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mdbox "doveadm purge" strategy
by Jesus Cea 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Hi there. I am using mdbox storage with great success but I am seeing something I find strange and I would like to compare notes with you. When doing "doveadm purge", "m.*" files with non deleted messages are left alone, but "m.*" files with deleted messages copy the "non deleted" messages to a newly created "m.*" file and delete the original. Good so far. What surprises me is that the newly created "m.*" files are not fullsize. they can be "small" files, not using the 2MB max size I have configured for mdbox storage. Moreover, those files stay in that size forever, no new messages are appended ever. I guess each old "m.*" file with deleted messages generates a new independent "m.*" containing only the non deleted messages. I wonder if that is the case and if that is a fundamental issue that can't be changed. I would like my "m.*" files to use the full configured mdbox size, instead of having quite a few of new SMALL "m.*" files. Thanks for your time and attention!. -- Jesús Cea Avión _/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ jcea(a)jcea.es - http://www.jcea.es/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ Twitter: @jcea _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ jabber / xmpp:jcea@jabber.org _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "Things are not so easy" _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "My name is Dump, Core Dump" _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ "El amor es poner tu felicidad en la felicidad de otro" - Leibniz

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struggling with pigeonhole date extensions
by Laeeth Isharc 27 Jul '14

27 Jul '14

I am struggling with how to use the date extension for Dovecot/Pigenhole implementation of Sieve email filtering language. I have read RFC 5260 several times and tried different things with no luck. I would like to place all messages this year up till the end of March into the specified mail folder. What the snippet below actually seems to do is take any messages this year (whether before or after March). Any thoughts? if allof(date :value "eq" :originalzone "date" "year" "2014", date :value "le" :originalzone "date" "month" "3") { fileinto "INBOX/2014 up to Mar"; stop; } Incidentally, it's puzzling how sparse the ecosystem seems to be for managing sieve scripts given the importance of email and the unmanageability of volumes these days without rules. What would be nice to have is something like the Outlook rule manager as a front end and server side sieve scripts on the back. I looked at Modoboa (which seems to be the only standalone option), but it's a bit heavy for my taste and I struggled to configure it in the time I had available. Thanks in advance.

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IMAP forward boxes
by Andre Dietrich 26 Jul '14

26 Jul '14

Hi all, since a few weeks I'm experimenting with some "IMAP forward boxes", but I didn't find a satisfactory solution yet. Target function is a directory structure like following in a shared mailbox: /intern/users/fred /intern/users/ted /intern/users/alice The idea is, that a mail, moved to the directory "/intern/users/fred" via IMAP-client will be forwarded to "fred(a)test.domain" without modifying the mail (except the header line "delivered to:"). So if you get a mail in your inbox and want fred to answer it, you drag'n'drop it to /intern/users/fred. Fred gets the mail in his inbox and can answer it. To share all inboxes, to drop mails directly to them, is not an option, because I don't want everybody to see all other inboxes mails. Only to apply "-w-" ACL rights isn't an option either, because it seems to irritate the mail clients. Some month ago I had a partially working solution using a cron bash script. The script read the mails in the cur and new folders, processed the folders path and passed it to sendmail. It's ok, but it has to run quite often to get an adequate forwarding time and on sendmail errors mails got lost without any notification. It would be nice to have a dot-forward file in this subfolder (like in the qmail mailbox root), which is processed by dovecot when a mail is dropped in. Is it possible to solve this with a sieve script, a dot-forward file, or something similar ? I'm grateful for all solutions / ideas ! thx! Andre

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Pigeonhole Sieve LDAP support
by Stephan Bosch 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

Hi, Yesterday, I committed two important and rather big changes to the Pigeonhole repository. The first creates a generic interface for implementing Sieve script storages. It was already possible to some extent to read Sieve scripts from other sources than the local filesystem, such as Dovecot dict, but that was still pretty limited, as it was not possible to do this with sieve_before/sieve_after. This is now supported. But, more importantly, ManageSieve did not support storing Sieve scripts on locations other than the local filesystem. Now, alternatives can be implemented. Still, I haven't actually implemented write access to a storage other than the local filesystem yet, but now this would be much easier to achieve. The second creates an LDAP script storage implementation. Much like the dict storage, it is still read-only. It can be compiled directly into the Sieve interpreter, and, alternatively, it can also be compiled as a plugin called sieve_storage_ldap. I've updated the documentation in the sources. For all Xi repository users: I added compilation of LDAP storage as a plugin. Read the INSTALL files and other files referenced therein for more information about how to use the plugin. The plugin is installed as part of the dovecot-ldap package. This is a rather big change, but it should all be backwards compatible in terms of configuration. If you have problems (I heard about one so far), please don't hesitate to notify me. Regards, Stephan.

