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Released Pigeonhole v0.4.11.rc1 for Dovecot v2.2.21
by Stephan Bosch 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hello Dovecot users, First, a happy new year to you all! :) In the last few weeks I got quite a few bug reports. I also found a few things myself. Some of the bugs are quite annoying, so a new release is necessary. First, I release RC1. If all is well, I'll release the definitive Pigeonhole v0.4.11 within the next few days. Changelog v0.4.11: - Sieve mime extension: Fixed the header :mime :anychild test to work properly outside a foreverypart loop. - Several fixes in message body part handling: - Fixed assert failure occurring when text extraction is attempted on an empty or broken text part. - Fixed assert failure in handling of body parts that are converted to text. - Fixed header unfolding for (mime) headers parsed from any mime part. - Fixed trimming for (mime) headers parsed from any mime part. - Fixed erroneous changes to the message part tree structure performed when re-parsing the message. - LDA Sieve plugin: Fixed logging of actions; sometimes the configured log format was not followed. - LDA Sieve plugin: Fixed bug in error handling of script storage initialization. - Sieve Extprograms plugin: Ignored ENOTCONN error in shutdown(fd, SHUT_WR) call. - Fixed duplication of discard actions in the script result. Each discard was counted as a separate action, which means that action limit would be crossed too early. - Made sure that quota errors never get logged as errors in syslog. - Fixed handling of implicit keep for a partially executed transaction that yielded a temporary failure. - Fixed handling of global errors. If master and user error handler were identical, in some cases the log message could be lost. - Fixed AIX compile issue in message body parser. The release is available as follows: http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.11… http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.11… Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this release candidate and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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Howto get information about quota used
by Макаров Денис 03 Jan '16

03 Jan '16

Hello guys! I have Dovecot server (version: 2.2.9) with quota and imap_quota plugins. I wanna know how to get information about quota used of current email. I can do this with IMAP client like Thunderbird, but how I can do it on server? doveconf -n | grep quota mail_plugins = quota, antispam quota = maildir:User quota_exceeded_message = Message quota_rule = *:storage=100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u service quota-warning { executable = /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh mail_plugins = quota imap_quota mail_plugins = quota sieve For each mailboxes I use quota limits from MySQL. -- С уважением, *Макаров Денис* *почта*: makarovdenis11(a)gmail.com <mailto:makarovdenis11@gmail.com> Best regards, *Makarov Denis* *email*: makarovdenis11(a)gmail.com <mailto:makarovdenis11@gmail.com>

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SASL binds
by Brendan Kearney 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

i am looking to get SASL binds working in Dovecot for userdb lookups, and i am not sure what i might be doing wrong. Dovecot version - 2.2.19 running on Fedora 22. MIT Kerberos and OpenLDAP are being used. my LDAP configs: uris = ldap://server1.bpk2.com ldap://server2.bpk2.com sasl_bind = yes sasl_mech = gssapi sasl_realm = BPK2.COM sasl_authz_id = imap/imap.bpk2.com(a)BPK2.COM base = dc=bpk2,dc=com the above results in the below error logs: Jan 01 13:56:58 mail auth[16747]: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information (No Kerberos credentials available) Jan 01 13:56:58 mail dovecot[16722]: auth-worker(16747): Error: LDAP: binding failed (dn (none)): Local error, SASL(-1): generic failure: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information (No Kerberos credentials available) i am assuming the keytab, /etc/dovecot/dovecot.keytab would be used to bind to the directory, but i am not sure. the auth_krb5_keytab directive is set with the absolute path and keytab name. is there something i am missing, such as a /etc/sasl2/dovecot.conf file? in the directory, i am mapping the Kerberos ID to LDAP user object as such: uid=imap\/(.*).bpk2.com,cn=bpk2.com,cn=gssapi,cn=auth uid=mda,ou=processUsers,ou=Users,dc=bpk2,dc=com if i change the sasl_authz_id to uid=mda,ou=processUsers,ou=Users,dc=bpk2,dc=com, and restart dovecot, i still get the same error. can anyone shed light on where i am going wrong? thanks in advance, brendan

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doveadm expunge no longer works
by Fabian Groffen 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

Heya, Just upgraded from 2.2.19 to dovecot-2.2.21 and noticed expunging mail no longer works. # doveadm expunge -u theuser MAILBOX spam all Fatal: expunge: To avoid accidents, each branch in search query must contain something else besides MAILBOX (e.g. just add "all" if you want everything) Clearly, I've already got all in there, so I tried capitalising, etc. Looking at the code, I see expunge_search_args_is_msgset_or_ok apparently is failing. I'm wondering if this function [1] is actually doing what it is supposed to do, since it uses return, instead a var to figure out whether it is ok or not. In my case, just because it finds MAILBOX it returns without looking whether there is any further arguments. Or am I missing the point here (and how should I expunge a folder of mail?) Thanks, Fabian [1] https://github.com/dovecot/core/blob/6971937a6f3e93844dbd43bdbe903628e21a94… -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level

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sieve-filter to script fails with SHUT_WR
by Mark Stover 31 Dec '15

31 Dec '15

Trying to make vnd.dovecot.filter to exchange an email with my script. (I have a vnd.dovecot.pipe script working, so I'm pretty sure it's not the configuration...) I'm passing the email using stdin/stdout and _not_ using sockets. My script receives the email and processes it, but the filter process fails: lda(<username>): Error: shutdown(/usr/local/lib/dovecot-sieve/sieve-filter/CleanAttachments.py, SHUT_WR) failed: Socket is not connected lda(<username>): Error: sieve: 20-filter-incoming: line 15: filter action: failed to execute to program `CleanAttachments.py' Not sure, what I'm doing wrong... Thanks, Mark $ doveconf -n # 2.2.21 (5345f22): /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 (357ac0a0e68b+) # OS: Darwin 15.2.0 x86_64 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir maildir_broken_filename_sizes = yes maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes plugin { sieve = file:~/.dovecot/sieve;active=~/.dovecot/sieve/user.sieve sieve_before = /usr/local/lib/dovecot-sieve/sieve.d/ sieve_execute_bin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot-sieve/sieve-execute sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.pipe +vnd.dovecot.execute +vnd.dovecot.filter +vnd.dovecot.debug sieve_filter_bin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot-sieve/sieve-filter sieve_pipe_bin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot-sieve/sieve-pipe sieve_plugins = sieve_extprograms sieve_user_log = ~/.dovecot/sieve/sieve.log } postmaster_address = mstover(a)cisco.com protocol lda { info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = " sieve" } Sieve Script: require [ "variables", "envelope", "vnd.dovecot.debug", "vnd.dovecot.filter" ]; if envelope :matches "to" "*" { set "to" "${1}"; } if envelope :matches "from" "*" { set "from" "${1}"; } debug_log "Received message TO=${to} FROM=${from}"; filter "CleanAttachments.py"; debug_log "Returned from CleanAttachments"; if envelope :matches "to" "*" { set "to" "${1}"; } if envelope :matches "from" "*" { set "from" "${1}"; } debug_log "Returned message TO=${to} FROM=${from}";

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LMTP crashes on Debian with dovecot backports from rename-it.nl
by Christian Schmidt 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hello dovecot-users, we're running Debian 7.9 with dovecot from Stephan Bosch's repository: deb http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ oldstable-auto/dovecot-2.2 main Starting with dovecot 2.2.20-1 build 28, we suddenly discovered that some mails (to be locally delivered) "got stuck". dovecot's log revealed messages like the following one: Dec 29 09:56:50 mailhost dovecot: lmtp(MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x8360f) [0x7f58fce4f60f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x8366e) [0x7f58fce4f66e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f58fcdf8a3e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x3cc75) [0x7f58fd107c75] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xabeda) [0x7f58fd176eda] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_get_first_header+0xba) [0x7f58fd17723a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_get_first_header+0x38) [0x7f58fd108cd8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so(+0x1b5c) [0x7f58fb16cb5c] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_mail_log_plugin.so(+0x22e9) [0x7f58fb16d2e9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib15_notify_plugin.so(notify_contexts_mail_copy+0x46) [0x7f58fb371576] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib15_notify_plugin.so(+0x2750) [0x7f58fb372750] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plugin.so(+0xbc20) [0x7f58fb580c20] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_copy+0x7d) [0x7f58fd11305d] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver_save+0x171) [0x7f58fd4019c1]-> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x11b) [0x7f58fd401dfb] -> dovecot/lmtp [DATA MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de](+0x7263) [0x7f58fd831263] -> dovecot/lmtp [DATA MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de](+0x79d9) [0x7f58fd8319d9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot /libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x5b) [0x7f58fce6282b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xd7) [0x7f58fce63c07] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x25) [0x7f58fce628d5] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f58fce62a78] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f58fcdfe443] -> dovecot/lmtp [DATA MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de](main+0x19c) [0x7f58fd82f8dc] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f58fca5fead] -> dovecot/lmtp [DATA MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de](+0x59ad) [0x7f58fd82f9ad] Dec 29 09:56:50 mailhost dovecot: lmtp(MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 15897 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) Dec 29 09:56:51 mailhost dovecot: lmtp(MAILRECIPIENT(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de): Panic: file ../../../src/lib/array.h: line 219 (array_idx_i): assertion failed: (idx * array->element_size < array->buffer->used) All dovecot builds newer than 2.2.20-1~auto+26 show the same behaviour. Is there anything we can do? # doveconf -n # 2.2.20 (): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.10 # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9 ext4 auth_default_realm = chemie.uni-hamburg.de auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c %k mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = acl mail_log notify quota zlib mail_uid = vmail 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 imapflags notify namespace { list = children location = maildir:/mail/%%d/%%n/Maildir:INDEX=/mail/%d/%n/shared/%%u:CONTROL=/mail/%d/%n/shared/%%u prefix = SHARED/%%u/ separator = / type = shared } namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/deny-users deny = yes driver = passwd-file } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = maildir:Mailbox-Quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh postmaster_address = postmaster(a)chemie.uni-hamburg.de protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 8 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service imap { executable = imap postlogin process_limit = 1024 vsz_limit = 512 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 24 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp-dovecot { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { executable = pop3 postlogin } service postlogin { executable = script-login -d rawlog } ssl = required ssl_ca = </ssl/CA.pem ssl_cert = </ssl/cert.pem ssl_key = </ssl/cert.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 syslog_facility = daemon userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl mail_log notify quota zlib sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = acl mail_log notify quota zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 mail_plugins = acl mail_log notify quota zlib imap_acl imap_quota imap_zlib } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 } Thanks & kind regards, Christian Schmidt -- No signature available.

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Re: sieve-filter crashes
by kjonca＠o2.pl 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

I tried to post earlier, but something goes wrong. KJ kjonca(a)o2.pl (Kamil Jońca) writes: > I want to refilter my mails in inbox so I tried to use: > > sieve-filter -e -W -D -C -v ~/.dovecot.sieve INBOX > > on three messages I got: > > info: filtering: [Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:40:33 -0500; 14399 bytes] `[SPAM] Keep Defective by Design fight...'. > sieve-filter(kjonca): Panic: file str.c: line 22 (str_new_const): assertion failed: (str[len] == '\0') > sieve-filter(kjonca): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x82462) [0x7f2012002462] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x824d9) [0x7f20120024d9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f2011fa9a01] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa9098) [0x7f2012029098] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5f1dc) [0x7f20128211dc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_match+0xf1) [0x7f2012807721] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5fa85) [0x7f2012821a85] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_continue+0xe7) [0x7f20127fe657] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_run+0x2b) [0x7f20127fe7db] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x4faca) [0x7f2012811aca] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_execute+0x47) [0x7f2012812637] -> /usr/bin/sieve-filter(main+0x754) [0x7f2012c96d24] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f20119f4b45] -> /usr/bin/sieve-filter(+0x43ca) [0x7f2012c973ca] > > > # 2.2.19 (a9c75e48cf8c): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 > # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian stretch/sid > > KJ -- http://stopstopnop.pl/stop_stopnop.pl_o_nas.html A stitch in time saves nine.

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How to apply the patch for disable SSL3 on Dovecot 2.0.9
by Marco 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hi,I see on Dovecot 2.0.9 is no possibile disable SSL3 Until I wait the panel of my server will look into this issue and maybe put a more updated version, how I can fix this?I found on the Internet http://askubuntu.com/questions/537196/how-do-i-patch-workaround-sslv3-poodl… also link to the patch http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg59945.html I don't know what to do for fix the SSL 3 Issue I AM On CentoOs 6.3Thanks.

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Howto get information about quota used
by Макаров Денис 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hello guys! I have Dovecot server (version: 2.2.9) with quota and imap_quota plugins. I wanna know how to get information about quota used of current email. I can do this with IMAP client like Thunderbird, but how I can do it on server? doveconf -n | grep quota mail_plugins = quota, antispam quota = maildir:User quota_exceeded_message = Message quota_rule = *:storage=100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u service quota-warning { executable = /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh mail_plugins = quota imap_quota mail_plugins = quota sieve For each mailboxes I use quota limits from MySQL. -- С уважением, *Макаров Денис* *почта*: makarovdenis11(a)gmail.com <mailto:makarovdenis11@gmail.com> Best regards, *Makarov Denis* *email*: makarovdenis11(a)gmail.com <mailto:makarovdenis11@gmail.com>

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Query regarding migration from Maillenium to Dovecot mail server
by Sirisha R 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

Hi, We have few queries regarding dovecot mail server. Our application used to supported maillenium mail server, but soon this server is going to retire. So we are planning to migrate our application mail server to dovecot for which we seek your help. Previously, the mailboxes that our application used to support were under att domain, then the mailboxes were migrated to maillenium mail server, and aliases of the existing att mailboxes were created by maillenium support group, so that any mail sent to the att mailbox automatically gets redirected to maillenium alias mailbox. For instance, for the mailbox abc.att.com, an alias was created as abc(a)maillenium.att.com<mailto:abc@maillenium.att.com>. Maillenium support group provided us mailServerHost, mailServerUsername and mailServerPassword. We seek your help in migrating from Maillenium mail system to Dovecot. Thanks & Regards, R Sirisha This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at http://www.amdocs.com/email_disclaimer.asp

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Sieve: Invalid/unknown path to storage
by Kay-Michael Voit 25 Dec '15

25 Dec '15

Hi, I have just updated from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10. Unfortunately, sieve scripts are not recognized anymore. Here is my version: > dovecot --version > 2.2.18 > apt-cache policy dovecot-sieve > dovecot-sieve: > Installed: 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu2 > Candidate: 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu2 > Version table: > *** 1:2.2.18-2ubuntu2 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status And this is the log entry: > Dec 25 09:24:12 home-le dovecot: lda(user1): Warning: sieve: file > storage: Active sieve script symlink /home/user1/.dovecot.sieve is > broken: Invalid/unknown path to storage (points to /home/user1/sieve). > Dec 25 09:24:12 home-le dovecot: lda(user1): > msgid=<567CFD2C.7070301(a)example.org>: saved mail to INBOX > Dec 25 09:24:12 home-le postfix/local[28536]: 70876BD035A: > to=<user1(a)example.org>, relay=local, delay=0.07, > delays=0.02/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: > /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -m "${EXTENSION}") It is not a permission issue (though there should even be one with more restrictive permissions) > otheruser@home-le:~$ cat /home/user1/.dovecot.sieve > require ["variables","date", "include"]; > > include :personal "00-delete"; > include :personal "01-spam"; > include :personal "50-bulk_filter"; It is apparently also not a path normalization issue (also according to the correct "points to" path in the log). I used an absolute path in the symlink: > user1@home-le:~$ ls -la .dovecot.sieve > lrwxrwxrwx 1 user1 user1 33 Dec 25 09:23 .dovecot.sieve -> > /home/kay/sieve/managesieve.sieve Any idea what could be wrong here? Here is my dovecot -n output: > namespace 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 = > separator = . > type = private > } > passdb { > driver = pam > } > plugin { > sieve = file:~/.dovecot.sieve > sieve_dir = ~/sieve > } > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.net > protocols = " imap sieve" > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > } > ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/startssl.ca.pem > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/net.example.home-le.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/net.example.home-le.key > submission_host = 192.168.153.1 > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > protocol lda { > mail_plugins = " sieve" > } > protocol imap { > mail_max_userip_connections = 50 > }

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Debug Dovecot Plugin (shared library)
by David Becher 24 Dec '15

24 Dec '15

Hey! I was just wondering what would be the best way to debug a plugin I am currently writing for dovecot. The plugin basically registers a new IMAP capability and I want to set a breakpoint to the "cmd_handle_new_capability" function (thats just a function name for better explaining purposes). Right now I have opened a connection via openssl ('openssl s_client -connect example:143 -starttls imap') to be able to mess around with the my server. Then I am able to login into the server via 'a login "username" "password"' and feed the server with my self created IMAP capability command. I know that I can start gdb and attach to an already running process via its PID. But how do I know which process I have to attach to? Looking at the output of 'top' it seems to be an instance of the 'imap' command PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 13413 vmail 20 0 21004 1844 1524 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 Iman But its only started the exact moment I issue my IMAP command towards the server, so of course I am not fast enough to track down the PID before the function has returned, so the process handling the command seems to be up only for the short period of time to handle the command, there is no process before which I can attach to. My current workaround is that I put a tail onto /var/log/mail.log and from within my shared library function (cmd_handle_new_capability) I log the PID of the current process, then sleep(10) for 10 seconds, which gives me enough time to have a look at mail.log to get to know the PID which I then can attach to. But isn't there a better way to do this? Maybe attach to the process which originally creates the new process handling the IMAP command and then stepping into it? I hope someone can help me out :) All the best, David

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Dovecot 2.2.20 autoexpunge
by Robert Blayzor 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

I have configured autoexpunge on some folders: namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 30 days special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe autoexpunge = 2 weeks special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } After adding these and restarting, logging in and out several times, I still see messages days/weeks past the autoexpunge setting. I checked the logs but never see any autoexpunge messages logged. Is there something else that needs to be set to trigger this? -- Robert inoc.net!rblayzor XMPP: rblayzor.AT.inoc.net PGP Key: 78BEDCE1 @ pgp.mit.edu

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dsync and namespaces
by Charlie Hothersall-Thomas 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

`doveconf -n' output: > # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) > listen = * > mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir/ > namespace { > inbox = yes > location = > prefix = > separator = / > type = private > } > namespace { > location = maildir:/srv/mail/ > prefix = Public/ > separator = / > subscriptions = no > type = public > } > passdb { > driver = pam > } > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem > userdb { > driver = passwd > } I have some public mailboxes in /srv/mail -- Public/Alpha and Public/Mike -- using configuration taken more or less verbatim from http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Public. These are stored in Maildir format; here's a sample of how things look on disk at the moment: > /srv/mail/ > ├── .Alpha > │ ├── cur > │ │ └── 1450775948.M24820P23708.cht,S=8186,W=8360:2,S > │ ├── dovecot.index.cache > │ ├── dovecot.index.log > │ ├── dovecot-uidlist > │ ├── maildirfolder > │ ├── new > │ └── tmp > ├── cur > ├── dovecot.index.log > ├── dovecot-uidlist > ├── dovecot-uidvalidity > ├── dovecot-uidvalidity.5679158d > ├── maildirfolder > ├── .Mike > │ ├── cur > │ │ ├── 1450775948.M202327P23708.cht,S=8405,W=8576:2,S > │ │ ├── 1450775948.M257575P23708.cht,S=5590,W=5732:2,S > │ ├── dovecot.index.cache > │ ├── dovecot.index.log > │ ├── dovecot-uidlist > │ ├── maildirfolder > │ ├── new > │ └── tmp > ├── new > └── tmp I'm trying to convert these public mailboxes from Maildir to mdbox format. My end goal is a directory structure like the following. I obtained this example by emptying /srv/mail, changing `location = maildir:/srv/mail/' to use mdbox, and then delivering some messages into Public/Alpha and Public/Mike: > /srv/mail/ > ├── dovecot-uidvalidity > ├── dovecot-uidvalidity.567915fa > ├── mailboxes > │ ├── Alpha > │ │ └── dbox-Mails > │ │ ├── dovecot.index.cache > │ │ └── dovecot.index.log > │ ├── dbox-Mails > │ │ └── dovecot.index.log > │ └── Mike > │ └── dbox-Mails > │ ├── dovecot.index.cache > │ └── dovecot.index.log > └── storage > ├── dovecot.map.index.log > └── m.1 I know that dsync can be used to convert between mailbox formats, but is this possible in conjunction with namespaces? I can convert one of my mailboxes to an arbitrary mdbox location on disk using... > dsync -o mail_location=mdbox:/tmp/dbox/ mirror maildir:/srv/mail/.Mike/ ... although this puts the messages inside an INBOX mailbox: > /tmp/dbox/ > ├── mailboxes > │ └── INBOX > │ └── dbox-Mails > │ ├── dovecot.index.cache > │ └── dovecot.index.log > └── storage > ├── dovecot.map.index.log > └── m.1 I could run this once per public mailbox, writing each to a different mdbox location, but am unaware of a method to merge them such that they would work with my Public/ namespace. Is it possible to use dsync to convert my public Maildir mailboxes to mdbox, resulting in my desired directory structure above? I think I want to be able to tell dsync the location as a mailbox name, rather than a disk location, although this doesn't appear to be possible. If not, is there another solution? My best idea at the moment is to make the configuration change and then re-deliver all messages by mailbox name. Thanks in advance, and happy holidays, -- Charlie Hothersall-Thomas | w: https://charlie.ht | e: me(a)charlie.ht | pgp: 4096R/C3676E3E

