October 2020 - dovecot

Version controlled (git) Maildir generated by Dovecot
by Adam 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Hi Everybody, I'd like to start archiving e-mails by moving them to a server with running Dovecot. I installed "dovecot-core" and "dovecot-imapd" (version 2.3.4.1) on Debian 10. One of a few configurations I made is to use Maildir: # grep '^mail_location = ' /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir I successfully moved some e-mails (at this moment it's just a test) to subfolders that describe a year of the backup. I'd like to start using git on the whole Maildir. After going through the Maildir directory and subdirectories I realized that Dovecot saves some extra files that I might not need to backup (version control). Based on my understanding and after reading https://wiki.dovecot.org/IndexFiles I believe that the only files I need to archive are files in "cur/" directory and these files should start with Unix time. So I decided to write a ".gitignore" whitelist that will include only files in "cur/" that start with a number: # cat .gitignore ----------------------------------- !.gitignore !*/ !/Maildir/cur/[0-9]* !/Maildir/*/cur/[0-9]* ----------------------------------- and it's working: # git add . --dry-run ----------------------------------- add '.gitignore' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M110302P17113.mail1,S=8066,W=8276:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M134554P17113.mail1,S=8024,W=8234:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M157569P17113.mail1,S=8005,W=8215:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M180965P17113.mail1,S=8021,W=8231:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M205518P17113.mail1,S=8017,W=8227:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M355896P17113.mail1,S=8042,W=8252:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M52133P17113.mail1,S=8053,W=8263:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M555847P17113.mail1,S=8029,W=8239:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M581502P17113.mail1,S=8047,W=8257:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M606379P17113.mail1,S=8044,W=8254:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M628850P17113.mail1,S=8036,W=8246:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M657431P17113.mail1,S=8069,W=8279:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M681265P17113.mail1,S=8039,W=8249:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M706585P17113.mail1,S=8073,W=8283:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M730046P17113.mail1,S=8059,W=8269:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M753487P17113.mail1,S=8034,W=8244:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M776202P17113.mail1,S=8019,W=8229:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M799238P17113.mail1,S=8085,W=8295:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M822106P17113.mail1,S=8081,W=8291:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M844397P17113.mail1,S=8102,W=8312:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M867952P17113.mail1,S=7964,W=8174:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M889882P17113.mail1,S=7992,W=8202:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M912429P17113.mail1,S=8005,W=8215:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M935326P17113.mail1,S=8027,W=8237:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M959570P17113.mail1,S=8037,W=8247:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986418.M987388P17113.mail1,S=8018,W=8228:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M112704P17113.mail1,S=8044,W=8254:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M13262P17113.mail1,S=8025,W=8235:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M321294P17113.mail1,S=8012,W=8222:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M347297P17113.mail1,S=8014,W=8224:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M36960P17113.mail1,S=8037,W=8247:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M371029P17113.mail1,S=8005,W=8215:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M395270P17113.mail1,S=8024,W=8234:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M418277P17113.mail1,S=8046,W=8256:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M441021P17113.mail1,S=8047,W=8257:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M466329P17113.mail1,S=8025,W=8235:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M491134P17113.mail1,S=8038,W=8248:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M515650P17113.mail1,S=8046,W=8256:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M539950P17113.mail1,S=8017,W=8227:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M563073P17113.mail1,S=7983,W=8193:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M587009P17113.mail1,S=7963,W=8173:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M611652P17113.mail1,S=7994,W=8204:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M65180P17113.mail1,S=8015,W=8225:2,S' add 'Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/cur/1601986419.M90376P17113.mail1,S=8036,W=8246:2,S' ----------------------------------- Would you be so kind and confirm that this is all I need to archive and that Dovecot will/can re-create all files ignored by git? For example based on my research the following files / directories would be ignored: - new/ (empty dir) - tmp/ (empty dir) - maildirfolder/ (dir with maildirfolder file) - dovecot-uidlist - dovecot-uidvalidity - dovecot-uidvalidity.5f7c4f24 - dovecot.index - dovecot.index.cache - dovecot.index.log - dovecot.index.log.2 - dovecot.list.index - dovecot.list.index.log - dovecot.list.index.log.2 - dovecot.mailbox.log In case of my test: # git status --ignored ----------------------------------- On branch master No commits yet Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) .gitignore Maildir/ Ignored files: (use "git add -f <file>..." to include in what will be committed) Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/dovecot-uidlist Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/dovecot.index Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/dovecot.index.cache Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/dovecot.index.log Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/dovecot.index.log.2 Maildir/.INBOX.years.2020.family/maildirfolder Maildir/dovecot-uidlist Maildir/dovecot-uidvalidity Maildir/dovecot-uidvalidity.5f7c4f24 Maildir/dovecot.index.log Maildir/dovecot.list.index Maildir/dovecot.list.index.log Maildir/dovecot.list.index.log.2 Maildir/dovecot.mailbox.log Maildir/subscriptions nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track) ----------------------------------- Thank you. Adam

