September 2009 - dovecot

[Dovecot] v1.2.5 released
by Timo Sirainen 04 Oct '09

04 Oct '09

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-1.2.5.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-1.2.5.tar.gz.sig I'll be more or less gone for next two weeks. Tomorrow I'm heading to MacSysAdmin in Sweden to give a Dovecot talk, the next week I'll be in Finland on vacation. After that I'm hoping to get v2.0.alpha1 released in October. * Authentication: DIGEST-MD5 and RPA mechanisms no longer require user's login realm to be listed in auth_realms. It only made configuration more difficult without really providing extra security. * zlib plugin: Don't allow clients to save compressed data directly. This prevents users from exploiting (most of the) potential security holes in zlib/bzlib. + Added pop3_save_uidl setting. + dict quota: When updating quota and user isn't already in dict, recalculate and save the quota. - file_set_size() was broken with OSes that didn't support posix_fallocate() (almost everyone except Linux), causing all kinds of index file errors. - v1.2.4 index file handling could have caused an assert-crash - IMAP: Fixes to QRESYNC extension. - virtual plugin: Crashfix - deliver: Don't send rejects to any messages that have Auto-Submitted header. This avoids emails loops. - Maildir: Performance fixes, especially with maildir_very_dirty_syncs. - Maildir++ quota: Limits weren't read early enough from maildirsize file (when quota limits not enforced by Dovecot) - Message decoding fixes (mainly for IMAP SEARCH, Sieve).

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[Dovecot] Mailbox locking problem with iphone and POP3
by Bill Dunn - VCI Internet Services 03 Oct '09

03 Oct '09

I have a problem I can't seem to fix. I have dovecot configured to do POP3 with plain text authentication using a MySQL database. I am using Dovecot 1.0.7 with fcntl locking. My problem has been when an iPhone/iPod checks email. The iPhone/iPod doesn't disconnect with a TCP FIN packet and it leaves the mailbox in a locked state and prevents the user's desktop from checking email. I have tried changing the file locking method and other config file options without any luck. Oddly, I am using the last version of cucipop on another server with fcntl and lockf file locking and it doesn't have this problem. If someone could clue me in I'd be very grateful. Bill

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[Dovecot] Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands
by Gabriele 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

Greetings, I'm having big issues here, hope you can help me… Ubuntu Server 8.04, postfix 2.5.1, dovecot 1.0.10, postfixadmin (MySQL+ virtual users)… I am trying to move e-mails from an old IMAP account to my new dovecot IMAP server accounts. The old server is EIMS (Eudora Internet Mail Server, so a sort of mbox format)… I move messages by drag 'n' dropping in Mozilla Thunderbird. No problems with messages under 4MB size (there are huge messages, up to 25MB), but as soon as I try to move messages from 4MB and up, the connection hangs, nothing happens, the application becomes barely responsive, I have quit and re-open it to make it behave properly. In the logs, I read (user and IPs are fake, here): Sep 18 07:52:06 in dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user@my-domain>, method=PLAIN, rip=123.123.123.123, lip=123.123.123.123 Sep 18 07:52:06 in dovecot: IMAP(user@my-domain): Disconnected: Too many invalid IMAP commands. Could it be a client (Thunderbird) issue? I have tried with Apple Mail 4.1, same problem, same logs. Could it be a quota limit (googling around, I read that sometimes the error may be triggered by dovecot when exceeding the quota limit) Accout usage is actually at 1%… Could drag 'n' drop be the wrong way to have things done? I have also downloaded the huge e-mails from EIMS to Thunderbird Local Folders, the problem arises when I try to upload, so the culprit seems to be the new "system". I really need help at this point… any hints? Thanks in advance for any help you will offer. Gabriele

