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[Dovecot] Seperator
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Hi all I hope to get some help on the separator. I am sure that I hava a wrong understanding what the separator is. I thaught the separator is the delimiter within the imap folder structure. For example: Imap folder structure: folder Flights, subfolder Lufthansa If the delimiter is . the ls a command should result: .Flights .Flights.Lufthansa If delimiter is / Flights Flights/Lufthansa I tried several delimiters but only the . Works. My dovecot.conf file: mail_location = maildir:/vmail/%d/%n namespace { type = private separator = / location = maildir:/vmail/%d/%n inbox = yes subscriptions = yes } I would appreciate any help Mit freundlichem Gruß Carsten Laun-De Lellis Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Hauptstrasse 13 D-67705 Trippstadt Phone: +49 (6306) 992140 Mobile: +49 (151) 27530865 email: <mailto:carsten.laun-delellis@delellis.net> carsten.laun-delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird does not notice new mails arrival in imap folders
by Frank Bonnet 24 Apr '11

24 Apr '11

Hello Since I've installed Dovecot 2 I've observed that TB does not notice new mails arrival in IMAP folders. When I click on a folder new mails count is updated, with dovecot 1 it was automatic. I wonder if it is due to the new TB version (lastest stable) or Dovecot 2 (2.0.11). I use MBOX format. See below the doveconf -n trace Thanks for any idea/info > # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 > auth_worker_max_count = 100 > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log > default_client_limit = 6144 > default_process_limit = 1024 > disable_plaintext_auth = no > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > mail_location = mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > managesieve_notify_capability = mailto > managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacati on subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy includ e variables body enotify environment mailbox date > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = passwd > } > plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)esiee.fr > protocols = imap pop3 sieve sieve > sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail > service auth { > client_limit = 7169 > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imaps { > port = 993 > ssl = yes > } > process_min_avail = 10 > service_count = 1 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service imap { > process_limit = 2048 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > inet_listener sieve_deprecated { > port = 2000 > } > } > service pop3-login { > inet_listener pop3 { > port = 110 > } > inet_listener pop3s { > port = 995 > ssl = yes > } > } > ssl_ca = /etc/ssl/COMODO/ca.pem > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/COMODO/cert.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/COMODO/mail.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda-errors.log > mail_plugins = " sieve" > } > protocol imap { > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole > }

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[Dovecot] sieve & plus addressing
by Jerry 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Assume and e-mail address of: me+dovecot(a)domain.com I have a sieve script that sorts mail into the appropriate folders using "+" addressing. I want to extend it to also work with mailing list like this one. A post from the dovecot forum arrives with a Delivered-To: me+dovecot(a)domain.com when I receive it. The "To" is to dovecot. I cannot figure out a way to get sieve to filter on the "Delivered-To" portion rather than the "To" portion using plus addressing. There are several other names; i.e, john, joe, bill, nancy, etcetera that would have the plus suffix of (in this scenario anyway) dovecot. Filtering on each individual address would be a real PIA. I believe it is not supported though. EXAMPLE: This works fine when filtering on the "To" attribute: Assuming email address: me+dovecot(a)domain.com ## Plus Addressing if envelope :detail "To" "dovecot" {fileinto "Dovecot"; stop;} Unfortunately, I cannot substitute the "Delivered-To" attribute in place of the "To" one. I know and currently do sort based on the "List-ID" attribute; however, I have other reasons for wanting to sort only on the delivery address. Is there anyway to actually incorporate the plus addressing feature with the delivery address? -- Jerry ✌ Dovecot.user(a)seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________

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[Dovecot] dovecot.org broken
by Timo Sirainen 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Serving it temporarily from a machine in my home. I'll move it to better hosting in a few days. And I guess I should make it more fail safe some day soon.. Lets see if mailman happens to work now.

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[Dovecot] the right way to delete mailbox/user home
by Davide Vaghetti 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dear list, we are using dovecot with mdbox to provide mail services for a community of 1000 academic users. We have quite a big turnover of guest users, so we often have to deprovision the allocated resources, that is the mailboxes. Given that the users are virtual, and that the mdbox directory is located in the home directory of each virtual user (static userdb), is it ok to simply delete (rm -rf) the home directory to get rid of the mailbox? Could the delete, without say a dovecot reload, be harmful for dovecot processes and the like? thanks davide - -- Dott. Davide Vaghetti Centro Servizi Informatici Facolta' di Ingegneria Universita' di Pisa PGP: http://keys.keysigning.org:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x7A1B3BA18C4E0A4D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2tq/cACgkQehs7oYxOCk1ECgCg6Q5Pj+0k9GVYlS1ggmDLkwAr srkAoKMixJmyB7E+Ki6T9/8IzwYRC55z =/ZoN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Running mailfront under dovecot2.x service supervision
by Uffe Jakobsen 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Hello, Hello, I'm trying to run mailfront SMTP (http://untroubled.org/mailfront/) under Dovecot 2.x process/service supervision My intention was to utilize the fact that dovecot2.x seems to have some kind of generic process/service supervision as well as builtin ssl support. But I cannot get the most simple generic service setup (without ssl) to work. Currently running dovecot 2.0.11 on FreeBSD 8.1 service smtp-auth { executable = /usr/local/bin/smtpfront-qmail inet_listener smtp-auth { port = 587 ssl = no } } I have added the above to dovecot.conf Once I start dovecot everything seems fine - no errors in the log But at the first attempt to telnet to localhost port 587 - I instantly get the indication of never ending forks in the dovecot log (see below) - neither do I get the SMTP prompt that I expected in my telnet session - it just hangs. Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43539]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43541]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43543]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Apr 19 10:05:34 smtp-auth: Error: mailfront[43545]: bytes in: 0 bytes out: 29 Question is if I've misconfigured something or if it is impossible to utilize dovecot2.x this way ? PS: Now I know that I could use daemontools or such for this task - but I like the dovecot ssl handling and would like to end up by wrapping this smtp service inside same dovecot ssl that I use for IMAPS. Any feedback is more than welcome - I'm stuck Thanks in advance Uffe -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Running-mailfront-under-dovecot2.x-service-supervisio… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Dovecot] LDA null logging patch
by Joseph Tam 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

> > Timo, would you consider inclusion of this patch which will skip > > logging deliveries if deliver_log_format is empty: > > Committed, slightly modified: > http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/0e406e7cb609 Thanks. I tried to contribute by updating the wiki docs, but it belched when I saved the update: TextCha: Wrong answer! Go back and try again... Here's what I tried to add at the bottom (in text mode) The {{{deliver_log_format}}} specifies logging details for a successful delivery. (versions>2.0.13: leaving it empty will disable this logging). See example configuration files for a full list of variable expansion: {{{ delivery_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ }}} Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Umask of Homedir
by Francisco Wagner C. Freire 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello, I following the instrucions of: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions When the user receive the first mail, dovecot create the directory structure always using mode 0700, if i change the permission of the user maildir all new mails arrived get the correct umask: dovecot: lmtp(24960, *): Debug: Namespace INBOX.: Using permissions from .../maildir: mode=0770 The problem is: I need to all accounts have the permission 0770. Tried to use the option: mail_access_groups but doesn't work at all when the first creation of the user path. "For example a simple way to set up shared mailbox access for all system users is to make all mail dirs/files 0770/0660 mode and owned by group "sharedmail" and then set mail_access_groups=sharedmail. Using more fine grained groups of course leaks less mail data in case there's a security hole in Dovecot" Is a bug? My dovecot version: doveconf -n # 2.0.12 (811a6d173bb2): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 Access groups: mail_access_groups = _sysadms Thanks and sorry for bad english.

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[Dovecot] SSL Warning Message
by Kilburn Abrahams 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi Upgraded to 2.0.12 and when I restart I get this 'doveconf: Warning: SSL is disabled because global ssl=no, ignoring ssl=yes for subsection.' even though there is no subsection with ssl=yes. Regards Kilburn

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[Dovecot] Logging commands
by Luciano Mannucci 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello all, is there a way to make dovecot log the commands it gets from its clients both in imap and pop3? I need to log when messages are deleted so I can tell to the customer when and from which IP address his/her mailbox was emptied. I'm trying to track down problems with M$ Windows Live Mail clients that seem to loose messages now and then. Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster(a)sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/

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[Dovecot] help with MYSQL and dovecot
by Littlefield, Tyler 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello all: I understand I can't provide to much information; at the moment, I do not have dovecot installed. Here is the problem. I started out running saslauthd, but there appears to be a problem where memory isn't freed after someone fails to authenticate, which leads to a huge dos attack. I hit this problem a couple of times, and it looks like some poor lonely soul (or bot, as it may be) with no life decided to go after my server again today. I had previously tried to configure dovecot, but I have an odd mysql setup, so it was particularly dificult. I am leaving out of town tomorrow afternoon and will not have internet, so I want to make sure this is going to be running as it should be. Here is the info from the dovecot configuration file for mysql. It was giving an error about "username" when I tried to run this. If someone can't spot the problem from this, I will disable courier and reinstall dovecot tonight so I can get the exact error. userdb static { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/vmail/%d/%n password_query = select email as user, password,\ home AS userdb_home, uid AS userdb_uid, gid AS userdb_gid \ from users where email = '%u' user_query = \ SELECT home AS userdb_home, uid AS userdb_uid, gid AS userdb_gid \ FROM users WHERE email = '%n'; } And here is the describe for both tables: mysql> describe users; +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | email | varchar(80) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | password | varchar(20) | NO | | NULL | | +----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) -- mysql> describe domains; +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | domain | varchar(50) | NO | PRI | NULL | | +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 1 row in set (0.01 sec) Thanks, Ty

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[Dovecot] LDAP Authentication with multiple independent domains
by Alex Cherniak 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Is it possible to authenticate users against multiple independent AD domains? In my dovecot-ldap.conf I entered two hosts: hosts = host1 host 2 auth_bind_userdn = %d\%n ldap_version = 3 base = cn=users,dc=%d,dc=net auth_bind = yes but OpenLDAP seems to stop authentication as soon as the first host succeeds or fails. I also tried to configure trust between the two, but it didn't work either. Please help...

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[Dovecot] LDA null logging patch
by Joseph Tam 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

I don't really need logging of successful local deliveries since the MTA provides enough data. I can't get rid of LDA delivery logs by setting deliver_log_format = All this does is produce an empty log message e.g. Apr 16 01:22:05 dserver dovecot: lda(user): Timo, would you consider inclusion of this patch which will skip logging deliveries if deliver_log_format is empty: --- src/lib-lda/mail-deliver.c~ Sat Apr 16 01:27:23 2011 +++ src/lib-lda/mail-deliver.c Sat Apr 16 01:29:05 2011 @@ -100,2 +100,5 @@ + if (!(ctx->set->deliver_log_format) || !(*ctx->set->deliver_log_format)) + return; + va_start(args, fmt); Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Debug new emails?
by Beto Moreno 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi guys. I would like to debug all the new emails arrive to the users mailbox, I have some issue with 1 users that claim that is losing some important emails. The issue that I are not logging to much info in dovecot, I had read the mail_log plugin wiki is not difficult to setup. I want to see went the users receive the new emails, because postfix have the log that say" "sent" from the envelop to the issue user, but I the user say that he didn't receive the email, check his emails and is true I didn't see those 2 emails that postfix send to the user mailbox. I check my spam server and is not blocking that envelop, the spam is not causing this. I'm using Centos 5.4 Postfix 2.3.x Dovecot 1.0.x,but reading mail_log plugin say that we need 1.2.x, can I still use this plugin or I have other options? Thanks!!!

