Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 13:40 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura:

On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:16:30 +0200, you wrote:

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Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura:

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All of the above specified settings are correct. Yet, when I telnet localhost 143, I get:

Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect Escape character is '^['. Connection closed by foreign host.

What does 'netstat -l46np' say?

It doesn't look good. Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

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dovecot process should appear with :143

Did you specify the p option? Then dovecot process name should appear. Try telnet 127.0.0.1 143 instead of localhost telnet localhost seems to use the IPv6 localhost adress which isn't used on dovecot side. I assume you don't use much IPv6 on this system, so this is no problem at all.

On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:

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Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect Escape character is '^['. Connection closed by foreign host.

This means the daemon is listening but errors out before able to process. Check the logs. Might be a dependency not starting, wrong permissions, certificate wrong/expired, etc..

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Am 13.06.2015 um 22:11 schrieb Steve Matzura:

On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:57:06 +0200, you wrote:

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On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:

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> Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect > Escape character is '^['. > Connection closed by foreign host.

This means the daemon is listening but errors out before able to process. Check the logs. Might be a dependency not starting, wrong permissions, certificate wrong/expired, etc..

Oh yes! Sorry for not having checked this before.

Jun 13 18:50:56 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3-login): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs

I thought this was a possibility. It probably means I have concatenated incorrect elements to form the certificate files.

Looks like there is something wrong with the format of your certificates. Do your files contain the start and end lines?

The private key file should look like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- cWgpJPyTE7yxI7cqREE8ULqn4eVJ85YckBNooOXGiumSkoTske7XIGNvRQWkpFUN [...] 4LMADvl806xkVkoWDGqJvN2MrN4qeRWuiTQ4tqmi0xp8wfoKWD0q4A== -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

The public certificates file should look like this: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- DwAwggEKAoIBAQCxpX2YsLeMT3GIMDtdJIoVkT+qe5PrpPL3omglJ+sKXnulM8JP [... more stuff from your domains cert ...] VmXZvW8oF1yaSQ/lSXZZ5Cg7mFZqqGrO5Sr15ZrduPlgdQ== -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MDBaFw0yNDAyMjAxMDAwMDBaMEwxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRkwFwYDVQQKExBHbG9i [... more stuff from your intermediate cert ...] AQAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFPXN1TwIUPlqTzq3l9pWg+Zp0mj3MEUGA1UdIAQ+MDwwOg== -----END CERTIFICATE-----

-- Alex JOST

I think I saw mention of "notepad" previously. If this is the case there may be some "dos" formatting that is messing things up.

On Jun 14, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:

The public cert part is good, but the private one begins with "Begin private key", not "RSA key."

On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:54:23 +0200, you wrote:

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Am 13.06.2015 um 22:11 schrieb Steve Matzura:

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On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:57:06 +0200, you wrote:

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On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 03:41:26PM -0400, Steve Matzura wrote:

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>>> Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect >>> Escape character is '^['. >>> Connection closed by foreign host.

This means the daemon is listening but errors out before able to process. Check the logs. Might be a dependency not starting, wrong permissions, certificate wrong/expired, etc..

Oh yes! Sorry for not having checked this before.

Jun 13 18:50:56 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(pop3-login): command startup failed, throttling for 2 secs Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:30:26 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:31:27 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: imap-login: Fatal: Can't load ssl_cert: error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line Jun 13 19:33:04 <my-node> dovecot: master: Error: service(imap-login): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs

I thought this was a possibility. It probably means I have concatenated incorrect elements to form the certificate files.

Looks like there is something wrong with the format of your certificates. Do your files contain the start and end lines?