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[Dovecot] I can acces my pop3 account but I can't send an email trough smtp
by Ricky Tompu Breaky 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Dear my friends.... I use OpenSuSE 11.1, KMail and DoveCot version: " sussy:/etc/ssl/certs # dovecot --version 1.1.7 ". This is the configuration of my DoveCot: " sussy:/etc/ssl/certs # dovecot -n # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.29-0.1-default i686 openSUSE 11.1 (i586) base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_disable: yes disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Dovecot of MyGoogle.Com ready. mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 auth default: debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd ". I have created local linux user account on my Postfix+DoveCot server. I also can access the content of my mailbox from my KMail. I am so happy but once I try to send email (testing the smtp) than I realize that I can't send an email from my email client (KMail). I use this setting on my email client: 1. 'incoming mailserver' == 'outgoing mailserver' == 'mail.mygoogle.com' (pseudonome). Also username and password are all the same between incoming/outgoing mailserver, namely the local userlogin of LINUX. As the username, I put 'ricky' (but not 'ricky(a)mygoogle.com'). 2. smtp authentication: No encryption and plaintext. The error message on my KMail is: " Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure". Choose a different authentication method. The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure" The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. The following transport was used: mygoogle.com Do you want me to continue sending the remaining messages? " and also: " Sending failed: Your SMTP server does not support The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure". Choose a different authentication method. The server responded: "5.7.8 Error: authentication failed: generic failure" The message will stay in the 'outbox' folder until you either fix the problem (e.g. a broken address) or remove the message from the 'outbox' folder. The following transport was used: mygoogle.com ". I'm stucked again. Please help me. Tell me where my mistake. Thank you very much in advance.

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[Dovecot] OT: IMAP folder aliases
by Patrick Ben Koetter 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

It seems that there is no standard for folder names that deal with typical message classes such as drafts, outbox, sent, spam etc. At least there's no common sense on a naming convention that tells how client should handle this. Worse than this, most IMAP clients auto-create folders according to their own naming convention if they don't exist. Every client introduces its own view. Users OTOH expect a single view that makes it easy for them to find their messages. They are unwilling to search in "sent", "sent-mail" or "Sent items" for "messages that have been sent". I doubt that software producers will adopt a standard naming convention if it was introduced within a useful time span. Has anyone seen an approach or a solution that solves the problem from a users point of view? A server side alias list that maps to a server standard? p@rick -- state of mind Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] Some issues in Dovecot 1.2.5 after upgrade from 1.0.15
by Chris Wakelin 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