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[Dovecot] expire-tool skipping mailbox
by Alex Reinhart 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello, I have dovecot set up with expire-tool to nuke Junk messages greater than 30 days old. On a server with many user accounts, it seems to work on most of them. However, on my user account, expire-tool skips my Junk folder entirely, despite it containing messages from January of this year. Here is the expire-tool --test output: Info: alex(a)scienceforums.net/Junk: timestamp 1284027481 (Thu Sep 9 05:18:01 2010) -> 1304023056 (Thu Apr 28 15:37:36 2011) Then it skips to the next mailbox. (Note that I intentionally set the timestamp back to force it to consider my mailbox.) I don't understand why it doesn't want to expunge my 2700 junk messages when it will expunge several thousand in other accounts happily. The expire plugin has been enabled for probably over a year, so all of the messages should be tracked. My only hypothesis is that it has something to do with variables in the mail_location; however, mail_location should be overridden by a user_query, though that contains variables too. Would this account for the issue? It seems unlikely, since other users on the server work just fine. dovecot -n output for the interested: # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: managesieve imaps pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 listen(managesieve): * ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(pop3): *:995 ssl_listen(managesieve): 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 login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login first_valid_uid: 150 last_valid_uid: 150 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota expire mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota expire mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire mail_plugins(managesieve): 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 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve lda: mail_plugins: quota sieve expire postmaster_address: postmaster(a)xyloid.org sendmail_path: /usr/lib/sendmail auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master sieve_global_path: /etc/dovecot/sieve.global auth default: user: nobody passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: mail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule: *:storage=1G quota_rule2: Trash:storage=10%% quota_rule3: Junk:ignore sieve: /var/vmail/%d/%n/dovecot.sieve expire: Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30 expire_dict: proxy::expire dict: quotadict: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf And dovecot-dict-expire.conf: connect = host=localhost dbname=mail user=mail password=[password] map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } Thanks. - Alex Reinhart

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[Dovecot] sieve-test ignores precedence and other for vacation
by Burckhard Schmidt 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hello, I'm using pigeonhole-0.2.3, it works fine. I tried to verify some build in checks of vacation concerning precedence or auto-submitted header lines. It looks like sieve-test ignores header lines like Auto-Submitted: auto-submitted Precedence: bulk Return-Path: MAILER-DAEMON@... if I have a vacation script like require ["vacation", "regex", "fileinto", "variables", "envelope"]; if allof (header :regex ["to"] ["address1", "address2"], header :matches "to" "*") { vacation :days 7 : ... "text"; } The email to test contains a line like Precedence: bulk or Return-Path: <MAILER-DAEMON@...> or Auto-Submitted: yes sieve-test -D -C script.sieve mail I get Performed actions: * send vacation message: => seconds : 604800 ... text of vacation message END MESSAGE Implicit keep: * store message in folder: INBOX sieve-test(root): Info: final result: success -- Regards --- Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] sieve logging
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi all I have installed dovecot 2.0.8 and sieve. Everything works fine, but I wonder how can I log sieve actions? Any help? Mit freundlichem Gruß Carsten Laun-De Lellis Dipl.-Ing. Elektrotechnik Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Hauptstrasse 13 D-67705 Trippstadt Phone: +49 (6306) 992140 Mobile: +49 (151) 27530865 email: <mailto:carsten.delellis@delellis.net> carsten.delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Question about Outlook workarounds
by Michael Durket 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Do the Outlook workarounds in Dovecot 1.x still apply to current versions of Outlook? Or has Microsoft fixed Outlook such that workarounds are no longer needed in Dovecot (and if so, after what version of Outlook can I remove the workaround settings in my dovecot.conf file)?

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[Dovecot] Outlook double attachments
by Ladislav Pašek 19 Apr '11

19 Apr '11

Hello, does anybody have experience with delivery of double attachments into Outlook? I suppose that this would be a problem of Outlook 2010 but to be sure I'd like to ask here as we are using Dovecot 2.0.11 Best Regards Ladislav

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Re: [Dovecot] Solaris hardware crypto engines
by Chris Hoogendyk 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

The attachment made the message too long for the forum. So I canceled the original. If you want the Sun article, you can google 05071387.pdf. The original went through to Martin. On 4/18/11 5:02 PM, Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > On 4/18/11 6:30 AM, Martin Preen wrote: >> Hello, >> I tried to find out how about to use the hardware crypto engines under >> Solaris (Sun Fire T2000). It seems, that its not just a compilation issue: >> >>> For operations that are to be offloaded, it is necessary to restrict use to subset >> > of OpenSSL functions (the EVP_ functions) and explicitly indicate the use of the PKCS11 >> > engine; something like the following works for bulk ciphers (the process for RSA is similar): >>> >>> ENGINE *e; >>> ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(); >>> e = ENGINE_by_id("pkcs11"); >>> ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e); >>> EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init (&ctx); >>> EVP_EncryptInit (&ctx, EVP_des_cbc (), key, iv); >>> EVP_EncryptUpdate (.....); >> >> Since I'm not familiar with SSL programming, I wonder if it's possible to >> modify the dovecot 1.2.x source code. Maybe someone has already tried this >> or can give me hint. > > You don't want to do that. > > The objective is for the ssl engine to be low level and basically invisible to layers of > application above that use it. So, build openssl properly and it just works for everything else. > > I'm not at work today, so I don't have reference to my notes. Ah, just found an email I sent to my > colleagues -- copied it below. -- --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology& Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <hoogendyk(a)bio.umass.edu> --------------- Erdös 4 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: building apps with ssl Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:30:42 -0400 From: Chris Hoogendyk<hoogendyk(a)bio.umass.edu> cool. I've got things working now so that I can build applications with the openssl built by Sun to tap into the cryptographic accelerators on the T2. It turns out that the /opt/coolstack stuff related to openssl is actually symlinks to /usr/sfw. So, in the Makefile, if I set the openssl directory to /usr/sfw, rather than the default /usr/local/openssl, it finds the includes, the libraries, and the binaries that are needed. Then I specifically point the certs directory (in the Makefile) to /usr/local/openssl/certs for local control. Then, for the example of uw-imap, everything builds just fine. This should simply apply to anything we need to build with openssl on any of the T5220s. One side note is that this was a custom Makefile. Applications that use ./configure would presumably find the openssl through the paths provided in /usr/local/src/env. In the process of figuring that out, I also found that one of the most recent Solaris 10 kernel patches that we have on imladris specifically addresses awareness of the crypto accelerators and included patches to the openssl related items in /usr/sfw. So, I'm pretty confident that everything is alright. It's interesting too that in the paper presented at ACM by Sun last year they said that a couple of classes of attacks on crypto processes were negated by running it directly on the CPU. One of them had to do with timing. I should forward that paper to you as well. OK, just attached it. -- --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology& Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <hoogendyk(a)bio.umass.edu> --------------- Erdös 4

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[Dovecot] Solaris hardware crypto engines
by Martin Preen 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

Hello, I tried to find out how about to use the hardware crypto engines under Solaris (Sun Fire T2000). It seems, that its not just a compilation issue: > For operations that are to be offloaded, it is necessary to restrict use to subset > of OpenSSL functions (the EVP_ functions) and explicitly indicate the use of the PKCS11 > engine; something like the following works for bulk ciphers (the process for RSA is similar): > > ENGINE *e; > ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(); > e = ENGINE_by_id("pkcs11"); > ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e); > EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init (&ctx); > EVP_EncryptInit (&ctx, EVP_des_cbc (), key, iv); > EVP_EncryptUpdate (.....); Since I'm not familiar with SSL programming, I wonder if it's possible to modify the dovecot 1.2.x source code. Maybe someone has already tried this or can give me hint. Regards. Martin

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Re: [Dovecot] 2.0.12 ipwd.c does not compile under solaris
by Joseph Tam 18 Apr '11

18 Apr '11

> From: Roger Fujii <rmf(a)lookhere.com> > > the new src/lib/ipwd.c introduced in 2.0.12 no longer compiles on > solaris. Under solaris, > the *_r routines doesn't pass in result as the last parameter and return > errno - it just returns result. > obviously a job for configure..... This was solved several Emails back about forcing the use of POSIX threading models (a workaround path is provided): http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-April/058602.html Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Dovecot v2.0.12 OpenBSD - getpwuid() error
by LEVAI Daniel 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Hi! I've upgraded from 2.0.11 to 2.0.12. I've experienced errors during delivery with dovecot-lda. The error log attached contains the errors. Since then I had to downgrade to 2.0.11, to make it work again. When starting 2.0.12, it couldn't chown() the files under /var/dovecot (eg.: dict) to the user specified in the configuration file. Configuration: # doveconf -n # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: OpenBSD 4.8 i386 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 ntlm auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/dovecot/ default_internal_user = _dovecot default_login_user = _dovenull dict/quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot_dict-sql.conf first_valid_gid = 8000 first_valid_uid = 8000 info_log_path = /var/log/mail/dovecot.info listen = ip 127.0.0.1 log_path = /var/log/mail/dovecot.log mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir/ mail_plugins = quota 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 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master_passdb-sql.conf driver = sql master = yes pass = yes } plugin/quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota plugin/quota_rule = *:storage=100M plugin/quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+50M plugin/sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve plugin/sieve_global_dir = /var/mail_virtual/sieve/ plugin/sieve_max_script_size = 1M plugin/sieve_quota_max_scripts = 5 plugin/sieve_quota_max_storage = 5M protocols = pop3 imap sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = _postfix mode = 0660 } unix_listener /var/www/priv/dovecot-auth { group = www mode = 0660 } unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0660 } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = vmail mode = 0660 } } service imap-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/postlogin.sh user = root } service imap { executable = imap imap-postlogin } service managesieve-login { vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-postlogin { executable = script-login /etc/dovecot/postlogin.sh user = root } service pop3 { executable = pop3 pop3-postlogin } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot_cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot_key.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m, from=%f, subject=%s: %$ mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster@domain sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail } Daniel -- LÉVAI Dániel PGP key ID = 0x83B63A8F Key fingerprint = DBEC C66B A47A DFA2 792D 650C C69B BE4C 83B6 3A8F

