August 2021 - dovecot

Duplicate plugins - FTS Xapian
by Joan Moreau 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '21

Hi There seems to be 2 plugins doing the same thins - https://github.com/slusarz/dovecot-fts-flatcurve/ - https://github.com/grosjo/fts-xapian/ (mine) Both are in the doc of dovecot https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/fts/ I am currently working hard to push it to RPM package, and plugin is already approved by ArchLinux and Debian Isn't there double work here ? Thanks JM

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indexer crash
by Onno Molenkamp 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hi, Because I was getting segfaults in libc in calloc calls by the indexer process of Dovecot 2.3.16, I ran indexer with valgrind to look for possible memory corruption. It did indeed find that indexer was accessing memory that had already been freed, I've attached the log file. I've then tried running Dovecot with the fix in commit 97367ef61784a364ccf615cb816be6492329050d, but that didn't make any difference. Reverting (just the code in src/indexer) to the last revision before the recent rewrite to use connection.c (d76761698a06bab60a741c6794252fddec4292ef) did: valgrind doesn't log any errors anymore, and indexer has stopped crashing. Onno

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Dovecot Director: Preferred backend server
by Steven Varco 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hi All I have a dovecot cluster with directror and two IMAP Servers behind. Since they are in geographical different locations I would like to have users to go to a specific IMAP backend server (if both are up) and only switch to the other if one goes down (failover). As to my current knowledge the PassDB extra field „host=„ is not suitable in this case as it would never route the client to a different backend, even if the „user specific backend“ would be down. Is their a way in dovecot to achive this? As far as I searched the documentation I could not find any information on this so far. If not, it may also help if I could get certain users to „initially" go to a specific backend (since director usually routes a client/user to the same backend server it initially connects) and therefore it would be interesting to know how dovecot director chooses wether a user goes to server1 or server2? And if a client already gets to server2, how to bring it „back“ to server1? thanks in advance, Steven -- https://steven.varco.ch/ https://www.tech-island.com/

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lmtp panic with 2.3.16 (runnung ubuntu) and larger mails
by Friedhelm Buescher 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Hi, when sending larger Mails (> 1MB, for example a jpg attachment), the lmtp crashes: ######################################################################### syslog: Aug 29 17:05:34 mail dovecot: lmtp(xxxx)<720677><5RuZHDCiK2El/woAkAJtwA>: Panic: Buffer write out of range (0 + 1) Aug 29 17:05:34 mail dovecot: lmtp(xxxx)<720677><5RuZHDCiK2El/woAkAJtwA>: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_append+0x41) [0x7f10ae1fb151] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(backtrace_get+0x22) [0x7f10ae1fb272] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1092eb) [0x7f10ae2082eb] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x109387) [0x7f10ae208387] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5d018) [0x7f10ae15c018] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x5bee1) [0x7f10ae15aee1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_binary_emit_integer+0x6a) [0x7f10ad79dfea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_binary_save+0x1e3) [0x7f10ad79c553] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_binary_file_update_resource_usage+0x128) [0x7f10ad79dcc8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_binary_close+0x7d) [0x7f10ad79ab4d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so(+0x3f65) [0x7f10ae0f3f65] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x17a) [0x7f10ae4490ea] -> dovecot/lmtp(lmtp_local_default_deliver+0x1d8) [0x557cc4da83c8] -> dovecot/lmtp(lmtp_local_data+0x5ac) [0x557cc4da8b1c] -> dovecot/lmtp(client_default_cmd_data+0x191) [0x557cc4da74a1] -> dovecot/lmtp(cmd_data_continue+0x180) [0x557cc4da7230] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7c286) [0x7f10ae17b286] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x6d) [0x7f10ae21e67d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x145) [0x7f10ae21fd15] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x54) [0x7f10ae21e724] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x40) [0x7f10ae21e890] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x17) [0x7f10ae1913a7] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x22f) [0x557cc4da5edf] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0x7f10adf250b3] -> dovecot/lmtp(_start+0x2e) [0x557cc4da5fee] Aug 29 17:05:34 mail dovecot: lmtp(xxxx)<720677><5RuZHDCiK2El/woAkAJtwA>: Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 720677 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) ######################################################################### uname -a Linux mail 5.4.0-81-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 15 19:09:17 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Installed Packages: dovecot-lmtpd=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-mysql=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-imapd=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-sieve=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-pop3d=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-lucene=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-core=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-managesieved=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-solr=2:2.3.16-2+ubuntu20.04 postfix=3.4.13-0ubuntu1.1 Tried to downgrade to dovecot-lmtpd=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-mysql=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-imapd=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-sieve=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-pop3d=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-lucene=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-core=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-managesieved=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 dovecot-solr=2:2.3.15-1+ubuntu20.04 postfix=3.4.10-1ubuntu1 , which does not solve the error. ######################################################################### config: # 2.3.16 (7e2e900c1a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.5.16 (09c29328) # OS: Linux 5.4.0-81-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS ext4 # Hostname: xxxx auth_verbose_passwords = plain lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_location = maildir:/var/maildirs/%u mail_plugins = " quota acl fts fts_solr" mail_privileged_group = mail 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 namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h:INDEX=%h/shared/%%u:CONTROL=%h/shared/%%u prefix = shared.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile fts = solr fts_autoindex = yes fts_solr = url=http://127.0.0.1:8983/solr/dovecot/ recipient_delimiter = . sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" recipient_delimiter = . service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = postfix user = postfix } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } vsz_limit = 1 G } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/letsencrypt/live/xxx/fullchain.pem ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256: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_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_dh = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota acl fts fts_solr sieve notify push_notification" postmaster_address = postmaster@xxx } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota acl fts fts_solr sieve fts fts_solr notify push_notification" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota fts fts_solr } ######################################################################### sieve-file involved: # Sieve Filter # Generated by Ingo (http://www.horde.org/apps/ingo/) (05/17/2019, 06:17:18 PM) require ["fileinto", "imap4flags", "mailbox", "subaddress", "envelope", "variables", "body", "regex", "copy"]; # PDFs nach attachments speichern, damit diese lokal gespeichert werden koennen .. if body :raw :regex ["filename=.+\\.pdf"] { fileinto :create :copy "INBOX.attachments"; }

