = 5 ret = 1 #10 0xfef33b77 in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x80b5400, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, force=true) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 map = (struct mail_index_map *) 0x0 index = (struct mail_index *) 0x80b53b0 view = (struct mail_index_view *) 0x80ab8b0 sync_map_ctx = {view = 0x80ab8b0, modseq_ctx = 0x809ca50, cur_ext_map_idx = 0, ext_intro_seq = 5, ext_intro_offset = 52, ext_intro_end_offset = 84, expunge_handlers = {arr = { buffer = 0x0, element_size = 0}, v = 0x0, v_modifiable = 0x0}, extra_contexts = {arr = { buffer = 0x809c348, element_size = 4}, v = 0x809c348, v_modifiable = 0x809c348}, unknown_extensions = 0x0, type = MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, sync_handlers_initialized = 0, expunge_handlers_set = 0, expunge_handlers_used = 0, cur_ext_ignore = 0, internal_update = 0, errors = 0} thdr = (const struct mail_transaction_header *) 0x80b5d28 tdata = (const void *) 0x80b5df8 prev_seq = 5 start_offset = 0 prev_offset = 144 ret = 1 had_dirty = false reset = true __FUNCTION__ = "mail_index_sync_map" #11 0xfef1dcbd in mail_index_map (index=0x80b53b0, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD) at mail-index-map-read.c:35 ret = 1 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_index_map" #12 0xfef170e4 in mail_index_try_open (index=0x80b53b0) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 ret = 134919688 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_index_try_open" #13 0xfef173a4 in mail_index_open_files (index=0x80b53b0, flags=21) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 ret = 1 #14 0xfef1767d in mail_index_open (index=0x80b53b0, flags=21) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 ret = 134960048 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_index_open" #15 0xfef03e09 in index_storage_mailbox_open (box=0x80b47c8, move_to_memory=false) at index-storage.c:39 ibox = (struct index_mailbox_context *) 0x80b4a80 index_flags = 21 ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "index_storage_mailbox_open" #16 0xfeea5540 in mbox_mailbox_open_finish (mbox=0x80b47c8, move_to_memory=false) at mbox-storage.c:77 No locals. #17 0xfeea5714 in mbox_mailbox_open_existing (mbox=0x80b47c8) at mbox-storage.c:77 box = (struct mailbox *) 0x80b47c8 rootdir = 0xfeea581f "\215\225`ÿÿÿ\211T$\004\211\004$è\023¨ûÿ\211Eð\203}ð" box_path = 0x80b4b78 "/Home/USER/mail/pro/triad" move_to_memory = false #18 0xfeea5857 in mbox_mailbox_open (box=0x80b47c8) at mbox-storage.c:77 mbox = (struct mbox_mailbox *) 0x80b47c8 st = {st_dev = 82051096, st_pad1 = {0, 0, 0}, st_ino = 4141941, st_mode = 33152, st_nlink = 1, st_uid = 32440, st_gid = 4601, st_rdev = 0, st_pad2 = {0, 0}, st_size = 16826589, st_atim = { tv_sec = 1411034237, tv_nsec = 0}, st_mtim = {tv_sec = 1413152136, tv_nsec = 0}, st_ctim = { tv_sec = 1413659956, tv_nsec = 975959000}, st_blksize = 8192, st_blocks = 33016, st_fstype = "nfs", '\0' <repeats 12 times>, st_pad4 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}} ret = 0 #19 0xfeec94cc in mailbox_open_full (box=0x80b47c8, input=0x0) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 _data_stack_cur_id = 4 ret = 143 #20 0xfeec9807 in mailbox_open (box=0x80b47c8) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 No locals. #21 0xfef024ec in index_storage_get_status (box=0x80b47c8, items=23, status_r=0x8047a04) at index-status.c:23 No locals. #22 0xfeeca8ac in mailbox_get_status (box=0x80b47c8, items=23, status_r=0x8047a04) at ../../src/lib/array.h:197 __FUNCTION__ = "mailbox_get_status" #23 0x08073ddb in imap_status_get (cmd=0x80b1fb8, ns=0x80ab1b0, mailbox=0x8093318 "pro/triad", items=0x8047a70, result_r=0x8047a04) at imap-status.c:23 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b0 box = (struct mailbox *) 0x80b47c8 errstr = 0x8064d84 "\205Àu\034\213\205hÿÿÿÇD$\004\005" ret = 0 #24 0x08064e65 in cmd_status (cmd=0x80b1fb8) at cmd-status.c:23 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b0 args = (const struct imap_arg *) 0x80ab240 list_args = (const struct imap_arg *) 0x80ab328 items = {status = 23, metadata = 0} result = {status = {messages = 0, recent = 0, unseen = 0, uidvalidity = 0, uidnext = 0, first_unseen_seq = 0, first_recent_uid = 0, last_cached_seq = 0, highest_modseq = 0, highest_pvt_modseq = 0, keywords = 0x0, permanent_flags = 0, permanent_keywords = 0, allow_new_keywords = 0, nonpermanent_modseqs = 0, no_modseq_tracking = 0, have_guids = 1, have_save_guids = 0, have_only_guid128 = 0}, metadata = { guid = "\000\000\000\000\001\000\000\000\r\000\000\000\033\000\000", virtual_size = 2199023255593, cache_fields = 0xfe7a67f2, precache_fields = 134861792, backend_ns_prefix = 0x80921a8 "0(\t\b\030", backend_ns_type = 134511236}, error = 134654712, errstr = 0x80b2038 "STATUS"} ns = (struct mail_namespace *) 0x80ab1b0 mailbox = 0x8093318 "pro/triad" orig_mailbox = 0x80ab2f8 "pro/triad" selected_mailbox = false #25 0x0806aa61 in command_exec (cmd=0x80b1fb8) at imap-commands.c:101 hook = (const struct command_hook *) 0x809bfd8 ret = 8 #26 0x080699d2 in client_command_input (cmd=0x80b1fb8) at imap-client.c:130 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b0 command = (struct command *) 0x3 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #27 0x08069cb7 in client_command_input (cmd=0x80b1fb8) at imap-client.c:130 client = (struct client *) 0x80b17b0 command = (struct command *) 0x809d3d4 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #28 0x08069dba in client_handle_next_command (client=0x80b17b0, remove_io_r=0x8047b9d) at imap-client.c:130 No locals. #29 0x08069e57 in client_handle_input (client=0x80b17b0) at imap-client.c:130 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 ret = 10 remove_io = false handled_commands = false __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #30 0x08069fe0 in client_input (client=0x80b17b0) at imap-client.c:130 cmd = (struct client_command_context *) 0x80aa9a4 output = (struct ostream *) 0x80abe08 bytes = 55 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #31 0xfedba96d in io_loop_call_io (io=0x80abe70) at ioloop.c:28 ioloop = (struct ioloop *) 0x809bf20 t_id = 2 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_call_io" #32 0xfedbc0cc in io_loop_handler_run_internal (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop-poll.c:96 ctx = (struct ioloop_handler_context *) 0x809ca10 pollfd = (struct pollfd *) 0x809e0a8 tv = {tv_sec = 1799, tv_usec = 999672} io = (struct io_file *) 0x80abe70 msecs = 1800000 ret = 0 call = true #33 0xfedbab06 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop.c:28 No locals. #34 0xfedbaa5d in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x809bf20) at ioloop.c:28 __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_run" #35 0xfed41db1 in master_service_run (service=0x809be68, callback=0x80771da <client_connected>) at master-service.c:75 No locals. #36 0x08077577 in main (argc=2, argv=0x809bc78) at main.c:72 set_roots = {0x8092fe0, 0x0} login_set = {auth_socket_path = 0x80930e8 "", postlogin_socket_path = 0x8093120 "", postlogin_timeout_secs = 60, callback = 0x8076f4e <login_client_connected>, failure_callback = 0x807715d <login_client_failed>, request_auth_token = 1} service_flags = MASTER_SERVICE_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG_OPEN storage_service_flags = MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT username = 0x0 c = -1

