March 2021 - dovecot - dovecot.org

another try listing expunged mail, now only tested with dovecot cli
by Marc 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

testing with expunging messages with subject "delete me" this is the correct commend to list expunged messages? [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*' Sent messages=0 vsize=0 Drafts messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0 Junk messages=0 vsize=0 Trash messages=0 vsize=0 test3 messages=0 vsize=0 test1 messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX messages=0 vsize=0 We have a few messages with subject 'delete me' in the inbox namespace [@ ~]# doveadm search -u testtest mailbox test1 subject 'delete me' | wc -l 4 [@ ~]# doveadm search -u testtest mailbox INBOX/test2 subject 'delete me' | wc -l 2 [@ ~]# doveadm search -u testtest mailbox test3 subject 'delete me' | wc -l 8 Disk space used [@ testtest]# du -s -k /home/popusers/testtest/mdbox/storage/ 135356 /home/popusers/testtest/mdbox/storage/ Ok lets expunge some emails [@ testtest]# doveadm expunge -u testtest mailbox test1 subject 'delete me' doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test1, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test1, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test1, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test1, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> [@ testtest]# doveadm expunge -u testtest mailbox INBOX/test2 subject 'delete me' doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=INBOX/test2, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=INBOX/test2, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> [@ testtest]# doveadm expunge -u testtest mailbox test3 subject 'delete me' doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> doveadm(testtest): Info: expunge: box=test3, msgid=<202011052050.0A5Ko7Jc005461(a)web01.xxxxxx.xxxx> Looks like the correct amount of messages are deleted [@ testtest]# du -s -k /home/popusers/testtest/mdbox/storage/ 135356 /home/popusers/testtest/mdbox/storage/ Lets check the expunged mail, again still everywhere 0 [@ testtest]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*' Sent messages=0 vsize=0 Drafts messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0 Junk messages=0 vsize=0 Trash messages=0 vsize=0 test3 messages=0 vsize=0 test1 messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX messages=0 vsize=0 This does not return any messages, so they were expunged. [@ testtest]# doveadm search -u testtest mailbox test3 subject 'delete me' How can I get the amount of messages expunged in the folders? I do not get it.

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"younger" - filter on virtual INBOX
by Josef Haider 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Hello, I think I have run into an issue which has been posted to this list in 2018 already: > Hello Rob, > > Do you by chance have a virtual/All folder which holds all your > messages? If so, could I see that configuration? > > Thanks. > Dave. > > > On 2/27/18, Rob Hoelz <rob+dovecot at hoelz.ro <https://dovecot.org/mailman/listinfo/dovecot>> wrote: > >/Hi list, />//>/I just encountered a problem while using dovecot's Virtual plugin with />/2.3.0. I managed to solve the issue, />/but I wanted to bring it to the attention of others on the list to > see if />/there exists a better solution, if />/I found a bug, or if it's just a matter of updating documentation. />//>/I have a virtual folder to get the most recent two weeks of mails; it > looks />/something like this: />//>>/INBOX />>/all younger 1209600 />//>/I made this folder back in October. Lately, I started to notice that the />/virtual folder had a surprising amount />/of mail in it - I don't get 1,000 e-mails per week! After some doveadm />/commands, I realized that e-mails from />/October were still present in my virtual folder! Updating the />/dovecot-virtual would clear away e-mails older than />/two weeks (I needed to actually introduce a change, even if it was just />/whitespace - just touching the file didn't />/update things), and removing the dovecot index file also cleared things />/away. In then end, I ended up just telling />/dovecot to disable on-disk indexes for that folder. />//>/I created this folder based on the examples on />/https://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual > <https://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Virtual> - I'm wondering if I found > a bug />/or if that page should be changed to recommend disabling on-disk indexes />/when using certain search query filters such as />/"younger". If the latter, I can always make the change - just let me > know! />//>/-Rob /> Unfortunately, that thread died, so I'm trying my luck now... I am trying to have mail from several shared mailboxes show up in a user's INBOX if they are unread or younger than 24h, using the filter "or (unseen) (all younger 86400)". This works when forcing dovecot to regenerate index files, as mentioned above, by adding spaces to the virtual Inbox config file. Otherwise, mail older than 24h is not removed from the virtual INBOX. Any help would be greatly appreciated :) namespace configuration: namespace lists { list = children location = maildir:/var/mail/lists:CONTROL=~/Maildir/lists:INDEX=~/Maildir/lists prefix = lists. separator = . subscriptions = no type = public } namespace real { hidden = yes list = no location = prefix = RealMails. separator = . } namespace vimap { hidden = yes list = no location = virtual:/var/mail/virtual/vimap:INDEX=~/Maildir/vimap prefix = vimap. separator = . } /var/mail/virtual/vimap: !RealMails all lists.* or (unseen) (all younger 86400) dovecot version: # 2.3.4.1 (f79e8e7e4) # Pigeonhole version 0.5.4 () # OS: Linux 4.19.0-14-amd64 x86_64 Debian 10.8 -Joe

