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[Dovecot] search throwing "Sequence out of range"
by Stuart Henderson 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

Mulberry client-side message filtering can be persuaded to search for a nonexistent message ... <tag> UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED UNDRAFT 12 (OR FROM "Cron Daemon <sthen(a)eeyore.37.spacehopper.org>" SUBJECT "Cron <sthen@wide> /home/sthen/pingme") Dovecot 0.99.10 returns this ... <tag> NO Sequence out of range: 12 I *think* the correct behaviour here is to return a null set of search results and avoid the error message in the client. i.e. * SEARCH <tag> OK Certainly this is how other servers seem to work, and my understanding of the next paragraph from IMAP4REV1 RFC seems to backs this up (though the wording in the RFC isn't 100% clear to me) "Message set ranges are permitted; however, there is no guarantee that unique identifiers be contiguous. A non-existent unique identifier within a message set range is ignored without any error message generated." it's not Mulberry's fault that it sent this immediately after deleting message 12, since on closer investigation this is exactly what my filter rules are asking it to do because I forgot to set "stop if matched", however it would be helpful to change sometime since I'm sure I'm not the only person to have done that (-: of course I've fixed my filters now, so it isn't a high priority for me. Commented protocol log follows, it's not really any more information than above though. --> #4.364 Tue Jul 8 12:54:19 2003 A00448 STATUS INBOX (MESSAGES RECENT UNSEEN UIDVALIDITY UIDNEXT) * STATUS "INBOX" (MESSAGES 0 RECENT 0 UIDNEXT 1 UIDVALIDITY 1052370612 UNSEEN 0) A00448 OK Status completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01259 NOOP * 12 EXISTS * 3 RECENT A01259 OK NOOP completed. ... incoming mail ... --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01260 FETCH 12 (FLAGS RFC822.SIZE UID INTERNALDATE ENVELOPE BODYSTRUCTURE) * 12 FETCH (UID 140 FLAGS (\Recent) INTERNALDATE "08-Jul-2003 12:54:36 +0100" RFC822.SIZE 2372 BODYSTRUCTURE ("text" "plain" ("charset" "us-ascii") NIL NIL "7bit" 0 0 NIL NIL NIL) ENVELOPE ("Tue, 08 Jul 2003 12:00:11 +0000" "***SPAM*** I wish I could be there" (("Kieth Hairston" NIL "kiethhairston_ji" "sedona.net")) (("Kieth Hairston" NIL "kiethhairston_ji" "sedona.net")) (("Kieth Hairston" NIL "kiethhairston_ji" "sedona.net")) ((NIL NIL "stu" "spacehopper.org")) NIL NIL NIL "<d1d801c34548$6364549c$6e8ec7ab@0aqdi32>")) A01260 OK Fetch completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01261 SORT (DATE) us-ascii ALL * SORT 9 1 2 8 3 4 5 6 7 11 10 12 A01261 OK Sort completed. ... filter rule #1 ... --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01262 UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED UNDRAFT 12 SUBJECT "***SPAM***" * SEARCH 140 A01262 OK Search completed. ... ok, it's junk, we want it marked seen/deleted and placed in another folder ... --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01263 UID STORE 140 +FLAGS (\Seen) * 12 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen \Recent) UID 140) A01263 OK Store completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01264 UID STORE 140 +FLAGS (\Deleted) * 12 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Seen \Recent) UID 140) A01264 OK Store completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:19 2003 A01265 UID COPY 140 "ZZ spam" A01265 OK Copy completed. --> #1.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A00087 STATUS "ZZ spam" (MESSAGES RECENT UNSEEN UIDVALIDITY UIDNEXT) * STATUS "ZZ spam" (MESSAGES 1 RECENT 1 UIDNEXT 2 UIDVALIDITY 1057513495 UNSEEN 0) A00087 OK Status completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A01266 UID STORE 140 +FLAGS (\Deleted) * 12 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Seen \Recent) UID 140) A01266 OK Store completed. ... and expunge this message (only) from the inbox: Mulberry checks so that it can keep any other deleted messages in the folder intact ... --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A01267 UID SEARCH DELETED * SEARCH 140 A01267 OK Search completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A01268 EXPUNGE * 12 EXPUNGE A01268 OK Expunge completed. --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A01269 SORT (DATE) us-ascii ALL * SORT 9 1 2 8 3 4 5 6 7 11 10 A01269 OK Sort completed. ... and on to filter rule #2 ... --> #2.364 Tue Jul 8 12:55:20 2003 A01270 UID SEARCH UNSEEN UNDELETED UNDRAFT 12 (OR FROM "Cron Daemon <sthen(a)eeyore.37.spacehopper.org>" SUBJECT "Cron <sthen@wide> /home/sthen/pingme") A01270 NO Sequence out of range: 12