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Local auth works with dovecot-proxy, remote does not
by Camilo Sperberg 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Hi list! I've configured dovecot-proxy to redirect users to another server if their data is indeed on that other server. Webmail (which runs on the same machine) works perfectly fine, but clients such as Thunderbird and Outlook do not work as intended, I suspect it to be a problem with the IP that dovecot-proxy sees, but I can't figure out what is wrong: I've already done a lot of Googling and also tried to change the login_trusted_networks value, but to no avail. I've enabled debug log and here is the relevant part of a call that fails and another one that succeeds (FYI 10.164.0.3 is the machine that is doing the proxying and where webmail is located, 10.164.0.20 is the 'node', these logs come from that node, doveconf -n is also provided in the gist): https://gist.github.com/unreal4u/64de0f05b6e3b98034cdb0ae52ce1196 So as far as I can interpret the logs, in the failure case it is basically saying it should go to the node, despite it already being on that node: Aug 24 11:29:07 mail-node-2 dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK#0112#011user=me(a)XXXXXX.XX #011host=10.164.0.20#011port=143#011proxy#011pass=<hidden> In the success case, I don't see any mention of a proxy: Aug 24 11:35:21 mail-node-2 dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK#0116#011user=me(a)XXXXXXXXX.XX What am I missing here? Has this something to do with authentication-allow-nets or authentication-allow-real-nets ? If so: where to define it? Is there something else I'm missing? Thanks in advance for your help, Camilo Sperberg

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tls_early_post_process_client_hello:unsupported protocol
by Elise 29 Aug '21

29 Aug '21

I just read a line in my logfile that I haven't noticed before: Aug 29 22:17:23 <myserver> dovecot[50098]: imap-login: Disconnected: Connection closed: SSL_accept() failed: error:14209102:SSL routines:tls_early_post_process_client_hello:unsupported protocol (no auth attempts in 2 secs): user=<>, rip=104.152.52.31, lip=10.10.10.37, TLS handshaking: SSL_accept() failed: error:14209102:SSL routines:tls_early_post_process_client_hello:unsupported protocol, session=</w+MZ7jKvLhomDQf> Is this a TLS 1.3 related issue? /elise

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%{cert} variable
by Andrea Gabellini 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