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[Dovecot] pop3-login segfaults (new backtrace)
by interfaSys sàrl 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Hello, A while back I reported that pop3-login was segfaulting, but my traces were not very helpful. Here is a new one. Let me know if it helps. #0 0x000000080090cf91 in _pthread_mutex_init_calloc_cb () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #1 0x000000080090dc9d in _pthread_mutex_init_calloc_cb () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #2 0x000000080090e9c5 in _pthread_mutex_init_calloc_cb () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00000008009116ec in _malloc_prefork () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00000008009143c4 in malloc () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #5 0x000000080047774c in data_stack_init () from /dovecot-2.0-hg/src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #6 0x00007fffffffe260 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #7 0x000000004da57f53 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #8 0x0000000000000048 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #9 0x000000080049d5ae in lib_init () from /dovecot-2.0-hg/src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #10 0x000000004da031c7 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #11 0x0000000000054e94 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0x0000000000403392 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #13 0x000000080049d609 in master_service_init () from /dovecot-2.0-hg/src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so.0 No symbol table info available. #14 0x0000000000403392 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #15 0x0000000000000048 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #16 0x00007fffffffe260 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #17 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #18 0x0000000000403650 in pop3_login_setting_parser_info () No symbol table info available. #19 0x0000000000403392 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #20 0x00007fffffffe308 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #21 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #22 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #23 0x000000080044bf41 in main () from /dovecot-2.0-hg/src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so.0 No symbol table info available. #24 0x00007fffffffe308 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #25 0x00000001005333d0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #26 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #27 0x00007fffffffe308 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #28 0x0000000800ace8b0 in __stack_chk_guard () from /lib/libc.so.7 No symbol table info available. #29 0x0000000000000001 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #30 0x00007fffffffe2e0 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #31 0x00007fffffffe318 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #32 0x00007fffffffe308 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #33 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #34 0x0000000000000000 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #35 0x0000000000401dae in _start () No symbol table info available. I'm using GCC 4.5 with gold. Using the standard linker creates a binary that doesn't crash. It's the only part of dovecot that has a problem. imap-login works fine. Cheers, Olivier

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[Dovecot] 2.0.12 ipwd.c does not compile under solaris
by Roger Fujii 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

the new src/lib/ipwd.c introduced in 2.0.12 no longer compiles on solaris. Under solaris, the *_r routines doesn't pass in result as the last parameter and return errno - it just returns result. obviously a job for configure..... -- Roger Fujii<rmf(a)lookhere.com>

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[Dovecot] Post-login script with LDAP virtual users
by Hideo GOTO 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

Dear sirs, I'm working on Post-login script for migrating 40K Courier-imap users to Dovecot. After reading related topics about post-login script in your documentation, mailing list, I cannot remove the problem described here-below. Is there any special config to add when users are virtual (authentication and user info is fed by LDAP server). I would be grad if anyone could give me advise. Phenomena: ========== Although the authentication and script execution is successfully done, Pop3 session is aborted just after that, leaving the following error message to syslog: /var/log/maillog: Feb 7 17:45:58 pop3migr dovecot: pop3(vuser1): Post-login script denied access to user vuser1 cf. "vuser1" is UID of a virtual account on the LDAP tree. Maildir is located at /var/spool/postfixdata/%u/Maildir, and is owned by linux local user "mailuser". Dovecot works perfect ,if post-login script configuration is commented out. Environment: Dovecot: dovecot-2.0.9 (built from source tar ball) OS: Linux / 2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.x86_64 (Virtual machine on a xen server) Maidir: tested both with local file system and NFS (ext3, xfs) client: Using telnet on pop3 TCP port. All the pop3 users are virtual and does not have local login account ('authentication and user information is given by LDAP server). SMTP service is managed by Postfix: ( A single local login account is writing all mails to Maildir for all the virtual users. ) Thanks in advance.

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Re: [Dovecot] coredump in dovecot 2.0.11
by k b 16 Apr '11

16 Apr '11

This is it: -------- [root@server00 spool]# service dovecot start Starting Dovecot Imap: [ OK ] [root@isteren spool]# gdb /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap core GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora (7.2-46.fc14) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap.debug...done. done. /var/spool/core: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt full No stack. (gdb) q Should i create the /var/spool/core (file or directory) first? --- On Sat, 4/9/11, Timo Sirainen <> wrote: > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] coredump in dovecot 2.0.11 > Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 12:29 PM > I'm guessing it either couldn't open > the binary file or the core file.. Even without debug > symbols it should print something. What's the full gdb > command you're giving and its output? > > On 9.4.2011, at 13.26, k b wrote: > > > apparently i cannot get it right, > > (gdb) bt full says: > > No stack. > > > > > > i did install the debuginfo files > > debuginfo-install dovecot-2.0.11-1.fc14.i686 > > > > but gdb still says No stack. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Sat, 4/9/11, Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > > > >> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] coredump in dovecot 2.0.11 > >> Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > >> Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011, 9:01 AM > >> On 9.4.2011, at 9.37, k b wrote: > >> > >>> I can post the coredump but i will have to > clean it > >> first as i can see it contains a few emails. > >>> would it help to post the coredump or shuould > i skip > >> that? > >> > >> The core file itself isn't useful, because it's > highly > >> system specific. Posting a gdb backtrace from it > would be > >> very useful though. So basically: > >> > >> gdb /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap core > >> bt full > >> > >> > > > >

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[Dovecot] Compiling Error with Dovecot 1.0.7 and Sieve 1.0.4
by Jay Welch 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hi, I am having compiling issues with Sieve and I am not sure what the error is stating. [root@iosmail dovecot-sieve-1.0.4]# make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4' Making all in src make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4/src' Making all in libsieve make[3]: Entering directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4/src/libsieve' /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-1.0.7 -I/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-1.0.7/src/lib -I../../src @CFLAGS@ -MT addr.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/addr.Tpo -c -o addr.lo addr.c libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-1.0.7 -I/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-1.0.7/src/lib -I../../src @CFLAGS@ -MT addr.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/addr.Tpo -c addr.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/addr.o gcc: @CFLAGS@: No such file or directory make[3]: *** [addr.lo] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4/src/libsieve' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jayw/Desktop/dovecot-sieve-1.0.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 Also, I did not originally have the source files and I had to download them for *dovecot-config*. Not sure if that makes a difference or not. Much Appreciated -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] Problem login in managesieve with email address
by Juan C. Blanco 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hello all, I have a installation of dovecot 1.2.16, sieve-0.1.18, managesieve-0.11.12 in dovecot-ldap.conf auth_bind=yes user_attrs = irisMailbox=home,fiMailQuotaSize=quota_rule=*:storage user_filter = (|(uid=%u)(mail=%u)) pass_attrs = userPassword=password,irisMailbox=userdb_home,fiMailQuotaSize=userdb_quota_rule=*:storage pass_filter = (|(uid=%u)(mail=%u)) I'm doing some test to authenticate using the full email address for authentication and this works fine for IMAP and POP3 but dows not work with MANAGESIEVE I have a test machine with dovecot 2.0.12 and pigeonhole-0.2.3 and the results are the same. ¿Do you known if there is any reason for this differente behaviour? Activating debug in dovecot this are the difference between IMAP and MANAGESIEVE authenticacion Apr 15 17:43:15 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=13832) Apr 15 17:43:15 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=sieve secured lip=138.100.8.17 rip=138.100.8.42 lport=2000 rport=52828 resp=<hidden> Apr 15 17:43:15 auth: Debug: auth(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42,master): Master user lookup for login: d0122 Apr 15 17:43:15 auth: Debug: cache(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42,master): hit: Apr 15 17:43:15 auth: Info: cache(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42,master): User unknown Apr 15 17:43:17 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 1 user=d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es Apr 15 17:43:17 managesieve-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es>, method=PLAIN, rip=138.100.8.42, lip=138.100.8.17, TLS Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=13833) Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=138.100.8.17 rip=138.100.8.42 lport=993 rport=34094 resp=<hidden> Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: cache(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42): hit: <hidden> userdb_home=/mail/alumnos/d0/d0122 userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=10240 Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 413401089 13833 1 42fd9bf31349809a03f19a6a3b9730cc Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: userdb-cache(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42): miss Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: passwd-file(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42): lookup: user=d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es file=/nas/mail/etc/passwd.master Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Info: passwd-file(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42): unknown user Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: prefetch(d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es,138.100.8.42): success Apr 15 17:43:18 auth: Debug: master out: USER 413401089 d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es home=/mail/alumnos/d0/d0122 quota_rule=*:storage=10240 Apr 15 17:43:18 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<d0122(a)alumnos.fi.upm.es>, method=PLAIN, rip=138.100.8.42, lip=138.100.8.17, mpid=13834, TLS Thanks and best regards Juan C. Blanco -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Juan C. Blanco | | | | Centro de Calculo | | | Facultad de Informatica U.P.M. | E-mail: jcblanco(a)fi.upm.es | | Campus de Montegancedo | | | Boadilla del Monte | Tel.: (+34) 91 336 7466 | | 28660 MADRID (Spain) | Fax : (+34) 91 336 6913 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+

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[Dovecot] How to purge mailboxes manually [dovecot_1.2.15]
by Emilio Nacelle 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

Hi, we have a linux network at the office. Mainly ubuntu and debian systems. Each user has it's own mail client, thunderbird, evolution, etc. In the mail server we use as the local delivery agent, dovecot 1.2.15 and the protocol imap. The users mailbox are in the server at /var/mail. Due to some kind of problem the mails that are set for delete in the mail client are not being deleted in the mailbox (if we check the mbox the mails are marked to be purged). Unless the owner uses something lowlevel shell mail client like pine to do the purge, the mails start to pile filling the account. Is this some known bug with a fix, or is there some routine we can run as admins to actually purged the mails set for deletion? (Like the "doveadm purge" in dovecot 2.0) Thanks a lot, looking forward to your answers, Emilio P.S: we would really like not having to install dovecot 2.0 :)

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[Dovecot] Released Pigeonhole v0.2.3 for Dovecot v2.0.12
by Stephan Bosch 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hello Dovecot users, It's been a while since the last Pigeonhole release. This new release adds support for the new vacation-seconds extension, which allows the vacation extension to reply more frequently than every day and allows specifying this interval in seconds instead of days. I've also fixed quite a few bugs that were reported in the last couple of months. Changelog v0.2.3: * Sieve-filter tool: finished implementing basic functionality. It is not quite ready yet, but it is available for those willing to experiment with it (needs --with-unfinished-features config to compile). Also includes man page. + Vacation extension now inhibits replies to messages from sender listed in :addresses, thus preventing replies to one of the user's other known addresses. + Vacation extension: implemented the (draft) vacation-seconds extension. This also adds min/max period configuration settings. Refer to doc/vacation.txt for configuration information. - ManageSieve: fixed bug in UTF-8 checking of string values. This is done by discarding the original implementation and migrating to the Dovecot API's UTF-8 functionality. - Sieve command line tools now avoid initializing the mail store unless necessary. This prevents sievec and sieve-dump from failing when executed by root for example. - Enotify extension: fixed inappropriate return type in mailto URI parse function, also fixing ARM compiler warning. - Vacation extension: fixed handling of sendmail errors. It produced an additional confusing success message in case of error. - Removed header MIME-decoding to fix erroneous address parsing. Applies to address test and vacation command. - Fixed segfault bug in extension configuration, triggered when unknown extension is mentioned in sieve_extensions setting. The release is available as follows: http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.0/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole-0.2.3.tar.gz http://www.rename-it.nl/dovecot/2.0/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole-0.2.3.tar.gz.sig Refer to http://pigeonhole.dovecot.org and the Dovecot v2.0 wiki for more information. Have fun testing this new 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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[Dovecot] solved: disable_plaintext_auth = no per IP
by Andreas Schulze 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

found: remote 192.0.2.143/32 { disable_plaintext_auth = no } ( http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-February/057282.html ) -- Andreas Schulze Internetdienste | P252 DATEV eG 90329 Nürnberg | Telefon +49 911 319-0 | Telefax +49 911 319-3196 E-Mail info @datev.de | Internet www.datev.de Sitz: 90429 Nürnberg, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14 | Registergericht Nürnberg, GenReg Nr.70 Vorstand Prof. Dieter Kempf (Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Wolfgang Stegmann (stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Leistenschneider Jörg Rabe v. Pappenheim Dipl.-Vw. Eckhard Schwarzer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Reinhard Verholen