We upgraded from Dovecot 1.0.15 to 1.2.5 last night, on Solaris 10 using mboxes, mostly without issues. However I had to trash the index/cache files (too many folders were showing corruption issues which is especially bad for Prayer Webmail ".prayer" folders that store preferences; Prayer sees a disconnection as the folder being missing!). I've had one imap process panic in mailbox sync (as I mentioned above, the index files have been newly created in 1.2.5): > Sep 30 09:57:10 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<xxxxxxxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=134.225.xx.xx, lip=134.225.16.6 > Sep 30 09:57:10 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<xxxxxxxx>, method=PLAIN, rip=134.225.xx.xx, lip=134.225.16.6 > Sep 30 09:57:11 IMAP 25384 xxxxxxxx 134.225.xx.xx : Panic: file mail-index-sync-update.c: line 933 (mail_index_sync_map): assertion failed: (map->hdr.indexid == index->indexid || map->hdr.indexid == 0) > Sep 30 09:57:11 dovecot: Error: child 25384 (imap) killed with signal 6 (core dumped) This looks like it was the user's first connection since the upgrade, as well. Here's the backtrace: > #0 0xff21fe78 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 > (gdb) bt > #0 0xff21fe78 in _libc_kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 > #1 0xff1b5a3c in abort () from /usr/lib/libc.so.1 > #2 0xbe258 in default_fatal_finish (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0) at failures.c:160 > #3 0xbeb14 in i_internal_fatal_handler (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0, fmt=0x0, args=0xffbee758) at failures.c:440 > #4 0xbe414 in i_panic (format=0xec7f0 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:207 > #5 0x98a00 in mail_index_sync_map (_map=0x1263e4, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD, force=false) at mail-index-sync-update.c:802 > #6 0x8c618 in mail_index_map (index=0x1263a8, type=MAIL_INDEX_SYNC_HANDLER_HEAD) at mail-index-map.c:934 > #7 0x89e30 in mail_index_refresh (index=0x0) at mail-index.c:551 > #8 0x62bec in mbox_sync_header_refresh (mbox=0x1272d8) at mbox-sync.c:1586 > #9 0x62d28 in mbox_sync_has_changed_full (mbox=0x1272d8, leave_dirty=true, empty_r=0xffbeeab7) at mbox-sync.c:1644 > #10 0x62cb4 in mbox_sync_has_changed (mbox=0xffffffff, leave_dirty=true) at mbox-sync.c:1611 > #11 0x63428 in mbox_sync_int (mbox=0x1272d8, flags=0, lock_id=0xffbeee04) at mbox-sync.c:1701 > #12 0x634f4 in mbox_sync (mbox=0x1272d8, flags=0) at mbox-sync.c:1894 > #13 0x63674 in mbox_storage_sync_init (box=0x1272d8, flags=65) at mbox-sync.c:1936 > #14 0x7ebf4 in mailbox_sync_init (box=0x1272d8, flags=65) at mail-storage.c:562 > #15 0x7ecb8 in mailbox_sync (box=0x1272d8, flags=65, status_items=239, status_r=0xffbeefd0) at mail-storage.c:593 > #16 0x29fc0 in select_open (ctx=0x11ebf0, mailbox=0x1 <Address 0x1 out of bounds>, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:273 > #17 0x2a294 in cmd_select_full (cmd=0x11eb60, readonly=false) at cmd-select.c:382 > #18 0x2a3d0 in cmd_select (cmd=0x11eb60) at cmd-select.c:389 > #19 0x2d064 in client_command_input (cmd=0x11eb60) at client.c:611 > #20 0x2cf08 in client_command_input (cmd=0x11eb60) at client.c:660 > #21 0x2d0ec in client_handle_next_command (client=0x11e8d8, remove_io_r=0xffbef2b7) at client.c:701 > #22 0x2d1e0 in client_handle_input (client=0x11e8d8) at client.c:713 > #23 0x2d318 in client_input (client=0x11e8d8) at client.c:752 > #24 0xc7ea4 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x11b370) at ioloop-poll.c:203 > #25 0xc7694 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x11b370) at ioloop.c:335 > #26 0x36e34 in main (argc=1119232, argv=0xffbef4fc, envp=0xffbef50c) at main.c:327 I'm also seeing some other errors, e.g. : > Sep 30 10:37:06 auth(default): Error: Master request 15820.607 not found > Sep 30 10:51:27 dovecot: Error: child 29959 (login) killed with signal 11 (core not dumped) (latest ip=134.225.1.46) > Sep 30 10:51:38 dovecot: Error: child 11162 (login) killed with signal 11 (core not dumped) (latest ip=134.225.1.46) > Sep 30 10:54:03 imap-login: Warning: Error sending handshake to auth server: Transport endpoint is not connected How do I get the login (presumably imap-login) processes to dump core (or do I need to insert gdbhelper)? Dovecot -n output (%J is a local hash function and we don't use the lda; my start-up script sets the fd limit to 4096 once Dovecot has started): > # 1.2.5: /opt/RDGdovect/etc/dovecot.conf > Warning: fd limit 2048 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 4352). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings > # OS: SunOS 5.8 sun4u ufs > base_dir: /opt/RDGdovect/var/run/ > log_path: /opt/RDGdovect/var/log/dovecot.log > info_log_path: /opt/RDGdovect/var/log/dovecot.log > protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s > listen(default): 134.225.16.6:143 > listen(imap): 134.225.16.6:143 > listen(pop3): 134.225.16.6:110 > ssl_listen(default): 134.225.16.6:993 > ssl_listen(imap): 134.225.16.6:993 > ssl_listen(pop3): 134.225.16.6:995 > ssl_cert_file(default): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/imap.reading.ac.uk.crt.pem > ssl_cert_file(imap): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/imap.reading.ac.uk.crt.pem > ssl_cert_file(pop3): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/pop.reading.ac.uk.crt.pem > ssl_key_file(default): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/imap.reading.ac.uk.key.pem > ssl_key_file(imap): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/imap.reading.ac.uk.key.pem > ssl_key_file(pop3): /opt/RDGdovect/ssl/pop.reading.ac.uk.key.pem > disable_plaintext_auth: no > shutdown_clients: no > login_dir: /opt/RDGdovect/var/run/login > login_executable(default): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(imap): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_executable(pop3): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login > login_greeting(default): University of Reading IMAP ready. > login_greeting(imap): University of Reading IMAP ready. > login_greeting(pop3): University of Reading POP3 ready. > login_process_per_connection: no > max_mail_processes: 4096 > verbose_proctitle: yes > mail_location: mbox:/export/folders/%13.h/mail/:INBOX=/export/mail/%13.h/INBOX:INDEX=/export/indexes/%13.h > mail_nfs_storage: yes > mbox_very_dirty_syncs: yes > mail_drop_priv_before_exec: yes > mail_executable(default): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(imap): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/imap > mail_executable(pop3): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/dovecot/pop3 > mail_plugins(default): zlib mail_log > mail_plugins(imap): zlib mail_log > mail_plugins(pop3): > mail_plugin_dir(default): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/plugins > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /opt/RDGdovect/libexec/plugins > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /opt/RDGdovect/lib/dovecot/pop3 > mail_log_prefix: %Us %p %u %r : > imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail > imap_client_workarounds(pop3): > pop3_reuse_xuidl(default): no > pop3_reuse_xuidl(imap): no > pop3_reuse_xuidl(pop3): yes > pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv > pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv > pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %08Xv%08Xu > pop3_client_workarounds(default): > pop3_client_workarounds(imap): > pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls > namespace: > type: private > separator: / > inbox: yes > list: yes > subscriptions: yes > namespace: > type: private > separator: / > prefix: mail/ > hidden: yes > list: no > subscriptions: yes > namespace: > type: private > separator: / > prefix: ~/mail/ > hidden: yes > list: no > subscriptions: yes > namespace: > type: private > separator: / > prefix: ~%u/mail/ > hidden: yes > list: no > subscriptions: yes > lda: > postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com > auth default: > mechanisms: plain login > username_format: %Lu > verbose: yes > passdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /export/mailconfig/%Ju/%u/migrating > deny: yes > passdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /export/mailconfig/%Ju/%u/proxy.%Ls > passdb: > driver: ldap > args: /opt/RDGdovect/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf > userdb: > driver: passwd-file > args: /opt/RDGdovect/etc/userdb Best Wishes, Chris -- --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Virtual Plugin
by Darvin Denmian 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

