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IMAP on 993/SSL or 143/STARTTLS?
by Alex 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi, I have a postfix+dovecot-2.2.13 system and have configured it to support IMAPS on 993 with SSL/TLS. I'm noticing with users using Thunderbird, the autodetect defaults to IMAPS on 143 with STARTTLS. Which is preferred? Which is more secure? Which is more common? Why would someone choose one over the other? Can I ask the same question about SMTP and submission? Why would one choose 587 with STARTTLS versus 465 with SSL/TLS? Thanks, Alex

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Segmentation fault while indexing a large mailbox using doveadm..
by Akash 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi, I am having the same issue as: http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-April/095681.html although I am using the latest dovecot-core and dovecot-lucene packages from the debian sid repo which already has the patch (http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.2/rev/5e42a8c18b51) mentioned in the above thread implemented. doveadm(admin): Info: Old.All: Caching mails seq=1..300332 9400/300332 Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. (gdb) bt #0 __wcslen ( s=s@entry=0xb93887a8 L" btnToggle: \"Change size\"}</script>\r\n<link href=\"http://s26 ucoz net/src/ulightbox/ulightbox css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" /><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://s26 ucoz net/src/ulightb"...) at wcslen.c:36 #1 0xb7c026fd in wcsdup ( s=0xb93887a8 L" btnToggle: \"Change size\"}</script>\r\n<link href=\"http://s26 ucoz net/src/ulightbox/ulightbox css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" /><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://s26 ucoz net/src/ulightb"...) at wcsdup.c:29 #2 0xb7a65660 in lucene::document::Field::Field(wchar_t const*, wchar_t const*, int, bool) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libclucene-core.so.1 #3 0xb7b5cd48 in lucene_index_build_more () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so #4 0xb7b5b7b9 in ?? () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib21_fts_lucene_plugin.so #5 0xb7b6ac2a in fts_backend_update_build_more () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so #6 0xb7b6b674 in ?? () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so #7 0xb7b6bbf4 in fts_build_mail () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so #8 0xb7b713cc in ?? () from /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_fts_plugin.so #9 0xb7e4969b in mail_precache () from /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 #10 0xb7fa1c7f in ?? () #11 0xb7f9d133 in _start () (gdb) # dovecot --version 2.2.13 Please help.. -Thanks, Akash

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Dovecot failing with exit code 19200 in cron job
by Murray Trainer 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi All, I am synchronizing a few hundred dovecot mailboxes with a perl script via a crontab. It works for a while (ie exit status=0) but the rest then start failing with exit code 19200. I tried redirecting STDERR but showed nothing. I suspect the cron job is hitting some sort of resource limit? If I run the perl script from the command line it appears to dsync all the accounts OK. The relevant part of my Perl code is below. Any ideas? Thanks, Murray foreach (@userlist) { my $email = $_; chomp ($email); # get rid of CR logit("Started sync of mailbox $email") if $debug; my $dsync_command="dsync -v -D -u $email mirror ssh -C root@$mailstore dsync -u $email"; logit("dsync_command=$dsync_command"); # Run dsync of mailbox logit("Started secondary sync of $mailbox to $mailstore") if $debug; my $exit_status = system ( $dsync_command ); logit("Dsync exit status: $exit_status") if $debug; logit("Finished secondary sync of $mailbox to $mailstore") if $debug; }

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NFS INTR mount option
by Murray Trainer 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi again, We have our mailboxes on several NFS filesystems mounted with the options below. 10.11.0.238:/mailbox_store_01 on /home1 type nfs4 (rw,noatime,vers=4.0,rsize=65536,wsize=65536,namlen=255,hard,nordirplus,proto=tcp,port=0,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=10.11.0.95,local_lock=none,addr=10.110.238) On the rare occasions that the NFS mounts hang, the system load goes through the roof and I often have to reboot the mailstore server as dovecot process are hung and can't be killed. Will the NFS INTR mount option help in this situation? Thanks Murray Send EMAIL [1] Links: ------ [1] https://webmail.westnet.com.au/index.php/mail#