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[Dovecot] disable_plaintext_auth = no per IP
by Andreas Schulze 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hello, I have disable_plaintext_auth=yes enabled. ( dovecot-2.0.12 ) But for one internel host I like to allow plaintext. Can somebody point me to the configuration ? I did not found it in the wiki2 ... Thanks Andreas -- Andreas Schulze Internetdienste | P252 DATEV eG 90329 Nürnberg | Telefon +49 911 319-0 | Telefax +49 911 319-3196 E-Mail info @datev.de | Internet www.datev.de Sitz: 90429 Nürnberg, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14 | Registergericht Nürnberg, GenReg Nr.70 Vorstand Prof. Dieter Kempf (Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Wolfgang Stegmann (stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Leistenschneider Jörg Rabe v. Pappenheim Dipl.-Vw. Eckhard Schwarzer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Reinhard Verholen

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Re: [Dovecot] [LDA] save failed to INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock
by Timo Sirainen 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

On Thu, 2011-04-14 at 10:18 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: > >>> mail_location = mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > > > > That's the way mbox format works. One IMAP or POP3 client can lock the mailbox for a long time. LDA can either wait longer of fail and let MTA retry the delivery later. The default is: > > > > mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins > > > > So apparently the LDA already waited for 5 minutes for the lock. > > > > (There is also actually mail_max_lock_timeout setting, but the default is 0 = disabled.) > > > > Should I do something to correct ? I don't really know if there is anything except switching away from mbox. > When the problem occured some users were unable to access their mailboxes How long does it occur? You'd need to find out what exactly is locking those mailboxes for that long. It could simply be the user's client. Or I guess it could be LDA itself, or anything really.. Difficult to say. Difficult also to tell easy way to debug this.. Or when this happens does it happen to many people at the same time? Is the system load really high at that time then?

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[Dovecot] [LDA] save failed to INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock
by Frank Bonnet 14 Apr '11

14 Apr '11

Hello I use LDA Dovecot 2 with SIEVE as Postfix delivery agent and I occasionally get such message in syslog. info.log:Apr 13 12:39:40 lda(xxxxxxxx): Info: msgid=<4DA484FF.5060903(a)gmail.com>: save failed to INBOX: Timeout while waiting for lock See below the doveconf -n trace Thanks for any info > # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 > auth_worker_max_count = 100 > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log > default_client_limit = 6144 > default_process_limit = 1024 > disable_plaintext_auth = no > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > mail_location = mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > 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 > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = passwd > } > plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)esiee.fr > protocols = imap pop3 sieve sieve > sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail > service auth { > client_limit = 7169 > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imaps { > port = 993 > ssl = yes > } > process_min_avail = 10 > service_count = 1 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service imap { > process_limit = 2048 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > inet_listener sieve_deprecated { > port = 2000 > } > } > service pop3-login { > inet_listener pop3 { > port = 110 > } > inet_listener pop3s { > port = 995 > ssl = yes > } > } > ssl_ca = /etc/ssl/RENATER/chain-1828-mail.esiee.fr.pem > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/RENATER/cert-1828-mail.esiee.fr.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/RENATER/mail.esiee.fr.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda-errors.log > mail_plugins = " sieve" > } > protocol imap { > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole > } > mail# dovecof -n > /tmp/doveconf.txt > dovecof: Command not found. > mail# doveconf -n > /tmp/doveconf.txt > mail# wc -l /tmp/doveconf.txt > 75 /tmp/doveconf.txt > mail# cat /tmp/doveconf.txt > # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE amd64 > auth_worker_max_count = 100 > debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log > default_client_limit = 6144 > default_process_limit = 1024 > disable_plaintext_auth = no > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log > mail_location = mbox:%h/:INDEX=/var/cache/dovecot/index/%u:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > 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 > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = passwd > } > plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve > postmaster_address = postmaster(a)esiee.fr > protocols = imap pop3 sieve sieve > sendmail_path = /usr/local/sbin/sendmail > service auth { > client_limit = 7169 > } > service imap-login { > inet_listener imap { > port = 143 > } > inet_listener imaps { > port = 993 > ssl = yes > } > process_min_avail = 10 > service_count = 1 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service imap { > process_limit = 2048 > vsz_limit = 1 G > } > service managesieve-login { > inet_listener sieve { > port = 4190 > } > inet_listener sieve_deprecated { > port = 2000 > } > } > service pop3-login { > inet_listener pop3 { > port = 110 > } > inet_listener pop3s { > port = 995 > ssl = yes > } > } > ssl_ca = /etc/ssl/x.pem > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/y.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/x.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda.log > log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-lda-errors.log > mail_plugins = " sieve" > } > protocol imap { > imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep > } > protocol sieve { > managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole > }

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[Dovecot] Login via IMAP with MySQL as user database not working
by Chris Martin 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hello all, I am migrating from Postfix/Cyrus/MySQL mail server to a recently installed dovecot 1.2.8 on a QNAP TS259 NAS via XDove. I am unable to login via IMAP (the only method I've tried and the only method I want). I am using an almost identical database as the current existing Postfix/Cyrus/MySQL setup (with the except of paths). I have been attempting to get this working (off and on) for the past 5 months. During that time I have researched and researched, but have not found a solution. The Maildir has been copied from the existing server to the Dovecot server and have run the script 'courier-dovecot-migrate.pl', which was found at http://www.dovecot.org/tools/courier-dovecot-migrate.pl In a nutshell: If I have the password_query string in the SQL config file (shown below) set to return only 1 field, i.e. the password, then the Dovecot authtest app succeeds. But if more than 1 field is returned (i.e.: user and password) the test fails. And if testing with telnet I get the message of "* BYE Internal login failure. Refer to server log for more information.". The logs indicate that the password check returned OK but the userdb read appears to fail. If I change the userdb_query to return only 1 field (such as only the uid), then the logs show the correct value is returned, and yet the telnet login fails. So it seems that anytime there are multiple fields returned from the SQL query, the result is failure at that step (password check or userdb read). Therefore userdb prefetch never works. The NAS doesn't utilize a syslog so it's of no help in debugging. Below are the config files and samples from log files (scrubbed): dovecot.conf- (NOTE: the 'home = /tmp' in the plugin section is an attempt at rawlog from http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Debugging/Rawlog ... which doesn't seem to work) # 1.2.8: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.33.2 i686 log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log log_timestamp: "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" protocols: imap ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/rawlog /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: _mailman last_valid_uid: 65000 first_valid_gid: 70 last_valid_gid: 65000 mail_debug: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com auth default: user: dovecot verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes worker_max_count: 10 passdb: driver: sql args: /share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/XDove/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /share/MD0_DATA/.qpkg/XDove/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 plugin: home: /tmp dovecot-sql.conf- driver = mysql connect = host=127.0.0.1 user=<myuser> password=<mypass> dbname=users2 default_pass_scheme = CRYPT password_query = SELECT user, crypt AS `password` FROM users WHERE user = '%u' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' user_query = SELECT uid, gid, homedir AS home, maildir AS mail FROM users WHERE user = '%u' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' Sample from log "dovecot-info.log"- "2011-04-13 10:12:00" auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=143 rport=36735 resp=AGNocmlzQNHhaWwuaG9tZWlwLm5ldABoYXBweTE= "2011-04-13 10:12:00" auth-worker(default): Info: sql(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT user, crypt AS `password` FROM users WHERE user = '<user>@<domain>' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' "2011-04-13 10:12:00" auth-worker(default): Info: auth(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): username changed <user>@<domain> -> <User>@<Domain> "2011-04-13 10:12:00" auth-worker(default): Info: mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (users2) "2011-04-13 10:12:02" auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 1 user=<user>@<domain> temp Sample from log "dovecot.log"- "2011-04-13 10:12:00" auth(default): Error: worker-server( chris(a)sail.homeip.net,127.0.0.1) Aborted: Worker process died unexpectedly "2011-04-13 10:12:00" dovecot: Error: child 20136 (auth-worker) killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) If the password_query is changed to (only password returned): password_query = SELECT crypt AS `password` FROM users WHERE user = '%u' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' then the logs are as follows: Sample from log "dovecot-info.log"- "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127. 0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=143 rport=33662 resp=AGNocmlzQNHhaWwuaG9tZWlwLm5ldABoYXBweTE= "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth-worker(default): Info: sql(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT crypt AS `password` FROM users WHERE user = '<user>@<domain>' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth(default): Info: client out: OK 1 user=<user>@<domain> "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST 1 23395 1 "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth-worker(default): Info: sql(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): SELECT uid, gid, homedir AS home, maildir AS mail FROM users WHERE user = '<user>@<domain>' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth(default): Info: master out: FAIL 1 "2011-04-13 10:18:03" imap-login: Info: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<<user>@<domain>>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth-worker(default): Info: mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (users2) Sample from log "dovecot.log"- "2011-04-13 10:18:03" auth(default): Error: worker-server(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): Aborted: Worker process died unexpectedly "2011-04-13 10:18:03" dovecot: Error: child 23383 (auth-worker) killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) And finally, if change the user_query (to return only homedir AS home): then the logs are as follows: Sample from log "dovecot-info.log"- "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=143 rport=35408 resp=AGNocmlzQNHhaWwuaG9tZWlwLm5ldABoYXBweTE= "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth-worker(default): Info: sql(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT crypt AS `password` FROM users WHERE user = '<user>@<domain>' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth(default): Info: client out: OK 1 user=<user>@<domain> "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST 1 23787 1 "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth-worker(default): Info: sql(<user>@<domain>,127.0.0.1): SELECT homedir AS home FROM users WHERE user = '<user>@<domain>' AND account_enabled = 'y' AND allow_email = 'y' "2011-04-13 10:22:56" auth(default): Info: master out: USER 1 <user>@<domain> home=/Users/<user> "2011-04-13 10:22:56" imap-login: Info: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<<user>@<domain>>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Sample from log "dovecot.log"- "2011-04-13 10:22:56" dovecot: Error: User <user>@<domain> is missing UID (see mail_uid setting) Greatly appreciate any help that anyone can give. Chris

