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sieve script is not exescuted
by Kamil Jońca 30 Jul '25

30 Jul '25

I have scripts in 2 places: sieve_script personal { path = ~/.dovecot.sieve } sieve_script before { path = /etc/dovecot/sieve } /etc/dovecot/sieve is directory with (currently) one script. This script add header to message. And it seems, that "before" script is not executed. Any hints? KJ -- http://wolnelektury.pl/wesprzyj/teraz/ "Linux: the operating system with a CLUE... Command Line User Environment". (seen in a posting in comp.software.testing)

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doveadm force-resync crashes at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:507
by Ákos Szőts 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Hi All, In Dovecot 2.4.1 if I start doveadm force-resync with a non-existent mailbox that ends in a slash, the command crashes: gdb -ex run --args doveadm force-resync -A test/ Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f9e5cc4a980 (LWP 442) "doveadm"): #0 fs_list_next_root(ctx=ctx@entry=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:507 roots= <error reading variable roots (Cannot access memory at address 0x0)> count= <error reading variable count (Cannot access memory at address 0x8)> __func__= "fs_list_next_root" #1 0x00007f9e5dc417c2in fs_list_iter_reset(ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:830 __func__= <optimized out> #2 fs_list_iter_next(_ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:912 ctx= <optimized out> ret= 0 __func__= "fs_list_iter_next" #3 0x00007f9e5dc4f8ddin mailbox_list_iter_next_call(ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1009 info= <optimized out> set= 0x148d86ee0 ret= <optimized out> #4 mailbox_list_iter_next(ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1098 _data_stack_cur_id= 5 info= <optimized out> #5 0x00007f9e5dc50899in mailbox_list_ns_iter_try_next(_ctx=0x55d248df6488, info_r=<synthetic pointer>) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:616 ctx= 0x55d248df6488 ns= <optimized out> info= <optimized out> suffix= <optimized out> has_children= <optimized out> __func__= <optimized out> #6 mailbox_list_ns_iter_next(_ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:678 info= 0x0 #7 0x00007f9e5dc4f8ddin mailbox_list_iter_next_call(ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1009 info= <optimized out> set= 0x2fffffffd0 ret= <optimized out> #8 mailbox_list_iter_next(ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1098 _data_stack_cur_id= 4 info= <optimized out> #9 0x000055d20bc81a20in cmd_force_resync_run(_ctx=0x55d248db57a8, user=0x55d248dc6318) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:369 ctx= 0x55d248db57a8 iter_flags= (MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_RAW_LIST| MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_NO_AUTO_BOXES| MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_STAR_WITHIN_NS| MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_RETURN_NO_FLAGS| MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_FORCE_RESYNC) ns_mask= (MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_PRIVATE| MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED| MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_PUBLIC) iter= 0x55d248df6488 info= <optimized out> ret= <optimized out> patterns= {0x55d248db5300"test/", 0x0} #10 0x000055d20bc856c2in doveadm_mail_next_user(ctx=ctx@entry=0x55d248db57a8, error_r=error_r@entry=0x7ffdbc3f0778) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:506 _data_stack_cur_id= 3 cctx= 0x55d248db39b8 input= {event_parent= 0x0, service= 0x55d20bcbd810"doveadm", protocol= 0x0, username= 0x55d248db81a0"akos(a)szots.dev", session_id= 0x0, session_id_prefix= 0x0, session_create_ time= 0, local_ip= {family= 0, u= {ip6= {__in6_u= {__u6_addr8= '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16= {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32= {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4= {s_addr= 0}}, sco pe_id= 0}, remote_ip= {family= 0, u= {ip6= {__in6_u= {__u6_addr8= '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16= {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32= {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4= {s_addr= 0}}, scope_id= 0}, local_port= 