- dovecot - dovecot.org

[Dovecot] fail2ban
by Nick Edwards 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

For dovecot 2.1 as per wiki2, is this still valid? noticed a problem before and saw it does seem to be triggering, I use: maxretry = 6 findtime = 600 bantime = 3600 and there was like, 2400 hits in 4 minutes, it is pointing to the correct log file, but I am no expert with fail2ban, so not sure if the log format of today is compatible with the wiki2 entry filter.d/dovecot.conf [Definition] failregex = (?: pop3-login|imap-login): (?:Authentication failure|Aborted login \(auth failed|Aborted login \(tried to use disabled|Disconnected \(auth failed).*rip=(?P<host>\S*),.* ignoreregex =

4 7

[Dovecot] Fixing Timestamps
by LuKreme 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

I have a user with a lot of email (A LOT of email, probably over 500,000 emails). Recently, several thousand messages of his were lost, and I pulled them out of the backup archives (zip files containing each days emails in an mbox) that are created on his account and fed them into his procmail scripts and they were all processed just fine and ended up in the right directories. Except. The messages were from 6 months back, and the messages now show up in his mail client with the time stamp of the date they were restored, and not the date that shows up in the headers of the message. Anything I can do? -- I AM NOT A LICENSED HAIRSTYLIST Bart chalkboard Ep. AABF04

5 8

[Dovecot] Dovecot sending quota warning to MAILER-DAEMON
by Mathieu R. 05 Oct '13

05 Oct '13

Hello, i'm testing quota now, and dovecot is not sending quota warning to the user, but to MAILER-DAEMON, wich obviously give me an error. here is my 90-quota.conf http://paste.debian.net/50580/ dovecot 2.1.7, on debian stable any idea ? -- Mathieu R.

1 1

[Dovecot] On mailboxes, separators, and dovecot2
by Mauricio Tavares 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

While I was running dovecot 1.2.9, I had my mailboxes using the old Courier IMAP format. i.e. my mailboxes would look like INBOX.Orders.Scams Going to dovecot 2 (but not 2.1), I see to have a few questions: 1) It seems I would device my mailbox thingies in 10-mail.conf: namespace inbox { inbox = yes separator = . location = prefix = INBOX. type = private mailbox SPAM { auto=subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto=subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox Sent { auto=subscribe special_use = \Sent } } but how would I prepresent my INBOX.Orders.Scams folder? Something like mailbox Orders.Scams { auto=subscribe } perhaps? 2) Reading (am I literate?) through http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Namespaces, it seems having separator = . is not only outdated but also a bad idea (but, I had child mailboxes as shown above). Could anybody elaborate one that? And which clients still do LSUB *?

1 0

[Dovecot] version 2.2.6 breaks compiling on Solaris 10 sparc
by Jake Goerzen 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Hello, I maintain the dovecot package at opencsw.org. The latest release of dovecot verison 2.2.6 has some changes to lib-http which is breaking compiling on Solaris 10 sparc (though x86 builds successfully). Here is part of the compiler output while building: libtool: compile: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-test -I../../src/lib-dns -I../../src/lib-ssl-iostream -I/opt/csw/include/mysql -I/opt/csw/include/postgresql -I/opt/csw/include -xO3 -m32 -xarch=sparc -I/opt/csw/include -c http-header-parser.c -KPIC -DPIC -o .libs/http-header-parser.o "http-header-parser.c", line 264: warning: statement not reached "http-header-parser.c", line 281: warning: argument #3 is incompatible with prototype: prototype: pointer to unsigned int : "../../src/lib/istream.h", line 152 argument : pointer to unsigned long long "http-header-parser.c", line 317: warning: argument #2 is incompatible with prototype: prototype: pointer to unsigned int : "../../src/lib/buffer.h", line 93 argument : pointer to unsigned long long and then later on a linking error: /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xO3 -m32 -xarch=sparc -I/opt/csw/include -no-undefined -m32 -xarch=sparc -L/opt/csw/lib -o test-http-url test-http-url.o http-url.lo ../lib-test/libtest.la ../lib/liblib.la -export-dynamic -lrt -lnsl -lsocket -lsendfile libtool: link: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -xO3 -m32 -xarch=sparc -I/opt/csw/include -m32 -xarch=sparc -o test-http-url test-http-url.o .libs/http-url.o -L/opt/csw/lib ../lib-test/.libs/libtest.a ../lib/.libs/liblib.a -lrt -lnsl -lsocket -lsendfile Undefined first referenced symbol in file http_header_field_find .libs/http-url.o http_header_field_get .libs/http-url.o http_header_get_fields .libs/http-url.o ld: fatal: symbol referencing errors. No output written to test-http-url version 2.2.5 and previous releases of dovecot have compiled successfully on both Solaris sparc & x86. Regards, jgoerzen(a)opencsw.org