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dovecot.map.index corrupted: Unexpectedly lost INBOX uid=1 map_uid=4726
by Marc 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

I had in my archive namespace[1] an INBOX folder and did not really get why it was there so I deleted it. Now this command generates map index error (doveadm force-resync does not fix it ;)) [@ ~]# doveadm -o namespace/4archives/location=mdbox_deleted:/home/mail-archive/testtest/mdbox/Archive -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/mail-archive/testtest/mdbox/Archive:INDEX=/home/archiveindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' 'INBOX' doveadm(testtest): Error: mdbox map /home/archiveindex/testtest/index/storage/dovecot.map.index corrupted: Unexpectedly lost INBOX uid=1 map_uid=4726 doveadm(testtest): Error: Mailbox INBOX: Failed to lookup mailbox status: mdbox map /home/archiveindex/testtest/index/storage/dovecot.map.index corrupted: Unexpectedly lost INBOX uid=1 map_uid=4726 [1] namespace 4archives { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = no list = yes location = mdbox:/home/mail-archive/%u/Archive/:CONTROL=/home/mail-archive/%u/Archive/control:INDEX=/home/archiveindex/%u/index mailbox Archive { auto = create autoexpunge = 0 autoexpunge_max_mails = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } mailbox "Archived mail" { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 autoexpunge_max_mails = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } mailbox "Archived messages" { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 autoexpunge_max_mails = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } ... ... mailbox Archives { auto = no autoexpunge = 0 autoexpunge_max_mails = 0 comment = driver = special_use = \Archive } order = 0 prefix = Archive/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private }

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how to reclaim disk space mdbox
by Marc 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

When I delete messages in the archive namespace they are copied to the deleted items folder in the inbox namespace. This is 34MB increase is visible however I expected the archive to go down by 34MB. Is diskspace reclaimed automatically or do you need to issue an command? [@ sbin]# du -s -k /home/popusers/testtest /home/mail-archive/testtest 135472 /home/popusers/testtest 358824 /home/mail-archive/testtest [@ sbin]# du -s -k /home/popusers/testtest /home/mail-archive/testtest 169368 /home/popusers/testtest 358824 /home/mail-archive/testtest PS. I have mdbox_rotate_size = 4 M

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Doveadm-Purge dry run
by Marc 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Maybe it is nice to introduce some option to Doveadm-Purge that does not delete anything just logs what it wanted to delete sort of like rsync's -n option.

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archive namespace reports mdbox_deleted: same as mdbox: is that ok?
by Marc 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

These commands should generate different output not? [@ ~]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/mail-archive/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/archiveindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' "Archive/2018" Archive/2018 messages=70 vsize=6182960 [@ ~]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox:/home/mail-archive/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/archiveindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' "Archive/2018" Archive/2018 messages=70 vsize=6182960

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Virtual users @ virtual domains / better documentation?
by justina colmena ~biz 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

I have configured postfix so it will deliver mail to virtual mailboxes. For some reason, the mail is not delivered to the virtual mailboxes unless both $virtual_alias_domains and $virtual_alias_maps are left undefined: these directives are apparently for aliasing virtual users "@" virtual domains to "real" unix users on the local system. --%%== # ADDRESS REDIRECTION (VIRTUAL DOMAIN) # # The VIRTUAL_README document gives information about the many forms # of domain hosting that Postfix supports. virtual_mailbox_domains = domain1.example.org domain2.example.com virtual_transport = virtual #virtual_alias_domains = domain1.example.org domain2.example.com virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/vhosts virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 #virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual ==%-- If the $virtual_alias_maps directive invalidates virtual mailboxes, then "the usual" aliases (postmaster@, etc.) for the virtual domains would have to be listed in /etc/aliases along with the non-virtual aliases, but this does not work either, and generates a warning when "newaliases" is run. postalias: warning: /etc/aliases, line 99: name must be local So as far as I can tell, no aliasing at all is available for "virtual_mailbox_domains" in postfix I am still unsure how to authenticate the virtual users on postfix. PAM authentication works fine for non-virtual users. The following command gives two options for authentication: cyrus-sasl and dovecot-sasl. # postconf -a cyrus dovecot Postfix also works with cyrus-sasl if the passwords are set in "/etc/sasldb2" via the "saslpasswd2" command, but dovecot doesn't seem to work with cyrus-sasl, and has its own type of sasl authentication. I realize this is not a postfix list, so my real question here is, What do I need in order for dovecot to authenticate the virtual users and allow them to read their mail and obtain authorization to send mail via postfix on the same system?