0, remote_port= 0, local_name= 0x0, userdb_fields= 0x0, code_override_fields= 0x0, forward_fields= 0x0, set_instance= 0x0, flags_override_add= 0, flags_over ride_remove= 0, no_userdb_lookup= false, debug= false, end_client_tls_secured= false, autocreated= false, no_free_init_failure= false} error= 0x0 ip= <optimized out> ret= <optimized out> dropping_privs= true cur_uid= 0 cur_cwd= 0x55d248d86df8"/" cur_ctx= 0x55d248dc2c80 reason= 0x55d248df57f0 __func__= "doveadm_mail_next_user" #11 0x000055d20bc87525in doveadm_mail_all_users(ctx=0x55d248db57a8, wildcard_user=0x55d20bcc015d "*") at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:584 _data_stack_cur_id= 2 cctx= 0x55d248db39b8 user_idx= 0 ip= <optimized out> user= 0x55d248db81a0"akos(a)szots.dev" error= 0x55d248d8e7d8"\t\350\330H\322U" ret= 1 #12 doveadm_mail_cmd_exec(ctx=0x55d248db57a8, wildcard_user=0x55d20bcc015d "*") at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:721 cctx= <optimized out> cli= <optimized out> ret= <optimized out> error= 0x55d248d8e7d8"\t\350\330H\322U" #13 doveadm_cmd_ver2_to_mail_cmd_wrapper(cctx=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:1039 mctx= 0x55d248db57a8 mail_cmd= {alloc= 0x55d20bc803f0<cmd_force_resync_alloc>, name= 0x55d20bcbe92d"force-resync", usage_args= 0x55d20bcc5008"[-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] [-f] <mailbox mask>"} wildcard_user= 0x55d20bcc015d"*" #14 0x000055d20bc9ba77in doveadm_cmdline_run(argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x55d248d8e7c8, cctx=cctx@entry=0x55d248db39b8) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-cmd-parse.c:451 prefix= <optimized out> pargv= {arr= {buffer= 0x55d248db4388, element_size= 112}, v= 0x55d248db4388, v_modifiable= 0x55d248db4388} pargc= 8 pool= 0x55d248db4350 ptr_count= <optimized out> ptr= <optimized out> ptr_end= <optimized out> ptr_last_non_kv= <optimized out> #15 0x000055d20bc9bc2cin doveadm_cmdline_try_run(cmd_name=cmd_name@entry=0x55d248d8e7f9 "force-resync", argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, cctx=cctx@entry=0x55d248db39b8) at /usr/s rc/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-cmd.c:160 cmd= <optimized out> #16 0x000055d20bc74fdein main(argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm.c:386 service_flags= <optimized out> cmd_name= 0x55d248d8e7f9"force-resync" i= <optimized out> quick_init= false c= <optimized out> longopts= {{name= 0x7f9e5dadb7a8"help", has_arg= 0, flag= 0x0, val= 0}, {name= 0x0, has_arg= 0, flag= 0x0, val= 0}} help_requested= <optimized out> longopt= 0x0 cctx= 0x55d248db39b8 Ákos Hi All, In Dovecot 2.4.1 if I start doveadm force-resync with a non-existent mailbox that ends in a slash, the command crashes: gdb -ex run --args doveadm force-resync -A test/ Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f9e5cc4a980 (LWP 442) "doveadm"): #0 fs_list_next_root (ctx=ctx@entry=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:507 roots = <error reading variable roots (Cannot access memory at address 0x0)> count = <error reading variable count (Cannot access memory at address 0x8)> __func__ = "fs_list_next_root" #1 0x00007f9e5dc417c2 in fs_list_iter_reset (ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:830 __func__ = <optimized out> #2 fs_list_iter_next (_ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-fs-iter.c:912 ctx = <optimized out> ret = 0 __func__ = "fs_list_iter_next" #3 0x00007f9e5dc4f8dd in mailbox_list_iter_next_call (ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1009 info = <optimized out> set = 0x148d86ee0 ret = <optimized out> #4 mailbox_list_iter_next (ctx=0x55d248df6898) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1098 _data_stack_cur_id = 5 info = <optimized out> #5 0x00007f9e5dc50899 in mailbox_list_ns_iter_try_next (_ctx=0x55d248df6488, info_r=<synthetic pointer>) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:616 ctx = 0x55d248df6488 ns = <optimized out> info = <optimized out> suffix = <optimized out> has_children = <optimized out> __func__ = <optimized out> #6 mailbox_list_ns_iter_next (_ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:678 info = 0x0 #7 0x00007f9e5dc4f8dd in mailbox_list_iter_next_call (ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1009 info = <optimized out> set = 0x2fffffffd0 ret = <optimized out> #8 