November 2019 - dovecot

Performance mdbox vs mbox
by Marc Roos 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

If I do the same test[1] with mbox I can store around 31k messages and mdbox 16k messages. I noticed also that cpu and disk utilization with mdbox was not very high, while disk utilization on mbox was much higher. That makes me wonder if I can tune mdbox to have better performance? [1] imaptest - append=100,0 logout=0 host=svr port=143 user=test pass=xxx seed=100 secs=240 clients=1 mbox=64kb.mbox box=inbox/test [2] mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:CONTROL=~/mail/control:INDEX=/var/d ovecot/%u/index:LAYOUT=maildir++ mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/%u/index - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. F1 Outsourcing Development Sp. z o.o. Poland t: +48 (0)124466845 f: +48 (0)124466843 e: marc(a)f1-outsourcing.eu

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Dovecot Master User: Access user's mailbox without owner's password
by Dav Rdrz 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Hi, I hope you're all right. I describe below the scenario where the problem occurs. I'm trying to activate a master user [1] to be able to access all the boxes of all users by imap. I have configured the dovecot-master-users [2] file with the appropriate permissions. When I try to access, for example with roundcube, through user@mydomain.com*my_master_user@not-exist.com I see in the log, that it seems to ignore the master-user (*) and tries to authenticate the Active Directory but with the master user's password. Then it shows in the log the messages auth: Info: ldap(user(a)mydomain.com,127.0.0.1,<6sFGXE6XLwB/AAAB> ) invalid credentials auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL 1 user=user(a)mydomain.com I have other test cases, but I need to validate the master user login that way. I would appreciate any comments you can make and I am waiting to answer any questions. Regards, [1] https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/authentication/master_users/ [2] https://docs.iredmail.org/dovecot.master.user.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@mail-01:/etc/dovecot# cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS \n \l root@mail-01:/etc/dovecot# dpkg -l | grep dovecot | awk {'print $2" "$3'} dovecot-core 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-imapd 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-ldap 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-lmtpd 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-managesieved 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-mysql 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-pop3d 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 dovecot-sieve 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.6 root@mail-01:/etc/dovecot# cat dovecot.conf | grep -v '#' | grep -v -e '^$' | sed "s/REALDOMAIN/mydomain/g" listen = * [::] mail_plugins = quota mailbox_alias acl protocols = pop3 imap sieve lmtp mail_uid = 2000 mail_gid = 2000 first_valid_uid = 2000 last_valid_uid = 2000 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 ssl = required verbose_ssl = no ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/mydomain.com.ca-bundle ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mydomain.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mydomain.com.key 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:ECDHE-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-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_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_location = maildir:%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=%Lh/Maildir/ auth_default_realm = mydomain.com auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { user = postfix group = postfix mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-master { user = vmail group = vmail mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = vmail group = vmail mode = 0660 } } service lmtp { user = vmail process_min_avail = 5 executable = lmtp -L unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { user = postfix group = postfix mode = 0600 } inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 24 } } auth_master_user_separator = * passdb { driver = passwd-file args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-master-users master = yes } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule = *:storage=3G quota_warning = storage=100%% quota-warning 100 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning3 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning4 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u quota_grace = 10%% acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl sieve_dir = %Lh/sieve sieve = %Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/sieve sieve_before = /var/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve mailbox_alias_old = Sent mailbox_alias_new = Sent Messages mailbox_alias_old2 = Sent mailbox_alias_new2 = Sent Items } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail group = vmail mode = 0660 } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0660 user = vmail group = vmail } } dict { quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-used-quota.conf acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-share-folder.conf } protocol lda { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = /var/log/dovecot-sieve.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes postmaster_address = it(a)mydomain.com } protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes recipient_delimiter = + } protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota imap_acl imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 30 } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv mail_max_userip_connections = 30 } service imap-login { service_count = 1 process_limit = 500 } service pop3-login { service_count = 1 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 4190 } } namespace { type = private separator = / prefix = inbox = yes mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Items" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Spam { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox "Junk E-mail" { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Archive { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Archives { auto = no special_use = \Archive } } namespace { type = shared separator = / prefix = Shared/%%u/ location = maildir:%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=%%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%%u subscriptions = yes list = children } root@mail-01:/etc/dovecot# cat dovecot-ldap.conf | sed "s/realdomain/mydomain/g" hosts = active-directory:389 ldap_version = 3 auth_bind = yes dn = domain\vmail dnpass = Str0ngP4ssw0rd base = ou=Organizational Unit,dc=domain,dc=com scope = subtree deref = never user_filter = (&(userPrincipalName=%n@domain.com)(objectClass=person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))) pass_filter = (&(userPrincipalName=%n@domain.com)(objectClass=person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))) #user_filter = (&(mail=%u)(objectClass=person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))) #pass_filter = (&(mail=%u)(objectClass=person)(!(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))) pass_attrs = userPassword=password default_pass_scheme = CRYPT user_attrs = \ #=mail=master_user, \ #mail=user, \ =user=%Ln(a)mydomain.com, \ =home=/var/vmail/vmail1/mydomain.com/%Ln/Maildir/, \ =mail=maildir:/var/vmail/vmail1/mydomain.com/%Ln/Maildir/, \ maxStorage=quota_rule=*:bytes=%$ root@mail-01:/etc/dovecot# ls -al dovecot-master-users -r-x------ 1 dovecot dovecot 120 Nov 13 14:45 dovecot-master-users