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[Dovecot] LDAP bind questions
by Jared 09 Jul '03

09 Jul '03

Hello, I've got dovecot set up to authenticate against our LDAP server. So far seems to work well. I have two concerns that I haven't been able to find answers for in the documentation or archives. Is there any intention to support "authentication binds" so you don't have to bind as a user with read privileges to everyone's userPassword attribute? For security purposes I'd like to see this functionality. And my next concern would become a non-issue if the above was supported, but is there a way to set the dnpass equal to a SSHA password? When I try setting it like this: dnpass = {SSHA}VhxqnmwCLVQj7g3rQV+g9F3XnaJ6bRXR in dovecot-ldap.conf It still tries to do a simple bind and fails. I get this error: dovecot-auth: LDAP: ldap_simple_bind_s() failed \ (dn cn=authadmin,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com): Invalid credentials I'd prefer not to have the password for the authentication admin user stored in plain text in the conf file. Thanks, -jared

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[Dovecot] Auth problems against Eudora
by Lars Clausen 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Hi, I'm trying to set up dovecot to do pop3 from Eudora, but it keeps breaking on authentication attempts using plain auth. When I snoop the connection with tcpflow, here's what I see: 128.174.246.068.00110-062.107.004.050.49653: +OK dovecot ready. 128.174.246.068.00110-062.107.004.050.49653: +OK dovecot ready. 128.174.246.068.00110-062.107.004.050.49653: 062.107.004.050.49653-128.174.246.068.00110: CAPA 128.174.246.068.00110-062.107.004.050.49653: +OK CAPA TOP USER UIDL RESP-CODES STLS SASL PLAIN DIGEST-MD5 . 062.107.004.050.49653-128.174.246.068.00110: auth plain AG1p2YtlQBebz12YmXQ 128.174.246.068.00110-062.107.004.050.49653: -ERR Unsupported authentication mechanism. It seems to me that sending 'auth plain <MD5>' is against the RFCs (1734, 2195, 1939). What can be done about this? I'm also curious why MD5 auth is not allowed for shadow passwords whenthat has been standard on Linux for a while now. Or am I missing something? Thanks in advance, -Lars -- Lars Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause)| Hårdgrim of Numenor "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I |---------------------------- will defend to the death your right to say it." | Where are we going, and --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire | what's with the handbasket?

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[Dovecot] "Internal Error" from maildirs (new user)
by Sean 'Shaleh' Perry 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

I decided to give dovecot a try this morning. To create a test system I copied mail from my wife and myself into /var/spool/imap. This mail was already in maildir format from our mail clients. I set the mail env to maildir:/var/spool/imap/%u. Below is a session (via telnet): <begin> . OK Logged in. . list "" * * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "blackbox-devel" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-devel" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-dpkg" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-ipv6" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-laptop" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-legal" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-lint" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-mentors" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-policy" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-private" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-publicity" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-python" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-qa" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-release" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-security" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-spi" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-testing" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-user" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-vote" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "drafts" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-impl" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bad" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "lsb-test" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "maradns" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "narval" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-list" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "sent-mail" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "spam" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "storage" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "trash" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "xdg" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "outbox" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "bf-python" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "debian-bug" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "python-tutor" * LIST (\Marked) "." "INBOX" . OK List completed. . select inbox . NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:50:51] . examine inbox . NO Internal error [2003-07-04 10:52:22] . examine bad * NO Couldn't use index files * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1057341147] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1] Predicted next UID . OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. <end> I can find no cause of the inbox error in any log. Suggestions? All of my sub folders come back as read only (even when I use select). I presume this is a permissions issue. What should the perms be? I am using 0.99.10 from Debian if it matters.

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[Dovecot] NetBSD Support
by Charlie Allom 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Timo, you can safely update the NetBSD support from 1.5 to 1.5, 1.6 and 2.0 (-current/1.7). C. -- charlie(a)rubberduck.com - Melbourne, Australia http://rubberduck.com/~yeled/ PGP: 0x14AA7941 || finger yeled(a)lazy.spodder.com

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RE: [Dovecot] 0.99.10 released
by Maikel Verheijen 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Hi Timo (and list :) > No bug reports since rc4, so here it is. [snip] One small question: How far is nfs safety implemented now? You did a lot of work on nfs-safety for the index files, how about the other files? And does it need specific configure options? Thank you for this release though, I will have a look at it tonight ;-) Kind regards, Maikel Verheijen.

