February 2018 - dovecot

LDAP userdb and dovecot LDA/LMTP - different requirements
by Franta Hanzlík 10 Feb '18

10 Feb '18

Hi, I want to use Dovecot LDA (or rather LMTP) use as local deliver with Postfix MTA. Users are in LDAP DB with structure as: dn: cn=username, ou=rank, o=myorg cn: username objectClass: Person gidNumber: uNNN uidNumber: gNNN userPassword: (somehow hashed, can only bind verification) homeDirectory: /Home/$rank/$username mailActive: 0/1 mail: usera@OneDomain mail: userb@SecDomain (not all users have 2+ addresses] uid: username groupMembership: group DN (can be multiple times for different groups) ... where: - cn = uid = expected IMAP login username (which hasn't @domain part) - user1 (and user2) isn't always same as username Now I not know, how to solve IMO diferent requirements to userdb: - LDA/LMTP need LDAP userdb unit, that can retrieve the name from an email address (ie for "usera@myDomain" returns cn/uid (as dovecot "username"). - IMAP server need LDAP userdb unit, that will have the user login (username) as the input parameter, and which returns information whether or not the user exists. Can be these different requirements solved in one userdb unit? Or is it possible to have one userdb unit for LDA/LMTP, and another one for IMAP and other Dovecot components? I have also encountered entries getting the values from LDAP userdb in the form as: user_attrs = \ =user=%{ldap:uid}, \ @mail=base(%{ldap:mailDN}), \ =uid=%{ldap:uidNumber@mail}, \ =gid=%{ldap:gidNumber@mail}, \ =home=%{ldap:rootPath@mail}/%d/%n or user_attrs = \ =home=%{ldap:homeDirectory}, \ =uid=%{ldap:uidNumber}, =gid=%{ldap:gidNumber}, =quota_rule=*:bytes=%{ldap:quotaBytes}, =namespace/default/separator=%{ldap:mailSeparator} Can anyone explain how these constructions work? And what do mean attribute notations in the form '=attr=' or '@attr=' or 'quota_rule=*:storage=100M' ? Nowhere have I found a sufficiently comprehensible description of these constructions... Help very much appreciated. Thanks, Franta Hanzlik

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doveadm mailbox delete: Wrong docs or bug?
by MRob 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Uhhhhh?? doveadm mailbox delete -u myuser -r -s foldername mailbox: invalid option -- 'r' Docs say -r is recursive. So how do I delete recursive mailbox?? https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Tools/Doveadm/Mailbox

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VarExpandCrypt plugin usecase
by tai74＠vfemail.net 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

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Bounced message after update
by Michael A. Peters 09 Feb '18

09 Feb '18

Hi - Updated from 2.2.27 to 2.3.0 server is webmail (roundcube) Sending worked before after update. Now it receives, but trying to send - this is the bounce in the log Feb 9 01:37:45 {hostname} postfix/pipe[22891]: 931FD2577: to=<{user}(a){hostname}.{tld}>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.01, delays=0/0/0/0, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (command line usage error. Command output: lda: Fatal: Invalid -f parameter: Missing domain ) Feb 9 01:37:45 deviant postfix/qmgr[16492]: 931FD2577: removed {hostname}, {user}, {tld} are substitutions. Here's my lda config: protocol lda { log_path = /home/{hostname}/dovecot-deliver.log auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address = postmaster(a){hostname}.{tld} } Any suggestions (other than reverting) ? This worked just before the update. If it matters, Roundcube 1.3.4

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How to grant user access to his .dovecot.sieve.log?
by Sergey Ivanov 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Hi, What are the recommended ways to give access to their .dovecot.sieve.log messages to the users? I am thinking about placing this file into users Maildir/new, or piping to dovecot-lda. -- Regards, Sergey Ivanov

