October 2010 - dovecot

[Dovecot] pop3 TCP_CORK too late error
by Ryan Murray 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

I was straceing a pop3 process and noticed that the TCP_CORK option isn't set soon enough: epoll_wait(8, {{EPOLLOUT, {u32=37481984, u64=37481984}}}, 38, 207) = 1 write(41, "iTxPBrNlaNFao+yQzLhuO4/+tQ5cuiKSe"..., 224) = 224 epoll_ctl(8, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 41, {EPOLLIN|EPOLLPRI|EPOLLERR|EPOLLHUP, {u32=37481984, u64=37481984}}) = 0 pread(19, "AFABQAlAC0AJ\nQAUALQAUAFABQAlAC0AF"..., 8192, 811008) = 8192 setsockopt(41, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [1], 4) = 0 write(41, "\r\nKUWtGCjKO5N8UbW5uYLZbS0nmaNi4ZB"..., 4134) = 4134 write(41, "\r\npckt0KMGuho6r4H1ay0sXbx+YyuC0Sn"..., 4134) = 4134 pread(19, "kivLO4WgAoAKACgBKAFoAr3V0lpH5kuQg"..., 8192, 819200) = 8192 write(41, "\r\nJkm1ZFXSIr1Ig19KGYj7oHT61dWUG/d"..., 4134) = 4134 write(41, "\r\nSNUHRRipGU9bu2sdLubhPvxoSv1qoK7"..., 4134) = 4134 pread(19, "NcOu1l/u1rGGl2YVKnQb8M9X09dKg\n0v7"..., 8192, 827392) = 8192 write(41, "\r\nAAp/Uo/zfgP29S9rB/wnRTcXsvu8YEg"..., 4134) = 4134 write(41, "\r\nYHT5jx+tJ1Z9x8iF/wCEb0ny/LNmmM5"..., 4134) = 4134 pread(19, "4GhGM3jkA/3B09Kr66+wewj0BfA8f8d8/"..., 8192, 835584) = 8192 write(41, "\r\nxHf8JPpm/b54/I/4UfVKhX1h3tYT/hJ"..., 4134) = 3932 write(41, "tdGIPCOsquY5oRkcoSev1p/Xl2D6s0tGN"..., 202) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable) epoll_ctl(8, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 41, {EPOLLIN|EPOLLPRI|EPOLLOUT|EPOLLERR| EPOLLHUP, {u32=37481984, u64=37481984}}) = 0 setsockopt(41, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [0], 4) = 0 The TCP_CORK option should get set before the first call to write() there, rather than after the first pread(). -- Ryan Murray <rmurray(a)cyberhqz.com>

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[Dovecot] managesieve fileinto folder with international characters
by Edward Carraro 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

I have a folder created in dovecot entered by the user as "ññoéé" On the file system it appears as "&APEA8Q-o&AOkA6Q-" (mUTF7) When creating a sieve rule, to file into the folder ññoéé, I am converting the name from UTF8 into UTF7, the rule becomes require ["fileinto"]; if header :contains ["From"] "user(a)domain.com" { fileinto "&APEA8Q-o&AOkA6Q-"; } however when executed, a sieve log is generated saying: failed to store into mailbox '&APEA8Q-o&AOkA6Q-' (&-APEA8Q-o&-AOkA6Q-): Mailbox doesn't exist: &-APEA8Q-o&-AOkA6Q-. If I directly modify the sieve file and place the actual utf8 version of the folder in it require ["fileinto"]; if header :contains ["From"] "user(a)domain.com" { fileinto "ññoéé"; } I get the following error: main_script: line 1: error: folder name specified for fileinto command is not utf-8: ññoéé.

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[Dovecot] dovecot logging
by Rajesh M 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

hi i am using dovecot version 1.2.11 with qmail toaster is there a way to log the number of current imap connections at a given time using dovecot log format ? thanks rajesh

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[Dovecot] Outlook FLAGS bug
by qmail＠top-consulting.net 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

I believe I have uncovered an Outlook bug. I've searched on the Internet a bit but I didn't find much on this particular topic. Basically it seems that Outlook (I'm using 2007) is overwriting message flags at least when replying to messages. I have seen the following behavior in the dovecot logs, first for only viewing a message, second when replying to a message. urfh UID STORE 65998 +FLAGS (\Seen) 3fxj IDLE DONE ejm4 UID STORE 65998 FLAGS (\Seen \Answered) The second STORE effectively wipes out any other flags on the message and replaces them with \Seen & \Answered I tried the same operation in Thunderbird and it performs properly. Anyone else encountered this bug ? Anyone knows if it's fixed in 2010 ?

