March 2015 - dovecot - dovecot.org

Multiple passwords for a user (SQL)
by Marco Fretz 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hi everyone, I'm not sure if this has been discuessed already as I coun't find anything in the archives - maybe I'm looking for the wrong thing. I want to build something similar to googles "app passwords" where your use a different password (strong, auto generated) for each device / app. In general I think this is pretty easy on the database side as I just need a password table and link say the passwords with an user_id to the corresponding user in the users table - one use has many passwords (1:n). for dovecot this means that it will get multiple rows with passwords back from the "password_query". is there a way to tell dovecot to check all those returned passwords and "pass" the request if one of those passwords match? thank you, best regards Marco

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[Dovecot] Pigeonhole sieve re-filter extension?
by T.B. 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Dear Stephan Bosch, dear Dovecot community, "sieve-filter" re-filtering of existing mails is already a great progress for everyone using sieve! But as far as I know this functionality is just accessible by the server administrator. In the meanwhile everyone knows the comfort of re-executing filter scripts on his own existing mailboxes - triggered by himself! This service is already very widespread. Examples are MUA's like Outlook or Thunderbird which provide this service just on the client side. Or almost every web-mail provider offers this. Is there already an managesieve protocol extension that allows client triggered server side re-filtering? If not, maybe you could design a RFC for this? What do you think? Best regards. T.B.

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[Dovecot] dsync replication errors
by Oli Schacher 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Hi I'm trying to build a cluster of two servers with dsync replication (based on http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Replication). My test setup works fine for very simple tests, I can log in to both servers, copy a message to one of the servers and it successfully apperars in the other account. But, if I try to copy a large amount of messages at once to one of the accounts, my maillogs get flodded with errors(see below) and the mailboxes seem to get out of sync and messages are duplicated over and over again (I originally copied 100 messages and ended up with thousands in both mailboxes until I killed dovecot) I'd appreciate if someone could have a look at my config and tell me what I did wrong. dovecot.conf of both servers, they are identical except for the target ip in mail_replica: dovecot -n # 2.2.beta1 (070ca24e5846+): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final) disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_plugins = " notify replication" namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = remote:vmail@192.168.23.62 } protocols = pop3 imap service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } user = root } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } Log on server1 after I copied 100 messages to an account on that server: Jan 31 10:41:04 doco1 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user1>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.23.130, lip=192.168.23.61, mpid=1432, session=<OdjlbJLUmwDAqBeC> Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=72, file=1359625327.M621257P1432.doco1,S=2472,W=2547:2,) Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: dsync-local(user1): Error: Recent flags state corrupted for mailbox INBOX Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=73, file=1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492:2,) Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=74, file=1359625328.M206735P1432.doco1,S=2400,W=2474:2,) Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=75, file=1359625328.M668118P1432.doco1,S=2421,W=2496:2,) Jan 31 10:42:12 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=76, file=1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559:2,) Jan 31 10:42:13 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=77, file=1359625329.M520528P1432.doco1,S=2525,W=2604:2,) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 132: 1359625329.M520528P1432.doco1,S=2525,W=2604 (uid 77 -> 133) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 133: 1359625327.M621257P1432.doco1,S=2472,W=2547 (uid 72 -> 134) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 134: 1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492 (uid 73 -> 135) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 135: 1359625328.M206735P1432.doco1,S=2400,W=2474 (uid 74 -> 136) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 136: 1359625328.M668118P1432.doco1,S=2421,W=2496 (uid 75 -> 137) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 137: 1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559 (uid 76 -> 138) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 139: 1359625329.M782065P1432.doco1,S=2461,W=2539 (uid 78 -> 140) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 140: 1359625329.M973834P1432.doco1,S=2523,W=2602 (uid 79 -> 141) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 141: 1359625330.M114922P1432.doco1,S=2546,W=2626 (uid 80 -> 142) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 142: 1359625330.M255922P1432.doco1,S=2467,W=2546 (uid 81 -> 143) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 143: 1359625330.M403257P1432.doco1,S=2534,W=2611 (uid 82 -> 144) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 144: 1359625330.M486295P1432.doco1,S=2451,W=2529 (uid 83 -> 145) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Unexpected GUID mismatch for UID=85: 1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492 != 2e1b1ee97994566870c02910ea929091 Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559 (UID=175) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559 (UID=150) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625329.M520528P1432.doco1,S=2525,W=2604 (UID=176) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625329.M520528P1432.doco1,S=2525,W=2604 (UID=179) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492 (UID=123) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492 (UID=147) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625328.M668118P1432.doco1,S=2421,W=2496 (UID=174) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625328.M668118P1432.doco1,S=2421,W=2496 (UID=149) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625328.M206735P1432.doco1,S=2400,W=2474 (UID=173) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625328.M206735P1432.doco1,S=2400,W=2474 (UID=148) Jan 31 10:42:16 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Importing mailbox INBOX failed Jan 31 10:42:16 doco1 dovecot: dsync-local(user1): Error: read(vmail(a)192.168.23.62) failed: EOF Jan 31 10:42:16 doco1 dovecot: dsync-local(user1): Error: Remote command returned error 75 Jan 31 10:42:20 doco1 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Remote didn't send mail GUID=1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559 (UID=230) [...] Log on server2: Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 132: 1359625329.M520528P1432.doco1,S=2525,W=2604 (uid 77 -> 133) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 133: 1359625327.M621257P1432.doco1,S=2472,W=2547 (uid 72 -> 134) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 134: 1359625327.M740847P1432.doco1,S=2417,W=2492 (uid 73 -> 135) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 135: 1359625328.M206735P1432.doco1,S=2400,W=2474 (uid 74 -> 136) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 136: 1359625328.M668118P1432.doco1,S=2421,W=2496 (uid 75 -> 137) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 137: 1359625329.M167578P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559 (uid 76 -> 138) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 139: 1359625329.M782065P1432.doco1,S=2461,W=2539 (uid 78 -> 140) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 140: 1359625329.M973834P1432.doco1,S=2523,W=2602 (uid 79 -> 141) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 141: 1359625330.M114922P1432.doco1,S=2546,W=2626 (uid 80 -> 142) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 142: 1359625330.M255922P1432.doco1,S=2467,W=2546 (uid 81 -> 143) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 143: 1359625330.M403257P1432.doco1,S=2534,W=2611 (uid 82 -> 144) Jan 31 10:42:14 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: /mailstore/user1/maildir/dovecot-uidlist: Duplicate file entry at line 144: 1359625330.M486295P1432.doco1,S=2451,W=2529 (uid 83 -> 145) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=84, file=1359625330.M608391P1432.doco1,S=2480,W=2559:2,) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=85, file=1359625330.M813949P1432.doco1,S=2427,W=2502:2,) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=86, file=1359625331.M217320P1432.doco1,S=2547,W=2625:2,) Jan 31 10:42:15 doco2 dovecot: doveadm: Error: dsync-remote(user1): Warning: Maildir /mailstore/user1/maildir: Expunged message reappeared, giving a new UID (old uid=87, file=1359625331.M688431P1432.doco1,S=2529,W=2609:2,) [...] Thanks Oli -- message transmitted on 100% recycled electrons