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Manage Sieve Security?
by Chris 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Dear All, can I expose Dovecot's Manage Sieve port to the internet or should I restrict access (e.g. by IP address or VPN)? -- Christian

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virtual plugin in HG unaware of namespaces
by Thomas Leuxner 17 Aug '14

17 Aug '14

The latest changes to the virtual plugin seem to have a negative effect on name space rules: $ cat dovecot-virtual * Public/* flagged While flagged messages inside the mailbox still show up, messages flagged in 'Public' are not picked up anymore. Regards Thomas

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INBOX subfolders not showing up
by Matthias Sitte 16 Aug '14

16 Aug '14

Hi, I have a problem with INBOX subfolders and subscriptions which I can't solve... Maybe somebody has seen this, too... I can create regular subfolders (not in INBOX) and (un-)subscribe to them with Thunderbird. If I create subfolders in the INBOX with TB this seems to work now in v31 (just found this out), but with v24.6 neither INBOX subfolder creation nor subscriptions worked. When I modified the `subscriptions' file manually on the server, the folders would show up in TB, though. Maybe this was a TB bug, but quite similarly INBOX subfolders don't show up on iPhones (iOS up-to-date), but all other subfolders do. Any ideas what's going on? Best, Matthias ====================================================================== # dovecot -n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.6 ext4 hostname = familie-sitte.org log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%n/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs 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 list = 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 = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)familie-sitte.org protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/mail_cert.pem ssl_cipher_list = SSDH+ECDSA+AESGCM:EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM:EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256:EECDH+aRSA+RC4:EDH+aRSA:EECDH:RC4:!aNULL:!eNULL:!LOW:!3DES:!MD5:!EXP:!PSK:!SRP:!DSS ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/mail_key.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/srv/mail/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " imap_quota quota" }

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Server dovecot: auth: Warning: sql: Ignoring changed iterate_quer
by Joseph Malloy 16 Aug '14

16 Aug '14

Hello, I am having an issue with Dovecot. I am using Roundcube to access my mailboxes, which I have set up using ViMbAdmin. However when I go to the Roundcube, I get login Failed. So looking in the mail.log I can see the following: Aug 15 13:20:09 Server dovecot: auth: Warning: sql: Ignoring changed iterate_query in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext, because userdb sql not used. (If this is intentional, set userdb_warning_disable=yes) Aug 15 13:20:11 Server dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts in 2 secs): user=<joe(a)anoblequest.co.uk>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.49.15.89, lip=192.168.0.90, TLS, session=<su7WCqoALAA+MQ9Z> I am most greatful for the support Joe :)

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namspace management
by A. Schulze 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Hello, since some weeks I'm playing with namespaces. But I still did nod found a solution for all faces of different problems. Current issue: Public namespace. I have users inbox as follow: mail_home = /data/mail/%Ln/ mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=~/.dovecot.index namespace { inbox = yes separator = / prefix = INBOX/ } Public namespace: namespace { location = maildir:/data/mail_public/Maildir/:INDEXPVT=~/.dovecot.index.public/ prefix = PUBLIC/ separator = / type = public } that way only one subscription file is possible. Any use could subscribe/unsubscribe any folder and that match all users. If I add "subscription=no" the parent namespace' subscription is used. In fact there is no parent namespace an no subscription management is possible at all. On the other side I tried to change the PUBLIC namespace prefix to "INBOX/PUBLIC" but now the namespace is *below* the inbox. That's also not what I want. How do other users organise the namespaces INBOX, PUBLIC, SHARED and VIRTUAL (via virtual plugin) ? Thanks Andreas

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(Again) Some trouble with dovecot 2.1(.7) and SASL
by admin 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