3 4

[Dovecot] Can sieve filter mail based on emails earlier in the thread?
by Hugh Davenport 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Basically I want the following scenario: Subscribe to lots of mailing lists - each filtered into separate folders When I participate in a thread (by starting it, replying to it, or ... setting a flag on an email in the thread) - filter into the particular mailing list folder - AND filter into INBOX (or another folder of my choosing) I'm thinking for this, the first two can have rules that take into account In-Reference-To and using my domain. But the third case of using a flag... that seems to require referencing earlier emails in the thread. Is this possible in sieve? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? I believe gmail can do it, but who knows what they use for their filtering... Thanks for any help anyone provides! Cheers, Hugh

2 1

[Dovecot] Proxy to gmail help
by Alex Wanderley 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hello, I understand the matter of using Dovecot as a forward proxy to Gmail is very popular (and even trivial), but my lack of Dovecot experience took me to at point where I truly need your help... I'm starting my task by trying to have something simple, where I can test connectivity to Gmail by sending a telnet to our Dovecot server. The Dovecot server accepts the telnet request, but for some reason (and here I guess is something related to SSL/TLS), I can't get to Gmail. Here my configuration and logs/outputs: ==> OS: * I'm using an old Centos 5.8 server as a proof of concept. ############################################################# ==> Dovecot configuration: # 2.2.5: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-308.8.2.el5xen x86_64 CentOS release 5.8 (Final) auth_cache_negative_ttl = 10 mins auth_cache_size = 1 k auth_cache_ttl = 10 mins auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = cram-md5 digest-md5 apop login plain auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@% auth_username_translation = %@AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX login_greeting = Dovecot Ready login_log_format_elements = %u %r %m %c mail_debug = yes mail_max_userip_connections = 100 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/sql.conf driver = sql } protocols = pop3 service pop3-login { client_limit = 200 inet_listener pop3 { address = dovecotserver.<full domain> port = 110 } process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 1 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } shutdown_clients = no ssl_ca = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = EECDH+AES:EDH+AES:-SHA1:EECDH+RC4:EDH+RC4:RC4-SHA:EECDH+AES256:EDH+AES256:AES256-SHA:HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXP:!MD5:!LOW:!SSLv2 ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = static uid=10000 gid=10000 home=/dev/null driver = static } verbose_ssl = yes version_ignore = yes ############################################################# ==> sql.conf file driver = mysql connect = host=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock dbname=mysql user=root password=xxxxxx password_query = SELECT NULL AS password, host, destuser, proxy, 'Y' AS starttls, '995' AS port, 'Y' AS nopassword FROM DovecotProxy WHERE user = '%u' ############################################################# ==> DovecotProxy table mysql> select * from DovecotProxy where user = 'MYUSER'; +-------------+---------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+ | user | host | destuser | password | proxy | +-------------+---------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+ | MYUSER | pop.gmail.com | MYUSER(a)gmail.com | {MD5-CRYPT}$1$L824LVh4$r.hyZ icsE5tmGaeJrY/dw/ | Y | +-------------+---------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+ ##>> I understand "proxy" and "password" are not required there. That happened for testing. ############################################################# ==> Telnet session: xxxxxx [/tmp] > telnet dovecotserver 110 Trying XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX... Connected to dovecotserver. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot Ready <6111.1.524dad13.VYOVkhqfe1Ox7Wz+VfogMg==@dovecotserver> user MYUSER +OK pass PASSWD -ERR Account is temporarily unavailable. quit +OK Logging out Connection to dovecotserver closed by foreign host. ############################################################# ==> Logged messages in /var/log/mailllog: Oct 3 12:23:02 dovecotserver dovecot: master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=26790 uid=0 code=kill) Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.2.5 starting up (core dumps disabled) Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from /var/run/dovecot//auth-token-secret.dat Oct 3 12:23:53 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=26810) Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=pop3 session=/IH8S9rnzACiat/X lip=162.106.XXX.YYY rip=162.106.XXX.ZZZ lport=110 rport=37836 resp=AHNtYXJ0YnVzZWRtAHMwbWV0aGluZw== (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data) Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: cache(MYUSER,162.106.223.215,</IH8S9rnzACiat/X>): miss Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth-worker(26823): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth-worker(26823): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth-worker(26823): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth-worker(26823): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth-worker(26823): Debug: sql(MYUSER,162.106.XXX.ZZZ): query: SELECT NULL AS password, host, destuser, proxy, 'Y' AS starttls, '995' AS port, 'Y' AS nopassword FROM DovecotProxy WHERE user = 'MYUSER' Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=MYUSER host=pop.gmail.com destuser= MYUSER(a)gmail.com proxy starttls=Y port=995 nopassword=Y hostip=74.125.142.108 pass=XXXXXXXXX Oct 3 12:24:30 dovecotserver dovecot: pop3-login: Debug: Ignoring unknown passdb extra field: nopassword Oct 3 12:25:00 dovecotserver dovecot: pop3-login: Error: proxy(MYUSER): Login for pop.gmail.com:995 timed out in state=0 (after 30 secs, local=162.106.XXX.YYY:51196) Oct 3 12:25:12 dovecotserver dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (internal failure, 1 successful auths): MYUSER, 162.106.XXX.ZZZ, PLAIN ==> Something that caught my attention here: "....proxy starttls=Y..." shouldn't look like "...proxy=Y starttls=Y..." ??? I didn't see "...proxy=Y..." even after setting the sql query like "...'Y' as proxy...". ############################################################# If you had the patience to read this far, thanks a lot for trying to help... Alex