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Properly "locking" a useraccount (on a proxy)
by Ralf Hildebrandt 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

I'm preparing a migration of several mailboxes to another machine. The different useraccounts are distributed to different backend machines by means of a dovecot LMTP/IMAP/POP proxy. Proxying is working really well (now that the kernel does as it should). But how can I "lock" a user during migration? The plan is: ============ * lock the user * kick the user (doveadm kick) * migrate mailbox (some rsync magic) * unlock the user again But how would I lock the user? What locking needs to achieve: 1) Disallow IMAP/POP login (that's easy!) 2) defer LMTP delivery somehow (Postfix is talking to dovecot's LMTP server) Because currently, we're seeing dovecot trying local delivery on the proxy machine once an account is locked (probably because LMTP proxying uses passdb lookups, and since that one is failing it's using the userdb lookup?): Oct 21 20:15:27 lmtp(87892): Error: user sys4(a)test.invalid: Initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/var/mail/test.invalid/sys4/mdbox/mailboxes) failed: Permission denied (euid=10000(vmail) egid=10000(vmail) missing +w perm: /var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775) Admittedly, this is somehow working. But it's not very elegant to use a side-effect. Is the a reserved userdb/passwd return value which will let dovecot "tempfail" in a n elegant fashion? -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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Dovecot Master/Master Replication Problem
by Felix Amler 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hi, I've set up 2 servers with dovecot 2.2.9 using maildir using structure: /var/maildir/domain/localpart Server A: mx1.xxx.de Server B: mx2.xxx.de Mails are delivered to dovecot only on server A by exim4/dovecot deliver replication to Server B works immediatelly: mark mail as read on server A, mail is marked as read on server B. BUT: when i mark a mail as read on Server B, noting happens. On Server A I get messages like this in dovecot-error.log: 2014-10-22 22:35:05 dsync-server(localpart(a)domain.de): Error: stat(/var/maildir/domain.de/localpart/.dovecot-sync.lock/tmp) failed: Not a directory 2014-10-22 22:35:05 dsync-server(localpart(a)domain.de): Error: Failed to access mailbox dovecot-sync.lock: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2014-10-22 22:35:05] I googled a bit, this could habben if there is a file ".dovecot-sync.lock" in the maildir, but I've double checked that, there is no such file... Why does it work in one direction, but not in the other? Please help best regards Felix

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Replication .dovecot-sync.lock
by Hans-Werner Paulsen 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hello all, I have set up two servers with dovecot and replication. The mail location is mail_location = sdbox:/var/spool/mail/%u Everything works fine when I override the homedirectories userdb { driver = passwd override_fields = home=/var/spool/mail/%u } But, when I do not override the homedirectories, replication does not work, and the following error is logged: Oct 24 14:40:45 dsync-local(hans): Error: Couldn't create lock /afs/mpa/home/hans/.dovecot-sync.lock: Permission denied With a self-written module an IMAP user can get access to his homedirectory: protocol imap { mail_plugins = afsToken } The user has to type in his password. Obviously this does not work for replication. Is there a way to specify a different location for the lockfile? Isn't better to use the maildirectory but the homedirectory? Is there a way to set the homedirectory differently for replication? Thank you for any help. HW -- Hans-Werner Paulsen hans(a)MPA-Garching.MPG.DE MPI für Astrophysik Tel 089-30000-2602 Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1 Fax 089-30000-2235 D-85741 Garching

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