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Shared Mailboxes
by Yousif Alkhateeb 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Hello, I have a mail server linked to Freeipa server, so all users are UNIX users. i want to share the inbox of one user to another, but i can't figure it out how to do it. this is my dovecot -n output # 2.3.8 (9df20d2db): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.8 (b7b03ba2) # OS: Linux 3.10.0-957.21.3.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.6.1810 (Core) xfs # Hostname: mail.yousifrrr.com doveconf: Warning: please set ssl_dh=</etc/dovecot/dh.pem doveconf: Warning: You can generate it with: dd if=/var/lib/dovecot/ssl-parameters.dat bs=1 skip=88 | openssl dhparam -inform der > /etc/dovecot/dh.pem auth_default_realm = YOUSIFRR.COM auth_username_format = %n auth_worker_max_count = 60 default_client_limit = 10000 default_process_limit = 1500 disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 1000 login_trusted_networks = 10.1.5.0/24 mail_access_groups = sharedusers mail_location = maildir:/MailUsers/%u mail_plugins = acl mail_shared_explicit_inbox = 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 index ihave duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext mbox_write_locks = fcntl metric imap_select_no { event_name = imap_command_finished fields = name filter { name = SELECT tagged_reply_state = NO } } namespace { list = yes location = maildir:/MailUsers/%u:INDEXPVT=/Mailusers/%u/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/db/shared-mailboxes.db sieve = /MailUsers/%u/default.sieve sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/default.sieve sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = /MailUsers/%u/sieve/ sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/default.sieve } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service dict { unix_listener dict { group = dovecot mode = 01402 user = dovecot } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } } service imap { vsz_limit = 512 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mail.crt ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl } protocol lda { mail_plugins = acl } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl } the shared folder is not appearing in the users mailboxes. can you please help figure out why it's not working. Thanks in advance.