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[Dovecot] acl allow creation of special foldernames
by Tobias Daucher 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, ACL works fine now... But is it possible so allow users the creation of specific folder names? so users should be able to create a folder "Sent" but not the folder "Send" or something like that I just want to allow some folder names and only THESE folders... Thanks for you help! Tobi -- Dr. Nagler & Company GmbH Hauptstraße 9 92253 Schnaittenbach Tel : 09622-7197-38 Fax : 09622-7197-50 Handy: 0160-5348073 Web : http://www.nagler-company.com E-Mail : tobias.daucher(a)nagler-company.com Amberg HRB 2845 Gerichtsstand Amberg Steuernummer 201/118/51809 USt.-ID-Nummer DE 813066264 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Martin Nagler

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[Dovecot] mbox folder deleting
by Tobias Daucher 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi there again, I just wanna tell you what little bug we've found... Namespace is in mbox format. After deleting an mbox the entry in the .imap stays so not everyting is moved away and ist just hanging around... not so bad, but would be nice if it was cleaned up... thanks Tobi -- Dr. Nagler & Company GmbH Hauptstraße 9 92253 Schnaittenbach Tel : 09622-7197-38 Fax : 09622-7197-50 Handy: 0160-5348073 Web : http://www.nagler-company.com E-Mail : tobias.daucher(a)nagler-company.com Amberg HRB 2845 Gerichtsstand Amberg Steuernummer 201/118/51809 USt.-ID-Nummer DE 813066264 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Martin Nagler

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[Dovecot] Error on mailbox file
by augustocasagrande＠gmail.com 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi! I'm running Postfix 2.2.9 as MTA. I have several mail clients , such as Outlook 2000/xp/2007. The clients comunicate to the MTA using pop3/smtp protocols. I have also installed Webmail Squirrel for the internet users. Squirrel needs an Imap server, so i have utilized Dovecot 1.2.6. To authenticate users , i use pam_winbbind to validate users to my NT domain. Here is my problem : Today i checked my /var/log/mail log and this took my attention : Sep 29 08:25:07 host1 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<USER>, method=PLAIN, rip=172.20.22.12, lip=172.20.22.14 Sep 29 08:25:07 host1 dovecot: IMAP(user): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/NT-DOMAIN/user/mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=10188(user) egid=10001(domain users) missing +w perm: /home) Sep 29 08:25:07 host1 dovecot: IMAP(user): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Here , i assume the user put his user name in CAPS (USER), and that i generating an error. Then Dovecot tries to create the directory /home/NT-DOMAIN/user/mail. In my dovecot.conf file , i have : mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Now , the log continues : Sep 29 08:25:18 host1 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user>, method=PLAIN, rip=172.20.22.12, lip=172.20.22.14 Sep 29 08:25:18 host1 dovecot: IMAP(user): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/NT-DOMAIN/user/mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=10188(user) egid=10001(domain users) missing +w perm: /home) Sep 29 08:25:18 host1 dovecot: IMAP(user): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed Here the user re-enters the user, now correctly, but the problem persists . Finally , a could see this new log entry : Sep 29 10:50:43 host1 postfix/local[19663]: 50B98441E0: to=<user(a)domain.com>, orig_to=<user(a)domain.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (cannot access mailbox /var/mail/user for user user. cannot open file: Permission denied) Here some user tries to send an email to this user , and a permission denied error occurs. Watching the permissions on the file : -rw------- 1 user users 1499655 2010-09-29 02:18 /var/mail/user Maybe some Dovecot process is blocking the file access ? List of Dovecot process: ps ax | grep dovecot 25997 ? Ss 0:07 /usr/sbin/dovecot 15399 ? S 0:02 dovecot-auth 20614 ? S 0:00 dovecot-auth -w How can i fix this issue? Thank you very much ! Augusto

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[Dovecot] doveadm doesn't seem to honor mail_location, mail_uid, mail_gid
by Trever L. Adams 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

I am adjusting the recommended ldap configuration to match active directory instead of the standard posixaccount layout. The problem is that doveadm seems to ignore mail_uid and mail_gid along with (possibly) mail_location. This is a setup with all virtual users (all ldap, not system accounts). Everything works in postfix and standard dovecot operation, it is only doveadm which doesn't work. Ldap queries return everything but these entries (as they do not exist in AD). These items I have tried setting in the configuration and in environment variables. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you, Trever -- "The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall." -- Unknown

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[Dovecot] help with expire plugin
by Joy 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Dear All, I am using version 2.0 and willing to use expire plugin in my setup but unable to set it up correctly. Here is the relevant part from output of doveconf -n # 2.0.0: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian 5.0.6 base_dir = /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/ dict { expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } mail_plugins = quota acl expire virtual namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } plugin { expire = Trash 7 Spam 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire } } protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_acl autocreate imap_quota } I have also created the database and tables for mysql and made the following change in dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext file connect = host=localhost dbname=mails user=root password=xxxxxx map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } I am not getting any error in log file and expire is not working too please let me know the issue ... Thanks

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[Dovecot] Why deliver+usercheck? deliver+MTA?
by Lukas Haase 14 Oct '10

14 Oct '10

Hi, I successfully configured dovecot using virtual users (and LDAP/AD). deliver is the LDA and verifies if the user exists (as recommended in the WIKI). However, the howtos in the Wiki say *nothing* about the case that the recipients should be verified *before* receiving the messages (prevent backscatter, ...). All configurations in the dovecot-Wiki (postfix and exim) just accept the mails and pass them to deliver. Also, all howtos which I found on the web. If the user does not exist, the mail is bounced because the mail was already accepted by the MTA. Nowadays this is an unacceptable configuration! Is there a special reason why there is no discussion about this? However, as postfix seems to be really too unflexible I have set up exim to handle incoming mail and do the usercheck in the router (with an LDAP query). But now the user is doubled-checked: Once when receiving with exim and a second time in deliver. This is not necessary, so I guess I can disable the LDAP query for deliver and set up a static userdb. Why does the Wiki recommened to verfify with deliver when the user needs to be checked at the MTA anyway? Regards, Luke

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