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Using dovecot with existing mbox hieararchy - possible?
by Chris Green 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

I currently use mutt to read my E-Mail on a machine which runs a postfix server to receive mail by SMTP. Mail is actually delivered to the final mbox mailboxes by a custom filtering script writtin in Python. Will dovecot happily serve mail from the existing hierarchy (obviously if I configure it right) so that I can connect using IMAP to my server machine to read mail? The mbox files are all under ~/Mail with several levels of directories in some trees. Does dovecot need any sort of notification from postfix (or my Python script) to indicate that new mail has been delivered or does it just re-scan the mbox files at intervals to see changes? -- Chris Green

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sdbox and IMAP folders
by Jeff Larsen 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

We have just migrated from cyrus-imap to dovecot 2.2.9 on Ubuntu. By default, all our user's manually created folders appear at the same folder level as INBOX (i.e., they are next to INBOX, and not inside INBOX in a typical tree view of the folders). But on Dovecot, users are able to create new folders either parallel to INBOX or as subfolders within INBOX, which I think is going to lead to confusion for our users, especially when working from the limited UI of a smartphone client where folder hierarchy is not as easy to visualize. With cyrus, this behavior depended on the client setting for "IMAP server directory" as it is called in Thunderbird. If the setting was given the value "INBOX", then all folders were parallel to INBOX and you could not create any folder that would appear in the tree inside INBOX. With the setting empty, then all folders appeared as subfolders of INBOX. It was all or nothing. When the mail accounts were migrated to dovecot, the existing top-level user folders were created in dovecot at the same level as INBOX. We did nothing intentional to get this result. We just used cyrus2dovecot to export to maildir, then doveadm sync to convert to the final sdbox. With dovecot, when "IMAP server directory" is empty, we get the original folder tree with all folders parallel to inbox, but users are also able to create subfolders inside INBOX . We are using sdbox storage and the folder heirarchy as seen in the client tree (parallel folders and subfolders) is also reflected in the server's local file system. If we change the "IMAP server directory" setting on the client while using dovecot, then all the folders that were previously at the same level as INBOX become inaccessible, so that's not a viable option. So, my question is this: Can I replicate the cyrus behavior where INBOX subfolders are an all-or-nothing option? Or are we stuck with users (having questionable file management skills in the first place) getting lost between INBOX subfolders and top-level folders. Thanks, Jeff root:~# doveconf -n # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes listen = * mail_location = sdbox:%h:LAYOUT=fs:ALT=/var/alt-vmail/%n mail_plugins = " quota" 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 ihave 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 = separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { quota = dict:%n::file:%h/dovecot-quota quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=100M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+20M sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap sieve" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = localhost port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { address = localhost port = 4190 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail.XXXX.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.XXXX.com.key userdb { args = username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/qec-quota-override default_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%n driver = passwd-file } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext default_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%n driver = ldap } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" }

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Missing hits when performing full-text searches
by Frerich Raabe 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hi, we're running Dovecot 2.1.7 together with Solr for efficient fulltext search. A couple of days ago we reinstalled our Solr server on a new machine. After adjusting our Dovecot setup to use the new server, it took a few days to notice that something seems fishy about our full-text search: expected hits wouldn't be shown among the search results. For instance, one of the folders (a shared, read-only folder which is basically a mailinglist archive) with about 210k messages has a plaintext mail with the text 'Amman'. However, logging into the IMAP server and issueing a . SEARCH TEXT Amman In the folder doesn't yield any hits. It seems that this happens for older mails only -- trying other keywords, we did notice hits in recent mails but not in older ones. Some caching related to the old Solr server causing issues? Debugging this further, I noticed that the above IMAP command shows this in the Solr log files: INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/select params={fl=uid,score&sort=uid+asc&q=(hdr:"Amman"+OR+body:"Amman")&fq=%2Bbox:b68ece09e22fb9502d34010017227a26+%2Buser:""&rows=209392} hits=0 status=0 QTime=229 And indeed, something like $ curl 'http://indexer:8080/solr/select?fl=uid,score&sort=uid+asc&q=(hdr:"Amman"+OR+body:"Amman")&fq=%2Bbox:b68ece09e22fb9502d34010017227a26+%2Buser:""&rows=209392' Yields no results. However, I noticed that if I remove the 'fq=' part from the query then I get a bunch of hits. Alas, I don't know whether those are to be expected or not. Does anybody have an idea what might cause this, or what the meaning of that 'box' checksum is? -- Frerich Raabe - raabe(a)froglogic.com www.froglogic.com - Multi-Platform GUI Testing