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[bug][Pigeonhole 0.4.10] Missing msgid
by Alexander Moisseev 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Pigeonhole 0.4.10 doesn't log msgid for some messages. Dec 16 09:57:57 mx dovecot: lmtp(user1(a)example.com): EbLlL2gLcVYCBgEAPZa6/Q: sieve: msgid=<20151216065756.BE1DF1FFD8(a)cp.bitrix24.com>: forwarded to <user3(a)example.com> Dec 16 09:57:57 mx dovecot: lmtp(user1(a)example.com): EbLlL2gLcVYCBgEAPZa6/Q: sieve: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' Dec 16 09:57:57 mx dovecot: lmtp(user2(a)example.com): FrLlL2gLcVYCBgEAPZa6/Q: sieve: msgid=<20151216065756.C77BB1FFD8(a)cp.bitrix24.com>: forwarded to <user3(a)example.com> Dec 16 09:57:57 mx dovecot: lmtp(user2(a)example.com): FrLlL2gLcVYCBgEAPZa6/Q: sieve: msgid=<20151216065756.C77BB1FFD8(a)cp.bitrix24.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'bitrix'

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Where exactly are these Junk]Trash etc folders stored?
by Robert Chalmers 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

These folders are stored somewhere .. but where? mailbox Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { auto = no special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe # autocreate and autosubscribe the Sent mailbox special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = create # autocreate Spam, but don't autosubscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox virtual/All { # if you have a virtual "All messages" mailbox auto = no special_use = \All }

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Thanks again for Dovecot
by Steve Litt 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

Hi all, All email clients suck. IMHO Claws-Mail sucks less, but even on the Claws-Mail mailing list there are all sorts of problems discussed. Most of these problems are a moot point for me, because I use Claws-Mail only as a window into my locally hosted Dovecot IMAP server. Claws-Mail is like a little window into Dovecot. Meanwhile, all those "don't quite work right" functionalities normally done by an email client I do outside of Claws. For filtering, I use Procmail, which sorts messages into the correct (Dovecot) folders and sends trolls to /dev/null. If Claws-Mail ever becomes as lame as Kmail, I can just switch to another email client, because most of my setup is in Dovecot and the input to Dovecot. Email clients are interchangeable for me, and this REALLY makes my life less worrysome. And Dovecot does one thing and does it right. It never breaks. Thank you for this great tool! SteveT Steve Litt November 2015 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

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questions for a unusual master/slave like mail-server setup
by Christoph Anton Mitterer 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

Hey folks. I was planning since a long time for some more advanced mail server setup (described below), which basically has some weird ;) master/slave ideas behind. It's probably a bit more complicated (and maybe also a bit more insane) than the usual mail server setup, so I'd be happy about any advice and some questions answered: There are two mailservers (dovecot, as you may have guessed ;) ): - IMAP shall be used; using POP3 is not planned. - A format in which each mail is stored in a separate file shall be used. That leaves for either maildir or sdbox, where I'd prefer maildir, as I like to be able to loose the indexes. - Each (per user) mailbox shall have many subfolders and will receive loads of mail (including from several high traffic mailing lists). - Mail filtering shall take place *at least* on the "online" server, probably either with sieve or maildrop. - One of the mailservers is always "online", directly connected to the internet (and globally available). - The other mailserver is "offline", not directly connected to the internet (and only locally available). The "online" mailserver: - Is in a not fully trusted location (i.e. at some ISP). - Has somewhat limited storage. - Makes the mails on it available to MUAs connecting from anywhere. - Receives mail from various sources, e.g. via postfix/LDA or something like fetchmail. - Has only a parts of *all* mails, that means for example: - *All* mail from some personal contacts. - Only the last 1 year for low volume mailing lists. - Only the last 4 months for high volume mailing lists. The "offline" mailserver: - Is in a trusted location (beneath my pillow ;) ). - Has enough storage for the purposes of mail. - Makes all mails available to MUAs connecting from the LAN. - Receives mails from the "online" mailserver, when manually "moved" to it via some MUA over IMAP. - Has *all* mails. Client's MUAs, may connect to both, but the "offline" server will only be available at home. As you can imagine, the idea is basically the following: I get large amounts of mails, from all kind of mailing lists as well as personal mail. All that is filtered to a tree hierarchy of folders. There's a not fully secure mailserver, where mail arrives and which I can use when I'm on the way. It contains either just recent mails (the amount depending on the traffic of the list) or for selected senders/lists everything, and I control basically on a per folder basis how much should be retained (all, last 10 years, last week, etc.). There's another server, where *all* mail should eventually end up, for archival and security reasons. This implies obviously, that some of the mail is on both servers, some only on the "offline" server, and that this may vary from folder to folder. Further, on both servers, I may want to add filters, which basically split up a folder, e.g. of high traffic lists, so that mail of previous years or months is moved to subfolder structures, e.g.: linux-kernel +--2014 \--2013 and so on. So far, all that wouldn't be too difficult,... but as you can imagine, I'd like to have a bit more, which actually makes things quite tricky. How the two mailservers shall synchronise: I don't want to "simply" rsync - the whole system needs to be a bit smarter: 1) It's okay to assume, that synchronisation happens only at discrete times and not continuously (the "offline" server doesn't run always). 2) It would be ok, if the synchronisation requires a downtime of the "online" mailserver (i.e. the LDA). Since btrfs is used, I could also easily do snapshots. 3) One can also assume that, when synchronisation happens, the "offline" server contains at least all those folders, that the "online" server has as well (and possibly more). 4) Obviously, only maildir's cur/ directories should be synced (stuff in tmp&new may be still arriving). 5) As mentioned previously, not all mail may stay on the "online" server, depending on the folder, it will either stay permanently, or only for some period. 6) However, on the "offline" server, all mail stays, unless I manually delete it. 7) One must assume, that mails on *both* servers: - change their IMAP status (as in (S)een, (A)nswered, (F)lagged, etc.) - are moved to other mail folders - may be deleted via MUAs (not clear yet where this can happen) - "Fresh" mail, however, only appears on the "online" server. 8) Mails, once on the "offline" server, shouldn't be rewritten, in the sense that the mail is deleted and recreated (hopefully with the same content), which could happen either wenn the status of the mail changes or when it's moved to another folder (on the other server). The reason is simply, that I wouldn't fully trust the online server, so once the mail is local, it should be immutable (except for the status and folder location). The last, two points make things pretty difficult, or at least I wouldn't see a straightforward solution. (4) would be quite easy, e.g. when rsync would be used, then I'd just rsync all the cur/ directory. The rsync would happen not using --delete, so that mail which is no longer on the "online" server, doesn't get deleted from the "offline" server. (5) one could do, by "simply", on a per folder basis, remove mails older than X on the "online" server, after it has been copied to the "offline" server. An already existing tool for doing that would be nice, though. (7) and (8) is IMHO the most difficult: The only idea I have so far assumes that each mail file has an ID, which is unique for the *whole* mailbox (not just for each folder, as the mails may be moved between folders). The idea would be roughly, the following: * When I synchronise, I either shut down the LDA or make a snapshot of the "online" server's mailbox and work with that. * Then, I make a list (ID, status and pathname) of *all* mails on the online server and another one of *all* mails of the offline server. * Then, I probably scan for duplicate IDs in each list... just to be safe. * Then I process the mail lists as follows: a) If an ID is on *both* servers with the same status and pathname, than that mail had been previously synced already and neither moved nor changed its status since then. Nothing to do. b) If an ID is on *both* servers but with different pathnames or status, then the mail has either been moved or it's status has changed. Consequently, I would move/rename the mail to match the new location and/or IMAP-status. I would move/rename that with the older ctime to match the one with the newer (ctime gets set at move or rename and thus at status change). Even if an attacker would have fiddled with the "online" server's time or somehow else my system times were bogus, the worst that would happen was, that status changes are lost or mail ends up in the wrong folder. c) If an ID is on the "offline" server but not the "online" server, it could be either a mail that has already been garbage collected on the "online" server (so nothing would needed to be done),... or it could be mail hat was removed (via a MUA) on the "online" server and that should as well be removed on the "offline" server, either automatically, or manually after checking. How to find out which of that applies!? d) If an ID is on the "online" server but not the "offline" server, it could be either fresh mail that would needed to be synced,... or it could be mail that was removed on the "offline" server and should as well deleted on the "online" server, either automatically, or manually after checking. (a) and (b) are again rather simple, (c) and (d) not so much... Possible solutions that I could think of: - Either simply don't sync the removal of mails from the "online" server to the "offline" server and vice-versa. It will anyway happen rather rarely. - Remember a list of all IDs, that have been garbage collected on the "online" server. - Remebmer a list of all IDs, that have been removed via MUAs. => not sure if that's easily doable, probably not, is there any dierct way one could do this with dovecot. - Something to find out which mail has been gone on both, the each, the "offline" and the "online" server, since the last synchronisation, via tricks using the snapshot features of btrfs. - Somehow using the date of now and the last synchronisation and the mtimes (which are here basically like creation times, as the mail file contents never change). But I guess that would only work for (d) and not for (c),... and I'd rather not depend on times too much. * In any case, I could give the user a list of mails that would be deleted, for double checking. I actually think this would scale, as I don't expect many mails to be manually deleted through the MUA *once they had been synced*. After that, I think the two servers should be in sync - in the sense described in the beginning. Some further parts of the idea: As said, snapshots and the refcopy feature of btrfs could be quite helpful. So I could basically keep: - the "online" mailserver's mailbox - as of the last sync - as of now - the "offline" mailserver's mailbox - as of the last sync - as of now at the disk of the "offline" server without much additional cost. They'd all share reflinks and wouldn't use (much) additional space (except for fs meta-data) and I could use the snapshots to find out which files were deleted on either of the two servers since last time. Actually copying new mail from the "online" server to the offline server's disk (in the "as of now" area), could then happen via rsync'ing every cur/ from the "online" server to the "offline" server, with --delete and --ignore-existing (as I don't trust the "online" server and mail file contents should be immutable). So... questions... :D 1) Obviously, does anyone know a better solution, or has some improvements, other ideas? Or are there any problems with the above, which I haven't realised, or would you think it would work? 2) Does dovecot *ever* change the contents (i.e. the file contents) of a maildir mail file? 3) As ID I'd have thought that the maildir mail filename might work, e.g. 1234567890.M20046P2137.mailserver,S=4542,W=4642:2,Sb I mean especially the first part: 1234567890.M20046P2137.mailserver Is that unique across *all* folders of a mailbox? AFAIU, that name would be determined by whatever delivers the mail, right? So can I somehow configure that to make it unique? 4) Does dovecot ever change anything from the maildir mail filenames, except anything after the ":" above? I.e. would it ever change: 1234567890.M20046P2137.mailserver,S=4542,W=4642 ? 5) Would dovecot every copy, truncate+copy or somehow else rewrite files, instead of just moving them (i.e. thus possibly changing inodes, reflinks or that like)? 6) AFAIU, when using maildir, dovecots index files can get completely lost,... and one can fully "recover" all mails and their status. The only "bad" thing that might happen is that MUAs re-load all mail, right? 7) How graceful does dovceot handle the situation when mail is added or removed to/from cur/ by not using dovecot's IMAP,... especially with respect to index files. In the above solution I'd do a lot adding/moving/deleting files in maildirs, which would be done purely at the (file) system level, so the index would quite often get invalidated. How does it recognise that (if at all)? And is this generally stable, or should I rather remove any indexes after syncing and have them rebuilt by that? 8) All the above doesn't handle yet the thing of having yearly/monthly/etc. archive subfolders as described above, like: linux-kernel +--2014 \--2013 possibly on *both* "online" and "offline" server and possibly even in a different layout. I'm not yet sure whether this would be easily doable with the above solution,... my basic idea would be simply consider any such "archive" subfolders as the same than the "base" folder during syncing... and afterwards do re-order the mails on the "offline" and "online" server's folders as necessary. For example, if the "online" server has: linux-kernel +--01 +--02 +--03 ... \--12 in other words, one archive folder for the each of the last 12 months. While the "offline" server has: linux-kernel +--2014 \--2013 The script would then e.g. move the files to their new folders. => does anyone know, whether such thing exists already, i.e. a tool that sorts the mails into maildir subfolders, based on years, months, etc? 9) As said before, I'd like to be able to loose any indexes, but AFAICS, my solution wouldn't anyway work with sdbox. But if there's an sdbox based solution that makes everything much easier, do not hesitate to tell me :) 10) In the long-term I hope to be able to do something that makes server-side search (i.e. through the big fat mail archive) much faster (or is that already supported in dovecot?). I haven't really looked at all into that topic (just know about notmuch[0]). Anyway, if anyone sees problems in my above solution, when that would be used with something that gives me better server side search (i.e. some indexing solution),... I'd be happy to hear about that as well. Thanks a lot so far, Chris. [0] https://notmuchmail.org/

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Possible bug about the SPECIAL-USE / CREATE-SPECIAL-USE extensions
by Jeff Stedfast 20 Dec '15

20 Dec '15

Hi all, I've locally got Dovecot 2.2.21 (5345f22) installed on my MacBook (via homebrew) that I've been using to test my IMAP library against. What is interesting is that even though Dovecot does not advertise CREATE-SPECIAL-USE, it supports creation of special-use folders via the "CREATE FolderName (USE (\Whatever))" syntax. According to rfc6154, a server is supposed to advertise the CREATE-SPECIAL-USE extension if it supports this: An IMAP server that supports this OPTIONAL feature will advertise the "CREATE-SPECIAL-USE" capability string. Clients MUST NOT use the "USE" parameter unless the server advertises the capability. Note that this capability string is different from the "SPECIAL-USE" string defined above, and a server that supports both functions MUST advertise both capability strings. Has this been fixed in a newer version, perhaps? Or could it be a misconfiguration on my part? Attached is my dovecot configuration (gotten via dovecot -n). Thanks, Jeff

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Multiple IPs and hostname
by Thilo Engelbracht 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hi, I'm running postfix as SMTP-server and dovecot as IMAP-server. The server has multiple IPs, and postfix is configured that every domain is using a separate IPv4-address. Examle: foo1.com --> 11.22.33.44 foo2.com --> 22.33.44.55 foo3.com --> 33.44.55.66 bar.org --> 66.77.88.99 The hostname of the server is: mail.bar.org Now I have a request from one of my customers, who is using 3 different domains: - foo1.com - foo2.com - foo3.com If he receives a mail to "user(a)foo1.com", the header of the mail looks like this: Return-Path: <somebody(a)web.de> Delivered-To: <user(a)foo1.com> (II) Received: from mail.bar.org by mail.bar.org (Dovecot) with LMTP id V[...]wAAvP/pag for <user(a)foo1.com>; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:45:37 +0100 (I) Received: from mout.web.de (mout.web.de [212.227.17.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-[...]-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.foo1.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A[...]9 for <user(a)foo1.com>; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 13:45:36 +0100 (CET) As you can see in (I), postfix receives the mail and added a header with the correct hostname: mail.foo1.com But dovecot adds an additional header (see II). Here, the hostname of the system is visible. This is correct, because dovecot -n | grep -i hostname returns: hostname = mail.bar.org But my customer asks me if it's possible that only his domain is visible in the header: So, if somebody sends a mail to "user(a)foo1.com", only the hostname "mail.foo1.com" should be visible in the mail header. And if somebody sends a mail to "user(a)foo2.com", only the hostname "mail.foo2.com" should be visible in the mail header. Is there a way to do this? Thank you in advance. Kind regards Thilo

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Merry Christmas
by IT Security Inc. 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

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limiting autoexpunge to a service
by Burckhard Schmidt 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hello, like described at wiki "Mailbox settings": protocol imap { namespace inbox { mailbox Spam { autoexpunge = 10d } } } I tried to use autoexpunge inside lmtp: 20-lmtp.conf: protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins sieve postmaster_address = ... info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log sendmail_path = /opt/csw/sbin/sendmail namespace inbox { mailbox Junk { autoexpunge = 10d } } (line 23) } But I get an error during start of dovecot (same with service imap): doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-lmtp.conf line 23: Garbage after '{' /usr/dovecot/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.2.21 (): /usr/dovecot-2.2.21/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.10 Is it only a problem of doveconf? -- Regards --- Burckhard Schmidt Abteilung Systemsoftware und Kommunikation ZE Computer- und Medienservice der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Postanschrift: Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin Standort: Rudower Chaussee 26; 12489 Berlin Tel.: +49-30-2093-70058 Fax: +49-30-2093-70199 Mail: bschmidt(a)cms.hu-berlin.de

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Last chance to order the Dovecot book
by Peer Heinlein 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hi, as some people migth know I've written a book about Dovecot that has also been translated and published in English. Thanks for Timos great help and detailled background informations he provided to me. Unfortunately my book publisher has to shutdown his business at the end of 2015 -- right now. During the next few days you'll have the last chance to order the english version of the dovecot book at amazon, if you're interested in. Please don't wait too long. I think they'll stop offering the book before christmas and then it's gone. http://www.dovecot-book.com/online-shop/als-e-book-bestellen/ MAYBE we'll be able to re-publish it next year. Maybe. If not -- this will be the last chance to order it. Peer (The german version of the book will be still available at http://www.dovecot-buch.de) -- Heinlein Support GmbH Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 405051-42 Fax: 030 / 405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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Deleting Public Mailbox?
by Dag Nygren 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hi! What am I doing wrong here? Mission: Delete old empty sub mailboxes in our Public mailspace acl-file contents: MailingLists user=dag lrwstipekxa MailingLists/* user=dag lrwstipekxa Didn't work from my mail client so tried: Command tried: % doveadm mailbox delete -s MailingLists/Glibc -u dag doveadm(dag): Error: Can't delete mailbox MailingLists/Glibc: Permission denied % doveadm acl debug -u dag "MailingLists/Egcs" doveadm(dag): Info: Mailbox 'Egcs' is in namespace 'MailingLists/' doveadm(dag): Info: Mailbox path: /usr/local/var/mail/MailingLists/mailboxes/Egcs/dbox-Mails doveadm(dag): Info: All message flags are shared across users in mailbox doveadm(dag): Info: User dag has rights: lookup read write write-seen write-deleted insert post expunge create delete admin doveadm(dag): Error: Mailbox not found from dovecot-acl-list, rebuilding doveadm(dag): Info: Mailbox is in public namespace doveadm(dag): Info: Mailbox MailingLists/Egcs is visible in LIST Must be a config I have wrong. Would like to get rid of them... Best Dag

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userdb username change ignored when using (My)SQL was: Re: userdb username changed
by Péter Márton 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Hi! It works when using LDAP. I've duplicated the "username change" debug line, just to see that the variables are really updated: Apr 20 14:30:27 imap21 dovecot: auth-worker(27127): Debug: sql(ppp(a)example.net): username changed ppp(a)example.net -> uppp Apr 20 14:30:27 imap21 dovecot: auth-worker(27127): Debug: sql(uppp): username changed uppp -> uppp Apr 20 14:30:27 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: userdb out: USER#0111#011ppp@example.net#011home=/home/ppp#011uid=500#011gid=500#011quota_rule=*:storage=3100b:messages=1024 And the answer is of course yes. Just the userdb out string has the wrong value. The right value is lost somewhere. But where? Regards, Peter Log of the (for me unusable) LDAP query: Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER#0111#011m2500j6#011service=doveadm Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(m2500j6): user search: base=ou=Users,ou=Mail,dc=bnet,dc=at scope=subtree filter=(uid=m2500j6) fields=mailHost Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(m2500j6): result: mailHost=localhost; mailHost unused Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(m2500j6): username changed m2500j6 -> localhost Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(localhost): username changed localhost -> localhost Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(localhost): result: mailHost=localhost Apr 20 14:28:07 imap21 dovecot: auth: Debug: userdb out: USER#0111#011localhost#011