Hello, I am using Dovecot version 2.3.16. I'm experimenting with client certificates and the "ssl_verify_client_cert = yes" option. By putting the server in debug mode, I can verify that the client is correctly providing the certificate. I am trying to log using %{cert} adding it to login_log_format_elements, as per the documentation, but I get the error: "Failed to expand log_format_elements=cert=%{cert}: Unknown variable '%cert'" Also the documentation says that the short name is %k, but it overlaps with %{ssl_security}. Is the documentation wrong or is there a bug? Thanks, Andrea -- __________________________ One of the things we can do to help the poor is not to become one of them. __________________________ TIM San Marino S.p.A. Andrea Gabellini Engineering R&D TIM San Marino S.p.A. - https://www.telecomitalia.sm Via Ventotto Luglio, 212 - Piano -2 47893 - Borgo Maggiore - Republic of San Marino Tel: (+378) 0549 886237 Fax: (+378) 0549 886188 -- Informativa Privacy Questa email ha per destinatari dei contatti presenti negli archivi di TIM San Marino S.p.A.. Tutte le informazioni vengono trattate e tutelate nel rispetto della normativa vigente sulla protezione dei dati personali (Reg. EU 2016/679). Per richiedere informazioni e/o variazioni e/o la cancellazione dei vostri dati presenti nei nostri archivi potete inviare una email a privacy(a)telecomitalia.sm. Avviso di Riservatezza Il contenuto di questa e-mail e degli eventuali allegati e' strettamente confidenziale e destinato alla/e persona/e a cui e' indirizzato. Se avete ricevuto per errore questa e-mail, vi preghiamo di segnalarcelo immediatamente e di cancellarla dal vostro computer. E' fatto divieto di copiare e divulgare il contenuto di questa e-mail. Ogni utilizzo abusivo delle informazioni qui contenute da parte di persone terze o comunque non indicate nella presente e-mail potra' essere perseguito ai sensi di legge.

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Logging to remote server
by James Brown 26 Aug '21

26 Aug '21

My Google searches must be off, I couldn’t see how to do this. Is there a way to log to a local file, but also send to a remote server? Eg: Log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log, @mylogserver.example.com:514 Thanks, James

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Creating/Learning about services
by Dan Conway 25 Aug '21

25 Aug '21

Hello, I'm currently researching how services work within Dovecot and what scope these services are capable of. For example, I created a service as such: service myservice { executable = /home/me/executable type = worker unix_listener myservice { mode = 0666 } } When data is provided to the myservice unix socket, Dovecot appears to create a new process by executing "/home/me/executable". I found out about "status updates" through examining the logs. At first I received this: master: Error: service(myservice): Initial status notification not received in 30 seconds, killing the process What is this status notification? I found out that writing to file descriptor 5 from the executable does seem to be valid. When I write out 12 bytes I don't get an error, but when I write out 13 bytes I get the following: master: Error: service(dmon): service sent partial status update (13 bytes) What I've also noticed is that exiting 0 will cause Dovecot to spawn the process again, in what appears to be infinitely. Are there any resources/documentation that I could reference to learn more about how services work on a lower level besides just looking at the source code? Thanks.

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What kind of search response time are you setting with solr full text search?
by Steve Dondley 25 Aug '21

25 Aug '21

MY SETUP: I have apache solr full text search enabled with dovecot. I have an inbox with about 40 subfolders. I'm using the roundcube web-based mail client. The find command is showing 15823 email files and apache solr reports the same number. I'm running a dedicated mail server with a 1 GB of ram. The solr machine is running on a separate machine with 4 GB ram. THE PROBLEM: When I do a full text search through all my inbox and all subfolders on a single word, search results are returned in about 10 to 15 seconds. This is better than the 40 seconds or so I'm getting when I turn off the fts and fts_solr plugins but still a little disappointing. WHAT I'D LIKE: Now, I don't expect instant search results like gmail, but getting the search results to display in less than 5 seconds would be a lot less painful that 10 to 15 seconds. WHAT I'VE TRIED: I have reindexed the emails on solr to try to speed things upit up. ANY ADVICE? Curious to know what response times others are seeing and if there is anything else I might try to speed things up. Maybe the number of subfolders is slowing things down?

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