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userdb lookup not possible with only userdb prefetch
by Yves Goergen 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello, I am setting up a new server and migrating my Dovecot 1.2.9 config to the new 2.2.9 version. There wasn't much to keep from the old version so I had to recreate the config from scratch. Now I think I'm done but I can't login to IMAP. The log says this: > dovecot: auth: Error: prefetch(box@****.de,2001:****:7765,<bzAOP5QJXwAgAQpgEAXJAZyOMB1qBXdl>): userdb lookup not possible with only userdb prefetch > dovecot: auth: Error: userdb(box@****.de,2001:****:7765,<bzAOP5QJXwAgAQpgEAXJAZyOMB1qBXdl>): user not found from userdb prefetch > dovecot: imap: Error: Authenticated user not found from userdb, auth lookup id=178651137 (client-pid=13711 client-id=1) > dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (pid=13711 id=1) (internal failure, 1 successful auths): user=<box(a)****.de>, method=PLAIN, rip=2001:****:7765, lip=2a01:****:2, mpid=13717, TLS, session=<bzAOP5QJXwAgAQpgEAXJAZyOMB1qBXdl> That doesn't help me a lot. Here's parts of my configuration, dumped with 'dovecot -n': > # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 3.13.0-40-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS > auth_mechanisms = plain login > disable_plaintext_auth = no > 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 { > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext > driver = sql > } > plugin { > quota = maildir > } > protocols = imap pop3 > userdb { > driver = prefetch > } > protocol imap { > mail_max_userip_connections = 100 > mail_plugins = quota imap_quota > } What's the problem here? How can I resolve this issue? -- Yves Goergen http://unclassified.de http://dev.unclassified.de

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Missing metadata on Dovecot 2.2.14, on Kolab 3.3, Centos 6.6
by Max Raafat 08 Dec '14

08 Dec '14

Hello everyone, We were trying to provision a system with Dovecot instead of another working cyrus kolab system. I am stuck with a problem with the metadata, especially when it comes to the Special Folders in Kolab 3.3, like Calenders, Tasks, etc, as well as any user created Folders. Emails work perfectly, and all the types are correct. But for example, If I try to change the type of Calenders, or create a new folder from inside roundcube and set it to type "Calenders", it stays at the default which is "mail". Therefore it causes problems, when sharing events, since they are displayed as "mail" type and not "event" type. We've tracked the problem down to the metadata not existing for special folders. A simple search only shows the default "mail" metadata, but nothing for shared folders, or special folders, etc. Here is the doveconf -n ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [root@m3 ~]# doveconf -n # 2.2.14: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) imap_metadata = yes mail_attribute_dict = file:Maildir/dovecot-metadata mail_gid = 5000 mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " acl" mail_uid = 5000 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 ihave mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / type = shared } 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 = separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { driver = shadow } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service lmtp { executable = lmtp unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { address = 127.0.0.1 ::1 port = 4190 } } service managesieve { process_limit = 1024 } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/m3.company.includingchain.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/m3.company.de.key userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " acl sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " acl sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " acl imap_acl" } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Would appreciate any help or ideas as to what I can do to fix this. Thanks Max

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MD5-CRYPT/CRAM-MD5 vs SHA512-CRYPT/PLAIN
by ML mail 06 Dec '14