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doveadm-server does NOT know fts commands
by SATOH Fumiyasu 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Hi, I'm using Dovecot 2.2.13 with Dovecot Director, Doveadm server and FTS. I want to run doveadm on Director hosts, but Dovecot server on backend hosts reject "fts *" commands. On Dovecot Director hosts: # doveadm fts optimize -u u0001(a)example.jp # echo $? 75 # doveadm fts rescan -u u0001(a)example.jp # echo $? 75 doveadm index -u u0001(a)example.jp INBOX # echo $? 0 On Dovecot backend hosts: # grep doveadm /var/log/maillog Jul 14 10:25:40 backend dovecot: doveadm: Error: doveadm: Client sent unknown command: fts optimize Jul 14 10:25:51 backend dovecot: doveadm: Error: doveadm: Client sent unknown command: fts rescan Is this doveadm-server restriction? On Dovecot backend hosts (2): # doveadm fts optimize -u u0001(a)example.jp -S /var/run/dovecot/doveadm-server # echo $? 75 # doveadm fts rescan -u u0001(a)example.jp -S /var/run/dovecot/doveadm-server # echo $? 75 # doveadm index -u u0001(a)example.jp -S /var/run/dovecot/doveadm-server INBOX # echo $? 0 # doveadm fts optimize -u u0001(a)example.jp # echo $? 0 # doveadm fts rescan -u u0001(a)example.jp # echo $? 0 # doveadm index -u u0001(a)example.jp INBOX # echo $? 0 -- -- Name: SATOH Fumiyasu @ OSS Technology Corp. (fumiyas @ osstech co jp) -- Business Home: http://www.OSSTech.co.jp/ -- GitHub Home: https://GitHub.com/fumiyas/ -- PGP Fingerprint: BBE1 A1C9 525A 292E 6729 CDEC ADC2 9DCA 5E1C CBCA

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Assert failure in 2.2.20: imap-fetch.c:554 (ctx->client->output_cmd_lock || ctx->client->output_cmd_lock == cmd)
by Peter Eriksson 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Just got another core-dump from Dovecot's imap process on our mail server. Dovecot 2.2.20 Solaris 10 / x86 Maildir Output from syslog: Dec 14 10:58:12 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] imap(oling): Panic: file imap-fetch.c: line 554: assertion failed: (ctx->client->output_cmd_lock == NULL || ctx->client->output_cmd_lock == cmd) Dec 14 10:58:15 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] imap(oling): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 2167 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Checked the users' Maildir for files modified around this time and found: -rw------- 1 oling root 15743 Dec 14 10:54 .Deleted Messages/cur/1450099463.M318113P13582.mail,S=15743,W=16026:2,RSbcd Don't know if it's related though. Data from the core-dump / debugger: # /pkg/studio/default/bin/dbx /ifm/pkg/dovecot/default/libexec/dovecot/imap imap.2167.306 ... program terminated by signal ABRT (Abort) 0xfffffd7ffeb81eca: __lwp_kill+0x000a: jae __lwp_kill+0x18 [ 0xfffffd7ffeb81ed8, .+0xe ] Current function is default_fatal_finish 201 abort(); (dbx) where [1] __lwp_kill(0x1, 0x6, 0xfffffe88d2948e40, 0xfffffd7ffeb827be, 0x4552555443, 0x0), at 0xfffffd7ffeb81eca [2] _thr_kill(0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0), at 0xfffffd7ffeb7a7d3 [3] raise(0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0), at 0xfffffd7ffeb26fe9 [4] abort(0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0), at 0xfffffd7ffeb05f60 =>[5] default_fatal_finish(type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status = 0), line 201 in "failures.c" [6] i_internal_fatal_handler(ctx = 0xfffffd7fffdff858, format = 0x492df0 "file %s: line %d: assertion failed: (%s)", args = 0xfffffd7fffdff840), line 670 in "failures.c" [7] i_panic(format = 0x492df0 "file %s: line %d: assertion failed: (%s)", ... = 0x467f4f, ...), line 275 in "failures.c" [8] imap_fetch_more(ctx = 0x736b00, cmd = 0x7369a8), line 554 in "imap-fetch.c" [9] cmd_fetch(cmd = 0x7369a8), line 297 in "cmd-fetch.c" [10] command_exec(cmd = 0x7369a8), line 172 in "imap-commands.c" [11] client_command_input(cmd = 0x7369a8), line 948 in "imap-client.c" [12] client_command_input(cmd = 0x7369a8), line 1008 in "imap-client.c" [13] client_handle_next_command(client = 0x4d16c0, remove_io_r = 0xfffffd7fffdffa7d), line 1022 in "imap-client.c" [14] client_handle_input(client = 0x4d16c0), line 1058 in "imap-client.c" [15] client_input(client = 0x4d16c0), line 1105 in "imap-client.c" [16] io_loop_call_io(io = 0x5bab00), line 559 in "ioloop.c" [17] io_loop_handler_run_internal(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 211 in "ioloop-poll.c" [18] io_loop_handler_run(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 607 in "ioloop.c" [19] io_loop_run(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 583 in "ioloop.c" [20] master_service_run(service = 0x4b2450, callback = 0x482690 = &`imap`main.c`client_connected(struct master_service_connection *conn)), line 640 in "master-service.c" [21] main(argc = 1, argv = 0xfffffd7fffdffcb8), line 442 in "main.c" (dbx) print cmd cmd = 0x7369a8 (dbx) print ctx->client->output_cmd_lock ctx->client->output_cmd_lock = 0x72e0f8 (dbx) print *cmd *cmd = { prev = (nil) next = 0x72e0f8 client = 0x4d16c0 pool = 0x4d1eb0 tag = 0x736ac0 "150.11" name = 0x736ac8 "UID FETCH" args = 0x736ad8 "12663:12665 (BODY.PEEK[] BODYSTRUCTURE)" cmd_flags = COMMAND_FLAG_BREAKS_SEQS func = 0x437220 = &cmd_fetch(struct client_command_context *cmd) context = (nil) module_contexts = { arr = { buffer = 0x736a58 element_size = 8U } v = 0x736a58 v_modifiable = 0x736a58 } parser = 0x4d3d40 state = CLIENT_COMMAND_STATE_WAIT_INPUT start_time = { tv_sec = 1450087092 tv_usec = 924042 } start_ioloop_wait_usecs = 119688401U running_usecs = 0 bytes_in = 0 bytes_out = 0 sync = (nil) uid = 1U cancel = 0 param_error = 0 search_save_result = 0 search_save_result_used = 0 temp_executed = 0 tagline_sent = 0 } (dbx) print *(ctx->client->output_cmd_lock) *ctx->client->output_cmd_lock = { prev = 0x7369a8 next = 0x72d8c8 client = 0x4d16c0 pool = 0x4d1eb0 tag = 0x72e208 "149.11" name = 0x72e210 "UID FETCH" args = 0x72e220 "12666 (BODY.PEEK[] BODYSTRUCTURE)" cmd_flags = COMMAND_FLAG_BREAKS_SEQS func = 0x4371b0 = &`imap`cmd-fetch.c`cmd_fetch_continue(struct client_command_context *cmd) context = 0x72e248 module_contexts = { arr = { buffer = 0x72e1a8 element_size = 8U } v = 0x72e1a8 v_modifiable = 0x72e1a8 } parser = 0x5bb410 state = CLIENT_COMMAND_STATE_WAIT_OUTPUT start_time = { tv_sec = 1450087092 tv_usec = 923420 } start_ioloop_wait_usecs = 119688382U running_usecs = 538U bytes_in = 33U bytes_out = 32994U sync = (nil) uid = 1U cancel = 0 param_error = 0 search_save_result = 0 search_save_result_used = 0 temp_executed = 1U tagline_sent = 0 } -- [Ll.U] Peter Eriksson KITVS-IFM & ITI-NET IT.LiU.SE +46-70 518 2786

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LIST command should not interpret wildcards in reference
by Robert Siemer 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Hello everyone, I believe this is erroneously implemented in Dovecot: >>> for i in c.list_folders('deleteme.*.folder', '%'): ... print(i) ... ((b'\\HasNoChildren',), b'.', 'deleteme.*.folder') ((b'\\HasNoChildren',), b'.', 'deleteme.deleteme.deleteme.folder') We see here an interactive python session, which launches LIST "deleteme.*.folder" "%" over the wire and receives two mailboxes as answer. The response is already parsed, but that’s not important for my point: according to RFC3501 section 6.3.8 LIST Command, the arguments are “reference name” and “mailbox name with possible wildcards”. Both arguments are allowed to contain wildcard characters, but they have no special meaning in the reference. Dovecot 2.2.18 doesn’t do that right: the second mailbox should not be listed, because it is not a subfolder of reference. Is this a known issue? Regards, Robert

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And one more core-dump in imap:str.c str_append(cstr = NULL)
by Peter Eriksson 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Dovecot 2.2.20 Solaris 10 / x86 Maildir q (dbx) where [1] strlen(0x0, 0x0, 0x491baa, 0x0, 0x4d1ed0, 0x4d1ed0), at 0xfffffd7ffeaf6dd0 =>[2] str_append(str = 0x4a9120, cstr = (nil)), line 96 in "str.c" [3] client_get_commands_status(client = 0x4d16c0), line 282 in "imap-client.c" [4] client_log_disconnect(client = 0x4d16c0, reason = 0xfffffd7ffee24d80 "Connection closed"), line 322 in "imap-client.c" [5] client_default_destroy(client = 0x4d16c0, reason = (nil)), line 336 in "imap-client.c" [6] client_destroy(client = 0x4d16c0, reason = (nil)), line 263 in "imap-client.c" [7] client_input(client = 0x4d16c0), line 1099 in "imap-client.c" [8] io_loop_call_io(io = 0x5073b0), line 559 in "ioloop.c" [9] io_loop_handler_run_internal(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 211 in "ioloop-poll.c" [10] io_loop_handler_run(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 607 in "ioloop.c" [11] io_loop_run(ioloop = 0x4b2580), line 583 in "ioloop.c" [12] master_service_run(service = 0x4b2450, callback = 0x482690 = &`imap`main.c`client_connected(struct master_service_connection *conn)), line 640 in "master-service.c" [13] main(argc = 1, argv = 0xfffffd7fffdffcb8), line 442 in "main.c" (dbx) frame 3 Current function is client_get_commands_status 282 str_append(str, cmd->name); (dbx) print *cmd *cmd = { prev = (nil) next = (nil) client = 0x4d16c0 pool = 0x4d1eb0 tag = (nil) name = (nil) args = (nil) cmd_flags = <unknown enum member 0> func = (nil) context = (nil) module_contexts = { arr = { buffer = 0x4d1f80 element_size = 8U } v = 0x4d1f80 v_modifiable = 0x4d1f80 } parser = 0x4b8f90 state = CLIENT_COMMAND_STATE_WAIT_INPUT start_time = { tv_sec = 0 tv_usec = 0 } start_ioloop_wait_usecs = 0 running_usecs = 0 bytes_in = 0 bytes_out = 0 sync = (nil) uid = 0 cancel = 0 param_error = 0 search_save_result = 0 search_save_result_used = 0 temp_executed = 0 tagline_sent = 0 executing = 0 } (dbx) list 280 str_append(str, " ("); 281 for (cmd = client->command_queue; cmd != NULL; cmd = cmd->next) { 282 str_append(str, cmd->name); 283 if (cmd->next != NULL) 284 str_append_c(str, ','); 285 running_usecs += cmd->running_usecs; 286 bytes_in += cmd->bytes_in; 287 bytes_out += cmd->bytes_out; 288 last_cmd = cmd; 289 } Probably related to these entries in the syslog: Dec 11 16:18:47 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap-login: Login: user=<perje>, method=PLAIN, rip=81.233.116.192, lip=130.236.160.9, mpid=9238, TLS, session=<CUwE16Am3fhR6X TA> Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=196 out=995 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=168 out=5683 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=168 out=4713 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=194 out=1016 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=182 out=970 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=193 out=895 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=196 out=995 Dec 11 16:18:50 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=184 out=894 Dec 11 16:18:51 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap-login: Login: user=<perje>, method=PLAIN, rip=81.233.116.192, lip=130.236.160.9, mpid=9273, TLS, session=<1uJB16AmtOhR6X TA> Dec 11 16:18:52 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap-login: Login: user=<perje>, method=PLAIN, rip=81.233.116.192, lip=130.236.160.9, mpid=9278, TLS, session=<kR5Q16AmaOZR6X TA> Dec 11 16:18:52 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=150 out=491 Dec 11 16:23:08 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap-login: Login: user=<perje>, method=PLAIN, rip=130.236.172.166, lip=130.236.160.9, mpid=10796, TLS, session=<GvSJ5qAms9CC 7Kym> Dec 11 16:23:08 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap-login: Login: user=<perje>, method=PLAIN, rip=130.236.172.166, lip=130.236.160.9, mpid=10803, TLS, session=<nVqS5qAmttCC 7Kym> Dec 11 16:23:08 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=150 out=491 Dec 11 16:23:13 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.info] imap(perje): Connection closed in=150 out=491 Dec 11 16:24:10 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] imap(perje): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 9006 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) (Would have been nice with a pid number in the syslog output :-) -- [Ll.U] Peter Eriksson KITVS-IFM & ITI-NET IT.LiU.SE +46-70 518 2786

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Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed
by Marcin Janowski 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Hello, one month ago I moved my smtp and imap server to other environment with /var/vmail on NFS. After this move i have warnings about too long "Locking transaction log", but today i have errors about "fcntl(write-lock) locking failed ". What this means? This is my dovecot config: # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (2000) doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1603) # OS: Linux 3.19.0-31-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS nfs auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_worker_max_count = 300 default_process_limit = 400 mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = zlib 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 ihave namespace 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 { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/vmail/globalsieverc sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)smtp.DOMAIN protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/private/DOMAIN.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/DOMAIN.key userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 } And this is errors from few day: 2015-12-14 15:33:35 1450103615 Dec 14 15:32:44 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 14 15:32:44 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available 2015-12-14 12:36:35 1450092995 Dec 14 12:36:06 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 14 12:36:06 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available 2015-12-14 12:18:35 1450091915 Dec 14 12:18:25 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 14 12:18:25 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail//Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 14 12:18:25 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 14 12:18:25 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available 2015-12-14 09:10:35 1450080635 Dec 14 09:10:19 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: No locks available 2015-12-13 13:40:35 1450010435 Dec 13 13:40:06 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 13 13:40:06 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available 2015-12-13 10:48:35 1450000115 Dec 13 10:48:19 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: fcntl(write-lock) locking failed for file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available Dec 13 10:48:19 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Error: mail_index_wait_lock_fd() failed with file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log: No locks available 2015-12-12 08:36:35 1449905795 Dec 12 08:36:30 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds Dec 12 08:36:31 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 31 seconds 2015-12-12 08:35:35 1449905735 Dec 12 08:35:29 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds 2015-12-12 08:34:36 1449905676 Dec 12 08:34:27 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds 2015-12-11 11:48:36 1449830916 Dec 11 11:47:48 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds 2015-12-11 08:55:35 1449820535 Dec 11 08:55:03 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 90 seconds Dec 11 08:55:33 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 120 seconds Dec 11 08:55:33 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 120 seconds 2015-12-11 08:54:35 1449820475 Dec 11 08:54:33 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds 2015-12-11 08:53:35 1449820415 Dec 11 08:53:32 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds 2015-12-11 08:52:35 1449820355 Dec 11 08:51:59 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 90 seconds Dec 11 08:51:59 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 90 seconds 2015-12-11 08:51:35 1449820295 Dec 11 08:51:29 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds Dec 11 08:51:29 smtp-atena dovecot: imap(...): Warning: Locking transaction log file /var/vmail/.../Maildir/dovecot.index.log took 60 seconds

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Dovecot SASL and GSSAPI (IPA)
by Ranbir 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

Hi Everyone, I'm currently using dovecot SASL in postfix and passwd-file in dovecot for authenticating my users. I want to switch to using IPA instead. I have both the postfix (mailman01) and dovecot (mailman02) servers joined to the IPA domain. I have GSSAPI working in dovecot for IMAP. But, the SASL GSSAPI authentication in postfix fails with this error: warning: unknown[10.200.5.100]: SASL GSSAPI authentication failed: This is what dovecot logs: Dec 12 22:31:54 mailman02 dovecot: auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=0) Dec 12 22:31:54 mailman02 dovecot: auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 GSSAPI service=smtp nologin lip=10.200.9.14 rip=10.200.5.100 secured resp=<hidden> Dec 12 22:31:54 mailman02 dovecot: auth: Debug: gssapi(?,10.200.5.100): Obtaining credentials for smtp(a)mailman02.theinside.rnr Dec 12 22:31:54 mailman02 dovecot: auth: gssapi(?,10.200.5.100): While processing incoming data: Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information Dec 12 22:31:54 mailman02 dovecot: auth: gssapi(?,10.200.5.100): While processing incoming data: Wrong principal in request Dec 12 22:31:56 mailman02 dovecot: auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL 1 I've tried changing the "smtpd_sasl_local_domain" in postfix's main.cf file to "mailman02.theinside.rnr", but I get the same errors in dovecot and postfix. Right now the config in postfix looks like this: import_environment="KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/postfix/smtp.keytab" smtpd_sasl_local_domain = mailman01.theoutside.rnr Does what I'm trying to do make sense? If so, how do I fix it? Do I have to stop using dovecot sasl in postfix and switch to cyrus sasl? -- Ranbir

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Ideas needed for archiving
by Ben 15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

I've been asked by a user whether it's possible to stop their IMAP client downloading messages older than a given date. Whilst I'm guessing it may well be possible to do this client-side using folders and subscriptions, it got me thinking .... is there a way to do this server side on dovecot ? i.e. is there a way to "hide" messages from a user without having to archive them off into a seperate account ? thanks

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Released Pigeonhole v0.4.10 for Dovecot v2.2.21
by Stephan Bosch 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

Hello Dovecot users, I got a bit stalled by our recent switch to Git, but here is the final v0.4.10 release of Pigeonhole for Dovecot v2.2.21. Nothing of consequence changed since the last RC. Changelog v0.4.10: + Implemented the Sieve mime and foreverypart extensions (RFC 5703). These are fully implemented. The interaction with the editheader extension needs some work, but this should not influence most uses; i.e., changes by the editheader extension are not always visible using foreverypart/mime. + Sieve body extension: Properly implemented the `:text' body transform. It now extracts text for HTML message parts. + Sieve enotify extension: mailto method: Implemented the sieve_notify_mailto_envelope_from setting. This allows configuring the source of the notification sender address for e-mail notifications. This is similar to what already can be configured for redirect. + Added a sieve_enabled (defaults to 'yes') setting that allows explicitly disabling Sieve processing for particular users. This used to be possible by setting `sieve=', but ever since the sieve_before, sieve_after and sieve_default settings were added, this method was not reliable anymore. - variables extension: Fixed handling of empty string by the `:length' set modifier. An empty string yielded an empty string rather than "0". - Fixed memory leak in the Sieve script byte code dumping facility. Extension contexts were never actually freed. - Fixed handling of implicit keep when the last Sieve script is a global one. In that case the implicit keep action was executed in global context, which could mean that trivial (quota) errors ended up in the system log file, rather than the user log file. - doveadm sieve plugin: Fixed crashes caused by incorrect context allocation in the sieve command implementations. The release is available as follows: http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this release and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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v2.2.21 released
by Timo Sirainen 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.21.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.21.tar.gz.sig Due to a bit bad doveadm bugs in v2.2.20 here's a fixed v2.2.21. Also from this release forward we're finally using git with branches to make new releases. So new releases will have a bit more time to stabilize in the branch before they're being released (while still allowing new features to be developed in the master development branch). We already did something like this for the enterprise releases, but now it's done for community releases as well. - doveadm mailbox list (and some others) were broken in v2.2.20 - director: Fixed making backend changes when running with only a single director server. - virtual plugin: Fixed crash when trying to open nonexistent autocreated backend mailbox.