mailbox_list_iter_next (ctx=0x55d248df6488) at list/mailbox-list-iter.c:1098 _data_stack_cur_id = 4 info = <optimized out> #9 0x000055d20bc81a20 in cmd_force_resync_run (_ctx=0x55d248db57a8, user=0x55d248dc6318) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:369 ctx = 0x55d248db57a8 iter_flags = (MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_RAW_LIST | MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_NO_AUTO_BOXES | MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_STAR_WITHIN_NS | MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_RETURN_NO_FLAGS | MAILBOX_LIST_ITER_FORCE_RESYNC) ns_mask = (MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_PRIVATE | MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_SHARED | MAIL_NAMESPACE_TYPE_PUBLIC) iter = 0x55d248df6488 info = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> patterns = {0x55d248db5300 "test/", 0x0} #10 0x000055d20bc856c2 in doveadm_mail_next_user (ctx=ctx@entry=0x55d248db57a8, error_r=error_r@entry=0x7ffdbc3f0778) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:506 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 cctx = 0x55d248db39b8 input = {event_parent = 0x0, service = 0x55d20bcbd810 "doveadm", protocol = 0x0, username = 0x55d248db81a0 [1]"akos(a)szots.dev", session_id = 0x0, session_id_prefix = 0x0, session_create_ time = 0, local_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}, sco pe_id = 0}, remote_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}, scope_id = 0}, local_port = 0, remote_port = 0, local_name = 0x0, userdb_fields = 0x0, code_override_fields = 0x0, forward_fields = 0x0, set_instance = 0x0, flags_override_add = 0, flags_over ride_remove = 0, no_userdb_lookup = false, debug = false, end_client_tls_secured = false, autocreated = false, no_free_init_failure = false} error = 0x0 ip = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> dropping_privs = true cur_uid = 0 cur_cwd = 0x55d248d86df8 "/" cur_ctx = 0x55d248dc2c80 reason = 0x55d248df57f0 __func__ = "doveadm_mail_next_user" #11 0x000055d20bc87525 in doveadm_mail_all_users (ctx=0x55d248db57a8, wildcard_user=0x55d20bcc015d "*") at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:584 _data_stack_cur_id = 2 cctx = 0x55d248db39b8 user_idx = 0 ip = <optimized out> user = 0x55d248db81a0 [2]"akos(a)szots.dev" error = 0x55d248d8e7d8 "\t\350\330H\322U" ret = 1 #12 doveadm_mail_cmd_exec (ctx=0x55d248db57a8, wildcard_user=0x55d20bcc015d "*") at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:721 cctx = <optimized out> cli = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> error = 0x55d248d8e7d8 "\t\350\330H\322U" #13 doveadm_cmd_ver2_to_mail_cmd_wrapper (cctx=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-mail.c:1039 mctx = 0x55d248db57a8 mail_cmd = {alloc = 0x55d20bc803f0 <cmd_force_resync_alloc>, name = 0x55d20bcbe92d "force-resync", usage_args = 0x55d20bcc5008 "[-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] [-f] <mailbox mask>"} wildcard_user = 0x55d20bcc015d "*" #14 0x000055d20bc9ba77 in doveadm_cmdline_run (argc=<optimized out>, argv=0x55d248d8e7c8, cctx=cctx@entry=0x55d248db39b8) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-cmd-parse.c:451 prefix = <optimized out> pargv = {arr = {buffer = 0x55d248db4388, element_size = 112}, v = 0x55d248db4388, v_modifiable = 0x55d248db4388} pargc = 8 pool = 0x55d248db4350 ptr_count = <optimized out> ptr = <optimized out> ptr_end = <optimized out> ptr_last_non_kv = <optimized out> #15 0x000055d20bc9bc2c in doveadm_cmdline_try_run (cmd_name=cmd_name@entry=0x55d248d8e7f9 "force-resync", argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>, cctx=cctx@entry=0x55d248db39b8) at /usr/s rc/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm-cmd.c:160 cmd = <optimized out> #16 0x000055d20bc74fde in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/doveadm/doveadm.c:386 service_flags = <optimized out> cmd_name = 0x55d248d8e7f9 "force-resync" i = <optimized out> quick_init = false c = <optimized out> longopts = {{name = 0x7f9e5dadb7a8 "help", has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}, {name = 0x0, has_arg = 0, flag = 0x0, val = 0}} help_requested = <optimized out> longopt = 0x0 cctx = 0x55d248db39b8 Akos References Visible links 1. mailto:akos@szots.dev 2. mailto:akos@szots.dev