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Different behavior of ACLs in MUA and doveadm
by Thomas Leuxner 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

I have noticed a difference in the behavior of ACLs. When used in a MUA the following global ACL works fine and has the desired effect - new mailboxes can be created by a user being part of the 'PublicMailboxAdmins' group: [ global-acl: ] INBOX owner lrwstiekxap Public/* group=PublicMailboxAdmins lrwsipk Public/* anyone lr Public/* authenticated lrws Creating the same mailbox via doveadm however fails with a permission problem: doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Public/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=no location=mdbox:/var/vmail/public:INDEXPVT=~/mdbox/public doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: fs: root=/var/vmail/public, index=, indexpvt=/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox/public, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl:cache_secs=300 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: acl username = tlx(a)leuxner.net doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: owner = 0 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=Virtual/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=virtual:~/mdbox/virtual doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: fs: root=/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox/virtual, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl:cache_secs=300 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: acl username = tlx(a)leuxner.net doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Error: Can't create mailbox Public/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/2014: Permission denied Interestingly, doveadm succeeds when dovecot-acl is present in the namespace root - which of course is not desirable in the light of the global ACL: [ dovecot-acl: ] group=PublicMailboxAdmins lrwsipk doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Public/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=no location=mdbox:/var/vmail/public:INDEXPVT=~/mdbox/public doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: fs: root=/var/vmail/public, index=, indexpvt=/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox/public, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl:cache_secs=300 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: acl username = tlx(a)leuxner.net doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: owner = 0 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=Virtual/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=virtual:~/mdbox/virtual doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: fs: root=/var/vmail/domains/leuxner.net/tlx/mdbox/virtual, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl:cache_secs=300 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: acl username = tlx(a)leuxner.net doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL file: /var/vmail/conf.d/leuxner.net/global-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/dovecot-acl doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace Public/: /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/2014 doesn't exist yet, using default permissions doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: Namespace Public/: Using permissions from /var/vmail/public: mode=0700 gid=default doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/dbox-Mails/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/2014/dbox-Mails/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/2014/dbox-Mails/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Debug: acl vfile: file /var/vmail/public/mailboxes/Archive/Newsletters/heise-security/2014/dbox-Mails/dovecot-acl not found # 2.2.15 (6078354e6238): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf I know there have been some changes in Mercurial as to how global ACLs are interpreted. Is doveadm probably behind on them? Regards Thomas

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Patch for "doveadm -f table" nit (was Re: Dovecot current number of connections being used.)
by Joseph Tam 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