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2.2.21: doveadm expunge is broken
by Alexander Moisseev 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

# doveadm expunge -u user(a)example.com MAILBOX Trash ALL Fatal: expunge: To avoid accidents, each branch in search query must contain something else besides MAILBOX (e.g. just add "all" if you want everything) -- Alexander

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2.2.21: panic in stats-plugin.c: line 324 (stats_user_deinit): assertion failed: (stats_global_user == user)
by Jakub Jankowski 13 Dec '15

13 Dec '15

Hi, I've just upgraded dovecot to 2.2.21 (from 2.2.18), and I'm getting a crash when doing dsync backup: $ dsync -v -u user(a)domain.com backup maildir:/backup/maildirs/domain.com/user/Maildir dsync(user(a)domain.com): Panic: file stats-plugin.c: line 324 (stats_user_deinit): assertion failed: (stats_global_user == user) dsync(user(a)domain.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7e4b4) [0x7f543d3c74b4] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7e529) [0x7f543d3c7529] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f543d372300] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib90_stats_plugin.so(+0x4116) [0x7f543c95a116] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_user_unref+0x35) [0x7f543d68efd5] -> /usr/bin/dsync [shasta(a)toxcorp.com done]() [0x420f90] -> /usr/bin/dsync [user(a)domain.com done](doveadm_mail_try_run+0x28c) [0x421edc] -> /usr/bin/dsync [user(a)domain.com done](main+0x2ff) [0x413a2f] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0) [0x7f543cd80870] -> /usr/bin/dsync [user(a)domain.com done](_start+0x29) [0x413bb9] Aborted This gets logged to syslog when it happens: Dec 13 02:12:33 host dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=A.B.C.D, lip=A.B.C.D, mpid=1576, TLS Dec 13 02:13:09 host dovecot: stats: Error: Mail server input error: CONNECT: Duplicate session ID 4rqRBSXGbFbDBgAAOpfmEQ for user user(a)domain.com service doveadm It definitely wasn't happening on 2.2.18 (I skipped .19 and .20). Here's my configuration (with some things sanitized): $ dovecot -n # 2.2.21 (5345f22): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 (357ac0a0e68b+) # OS: Linux 4.3.2 x86_64 Slackware 14.2 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 mins auth_cache_size = 4 k auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = sha1 default_vsz_limit = 512 M deliver_log_format = msgid=%m psize=%p vsize=%w: %$ first_valid_gid = 500 first_valid_uid = 500 hostname = host.domain.com last_valid_gid = 500 last_valid_uid = 500 listen = * login_greeting = IMAP server ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/var/vmail/altmdbox/%Ld/%Ln/altmdbox mail_plugins = " stats" mailbox_list_index = yes 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 namespace 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 Spam { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%Lu /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size recipient_delimiter = + sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /var/vmail/_sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve stats_refresh = 30 secs stats_track_cmds = yes } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls postmaster_address = postmaster(a)domain.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 128 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 port = 2424 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener lmtp-vmail { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve { process_limit = 32 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { process_limit = 64 } service stats { fifo_listener stats-mail { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/key.pem stats_command_min_time = 1 days stats_domain_min_time = 1 days stats_ip_min_time = 1 days stats_memory_limit = 32 M stats_session_min_time = 1 days stats_user_min_time = 1 days userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/mdbox/%Ld/%Ln driver = static } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = " stats sieve" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = " stats imap_stats" } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " stats sieve" } $ Let me know if there's anything else that I can provide to help narrowing it down. Cheers, shasta -- Jakub Jankowski|shasta@toxcorp.com|http://toxcorp.com/ GPG: FCBF F03D 9ADB B768 8B92 BB52 0341 9037 A875 942D

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System-user-controllable custom passwords and mail locations
by Michal Petrucha 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

Hello everyone, I'd like to set up dovecot so that it uses the standard system accounts, but with different passwords specific to email. Seems like a fairly common setup, but the catch is, I want the users to be able to set their passwords themselves, without needing any assistance from a server administrator. I'm wondering what's the easiest way of implementing this. From what I've understood, this requirement would probably rule out a separate passwd-file (since the standard Linux passwd doesn't seem to support using a custom passwd file), SQL, flat-file dict, and Redis (since you can't give users access only to their row, or dict key; it's either the entire database (or flat file), or nothing). (Of course, I could work around that limitation by writing a C program that I would install as SUID root, which would only change the invoking user's password, but I'd prefer not to start dumping arbitrary SUID binaries all over the place.) So, that would probably only leave me with LDAP, checkpassword, and the FS dict backend. I can imagine how I could get LDAP to do this -- add some extra attribute for each user, and put together a simple script to change passwords, say, in Python, that would bind as the user and write the new password. However, this would require me to store the system user account database in LDAP, which is kind of overkill on at least one of the servers I want this setup on, where I know for certain that there won't ever be more than a handful of users. Checkpassword would probably work, too; perhaps by looking into some file in the user's $HOME or such. I'm not entirely certain about the security, or performance implications of that approach. With the FS dict backend, I could probably point it to a directory, in which every user would own a file containing their password, that no one else could write to. I haven't been able to find any more details about the structure of this directory hierarchy, though, or the contents of the individual files, so I don't know whether this is a viable approach, or not. My questions are, then: Is there some other way of implementing separate passwords that the users can set themselves that I'm overlooking? Is one of the three approaches described above a bad idea for some reason I don't see? Is there some kind of “standard solution” to this problem? The other thing I wanted to ask about is marginally related; I'd like to be able to allow users to customize the layout in which they store their mail. For instance, some users like to have their INBOX as an mbox in /var/mail, and other maildirs in ~/Maildirs/, others prefer having everything as a mix maildirs and mboxes in ~/mail, etc. Looking at the MailLocation wiki page, it seems like the only option, if I want to customize the location per user, is to set it in the userdb, but since we only have system users everywhere, it seems we have to use the passwd userdb, which doesn't support this kind of per-user customization (even on servers where PAM/NSS are configured to use LDAP). Again, am I overlooking something here? Is there nothing similar to ~/.imaprc, which is supported by certain versions of some other IMAP servers? Thanks in advance for any insights, Michal

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Dovecot 1.2.15 and Convert Password Schemes
by Chuck Peters 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Can I convert the password hashes with the older Dovecot? http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/ConvertPasswordSchemes shows how it can potentially be done with Dovecot 2.1, but when I try it with Dovecot 1.2.15, I'm not seeing a way to make it work. Any suggestions? This is an old Debian 6 system that's overdue for an upgrade. In the test environment upgrading OpenLDAP to Debian 8 I discovered most of our users passwords probably won't work. The hashes appear to be a old Unix DES based hash, ie base64 decoded ldif shows something like the following: userPassword:: {crypt}Aipcuzoh3eiVE Passwords stored in the SSHA hash seem to work fine. If given the password, a shell script could create the hashes with slappasswd and/or a SHA512 hash (using doveadm or mkpasswd) for use on Debian 8. # cat /usr/local/bin/dovecot-environment.sh #!/bin/sh set > /tmp/dovecot-environment exec /usr/lib/dovecot/imap "$@" I can show the /tmp/dovecot-environment if you like, but it's not showing the password as a variable... This system is using Debian's Dovecot package 1.2.15-7+deb6u1. Dovecot 2.1.7-7~bpo60+1 is available as a backport, but I would prefer not to upgrade Dovecot on the production system if I don't need to, or have some other reason such as some features for using IMAP for the migration. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=dovecot-common Thanks, Chuck # dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem i686 Debian 6.0.10 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/lfrr/ca/thishost.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/lfrr/ca/thishost.key disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login verbose_proctitle: yes mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:%h:INBOX=/var/mail/%Lu mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/local/bin/dovecot-environment.sh mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/bin/dovecot-environment.sh mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_reuse_xuidl(default): no pop3_reuse_xuidl(imap): no pop3_reuse_xuidl(pop3): yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf passdb: driver: pam args: session=yes dovecot userdb: driver: passwd args: /etc/passwd userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf plugin: quota: dirsize quota_rule: *:storage=204800 I should note, I think the default_pass_scheme = CRYPT doesn't do anything with auth_bind = yes. # grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = 127.0.0.1 sasl_bind = no auth_bind = yes auth_bind_userdn = uid=%u,ou=People,dc=ccil,dc=org ldap_version = 3 base = ou=People,dc=ccil,dc=org pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) default_pass_scheme = CRYPT

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autoexpunge creates special_use folder
by Tom Sommer 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

namespace inbox { mailbox Spam { special_use = \Spam auto = create autoexpunge = 30d } } This creates the "Spam" folder in the filesystem on login/logout, even though it shouldn't. If I remove autoexpunge, the folder is not created. -- Tom Sommer

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Have the Dovecot Enterprise Edition packages been discontinued?
by deoren 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Hi, I've been using the Dovecot EE packages for Ubuntu for some time now and just recently started getting 404 errors. Have those packages been discontinued or is this just a temporary issue? Thanks.

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Re: Autoexpunge and special user namespace
by Joseph Tam 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

On Wed, 9 Dec 2015, Timo Siraine wrote: >> I'm interested in replacing my cron script that expunges old >> deleted mail with the new feature announced in 2.2.20 >> >>> + Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See >>> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details. >> >> To use it, I need to specify which mailbox needs them using >> the namespace configuration. For example >> >> namespace inbox { >> mailbox Trash { >> auto = no >> special_use = \Trash >> autoexpunge = 7d >> mailbox_list_index = yes >> } >> ... > > mailbox_list_index=yes is a global setting. You can't have it here. Oh, yes. Thanks for pointing that out. By the way, what does it do? The wiki states mailbox_list_index=yes can help a lot by replying to IMAP STATUS (and similar) lookups from a single index without having to open each mailbox index separately. So it create an uber-index that combines information from individual indices? Are there any drawback to using this? > > 1) Do I need the special_user configuration at all? Will some > > clients start using different mailboxes to store deleted mail > > if I keep the special_use lines? > > special_use is independent of the autoexpunge. I guess it wouldn't > necessarily hurt.. but it's also somewhat better to have only a single > \Trash mailbox so clients don't become confused when more than one of > those mailboxes exist. Got it. Thanks, Timo. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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Re: EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key
by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hi Teemu, > Could you post your doveconf -n output? # 2.2.20.rc1 (ed41702f14c2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.10.rc1 # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.9 auth_mechanisms = plain login log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c %k mail_location = maildir:%h/mails mail_plugins = zlib 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 namespace inbox { inbox = yes list = yes location = maildir:%h/mails mailbox Archiv { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Archives { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = create special_use = \Drafts } mailbox "Gelöschte Elemente" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Gesendete { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Gesendete Elemente" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Junk-E-Mail { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = create special_use = \Trash } prefix = type = private } passdb { driver = shadow } plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)langzeittest.de protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl-cert-langzeittest-plus-cacert.crt ssl_cipher_list = ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384: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_dh_parameters_length = 2048 ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl-cert-langzeittest.key ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = yes ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = zlib imap_zlib } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } Regards Oliver

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Sieve script replication glitches
by Apollon Oikonomopoulos 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Hi, I'm running a replicated setup on Debian with Dovecot 2.2.18 and Pigeonhole 0.4.8 and run into some glitches with sieve script syncing. Replication is implemented via DSync/doveadm over SSL. While e-mail replication works as expected, sieve script replication is not always successful. In general I have observed the following behaviour re. sieve script replication: - Sometimes sieve scripts are replicated but have an mtime of 0 (Jan 1 1970) on the destination. - Subsequent updates to these "bad" scripts are not replicated at all. - Sometimes after creating *another* sieve script (which may or may not get the correct timestamp), the "bad" script's timestamp/contents are corrected on the receiving side. The following is a minimal real-world example of what happens (including transaction log entries): 1. On the master create a new sieve script: cat test.sieve | doveadm sieve put -u user(a)example.com test1 Sieve storage on the master: -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Dec 9 15:53 test1.sieve Transaction log on the master: record: offset=44756, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=514 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test1 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:53:28 value_len=0 record: offset=44828, type=modseq-update (ext), size=20 - uid=0 modseq=723 Sieve storage on the slave: -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Jan 1 1970 test1.sieve Transaction log on the slave: record: offset=55356, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=597 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test1 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:53:29 value_len=0 record: offset=55428, type=attribute-update (sync), size=72, modseq=598 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test1 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:53:29 value_len=0 2. Create a new script on the master: cat test.sieve | doveadm sieve put -u user(a)example.com test2 Sieve storage on the master: -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Dec 9 15:53 test1.sieve -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Dec 9 15:57 test2.sieve Transaction log on the master: record: offset=44848, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=515 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test2 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 record: offset=44920, type=modseq-update (ext), size=20 - uid=0 modseq=725 record: offset=44940, type=modseq-update (ext), size=20 - uid=0 modseq=728 Sieve storage on the slave: -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Dec 9 15:53 test1.sieve -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 2001 Dec 9 15:57 test2.sieve Transaction log on the slave: record: offset=55500, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=599 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test2 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 record: offset=55572, type=attribute-update (sync), size=72, modseq=600 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test2 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 record: offset=55644, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=601 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test1 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 record: offset=55716, type=attribute-update (ext), size=72, modseq=602 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test2 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 record: offset=55788, type=attribute-update (sync), size=132, modseq=603 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test1 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:53:28 value_len=0 - add: private/vendor/vendor.dovecot/pvt/server/sieve/files/test2 : timestamp=2015-12-09 15:57:14 value_len=0 Apparently something gets messed up on the receiving side and strange things appear in the transaction log (e.g. test1 with a timestamp of 15:57:14 which it never had). The fact that it happens sometimes (around 30-40% of the time) likely indicates a race condition somewhere. Also I'm not at all sure sieve transactions should appear twice on the receiving side (ext and then sync); I see other entries (e.g. ext-intro) as a single "(ext) (sync)" record. Any ideas? Thanks, Apollon doveconf -n output follows: # 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.8 (0c4ae064f307+) # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.2 auth_mechanisms = plain login default_vsz_limit = 320 M mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/srv/mail/alt/%d/%n mail_plugins = " acl notify replication acl" 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 namespace { location = maildir:/home/vmail/example.com/staging/Maildir:INDEX=/home/vmail/%d/%n/sta… prefix = Staging. subscriptions = no type = public } namespace 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 = separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /home/vmail/global.sieve sieve_default = /home/vmail/global.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap sieve" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = vmail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = vmail } } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0777 } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 ssl = yes } vsz_limit = 1 G } service imap-login { process_limit = 500 process_min_avail = 5 } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /usr/local/sbin/ldap-postlogin user = $default_internal_user } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin process_limit = 1024 } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.crt ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol lda { log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver.log mail_plugins = sieve replication notify } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 500 }

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v2.2.20 released
by Timo Sirainen 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.20.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/dovecot-2.2.20.tar.gz.sig This could be (one of) the last v2.2.x release. We're starting v2.3 development soon. + Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details. + ssl_options: Added support for no_ticket + imap/pop3/managesieve-login: Added postlogin_socket=path passdb extra field. This allows replacing the default service imap/pop3/managesieve {} settings for specific users (e.g. running their imap process via valgrind or strace). + doveadm fetch: Added date.sent/received/saved.unixtime + fs-posix: Added mode=auto parameter to set the created files' and directories' mode based on the parent dir if it has setgid-bit. + director: Support backends having hostnames, which makes it possible to verify their SSL certificates. - director: Directors' state became desynchronized if doveadm director commands were used to modify the same backend in multiple directors at the same time with conflicting changes. This fix includes some extra checks, which makes sure that if such a conflict still happens it's automatically fixed. In some situations such an automatic fix may now be unnecessarily triggered and an error logged. - director: Backend tags weren't working correctly. - ldap: tls_* settings weren't used for ldaps URIs. - ldap, mysql: Fixed setting connect timeout. - auth: userdb lookups via auth-worker couldn't change username - dsync: Fixed handling deleted directories. Make sure we don't go to infinite mailbox renaming loop. - imap: Fixed crash in NOTIFY when there were watched namespaces that didn't support NOTIFY. - imap: After SETMETADATA was used, various commands (especially FETCH) could have started hanging when their output was large. - stats: Idle sessions weren't refreshed often enough, causing stats process to forget them and log errors about unknown sessions when they were updated later. - stats: Fixed "Duplicate session ID" errors when LMTP delivered to multiple recipients and fts_autoindex=yes. - zlib plugin: Fixed copying causing cache corruption when zlib_save wasn't set, but the source message was compressed. - fts-solr: Fixed escaping Solr query parameters. - lmtp: quota_full_tempfail=yes was ignored with lmtp_rcpt_check_quota=yes

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core-dump in imap (Dovecot 2.2.19)
by Peter Eriksson 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Just found a coredump from the imap process for one of our users on dovecot 2.2.19 on a Solaris 10/x86 system: > Dec 8 14:33:17 mail dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.crit] imap(leijo): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 14465 killed with signal 11 (core dumped) Please find attached dovecot -n output and some gdb backtrace. It seems that cmd->client was NULL when dereferencing it at line 178 in imap-commands.c (in the function command_exec): > 178 cmd->bytes_in += i_stream_get_absolute_offset(cmd->client->input) - > 179 cmd_start_bytes_in; Please let me know if you need more information. I don't know what the users was doing at that specific time. --- [Ll.U] Peter Eriksson KITVS-IFM & ITI-NET IT.LiU.SE +46-70 518 2786

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Autoexpunge and special user namespace
by Joseph Tam 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

I'm interested in replacing my cron script that expunges old deleted mail with the new feature announced in 2.2.20 > + Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details. To use it, I need to specify which mailbox needs them using the namespace configuration. For example namespace inbox { mailbox Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } mailbox "Deleted Items" { auto = no special_use = \Trash autoexpunge = 7d mailbox_list_index = yes } ... } Different readers use different mailboxes, so I include the common ones. Some questions: 1) Do I need the special_user configuration at all? Will some clients start using different mailboxes to store deleted mail if I keep the special_use lines? 2) I also expunge old mail in INBOX marked as deleted -- is there any way to handle this case? Create virtual mailbox? Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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v2.2.20 release candidate released
by Timo Sirainen 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2.20.rc1.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2.20.rc1.tar.gz.sig v2.2.20 probably will be released tomorrow or maybe during weekend. + Added mailbox { autoexpunge=<time> } setting. See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailboxSettings for details. + ssl_options: Added support for no_ticket + imap/pop3/managesieve-login: Added postlogin_socket=path passdb extra field. This allows replacing the default service imap/pop3/managesieve {} settings for specific users (e.g. running their imap process via valgrind or strace). + doveadm fetch: Added date.sent/received/saved.unixtime + fs-posix: Added mode=auto parameter to set the created files' and directories' mode based on the parent dir if it has setgid-bit. + director: Support backends having hostnames, which makes it possible to verify their SSL certificates. - director: Directors' state became desynchronized if doveadm director commands were used to modify the same backend in multiple directors at the same time with conflicting changes. This fix includes some extra checks, which makes sure that if such a conflict still happens it's automatically fixed. In some situations such an automatic fix may now be unnecessarily triggered and an error logged. - director: Backend tags weren't working correctly. - ldap: tls_* settings weren't used for ldaps URIs. - ldap, mysql: Fixed setting connect timeout. - auth: userdb lookups via auth-worker couldn't change username - dsync: Fixed handling deleted directories. Make sure we don't go to infinite mailbox renaming loop. - imap: Fixed crash in NOTIFY when there were watched namespaces that didn't support NOTIFY. - imap: After SETMETADATA was used, various commands (especially FETCH) could have started hanging when their output was large. - stats: Idle sessions weren't refreshed often enough, causing stats process to forget them and log errors about unknown sessions when they were updated later. - stats: Fixed "Duplicate session ID" errors when LMTP delivered to multiple recipients and fts_autoindex=yes. - zlib plugin: Fixed copying causing cache corruption when zlib_save wasn't set, but the source message was compressed. - fts-solr: Fixed escaping Solr query parameters.