The parentheses in the subject are due to referral to this discussion on the mailing list: http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2012-February/063851.html At first I thought I found the problem, but then realized this was 2012 and the suggested patch already is applied in dovecot. I also have segault messages in my kernel log; not too many, but it was enough to dig for it: > Wed Jun 25 08:29:05 2014 auth[17590]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f02ad5e8e56 sp 00007fff932f9250 error 4 in auth[7f02ad5d3000+40000] > Mon Jun 30 16:11:41 2014 auth[12501]: segfault at 10 ip 00007fc6a1fefe56 sp 00007fff276e6ea0 error 4 in auth[7fc6a1fda000+40000] > Sat Jul 5 13:11:32 2014 auth[15603]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f6447a6be56 sp 00007fff09c48020 error 4 in auth[7f6447a56000+40000] > Tue Jul 8 05:08:21 2014 auth[30071]: segfault at 10 ip 00007ff22656ae56 sp 00007fff26b017f0 error 4 in auth[7ff226555000+40000] > Mon Jul 21 14:25:28 2014 auth[30918]: segfault at 10 ip 00007fe1fc817e56 sp 00007fff7e654f20 error 4 in auth[7fe1fc802000+40000] <--- > Wed Aug 13 18:56:31 2014 auth[27593]: segfault at 10 ip 00007ffbf8ce8e56 sp 00007fffe0157f70 error 4 in auth[7ffbf8cd3000+40000] > Wed Aug 13 18:57:59 2014 auth[24264]: segfault at 10 ip 00007f2df31bde56 sp 00007fff094263c0 error 4 in auth[7f2df31a8000+40000] The last 2 entries are a result of me being able to reproduce the problem, the 3rd last is the only one I was able to track down (due to log rotation) I tracked the problem down to a contact form of a website of one of my customers. whenever used, the segfault gets triggered. Nevertheless, the message always gets delivered. So we are talking about the marked line; the corresponding log entries from mail.info: > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/smtpd[27590]: connect from unknown[<webserver ip>] > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail dovecot: auth: Fatal: master: service(auth): child 30918 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/smtpd[27590]: warning: unknown[<webserver ip>]: SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication failed: Connection lost to authentication server > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail dovecot: auth-worker(27595): mysql(127.0.0.1): Connected to database mail > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/smtpd[27590]: D4D8E44752: client=unknown[<webserver ip>], sasl_method=CRAM-MD5, sasl_username=<existing account and working account> > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/cleanup[27598]: D4D8E44752: message-id=<id(a)doma.in> > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/qmgr[13349]: D4D8E44752: from=<server(a)doma.in>, size=2680, nrcpt=1 (queue active) > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail postfix/smtpd[27590]: disconnect from unknown[<webserver ip>] > Jul 21 14:25:29 mail dovecot: lmtp(27600): Connect from local > Jul 21 14:25:30 mail postfix/lmtp[27599]: D4D8E44752: to=<info(a)doma.in>, orig_to=<contact(a)doma.in>, relay=<mailserver fqdn>[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.19, delays=0.07/0.04/0.04/0.04, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <info(a)doma.in> MrY+OdkizVPQawAAMrkmwA Saved) > Jul 21 14:25:30 mail postfix/qmgr[13349]: D4D8E44752: removed > Jul 21 14:25:30 mail dovecot: lmtp(27600, info(a)doma.in) MrY+OdkizVPQawAAMrkmwA: msgid=<id(a)doma.in>: saved mail to INBOX > Jul 21 14:25:30 mail dovecot: lmtp(27600): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) contact(a)doma.in is a virtual address which gets forwarded to info(a)doma.in (/etc/postfix/virtual). The used CMS is PyroCMS (v2.2.3) - the version is not up2date, but nevertheless the CMS might be the one to blame, a service should not segfault. Some packages are to be updated, as well as the CMS; but I am willing to wait to provide information, which leads to the problem, as I cannot switch between different versions on my productive system for the sake of gaining debug information. I hope that someone has any kind of clue and is willing to resolve that issue with me, asking me for the necessary information to do so. Thanks in advance!

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