> doveadm who -1 2>/dev/null | wc -l You have to redirect stderr to /dev/null because that's where the first header line is written to. The default format style (table) is inconsistent with the other formats (flow,pager,tab) that write headers and data to stdout. The following patch will pick this nit. This patch will require modifications to scripts that rely on doveadm writing headers to stderr. For example, the above doveadm command could be modified to doveadm who -1 | grep -vc '^username' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- a/dovecot-2.2.16.rc1/src/doveadm/doveadm-print-table.c Wed Mar 18 15:40:40 2015 +++ b/dovecot-2.2.16.rc1/src/doveadm/doveadm-print-table.c Wed Mar 18 15:41:18 2015 @@ -151,3 +151,3 @@ for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { - if (i > 0) fprintf(stderr, " "); + if (i > 0) printf(" "); @@ -155,3 +155,3 @@ DOVEADM_PRINT_HEADER_FLAG_RIGHT_JUSTIFY) == 0) { - fprintf(stderr, "%-*s", (int)headers[i].length, + printf("%-*s", (int)headers[i].length, headers[i].title); @@ -158,3 +158,3 @@ } else { - fprintf(stderr, "%*s", (int)headers[i].length, + printf("%*s", (int)headers[i].length, headers[i].title); @@ -162,3 +162,3 @@ } - fprintf(stderr, "\n"); + printf("\n"); } -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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PROXY protocol
by Hoggins! 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Hello folks, Any plans on implementing the PROXY protocol to allow Dovecot being behind a TCP proxy, and still logging the real IP address of the users ? See : http://blog.haproxy.com/haproxy/proxy-protocol/ Thanks !

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[Dovecot] Dovecot FTS using ElasticSearch
by Darvin Denmian 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Hi, I would like to know if is possible to use ElasticSearch instead of Solr for FTS. Regards, Erick Vitor de Barros.

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SOLR 5
by Robert Gierzinger 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hello, I just wanted to give SOLR 5 a try, however there probably have changed quite some bits in the config files, did not even manage to create a core with various solrconfig.xml and schema.xml files, but I am absolutely no expert in solr. Has anybody given it a try or are there some tips on how to get it running? regards, Robert

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/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem erased by OpenSuse's update mechanism
by Wolfgang Gross 27 May '15

27 May '15

Hi, this is not a genuine Dovecot bug, more a nuisance. It applies to OpenSuse 13.2 but maybe also to other Linux's. The standard installation of Dovecot (especially 10-ssl.conf) places the certificate dovecot.pem in /etc/ssl/certs. Sometimes during updates does OpenSuse renew all certificates in /etc/ssl/certs and erases dovecot.pem. This blocks further access to the mailbox. I found a similar report here: https://bbs.archlinux.de/viewtopic.php?id=27288 Workaround: Move dovecot.pem to another directory and change 10-ssl.conf accordingly. Regards Wolfgang Gross -- Dr. W. Gross Sektion Chirurgische Forschung Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 365, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Tel. ++49 (0)6221/566392, Fax: ++49 (0)6221/566402 WGross(a)uni-hd.de

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Bug#776094: dovecot-imapd: corrupts mailbox after trying to retrieve it (fwd)
by Santiago Vila 11 May '15

11 May '15

Hello. I wrote about this three weeks ago but got no answer. I'm going to officially "forward" the Debian bug this time, with all the details. The test case is just 840 bytes long. Please give it a try. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Santiago Vila <sanvila(a)unex.es> To: submit(a)bugs.debian.org Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 22:32:28 +0100 (CET) Subject: dovecot-imapd: corrupts mailbox after trying to retrieve it Package: dovecot-imapd Version: 1:2.2.13-11 Severity: serious The following mbox folder, when put in $HOME/mail, becomes corrupted after trying to retrieve it with fetchmail. The problem may be reproduced by using the same machine as server and client: * Put "inbox-b" in $HOME/mail * Put this in $HOME/.fetchmailrc server localhost proto imap port 143: user "someuser" pass "thepassword" * Retrieve email using this command line: fetchmail -a localhost --folder inbox-b -m "true" Note: By looking at the "true" above it is clear that whatever fetchmail does with the message is not important at all. You will see something like this: 12 messages for someuser at localhost (folder inbox-b). reading message someuser@localhost:1 of 12 (171 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:2 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:3 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:4 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:5 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:6 of 12 (171 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:7 of 12 (171 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:8 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:9 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:10 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:11 of 12 (245 header octets) (3 body octets) flushed reading message someuser@localhost:12 of 12 (273 header octets)fetchmail: incorrect header line found - see manpage for bad-header option not flushed And in fact "inbox-b" in the server is now like this: [...] >From root(a)example.com Tue Jan 13 10:18:20 2015 rstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz(a)example.com To: a(a)example.com Subject: a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20150113091737.B5ADA5F8B1(a)example.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:17:25 +0100 (CET) X-UID: 16035 Status: O a Note how the From: line has been truncated from its original state. I have been suffering from this problem for months. At first I believed it was some misbehaving procmail/formail recipe I had on the server, but that's not the case as this example shows. Thanks.

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