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-lda and multiple records after filter.
by Басов Евгений 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hello. Some records in my LDAP base have same values in mail field: # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=local> with scope subtree # filter: (&(mail=someuser(a)p.ru)(|(AccountStatus=active)(accountStatus=shared))) # requesting: mailMessageStore # dn: cn=lala,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local mailMessageStore: /var/mail/someuser/Maildir/ # Eset, Mail, ph.local dn: cn=Eset,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local # admins, Mail, ph.local dn: cn=admins,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 4 # numEntries: 3 Postfix with virtual_transport = virtual works fine: letter to "dn: cn=lala,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local" stolen in mailMessageStore path and one for mailing list "dn: cn=admins,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local"/"dn: cn=admins,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local" are send to "dn: cn=lala,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=local". One of filter Postfix uses: (&(|(mail=%s)(mailAlternateAddress=%s))(|(AccountStatus=active)(accountStatus=shared))) So, set on dovecot-lda. main.cf: dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_transport = dovecot #virtual_transport = virtual master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:mail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} one place in dovecot-ldap.ext.conf: user_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(|(AccountStatus=active)(accountStatus=shared))(|(mail=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u))) pass_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(|(AccountStatus=active)(accountStatus=shared))(|(mail=%u)(mailAlternateAddress=%u))) user_attrs = mailMessageStore=home pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password Send test letter: mutt -s "test $(date +%d/%m/%Y:%H.%M)" -- someuser(a)p.ru < /dev/null and get in log: dovecot: lda: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib90_sieve_plugin.so dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER#0111#011someuser(a)p.ru#011service=lda dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(someuser(a)p.ru): user search: base=ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=local scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=qmailUser)(|(AccountStatus=active)(accountStatus=shared))(|(mail=someuser@p.ru)(mailAlternateAddress=someuser@p.ru))) fields=mailMessageStore dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(someuser(a)p.ru): result: mailMessageStore(home)=/var/mail/someuser/Maildir/ dovecot: auth: Error: ldap(someuser(a)p.ru): user_filter matched multiple objects, aborting dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: FAIL#0111 dovecot: lda: Error: user someuser(a)p.ru: Auth USER lookup failed dovecot: lda: Debug: auth input: dovecot: lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. postfix/pipe[3259]: 89001846: to=<someuser(a)p.ru>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.15, delays=0.07/0.01/0/0.07, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) As we can see mailMessageStore gets right value and… it's all. How can I get Postfix-like behavior from dovecot-lda? With best regards, Basov Evgeny.

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[Dovecot] Problems with thunderbird
by Jim Knuth 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hello, Since the Upgrade on V 2.0.12 I can produce with Thunderbird no connection. With Roundcube it is easily possible. I have changed something in no configuration. Does somebody have a tip? # 2.0.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.29.4-default i686 Debian wheezy/sid auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * login_greeting = Mailserver ready. mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 passdb { driver = pam } plugin { autocreate = Entwurf autocreate2 = Spam autosubscribe = Entwurf autosubscribe2 = Spam quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Der Mail-Speicher ist voll. Siehe: http://www.art-domains.de/quota.html quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=75%% quota-warning 75 %u sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve/global/global.sieve sieve_dir = %h/sieve sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/global/ sieve_global_path = /etc/dovecot/sieve/global/global.sieve trash = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf.ext } protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 } } service imap-login { client_limit = 128 process_limit = 256 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3-login { client_limit = 128 process_limit = 256 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 64 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/sbin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.quota driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = mail_fsync = never mail_plugins = " quota autocreate imap_quota trash" } protocol pop3 { mail_fsync = never mail_plugins = " quota trash" pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_lock_session = yes pop3_uidl_format = %v-%u } protocol lda { mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = " quota sieve trash" postmaster_address = postmaster(a)art-domains.de } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota sieve trash" } -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails!

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Re: [Dovecot] Upgraded to Dovecot-1.2.16 and Sieve-1.1.8 but Still No Sieve Parameters
by Jay Welch 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

So I have to manually put in the parameters in the dovecot.conf file? I assumed that they would have been added to the dovecot-example.conf file once I installed Sieve. Am I correct? On 4/12/2011 12:48 PM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > this could help you > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/ManageSieve/Configuration > > Le 12/04/2011 21:43, Jay Welch a écrit : >> I have upgraded to a newer version of Dovecot and I have installed >> Sieve. Everything went smooth and with no errors but I still don't see >> any Sieve parameters in dovecot.conf file. I'm looking at >> /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf. What could be the issue? >> >> Thanks >> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] information
by drum.lucas＠gmail.com 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hi! I have this in my dovecot logs... dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user access What is this? Anybody is traying login with user "access"? Spam? Vírus? thanks!!!! -- Atenciosamente; Graciously; *Lucas Possamai * http://psyscrew.posterous.com/ "Na palma da tua mão existem sonhos, felicidades e a força que te guia por um caminho, que somente você poderá trilhar, com o olhar tranquilo saberás onde chegar.o fim é apenas mais um ponto para inventar uma nova conquista."* *

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Re: [Dovecot] Problem with expire plugin and expunge
by Christoph Pleger 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Hello, > It looks like it expunged all the messages from Trash. Did you check if > that happened? Did it expunge too many messages? > > > Mar 18 09:50:28 joseph dovecot: imap(christoph): Debug: expire: Saving > > first message to Trash, updating timestamp to 1300438228 > > This happens, because it thinks the Trash was empty.. Is there any solution in sight for this? Is there some additional information I can give you for solving that problem? Regards Christoph

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[Dovecot] Solaris 10 Compilation Issue with 2.0.12 (actually post 12690) [WORKAROUND PROVIDED]
by Peter Bray 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Greetings, Post 12689:7f5735ab7c35 / 12690:02829f7f79c7 dovecot uses the reentrant version of get(password/group)* related functions. There are two variants of these functions on Solaris. To get the variant used by dovecot code based you need to define _POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS (see attached manual page). Initially I defined this just for the compilation of lib/src/ipwd.c, and got the code to compile / check / run successfully in my environment. After this worked I decided to try compiling the whole code base with CPPFLAGS="-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS" ./configure .... This also seems to work fine. My environment uses IMAPS (X86) and Proxying IMAPS (SPARC). All code compiles / checks / runs (only 64-bit versions run tested) with the above CPPFLAGS modification on Oracle Solaris 10 Update 9 (both 32/64 bit on both X86 / SPARC with GCC 4.1.2) systems. Regards, Peter Bray Sydney, Australia PS: I have not investigated an appropriate way to modified configure.in to make this addition automatic.

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Re: [Dovecot] SUMMARY: LDA vs LMTP, Cyrus SASL, verbose_proctitle
by Joseph Tam 13 Apr '11

13 Apr '11

Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-04-11 at 18:19 -0700, Joseph Tam wrote: > > > Also, one significant advantage not mentioned for LMTP was that one > > delivery failure to multiple recipients can be disambiguated; LDA can only > > return an exit code to be tested by the MTA, but the MTA cannot know > > which recipient(s) generated the error. > > In almost all setups MTA delivers mails to LDA one at a time. Multiple > deliveries are useful only if you want to try to get the same mail file > hard linked to all recipients. So normally this is a non-issue. I guess my sendmail is not normal. The default configuration does pool multiple recipient delivery and run mail.local with all these users as arguments in one invocation. dovecot-lda doesn't seem to support multiple recipients per invocation, so this won't be a problem. The implication for sendmail users, though, is that multiple concurrent deliveries must be disabled if you use dovecot-lda (the 'm' flag must be removed from LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS) as implicitely done in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Sendmail I notice the 'A' flag is missing here: doesn't this kill aliasing? If and when I can fully test my setup, I will update this page. > > echo "main(int c,char**v){**v='x';sleep(9);}" | \ > > gcc -xc -o y -; ./y; rm y & > > ps -f > > IIRC /usr/ucb/ps shows the changes. Ah. I'll take your word for it since I only have the SysV stuff installed. Thanks for the info. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Best practices to migrate from mbox to Maildir++ and also changing the deliver method
by Julio C. Ortega 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Greetings. Im about to move from mbox to Maildir++ and change the deliver method from procmail. I have less than 100 accounts, but there's a lot of mail (around 16GB) Apart from the documentation on Dovecot's site, anyone has good recommendations, and, if you have experience doing this migration any tips? Thanks for any info, and wishing you all a nice week -- ------------------------------------ Julio C. Ortega ONUVA http://www.onuva.com

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[Dovecot] Upgraded to Dovecot-1.2.16 and Sieve-1.1.8 but Still No Sieve Parameters
by Jay Welch 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

I have upgraded to a newer version of Dovecot and I have installed Sieve. Everything went smooth and with no errors but I still don't see any Sieve parameters in dovecot.conf file. I'm looking at /usr/local/etc/dovecot-example.conf. What could be the issue? Thanks -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Dovecot] v2.0.12 released
by Timo Sirainen 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.12.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.12.tar.gz.sig Many small fixes, plus some more noticeable: + doveadm: Added "move" command for moving mails between mailboxes. + virtual: Added support for "+mailbox" entries that clear \Recent flag from messages (default is to preserve them). - dbox: Fixes to handling external attachments - dsync: More fixes to avoid hanging with remote syncs - dsync: Many other syncing/correctness fixes - doveconf: v2.0.10 and v2.0.11 didn't output plugin {} section right BTW. I'm moving again next weekend, this time to Helsinki. Hopefully I'll be living there for a while. :)

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[Dovecot] Questions about converting maildir to mdbox.
by Henrique Fernandes 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

First of all i would like to thanks Timo for the excellent job done in dovecot. We are using it in you prodution server with about 5 millions of emails and it is pretty good, only a performance problens but i guess it is realated to ocfs2 that we are using. So lets begin: We are using dovecot 2.0.6 with maildir in an ocfs2 partiton. It is pretty slow access in peak time, but it is related to ocfs2 as i said before, i am trying to mimimize the ocfs2 latancy by using mdbox. Another problem that we have are Full backup that takes about 24h and incremental takes about 13h I am thinking in converting some email for testing propose, but i am wondoring how would dovecot convert this, like if i convert all mail from maildir to mdbox it would make many mailbox based on this seetings ? Or in the first convert it would make a big mdbox file and after it it will rotate by day or it would make many boxes just based on size? mdbox_rotate_size = 5m mdbox_rotate_interval = 1d Well, another thing can i make rotate interval happens in a certain time of day? end from where it takes this time ? it rotates at midnight ? Another one!, if i lose the index files what really happens ? Sometimes in my server the index get corrupet and as i am reading mdbox index files held information that is not in other place. So what should i do to prevent any possible lose of data even if i lose the indexes? I was reading about backup restore also, but i did not get it pretty well. With maildir we simple restore the files and the index gets rebuilt! What should i do with mdbox ? Restore the files and the index ? But how about the other emails that the account got after the backup, how i should merge the multiple files and more importanet how do i merge the index files ? Well, sorry about my english! And Thanks alot guys! []'sf.rique

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[Dovecot] Vpopmail and lastauth
by mailing＠securitylabs.it 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hello, I'm migrating many accounts to a new server with vpopmail 5.4.33 and dovecot 2.0.11. I've already vpopmail 5.4.32 and dovecot 1.2.16 on others servers running without problems. With dovecot 2.0.11 my lastauth file is not updated. This file usually is update on any access (smtp, pop3, imap) with the client's IP, for every mailbox. Now it's updated only when a client authenticate itself via SMTP (smtp-auth with qmail + vpopmail), and not with imap/pop3 access. My conf: # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 2 mins auth_cache_size = 1000 M auth_cache_ttl = 2 mins auth_mechanisms = plain cram-md5 apop auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@& disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_uid = 95 lock_method = dotlock log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Server ready. mail_fsync = never mail_gid = vchkpw mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = vchkpw mail_uid = vpopmail namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = webmail=127.0.0.1 driver = vpopmail } plugin/mail_log_events = delete expunge plugin/mail_log_group_events = plugin/quota = maildir plugin/quota_rule = ?:storage=0 pop3_uidl_format = %f protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0600 user = vpopmail } } service imap-login { client_limit = 256 process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 } service imap { drop_priv_before_exec = yes process_limit = 256 vsz_limit = 256 M } service pop3-login { client_limit = 256 process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 } service pop3 { drop_priv_before_exec = yes process_limit = 256 vsz_limit = 256 M } ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.key userdb { args = quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugins = " notify quota imap_quota mail_log" }

