I’m requesting help getting macOS’s Notes.app to sync notes with a new dovecot IMAP server.
Thanks to dovecot’s excellent online documentation and help from this list, I have a new perfectly functioning IMAP server.
The issue is that macOS Note.app does not sync with this server. However, iOS Notes.app *does* sync and work well with this IMAP server, and the differences between macOS and iOS Notes apps are well known. (Thanks, Apple.) https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/265579/notes-wont-sync-via-imap-in... <https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/265579/notes-wont-sync-via-imap-in-macos-sierra> https://jpmens.net/2015/09/28/experiments-using-imap-for-notes/ <https://jpmens.net/2015/09/28/experiments-using-imap-for-notes/> …
I am migrating from a working Server.app system in which Notes.app syncing does work across all devices, and therefore have a working dovecot configuration from Server.app, although it does not contain an explicit configuration for the “Notes” mailbox.
I would greatly appreciate any help or pointers for these questions:
Does anyone have a working template for dovecot that works with macOS Notes.app? I’ve posted doveconf -n of both the new server and the old Server.app server below.
Would you all be able to provide advice on TO-DO’s and NOT-TO-DO’s for mailbox/name-space reconfiguration as I try to muck around with a nicely working, deployed IMAP server? I believe that the solution has something to do with name spaces and separators, and I’ve already changed the separator from the original ‘/’ to ‘.’ on the working server without success or obvious changes.
All the mail boxes on the new IMAP server look like this, *without* a prefix ‘.’:
ls -1 /var/mail/tld.domain.mail/username/mdbox/mailboxes/ Archive/ Deleted Messages/ Drafts/ INBOX/ Junk/ Notes/ Sent/ Trash/
All the mailboxes on the working Server.app mailserver look like this, *with* a prefix ‘.’:
$ sudo ls -1 /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/users/username .Archive .Deleted Messages .Drafts .Junk .Notes .Sent Messages cur … new subscriptions tmp
Here are the doveconf -n of the new server that doesn’t sync macOS Notes.app, and the old Server.app IMAP server that does:
New server dovecot -n [Note: original separator was set to ‘/’, now changed to ‘.’ in config.d/10-mail.conf]:
# 2.3.6 (): /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.6 () # OS: Darwin 18.6.0 x86_64 apfs # Hostname: newhost.domain.tld auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_gssapi_hostname = $ALL auth_krb5_keytab = /opt/local/etc/dovecot/imap.keytab auth_mechanisms = plain gssapi auth_realms = newhost.domain.tld auth_socket_path = /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_username_format = %Ln debug_log_path = /opt/local/var/log/mail/mail-debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 6 first_valid_uid = 6 imap_id_log = * imap_id_send = "name" * "version" * imap_idle_notify_interval = 29 mins imap_urlauth_submit_user = submit info_log_path = /opt/local/var/log/mail/mail-info.log last_valid_gid = 100 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /opt/local/var/log/mail/mail-err.log login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_access_groups = mail mail_attachment_dir = /private/var/mail/tld.domain.mail/attachments mail_attachment_fs = sis posix:mode=0666 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = mail mail_home = /private/var/mail/tld.domain.mail mail_location = mdbox:/private/var/mail/tld.domain.mail/%Ln/mdbox mail_log_prefix = "%s(pid %p user %u): " mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_solr fts_lucene mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = _dovecot 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext imapsieve vnd.dovecot.imapsieve mdbox_rotate_size = 200 M namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Notspam_train { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam_train { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = create special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = . } passdb { driver = pam name = pam } plugin { fts = solr fts_autoindex = yes fts_autoindex_exclude = \Junk fts_solr = url=http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/dovecot/ imapsieve_mailbox1_before = file:/opt/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/report-spam.sieve imapsieve_mailbox1_causes = COPY APPEND imapsieve_mailbox1_name = Spam_train imapsieve_mailbox2_before = file:/opt/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/report-ham.sieve imapsieve_mailbox2_causes = COPY APPEND imapsieve_mailbox2_name = Notspam_train mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject size flags quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=16G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+256M quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-exceeded %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning %u recipient_delimiter = + sieve = /private/var/mail/tld.domain.mail/rules/%Ln/dovecot.sieve sieve_after = /opt/local/etc/dovecot/sieve-after.d sieve_before = /opt/local/etc/dovecot/sieve-before.d sieve_dir = /private/var/mail/tld.domain.mail/rules/%Ln/%u sieve_global_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe +vnd.dovecot.environment sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /opt/local/etc/dovecot/sieve sieve_plugins = sieve_imapsieve sieve_extprograms sieve_quota_max_storage = 50M } postmaster_address = postmaster@domain.tld protocols = imap lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes sendmail_path = /opt/local/sbin/sendmail service auth-worker { group = mail user = root } service auth { extra_groups = _keytabusers idle_kill = 15 mins unix_listener /opt/local/var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 127.0.0.1, ::1 port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 6 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 2 G } service imap { process_limit = 200 process_min_avail = 6 } service lmtp { unix_listener /opt/local/var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _postfix } } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/certificates/newhost.domain.tld.SHA1.chain.pem ssl_cert = </etc/certificates/newhost.domain.tld.SHA1.cert.pem ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_min_protocol = TLSv1.2 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { driver = passwd name = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_solr fts_lucene sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_solr fts_lucene imap_acl imap_quota imap_zlib imap_sieve } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_solr fts_lucene sieve }
Old Server.app server dovecot -n:
# 2.2.30.2 (c0c463e): /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.18 (29cc74d) # OS: Darwin 17.7.0 x86_64 apfs aps_topic = com.apple.mail.XServer.d7d6581e-37ed-4a8a-8775-92c4c5a4bf28 auth_gssapi_hostname = $ALL auth_mechanisms = cram-md5 plain login gssapi auth_realms = host.domain.tld auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_username_format = %n debug_log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-debug.log default_internal_user = _dovecot default_login_user = _dovenull disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 6 first_valid_uid = 6 imap_id_log = * imap_id_send = "name" * "version" * imap_urlauth_submit_user = submit info_log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-info.log log_path = /Library/Logs/Mail/mail-err.log login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_access_groups = mail mail_attribute_dict = file:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/attributes/attributes.dict mail_location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/%u mail_log_prefix = "%s(pid %p user %u): " mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_sk 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext mdbox_rotate_size = 200 M namespace acl-mailboxes { list = children location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/users/%%u:INDEX=/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/shared/%%u prefix = shared.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no 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 = } namespace list-archives { list = children location = maildir:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/listserver/messages/archive/lists/%%u:INDEX=/Library/Server/Mail/Data/listserver/messages/archive/shared/%%u prefix = archives.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { driver = od } passdb { args = /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/submit.passdb driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile:/Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/global-acls:cache_secs=300 acl_shared_dict = file:/Library/Server/Mail/Data/shared/shared-mailboxes fts = sk quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-exceeded %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning %u sieve = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /Library/Server/Mail/Data/rules/%u stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } postmaster_address = postmaster@host.domain.tld protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { extra_groups = _keytabusers idle_kill = 15 mins unix_listener auth-userdb { user = _dovecot } } service dns_client { unix_listener dns-client { mode = 0600 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 } service imap { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 200 service_count = 0 } service indexer-worker { user = _dovecot } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { mode = 0600 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { client_limit = 5 process_limit = 200 service_count = 0 } service quota-exceeded { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-exceeded.sh unix_listener quota-exceeded { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } service quota-warning { executable = script /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = mail mode = 0660 user = _dovecot } user = _dovecot } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = _dovecot } } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/certificates/host.domain.tld.SHA1.chain.pem ssl_cert = </etc/certificates/host.domain.tld.SHA1.cert.pem ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key_path = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { args = partition=/Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/partition_map.conf global_quota=8192 enforce_quotas=yes driver = od } userdb { args = /Library/Server/Mail/Config/dovecot/submit.passdb driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_sk sieve push_notify } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_sk sieve push_notify } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = quota zlib acl fts fts_sk imap_acl imap_quota imap_zlib } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 6 }