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dovecot-2.2.13 and CentOS 7
by Django [BOfH] 25 Jul '14

25 Jul '14

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Maildir migration - using separate INDEX and CONTROL directories?
by Richard Hector 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Hi all, I'm working on a migration from Courier to Dovecot, and the courier-dovecot-migrate.pl seems to work ok, but it puts all the metadata files (dovecot-uidlist etc) in the Maildir, while I want to put them in the appropriate places as specified: mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/meta/index/%d/%1n/%1.1n/%n:CONTROL=/var/mail/meta/control/%d/%1n/%1.1n/%n http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/FS explains why some of these files need to go in different places (which is why I'm doing it), but I haven't seen a complete list of what files will be moved as a result of those directives. Is there a handy tool to move the files to the right places? Or is there a complete list of what files need to go where? Thanks, Richard

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Sieve plugin (fc17 + sendmail + roundcube)
by Franck CALLEJA 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Hello, I'm trying to configure sieve plugin on my mail server so that people can do mail filtering (and mostly vacation notification) on their account. The mail server is running fine since 5 years and is based on :- sendmail- dovecot- roundcube It serves 2 differents domains. I've recently installed pigeonhole for fc17, and managed to configure managesieve plugin in roundcube successfully. Users can now manage filters from roundcube. The problem is that filters are not applied when new mails arrives. I've modified dovecot.conf to activate sieve plugin, and the configuration is as follow : # dovecot -n# 2.1.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf# OS: Linux 3.8.13-100.fc17.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) log_path = /var/log/dovecot.logmail_debug = yesmail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%umanagesieve_notify_capability = mailtomanagesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihavembox_write_locks = fcntlnamespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = }passdb { driver = pam}plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve}protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieveservice imap-login { service_count = 0}service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L}service pop3-login { service_count = 0}ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pemssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pemuserdb { driver = passwd}protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log mail_plugins = " sieve"}protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve"} In /etc/sendmail.cf I've this configured :# cat /etc/mail/sendmail.mc divert(-1)dnl include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl VERSIONID(`setup for linux')dnl OSTYPE(`linux')dnl define(`confLOG_LEVEL', `15')dnl define(`confDEF_USER_ID', ``8:12'')dnl define(`confTO_CONNECT', `5m')dnl define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST', `True')dnl define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES', `True')dnl define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH', `/usr/bin/procmail')dnl define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl define(`STATUS_FILE', `/var/log/mail/statistics')dnl define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl define(`confMIN_QUEUE_AGE', `15m')dnl define(`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5m')dnl define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE', `15000000')dnl define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL', `forwardfileingroupwritabledirpath,ForwardFileInUnsafeDirPath,ForwardFileInUnsafeDirPathSafe')dnl define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnlFEATURE(`no_default_msa', `dnl')dnl FEATURE(`smrsh', `/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl FEATURE(`mailertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl FEATURE(`genericstable',`hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable.db')dnlGENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/generics-domains')dnlFEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl FEATURE(use_cw_file) FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl FEATURE(local_procmail, `', `procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl FEATURE(`access_db', `hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnlEXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp, Name=MTA')dnlFEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl FEATURE(`relay_hosts_only')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl', `ipwhois.rfc-ignorant.org',`"550 Mail from " $&{client_addr} " refused. Rejected for bad WHOIS info on IP of your SMTP server - see http://www.rfc-ignorant.org/"') FEATURE(`dnsbl', `proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl', `"550 5.7.1 ACCESS DENIED to OPEN PROXY SERVER "$&{client_name}" by easynet.nl DNSBL (http://proxies.blackholes.easynet.nl/errors.html)"', `') FEATURE(`dnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"450 Mail from " $`'&{client_addr} " refused - see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml"') FEATURE(`dnsbl',`sbl.spamhaus.org',`Rejected - see http://spamhaus.org/') MAILER(smtp)dnl MAILER(procmail)dnl I've created a /etc/procmailrc file in /etc to activate dovecot but this doesn't work and users can't get any mails : # cat /etc/procmailrc.old # file: /etc/procmailrc # system-wide settings for procmail DROPPRIVS=YES SHELL="/bin/bash" SENDMAIL="/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t" LOGFILE="/var/log/procmail.log" DELIVER="/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver" # fallback: DEFAULT="$HOME/mail/" MAILDIR="$HOME/mail/" :0 w * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes | $DELIVER -m spam :0 w | $DELIVER As it is a production server, I'm not confident to make modifications in all directions, and would need some help to process safely this update on my mail server. I think I'm missing some parameters somewhere, but the question is... where ? so any help would be appreciated. RegardsFranck.