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Which mail does a certain attachment belong to?
by Ralf Hildebrandt 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

I'm seeing this: ./17/3c/173c81da2aab91f225f8eb5e8fcc87119be4eff0-b38d990442316a54a90c00008f4649af: SecuriteInfo.com.TR.Kryptik.180736.5155.16748.22498.UNOFFICIAL FOUND ./17/3c/173c81da2aab91f225f8eb5e8fcc87119be4eff0-bc70851b03216a54483f00008f4649af: SecuriteInfo.com.TR.Kryptik.180736.5155.16748.22498.UNOFFICIAL FOUND When scanning the "attachments" directory of my mdbox. How can I find out WHICH EMAIL these two attachments belong to? mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = zlib fts fts_lucene mdbox_rotate_size = 128M mdbox_rotate_interval = 0 mail_attachment_dir = /some/path/attachments mail_attachment_min_size = 128k mail_attachment_fs = sis posix mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1} -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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Released Pigeonhole v0.4.10.rc2 for Dovecot v2.2.20
by Stephan Bosch 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Hello Dovecot users, Here's the Pigeonhole RC that goes with Dovecot v2.2.20. Due to the earlier described conflict, RC1 will not compile with the new Dovecot release. I am not really in hurry to make a definitive release of Pigeonhole, since v0.4.9 still compiles fine with Dovecot v2.2.20. Still, if no big bugs emerge in the next few days, I will make a final release. So, please test this new RC and especially the new features. Changelog v0.4.10: + Implemented the Sieve mime and foreverypart extensions (RFC 5703). These are fully implemented. The interaction with the editheader extension needs some work, but this should not influence most uses; i.e., changes by the editheader extension are not always visible using foreverypart/mime. + Sieve body extension: Properly implemented the `:text' body transform. It now extracts text for HTML message parts. + Sieve enotify extension: mailto method: Implemented the sieve_notify_mailto_envelope_from setting. This allows configuring the source of the notification sender address for e-mail notifications. This is similar to what already can be configured for redirect. + Added a sieve_enabled (defaults to 'yes') setting that allows explicitly disabling Sieve processing for particular users. This used to be possible by setting `sieve=', but ever since the sieve_before, sieve_after and sieve_default settings were added, this method was not reliable anymore. - variables extension: Fixed handling of empty string by the `:length' set modifier. An empty string yielded an empty string rather than "0". - Fixed memory leak in the Sieve script byte code dumping facility. Extension contexts were never actually freed. - Fixed handling of implicit keep when the last Sieve script is a global one. In that case the implicit keep action was executed in global context, which could mean that trivial (quota) errors ended up in the system log file, rather than the user log file. - doveadm sieve plugin: Fixed crashes caused by incorrect context allocation in the sieve command implementations. The release is available as follows: http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this release candidate and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key
by Oliver Riesen-Mallmann 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Hi, since my last update from the Dovecot Prebuilt Binary for Debian I get a lot of messages like this in mail.log: dovecot: imap-login: Error: SSL: Stacked error: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key Nevertheless Dovecot seems to work normally. Email client doesn't mention any error. This was my last update: Start-Date: 2015-12-04 14:00:31 Commandline: apt-get upgrade Upgrade: dovecot-core:amd64 (2.2.19-1~auto+98, 2.2.20~rc1-1~auto+3), dovecot-managesieved:amd64 (2.2.19-1~auto+98, 2.2.20~rc1-1~auto+3), dovecot-sieve:amd64 (2.2.19-1~auto+98, 2.2.20~rc1-1~auto+3), dovecot-imapd:amd64 (2.2.19-1~auto+98, 2.2.20~rc1-1~auto+3), dovecot-pop3d:amd64 (2.2.19-1~auto+98, 2.2.20~rc1-1~auto+3), openssl:amd64 (1.0.1e-2+deb7u17, 1.0.1e-2+deb7u18), libssl1.0.0:amd64 (1.0.1e-2+deb7u17, 1.0.1e-2+deb7u18) End-Date: 2015-12-04 14:00:53 My current Dovecot version: 2.2.20.rc1 (0b81127e53da) on Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.68-1+deb7u1 x86_64 Is it a bug in Dovecot or in openssl/libssl? Regards Oliver

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Dovecot cluster using GlusterFS
by Filip Pytloun 07 Dec '15

07 Dec '15

Hello, I have recently setup mailserver solution using 2-node master-master setup (mainly based on MySQL M-M replication and GlusterFS with 2 replica volume) on Ubuntu 14.04 (Dovecot 2.2.9). Unfortunately even with shared-storage-aware setting: mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_fsync = always mmap_disable = yes ..I have hit strange issues pretty soon especially when user was manipulating same mailbox from multiple devices at the same time. Most issues was about corrupted indexes which was solved easily by just putting them on local storage of each node: mail_location = maildir:/srv/mail/%d/%u:INDEX=/var/lib/dovecot/index/%d/%u But I still hit issues like this one: dovecot: lmtp(6276, user(a)example.com) Error: Broken file /srv/mail/example.com/user(a)example.com/dovecot-uidlist line 8529: UIDs not ordered (8527 >= 8527) Which I am not sure how serious it is or if it's possible to solve or workaround? Anyway because of the above and high possibility of GlusterFS split-brains, I have decided to setup Dovecot Director according to the docs [1] but I have a couple of questions: - is custom monitoring still required? Poolmon [2] is 4 year old so I would suppose there's some progress since that? - it's not possible to have same backends and directors in Dovecot <2.2.17. I can backport newer Dovecot for Ubuntu Trusty, so this is not an issue, but.. - documentation states that it still doesn't work for LMTP [3]? Which is probably important for my setup, because both Postfix servers are using dovecot-lmtp for mail delivery so there can be still some issues (but probably less frequent?) when both servers will deliver new mails for one user at once. So do I really have to split directors from backends? Anyone has experience with clustered Dovecot setup? Why is Dovecot behaving so bad when it pretends to be shared storage friendly? Are these issues only specific for older Dovecot? Or is there something wrong in my architecture design? Thanks for any help, Filip --- [1] http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Director [2] https://github.com/brandond/poolmon/ [3] "LMTP however doesn't currently support mixing recipients to both being proxied and store locally." --- BTW if someone is interested in SaltStack, here are Salt formulas for Dovecot + Postfix + GlusterFS + Roundcube + Mailman setup which we are using: https://github.com/tcpcloud/salt-formula-dovecot https://github.com/tcpcloud/salt-formula-postfix https://github.com/tcpcloud/salt-formula-roundcube https://github.com/tcpcloud/salt-formula-glusterfs

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mmap_disable=yes not honored always
by Peter Benko 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

<Sorry for the resend, it seems that the formatting of my original mail got garbled> Hi all, I'm experimenting with having the mail store on a 9p file system that lacks mmap() functionality. So I disabled it in dovecot: mmap_disable = yes However, I keep getting the following error messages in my log: Oct 15 16:55:00 computer-name dovecot: imap user(a)domain.com[192.168.1.3] Error: mmap() failed with file /mail/mailboxes/domain.com/user/indexpvt-accounts/other-user/mailboxes/INBOX/dovecot.index.pvt.log: Invalid argument I only get those messages for the shared folder's private indexes. This setup works perfectly on an ext2/3/4 fs. Any opinions, is this a bug? Is mmap_disable not mandatory for all operations? Best regards, Peter

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[PATCH] [dovecot 2.2.9] Quota warnings ignored with FS quotas
by Grzegorz Nosek 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Hi all, I noticed that in some circumstances quota warnings are ignored. The bug arises when both of the following are used: 1. percentage-based quota warnings, i.e.: quota_warning = storage=1%% quota-warning 1 %u 2. filesystem quota backend (and probably others, except for quotas configured directly in dovecot config) Percentage-based quota warnings have rule.bytes_limit recalculated based on root_set->default_rule.bytes_limit, however this value is zero when FS quotas are in use. Real quota values (from quotactl) are fetched very late, in quota_warnings_execute() but at that point no recalculation happens. As the warning rules have bytes_limit==0, they're effectively ignored. The patch below enables quota warnings to be sent when using filesystem (and possibly maildirsize-based) quotas. Based and tested on Ubuntu 14.04's dovecot 2.2.9. Best regards, Grzegorz Nosek diff --git a/src/plugins/quota/quota.c b/src/plugins/quota/quota.c index adbd70d..8e4d7e0 100644 --- a/src/plugins/quota/quota.c +++ b/src/plugins/quota/quota.c @@ -1163,6 +1163,8 @@ static void quota_warnings_execute(struct quota_transaction_context *ctx, &count_current, &count_limit) < 0) return; + quota_root_recalculate_relative_rules(root->set, bytes_limit, count_limit); + bytes_before = bytes_current - ctx->bytes_used; count_before = count_current - ctx->count_used; for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {

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SIS attachments compressed
by Juan Carlos Sanchez 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Hello: In case it is defined to use zlib compression, does SIS save attachments compressed? I have found this question replied in the past (2012) and the answer was NO. I ask again just to know if there have been changes or if it is in the roadmap to add compression. I have been testing to migrate from maildir+zlib to mdbox+zlib+sis and the results, in terms of space used, and worst than using just mdbox+zlib (without SIS), and suppose the reason in the lack of compression in attachments. Thanks in advance. -- ------------------------------------------------------ Juan Carlos Sanchez Hernandez Responsable de Seguridad y Correo Electronico Servicio de Planificacion Informatica y Comunicaciones Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Rectorado Avda. Ramiro de Maeztu 7 28040 Madrid ------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] lmtp_rcpt_check_quota not working
by Bernhard Schmidt 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Hi, Dovecot 2.2.9 (Debian package from backports) does not seem to respect lmtp_rcpt_check_quota # 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.4 deliver_log_format = from=<%e>, size=%p, message-id=<%m>, status=%$ disable_plaintext_auth = no lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = yes mail_debug = yes mail_gid = mstore mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%-1.1u/%u mail_plugins = quota mail_uid = mstore 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 ihave mmap_disable = yes namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { quota = maildir quota_rule = ?:storage=512M quota_rule2 = INBOX.Trash:ignore quota_status_nouser = DUNNO quota_status_overquota = 452 4.2.2 Mailbox is full quota_status_success = DUNNO quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u sieve = ~/currently-active-script.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu protocols = imap lmtp sieve pop3 quota_full_tempfail = yes service anvil { client_limit = 3000 unix_listener anvil { group = sudo mode = 0660 } } service auth { client_limit = 3000 unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mstore mode = 0660 user = mstore } } service imap-login { client_limit = 1024 inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_limit = 2500 process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = xxx port = 24 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 2000 } service_count = 1 } service managesieve { process_limit = 1024 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service quota-status { client_limit = 5 executable = quota-status -p postfix inet_listener { address = xxx port = 12340 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quotawarnmsg.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = mstore } user = mstore } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota imap_zlib } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota sieve } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve } so Dovecot should reject in RCPT TO phase, but according to the logs of the upstream Postfix it does so after END-OF-DATA (host xxx[2001:xxx] said: 452 4.2.2 <user(a)domain.de> Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) (in reply to end of DATA command)) I haven't seen any commits regarding to this in 2.2.10 or tip. Regards, Bernhard

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Dovecot 2.2.18.2: Panic: file fs-api.c: line 756 (fs_copy): assertion failed: (src->fs == dest->fs)
by Frank Mehrtens 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Hello, a colleague found some strange messages in the logs: Oct 27 13:08:43 mail postfix/qmgr[1618]: E83C8180F56: from=<user1(a)domain.de>, size=298937, nrcpt=2 (queue active) Oct 27 13:08:43 mail dovecot: lmtp(6740): Connect from local Oct 27 13:08:43 mail dovecot: lmtp(user2(a)domain.de): gYFbBEdpL1ZUGgAA0nA0dQ: message-id=<035901d110b0$3929bc20$ab7d3460$(a)domain.de>: saved mail to INBOX (from: user1(a)domain.de, subject: WG: Matthias, size: 295392) Oct 27 13:08:43 mail postfix/lmtp[6702]: E83C8180F56: to=<user2(a)domain.de>, relay=mail.domain.de[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.41, delays=0.36/0/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <user2(a)domain.de> gYFbBEdpL1ZUGgAA0nA0dQ Saved) Oct 27 13:08:43 mail dovecot: lmtp(mailarchiv(a)domain.de): Panic: file fs-api.c: line 756 (fs_copy): assertion failed: (src->fs == dest->fs) Oct 27 13:08:43 mail dovecot: lmtp(mailarchiv(a)domain.de): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7b53a) [0x7f10419e553a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x7b5a6) [0x7f10419e55a6] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x281ea) [0x7f10419921ea] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3163a) [0x7f104199b63a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(sdbox_copy+0x4c4) [0x7f1041cbad94] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_copy+0x7a) [0x7f1041c9f37a] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver_save+0x1a7) [0x7f1041f891b7] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x11b) [0x7f1041f8956b] -> dovecot/lmtp() [0x406922] -> dovecot/lmtp() [0x40730d] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x5b) [0x7f10419f7fbb] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0xaf) [0x7f10419f918f] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x9) [0x7f10419f8049] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovec ot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f10419f80c8] -> /usr/lib64/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f1041997043] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x18b) [0x404dbb] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f10415f4d5d] -> dovecot/lmtp() [0x404b49] Oct 27 13:08:43 mail dovecot: lmtp(mailarchiv(a)domain.de): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 6740 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) Oct 27 13:08:43 mail postfix/lmtp[6702]: E83C8180F56: to=<mailarchiv(a)domain.de>, relay=mail.domain.de[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.41, delays=0.36/0/0/0.05, dsn=4.4.2, status=deferred (lost connection with mail.domain.de[private/dovecot-lmtp] while sending end of data -- message may be sent more than once) Postfix always_bcc set to mailarchiv(a)domain.de. [root@mail ~]# rpm -qa | grep dove dovecot-ee-2.2.18.2-1.el6.x86_64 dovecot-ee-managesieve-0.4.8-1.el6.x86_64 dovecot-ee-pigeonhole-0.4.8-1.el6.x86_64 [root@mail ~]# doveconf -n # 2.2.18.2 (866bffbafde7): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.8 (73d4f6cd676a) # OS: Linux 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.7 (Final) ext4 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_mechanisms = plain login deliver_log_format = message-id=%m: %$ (from: %f, subject: %s, size: %p) dict { quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_attachment_dir = /storage/mail/attachments mail_attachment_hash = %{sha512} mail_gid = vmail mail_location = sdbox:/storage/mail/%d/%n mail_plugins = acl quota mail_uid = vmail 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 namespace { list = children location = sdbox:/storage/mail/%%d/%%n/ prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace { list = children location = maildir:/storage/mail/public:INDEX=/storage/mail/%d/%n/public prefix = public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox "Gelöschte Objekte" { special_use = \Trash } mailbox "Gesendete Objekte" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/storage/mail/shared-mailboxes sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { ssl = yes } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl quota sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl imap_quota } Best regards Frank -- DECOIT GmbH Fahrenheitstraße 9 D-28359 Bremen Tel.: +49-421-596064-0 Fax: +49-421-596064-09 E-Mail: info(a)decoit.de <mailto:info@decoit.de> Web: http://www.decoit.de <http://www.decoit.de/> Amtsgericht Bremen, HRB 21533 Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Oliver Detken

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mailbox_list_index and maildir_very_dirty_syncs are in conflicts?
by Alessio Cecchi 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Hi, I’m running Dovecot 2.2.19 with Maildir as storage and LDA for delivery. I noticed that if I set mailbox_list_index=yes and maildir_very_dirty_syncs=yes when I login via IMAP the STATUS command don’t “see” new messages in sub-folders (like Spam). Example, a new message as arrived in Spam folder (I can see in Maildir/new/) but IMAP STATUS don’t see it: . STATUS Spam (MESSAGES UNSEEN) * STATUS Spam (MESSAGES 139 UNSEEN 0) (in this case the date of “dovecot.list.index” files is not updated) If I comment out mailbox_list_index=yes or maildir_very_dirty_syncs=yes I can see the new message: . STATUS Spam (MESSAGES UNSEEN) * STATUS Spam (MESSAGES 140 UNSEEN 1) (in this case the date of “dovecot.list.index” files is updated after the STATUS command) Instead the SELECT command works fine always. An importante note, my dovecot LDA configuration (on MX servers) don’t update index files: protocol lda { mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY mail_plugins = quota acl expire fts fts_solr zlib sieve } These because I need to filter incoming email via Sieve but since I cannot use LMTP (and Director) on MX (but I have Director for POP/IMAP access) the only way for not corrupting dovecot.index files is not update their on delivery emails. But reading http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir this shouldn’t be a problem (Optimizations “maildir_very_dirty_syncs=yes” … It's still safe to deliver new mails to new/ …) since MX deliver new emails in new/. Is a Dovecot limit or is a problem of my configuration? Thanks my configuration: # 2.2.19 # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 5 mins auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_cache_ttl = 20 mins auth_master_user_separator = * auth_worker_max_count = 50 deliver_log_format = msgid=%m, from=%f, subject="%s": %$ dict { acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext sqlquota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 89 first_valid_uid = 89 imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags imap_idle_notify_interval = 29 mins imap_logout_format = in=%i out=%o session=<%{session}> last_valid_gid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = 10.96.3.156 login_trusted_networks = 10.0.0.0/24 mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = quota acl expire fts fts_solr zlib mailbox_list_index = yes maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate vnd.dovecot.duplicate mmap_disable = yes namespace { list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%n/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-deny-sql.conf.ext deny = yes driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/extra/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl antispam_backend = mailtrain antispam_mail_notspam = --ham antispam_mail_sendmail = /usr/bin/sa-learn antispam_mail_spam = --spam antispam_spam = Spam antispam_trash = Trash expire = Trash expire2 = Spam expire_dict = proxy::expire fts = solr fts_solr = url=http://10.0.0.1:8983/solr/ quota = maildir:UserQuota quota2 = dict:Quota Usage::noenforcing:proxy::sqlquota quota_grace = 10M quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve/before.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +vnd.dovecot.duplicate -vacation zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, bytes=%i/%o, session=<%{session}> protocols = imap pop3 sieve sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail service auth { client_limit = 6524 unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } } service dict { process_limit = 500 unix_listener dict { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/scripts/imap-postlogin.sh unix_listener imap-postlogin { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin process_limit = 5000 service_count = 100 vsz_limit = 384 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/scripts/pop3-postlogin.sh unix_listener pop3-postlogin { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } service pop3 { executable = pop3 pop3-postlogin process_limit = 1024 service_count = 100 } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/scripts/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vpopmail } user = vpopmail } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/wildcard.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/wildcard.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 submission_host = 127.0.0.1 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=MEMORY mail_plugins = quota acl expire fts fts_solr zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 25 mail_plugins = quota acl expire fts fts_solr zlib imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 2 } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 5 } -- Alessio Cecchi Postmaster AT http://www.qboxmail.it http://www.linkedin.com/in/alessice

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ACL Troubles
by Bobber 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Using dovecot version 2.2.19. In the config file I have the following to set up acls: > mail_plugins = $mail_plugins acl > protocol imap { > mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_acl > } > plugin { > acl = vfile:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls:cache_secs=300 > } And here's my acl file: > * anyone rl I am getting the following error in the dovecot log file: > Error: Global ACL file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/acls line 1: Unknown ID 'anyone rl' Also, my subfolders in the shared mailbox area are no longer visible or accessible. Any ideas what I am doing wrong? -- *Bob Wooldridge* Blog: http://kc0dxf.net/blog/

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LIST MANAGEMENT BROKEN
by Edwardo Garcia 06 Dec '15

06 Dec '15

Timo I have for two days try to unsubscribe from this list using email mailman. The list server does not send me confirmation request. Please fix your server and remove me

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Released Pigeonhole v0.4.10.rc1 for Dovecot v2.2.20.rc1
by Stephan Bosch 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Hello Dovecot users, Here's the Pigeonhole RC that goes with the Dovecot RC. There is a conflict with the t_str_trim() function. To be able to quickly release Dovecot, Timo has reverted the involved change so that 0.4.9 will still compile with the final Dovecot v2.2.20 release. This Pigeonhole RC will therefore not compile against the final Dovecot release (only against v2.2.20.rc1), which I will mend quickly once Dovecot v2.2.20 is released. Changelog v0.4.10.rc1: + Implemented the Sieve mime and foreverypart extensions (RFC 5703). These are fully implemented. The interaction with the editheader extension needs some work, but this should not influence most uses; i.e., changes by the editheader extension are not always visible using foreverypart/mime. + Sieve body extension: Properly implemented the `:text' body transform. It now extracts text for HTML message parts. + Sieve enotify extension: mailto method: Implemented the sieve_notify_mailto_envelope_from setting. This allows configuring the source of the notification sender address for e-mail notifications. This is similar to what already can be configured for redirect. + Added a sieve_enabled (defaults to 'yes') setting that allows explicitly disabling Sieve processing for particular users. This used to be possible by setting `sieve=', but ever since the sieve_before, sieve_after and sieve_default settings were added, this method was not reliable anymore. - variables extension: Fixed handling of empty string by the `:length' set modifier. An empty string yielded an empty string rather than "0". - Fixed memory leak in the Sieve script byte code dumping facility. Extension contexts were never actually freed. - Fixed handling of implicit keep when the last Sieve script is a global one. In that case the implicit keep action was executed in global context, which could mean that trivial (quota) errors ended up in the system log file, rather than the user log file. - doveadm sieve plugin: Fixed crashes caused by incorrect context allocation in the sieve command implementations. The release is available as follows: http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org/releases/2.2/rc/dovecot-2.2-pigeonhole-0.4.10… Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.x wiki for more information. Have fun testing this release candidate and don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, -- Stephan Bosch stephan(a)rename-it.nl