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Health check curl example
by Marc Roos 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

I am not understanding how this health check[1] script should work. From the commandline it works fine when I type a PING I get a PONG. But how do I do a curl to this 5001 port? Tried something like this: bash-5.0# curl http://localhost:5001/ curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer bash-5.0# curl http://localhost:5001/PING curl: (56) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer [1] https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/health_check/

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Lmtp logging, does not log
by Marc Roos 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Looks like dovecot is not sending stuff to syslog anymore I am getting some message in /tmp/dovecot.log. However the lmtp log files are not even created. bash-5.0# doveconf | grep log_ auth_policy_log_only = no debug_log_path = deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ doveadm_http_rawlog_dir = imapc_rawlog_dir = info_log_path = lmtp_proxy_rawlog_dir = /tmp/lmtp-proxy.log lmtp_rawlog_dir = /tmp/lmtp.log log_core_filter = log_debug = log_path = /tmp/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format = %$: %s login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c session=<%{session}> mail_index_log_rotate_max_size = 1 M mail_index_log_rotate_min_age = 5 mins mail_index_log_rotate_min_size = 32 k mail_index_rewrite_max_log_bytes = 128 k mail_index_rewrite_min_log_bytes = 8 k mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u)<%{pid}><%{session}>: " pop3c_rawlog_dir = rawlog_dir = submission_relay_rawlog_dir = syslog_facility = mail

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proxy dual server setup clarification
by Marc Roos 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

I want to migrate mail users to a new environment. If I setup a new server next to the old server, and enable proxy on both. Is this then enough to migrate user by user with the passdb host=newsvr option to the new environment? Eg. I do not need to configure a director setup? I only need to enable proxy for imap and lmtp on both servers? (messages on the oldsvr will be proxied to the newsvr?)

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Lmtp proxy help assertion failed: (conn->remote_port != 0
by Marc Roos 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

I have this in my 20-lmtp.conf file and created passdb-file, this should be enough to route a message to svr1? The port 24 is reachable from the proxy. bash-5.0# cat 20-lmtp.conf lmtp_proxy = yes protocol lmtp { # Space separated list of plugins to load (default is global mail_plugins). passdb { driver = passwd-file args = /etc/dovecot/special-passdb default_fields = proxy=y host=svr1 } } bash-5.0# cat /etc/dovecot/special-passdb test:password:1000:1000:(gecos):home:/bin/false:host=svr1

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[Sieve] Multiple email recipients, how?
by Robert 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

Hi, First, I am very new to using Pigeonhole/Sieve with Dovecot and I am struggling with a problem which could be easy to solve but is just a lack of understanding on my end... We use a simple system for routing emails to different email users by postfixing the addresses with the actual user: xxxJohn@domain; yyyJohn@domain etc all will be delivered to user John. (This way John can invent a new email address on-the-fly and that will be delivered to his email box.) Delivering these emails to the right mailbox is easy: if address :contains "to" "John" ... All mail not matched will go to the general (catchall) mail box. The problem occurs when the email is sent to more addresses at the same domain. Eg. if an email is sent to xxxJohn@domain, zzzAlex@domain and info@domain Either, all emails also end up in the catch-all, or the email is delivered to the first matching rule only. I do not understand how to use the different TO addresses in the match rules. How can I determine that there are recipients other than xxxJohn or zzzAlex? Any help in pointing me in the right direction is appreciated! Robert

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Virtual mailboxes: errors after renaming a folder
by André Rodier 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

Hello, I have a dovecot server, running fine, on Debian Stretch. Virtual folders are set up, and works correctly. For instance, I have Unread, All and Conversations, and everything works fine. However, when I rename a folder, I have error messages from Dovecot. For instance, I had a folder INBOX/Bills, which I renamed INBOX/Invoices. After that, I have these error messages: > The reported error was “Failed to select mailbox: Backend mailbox INBOX/Bills' added by another session. Reopen the virtual mailbox. (for backend mailbox Search/All) (0.000 + 0.000 secs).”. How can I avoid these errors, for instance, how can I rebuild the indexes every night or so? Kind regards, André

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Dovecot proxy with ldap, complains about 'host not given'
by Marc Roos 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

It looks like the dovecot proxy can authenticate correctly but fails then on with this message Nov 23 23:33:33 test2 dovecot: pop3-login: Error: proxy: host not given: user=<test>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured, session=<LDTlHguYJth/AAAB> I have configured a host= in ldap for this user

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