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Migration from mbox/maildir++ to mdbox
by Nima Saed-Samii 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Dear list, dovecot version: 2.1.7 I have an old mail server that uses mboxes for the INBOX and maildirs for subfolders. I want to migrate our mail handling to a new setup using mdboxes for everything. The current config looks like this: # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1127) # OS: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-686-pae i686 Debian 6.0.10 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 114 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = mbox:~/Mail/MBox:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_max_userip_connections = 30 mail_privileged_group = mail namespace { hidden = yes inbox = yes list = no location = prefix = "#mbox/" separator = / } namespace { location = maildir:~/Mail/Maildir prefix = separator = / } passdb { args = dovecot driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { client_limit = 1024 user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 0 } process_limit = 1024 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/cert-imap.ikp.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/key-imap.ikp.pem ssl_key_password = ********* userdb { driver = passwd } I would like to use dsync to migrate all to mdboxes and transfer them to the new system. Unfortunately I can't get dsync to do that. Using a config that specifies only one namespace allows me to convert either mboxes or Maildirs to mdboxes but not both. Using the above config dsync somehow thinks the source and destination are the same: Syncing mailbox for user nima (136 MB) Setup done. doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_zlib_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so doveadm(nima): Debug: Effective uid=5224, gid=1162, home=/home/nima doveadm(nima): Debug: Namespace mboxes: type=private, prefix=#mbox/, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, \ list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:~/Mail/MBox:INBOX=/var/mail/nima doveadm(nima): Debug: fs: root=/home/nima/Mail/MBox, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/nima, alt= doveadm(nima): Debug: Namespace maildirs: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, \ subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Mail/Maildir doveadm(nima): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/nima/Mail/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(nima): Debug: Effective uid=5224, gid=1162, home=/home/nima dsync(nima): Debug: Namespace mboxes: type=private, prefix=#mbox/, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, \ subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/scratch/mail-convert/nima dsync(nima): Debug: fs: root=/scratch/mail-convert/nima, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(nima): Debug: Namespace #mbox/: Using permissions from /scratch/mail-convert/nima: mode=0700 gid=-1 dsync(nima): Debug: Namespace maildirs: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, \ subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Mail/Maildir dsync(nima): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/nima/Mail/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dsync(nima): Fatal: Both source and destination mail_location points to same directory: /home/nima/Mail/Maildir What am I doing wrong? Best regards, Nima Saed-Samii -- Institute for Nuclear Physics, University of Cologne Zuelpicher Str. 77 50937 Cologne Germany Tel.: +49-221-470-3617 Fax.: +49-221-470-5168

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doveconf option "-e"
by Django [BOfH] 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Hi Timo, If I could tell you a little smart wish, I've one for you. ;) Today I'm writing my own configurationdocumentation 'bout Dovecot in my dokuwiki and for documentation purposes I changing some options several times a day. Postfix supports on its own postconf an option -e. So I can set up mostly every configuration-option on the fly. Dovecot's doveconf has no such option. So, I changed the configuration-files and reload my dovecot-daemon. It were grait if doveconf has a similar function, like postconf's option "-e". Maybe you can make a little update to doveconf in one of the upcomming releases? ;) Best regards Django -- "Bonnie & Clyde der Postmaster-Szene!" approved by Postfix-God http://wetterstation-pliening.info http://dokuwiki.nausch.org http://wiki.piratenpartei.de/Benutzer:Django

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Problems with custom plugin
by Lukas Mika 24 Jul '14

24 Jul '14

Hi everybody, I wrote a plugin for Dovecot 2.1.something which was based on the information found at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Design/Storage/Plugins and by studying the mail_log plugin. My plugin can be found here: https://github.com/dim-0/dovecot-mbc It takes the notify plugin's information, that a new mailbox has been created (or an old one been renamed) in order to trigger a custom script (which in my case sets default ACLs for shared mailboxes). This plugin went quite well for a while, but then I recently upgraded Dovecot to version 2.2.9 and now I cannot build my plugin anymore. I get two error messages which both describe the same thing: src/mbc-plugin.c: In function ‘mbc_mailbox_create’: /usr/include/dovecot/src/lib/module-context.h:46:67: error: ‘struct mbc_user_module’ has no member named ‘reg’ COMPILE_ERROR_IF_TYPES_NOT_COMPATIBLE(OBJ_REGISTER(obj), (id_ctx).reg) src/mbc-plugin.c: In function ‘mbc_mail_user_created’: /usr/include/dovecot/src/lib/module-context.h:46:67: error: ‘struct mbc_user_module’ has no member named ‘reg’ COMPILE_ERROR_IF_TYPES_NOT_COMPATIBLE(OBJ_REGISTER(obj), (id_ctx).reg) Obviously the module context nowadays expects another attribute/struct named "reg". However, I cannot find any information about this within the documentation and plugin mentioned above. The only clue I have got yet is the definition in module-context.h: union STRUCT_NAME_module_context { struct STRUCT_NAME_module_register *reg; // it's allowed to have some structure here so it won't waste space. // for example: struct STRUCT_NAME_vfuncs super; }; However, I still cannot make any sense of it (yet). Could you please help me in filling the gap and understanding, what has to be changed? Thanks a lot in advance for an awesome piece of software and any input on this topic, Lukas

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