I activated Dovecot's Virtual Plugin in my configuration and created dovecot-virtual file with the following content: [quote] # ~/Maildir/virtual/Flagged/dovecot-virtual * flagged [quote] When I flag some messages these messages automatically appears inside my Virtual Folder called "Flagged", but once inside this folder , when I "Unflag" the message, It doesn't disapear from my virtual folder. Is this expected? I'm using dovecot12-1.2.5-2.1 on a Opensuse 11.1 I hope you understand my brazilian english :) Thanks

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[Dovecot] How many concurrent IMAP sessions?
by Patrick Ben Koetter 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Has anybody ever bothered to measure how many concurrent IMAP sessions dovecot can handle? I know it depends on hardware, filesystem, mailbox type etc., but what exactly controls the number and what have people on the list measured? p@rick -- state of mind Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] cant compile dsync
by joakim＠verona.se 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

I'm trying to compile dsync, but failing. What am I doing wrong? hg pull pulling from http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/ ... ./configure && make clean all ... make[5]: Entering directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' make[5]: *** No rule to make target `maildir-transaction.c', needed by `maildir-transaction.lo'. Stop. make[5]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-storage/index/maildir' make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-storage/index' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-storage' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/build/dovecot-2.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 -- Joakim Verona

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[Dovecot] deliver doesn't support !include directive, mail is bounced
by Christoph Berkemeier 30 Sep '09

30 Sep '09

Hello, dovecot deliver is used here as a LDA. When I add !include /usr/local/etc/$INCLUDE.FILE to my dovecot.conf I get this error in the maillog: relay=local, delay=0.04, delays=0.02/0/0/0.02, dsn=5.3.5, status=bounced (local configuration error. Command output: Fatal: Error in config file /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf: deliver doesn't support !include directive /usr/local/etc/$INCLUDE.FILE contains: listen: $HOSTNAME ssl_cert_file: /etc/$FILE ssl_key_file: /etc/$FILE auth_krb5_keytab = /etc/$FILE It would be nice if this bug gets fixed or a comment add, that you can not use include, when you use deliver as your LDA. MfG Christoph dovecot -n: # 1.2.4: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-p2 amd64 log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imaps pop3s managesieve listen: $HOSTNAME ssl_cert_file: /etc/$FILE ssl_key_file: /etc/$FILE login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login login_processes_count: 6 login_max_processes_count: 256 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: $NUMBER first_valid_gid: $NUMBER mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/maildir mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: mail/ location: mbox:~/mail list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster@$DOMAIN log_path: info_log_path: mail_plugins: sieve quota_full_tempfail: yes sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: mechanisms: gssapi plain login username_format: %Lu krb5_keytab: /etc/$FILE gssapi_hostname: $Hostname worker_max_count: 120 passdb: driver: pam args: session=yes failure_show_msg=yes max_requests=100 dovecot userdb: driver: passwd args: blocking=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/.sieve

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