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understanding refcount=0, where is my deleted message?
by Marc 14 Mar '21

14 Mar '21

I have migrated beginning this year from mbox to mdbox, but I am still struggling with the concept of refcount=0 and where these message stay. This is my test mailbox (shell script uses 'doveadm mailbox status -u') [@ sbin]# mailbox-ls.sh testtest size listing mailboxes of testtest: Archive msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2011 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2012 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2013 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2014 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2015 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2016 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2017 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2018 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2019 msgs=3435 vsize=277MiB Archive/Archive msgs=1 vsize=2.4KiB Deleted Messages msgs=0 vsize=0B Drafts msgs=4 vsize=1.1KiB INBOX msgs=1329 vsize=211MiB INBOX/test2 msgs=3 vsize=187KiB Junk msgs=2 vsize=2.0KiB Sent msgs=20 vsize=13KiB Trash msgs=47 vsize=752KiB [@ sbin]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*' Sent messages=0 vsize=0 Drafts messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0 Junk messages=0 vsize=0 Deleted Messages messages=0 vsize=0 Trash messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX messages=0 vsize=0 Now I am deleting 1 message from inbox with thunderbird, and I am getting this expected result, 1 message less in inbox, 1 message more in Deleted messages. [root@mail04 sbin]# mailbox-ls.sh testtest size listing mailboxes of testtest: Archive msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2011 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2012 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2013 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2014 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2015 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2016 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2017 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2018 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2019 msgs=3435 vsize=277MiB Archive/Archive msgs=1 vsize=2.4KiB Deleted Messages msgs=1 vsize=433B Drafts msgs=4 vsize=1.1KiB INBOX msgs=1328 vsize=211MiB INBOX/test2 msgs=3 vsize=187KiB Junk msgs=2 vsize=2.0KiB Sent msgs=20 vsize=13KiB Trash msgs=47 vsize=752KiB [@ sbin]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*' Sent messages=0 vsize=0 Drafts messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0 Junk messages=0 vsize=0 Deleted Messages messages=0 vsize=0 Trash messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX messages=0 vsize=0 Now I right click trash in thunderbird and choose empty trash, and I am getting this expected result, Deleted messages is empty. (Notice Trash stays at the same message count) [@ sbin]# mailbox-ls.sh testtest size listing mailboxes of testtest: Archive msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2011 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2012 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2013 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2014 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2015 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2016 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2017 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2018 msgs=0 vsize=0B Archive/2019 msgs=3435 vsize=277MiB Archive/Archive msgs=1 vsize=2.4KiB Deleted Messages msgs=0 vsize=0B Drafts msgs=4 vsize=1.1KiB INBOX msgs=1328 vsize=211MiB INBOX/test2 msgs=3 vsize=187KiB Junk msgs=2 vsize=2.0KiB Sent msgs=20 vsize=13KiB Trash msgs=47 vsize=752KiB So this message should have refcount=0. But where is it, this still shows 0 messages everywhere? [@ sbin]# doveadm -o mail_location=mdbox_deleted:/home/popusers/testtest/mdbox:INDEX=/home/popindex/testtest/index mailbox status -u testtest 'messages vsize' '*' Sent messages=0 vsize=0 Drafts messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX/test2 messages=0 vsize=0 Junk messages=0 vsize=0 Deleted Messages messages=0 vsize=0 Trash messages=0 vsize=0 INBOX messages=0 vsize=0

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Panic: file mdbox-map.c: line 1494 (mdbox_map_get_uid_validity): assertion failed: (map->view != NULL)
by Marc 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Does this mean I have some problems with filesystem uid's? Currently I have only u=rwx, go is nothing. dovecot-2.2.36-6.el7_8.1.x86_64

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auto scaling dovecot server on AWS
by girivasan.rajasekaran＠minfytech.com 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

Hello There - I'm trying to setup dovecot server on AWS and would like to understand the approach on the email server sizing? The emails are expected to surge at times seasonally. How do I plan the email server sizing to handle such load? Does this support auto-scaling? Probably I'm missing the basics. Appreciate your help in giving some clarity.

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