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Content-Enconding
by Leander Schäfer 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Hi, With Apache one may use "mod_deflate" in order to reduce bandwidth by using e.g. gzip to compress the http traffic. I would like to use something similar for email traffic between mail clients to dovecote and postfix. My questions are: a) Is this established well enough in most mail clients? b) Can you recomment a good tutorial for this? Thank you very much

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object storage
by Bradley Giesbrecht 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Is the Dovecot Object Storage plugin still available for purchase? Clicking the store link [2] from this page [1] does not show any info about purchasing the plugin. [1] http://www.dovecot.fi/dovecot-object-storage-plugins-available-for-online-p… [2] http://shop.dovecot.fi/ Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht (pixilla)

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FTS solr issue.
by Vijay Sarvepalli 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Hello Dovecot admins, I seem to have a problem ever since recent upgrades to dovecot. The solr engine complains about some variable not being long. Although it does not say which variable. I havve updated the solr-schema.xml file from current dovecot install 2.2.15 ! Any ideas would be very helpful INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/select params={fl=uid,score&sort=uid+asc&q=from:"modracon"+OR+to:"modracon"+OR+cc:"modracon"+OR+subject:"modracon"&fq=%2Bbox:1483350010e1de52e93800004bc94032+%2Buser:" user-psmail.net"&rows=106375} status=500 QTime=6 Dec 04, 2015 5:04:26 PM org.apache.solr.common.SolrException log SEVERE: java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid shift value in prefixCoded string (is encoded value really a LONG?) at org.apache.lucene.util.NumericUtils.prefixCodedToLong(NumericUtils.java:205)

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Interpreting keywords
by Mark Foley 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

I've marked several messages in Thunderbird using tags. Tags used are: 0 Important 1 Work 2 To Do 3 Personal 4 Later The messages so tagged appear to have the flag fields set in the IMAP Maildir: cur/1449002162.8993_0.mail:2,Sb cur/1449001929.28087_0.mail:2,Sad I've looked in dovecot-keywords and find: $ more dovecot-keywords 0 $label1 1 $label2 2 $label3 3 $label4 I assume these "$label" values are macros that possibly refer to "Important", "Work", etc., but where are these $label's defined? Are they defined in the dovecot configs somewhere or does the mail client just "know" what these correspond to? --Mark

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Trouble setting replication over TCP
by Борис Кукушкин 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Good day, everyone. I'm playing around with replication to create a backup host. I have hosts backend3 (192.168.100.112) and backend3-replica (192.168.100.113). backend3 acts as a mail-receiving host, backend3-replica is a backup for the case of failure. Both versions are 2.2.13 (form Debian Jessie repository). backend3 receives mail via LMTP-proxy. So far I've managed to setup replication via ssh, but didn't have success with TCP replication. Any help would be much appreciated. Here is what I have in logs when processing a newly delivered e-mail. backend3: Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Connect from 192.168.100.101 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib15_notify_plugin.so Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib20_replication_plugin.so Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=lmtp#011lip=192.168.100.112#011lport=24#011rip=127.0.0.1#011rport=33133 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,127.0.0.1): SELECT pop AS home, uid, gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', CAST(quota*1024*1024 AS CHAR)) AS quota_ rule FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: userdb out: USER#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster#011uid=8#011gid=8#011quota_rule=*:bytes=1048 57600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: auth input: postmaster(a)mailnet.local home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster uid=8 gid=8 quota_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Effective uid=8, gid=8, home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/usr/local/mail/mailnet. local/postmaster/Maildir Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Debug: maildir++: root=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postma ster/Maildir, alt= Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451, postmaster(a)mailnet.local) Debug: Effective uid=8, gid=8, home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451, postmaster(a)mailnet.local) Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildi r:/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451, postmaster(a)mailnet.local) Debug: maildir++: root=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/usr/local /mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, alt= Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451, postmaster(a)mailnet.local) F0skIVedYVZLFQAAamJeGw: msgid=unspecified: saved mail to INBOX Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: lmtp(5451): Disconnect from 127.0.0.1: Successful quit Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local#011service=doveadm Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local): query: SELECT username AS user, crypt AS password, proxy_maybe, host FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' AND enabled = 1 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: passdb out: PASS#0111#011user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local#011host=192.168.100.112#011proxy Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local host=192.168.100.112 proxy Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.112#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.112#011rport=58217 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.112): query: SELECT username AS user, crypt AS password, proxy_maybe, host FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' AND enabled = 1 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: passdb out: PASS#0111#011user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER#0112#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.112#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.112#011rport=58217 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.112): SELECT pop AS home, uid, gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', CAST(quota*1024*1024 AS CHAR)) AS quota_rule FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: userdb out: USER#0112#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster#011uid=8#011gid=8#011quota_rule=*:bytes=1048 57600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: postmaster(a)mailnet.local home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster uid=8 gid=8 quo ta_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.112#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.113#011rport=43001 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.113): query: SELECT username AS user, crypt AS password, proxy_maybe, host FROM users WHE RE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' AND enabled = 1 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: passdb out: PASS#0111#011user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER#0112#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.112#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.113#011rport=43001 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth-worker(5446): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.113): SELECT pop AS home, uid, gid, CONCAT('*:bytes=', CAST(quota*1024*1024 AS CHAR)) AS quota_rule FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: auth: Debug: userdb out: USER#0112#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster#011uid=8#011gid=8#011quota_rule=*:bytes=1048 57600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: postmaster(a)mailnet.local home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster uid=8 gid=8 quo ta_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:bytes=104857600 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Effective uid=8, gid=8, home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes lo cation=maildir:/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.113,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: maildir++: root=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inb ox=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, alt= Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Effective uid=8, gid=8, home=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes lo cation=maildir:/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: maildir++: root=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inb ox=/usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir, alt= Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /usr/local/mail/mailnet.local/postmaster/Maildir: mode=0700 gid =default Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: dsync-local(postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Error: read(backend3-replica.mailnet.local) failed: EOF (version not received) Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3 dovecot: dsync-server(postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Error: read(192.168.100.113) failed: EOF (version not received) Here is what goes to backend3-replica's log: Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.113#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.112#011rport=46266 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth-worker(4057): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.112): query: SELECT username AS user, crypt AS password, proxy_maybe, host FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' AND enabled = 1 Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth: Debug: passdb out: PASS#0111#011user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local#011host=192.168.100.112#011proxy Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3-replica dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local host=192.168.100.112 proxy Dec 4 17:04:07 backend3-replica dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Error: doveadm client: Unknown flag: V Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS#0111#011postmaster(a)mailnet.local #011service=doveadm#011lip=192.168.100.113#011lport=12345#011rip=192.168.100.112#011rport=46269 Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth-worker(4062): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth-worker(4062): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth-worker(4062): Debug: sql(postmaster(a)mailnet.local,192.168.100.112): query: SELECT username AS user, crypt AS password, proxy_maybe, host FROM users WHERE username = 'postmaster(a)mailnet.local' AND enabled = 1 Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: auth: Debug: passdb out: PASS#0111#011user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local#011host=192.168.100.112#011proxy Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Debug: auth input: user=postmaster(a)mailnet.local host=192.168.100.112 proxy Dec 4 17:09:07 backend3-replica dovecot: doveadm(192.168.100.112,postmaster(a)mailnet.local): Error: doveadm client: Unknown flag: V Here is the output of dovecot -n for backend3: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.2 ext4 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 100 M auth_cache_ttl = 0 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = doveadmpass doveadm_port = 12345 first_valid_gid = 8 first_valid_uid = 8 last_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = yes login_trusted_networks = 192.168.100.100/32 192.168.100.101/32 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 8 mail_location = maildir:/usr/local/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" mail_uid = 8 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 ihave namespace 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 } mailbox name { auto = subscribe } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:backend3-replica.mailnet.local sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } pop3_client_workarounds = oe-ns-eoh postmaster_address = postmaster@%d protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = mail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = mail } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 10 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } For backend3-replica: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.2 ext4 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_cache_size = 100 M auth_cache_ttl = 0 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = doveadmpass doveadm_port = 12345 first_valid_gid = 8 first_valid_uid = 8 last_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lmtp_rcpt_check_quota = yes login_trusted_networks = 192.168.100.100/32 192.168.100.101/32 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 8 mail_location = maildir:/usr/local/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = " notify replication" mail_uid = 8 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 ihave namespace 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 } mailbox name { auto = subscribe } prefix = } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql plugin { mail_replica = tcp:backend3.mailnet.local sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } pop3_client_workarounds = oe-ns-eoh postmaster_address = postmaster@%d protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { user = mail } unix_listener replication-notify { user = mail } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_min_avail = 10 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { mode = 0600 } } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql }

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Missing processes
by Ervin Hegedüs 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

Hi list, I'm new on dovecot mailing list, this is my second dovecot installation. I'm using Debian 8, dovecot packages cames from repository. I'm using it with Postfix - postfix uses dovecot as virtual transport. Looks like everything is fine: dovecot starts, and I see this line in syslog: Dec 4 00:57:04 myserver dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.2.13 starting up for imap, lmtp, pop3 (core dumps disabled) but there isn't any imap nor pop3 process: # ps ax | grep dovecot 23723 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F 23732 ? S 0:00 dovecot/anvil 23733 ? S 0:00 dovecot/log 23735 ? S 0:00 dovecot/config In logs, there isn't any relevant info. If I send a mail to Postfix, it uses dovecot/auth, ant it starts _only_when_ postfix used it: # ps ax | grep dovecot 23723 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot -F 23732 ? S 0:00 dovecot/anvil 23733 ? S 0:00 dovecot/log 23735 ? S 0:00 dovecot/config 25049 ? S 0:00 dovecot/lmtp 25050 ? S 0:00 dovecot/auth 25052 ? S 0:00 dovecot/auth -w But there still isn't the dovecot/imap... Why? Thanks, a. -- I � UTF-8

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How do we disable LOGIN-REFERRALS?
by sb 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

> Network Working Group M. Gahrns > Request for Comments: 2221 Microsoft > Category: Standards Track October 1997 > > IMAP4 Login Referrals ... > 6. Security Considerations > > The IMAP4 login referral mechanism makes use of IMAP URLs, and as > such, have the same security considerations as general internet URLs > [RFC-1738], and in particular IMAP URLs [IMAP-URL]. > > A server MUST NOT give a login referral if authentication for that > user fails. This is to avoid revealing information about the user's > account to an unauthorized user. > > With the LOGIN-REFERRALS capability, it is potentially easier to > write a rogue 'password catching' server that collects login data and > then refers the client to their actual IMAP4 server. Although > referrals reduce the effort to write such a server, the referral > response makes detection of the intrusion easier.

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[patch] Fix for bug in TLS/SSL for LMTP with chained certificates
by NederHost/Sebastiaan Hoogeveen 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Hi, In case of tl;dr: I fixed a bug in TLS support for LMTP which caused chained certificates not to work, and another one which caused certificate read errors to be ignored; the patches are attached to this email. While testing LMTP with TLS and certificate verification by Postfix I discovered that certificate chains are not exchanged properly when using LMTP, even though everything works fine for POP3 and IMAP (both with or without STARTTLS). On LMTP only the server certificate is included in the TLS handshake, no intermediate certificates are provided by the server. The first problem I fixed is that in lib-ssl-iostream/iostream-openssl-context.c errors from the ssl_ctx_use_certificate_chain function are silently ignored because the function returns 0 for a failure but the caller checks for values smaller than 0. This problem is fixed in the tiny patch dovecot-2.2.19-ssl_ctx_certificate_chain_returnvalue.diff. After applying this patch the following error message appears in the logs for LMTP only (IMAP and POP3 still work fine): dovecot: lmtp(20683): Error: SSL context initialization failed, disabling SSL: Can't load SSL certificate: error:0608308E:digital envelope routines:EVP_PKEY_get1_EC_KEY:expecting a ec key It turns out this issue is not related to the reading of the certificate or its associated chain. Somewhere before ssl_ctx_use_certificate_chain is called an error is put in the OpenSSL error queue which is never retrieved. Only after loading the server certificate is the queue checked and because of the previously existing error the chain is not loaded. I think the error is related to setting specific protocol options in ssl_iostream_context_set (which may be different for LMTP than for IMAP or POP3) but I did not investigate this. I made the problem go away by making the following two changes: 1. The ssl_ctx_use_certificate_chain function now empties the OpenSSL error queue before doing its work by calling ERR_get_error() until the queue is empty. 2. The openssl_iostream_error function in a similar fashion empties the queue and returns only the error message for the most recent error (this prevent earlier errors from 'hiding' later/more relevant ones). After applying this second patch LMTP now works properly with certificate chains. Note that this patch makes previously unhandled errors simply 'disappear' from the queue, which may be a Very Bad Thing. I guess there is a more elegant way of handling this "queued error" issue but this works for me now and I'm actually not a C programmer. These two fixes are included in dovecot-2.2.19-lmtp_ssl_bug.diff. I suspect this is the same issue as the one reported by Piotr Rotter to this list on July the 27th. Kind regards, -- Sebastiaan Hoogeveen NederHost https://www.nederhost.nl/ KvK: 34099781

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Dovecot doesn't sent rejection message user overquota
by Antonello Cioffi 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Hi I'm using postfix+dovecot (2.2.18). The problem is that dovecot silently discard message when user has its own mailbox full without sending rejection message to the sender. Here a sample log: Dec 1 14:54:23 posta2 postfix/smtp[21478]: B315111C00B: to=<antonen(a)uniparthenope.it>, relay=192.168.241.110[192.168.241.110]:25, delay=0.4, delays=0.2/0/0/0.2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as C27BF1244DD) Dec 1 14:54:23 posta2 dovecot: lda(antonen): Error: sieve: msgid=<565DA68E.8060308(a)uniparthenope.it>: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Dec 1 14:54:23 posta2 dovecot: lda(antonen): sieve: Execution of script /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep Dec 1 14:54:23 posta2 dovecot: lda(antonen): msgid=<565DA68E.8060308(a)uniparthenope.it>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Dec 1 14:54:23 posta2 postfix/pipe[21020]: 111FB11C00B: to=<antonen(a)uniparthenope.it>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.14, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.09, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) This is dovecot configuration: posta2:/usr/local/etc/dovecot # doveconf -n # 2.2.18: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.8 (0c4ae064f307+) # OS: Linux 3.0.101-0.46-default x86_64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86_64) auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %Ln auth_verbose = yes default_internal_user = vmail default_login_user = nobody disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 100 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_gid = 100 mail_location = maildir:%h mail_plugins = " quota" mail_uid = 1002 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 spamtest spamtestplus passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-people-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { last_login_dict = redis:host=127.0.0.1:port=6379 mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/sieve/ sieve_dir = ~/.sieve sieve_extensions = +spamtest +spamtestplus +relational +comparator-i;ascii-numeric } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)uniparthenope.it protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 256 M } service quota-status { client_limit = 1 executable = quota-status -p postfix inet_listener { port = 12340 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_ca = <file.pem ssl_cert = <file.pem ssl_key = <file.pem userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-people-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota quota sieve" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep tb-lsub-flags mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota last_login" } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = " quota last_login" pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s, %u pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } while in master.cf dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} Is there someone who could help me? Regards -- Dott. Antonello Cioffi Ufficio Servizi Informatici Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope Tel. 081/5475292 - Fax. 081/5475180

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CentOS rpm dovecot 2.2.10 auth/db-ldap.c TLS bug/patch
by Andrey Fesenko 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Hello, CentOS rpm dovecot 2.2.10 сontains bug auth/db-ldap.c TLS (not connect LDAP+TLS server ldaps://), exist bug/patch https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=8267 As far as the correct patch in upstream dovecot quite a lot of changes at this point if there is a correct patch?

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mail_log plugin and uid=error in log file
by Alessio Cecchi 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Hi, I enabled notify and mail_log plugins to log the message uid for new emails delivered via LMTP. All works fine except that the uid is not always logged (see uid=error instead of uid=NUMBER) from dovecot.log: Dec 01 10:03:08 lmtp(alessio(a)domain.com): Info: copy from <lmtp DATA>: box=INBOX, uid=error, msgid=<14489594(a)domain.com>, from="WordPress" <wordpress(a)domain.com>, subject=Enquiry from Joy Dec 01 10:03:09 lmtp(alessio(a)domain.com): Info: copy from <lmtp DATA>: box=INBOX, uid=92, msgid=<03c4e16d(a)www.domain.com>, from="WordPress" <wordpress(a)domain.com>, subject=Enquiry from Joy When the uid number is missing the message have is uid in dovecot-uidlist file but is represented in different format: 92 G1448960589.M630964P41853.qb-dev :1448960589.M630964P41853.qb-dev,S=35341,W=35856 93 :1448960586.M423202P41802.qb-dev,S=35378,W=35890 It seems that the uid is determined after the log is written ... I'm running Dovecot 2.2.19, Maildir as storage format and LMTP for delivery. Is a bug or a "feature"? Can be fixed? Thanks this is my configuration: # dovecot -n # 2.2.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 # OS: Linux 2.6.32-573.7.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.7 (Final) auth_master_user_separator = * dict { expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext sqlquota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } first_valid_gid = 89 first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_gid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_lucene acl mail_log notify 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 namespace 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 = separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-deny-sql.conf.ext deny = yes driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/extra/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/global-acls:cache_secs=300 fts = lucene fts_lucene = whitespace_chars=@. mail_log_events = copy save mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject quota = dict:User quota::noenforcing:proxy::sqlquota sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve zlib_save = gz zlib_save_level = 6 } protocols = imap sieve lmtp service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/scripts/imap-postlogin.sh unix_listener imap-postlogin { group = vchkpw mode = 0660 user = vmail } user = vmail } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/wildcard.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/wildcard.key ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3 userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_lucene acl mail_log notify sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota zlib fts fts_lucene acl mail_log notify imap_quota imap_zlib imap_acl } -- Alessio Cecchi Postmaster @ http://www.qboxmail.it https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessice

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doveadm backup -R
by Peer Heinlein 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

We're using doveadm -o imapc_user="$USER" -o imapc_password="$PASSWORD" -o imapc_host=$SERVER1 -o pop3c_user="$USER" -o pop3c_password="$PASSWORD" -o pop3c_host=$SERVER1 -D -v backup -R -u "$USER" imapc: to migrate Mails from Courier to Dovecot. We have some complaints on the old system that there are changes on the old system where delete mails are appearing again (IMAP) and/or mails are downloaded several times (POP3). AFAIK there can't be changes on the old system if "backup -R" is used. Or is there any situation where changes on the old system (where we connect with imapc) may happen? Peer -- Heinlein Support GmbH Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 405051-42 Fax: 030 / 405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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Logstash pattern (GROK, KV, ...) to parse dovecot logs anyone?
by Christian Rohmann 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

Hello dovecot-users, I am currently playing with Elastics ELK stack and was kind of surprised to NOT yet find a good set of GROK or KV pattern to parse dovecots lush and information rich logs. The last post regarding this endeavor was in 2014 (http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2014-June/096589.html) which "only" extracts the key->value pairs but not other parts of the log lines. One finds the occasional attempt here and there on GitHub, like https://github.com/PCextreme/logstash-grok-patterns/blob/master/mail . But nothing in comparison to the simply amazingly good patterns there are for Postfix from whyscream (https://github.com/whyscream/postfix-grok-patterns) He even added some "I don't understand this yet" rule to learn where the parsing lags. I was wondering if anyone here is running logstash and does already have a set of GROK or KV configuration and is willing to share that with the world? A joint effort might get us to a complete extraction of key->values and all other interesting fields for dovecot quickly I hope. Regards Christian

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mail_log & doveadm
by Larry Rosenman 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Is there any way to have doveadm NOT log using mail_log, but have the daemons do it? (or have doveadm's log go to syslogd)? Thanks! ex: doveadm(ler): Info: copy from SA/FN: box=#ARCHIVE/2015/11/SA/FN, uid=1, msgid=<cm.021005.htukhul.cdhuutux.j(a)cmail2.com>, size=107835, vsize=110376, from="Alley Boost" <alleyboost1(a)gmail.com> , subject=Alley Boost: VIP Mixer TONIGHT, Startup Expo TOMORROW, & More! :), flags=(\Seen) -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx(a)gmail.com US Mail: 7011 W Parmer Ln, Apt 1115, Austin, TX 78729-6961

