November 2010 - dovecot

[Dovecot] Linux Bootup: Dovecot Failure
by Christopher Metter 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi there! Im using a dovecot system in combination with postfix(with dovecot lda) and ldap. Till today it ran well, but before switching to live, i did some system updates and at the reboot following message occured: Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecoUnexpected first line <localhost: timed out, nothing received> (First it says: "Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecot ", but then something fails and overrides the "t" of dovecot with "Unexpected.... ") I don't know when this error occured first, but it only goes away if i delete dovecot from autostart at bootup (by renaming dovecot-file in /etc/rc2.d/ ) No error shown in /var/log/mail.* or syslog Apart from showing this message, system is running perfectly. Users can login, receive their mail and produce new mail-traffic with postfix ;) ATM i really dont know what to do, im near switching to live status of this system and that message is annoying me. Didnt find any information on the net. Hope someone on this list can give an helpful advice Dovecot version: 1.2.15 Greetings from Germany, Christopher Metter dovecot -n: http://nopaste.info/0447cd09ba.html Boot log: http://nopaste.info/index.html

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[Dovecot] Mailing lists in Dovecot?
by Peter Reinhold 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a simple mailing list manager that plays well with a Postfix/Dovecot setup, with virtual domains? It really just has to be very simple, basically, an alias would work, if I could rewrite the sender address/name, and I don't really need the possibility for users to subscribe via e-mail based commands. I've looked at the XEXEC plugin as a possible method of doing this, via some Perl perhaps, anyone has any experience using this they would like to share? Mvh, Peter Reinhold / peter(a)reinhold.dk

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[Dovecot] auth child abort - "Requested NTLM scheme, but we have only SSHA256"
by LEVAI Daniel 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

Hi! I noticed these messages in my logs. It seems that the user checked the "encrypted password" in her outlook or something, and wants NTLM auth. I'm storing all the passwords as SSHA256, and when the user tries to auth, this happens: => dovecot.info auth: Info: password(<username>,<user_ip>): Requested NTLM scheme, but we have only SSHA256 auth: Debug: sql(<username>,<user_ip>): query: SELECT username AS user, password, home AS userdb_home, uid AS userdb_uid, gid AS userdb_gid, userdb_import AS userdb_userdb_import FROM userdb WHERE auth_username = '<username>' AND login = 'enabled' => dovecot.log auth: Error: sql(<username>,<user_ip>): Multiple password values not supported auth: Panic: file passdb-sql.c: line 113 (sql_query_callback): assertion failed: (password == NULL || scheme != NULL) master: Error: service(auth): child 10679 killed with signal 6 (core not dumped - set service auth { drop_priv_before_exec=yes }) Is this an error condition if I store the password in a different scheme than what user is requesting? Thanks, Daniel -- LÉVAI Dániel PGP key ID = 0x83B63A8F Key fingerprint = DBEC C66B A47A DFA2 792D 650C C69B BE4C 83B6 3A8F

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[Dovecot] Testing pop3/imap4 and mdbox corrupted indexes?
by Odhiambo Washington 01 Nov '10

01 Nov '10

I have two questions: 1. What method/tool (other than a MuA) can I use to test my Dovecot setup from Windows CLI when ssl is enabled? I have tried connecting to to the pop3/imap4 services from a Windows PC but here is what I get: [pop3] +OK Dovecot-2.0-sis ready. user wash(a)domain.co.ke -ERR Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure (SSL/TLS) connections. [imap4] OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS LOGINDISABLED AUTH=DIGEST-MD5] Dovecot-2.0-sis ready. login wash(a)domain.co.ke S3ecreat BAD [ALERT] Plaintext authentication not allowed without SSL/TLS, but your client did it anyway. If anyone was listening, the password was exposed. NO [PRIVACYREQUIRED] Plaintext authentication disallowed on non-secure (SSL/TLS) connections. 2. When mdbox indexes are corrupted, are they automatically repaired/rebuilt or must I specify this in the configuration? How long does it take? Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash(a)domain.co.ke): Error: Corrupted dbox file /var/spool/virtual/domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=1941): Ex t refs metadata corrupted: 3861 783856 75/80/75805ed445f1b8b31508dba8d86280a37a74aec1-fabfb11f9f80654ced090000dcbe1dcb Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash(a)domain.co.ke): Error: Corrupted dbox file /var/spool/virtual/domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=1941): ui d=5 points to broken data at offset=1911 Nov 01 12:08:04 pop3(wash(a)domain.co.ke): Warning: mdbox /var/spool/virtual/ domain.co.ke/wash/mdbox/storage: rebuilding indexes When I connect using outlook, I see this on Outlook: Task 'wash(a)domain.co.ke - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC90) : 'Your incoming (POP3) e-mail server has reported an internal error. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: -ERR Message 5 expunged.' This rebuild process seems to be taking too long:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!

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