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[Dovecot] migrating from cyrus
by Jens Gutzeit 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Hi all, I want to migrate our customers mailserver (400 mail accounts), from cyrus-2.0.16 to Dovecot. Anyone an idea how I can preserve the read/unread status and what can I do with the UIDL? (cyrus used a different algorithm for UIDL). Thanks in advance. Best regards, Jens Gutzeit

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[Dovecot] a new error message
by Farkas Levente 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

hi, we've got the following error: --------- The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Error in IMAP command UID: Too long argument.." --------- -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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[Dovecot] Configuration file changes
by Timo Sirainen 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

I was going to add support for "configuration groups", but got a bit stuck at how the logic is supposed to work. I think there could be different settings based on IP/port it's listening in, or based on given username. I can't really describe how it would work, and I'm not entirely sure myself either :) Does this make sense: # (default settings here) # if auth groups are defined here, they are included in all groups below group 1.server.org { protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/server1.pem login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login/server1 login { # common for imap/pop3 listen = 1.server.org } auth server1 { mechanisms = plain userdb = ldap /etc/ldap-server1.conf passdb = ldap /etc/ldap-server1.conf } group admins { mail_full_filesystem_access = yes auth admins { mechanisms = plain userdb = passwd-file /etc/admins.passwd passdb = passwd-file /etc/admins.passwd } } } # (any setting changes here would affect only new groups below, otherwise # the config file parsing would get difficult..) group anonymous { protocols = imap ssl_disable = yes login_dir = /var/run/dovecot/login/anonymous login { listen = anonymous.server.org process_per_connection = no processes_count = 1 } auth anonymous { mechanisms = plain anonymous userdb = passwd-file /etc/anon.passwd passdb = passwd-file /etc/anon.passwd } }

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[Dovecot] Dovecot first impressions
by Matthias Andree 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Hi, I have only recently become aware of Dovecot and gave it a try. The previous 0.99.9.1 version didn't work well for me (OpenSSL), I dropped it, but 0.99.10 has come just in time (saw it on freshmeat) and I thought I'd give it another try if it promised SSL fixes, and it's sorta working for me (i. e. it works with mutt, Mozilla, sylpheed, but not cone -- but cone is beta and has SSL issues with certificate verification, I seem to have hosed the setup). Anyways, I was delighted to see how quick it is to install an IMAP/POP3 server -- but being a Courier-IMAP user, I have some compatibility concerns, but these appear to be minor, and the daemontools <URL:http://cr.yp.to/daemontools.html> friendliness (dovecot -F) is very much to my taste as well. One deals with NAMESPACE -- it takes manual intervention in order to convince Mozilla of the new namespace and stuff. Courier-IMAP used to provide a NAMESPACE, but Mozilla leaves it unchanged if I point it to Dovecot. The other is the naming itself, easily visible from the LIST replies below: Courier prefixes everything with "INBOX" (which I believe is reflected in the NAMESPACE, but it appears as though most clients were only tested against UWIMAP). Apparently, mail user clients (particularly the Mozilla derivatives) do a better job of presenting Dovecot's layout, so this one has my preference, although it differs from Courier's and Cyrus 2.1's. Timo, could you add the NAMESPACE extension to Dovecot? That would be a great migration aid for people switching over from Courier-IMAP. Other than that, my first impression is a very good one. One question (I may have missed it in the docs): how do I properly create folders with national characters (umlauts) in their names? Apparently, Courier-IMAP and Dovecot just forward the file name verbatim when I type maildirmake -f t=E4=DFt Maildir, which doesn't look right. OTOH, I am well aware that the IMAP servers can't possible guess the character set, so it must be my "maildirmake" that is flawed rather than the server. This is Courier-IMAP: . namespace * NAMESPACE (("INBOX." ".")) NIL (("shared." ".")) . OK NAMESPACE completed. . list "" * * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.INBOX.Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.dovecot" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.qmail" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.cone" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.vulnwatch" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Outbox" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.newsletters" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.schmendrick" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Queue" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Drafts" * LIST (\Marked \HasChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX.INBOX" . OK LIST completed This is Dovecot: . namespace . BAD Error in IMAP command NAMESPACE: Unknown command. . list "" * * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "Drafts" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "Sent" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "Queue" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "schmendrick" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "newsletters" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "Trash" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "Outbox" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "vulnwatch" * LIST (\Marked) "." "cone" * LIST (\Marked) "." "qmail" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "dovecot" * LIST (\Children \UnMarked) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\UnMarked) "." "INBOX.Trash" . OK List completed. --=20 Matthias Andree

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