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"lock/disable" user's mailbox
by roughnecks 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Hello, not sure if relevant here, but I'm in need of disabling or locking down an user's mailbox, without completely removing the related system account. It would be nice if said account was not able to receive emails anymore, or "better", until it was re-enabled. Would also be cool if the sender received a warning back, upon the failed dispatch. Does that even make sense? :D I'm running postfix and dovecot on a debian bookworm VPS. Thanks -- roughnecks

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When does dovecot use sendmail_path?
by Joseph Tam 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

I'm trying to plug up all the holes where local mail leaves our mail system without a DKIM signature. One avenue is bounce messages. I wrote a small sendmail wrapper to add DKIM signatures, and defined it as the value for dovecot's sendmail_path. I presume Dovecot invokes this executable when it has to send a send message. Under what circumstances does this happen? I tried to provoke a mailout by sending messages to recipients with full quotas and permission locked mailbox files, but could not generate any mail back. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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"imap-login" crashes at lib-ssl-iostream/iostream-ssl.c:55
by Ákos Szőts 29 Jul '25

29 Jul '25

Hi all, When I start "imap-login" without arguments, it crashes: gdb -ex run --args /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login (gdb) thread apply all bt full Thread 1 (Thread 0x7f5bd50c6740 (LWP 625) "imap-login"): #0 0x00007f5bd545fe97in io_stream_ssl_global_init(set=0x56205ca355c8, error_r=0x7ffdf0e669a8) at ../lib-ssl-iostream/iostream-ssl.c:55 No locals. #1 0x00007f5bd558d15bin login_ssl_init() at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/login-common/main.c:343 ssl_set= 0x56205ca355c8 error= 0xc00000<error: Cannot access memory at address 0xc00000> #2 main_preinit() at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/login-common/main.c:355 max_fds= <optimized out> __func__= <optimized out> #3 login_binary_run(binary=<optimized out>, argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/dovecot-2.4.1-4/src/login-common/main.c:528 service_flags= <optimized out> login_socket= 0x7f5bd5590b66"login" error= 0x1000000<error: Cannot access memory at address 0x1000000> c= <optimized out> input= {config_path= 0x0, config_fd= 0, preserve_environment= false, preserve_user= false, preserve_home= false, no_service_filter= false, check_full_config= false, hide_obsol ete_warnings= false, no_protocol_filter= false, no_key_validation= false, reload_config= false, never_exec= false, always_exec= false, return_config_fd= false, use_sysexits= false, pr otocol= 0x562033d837ac"imap"} output= {specific_protocols= 0x56205ca15398, config_fd= -1, permission_denied= false} #4 0x00007f5bd51662aein __libc_start_call_main() from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007f5bd5166379in __libc_start_main_impl() from /lib64/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x0000562033d79885in _start() at ../sysdeps/x86_64/start.S:115 No locals. Probably "ssl_vfuncs->[...]" is a NULL dereference? I'm debugging a crash within Dovecot and this was one of my findings. Dovecot version: 2.4.1. Ákos

