Hi all:

I'm using Dovecot with Postfix (via LMTP). Because Postfix doesn't de-duplicate recipients, I'm using sieve to drop duplicates, following this recipe: https://serverfault.com/questions/112958/postfix-aliases-and-duplicate-e-mails-how-to-fix

A "sieve_before" script contains:

require ["duplicate"];
if duplicate
{
  discard;
  stop;
}

It works well, except when the recipient is over quota. Dovecot is configured for tempfail in this case: quota_full_tempfail = yes

When a mail arrives for a user who's over quota, Postfix logs this:

AF4481700032: to=<?@?>, relay=?[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.05, delays=0.05/0/0/0, dsn=4.2.2, status=deferred (host ?[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 452 4.2.2 <?@?> Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) (in reply to end of DATA command))

Approximately 10 minutes later, Postfix retries, and log shows:

dovecot: lmtp(?)<1742912><+EYHBXjidmBAmBoAcAY70w>: sieve: msgid=<489132c2-7b77-cd2f-ce60-439f6558ddcf@?>: marked message to be discarded if not explicitly delivered (discard action)
postfix/lmtp[1742691]: AF4481700032: to=<?@?>, relay=?[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=431, delays=431/0/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <?@?> +EYHBXjidmBAmBoAcAY70w Saved)
postfix/qmgr[421343]: AF4481700032: removed

The message is then nowhere to be found: it's not delivered to mailbox, bounce isn't sent to the sender, mail is not in postfix queue. Apparently it's been discarded.


I'd say that at first LMTP delivery attempt, sieve records message as seen, even though it is eventually rejected (452 over quota). During second attempt sieve "recognizes" the message as seen before and discards it. (This is just my interpretation of what could be happening.)


Is this a bug or have I misconfigured something? My dovecot -n output is below.


Thanks for help,

Aleš Pečnik



# dovecot -n
# 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 ()
# OS: Linux 5.4.0-62-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@:
auth_username_format = %Ln
auth_worker_max_count = 3
default_vsz_limit = 1 G
first_valid_gid = 12
first_valid_uid = 8
hostname = something.org
last_valid_gid = 12
last_valid_uid = 8
listen = *
mail_access_groups = mail
mail_location = maildir:/var/dovecot/%u
mail_plugins = " quota mailbox_alias mail_log notify acl"
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace {
  location = maildir:/var/dovecot/public:INDEXPVT=/var/dovecot/%n/public
  prefix = Public.
  separator = .
  subscriptions = no
  type = public
}
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  location =
  mailbox Drafts {
    auto = no
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    auto = subscribe
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    auto = no
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    auto = no
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix =
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-master.conf.ext
  driver = sql
  master = yes
  pass = yes
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}
plugin {
  acl = vfile
  mailbox_alias_new = Sent Messages
  mailbox_alias_new2 = Sent Items
  mailbox_alias_new3 = Deleted Items
  mailbox_alias_new4 = Deleted Messages
  mailbox_alias_old = Sent
  mailbox_alias_old2 = Sent
  mailbox_alias_old3 = Trash
  mailbox_alias_old4 = Trash
  quota = maildir:User quota
  quota_rule = *:storage=200M
  quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+50M
  quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u
  quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u
  sieve = file:/var/dovecot/%n/sieve;active=/var/dovecot/%n/sieve/active.sieve
  sieve_before = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve.d/
  sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags +editheader +duplicate
}
postmaster_address = postmaster@something.org
protocols = " imap lmtp"
quota_full_tempfail = yes
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0660
    user = postfix
  }
}
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imap {
    port = 143
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 0
  }
  process_min_avail = 12
  service_count = 0
}
service imap-postlogin {
  executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/postlogin.sh
  user = $default_internal_user
}
service imap {
  executable = imap imap-postlogin
}
service lmtp {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0600
    user = postfix
  }
}
service pop3-login {
  inet_listener pop3 {
    port = 0
  }
  inet_listener pop3s {
    port = 0
  }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/my.crt
ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs
ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}
protocol lmtp {
  mail_plugins = " quota mailbox_alias mail_log notify acl sieve"
}
protocol lda {
  mail_plugins = " quota mailbox_alias mail_log notify acl sieve"
}
protocol imap {
  mail_max_userip_connections = 30
  mail_plugins = " quota mailbox_alias mail_log notify acl imap_quota imap_acl"
}