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[Dovecot] SUMMARY: LDA vs LMTP, Cyrus SASL, verbose_proctitle
by Joseph Tam 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

A summary of answers I got to the questiosn I posed. > Is there a reason I should prefer LMTP over LDA for local delivery? Thanks for the responses I received. The benefits reported were more/better information logging, and service isolation. Also, one significant advantage not mentioned for LMTP was that one delivery failure to multiple recipients can be disambiguated; LDA can only return an exit code to be tested by the MTA, but the MTA cannot know which recipient(s) generated the error. This problem present can itself, for example, when one user has a full mailbox. An LDA will return EX_TEMPFAIL, and the message will be requeued, and delivery will be retried for all recipients (even those that were successfully delivered to). > The Wiki doesn't differentiates LMTP vs LDA with respect to sendmail > configuration, so am I correct that I just need to replace mail.local > with dovecot-lda, which will choose LDA/LMTP based on dovecot.conf? Not that simple, but I finally did find my answer in the Dovecot archives. It's too bad I had to spend hours tearing apart the sendmail docs before finding it http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-September/052936.html The .mc version of the configuration: # Use LMTP for local delivery over IPC channel FEATURE(`local_lmtp',`[IPC]') # Location of LMTP socket define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `FILE /path/to/dovecot/lmtp') # Replace default sendmail LMTP options: the same options # with the 'P' flag removed so that the Return-Path is not # added (again?) define(`LOCAL_MAILER_FLAGS', `SXmnz9') MAILER(`local') I haven't tried this yet, but this is pretty close. > Also, can I consolidate authentication by configuring dovecot to use > what sendmail uses (Cyrus SASL) or vice versa? The Wiki hints this is > in the works. No response, so I guess the answer is no. > Lastly, toggling verbose_proctitle seems to have no effect on the output > of ps. Is verbose_proctitle broken for Solaris? The answer to is verbose_proctitle is broken for Solaris. There is no setproctitle(), and ps does not report changes to a process's argv[]: echo "main(int c,char**v){**v='x';sleep(9);}" | \ gcc -xc -o y -; ./y; rm y & ps -f You'll have to use "lsof", "pfiles" or "doveadm who" to get the information. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Intermitent ldap auth problems benchmarking dovecot
by Maria Arrea 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hello We are using SLAMD (Distributed Load Generation Engine, www.slamd.com) to benchmark our dovecot server (ldap auth). We are simulating 2.000 simultaneous logins and 20% of them fail. We saw the following errors in the log: Apr 12 09:40:07 buzon dovecot: auth: Error: ldap(correo,192.168.4.153): Request queue is full (oldest added 1 secs ago) Apr 12 09:40:07 buzon dovecot: auth: Error: ldap(correo,192.168.4.153): Request queue is full (oldest added 1 secs ago) Apr 12 09:40:07 buzon dovecot: auth: Error: ldap(correo,192.168.4.153): Request queue is full (oldest added 1 secs ago) We increased auth_worker_max_count from 350 to 3500 (10x increase). Now we see the following errors (still 20% of logins fail): Apr 12 10:14:45 buzon dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (pid=29016 id=24783) (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<correo>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.4.153, lip=192.168.4.80, mpid=21284 Apr 12 10:14:45 buzon dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (pid=29016 id=24784) (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<correo>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.4.153, lip=192.168.4.80, mpid=21286 What are we doing wrong? We expect 1000 simultaneous imap sessions, we have 65.000 mailboxes. This is our doveconf -n output # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_worker_max_count = 3500 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ default_client_limit = 5000 default_process_limit = 6500 disable_plaintext_auth = no imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep delay-newmail lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_fsync = never mail_gid = entrega mail_home = /buzones/%2.26Hn/%2.200Hn/%n/ mail_location = mdbox:/buzones/%2.26Hn/%2.200Hn/%n:INDEX=/indices_dovecot/indices/%2.26Hn/%2.200Hn/%n mail_max_userip_connections = 15000 mail_plugins = " zlib acl" mail_uid = entrega 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 mdbox_rotate_interval = 1 days mdbox_rotate_size = 60 M passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } passdb { args = /etc/usuario_maestro.txt driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin/acl = vfile plugin/quota = dict:Cuota de usuario::file:/buzones/cuotas/%n plugin/quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% plugin/quota_warning = storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 plugin/quota_warning2 = storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 plugin/sieve = /buzones/%2.26Hn/%2.200Hn/%n/dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = /buzones//%2.26Hn/%2.200Hn/%n/sieve/ plugin/zlib_save = gz plugin/zlib_save_level = 9 protocols = pop3 imap sieve service anvil { client_limit = 25000 } service auth { client_limit = 28000 unix_listener auth-master { user = entrega } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = entrega } user = root } service imap-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login group = dovenull service_count = 0 } service imap { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap process_limit = 6000 } service managesieve-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login inet_listener sieve { port = 2000 } process_limit = 2000 } service managesieve { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve process_limit = 5000 } service pop3-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login process_limit = 4000 service_count = 0 } service pop3 { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 process_limit = 4000 } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/generico/cacert.crt.pem ssl_cert = </etc/pki/generico/wildcard.crt ssl_key = </etc/pki/generico/wildcard-key.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-userdb.conf driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol sieve { managesieve_implementation_string = dovecot managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } protocol lda { hostname = us.es info_log_path = log_path = mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugins = sieve zlib postmaster_address = evcorreo(a)domain.es syslog_facility = mail } protocol imap { mail_plugins = zlib } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = zlib pop3_enable_last = yes pop3_uidl_format = %g }

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[Dovecot] Fwd: .dovecot.sieve as Mailbox
by Francisco Wagner C. Freire 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francisco Wagner C. Freire <wgrcunha(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [Dovecot] .dovecot.sieve as Mailbox To: Jan Phillip Greimann <jg(a)softjury.de> Yeah, i can do that, or change the user homedir, but i need some time to change scripts. But, is normal to dovecot show a file as a mailbox? And have any kind of option to hide this one? On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Jan Phillip Greimann <jg(a)softjury.de>wrote: > > > Am 12.04.2011 14:08, schrieb Francisco Wagner C. Freire: > > Hello, > Hi there, > > > > > I current using maildir and mail location is: > > *mail_location = maildir:%h:INDEX=%h/cache* > > > > Any tip to hide this to users? > > what's about > sieve_dir = ~/sieve > in 90-sieve.conf? > > must the sieve-files be in ~/ ? > > > > > Sorry for my bad english :) > Sorry for my bad english too ^^ > > Greetings Jan P. Greimann > Administrator (in training) > >

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[Dovecot] .dovecot.sieve as Mailbox
by Francisco Wagner C. Freire 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hello, I current using dovecot 2.0.11 and with all other 2x versions occurring the same problem. When i create the file .dovecot.sieve and compiled one .dovecot.svbin on user homedir, the imap show it like a folder, example: doveadm mailbox list -u user(a)domain.com .. .. *dovecot.sieve* *dovecot.svbin* .. .. I current using maildir and mail location is: *mail_location = maildir:%h:INDEX=%h/cache* Any tip to hide this to users? Sorry for my bad english :) Att. Francisco Freire System Administrator

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[Dovecot] trying to combine static userdb with LDAP passdb with per-user userdb_mail and userdb_home
by Igor Zinovik 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

Hello, dovecot users. I'm trying to cope with following problem I have single computer which will be going to be final destination for several virtual domains. Domains are stored in LDAP catalog. Dovecot will be working together with Postfix MTA running on same computer. I'm a bit confused how to achieve following thing: I want Postfix to use Dovecot LMTP server for mail delivery. All my mail is located under /var/vmail partition. I designed my own ldap schema and according to dovecot documentation that user should always has home and mail directory i added separate attributes for user home and mail. My typical user that is stored in LDAP has homeDirectory (which stores value like /var/vmail/domain.com/j/joe) and mailMessageStore (which stores value like /var/vmail/domain.com/j/joe/Maildir). All data under /var/vmail is owned by Postfix MTA user (which is called `postfix', uid=89). After reading dovecot documentation I understand that my setup needs to combine static userdb with LDAP passdb. But i also want dovecot to be able to deliver mail for local system users (that are stored in /etc/passwd). For system users i want to store their mail in $HOME/Mail. So i set mail_location = ~/Mail (which turns into /home/user/Mail), but for virtual (which are stored in LDAP) users i want to set mail (or maybe i should write here userdb_mail) to LDAP value mailMessageStore. Seems to me that LMTP server needs separate userdb query to fetch mail_location from LDAP. Setting mail_location = /var/vmail/%d/%n1/%u solves my problem, but I want dovecot to dynamically fetch maildir location from LDAP. Maybe in near future I would also store mail somewhere else not only under /var/vmail. And dovecot will fetch this information from LDAP. Here is excerpt from dovecot log when user tries to login: Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libauthdb_ldap.so Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_mysql.so Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_pgsql.so Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libdriver_sqlite.so Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth/libmech_gssapi.so Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=14748) Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=172.20.21.26 rip=172.20.20.216 lport=143 rport=1227 resp=<hidden> Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: ldap(joe(a)domain.com,172.20.20.216): pass search: base=pdomain=domain.com,ou=mail,dc=org,dc=ru scope=onelevel filter=(&(objectClass=mailAccount)(uid=joe)(accountStatus=TRUE)) fields=mail,userPassword,mailQuota,homeDirectory,mailMessageStore Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: ldap(joe(a)domain.com,172.20.20.216): result: mail(user)=joe(a)domain.com mailQuota(userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=%$)=1073741824 mailMessageStore(userdb_mail)=/var/vmail/domain.com/p/joe/Maildir homeDirectory(userdb_home)=/var/vmail/domain.com/p/joe userPassword(password)=<hidden> Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=joe(a)domain.com Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 2814377985 14748 1 5e00190b4fbfd1a4b8a50e13fa6562b1 Apr 11 13:32:29 auth: Debug: master out: USER 2814377985 joe(a)domain.com uid=89 gid=89 Apr 11 13:32:29 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<joe(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=172.20.20.216, lip=172.20.21.26, mpid=14750 Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib11_trash_plugin.so Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib20_autocreate_plugin.so Apr 11 13:32:29 imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib20_expire_plugin.so Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Effective uid=89, gid=89, home= Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=1073741824 messages=0 Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=1020054732 (95%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 95 joe(a)domain.com domain.com Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=966367641 (90%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 90 joe(a)domain.com domain.com Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=858993459 (80%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 80 joe(a)domain.com domain.com Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Error: user joe(a)domain.com: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: Home directory not set for user. Can't expand ~/ for mail root dir in: ~/Mail Apr 11 13:32:29 imap(joe(a)domain.com): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Here is my ldap query: pass_filter = (&(objectClass=mailAccount)(uid=%n)(accountStatus=TRUE)) # ldap_attr = dovecot_variable pass_attrs = mail=user, userPassword=password, mailQuota=userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=%$,\ homeDirectory=userdb_home, mailMessageStore=userdb_mail What is the best way to do in my situation? Should i just add two attributes to each LDAP user like mailuid and mailgid and set both these variables to `postfix'. Or maybe i should just forget about mail for local system users and just user `prefetch' userdb. I'm just mazed about dovecot userdb and passdb queries. It so powerful but also so hard to understand. I would appreciate any help, since I peck dovecot authentication and userdb-passdb queries like woodpecker starting from last week. Do I understand right that dovecot during userdb fetches Unix UID which will be used to access data on disk? I just want postfix (uid=89) to allow to do this. Here is `dovecot -n' output: # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-238.1.1.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_failure_delay = 3 secs auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 89 first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_gid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot login_greeting = Dovecot ready to serve. mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_location = maildir:~/Mail mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = 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 imapflags mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin/autocreate = &BBoEPgRABDcEOAQ9BDA- plugin/autocreate2 = &BCEEPwQwBDw- plugin/autosubscribe = &BBoEPgRABDcEOAQ9BDA- plugin/autosubscribe2 = &BCEEPwQwBDw- plugin/expire = &BBoEPgRABDcEOAQ9BDA- 7 &BCEEPwQwBDw- 30 plugin/login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login plugin/mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve plugin/quota = maildir:User quota plugin/quota_rule = *:storage=1GB plugin/quota_warning = storage=95%% /usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 95 %u %d plugin/quota_warning2 = storage=90%% /usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 90 %u %d plugin/quota_warning3 = storage=80%% /usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 80 %u %d plugin/sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%1n/%n/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_extensions = +imapflags plugin/sieve_storage = /var/vmail/%d/%1n/%n/sieve protocols = pop3 imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service imap-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } service_count = 1 } service imap { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 } service managesieve { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve } service pop3-login { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } service_count = 1 } service pop3 { executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-warning.sh user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=postfix gid=postfix driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib64/dovecot mail_plugins = autocreate expire quota imap_quota trash } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_lock_session = yes pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lmtp { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp-info.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lmtp.log mail_plugins = quota sieve } Here is my typical LDAP user: dn: uid=joe,pdomain=domain.com,ou=mail,dc=org,dc=ru objectClass: top objectClass: uidObject objectClass: mailAccount accountStatus: TRUE mail: joe(a)domain.com mailQuota: 1073741824 mailMessageStore: /var/vmail/domain.com/j/joe/Maildir mailOwnerFirstName: Joe mailOwnerLastName: User registerPersonFirstName: Joe registerPersonLastName: User registerDate: 1301665769 homeDirectory: /var/vmail/domain.com/j/joe uid: joe userPassword: {SSHA}FvxQwgDycssHhfoMTtkzogZ0Nh43PpHL