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'doveadm' error
by Andreas Kossack 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Hi, are there anywhere recommendations or 'best practices' for compiling dovecot-2.4.x at IBMs AIX7.3? With some own patches i can compile it, but one unexpected result is # /usr/local/bin/doveadm mailbox list -u <user> /usr/local/bin/doveconf: invalid option -- u What's wrong? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards / Salutations / Cordialmente ___________________________________________________________________ Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus – Senftenberg E Andreas.Kossack(a)B-TU.De

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Lots of problems with Dovecot 2.4
by sev+dovecot＠sev.monster 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Hello all, I am trying to get Dovecot 2.4 running on Alpine Edge x86-64. But a myriad of problems have occurred that make it impossible to do so. First of all was the recent off-by-one bug that was recently fixed, which caused an unavoidable segfault on start under musl libc, which Alpine uses: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/17050 Then, I saw that the shadow driver was removed, which necessitated the installation of PAM and my learning about it... I haven't needed it before, so I'd never used it. I guess I understand why the decision was made to use PAM, though I still don't like it. After resolving those issue, I've run into new ones: 1. The passwd userdb does not seem to work correctly. It is able to get the first user and its information correctly, but any attempts to look up any user after that will seemingly always use the information from the first matched user. Setting max auths to 1 so that the auth process is discarded afterwards does not seem to help. For example, if the first user to log in to Dovecot is bob, and then user joe logs in, the information returned from the passwd userdb will all be that of user bob, not joe. This continues for all subsequent userdb lookups until Dovecot is restarted, and a new userdb lookup is persisted. Changing to passwd-file instead works and does not experience this problem. 2. Why is the only available username field for the passwd driver %{passwd:system_groups_user}? I understand what the purpose of the field is based on the docs, but shouldn't more than this be exposed? The fields available through passwd are also not documented, and I had to read the source to find them out. This should either be documented or a more standard username field be additionally exposed as with other drivers. Can this field even be relied on to use as the username, if the driver otherwise worked? 3. It seems the Exim auth driver is no longer able to successfully authenticate with Dovecot 2.4 against Exim 4.98.2. It works fine in the last version of 2.3.21.1. Has the authentication framework changed along with the other modifications that 2.4 underwent? Has any effort been made with the Exim team to resolve any incompatibilities? Can I somehow diagnose this issue if it's otherwise supposed to work? 4. The ldap driver can no longer look up missing fields from LDAP users. Some (but not all) of my users have the rfc2307bis schema posixAccount supplemental objectClass, and as such contain the posixHome, uidNumber, and gidNumber attributes—but even if I specify a default value, if one of the attributes is not queryable for the returned user, the lookup errors out and the login fails. This is a regression/undocumented change from 2.3.x, where instead of erroring out, the default_fields value would be used. Based on my interpretation of the design goals for 2.4, I would imagine the default filter would ignore the missing attribute error and set the default value like default_fields used to, no? Or am I missing something? 5. passdb_ldap_filter is always required for the ldap passdb driver, even if passdb_ldap_bind is enabled. Not only does this go against the docs, but the value is unused and it doesn't matter what it's set to. This is a regression from 2.3.x. Overall I am very unimpressed by 2.4. It clearly needed a lot more time in the oven and much more thorough testing. Relevant minimal config from my working 2.3.21.1 install: auth_username_format = %Ln auth_mechanisms = plain login passdb { driver = shadow } userdb { driver = passwd override_fields = gid=mail home=/var/mail/%Ln } passdb { driver = ldap args = /etc/dovecot/ldap-passdb.conf.ext #uris = ldapi://%2frun%2fopenldap%2fslapd.sock #base = ou=accounts,dc=ldap #auth_bind = yes #auth_bind_userdn = uid=%Ln,ou=accounts,dc=ldap } userdb { driver = ldap default_fields = uid=mail gid=mail home=/var/mail/%Ln args = /etc/dovecot/ldap-userdb.conf.ext #uris = ldapi://%2frun%2fopenldap%2fslapd.sock #dn = cn=dovecot,dc=ldap #dnpass = "some pw" #base = ou=accounts,dc=ldap #iterate_filter = (objectClass=inetOrgPerson) #iterate_attrs = uid=username #user_filter = (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=%Ln)) #user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid } mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%Ln mail_plugins = $mail_plugins virtual namespace inbox { inbox = yes mailbox INBOX { auto = subscribe } } namespace virtual { type = private separator = . prefix = "Search Folders." location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:INDEX=~/dovecot-virtual.cache:CONTROL=~/dovecot-virtual.cache:VOLATILEDIR=~/dovecot-virtual.cache # virtual/All/dovecot-virtual: #!INBOX #* #-Junk #-Junk* #-Spam #-Spam* #-Trash #-Trash* #-Deleted #-Deleted* #-Deleted Items #-Deleted Items* # all hidden = yes list = children subscriptions = no mailbox All { auto = subscribe special_use = \All comment = All messages, excluding Junk and Trash } } namespace virtual-user { type = private separator = . prefix = "User Search Folders." location = virtual:~/.virtual:INDEX=~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache:CONTROL=~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache:VOLATILEDIR=~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache:LAYOUT=maildir++ hidden = yes list = children subscriptions = no } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { # restrict userdb to dovecot user/group only instead of world read/write mode = 0660 user = $default_internal_user group = $default_internal_group } unix_listener auth-client { # give Exim access to native authentication mode = 0660 group = exim } } service auth-worker { # no need to run as root user = $default_internal_user # allow pam passdb to read /etc/shadow group = shadow } !include_try /usr/share/dovecot/protocols.d/*.conf protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 } Converted config for 2.4: dovecot_config_version = 2.4.1 dovecot_storage_version = 2.4.1 mail_home = /var/mail/%{user | username | lower } mail_driver = maildir mail_path = $SET:mail_home mail_plugins = virtual auth_username_format = %{user | username | lower } auth_mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { failure_show_msg = yes max_requests = 1 } userdb passwd-file { passwd_file_path = /etc/passwd fields { gid = mail } } # BUG: doesn't work right #userdb passwd { # fields { # gid = mail # } #} passdb ldap { ldap_uris = ldapi://%2frun%2fopenldap%2fslapd.sock ldap_connection_group = login ldap_base = ou=accounts,dc=ldap ldap_bind = yes ldap_bind_userdn = uid=%{user | username | lower },ou=accounts,dc=ldap # XXX: thought this wasnt needed with bind? ldap_filter = z } userdb ldap { ldap_uris = ldapi://%2frun%2fopenldap%2fslapd.sock ldap_auth_dn = cn=dovecot,dc=ldap ldap_auth_dn_password = "some pw" ldap_base = ou=accounts,dc=ldap ldap_filter = (&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=%{user | username | lower })) fields { username = %{ldap:uid} # BUG: causes errors if rfc2307bis posixAccount objectClass is not set home = %{ldap:homeDirectory | default($SET:mail_home)} uid = %{ldap:uidNumber | default(mail)} gid = %{ldap:gidNumber | default(mail)} } ldap_iterate_filter = (objectClass=inetOrgPerson) iterate_fields { username = %{ldap:uid} } } namespace inbox { inbox = yes mailbox INBOX { auto = subscribe } } namespace virtual { type = private separator = . prefix = "Search Folders." mail_driver = virtual mail_path = /etc/dovecot/virtual # virtual/All/dovecot-virtual: #!INBOX #* #-Junk #-Junk* #-Spam #-Spam* #-Trash #-Trash* #-Deleted #-Deleted* #-Deleted Items #-Deleted Items* # all mail_index_path = ~/dovecot-virtual.cache mail_control_path = ~/dovecot-virtual.cache mail_volatile_path = ~/dovecot-virtual.cache hidden = yes list = children subscriptions = no mailbox All { auto = subscribe special_use = \All comment = All messages, excluding Junk and Trash } } namespace virtual-user { type = private separator = . prefix = "User Search Folders." mail_driver = virtual mail_path = ~/dovecot-virtual-user mail_index_path = ~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache mail_control_path = ~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache mail_volatile_path = ~/dovecot-virtual-user.cache mailbox_list_layout = Maildir++ hidden = yes list = children subscriptions = no } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { # restrict userdb to dovecot user/group only instead of world read/write mode = 0660 } unix_listener auth-client { # give Exim access to native authentication mode = 0660 group = exim } } service auth-worker { # no need to run as root user = $SET:default_internal_user # allow pam passdb to read /etc/shadow group = shadow } protocols = imap pop3 protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 } In addition to help with the noted issues, I'd also love if anyone more knowledgeable on Dovecot 2.4 could give any pointers on my config and if I could improve the translation in any way, given I have been fumbling around with it for weeks and am not really sure if my various decisions are correct. Best regards.