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Dovecot 2.3.0 assertion failure on LMTP delivery
by J. Nick Koston 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Hi, We are seeing a frequent assertion failure on LMTP delivery with 2.3.0. This only appears to happen on CentOS/RHEL 7. Jan 24 08:30:58 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(29540): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 08:30:58 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(29540): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xc8ec4) [0x7f226d036ec4] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xc8f7e) [0x7f226d036f7e] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f226cfaa190] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xe469b) [0x7f226d05269b] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_storage_service_user_unref+0xb4) [0x7f226d334b64] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x63fa) [0x56438f3673fa] -> dovecot/lmtp(lmtp_local_deinit+0x5c) [0x56438f3678dc] -> dovecot/lmtp(client_state_reset+0x1a) [0x56438f366a5a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(smtp_server_connection_reset_state+0x3c) [0x7f226cfc196c] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(smtp_server_command_completed+0x4d) [0x7f226cfbf31d] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x54848) [0x7f226cfc2848] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xf0970) [0x7f226d05e970] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x65) [0x7f226d04e4b5] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x10f) [0x7f226d04fd8f] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x52) [0x7f226d04e5b2] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f226d04e7d8] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f226cfccbb3] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x226) [0x56438f3661a6] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f226cbccc05] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x52d5) [0x56438f3662d5] Jan 24 08:30:58 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(29540): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 29540 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) From the exim log: 'LOG: MAIN cwd=/usr/local/cpanel 3 args: /usr/sbin/sendmail -v bob(a)l56ob1nf.cptestLOG: MAIN <= root(a)smoker-devautomerge-c7-2.dev.cpanel.net U=root P=local S=3146285 T="Ignore this test from Cpanel-Email-Message-Retrieve.t"LOG: MAIN cwd=/var/spool/exim 4 args: /usr/sbin/exim -v -Mc 1eemjH-0006uB-C2delivering 1eemjH-0006uB-C2 LMTP<< 220 smoker-devautomerge-c7-2.dev.cpanel.net Dovecot ready. LMTP>> LHLO smoker-devautomerge-c7-2.dev.cpanel.net LMTP<< 250-smoker-devautomerge-c7-2.dev.cpanel.net LMTP<< 250-8BITMIME LMTP<< 250-CHUNKING LMTP<< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES LMTP<< 250-PIPELINING LMTP<< 250-STARTTLS LMTP<< 250-VRFY LMTP<< 250 XCLIENT ADDR PORT PROTO HELO LOGIN TTL TIMEOUT LMTP>> MAIL FROM:<root(a)smoker-devautomerge-c7-2.dev.cpanel.net> LMTP<< 250 2.1.0 OK LMTP>> RCPT TO:<bob(a)l56ob1nf.cptest> LMTP<< 250 2.1.5 OK LMTP>> DATA LMTP<< 354 OK LMTP>> writing message and terminating "." LMTP>> QUIT LOG: MAIN == bob(a)l56ob1nf.cptest R=virtual_user T=dovecot_virtual_delivery defer (-1): LMTP connection closed after end of data’, Jan 24 10:00:55 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(30217): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:00:55 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(30233): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:05:15 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(32618): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:05:52 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(375): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:05:52 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(403): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:05:52 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(424): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 10:05:52 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(430): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 12:32:16 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(4435): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 12:54:53 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(15232): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 12:54:53 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(15238): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) Jan 24 12:54:53 smoker-devautomerge-c7-1 dovecot: lmtp(15244): Panic: file lib-event.c: line 148 (event_unref): assertion failed: (event != current_global_event) doveconf -n: # 2.3.0 (c8b89eb): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core) auth_cache_size = 1 M auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!#$-=?^_{}~./@+%" disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 201 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = yes lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes lmtp_user_concurrency_limit = 4 mail_access_groups = dovecot mail_plugins = quota quota_clone zlib mail_prefetch_count = 20 maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = create special_use = \Archive } mailbox Archives { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = create special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox spam { auto = create special_use = \Junk } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/cpauthd-dict.conf driver = dict result_failure = return-fail } passdb { args = /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dovecot-wrap driver = checkpassword skip = authenticated } plugin { acl = vfile:cache_secs=86400 quota_exceeded_message = Mailbox is full / Blocks limit exceeded / Inode limit exceeded } protocols = lmtp imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-client { mode = 0666 } } service config { vsz_limit = 2 G } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = dovecot mode = 0660 } } service imap-login { client_limit = 500 inet_listener imap { address = *,:: } inet_listener imaps { address = *,:: } process_limit = 50 process_min_avail = 2 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 128 M } service imap { process_limit = 512 vsz_limit = 512 M } service lmtp { client_limit = 1 process_limit = 500 unix_listener lmtp { group = mail mode = 0660 user = mailnull } vsz_limit = 512 M } service managesieve-login { client_limit = 500 process_limit = 50 process_min_avail = 2 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 128 M } service managesieve { process_limit = 512 vsz_limit = 512 M } service pop3-login { client_limit = 500 inet_listener pop3 { address = *,:: } inet_listener pop3s { address = *,:: } process_limit = 50 process_min_avail = 2 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 128 M } service pop3 { process_limit = 512 vsz_limit = 512 M } service quota-status { executable = quota-status -p postfix unix_listener quota-status { mode = 0666 } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.crt ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/cpauthd-dict.conf driver = dict } userdb { args = /usr/local/cpanel/bin/dovecot-wrap driver = checkpassword } protocol imap { imap_capability = +NAMESPACE imap_idle_notify_interval = 24 mins imap_logout_format = in=%i, out=%o, bytes=%i/%o mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = acl quota imap_quota zlib imap_zlib quota_clone virtual namespace sent { hidden = yes list = no location = virtual:/usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/virtual/sent:INDEX=~/mail/virtual/%u/sent prefix = sent separator = . } namespace spam { hidden = yes list = no location = virtual:/usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/virtual/spam:INDEX=~/mail/virtual/%u/spam prefix = spam separator = . } } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 3 mail_plugins = quota quota quota_clone virtual zlib namespace sent { hidden = yes list = no location = virtual:/usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/virtual/sent:INDEX=~/mail/virtual/%u/sent prefix = sent separator = . } namespace spam { hidden = yes list = no location = virtual:/usr/local/cpanel/etc/dovecot/virtual/spam:INDEX=~/mail/virtual/%u/spam prefix = spam separator = . } pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, bytes=%i/%o pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota quota_clone zlib postmaster_address = root quota_full_tempfail = no } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota quota_clone zlib postmaster_address = root quota_full_tempfail = no } local_name smoker-devautomerge-c7-1.dev.cpanel.net { ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot.crt ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it }