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Setting up Development Environment for Plugins development/ Debugging
by Mrinal Sharma 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

Hello Everyone, I am very new to Dovecot development so I am sorry for asking this very basic question. Is there a document which can be referred to setup/debug plugin development environment? Thanks, Mrinal Sharma

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LMTP Authentication Error
by David Morsberger 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

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RE: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments
by Marc Roos 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

I have clients that process personal data and they even need to have 'special' processing agreements with companies like wetransfer and outlook.com. I had to sign also such agreement and prepare a vm for hot/cold data encryption for processing personal data. If someone leaves a voice mail message, he does not expect that this is going to be send to a third party. I think this expectation causes the gdpr 'by default' highest privacy/security of personal data protection to be applicable. Lots of companies are being fined currently for breaching gdpr, small, large, international even nation governmental organisations. Better check this. -----Original Message----- Subject: RE: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments Can you elaborate on the concern? -----Original Message----- From: Marc Roos <M.Roos(a)f1-outsourcing.eu> Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:17 PM To: dovecot <dovecot(a)dovecot.org>; Mrinal Sharma <msharma(a)smithmicro.com> Subject: RE: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL This email originated from outside of Smith Micro Software. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. If are processing Europeans voice mail you have to check if that is even allowed, could be a problem with GDPR legislation. -----Original Message----- Subject: RE: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments Thanks, am planning to use Google's Speech-to-Text. -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2020 3:39 PM To: dovecot <dovecot(a)dovecot.org>; Mrinal Sharma <msharma(a)smithmicro.com> Subject: RE: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments CAUTION - EXTERNAL EMAIL This email originated from outside of Smith Micro Software. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hmmm, that does not sound nice storing files as email. Maybe use document database? Look at this[1], see if it is possible to use the rados plugin to store files directly as objects? What are you using for speech to text? [1] https://github.com/ceph-dovecot/dovecot-ceph-plugin -----Original Message----- To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: How to Modify Message and add more Attachments Hello Everyone, I am working on a product in which we are planning to store voice messages in Dovecot sent by a user to another user. The message would be stored as an email with .wav attachment. Once the Voice message is received, it may get Transcribed. The message can be further be processed and more information can be added to the message later. The original plan was to Modify the email and add New information as attachments to same message. As I understood, messages stored in Dovecot are immutable. What is the best option to achieve this functionality? Thanks, Mrinal

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How to Modify Message and add more Attachments
by Mrinal Sharma 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

Hello Everyone, I am working on a product in which we are planning to store voice messages in Dovecot sent by a user to another user. The message would be stored as an email with .wav attachment. Once the Voice message is received, it may get Transcribed. The message can be further be processed and more information can be added to the message later. The original plan was to Modify the email and add New information as attachments to same message. As I understood, messages stored in Dovecot are immutable. What is the best option to achieve this functionality? Thanks, Mrinal

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Strange errors after updating to 2.3.11.3
by Samuel Williams 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