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one-off doveadm commands broken in 2.4.1 when using docker
by jlh 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Hi all In 2.3, I could use doveadm from the docker image as a standalone tool, but this no longer works in 2.4: $ docker run --rm -ti dovecot/dovecot:2.3-latest doveadm usage: doveadm [-Dv] [-f <formatter>] <command> [<args>] altmove [-u <user>|-A] [-S <socket_path>] [-r] <search query> [...snip...] $ docker run --rm -ti dovecot/dovecot:latest-2.4 doveadm doveconf: Fatal: Cannot expand variable %{env:USER_PASSWORD This was useful for hashing passwords with "doveadm pw". I assume this wasn't an intentional change in how doveadm works. For now I'll just use the old image when hashing passwords. Thank you! Jean-Luc

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siebe settings in 2.4.0
by Helmut K. C. Tessarek 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

I've been reading the docs and the migration docs for hours, but the sieve config is a mess. In 2.3.x I am using: plugin { sieve = ~/.sieve sieve_dir = ~/.sieve_storage } and this is how it looks in my home dir: $ ls -la .sie* lrwxrwxrwx 32 a b c d .sieve -> .sieve_storage/MailFilters.sieve .rw------- 0 a b c d .sieve.log .rw------- 17,414 a b c d 2025-07-08 03:00 .sieve.svbin So How do I do the same in 2.4.x? I've come so far as: sieve_script personal { driver = file } But then there are path, bin_path, active_path, name, and a bunch of other settings. Sorry to be a little bit frustrated, but my old settings are not out of the ordinary (2 freaking parameters), but there is no documentation on how to migrate these 2 very simple settings to the new format. The upgrade docs explain the new var expansion and a matrix with old and new parameters. But this info is completely missing for sieve. The doc only points to "script storage". Really? You couldn't have added these 2 parameters to the old-new matrix? I am not asking you to do this for every single sieve parameter, but at least for the 2 or 3 most used ones. Sorry for my rant, but I had to get it out there to not go insane. Cheers, K. C. -- regards Helmut K. C. Tessarek KeyID 0x172380A011EF4944 Key fingerprint = 8A55 70C1 BD85 D34E ADBC 386C 1723 80A0 11EF 4944 /* Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer for chaos and madness await thee at its end. */

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discarded vacation reply to own address <xxxx> (as specified using :addresses argument)
by Marc 23 Jul '25

23 Jul '25

Did I configure this? Or is this default behaviour of dovecot? How can I turn this off if this is a standard config?

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