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stats-writer failed: Permission denied
by Jakobus Schürz 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Hi there! Since i compile my own dovecot (not using dovecot from debian), i get this error on each startup dovecot with systemd Feb 07 11:16:35 aldebaran dovecot[7455]: imap: Error: net_connect_unix(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied Feb 07 11:16:35 aldebaran dovecot[7455]: imap: Error: net_connect_unix(/usr/local/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied I can change the owner and/or permissions of the file, than it works till the next reboot. How can i set this correctly in my configs? Some googling didn't give me results for this error. jakob

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Cannot delete IMAP Mail-Folder in Trash
by Gabriel Kaufmann 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

Hello, I've noticed an annoying problem. Trying to delete a folder that has been deleted on IMAP and is moved to trash has problems being deleted. Thunderbird reports: "Folder contains children" and stops there. Folder at first disappears. But after restarting Thunderbird they are still there and on Dovecot-Mailbox folder on the server the folders are also still present. I'm using Dovecot 2.2.18 + Thunderbird + FS-Layout. I already tried this workaround-mode: > /protocol imap { //imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep //}/ best regards Gabriel Kaufmann _____________________________ TYPOWORX ΝΞШ.ΜΞDIΑ Gabriel Kaufmann Siegfriedstraße 38 | 38106 Braunschweig USt.Id Nr. DE-268606152 *T*elefon:0531-2521800*F*ax:0531-2326411 + Internetseiten | Web-Entwicklung | PHP | CMS | TYPO3 | Microsites* +* Webhosting | Linux-Systemadministration www.typoworx.de <http://www.typoworx.de/> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Typoworx-New-Media/134047336639842> XING <https://www.xing.com/profile/Gabriel_Kaufmann> Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.

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Re: Cannot delete IMAP Mail-Folder in Trash
by Gabriel Kaufmann 08 Feb '18

08 Feb '18

> I have the same Problem with thunderbird on Linux. > > It looks like thunderbirds imap-implementation is a little bit broken. > Even if thunderbird tried once to get a mailbox, it persists in the > profile. > > I have FS-Layout in dovecot. Thunderbird somtimes try to get a > submailbox with INBOX/firstlevel^secondlevel^thirdlevel > > Then it doesn't find this mailbox on the server (for sure, it's > INBOX/firstlevel/secondlevel/thirdlevel) tb tries to get next > > INBOX/firstlevel^^secondlevel^^thirdlevel > > and then INBOX/firstlevel^^^^secondlevel^^^^thirdlevel and so on. And > on each first login, tb tries to get all of them again and again... > > > Go to $TB-profilefolder/ImapMail/ and delete all of the *.msf files > and search for the wrong mailboxes, described above... you will finde > them. > > And they are probably also in some config-files in the profile. > user.prefs i think, and panacea.dat i could find them. > > Delete all of the entries (be careful). Close and restart firefox. > Good look, the phantom-folders are gone. > > > jakob I tried that. In addition to that I did Trash -> Context-Menu -> Settings and "Repair". I also deleted Trash.sdb and Trash.msf in ImapMail-Dir of given Mailbox (after closing Thunderbird of course and restart afterwards). I think the repair-button does more or less the same than deleting msf-files. Trash was rebuilding... but the Folders are still there. I was able to get rid of some other "Junk folders" (that not even where shown in my Thunderbird-Trash inside Trash.sdb folder). But the folders causing current issue are still present after sync! And on server-side (vmail Mailbox on imap-server) these folders are also there! I'm still not able to delete them in Thunderbird. Still getting error Folder contains children, delete them first". Obviously this isn't possible as those sub-folders are not shown in Thunderbird! On server-side of imap (vmail Mailbox) there are in fact sub-folders in those folders. Best regards Gabriel Kaufmann

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2.3.1/0.5.1?
by Larry Rosenman 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Timo & Company, There have been a ton of fixes since 2.3.0. Is there a 2.3.1 of Dovecot and 0.5.1 of pigeonhole on the near horizon? Thanks! (Your FreeBSD Port Maintainer for Pigeonhole) -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106

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