September 2013 - dovecot

[Dovecot] local AND virtual mail locations ?
by Pierre-Philipp Braun 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Hi, I would like to use Dovecot not only for virtual mboxes, but also for local users. In other words, I would like to use different "mail_location"s depending on "passdb" "passwd-file" versus "passwd". I need that as the smtp daemon I am using (david parsons' postoffice smtp server) serves both but is only able to process messages through procmail on local users. Here are the two mail_locations I would like to use: mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_location: mbox:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n.imap:INBOX=/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n depending on those passdb stanzas, respectively: passdb passwd-file { args = username_format=%n /etc/virtual/%d/passwd } passdb passwd { } Any help would be appreciated. Here's my Dovecot version and current working configuration for virtual users only: # dovecot -n dovecot -n # 1.2.17: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE amd64 ufs protocols: imap ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 6 first_valid_gid: 6 mail_location: mbox:/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n.imap:INBOX=/var/spool/virtual/%d/%n imap_client_workarounds: tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default: user: mail passdb: driver: passwd-file args: username_format=%n /etc/virtual/%d/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=6 gid=6 I find that first_valid_uid and first_valid_gid don't look pretty but it seems mandatory for the standard 'mail' user and group ownerships to work on the virtual mbox files and folders. I created the user while the group already existed. If you have any advices on that too, I would be pleased. Thanks Pierre-Philipp

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[Dovecot] Getting back into Dovecot 2.2.5
by Kai Hendry 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Hi there, I'm prompted to get into running my own mail server again with Gmail going bad. However I found /usr/share/doc/dovecot/example-config/conf.d/ a little scary, since I like to have my configs as minimalistic as possible, e.g. http://dabase.com/blog/Minimal_squid3_proxy_configuration/ So far I have: https://github.com/Webconverger/sg.webconverger.com/blob/master/dovecot/dov… I was kinda hoping for a Maildir, but this doesn't work: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=/var/mail/%u I do realise /var/mail/%u is a mbox, but I was wondering if there could be some clever conversion. I was surprised something like INBOX=/var/mail/%u wasn't the default btw. Also surprised dovecot seems to choke on single line syntax like `passdb { driver = pam }` :-) Next thing I'm confused about is the `namespace inbox {` stuff. Is it really needed? I was expecting Dovecot to create the folders once I defined them, but mutt couldn't see them until I created them myself. The mail server is just for myself and a few colleagues. We will probably use mutt as our MUA and Apple Mail on IOS when we are out & about. I next plan to integrate dspam, and work out how to sort mails into folders like I previously effectively had with Gmail's labels. I was confused to which mechanism I should be using to sort mail into folders with rules. Sieve? Back to Procmail? Pigeonhole? I'm looking to avoid complexity here. On the topic of search, can I get away with not running a Solr server? Since I shudder at the thought of running Tomcat. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/FTS Kiitos paljon for any pointers!

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[Dovecot] Auto-blocking faulty login attempts
by Jos Chrispijn 01 Sep '13

01 Sep '13

Dear group, How can I block login attempts to dovecot after trying 5 times in error? -- Best regards, Jos Chrispijn --- Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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