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Re: [Dovecot] IO rate quotas?
by Alan Brown 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

From: Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] IO rate quotas? > So a single process that is reading files fast enough from disk can > cause disk IO to spike in a way that makes all other processes wait for > available disk IO? It's not a single process. Thunderbird's newest defaults are to syncronize every folder and it will open one connectrion per folder in order to do that. Appropriate disk/swappiness/readahead/cache tuning is required - along with enough ram to cope with several users trying this at once. The underlaying filesystem is also important. as a for-instance, this kind of load with maildir format will effectively _kill_ a GFS box. Our fix was to install systemwide defaults on managed systems to not synchronize (not needed, the home directories are on network storage anyway) and to ask people to check/unset this on laptops/etc

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[Dovecot] hardlinks deliver not work
by Arnaud Yonnet 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

hello, I try to use the deliver dovecot with hardlinks. in command line, it's work with this command /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -p themail -d user when i send mail with postfix. I received the mail for all users but it doesn't create hardlinks. i check with command line md5sum themail it same for all mail . but it don't create hardlinks. in my master.cf dovecot unix - n n - - pipe user=utilisateurmail:utilisateurmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${user} have you got a solution ? thinks you Arnaud Yonnet ps, im sorry. my English is really poor....

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[Dovecot] Over quota and send Mails
by Jim Knuth 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hello, if a user over quota is, he can do no mails more receive. So far, so good. But why he can do, nevertheless, mails do send? Has that to do something with dict option? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Richtig verheiratet ist erst der Mann, der jedes Wort versteht, das seine Frau nicht gesagt hat. (Alfred Hitchcock)

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[Dovecot] domain variable still empty
by Andre Rodier 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Hello all, First, thanks for your help with my previous NFS problem. I am trying to mount a mail server, with debian and dovecot 1.2. Until now, I have both shared and public folders working, on a NFS share. indexes are stored locally, as well as per user flags. Sive is also working :-) Now, I'd like to restrict sharing by domain, and for this, to use the "%d" variable When I authenticate, for instance using arodier@red2team, the authentication works. However, the "%d" variable is still empty, when I'd like it to contains "red2team" Here my config: -------------------------------------------------------------- # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 nfs4 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps managesieve ssl: required disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_greeting: Titan Ready mail_access_groups: mails mail_privileged_group: mails mail_uid: vmails mail_gid: mails mail_location: maildir:/home/emails/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/%n:CONTROL=/var/mail/indexes/%n mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes fsync_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes lock_method: flock mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl fts fts_squat mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl fts fts_squat mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:/home/emails/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/private/%n:CONTROL=/var/mail/indexes/private/%n inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: Shared/%%u/ location: maildir:/home/emails/%d/%%n/Maildir:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/users/%n/%%n:CONTROL=/var/mail/indexes/users/%n/%%n list: children namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Team/ location: maildir:/home/emails/%d/Public/Maildir/:INDEX=/var/mail/indexes/public/%n list: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)red2group.com hostname: smtp1.red2group.com mail_plugins: quota acl sieve auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login default_realm: red2team username_format: %u verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 plugin: quota: maildir acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls/:cache_secs=300 acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: proxy::acl sieve: /home/emails/%d/%n/Filters/Active.sieve sieve_dir: /home/emails/%d/%n/Filters fts: squat dict: quota: ldap:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf acl: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf -------------------------------------------------------------- This is now the content of the dovecot-ldap config -------------------------------------------------------------- auth_bind = yes base = dc=red2,dc=srv default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 hosts = callisto.red2.srv thebe.red2.srv ldap_version = 3 pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%n)) scope = subtree user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,gosaMailQuota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$M, mail_plugins user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%n)) -------------------------------------------------------------- What surprise me is this line during the authentication: ===> auth(arodier(a)red2team,10.10.2.19): username changed arodier@red2team -> arodier Any idea, please ? I am stuck on that since two days ! Kind regards, André.

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[Dovecot] INBOX empty after dsync
by Gary Chodos 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

After hearing so many good things about mdbox, I am testing it. I moved my Maildir to a test box, and did the conversion with dsync which reported no errors and appeared to go fine after I set: namespace { separator = / inbox = yes } and changed mail_location=mdbox:~/mdbox But the problem is that the Inbox now is empty in my imap client. What did I do wrong? I can see the emails are there if I grep for subject lines I know exist in my inbox within ~/mdbox, but in the imap client it is as if inbox is totally empty. All the other folders appear fine in imap client.

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[Dovecot] Memory access mistake
by Jim Knuth 10 Apr '11

10 Apr '11

Hi, I have the following report after a cron job? Unfortunately, I do not know the English word. Memory access mistake/error? /tools/expunge: 2980 Speicherzugriffsfehler doveadm expunge -A mailbox Spam savedbefore 8d What can this lie with? What must I show in addition? dovecot-n or what? Thank you. # 2.0.11 (a0c1c6f7cf6e): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.29.4 i686 Debian wheezy/sid -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Die Menschheit ist zu weit vorwärts gegangen, um sich zurückzuwenden, und bewegt sich zu rasch, um anzuhalten. [Churchill]

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0 config bug with SSL certificate per protocol?
by Andy Smith 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi, yesterday I upgraded Dovecot from 1.2 to 2.0.11. I'd seen that there was a config file converter to make the upgrade smooth so was expecting it to be pretty quick and easy. In the end I spent a long time trying to get it working as it just wouldn't listen on the ssl ports, imaps and pop3s. I am using per portocol SSL certificates, as I was in version 1.2. The part of my config is as follows (as generated by doveconf): protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugins = fts fts_squat ssl = yes ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/ssl.crt/imap.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/ssl.key/imap.key } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv ssl = yes ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/ssl.crt/pop3.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/ssl.key/pop3.key } But when I started dovecot it was only listening on the non SSL ports for IMAP and POP3. I went through many things, adding in a service imap-login section with the SSL port set via inet_listener and spent ages googling for how to get it to work. In the end it turns out it was that the global ssl setting was set to "no", but I hadn't enabled this previously as this requires that there are global SSL certificates, which I don't have; I have specific certs for IMAP and for POP3. Also this isn't how dovecot 1.2 worked, there I specificed the protocols (pop3, pop3s, imap, imaps) and specificed the protocol certs and it worked. Anyway, I ended up just specifiing my pop3 certs as the global certs, this is then redefined in the pop3 protcol section etc. The config seems to work, but to me all this doesn't seem logical and doesn't work like in dovecot 1.2. Maybe this is something that can be cleaned up in the next version? thanks Andy.

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[Dovecot] transferring imap folders
by Voytek Eymont 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

I have some old mail on courier-imap that I'd like to bring over some of the readme says I need to make Dovecot's inbox as "INBOX" not "Inbox" for courier-imap compatibility.. that seems to be already default, no ? also, my INBOX is mainly like 'sent/year/month' and some other 'work/this' subfolders is there a tool I need to use, or should just copy over dir tree from old server and suck'n'see ? dovecot --version 1.2.9 -- Voytek

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[Dovecot] IO rate quotas?
by Kádár Tamás (KTamas) 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi Okay so we've been having this issue since forever and I figured why the heck not ask it here since it's mostly related to dovecot. The thing is, we have a huge amount of public folders (at the moment, around 1100). Now, with dovecot indexing and caching we're mostly okay, also being careful with things like Thunderbird 3's default 'Download everything' option ("Keep messages for this account on this computer") and such. However once in a while, someone goes rogue, we install a new version of thunderbird, someone accidentally sets up an email account in thunderbird mistakingly leaving the download everything option on. This causes high IO on our server, and a single user can quickly more or less kill the whole server in mere minutes, load average quickly spiking to 30-40-50 and everything becomes sloooooow (obviously). Is there any way I can limit the amount of IO a certain user can use? Thanks and best regards, KT P.S. my dovecot -n is: # 2.0.9: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 5.0.8 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = acl maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { location = maildir:/home/_shared/projects:INDEX=~/Maildir/_shared prefix = shared. separator = . subscriptions = no type = public } namespace { location = maildir:/home/_shared/sys:INDEX=~/Maildir/sys prefix = sys. separator = . subscriptions = no type = public } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { acl = vfile mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename flag_change append mail_log_fields = uid box msgid from subject size vsize flags mail_log_group_events = no } protocols = imap pop3 service imap { executable = imap } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 40 mail_plugins = acl imap_acl }

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[Dovecot] coredump in dovecot 2.0.11
by k b 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi. I use dovecot-2.0.11-1.fc14.i686 on linux,redhat fedora 14. Using alpine 2.02 and Kmail 1.13.5 i have one IMAP connection to the dovecot server and one IMAP connection to a MS exchange server. After i moved a few messages from the exchange server i cannot open the folders where i placed the moved mails. instead dovecot crashes, all other directories and emails work fine. here is what i see in /var/log/messages: Apr 9 08:23:10 server00 abrt[28509]: saved core dump of pid 28508 (/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-1302330190-28508.new/coredump (626688 bytes) Apr 9 08:23:10 server00 abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-1302330190-28508' creation detected Apr 9 08:23:10 server00 abrtd: Crash is in database already (dup of /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-1302111878-7921) Apr 9 08:23:10 server00 abrtd: Deleting crash ccpp-1302330190-28508 (dup of ccpp-1302111878-7921), sending dbus signal I can post the coredump but i will have to clean it first as i can see it contains a few emails. would it help to post the coredump or shuould i skip that?