Hello, After a recent update, I saw lots of errrors like this: Oct 05 23:55:35 mail.[redacted] dovecot[1053]: imap(samuel@[redacted])<10580><JUizN/WwWGKX0qt0>: Error: Mailbox INBOX: UID=364587: read(zlib(/srv/mail/[redacted]/samuel/mail.mdbox/storage/m.10688)) failed: read(/srv/mail/[redacted]/samuel/mail.mdbox/storage/m.10688) failed: Broken pipe (FETCH BODY[]) Oct 05 23:55:35 mail.[redacted] dovecot[1053]: imap(samuel@[redacted])<10580><JUizN/WwWGKX0qt0>: FETCH read() failed in=140 out=1440544 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=1 body_bytes=467441 I have been using xz compression for a long time and it has been reliable. However, the latest update seemed to corrupt some attachments. So, I downgraded back to: warning: downgrading package dovecot (2.3.11.3-2 => 2.3.10.1-2) warning: downgrading package pigeonhole (0.5.11-1 => 0.5.10-2) Now, I see a different error message: Oct 06 00:13:38 mail.[redacted] dovecot[833]: imap(samuel@[redacted])<4019><efc9ePWwgiOX0qt0>: Error: Corrupted record in index cache file /srv/mail/[redacted]/samuel/mail.mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.cache: UID 364587: Broken virtual size in mailbox INBOX: read(zlib(/srv/mail/[redacted]/samuel/mail.mdbox/storage/m.10688)): FETCH BODY[] got too little data: 467441 vs 475397 1/ Why did this happen and is there a safe way to upgrade? 2/ Is downgrading a temporary solution? 3/ Are these files lost or can I rebuild them somehow? Kind regards, Samuel

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Dsync issues since 2.3.11.3.
by Reio Remma 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Hello! I've started seeing intermittent dsync failures since upgrading Dovecot to 2.3.11.3-3 (CentOS 8 using the official Dovecot repo). Sep 27 17:49:04 host dovecot[130]: dsync-local(user@host)<5GWFD2CmcF+TJwAAsNnMGQ>: Warning: Failed to do incremental sync for mailbox INBOX, retry with a full sync (Modseq 66543 no longer in transaction log (highest=66547, last_common_uid=46346, nextuid=46347)) Sep 27 17:49:04 host dovecot[130]: dsync-local(user@host)<5GWFD2CmcF+TJwAAsNnMGQ>: Error: Remote command returned error 75: ssh <options> doveadm dsync-server -u user@host It seems to happen at random times to random users. My setup has 2 servers - users are connecting to the main server and the secondary server is just for backup - noone is actually connecting to it. Any suggestions? Thanks! Reio

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Re: BUG: _presence_ of valid openssl.cnf Option = 'ServerPreference' causes Dovecot submission relay FAIL: "failed: Failed to initialize SSL: ..."
by PGNet Dev 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

hi, On 10/1/20 12:21 AM, JEAN-PAUL CHAPALAIN wrote: > I had the same problem when migrating from Dovecot V2.2.36 on, Centos-7 to Dovecot v2.3.8 on Centos-8 My report is specifically/solely about the addition/use of the Options = ServerPreference parameter. I don't see that in your configuration. Are you using it? In a config using Dovecot's submission proxy?

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dovecot lda deliver_log_format question
by rudolf＠padaru.de 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hey, i have an question about the deliver_log_format. My log looks sometimes like: Oct 1 09:38:01 dd44414 dovecot: lda(user)<20009><9MYzGVmHdV8pTgAA+v7NQw>: msgid=<20201001073801.628713AC05DC(a)myserver.com>: saved mail to INBOX The deliver_log_format settings are still on default. Are somebody able to explain me this part of the log message? <20009><9MYzGVmHdV8pTgAA+v7NQw>: What want dovecot to say with this? Mit freundlichen Grüßen Yours sincerely Pascal Rudolf

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debugging TLS with wireshark and a custom application ?
by Kurt Jaeger 01 Oct '20

01 Oct '20

Hi! My question is: can dovecot be used to debug/decrypt TLS sessions ? The reason I'm asking: A custom application wants to speak IMAP with TLS with a dovecot instance. It fails, and the error message is, unfortunatly, not very helpful. tcpdump shows that the session is established, but fails. The custom application says error 60000, not much more. There is a way to decode TLS sessions in some cases: https://wiki.wireshark.org/TLS using firefox and the enviroment variable SSLKEYLOGFILE. Basically, the TLS client (firefox), while negotiating keys with the other side, writes those logfiles to a logfile specified by SSLKEYLOGFILE and at the same time, wireshark is used to capture / write the pcap of the session. Then wireshark can be used to decode the contents of the TLS-encrypted session. Is something similiar possible with dovecot as the server and from the server side ? Is, by chance, the session=<...> value already such a key so that a tcpdump pcap file would be able to descrypt that session ? Sep 29 08:51:30 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<someuser>, method=PLAIN, rip=<someip>, lip=<someotherip>, mpid=63667, TLS, session=<GGF0Nm6wxy0qAQHoAAMAAwAAAAAAAAAB> -- pi(a)opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 Now what ?

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