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lmtp panic
by Sergey Schwartz 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Gents, I've just upgraded to the latest build of dovecot , now lmtp delivery process panics for just one user Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Panic: file str.c: line 22 (str_new_const): assertion failed: (str[len] == '\0') Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Panic: file str.c: line 22 (str_new_const): assertion failed: (str[len] == '\0') Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x820de) [0x7f50e596b0de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x821cc) [0x7f50e596b1cc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f50e59128de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa8bf8) [0x7f50e5991bf8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5ddbd) [0x7f50e380ddbd] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_match+0xf1) [0x7f50e37f43b1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5f555) [0x7f50e380f555] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_continue+0xe7) [0x7f50e37eb2e7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_run+0x2b) [0x7f50e37eb46b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x4e6ea) [0x7f50e37fe6ea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_execute+0x47) [0x7f50e37ff277] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so(+0x3b81) [0x7f50e3a62b81] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x49) [0x7f50e5f26899] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x6a04) [0x7f50e6357a04] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x72d7) [0x7f50e63582d7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x4c) [0x7f50e597ebbc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x101) [0x7f50e597ffb1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x25) [0x7f50e597ec45] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f50e597ede8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f50e59182e3] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x165) [0x7f50e6356135] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f50e5545ec5] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x5223) [0x7f50e6356223] Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x820de) [0x7f887f40e0de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x821cc) [0x7f887f40e1cc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f887f3b58de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa8bf8) [0x7f887f434bf8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5ddbd) [0x7f887d2b0dbd] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_match+0xf1) [0x7f887d2973b1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5f555) [0x7f887d2b2555] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_continue+0xe7) [0x7f887d28e2e7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_run+0x2b) [0x7f887d28e46b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x4e6ea) [0x7f887d2a16ea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_execute+0x47) [0x7f887d2a2277] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so(+0x3b81) [0x7f887d505b81] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x49) [0x7f887f9c9899] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x6a04) [0x7f887fdfaa04] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x72d7) [0x7f887fdfb2d7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x4c) [0x7f887f421bbc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x101) [0x7f887f422fb1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x25) [0x7f887f421c45] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7f887f421de8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7f887f3bb2e3] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x165) [0x7f887fdf9135] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7f887efe8ec5] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x5223) [0x7f887fdf9223] Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(7502): Connect from local Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(7509): Connect from local Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Panic: file str.c: line 22 (str_new_const): assertion failed: (str[len] == '\0') Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x820de) [0x7fd26d0530de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x821cc) [0x7fd26d0531cc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fd26cffa8de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0xa8bf8) [0x7fd26d079bf8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5ddbd) [0x7fd26aef5dbd] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_match+0xf1) [0x7fd26aedc3b1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x5f555) [0x7fd26aef7555] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_continue+0xe7) [0x7fd26aed32e7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_interpreter_run+0x2b) [0x7fd26aed346b] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(+0x4e6ea) [0x7fd26aee66ea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0(sieve_execute+0x47) [0x7fd26aee7277] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so(+0x3b81) [0x7fd26b14ab81] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-lda.so.0(mail_deliver+0x49) [0x7fd26d60e899] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x6a04) [0x7fd26da3fa04] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x72d7) [0x7fd26da402d7] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x4c) [0x7fd26d066bbc] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run_internal+0x101) [0x7fd26d067fb1] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0x25) [0x7fd26d066c45] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x38) [0x7fd26d066de8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x13) [0x7fd26d0002e3] -> dovecot/lmtp(main+0x165) [0x7fd26da3e135] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7fd26cc2dec5] -> dovecot/lmtp(+0x5223) [0x7fd26da3e223] Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 7494 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 7497 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 7499 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 6719 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Nov 10 15:36:49 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(oleg.vasilyev(a)bgoperator.com): Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 7502 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Nov 10 15:36:51 mx10 dovecot: lmtp(7509): Disconnect from local: Connection closed (in DATA finished) Oleg has lots and lots of small emails :) I'm running ubuntu server 14.04 x86_64 dovecot 2.2.19 (0b1c73b01a5a) build from http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ jessie-auto/dovecot-2.2 main -- Best regards, Sergey Schwartz Senior System Administrator Biblio Globus Tour Operator www.bgoperator.ru T: +7 495 5042500 ext 1532 E: sergey.schwartz(a)bgoperator.com

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Let lmtp create target directories
by martin f krafft 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Hello, we're using vmm¹ to manage our postfix+dovecot virtual mail setup, which allows us to give every virtual user a separate EUID and every domain a separate EGID for additional security (vs. handling all virtual mail with a single "vmail" user). As a consequence, however, vmm must itself create the user directories with the appropriate owners, and to do so, it requires root rights. I am trying to investigate getting rid of this need³. Since Dovecot quite happily creates ~/Maildir when necessary, couldn't it also create parents? The home directory should be trivial (same EUID/EGID), but grandparents etc. might need a different policy (e.g. 0/EGID for the grandparent, 0/0 for great-grandparents, etc.). Is this something that could fall within the realm of Dovecot's lmtp? Or is the lmtp invoked as the user and doesn't actually drop root? If so, might there be another way? ¹) http://vmm.localdomain.org/² ²) Hallo Pascal ³) http://bugs.debian.org/804382 Thanks, -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- antoine de saint-exupéry spamtraps: madduck.bogus(a)madduck.net

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Looks like a bug to me: Dovecot ignores Maildir/new timestamp
by Fredrik Roubert 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Hello! I run Debian jessie and have an issue with the interaction between Dovecot (2.2.13), Mutt (1.5.23) and the Android Gmail (5.8.105868218) IMAP client, when using Maildir: I use Dovecot LMTP for local delivery into Maildir and access these files both through Dovecot IMAP from the Android Gmail IMAP client and also directly through the filesystem by running Mutt locally on the mail server. When a new mail arrives, Dovecot LMTP will add a new file in Maildir/new and also update the Dovecot index cache. If I then open Mutt and just delete this new message, then Mutt will just delete this file from Maildir/new and the Dovecot index cache will be out-of-sync. (For testing, Mutt can be cut out of the equation entirely by instead just running "rm Maildir/new/*" from the command line to mimic what Mutt does when deleting a new message, but I mention the use of Mutt here to show why this is a real use-case for me.) If I after this open the Gmail app and pull down the message index to refresh from the Dovecot IMAP server, it'll get the cached version of the index, in which the new message is still present (but only the headers, no body will be loaded and the app will show no body snippet). Pulling down the message index again to force a second refresh will cause the new/deleted message to disappear again. This seems to be caused by Dovecot not looking at the Maildir/new timestamp to determine whether the index cache is up-to-date, but instead only looking at the Maildir/cur timestamp. If I instead repeat all these testing steps from the beginning, sending a new mail message, deleting it with "rm Maildir/new/*" but then also running "touch Maildir/cur" before opening the Gmail app and doing the refresh, then Dovecot does update the cache and does not send any ghost messages to the IMAP client. It does seem reasonable to me that Mutt doesn't touch Maildir/cur when just deleting new messages and I suspect that it might be a bug in Dovecot that it timestamp of Maildir/new isn't checked and the index cache updated if that timestamp is newer than the last index update done by the Dovecot LMTP service. Does this analysis seem sound? Did I miss anything? (Output of "doveconf -n" attached.) Cheers // Fredrik Roubert -- Forsterstrasse 64 | +41 78 8170377 CH-8044 Zürich | https://roubert.name/fredrik/

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Sieve, shared folders, different daemons
by Frido Otten 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Hi, In our dovecot setup we use 3 different config files. One for maildropping(sieve), one for dovecot/imap on standard ports with ssl config and one for dovecot/imap on standard ports+1 with a different ssl certificate. Currently the client using the standard port+1 config wants to make use of shared folders, but the thing is that the current namespace separator in all configs is '.'. This is conflicting with shared folders. Can we simply run one of the dovecot/imap daemons configured with a different separator and shared folders without having impact on sieve and the current connected users to the standard ports? Regards, Frido

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How to delete "proxy" attribute in passdb lookup?
by Peer Heinlein 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Hi, I have a complicated SQL backend with stored procedures to generate passdb/userdb queries. This result have the proxy-attribute set and it's very complicated to change that procedures. On one system I tried to override/delete the proxy attribute: passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext override_fields = proxy=n } Looks like that doesn't work. "proxy" is always set. doveadm auth lookup username passdb: username user : username host : mailserver proxy hostip : xx.xx.xx.xx Is there any way to override/delete an existing true/false attribute like "proxy"? Peer -- Heinlein Support GmbH Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 405051-42 Fax: 030 / 405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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Connection between postfix and dovecot failing
by Sytse Kuijk 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Hi all, Hope someone has been here and done that before. I am running a Mac mini with OSX server version 10.5, that is on El Capitan, but the problem I have started on Yosemite (the previous version) and did not change at all in the upgrade (I had hoped it would have solved itself). As you might know, OSX server uses postfix and dovecot as mailing engines, good choice. Since we suffered a short power outage a little over a week ago, the mail has failed in delivering messages to the local mailboxes. We can send mail out, check the mailboxes (they never change right now),etc. but incoming mail was first just not delivered and after a week warning are sent back to the senders, telling there is a temporary problem (hope that this message is right and I can solve the issue). What seems to go wrong is that postfix cannot connect to the local MTA. The error message that appears in several places is: recipient=ann.cools(a)surikata.be offset=769 dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;ann.cools(a)surikata.be status=4.4.1 action=delayed reason=delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused I find all sorts of explanations and cures, but none work up to now. I tried to find lock files that might be blocking, deleted some files ending in lck with zero size, with no result. I tried to switch off the spam/virus/junk features, no difference (some mail said that messages in the queue will not get through, but new ones would. Not so, not a single message up to now). I also get alerts in the Server application, warning that: An unassigned mail directory has been detected and is scheduled to be deleted. The unassigned mail directory located in: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/702C16A8-6B2D-42D8-9362-659DD2949AFC is not associated with any user account and is scheduled to be deleted in 1 days. In the mean time no mail, and unfortunately, we need it badly. Any suggestions? Million thanks for your kind support. sytse -- ------------------------------------------ - Sytse Kuijk - ___ - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ - 2000 Antwerpen - - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com <mailto:sytse@pobox.com> - \_____(.)_____/ ------------------------------------------ iThink therefore iMac

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Re: Connection between postfix and dovecot failing
by Sytse Kuijk 29 Nov '15

29 Nov '15

Well, post fix tries, but cannot connect. Sounds to me like problem at the receiving side. In any case, one question would be: is amavis part of dovecot or of postfix? sytse -- ------------------------------------------ - Sytse Kuijk - ___ - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ - 2000 Antwerpen - - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com - \_____(.)_____/ ------------------------------------------ iThink therefore iMac > On 28 nov. 2015, at 22:24, Edgar Pettifogging <edgar(a)pettijohn-web.com> wrote: > > This should probably move to postfix list. Doesn't look like dovecot gets a chance to deliver. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Sytse Kuijk <sytse(a)pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Well, I tried that. I can connect a telnet session on that port and that does not refuse the connection, it sits there waiting, but I do not know the protocol so I cannot check if it does what it is supposed to. >> >> I also checked who is listening on that port, here is the dialog: >> >> sh-3.2# sudo lsof -i -n -P | grep 10024 >> perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 5u IPv4 0x866f6119e39f833d 0t0 TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN) >> perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 6u IPv6 0x866f6119e03f253d 0t0 TCP [::1]:10024 (LISTEN) >> >> looks sort of correct to me… >> >> sytse >> >> -- >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> - Sytse Kuijk - ___ >> - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o >> - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ >> - 2000 Antwerpen - >> - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ >> - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o >> - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com - \_____(.)_____/ >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> iThink therefore iMac >> >>> On 28 nov. 2015, at 18:31, Edgar Pettifogging <edgar(a)pettijohn-web.com> wrote: >>> >>> I would bet that whatever is listening at 127.0.0.1 port 10024 didn't get restarted when the power came back on. Amavis perhaps or another proxy server of some sort. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Sytse Kuijk <sytse(a)pobox.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Hope someone has been here and done that before. >>>> I am running a Mac mini with OSX server version 10.5, that is on El Capitan, but the problem I have started on Yosemite (the previous version) and did not change at all in the upgrade (I had hoped it would have solved itself). >>>> >>>> As you might know, OSX server uses postfix and dovecot as mailing engines, good choice. >>>> Since we suffered a short power outage a little over a week ago, the mail has failed in delivering messages to the local mailboxes. >>>> We can send mail out, check the mailboxes (they never change right now),etc. but incoming mail was first just not delivered and after a week warning are sent back to the senders, telling there is a temporary problem (hope that this message is right and I can solve the issue). >>>> >>>> What seems to go wrong is that postfix cannot connect to the local MTA. The error message that appears in several places is: >>>> >>>> recipient=ann.cools(a)surikata.be >>>> offset=769 >>>> dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;ann.cools(a)surikata.be >>>> status=4.4.1 >>>> action=delayed >>>> reason=delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused >>>> >>>> I find all sorts of explanations and cures, but none work up to now. >>>> I tried to find lock files that might be blocking, deleted some files ending in lck with zero size, with no result. >>>> I tried to switch off the spam/virus/junk features, no difference (some mail said that messages in the queue will not get through, but new ones would. Not so, not a single message up to now). >>>> I also get alerts in the Server application, warning that: >>>> >>>> An unassigned mail directory has been detected and is scheduled to be deleted. >>>> >>>> The unassigned mail directory located in: >>>> /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/702C16A8-6B2D-42D8-9362-659DD2949AFC >>>> is not associated with any user account and is scheduled to be deleted in 1 days. >>>> >>>> In the mean time no mail, and unfortunately, we need it badly. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Million thanks for your kind support. >>>> >>>> sytse >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> - Sytse Kuijk - ___ >>>> - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o >>>> - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ >>>> - 2000 Antwerpen - >>>> - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ >>>> - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o >>>> - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com <mailto:sytse@pobox.com> - \_____(.)_____/ >>>> ------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> iThink therefore iMac

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Re: Connection between postfix and dovecot failing
by Sytse Kuijk 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

Well, I tried that. I can connect a telnet session on that port and that does not refuse the connection, it sits there waiting, but I do not know the protocol so I cannot check if it does what it is supposed to. I also checked who is listening on that port, here is the dialog: sh-3.2# sudo lsof -i -n -P | grep 10024 perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 5u IPv4 0x866f6119e39f833d 0t0 TCP 127.0.0.1:10024 (LISTEN) perl5.18 75844 _amavisd 6u IPv6 0x866f6119e03f253d 0t0 TCP [::1]:10024 (LISTEN) looks sort of correct to me… sytse -- ------------------------------------------ - Sytse Kuijk - ___ - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ - 2000 Antwerpen - - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com - \_____(.)_____/ ------------------------------------------ iThink therefore iMac > On 28 nov. 2015, at 18:31, Edgar Pettifogging <edgar(a)pettijohn-web.com> wrote: > > I would bet that whatever is listening at 127.0.0.1 port 10024 didn't get restarted when the power came back on. Amavis perhaps or another proxy server of some sort. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:14 AM, Sytse Kuijk <sytse(a)pobox.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Hope someone has been here and done that before. >> I am running a Mac mini with OSX server version 10.5, that is on El Capitan, but the problem I have started on Yosemite (the previous version) and did not change at all in the upgrade (I had hoped it would have solved itself). >> >> As you might know, OSX server uses postfix and dovecot as mailing engines, good choice. >> Since we suffered a short power outage a little over a week ago, the mail has failed in delivering messages to the local mailboxes. >> We can send mail out, check the mailboxes (they never change right now),etc. but incoming mail was first just not delivered and after a week warning are sent back to the senders, telling there is a temporary problem (hope that this message is right and I can solve the issue). >> >> What seems to go wrong is that postfix cannot connect to the local MTA. The error message that appears in several places is: >> >> recipient=ann.cools(a)surikata.be >> offset=769 >> dsn_orig_rcpt=rfc822;ann.cools(a)surikata.be >> status=4.4.1 >> action=delayed >> reason=delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024: Connection refused >> >> I find all sorts of explanations and cures, but none work up to now. >> I tried to find lock files that might be blocking, deleted some files ending in lck with zero size, with no result. >> I tried to switch off the spam/virus/junk features, no difference (some mail said that messages in the queue will not get through, but new ones would. Not so, not a single message up to now). >> I also get alerts in the Server application, warning that: >> >> An unassigned mail directory has been detected and is scheduled to be deleted. >> >> The unassigned mail directory located in: >> /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/702C16A8-6B2D-42D8-9362-659DD2949AFC >> is not associated with any user account and is scheduled to be deleted in 1 days. >> >> In the mean time no mail, and unfortunately, we need it badly. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Million thanks for your kind support. >> >> sytse >> -- >> ------------------------------------------ >> - Sytse Kuijk - ___ >> - R.S.R. n.v. - o|o >> - Gijzelaarsstraat 16 - \_____(.)_____/ >> - 2000 Antwerpen - >> - GSM: +32 468 20 00 00 - ___ >> - Phone: +32 3 216 4328 - o|o >> - E-mail: sytse(a)pobox.com <mailto:sytse@pobox.com> - \_____(.)_____/ >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> iThink therefore iMac

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ldap paging
by Andre Helwig 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi List, in ldapsearch you are able to use paging in case of limited results on ldap server side with "-E pr=10000/noprompt" Is there any way to get the same effect for the iterate query? Thanks Andre -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJWWHvwAAoJEAoTNwRDnEhRVmMH/0+vGRx7urQ49bHbzc4asD7r XlbwS7whkDKrJpflK39PLPw5BJoptKhwLNOueotFv9Pq8EYQBkN/gX69BzxeoFk8 DZpiP/ogYQIG1lUijes4UkbttVpnviy9/mLBKjIfIkvGDu0q3zwuq5876q6t2Qxx kJkpLSizxAfnGLeD03txVPAc8wGzxhxkyEdosQ+ARriYI1Ce+dfK28z6hSAEXMA+ 4JZEvIsy6P+xepFCFYILFWeRO2YBzqHtgtjKu8KCiyBdUPG0Nii4z2YmN2AoCj7m rQ8l4CeTDw+lk0pMy26kCsmh+PK2/OXCUGjxgYJOR3mxn2HNSIfUXFVWs4ri464= =qWS+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Sieve Max Redirect
by Shakeel Shahzad 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hello, I have configured iRedMail ( 0.9.1) on Ubuntu (14.04 LTS). In my dovecot.conf file, I have set sieve_max_redirects as 500. In dovecot (2.2.9) configuration file, I see sieve_max_redirect as 100 but when I add email addresses more than 32, I see that redirect fails. Can you please help me to see this issue and fix it through? If you need anything from my side, please let me know. Regards... Shakeel

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doveadm-backup verbosity?
by Andreas Fischer 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi, according to the man page doveadm-backup, the verbosity switch "-v" should do the following: "Enables verbosity, including progress counter" However, i see no difference running the following command with or without the "-v" switch: >>doveadm -v backup -R -A remote:myhost The command itself works without problem, two mailboxes are correctly back-upped, but the output is only an empty line. Not sure if this is expected behavior. Regards # 2.2.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.9 (357ac0a0e68b+) # OS: Linux 4.2.5-1-ARCH x86_64 dsync_remote_cmd = ssh -p 19022 -l root %{host} doveadm dsync-server -u%u first_valid_uid = 99 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 editheader passdb { args = nopassword=y driver = static } plugin { sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_extensions = +editheader } protocols = service anvil { process_min_avail = 0 unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty { mode = 064 } } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/users default_fields = uid=nobody gid=nobody home=/backup/tmp/mail/%d/%n mail=sdbox:~/box driver = passwd-file }