The private key file should look like this: -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- cWgpJPyTE7yxI7cqREE8ULqn4eVJ85YckBNooOXGiumSkoTske7XIGNvRQWkpFUN [...] 4LMADvl806xkVkoWDGqJvN2MrN4qeRWuiTQ4tqmi0xp8wfoKWD0q4A== -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

The public certificates file should look like this: -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- DwAwggEKAoIBAQCxpX2YsLeMT3GIMDtdJIoVkT+qe5PrpPL3omglJ+sKXnulM8JP [... more stuff from your domains cert ...] VmXZvW8oF1yaSQ/lSXZZ5Cg7mFZqqGrO5Sr15ZrduPlgdQ== -----END CERTIFICATE----- -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MDBaFw0yNDAyMjAxMDAwMDBaMEwxCzAJBgNVBAYTAkJFMRkwFwYDVQQKExBHbG9i [... more stuff from your intermediate cert ...] AQAwHQYDVR0OBBYEFPXN1TwIUPlqTzq3l9pWg+Zp0mj3MEUGA1UdIAQ+MDwwOg== -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Gere's the command I used to generate the CSR. It is really one line, even though your message display program may cause it to wrap midway:

openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -sha1 -keyout myserver.key -out server.csr

On Sat, 13 Jun 2015, Steve Matzura wrote:

On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:16:30 +0200, you wrote:

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Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura:

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All of the above specified settings are correct. Yet, when I telnet localhost 143, I get:

Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect Escape character is '^['. Connection closed by foreign host.

This is normal.

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What does 'netstat -l46np' say?

It doesn't look good. Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN

tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN

tcp6 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN

This is also normal.

If you want to do a complete check of a service on a dual-stack host you really do need to explicitly specify the host by every IP address you intend it to be listening on since the client's ultimate choice of which address to choose, if you simply leave it up to DNS and the client, is variable.

Antonio Querubin e-mail: tony@lavanauts.org xmpp: antonioquerubin@gmail.com

On Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:28:53 -0500, you wrote:

On Jun 13, 2015, at 7:16 AM, Felix Zielcke wrote:

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Am Samstag, den 13.06.2015, 08:00 -0400 schrieb Steve Matzura:

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All of the above specified settings are correct. Yet, when I telnet localhost 143, I get:

Trying ::1... # this is certainly suspect Escape character is '^['. Connection closed by foreign host.

What does 'netstat -l46np' say? dovecot process should appear with :143

Looking back I have not seen your posting of doveconf -n or what o/s you are using. This may be helpful.

Apologies for not posting that.

# 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.65-xenU-19-0e6777a-x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) mbox_write_locks = fcntl 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 { driver = pam } service lmtp { unix_listener lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/tbv2015.crt ssl_key =

Urban:

On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 11:58:57 +0200, you wrote:

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ssl_cert = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/tbv2015.crt This is not correct. It should be:

ssl_cert =

That one was my fault. That's what it is inside 10-ssl.conf, but because I typed the mail message manually, I forgot the `<'.

It appears, however, that I may have solved the problem with the certificates. I happened to look at the file size of tgv2015.crt and noticed it was incorrect, which meant I created it incorrectly. I recreated it, restarted DOvecot, and have not seen the file open errors. I'll continue with testing.

Am 14.06.2015 um 14:03 schrieb Steve Matzura:

Alex, et al.,

I spoke too soon. Upon close examination of /var/log/maillog, the errors previously reported via the maillog extracts only happen when I attempt to test the imap connection. Everything appears correctly set up, defined, etc. It's now down to the certificates themselves I think. I have the following files:

. A file containing the certificate as issued by the certifying uthority that sold it to me. This file has a .CRT extension.

. The certifying authority's standard (or intermediate) certificate. This file has a .PEM extension.

. The private key file I generated when I created the CSR which was submitted to the certifying authority to create the signed certificate for my domain. This file has a .KEY extension.

I created the certificate file by opening a new text buffer in the editor of my choice and reading in the first and second of the above three files, then saving the concatenated buffer as /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/tgv2015.crt

IMHO the easiest way to do this: cat mydomain_cert.pem intermediate_cert.pem > new_cert_bunddle.pem

-- Alex JOST

On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 15:56:37 +0200, you wrote:

IMHO the easiest way to do this: cat mydomain_cert.pem intermediate_cert.pem > new_cert_bunddle.pem

OK, just tried it. The resultant catted file is identical to the one I created with a text editor.