06 Dec '14

Hello, I am wondering which variant is more secure for user authentication and password scheme. Basically I am looking at both variants: 1) MD5-CRYPT password scheme storage with CRAM-MD5 auth mechanism 2) SHA512-CRYPT password scheme storage with PLAIN auth mechanism In my opinion the option 2) should be safer although it is using PLAIN auth mechanism. Of course I would always use STARTTLS and not allow unencrypted connection. What is your opinion? Best, ML

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Size of array hosts, vhosts_count and modulo operation
by rub zorghy 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Hi, Timo Sirainen wrote (May 19, 2010 1:50:34 am) : "When a connection from a newly seen user arrives, it gets assigned to a mail server according to a function: host = vhosts[ md5(username) mod vhosts_count ]" This hash function is it still used as it is without modification ? My another question sounds pretty innocent but I have doubts about vhosts_count. Taking two directors with three backend Dovecot as an example, the number of (v)hosts assigned for each host is "100" (default value of the vhost_count variable). I gather that the value for vhosts_count (to perform the modulo operation) and the size or length of the array (vhosts[]) in terms of number of elements are equal to 300. Thx so much. gdrub

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doveadm backup gmail using imapc
by List 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

I am trying to sync a gmail inbox with dovecot 2.2.10 using the following config: imapc_host = 64.233.171.108 imapc_user = %u imapc_master_user = master imapc_password = secret imapc_features = rfc822.size imapc_features = $imapc_features fetch-headers mail_prefetch_count = 20 # If the old IMAP server uses INBOX. namespace prefix, set: #imapc_list_prefix = INBOX # for SSL: imapc_port = 993 imapc_ssl = imaps #imapc_ssl_ca_dir = /etc/ssl imapc_ssl_verify = no And the doveadm command: doveadm -D -o imapc_user=test(a)domain.tld -o imapc_password=password backup -R -x '\All' -x '\Flagged' -x '\Important' -u test(a)domain.tld imapc: I am getting the error: dsync(test(a)domain.tld: Error: Mailbox INBOX sync: mailbox_delete failed: INBOX can't be deleted. What I really want to do is just sync Gmail's inbox, drafts, sent, trash/archive, and spam folders to my new system. Is this possible using imapc?

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Dovecot Director and Dovecot proxy
by rub zorghy 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Hi, Dovecot Director is used to keep a temporary user -> Dovecot backend server mapping. So, Director decides which backend handles each user and the user is always redirected to the same server. All user data is stored in shared storage (NFS). The Dovecot presentation featured during this webinar <http://knowledgebase.open-xchange.com/fileadmin/user_upload/open-xchange/mi…> mentions (slide 7) a Dovecot proxy cluster (doing credentials and user info lookup) behind the LB device (F5 Big-IP) Why Dovecot Director server isn't used to perform this without Dovecot proxy ? Thus, the load balancer (F5 Big-IP) can distribute requests based on IMAP protocol to Dovecot Director cluster. Thx so much. gdrub

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speed up doveadm search
by Vu Ngoc VU 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Hello, I have recently migrated our mail accounts from old setup with courier-imapd to Dovecot 2. I thought that I can search quicky messages in mailboxes with doveadm because of indexes. Our users are asking (sometimes) to remove messages that they have sent wrongly. Some of them are coming from Exchange, and there is a feature in Outlook to recall (to delete) a message. So basically, they give me some infos (date, sender, subject) of message to remove. And I planned to do "doveadm search", then "doveadm fetch" and at last "doveadm expunge" on the found results. But it appears that the first run of doveadm is very slow. I don't know if it is because some indexes/caches are missing at this time. But when I run again same commands it is fast. Could you tell me if I speed up search on our maildir storage? I have no idea if I must manually (or with cron) run "doveadm index" on all our accounts because index/cache is only generated when users access their mailboxes. Or do I have to tune some settings like : mail_always_cache_fields, mail_cache_fields, mail_cache_min_mail_count, mail_never_cache_fields Thanks

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