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fts_solr does not quote lucene's special characters
by Michael Stilkerich 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hello, I am using Dovecot 2.2.19 with the solr backend for full text search and experience the following issue. When I issue a search that includes characters that are part of lucene's query syntax (e.g. the double quote character), dovecot does not escape the special characters and issues a request with invalid syntax to the solr server. For example, I search for foo"bar, then my IMAP client (roundcube) sends the following to dovecot: A0003 UID THREAD REFS US-ASCII ALL UNDELETED BODY "foo\"bar" Dovecot in turn uses the following request URI to query SOLR: "GET /solr/select?fl=uid,score&rows=113739&sort=uid+asc&q=body:%22foo%22bar%22&fq=%2Bbox:4d86808c56d44282b35cea8700dda537+%2Buser:%22myuser%22 HTTP/1.1" 400 994 Solr responds with error 400 and the following body: type Status report message null description The request sent by the client was syntactically incorrect. This is because the " character in foo"bar is not quoted in the solr request. When I adapt the request to quote the " character solr succeeds with the expected result: "GET /solr/select?fl=uid,score&rows=113739&sort=uid+asc&q=body:%22foo%5C%22bar%22&fq=%2Bbox:4d86808c56d44282b35cea8700dda537+%2Buser:%22myuser%22 HTTP/1.1" 200 535 A fix for this would be highly appreciated. Cheers, Michael

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auth_request_get_var_expand test fails on big endian arches.
by Rafael dos Santos 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi, when running the tests in a big endian machine, I get the following error: 0 / 1 tests failed test-auth-request-var-expand.c:99: Assert failed: strcmp(str_c(str), test_output) == 0 test-auth-request-var-expand.c:104: Assert failed: strcmp(str_c(str), test_output) == 0 auth request var expand short and long ............................... : FAILED test: random seed #1 was 1446803094 auth request var expand flags ........................................ : ok test-auth-request-var-expand.c:158: Assert failed: strcmp(str_c(str), test_output) == 0 auth request var expand long-only .................................... : FAILED auth request var expand usernames .................................... : ok auth request var expand funcs ........................................ : ok 2 / 5 tests failed Makefile:1257: recipe for target 'check-test' failed Looking into it I found that auth_request_get_var_expand_table ends up calling the net_ip2addr function. This function, in turn, uses ntohl to convert from network byte order to host byte order. In big endian machines, that means that the string output will be ------------- big endian --------------- +user@+domain1@+domain2 +user +domain1@+domain2 +service 7.91.205.21 73.150.2.210 54321 +password +mech secured 21 210 valid instead of ---------- expected output --------- +user@+domain1@+domain2 +user +domain1@+domain2 +service 21.205.91.7 210.2.150.73 54321 +password +mech secured 21 210 valid Let me know in case you need help testing on big endian arches. Att. -- Rafael Fonseca

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IMAP COPY creates invalid index data with zlib and mail_log plugins enabled but zlib_save off
by Robert L Mathews 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

I've noticed that maildir IMAP COPY commands can generate invalid dovecot.index entries when all seven of the following are true: - The zlib plugin is enabled; - The zlib_save/zlib_save_level options are NOT enabled; - The source message being copied is compressed; - The mail_log plugin is logging "copy" events; - The mail_log_fields setting includes at least one message header; - The destination mailbox folder has an index file that is recording the logged headers; - The source mailbox folder does NOT have an index file recording the logged headers. In this situation, copying a message results in an index entry in the destination that has all the headers blank, like this: RECORD: seq=5, uid=182415, flags=0x08 (Seen) - ext 1 modseq : 3 (0300000000000000) - ext 2 cache : 2352 (30090000) - cache offset=2352 size=120, prev_offset = 0 - hdr.FROM: - hdr.MESSAGE-ID: - hdr.SUBJECT: - hdr.DATE: - hdr.BCC: - hdr.CC: - hdr.CONTENT-TYPE: - hdr.IN-REPLY-TO: - hdr.NEWSGROUPS: - hdr.PRIORITY: - hdr.REFERENCES: - hdr.REPLY-TO: - hdr.TO: - hdr.X-PRIORITY: For these copies, the mail_log plugin records blank header data in the log, too, like this (despite the message having a valid message-ID, from, and subject): Oct 29 21:11:42 wheezy dovecot: imap[31763]: user=<1(a)example.com> ip=192.168.0.4 session=RV/MmUojyADAqAAE copy from INBOX.Saved: box=INBOX.Trash, uid=182412, msgid=, size=1357, vsize=1392, from=, subject=, flags=(\Seen) I've found this occurs in at least Dovecot 2.1.7, 2.2.13, and 2.2.18 (all packaged Debian versions). Changing any of the seven things I mentioned above fixes it. I've tried to find the code that causes this, but not yet been successful. My theory is that when the mail_log plugin calls mail_get_first_header(), and there's no index header record to read it from, it looks at the real message on disk. Perhaps it somehow operates on a compressed copy of the message although it expects uncompressed plaintext, so it doesn't find any of the headers. The "missing" headers then get cached to the destination index file as a side-effect. The copied maildir message itself is fine, by the way. It's an identical, still-compressed copy of the original message. And deleting the destination "dovecot.index*" files that contain the bad data causes Dovecot to rebuild the index with the correct header data. It's unusual to use the zlib plugin without the zlib_save/zlib_save_level options enabled, of course. That's probably why (as far as I can tell) there have been no reports of this before. I noticed it only because I was testing a small amount of manual mail compression before deploying it for all mail. Here's the "doveconf -n" of a system in the "has the problem" state: # 2.2.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # Pigeonhole version 0.4.8 (0c4ae064f307+) # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian stretch/sid auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = sha1 default_vsz_limit = 1 G disable_plaintext_auth = no lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> pid=[%{mail_pid}] method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_fsync = never mail_location = maildir:~/ mail_log_prefix = "%s[%{pid}]: user=<%u> ip=%{rip} session=%{session} " mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = mail_log notify zlib managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave duplicate spamtest spamtestplus namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.users driver = passwd-file } plugin { fts = lucene fts_lucene = whitespace_chars=@. mail_log_events = copy delete undelete expunge mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change save mailbox_create mail_log_fields = vsize size flags box uid box msgid size flags vsize from subject sieve = %h/mailbox.sieve sieve_after = %h/../../domain-after.sieve sieve_before = %h/../../domain-before.sieve sieve_dir = %h/sieve sieve_extensions = -reject +spamtest +spamtestplus sieve_global_dir = %h/../../sieve-global-include-scripts sieve_spamtest_max_value = 7 sieve_spamtest_status_header = X-Spam-Level sieve_spamtest_status_type = strlen } protocols = pop3 imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 8 service_count = 0 } service imap { process_limit = 2000 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service pop3-login { process_min_avail = 8 service_count = 0 } service pop3 { process_limit = 2000 } ssl = no userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot.users driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail imap_logout_format = %i bytes in, %o bytes out } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format = ; %i bytes in, %o bytes out, %t top (%p bytes), %r retr (%b bytes), %d of %m deleted, mailbox size %s bytes pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v } protocol lda { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = mail_log notify zlib sieve } protocol lmtp { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = mail_log notify zlib sieve } -- Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies, http://www.tigertech.net/

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Problems Converting from Cyrus to Dovecot (cyrus2dovecot)
by Forrest 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

I have been attempting to use the cyrus2dovecot script, to no avail. I have many years of content that I want to convert from Cyrus to Dovecot; with the above not working, what are other options out there? Another idea I had is simply set up another IMAP server (using Dovecot) and drag-and-drop and just wait, which I may end up doing. In the above, I copied over my entire /var/imap and /var/spool/imap to another system; there is only one account (mine), so calling the script was fairly easy; it just doesn't work. inboxes=the "myaccount" that was copied over /home/myaccount/cyrus2dovecot --cyrus-inbox /home/myaccount/inboxes/%u \ --cyrus-seen /home/myaccount/varimap/user/%h/%u.seen \ --cyrus-sub /home/varimap/user/%h/%u.sub \ --dovecot-inbox /home/myaccount/dovecot/Maildir \ myaccount the log output complains of: cyrus2dovecot [myaccount]: (warning) Index record missing for: INBOX/62020. and correctly complains about squat indices, as that's not a file it would handle. There is no output into the Maildir, however. All directory paths are correct. Thanks.

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logging imap searches ?
by mancyborg＠gmail.com 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi thanks to this list support I'm using Dovecot's MailLog plugin http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/MailLog to log the following imap events: delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change save mailbox_create and I'm very happy. Question: is it possible to also log imap searches https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-6.4.4 ? Thank you, Mike

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imap logging ?
by mancyborg＠gmail.com 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Hi I'm trying to log my users imap actions, like when creating a folder, moving an email or deleting an email. So I've enabled 'mail_debug' and I'm checking /var/log/dovecot/debug.log this is what happens when I delete an email: Nov 26 07:46:38 auth-worker(1555): Debug: sql(XXX,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'XXX' and active = 1 and restrictedAccess = 0 Nov 26 07:46:38 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=XXX Nov 26 07:46:38 auth-worker(1555): Debug: sql(XXX,127.0.0.1): SELECT '/var/vmail/XXX/XXX' as home, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('*:storage=', quota) AS quota_rule FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'XXX' Nov 26 07:46:38 auth: Debug: master out: USER 374472705 XXX home=/var/vmail/XXX/XXX uid=5000 gid=5000 quota_rule=*:storage=524288 Nov 26 07:46:38 imap(XXX): Debug: Effective uid=5000, gid=5000, home=/var/vmail/XXX/XXX Nov 26 07:46:38 imap(XXX): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= Nov 26 07:46:38 imap(XXX): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=536870912 messages=0 Nov 26 07:46:38 imap(XXX): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Trash bytes=+104857600 messages=0 Nov 26 07:46:38 imap(XXX): Debug: maildir++: root=/var/vmail/XXX/XXX/Maildir, index=/var/vmail/XXX/XXX/Maildir/indexes, control=, inbox=/var/vmail/XXX/XXX/Maildir, alt= and when creating a folder, access an email or moving an email, the output is basically the same: I'm unable to find the actual IMAP command. So, question: is there a way to log IMAP commands to a file ? Thank you, Mike

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dsync imapc authentication mechanisms
by Randall Gellens 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

I'm trying to use dsync to mirror mail onto a remote IMAP server. The remote server is generating an error that authentication via plain text is not permitted. Does dsync imapc support any non-clear-text authentication mechanisms? The remote server supports: AUTH=CRAM-MD5 AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=NTLM -- Randall Gellens Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. --W. Somerset Maugham

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Dsync problems
by Frank de Bot (lists) 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Hi, I'm setting up a migration between 2 dovecot servers 2.1.12 to 2.2.19 . I've ran into some issues with dsync. I use the following command for syncing: doveadm -o mail_fsync=never -o imapc_host=%remote% -o imapc_master_user=master -o imapc_password=%masterpw% -o imapc_features="rfc822.size fetch-headers" -o mail_prefetch_count=20 -o imapc_user=%user% backup -1 -R -u %user% imapc: I execute a full sync first and when the mailserver are being migrated it only would have to do incremental. The first is run is without problems. But I find the following problem: - Flags on current mails aren't updated. If I set message to unread, the sync won't pick them up. - On the origin dovecot server I had removed some messages and purged the inbox. Those message are now in the Trash and are created again and again when I sync Is this normal behaviour? It renders it pretty much useless since data consistency isn't guaranteed. Regards, Frank de Bot

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FTS, multiple virtualmailbox entries for single mailbox
by Frank de Bot (lists) 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Hi, i have a dovecot setup with virtual users. Each user has 2 entries for his mailbox. One is with the username formatted as %username%@%default_realm% , the other %username%@%domain% I've done some tests with it, but I don't complete understand how it works - I've emptied all document in solr so it empty. Doveadm is instructed to do the same with 'doveadm -D -v fts rescan -A' - I reindex %username%@%default_realm% with 'doveadm -D index -u %username%@%default_realm% '*' - With fluke I can see 4 indexes documents. - I reindex %username%@%domain% - No documents are added to Solr, dovecot finds it's up-to-date - After 'doveadm -D -v fts rescan -A' the documents are added The part I don't understand is that a certain key used for indexing, but dovecot checks based on something else. If find this inconsistent. How can I manage to get virtualmailboxes where multiple logins are allowed on 1 mailbox and FTS is working? I think it won't work well this way if a user logs in with only a certain username with the default realm. Message received by dovecot will be indexed in Solr with %username%@%domain% , but there will be no indexed documents for %username%@%default_realm% A earlier threads suggested to be able to override the username for FTS, but it was tought to be not a good idea. Regards, Frank de Bot

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Re: Questions about hardlinks, alternate storage and compression
by Gionatan Danti 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Hi Javier, thanks for your reply. I already checked SIS and, while interesting, is not what I want, because: 1) it can be difficult to restore a single message/attachment from a backup 2) only the attachments, and not the entire messages, are deduped. Message-based hardlinks really exists for a reason. The good news is that I found _why_ they are not working: it depends from how dovecot and its sieve plugin (pigenhole) interact. Basically, if I define anything for the before_sieve and after_sieve variables, dovecot stops creating hardlinks for multiple copies of the same message. On the other hand, private (per-user) sieve file works without interfering with hardlinks. In a similar manner, disabling sieve also permits dovecot to create multiple hardlinks for a single message. Does someone know if newer dovecot versions change anything in this regard? Thank you all. On 13/07/15 11:10, Javier Miguel Rodríguez wrote: > Search about "single instance storage dovecot". This is what you need. > > Regards > > Javier > > On 27/06/2015 18:18, Gionatan Danti wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have some questions about hardlinks, alternate storage and >> compression. I already scanned the list for related information and I >> have an idea of how things works, but I would like to have a definite >> answer. >> >> System spec: >> - CentOS 6.6 x64 >> - dovecot-2.0.9-8.el6_6.4.x86_64 RPM package/version >> - sdbox mail store >> >> 1) About hardlinks: when sending the same message to two different >> recipients, I see that the two u.x files are created as two different >> files. Diffing them, I see that the only difference is a single char >> (see [1] for an example). My questions are: >> a) it is possible to tell dovecot to create a single file + a single >> hardlink (linkref=2)? As other IMAP servers support that features (eg: >> Cyrus, CommunigatePro, etc) I am wondering if I missed something in >> configuring dovecot... >> b) If it is not possible, can I run a script that compare the >> various files and substitute equal ones (minus the changing line) with >> hardlinks, or it will confuse dovecot? As a side note, why the >> changing line ever exists? >> >> 2) About alternate storage and compression: actually, I use a single >> mail_location without compression. I would like to have an alternate >> storage and to enable compression on it only, leaving the main >> location without compression. I if understand it correctly, it >> _should_ be done using a command similar to "doveadm -Dv -o >> "plugin/zlib_save=gz" altmove -uu testuser sentbefore 8d". I'm right >> thinking that it should work? I will really end with a primary >> uncompressed mail store and an alternate, zlib-compressed one? >> >> Thank you all and sorry if I did some naive questions. >> >> [1] >> 63c63 >> < G2fd0811c64be8e553d970000eaa8309f >> --- >>> G2ed0811c64be8e553d970000eaa8309f >> >> >> > -- Danti Gionatan Supporto Tecnico Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it email: g.danti(a)assyoma.it - info(a)assyoma.it GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8

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LZ4 mailbox corruption
by Renaud Allard 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Hello, When I look at email files on my server (mdbox format), they contain random LZ4 stuff. I have now changed the compression to gzip and new mails look cleaner. But older ones have problems. A mail file looks like this: 2 M1e C5655b6a8 ^A^BN 00000000000006F4 Dovecot-LZ4^M*<9B><C5>^@^A^@^@^@^@^F<DD><FF><83>Return-path: <nobody(a)winnie.projecthoneypot.org> Envelope-to: nikademus(a)llorien.org Delivery-date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:50:58 +0100 Received: from }^@^G<F7> [66.135.39.84] by mail.}^@<FF>< with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) id=1CW9uQ-0002gj-El for<DE>^@^C^_;<D0>^@8<B1>(localhost. ^@<F1>^Ddomain [127.0.0.1])<E5>^@^O^S^A^H<82>(8.12.8/^G^@^R)<FF>^@<F2>^HESMTP id iAM9gl4l021209<D6>^@^_<<D7>^@^B^_><D8>^@^A<B9>3:42:47 -06<A8>^Ac(from -^B^A<BA>^@Ohost<AC>^@^\<86>/Submit)<A8>^@!cd<A8>^@N7; 4^B <8C>^@^_DZ^B^D &^@<F2>^KMessage-Id: <200411220942.^Y^A^Dq^@^O<F1>^B <FF>^BTo: Renaud AllardB^A^E<B2> Then, I randomly see errors like this in maillog: truncated lz4 chunk at 555395 Given I am still able to read the mails using imap, I think there might be a way to recover them to a proper format. However, using dsync to make a mirror throws a lot of errors like below. # dsync -v -u recover -o "mail_plugins=zlib" mirror dbox:~/ndbox dsync(recover): Error: lz4.read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2): corrupted lz4 chunk at 43551 dsync(recover): Error: write(/home/vmail/recover/ndbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/.temp.1448464321.P24341Q6M965521.isildur.arnor.org) failed: Invalid argument dsync(recover): Error: copy: i_stream_read(zlib(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2)) failed: read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2) failed: lz4.read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2): corrupted lz4 chunk at 43551 dsync(recover): Error: read(zlib(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2)) failed: read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2) failed: lz4.read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2): corrupted lz4 chunk at 43551 (uid=42028, box=INBOX) dsync(recover): Error: Mailbox INBOX: read(msg input) failed: read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2) failed: lz4.read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2): corrupted lz4 chunk at 43551 dsync(recover): Error: read(zlib(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2)) failed: read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2) failed: lz4.read(//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/storage/m.2): corrupted lz4 chunk at 43551 (uid=42028, box=INBOX) dsync(recover): Error: unlink(��) failed: No such file or directory dsync(recover): Error: unlink(��//home/vmail/recover/mdbox/mailboxes/Drafts/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log.2) failed: No such file or directory dsync(recover): Error: unlink(Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2015-11-25 16:12:01]) failed: No such file or directory dsync(recover): Error: unlink(��) failed: No such file or directory dsync(recover): Error: unlink(��) failed: File name too long dsync(recover): Error: unlink(Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2015-11-25 16:12:01]) failed: No such file or directory Any help welcome

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sieve is working/forwarding mail - but not for all users
by Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

Hi, we have dovecot-ee-2.2.18.2 and pigeonhole/managesieve 0.4.8 running for some time. Today some users informed us that they did not get mails from one project account forwarded to there personal accounts any more. This worked till one week ago and I cant think of any changes we made... The project account keeps a copy of received mails. I tried two different accounts to configure forwarding to internal and external mail addresses which is working. Question: Any hint or idea? How may I debug sieve forwarding? Thanks and regards . Götz

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Disabling auth fallback to PAM
by martin f krafft 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hi folks, According to the wiki,¹ it's considered a feature of Dovecot and its ability to support multiple authentication sources that "if the password doesn't match in the first database, it checks the next one". ¹) http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases I think it's great that Dovecot allows auth sources to be stacked like this, but I am not sold on the idea that the next database ought to be tried when a *password* does not match. Let me elaborate: If the first database has knowledge of a user, then it can (should) be considered authoritative, and if the provided password does not match, it's an authentication error right away. Only if the first source does not posess any knowledge about a given user, then should Dovecot proceed to query/check with the next database. Can this be configured somehow? If not, would it make sense to make this behaviour configurable? Thanks, -- @martinkrafft | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "the ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." -- hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy spamtraps: madduck.bogus(a)madduck.net

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doveadm import/sync with read-only source location
by Teodor Milkov 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hello, Currently doveadm tool can't be used with read-only source locations because it's trying to create lock files. I'd guess lock files shouldn't be necessary on a read-only media, because no one else is going to change anything while our doveadm instance is running anyway. Example: doveadm import -u test(a)example.com maildir:/backup.0/domains/example.com/postmaster/Maildir restored ALL doveadm(test(a)example.com): Error: open(/backup.0/domains/example.com/postmaster/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlis… failed: Read-only file system Perhaps this should be something like doveadm backup -R flag, but in the opposite direction – i.e. we have a [full] backup command, but no [partial] restore command right now. Or am I missing something? Best regards, Teodor

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Shortcomings of Maildir++ layout
by Hadmut Danisch 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

Hi, I am trying to deal with the problem, that under regular mbox format a path can lead to either a file or a directory, but not both, while under IMAP, a path is usually both, a message folder containing subfolders. I found dovecot's approach to this problem, the Maildir++ layout described under http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MboxChildFolders , and was astonished to see, what problems come with Maildir++ and how complicated dovecot tries to deal with them. I wonder why dovecot is not using a much easier approach and just uses a configurable prefix and/or suffix like .dir or ____ for directory names, e.g. INBOX -> ~/mail/inbox abc -> ~/mail/abc abc/def -> ~/mail/abc.dir/def or ~/mail/___abc___/def which would make all that trouble with .subscriptions and .index much more easier. In my eyes the Maildir++ layout is overcomplicated because of the heap of workarounds to the self-created problems. regards Hadmut

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