> On 27/10/2020 11:42 David Tildesley <davotnz@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Aki,
>
> Thanks. I didn't know that about imapc - but by the way, I finally got it working.
>
> The reason why I am inserting Dovecot between my (single) client and our Exchange server (eventually - I am still testing against imap.gmail.com) is to that I can manipulate the email with Sieve due to limitations of my client (Genesys).
>
> Give the above scenario, should I use imapc or proxy ?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Regards,
> David.
>
>
> On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 10:17:37 pm NZDT, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com> wrote:
>
>
> You know that imapc != imap proxy.
>
> imapc is a thin client, which is a "mail storage provider" like maildir.
>
> imap proxy is when you proxy the connection somewhere. this is done with proxy_ settings in passdb.
>
> You need to specify
>
> ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
>
> to get cert verification working with imapc. it's required.
>
> Aki
>
>
> > On 27/10/2020 10:54 David Tildesley <davotnz@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have solved the port problem by specifying it in the passdb section as userdb_imapc_port=993
> >
> > But:
> > This is in the error log when I make a connection from the client:
> >
> > Oct 27 08:49:16 imapproxy01 dovecot: auth: Fatal: passdb imap: Cannot verify certificate without ssl_ca_dir or ssl_ca_file setting
> > Oct 27 08:49:16 imapproxy01 dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 09:48:49 pm NZDT, David Tildesley <davotnz@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > xxxx@imapproxy01:/etc/dovecot/conf.d$ dovecot -n
> > # 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> > # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 ()
> > # OS: Linux 5.4.0-1031-azure x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
> > # Hostname: imapproxy01.trf04sdec2hu1b4wur4lazeo3f.px.internal.cloudapp.net
> > auth_verbose = yes
> > disable_plaintext_auth = no
> > imapc_host = imap.gmail.com
> > imapc_password = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > imapc_port = 993
> > imapc_ssl = imaps
> > imapc_ssl_verify = no
> > imapc_user = xxxxxx@gmail.com
> > mail_home = /home/vmail/%u
> > mail_location = imapc:~/imapc
> > mail_privileged_group = mail
> > 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 = host=imap.gmail.com port=993 ssl=imaps
> > default_fields = userdb_namespace=gmail userdb_namespace/gmail/list=yes userdb_namespace/gmail/subscriptions=no userdb_namespace/gmail/separator=. userdb_namespace/gmail/prefix=INBOX.gmail. userdb_namespace/gmail/location=imapc: userdb_imapc_host=imap.gmail.com userdb_imapc_user=xxxx@gmail.com userdb_imapc_password=#hidden_use-P_to_show# userdb_imapc_ssl=imaps userdb_imapc_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl/certs userdb_imapc_port=993
> > driver = imap
> > }
> > plugin {
> > sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve
> > }
> > protocols = " imap"
> > ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> > ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
> > ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
> > userdb {
> > driver = prefetch
> > }
> >
> > On Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 09:16:51 pm NZDT, Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi@open-xchange.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 27/10/2020 10:08 David Tildesley <davotnz@yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Dovecot v2.3.7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04LTS
> > >
> > > I have configured for imap proxy to imap.gmail.com
> > >
> > > However whilst the imapc_host setting is working, imapc_port is not - it ignores the value I set and dovecot always tries to connect to gmail on port 143 (as per error log output).
> > >
> > > I have the imapc settings in the 10-mail.conf which gets loaded by dovecoat.conf
> > >
> > > Looks like a bug.
> > >
> > > Any assistance would appreciated.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > David.
> >
> >
> > Can you provide output of `doveconf -n`?
> >
> > Aki
> >