1 0

[Dovecot] How to configure statistics tracking
by Bruce Marriner 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

I'm trying to configure the dovecot statistics tracking option with Dovecot 2.1.12 on FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE. I've seen on the wiki page the configuration settings needed for this but it does not say which configuration file these settings should be added to. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Statistics I was hoping someone could tell me which file these settings should be added to? Do they all just go into the same file or different files? I have a primary dovecot.conf file then inside conf.d/ there are dozens of files that hold the configuration settings for all the different parts of dovecot. Would I just add all of these settings into a conf.d/stats.conf file that would be pulled into the main configuration? Does it matter what order the (10-stats.conf, 20-stats.conf, etc) the file is set for? Thanks.

3 2

[Dovecot] Username issue with Dovecot LDA, IMAP and Winbind Authentication
by Laz Peterson 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hi there Dovecot community -- I'll try to make this short. Here's the setup … Ubuntu 12.04, Postfix, Dovecot, along with Amavis/Clamd/Spamassassin. Postfix is currently receiving emails for virtual users in multiple domains, all of which are authenticating through Winbind to Windows AD servers. The users log in to the POP/IMAP/SMTP services using the format user(a)domain.corp (the internal domain, not the external mail domain). The domains are all in the same forest, but there are many different domains to authenticate against. Dovecot is currently handling POP, IMAP, and authentication. Postfix uses a MySQL database to map the external email domain to the internal AD domain, for example domain.com -> domain.corp. Postfix also queries the same SQL database for where to save the messages -- /home/vmail/domain\user -- I have the SQL query strip off the ".corp". I had to do this because pam_winbind returns the usernames as "DOMAIN\user" upon successful Dovecot authentication, instead of "user(a)domain.corp", which ends up invalidating all of the %u, %n, and %d variables. On the user side, after successful auth, I can only define %u and %n in my Dovecot configuration -- %d is null, %u is "DOMAIN\user", and %n is "DOMAIN\user". (I use %Lu or %Ln to make it all lower-case.) With this, I am able to authenticate users off of multiple domains, have the mail delivered to a folder that is also accessible to the user when they log in. It serves its purpose. Here's my problem. I am trying to now integrate Pigeonhole and ManageSieve using Dovecot-LDA specified by "virtual_transport", and this is where things get confusing. Dovecot IMAP/POP/SMTP auth notes the user account to be "DOMAIN\user", while Dovecot-LDA receives the email to user(a)domain.com, noting the user account to be "user(a)domain.corp". The same arguments for userdb in "auth-system.conf.ext" are used by both Dovecot when user is logging in for IMAP/POP/SMTP and Dovecot-LDA when it is storing the mail. Because of the way pam_winbind returns the usernames without being able to use %d anymore, I cannot seem to get the same behavior for both sides of Dovecot. For example, if I set home and maildir to "/home/vmail/%Ln", Dovecot-LDA delivers emails into the folder "/home/vmail/user(a)domain.corp" and Dovecot IMAP/POP looks in "/home/vmail/domain\user". If I set the home/maildir to "/home/vmail/%Ld/%Lu", Dovecot-LDA delivers emails into the folder "/home/vmail/domain.corp/user" and Dovecot IMAP/POP looks in "/home/vmail/\/domain\user". So, I seem to be thoroughly unable to get something here that works … The closest I can get is setting home/maildir to "/home/vmail/%Ld\%Lu", but that now gives the LDA side "/home/vmail/domain.corp\user" and the IMAP/POP/SMTP side "/home/vmail/\\domain\user". If I am able to get pam_winbind to return "user(a)domain.corp" instead of "DOMAIN\user", I'd be fine. Or, if I could set the home and maildir locations separately for Dovecot-LDA and Dovecot, I would also be okay. Any suggestions? I know this is probably a Winbind limitation, but I do not know a thing about working with PAM authentication. I tried to compile and install a pam_regex module (which seems to not be offered as a native package in Ubuntu), but it gives errors after adding that to my PAM configuration. I'm stumped. Please let me know if I can include my configuration for either Postfix or Dovecot. Thank you so much for any help. ~ Laz Peterson

1 2

[Dovecot] understanding user_attrs and mail_uid/gid
by Vincent Zakofski 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hello, I'm trying to understand what's the difference between those parameters. In my dovecot.conf in the global section I have a definition of mail_uid and mail_gid. In my LDAP configuration used by passdb and userdb, I have a definition for user_attrs= uidNumber=500,gidNumber=8. Here is a part of my configuration files (dovecot version: 2.1.7) dovecot.conf mail_gid = 8 mail_uid = 500 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } dovecot-ldap.conf user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(mailLocalAddress=%n)) user_attrs = uidNumber=500,gidNumber=8 So everything works fine when all those parameters are present in my configuration files. If I suppress one of them nothing is working (mail reading or delivering). Can someone tell me where I can find a definition of those arguments, if found nothing relevant on the wiki. Thanks,

1 0