November 2016 - dovecot

Existing shared mailbox ... does not exist
by Ruga 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Hello, Dovecot 2.2.26.0 Thunderbird 45.4.0 ESR Scenario: We have a shared mailbox with e-mails in its subdirectories. There are no e-mails in the shared mailbox itself. Example: /Shared <----------------------------------- empty /Shared/call_for_papers <-------------- empty /Shared/call_for_papers/AAMAS <-- populated ...more of the same... Problem: When selecting /Shared, Thunderbird chirps this message: "The current operation on 'Shared' did not succeed. The mail server for account @example.com responded: Mailbox doesn't exist: Shared/Shared (0.000 + 0.000 secs)."

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RE: First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working
by Richard 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

> Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 13:12:39 +0200 > From: Moi <anic297(a)mac.com> > > Thank you. It worked and I now have several log files to check. > > In the meantime, I've tried once again to send a message to > "mailtest" from an outside address; this time, I got an error reply: > > This report relates to a message you sent with the following header > fields: > > Message-id: <00e201d2290f$67da8c70$378fa550$(a)mac.com> > Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 09:15:21 +0200 > From: Moi > To: 'Mail Test' <mailtest(a)barbu.sytes.net> > Subject: Test > > Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients: > > Recipient address: mailtest(a)barbu.sytes.net > Reason: Illegal host/domain name found > <end of reply> > > Yet another area with a problem; at least this is now a valid > reason for it to not work. > Is this a misconfiguration of my DNS server? Assuming that "barbu.sytes.net" is the intended hostname (not something made up to obscure the real name), there is an MX-record for that that points to "mail.barbu.sytes.net", but there is no A-record for the "mail." hostname. There is an A-record for "mail.sytes.net", in case that is what you were intending, in which case you'd need to fix the MX on "barbu.sytes.net".

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No stats under FreeBSD 10.3
by Ruud Boon 04 Dec '16

04 Dec '16

HI, I’m currently testing the stats module of Dovecot (2.2.26.0 (23d1de6)) Looks like there no statistics under FreeBSD. Server isn’t busy yet but got at least a few connection open. Added mail_plugins = $mail_plugins stats plugin { stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } doveadm stats dump global reset_timestamp last_update num_logins num_cmds num_connected_sessions auth_successes auth_master_successes auth_failures auth_db_tempfails auth_cache_hits auth_cache_misses user_cpu sys_cpu clock_time min_faults maj_faults vol_cs invol_cs disk_input disk_output read_count read_bytes write_count write_bytes mail_lookup_path mail_lookup_attr mail_read_count mail_read_bytes mail_cache_hits 1478031539 0.000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cheers, Ruud

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Defining INDEX target to other location than maildir seems to have no effect.
by Julian Sternberg 02 Dec '16

02 Dec '16

Dovecot Version 2.2.13 Linux Distribution: Debian Jessie CPU Architecture: x64 Filesystem: GlusterFS/NFS, XFS for Base System/Index Files. Two Dovecot/Postfix nodes accessing same GlusterFS/NFS Maildir. Regardless what i choose in mail_location (:INDEX=MEMORY or :INDEX=/var/indexes/%d/%n) all Mailbox index files will still get created within the users mail_location maildir: ~/Maildir My mail_location Maildir directory is shared on GlusterFS mount so i need to get index files away from this share due locking mechanism and faster caching. The weird is, if i set INDEX to /var/indexes, the index files getting created sometimes but then not updated frequently and exist parallel on Maildir which are mostly newer than on /var/indexes. If you delete the dovecot.index* files from Maildir, they will get recreated immediatly on Imap access but not on the alternative set INDEX location, they are getting recreated within Maildir again. Here is doveconf -n Output: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.6 auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 2000 hostname = censored.hostname.com last_valid_uid = 2000 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * lock_method = dotlock mail_fsync = always mail_gid = 2000 mail_home = /storage/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=MEMORY mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_temp_dir = /var/tmp mail_uid = 2000 maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave mmap_disable = yes namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox Archives { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox "Deleted Items" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox virtual/All { auto = no special_use = \All } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = Sent:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /storage/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /storage/vmail/%d/%n/sieve sieve_global = /storage/vmail/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)censored.hostname.com protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl = required ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/ssl-bundle-mail.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored_hostname.com.crt ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA:AES:CAMELLIA:DES-CBC3-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!MD5:!PSK:!aECDH:!EDH-DSS-DES-CBC3-SHA:!EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:!KRB5-DES-CBC3-SHA ssl_key = </etc/ssl/censored.hostname.com/censored.hostname.com.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 ssl_require_crl = no userdb { args = uid=2000 gid=2000 home=/storage/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve quota" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = " quota" pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv }

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Implementing secondary quota w/ "Archive" namespace
by Fred Turner 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Hello folks— My first post, so please be gentle… :-) I have a client email server using SSDs for primary user mailboxes, but since the number of users keeps growing and they all seem to be very reluctant to delete anything, I’ve implemented an “Archive” namespace that stores its mailboxes on a larger HD RAID. The idea is that, as the users approach their quota, they move messages to the Archive mailboxes to alleviate space in their primary Inbox namespace. This secondary storage part is working well, but I’m having trouble w/ getting the quotas to work right. Here are the basics of the setup: Mac Pro Server 2012 Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 Dovecot 1.1.20apple0.5 Here is how I’ve configured my namespaces (during testing): namespace private { separator = / prefix = inbox = yes } namespace private { separator = / prefix = testArchive/ location = maildir:/Shared Items/MailArchive/%u subscriptions = yes } My quota research has led me to try this: quota = maildir:User quota:ns= quota2 = maildir:ns=testArchive/ quota2_rule = *:storage=20G The first line is already in the default config, with the exception of the added “:ns=“ at the end. The 2nd line in the examples I saw had a middle component w/ the quota name, but when I tried that, like so: quota2 = maildir:Archive quota:ns=testArchive/ my server fails and shows this in the logs: > Fatal: IMAP(*): Quota root test backend maildir: Unknown parameter: ns=testArchive/ Any idea why it doesn’t like that? Also, do I need to add a quota_rule for the primary quota? It does not have one normally in the Mac OS X Server config… Thus far in my testing, I’ve been able to get the 2 quotas to show up in Roundcube and Mac Mail.app. It’s a little messy…the first shows up as “User quota”, the 2nd as “ns=testArchive/“, presumably because I cannot leave the description field in there. Unfortunately, both quotas show the same amount of space in use. If I drop the primary quota to a mere 4MB for testing, and if I have 5.2MB of messages in a testArchive folder, the space used for “User quota” shows as 5.2MB (>100%), as does the “ns=testArchive/“ quota (which is 20GB). In actuality, the Inbox namespace is really only using a few KB— the 5.2MB is in the testArchive namespace. This means that I cannot move messages between either set of namespaces, and new messages are not delivered. So, the quota trouble here is negating the whole point of having the Archive namespace... Is there a way to get Dovecot to “see” the 2 quotas as unique/discrete? It seems like I’m close to accomplishing what I want, but just can’t quite get it to cooperate. And that “Unknown parameter” error is bewildering. Any ideas? Thx, Fred P.S. I can add my Dovecot config to the thread upon request…didn’t want to make this initial message even longer.

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Re: dovecot Digest, Vol 163, Issue 34
by J. Nick Koston 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Aki, Multiple local_names would be ideal to accommodate certificates that have multiple names. The way I’m reading the code it looks like its having to pay for the memory for every name on the certificate because a unique CTX is being created for each name even if they are all on a single certificate. This would be a big memory win for anyone using a certificate with multiple names on it. Thanks -Nick cPanel Inc >> > > Dear Aki et al., > > How straightforward would it be to implement the following or similar syntax: > > local_name foo.tld www.foo.tld mail.foo.tld bar.tld { > ... > } > > ?? > > Thank you! > > -FG > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list > dovecot(a)dovecot.org > http://dovecot.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dovecot > > ------------------------------ > > End of dovecot Digest, Vol 163, Issue 34 > ****************************************

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use IMAPSIEVE to update database with last_read date
by KT Walrus 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Just noticed the Dovecot support IMAPSIEVE extension… Could I use this extension to update an external database with the date that the user last read the message? My app sends certain “notification” messages to the user’s dovecot mail address. The user reads the messages in their dovecot mailboxes only using IMAP. I want to update my app’s database to record this read time for all “notification” messages sent by the app. Seems to me I could write a short sieve script to send a “notify” message to an app specific address that my app “watches” and updates the appropriate database record with the last_read time. Is this workable for production deploy? Or, is there a better way for a sender to be notified when the recipient actually reads the message? The sender will be my app and the recipient is a dovecot mailbox accessed by IMAP. Kevin

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Sieve script won't compile. Compiler output isn't helpful.
by Steven Mainor 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Hello! I hope you will forgive my ignorance but I have a problem I have been trying to solve for a week and I'm not sure where else to turn. I'm trying to write a sieve script to sort all of my mail. I was writing this script to replace the one I am currently using but I can't seem to get it to compile. I don't know a lot about sieve or really scripting of any kind and I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. The compiler just puts out a bunch of output that doesn't make sense. like "unexpected character" when I know the character works there because I am already running a script with some of the same lines. I'm attaching the script with some names and addresses changed and the sieve output to this email. I would greatly appreciate any help anyone could offer.

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Quota Clone not tracking unlimited quota
by Prakash Autade 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

We are configuring 'Count quota' with 'Quota Clone Plugin' Everything is working perfectly when we set limit in quota_rule(quota_rule = *:bytes=500M). In case of unlimited quota(quota_rule = *:bytes=0) - Count quota is updating values * - Quota Clone plugin is not updating values in redis.* We have configured dovecot as mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota quota_clone mail_log notify mailbox_list_index = yes plugin { quota = count:User quota quota_vsizes = yes quota_rule = *:bytes=0 quota_clone_dict = redis:host=127.0.0.1:port=6379 } -- Sincerely, Prakash P. Autade.

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Dovecot seems to open extra namespaces
by Thorsten Hater 30 Nov '16

30 Nov '16

Dear all, I am slightly confused by the following log entries ...: imap(...): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir ...: imap(...): Debug: maildir++: root=~/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=~/Maildir, alt= ...: imap(...): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=no location=fail::LAYOUT=none ...: imap(...): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= It seems that Dovecot opens two different namespaces, despite only one being configured in 10-mail.conf/15-mailboxes.conf. Is this normal and intended? Further, what is the purpose of the line starting with 'none'? Best regards, Thorsten Dovecot version: 2.2.26.0 on Debian Jessie

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