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[Dovecot] mysql lookup on another host performance q?
by Voytek Eymont 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi, new to dovecot I'm setting a small postfix/dovecot server for virtual domain/users in mysql dovecot is on one host, mysql on another seems to be working, but I'm concerned over performance overhead of this setup; dumb Q, is there any 'proxy mysql' or cacheing option I can use ? any suggestions appreciated also, my mail users as set as 5000/5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 so, I should use uid/gid 5000/5000 in query below, yes ? thanks -- Voytek --------------------------------------------------------- # dovecot --version 1.2.9 Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:39:35 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux # grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=host.tld dbname=ddd user=ccc password=xxx user_query = SELECT concat('/var/mail/vhosts/', maildir) as home, concat('maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/', maildir) as mail, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('maildir:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' default_pass_scheme = MD5 user_query = SELECT '/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as home, 'maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as mail, 5000 AS uid, 5000 AS gid, concat('dirsize:storage=', quota) AS quota FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' password_query = SELECT username as user, password, '/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as userdb_home, 'maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n@%d' as userdb_mail, 5000 as userdb_uid, 5000 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'

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[Dovecot] 143 STARTTLS/ 993 SSL/TLS query
by Voytek Eymont 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

I'm testing my new dovecot server with Thundirbird I can have it working on port 143 with STARTTLS, or on port 993 with SSL/TLS my uderstanding is that on 993 I get encrypted 'password and mail transfer' (yes ?) so what happens if I use 143 with STARTTLS, is that equivalent to port 993 if STARTTLS is used ? thanks for any insights.. -- Voytek

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Re: [Dovecot] Permission Denied - cannot create inbox
by Joseph Tam 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> writes: > This is anyway mbox-specific problem, so I added it now to mbox page: > > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/mbox ... >> imap(tss): Error: >> fchown(/home/tss/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log.newlock, >> group=8(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1000(tss), group >> based on /var/mail/tss - see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Errors/NoPerm) >> > Changed the wiki link: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Errors/ChgrpNoPerm Thanks, Timo. This will be opaque to the user, but I don't think it will happen often so it's no bother to find the problem in the logs. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] Imap segfault on login with version 2.0.8 & 2.0.11
by Nicholas VonHollen 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

Hi everyone, I'm trying to upgrade/test our configuration files from Dovecot 1.2 to 2.0.11. I used the Dovecot config convert command, created a RHEL 5 x86_64 rpm, and tested it. I can connect, but once I login, the IMAP service segfaults. I've also reproduced this on version 2.0.8. I installed the debug RPM (for the stripped symbols), took a look at the core dump in gdb, and just got the _start method in ld_preload and a broken pointer in the backtrace. I tried to strace everything but the segfault doesn't happen then :-). I'm not sure what to do to get better information. I attached my client session, dovecot -n output, gdb trace, maillog, and the core dump. I published the RPMs I made at: http://c3205012.r12.cf0.rackcdn.com/dovecot-2.0.11-1_125.x86_64.rpm http://c3205012.r12.cf0.rackcdn.com/dovecot-debuginfo-2.0.11-1_125.x86_64.r… My platform is RHEL 5 with kernel 2.6.18 on x86_64. Is there anything else I can provide for more info? Thanks, Nick Nick VonHollen Rackspace Software Developer Desk: 540-443-2003 (internal 505-2003) Personal Cell: 757-710-7038

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[Dovecot] restarting director
by Cor Bosman 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hi all, anyone having any problems with restarting the director? Every time I bring down 1 of the director servers, reboot it, or just restart it for whatever reason, im seeing all kinds of problems. Dovecot generally always gives me this error: Jan 20 22:49:55 imapdirector3 dovecot: director: Error: Director 194.109.26.173:444/right disconnected before handshake finished It seems the directors cant agree on forming a ring anymore, and this may be leading to problems with clients. I mostly have to resort to bringing down all directors, and restarting them all at once. Not really a workable solution. As an example, last night for a few hours we were getting complaints from customers about being disconnected, and the only obvious error in the log was the one above, after one of my colleagues had to restart a director because of some changes in the syslog daemon. After I restarted all directors withing a few seconds of each other, all complaints disappeared. Timo, i know ive asked similar questions before, but the answer just eludes me. If I have 3 director servers, and need to take one down and restart it, what is the proper method to reconnect the ring? In practice, I cant seem to work it out and I mostly end up with the above error until I just restart them all. Not fun with 20.000 clients connected. Cor

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird 3.1 unable to delete subfolder of Trash under mdbox
by William Blunn 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Thunderbird 3.1.9 over Windows 7. Dovecot 2.0.11 (2:2.0.11-0~auto+41 from http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ source on 8 Apr 2011) over Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Trying to set up a Dovecot system with mdbox. But I also wanted to keep some Maildir. So I ended up with both mdbox and Maildir side-by-side and noticed an issue. On this system, Dovecot's global mail location is configured with maildir:~/Maildir I have a two users configured in a password-file passdb/userdb: One using the Dovecot global mail location (maildir:~/Maildir) the other with an override mail location (userdb_mail) of mdbox:~/mdbox (The only other configurations different to the default were to turn off the default system password passdb and userdb, and enable my local password-file-format passdb and userdb.) I have configured two IMAP accounts in Thunderbird 3.1.9, one to access each of the two users above. The test procedure is: In Thunderbird, create a folder at the top level (i.e. alongside Inbox), say "foo". In Thunderbird, delete the folder just created. This results in Thunderbird "moving" the folder to "Trash", resulting in a folder "Trash/foo". Up to this point, both the Maildir and mdbox users behave OK. Then in Thunderbird, delete the trashed folder "Trash/foo". At this point, things start to happen differently. With the Maildir user, the folder "Trash/foo" deletes successfully. But with the mdbox user, Thunderbird pops up an error: The current command did not succeed. The mail server for account <accountname> responded: Invalid mailbox name: Trash/foo/. The folder does disappear from the Thunderbird folder pane, but if Thunderbird is "prodded" to refresh what folders it thinks are there, then the folder reappears. If we check the user's mdbox directory, we can see that indeed the mailbox has not been deleted. Whatever I then do, I am unable to delete this folder in the mdbox user through Thunderbird. The only way I have found to safely delete the folder is to use "doveadm mailbox delete", but this requires root privilege on the server, which is not really a practical solution. It maybe a Thunderbird problem, but the question then arises: Why does it work under Maildir but doesn't work under mdbox? Any ideas? Bill

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[Dovecot] fstat no such file or directory error
by Mark Dieterich 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Periodically, we will have users IMAP sessions get hung. Their client sees a message like: The server responded: 'SERVERBUG] Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information On the server, we see the following in the logs: IMAP(<username>): Transaction log dovecot.index.log: duplicate transaction log sequence (37) IMAP(<username>): fscking index file dovecot.index IMAP(<username>): fstat() failed with index file dovecot.index: No such file or directory After the fstat message shows up, there doesn't appear to be anything on the user side that can be done to fix the problem. We've seen multiple instances where the file dovecot is complaining about not existing is visible, readable, and writable by the user in question, but dovecot is convinced it's not. The only way we've found to fix this issue is to kill off all user connections. When the user reconnects, then all appears to work fine. We have not found a way to recreate this problem. Some details: # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian 5.0.8 Mail files are stored on NFS. All imap connections for a given user are are mapped to a particular server at any given time. We have a script in place that watches our logs for this order of events, so the problem self corrects relatively quickly. But it would certainly be nice not have this happen at all. Thanks, Mark -- ---------- I'd rather be burning carbohydrates than hydrocarbons

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[Dovecot] a strange doveadm behavior
by fakessh ＠ 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

hi timo very very good job you realize for the community here I have a very strange problem with doveadm I actually use a configuration file parameters in which the parameters are placed carefully My problem appears when I run this command doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d i post command and result to the terminal [fakessh@r13151 ~]$ doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d doveadm(fakessh): Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot//auth-userdb) failed: Permission denied (euid=514(fakessh) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /var/run/dovecot//auth-userdb, euid is not dir owner) doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users [root@r13151 ~]$ chmod +r /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb [fakessh@r13151 ~]$ doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d doveadm(fakessh): Error: userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot//auth-userdb) failed: Permission denied (euid=514(fakessh) egid=100(users) missing +w perm: /var/run/dovecot//auth-userdb, euid is not dir owner) doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users [root@r13151 ~]# chmod og+w /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb [fakessh@r13151 ~]$ doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d doveadm(dkimproxy): Fatal: seteuid(0) failed: Operation not permitted [fakessh@r13151 ~]$ any kind of discussion would be welcome -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 092164A7 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x092164A7

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[Dovecot] quota_exceeded_message
by Jim Knuth 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Nevertheless, there is this option: plugin { quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded, please go to http://www.example.com/over_quota_help for instructions on how to fix this. } If one can write even more text, with word wrap? As an example: plugin { quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded, please go to http://www.example.com/over_quota_help for instructions on how to fix this. Please call: +49 0000 00000000 between 10:00 - 15:00 } -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens: Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich härter. [Nietzsche]

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[Dovecot] shared folder: messages become invisible
by Burckhard Schmidt 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello, after dealing with shared folder within version 2.0 rc* I started using it with a group of users. user1 shares a folder to user2. user2 has access to messages of this shared folder. After a "random" time (minutes up to several days) user2 doesn't see those messages anymore. user1 (the owner) hasn't changed anything inside this folder. All messages are still in place and normal visible for him. If user1 copies (whit TB) a messages into that folder user2 can see sometimes all messages again. But after a "random" time it happens again. user2 sees an empty shared folder. Deleting dovecot.index.log and dovecot.index.cache does not help. I have version 2.0.11 (2.0.10 same problem). mail_gid = sysdov mail_uid = sysdov namespace { inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { list = yes location = maildir:%%h/maildir:CONTROL=~/control/FremdeOrdner/%%u:LAYOUT=fs prefix = FremdeOrdner/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } mail_location = maildir:~/maildir:INDEX=/addons/index/%u:CONTROL=~/control:LAYOUT=fs I checked in a dialog: user1: 1 login user1 ... 1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in 1 list "" "*" ... * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "94ssl" #this one is shared to user2 * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "94ssl/ansicht" #this one too user2: 1 login user2 ... 1 OK [CAPABILITY ... 1 list "" "*" ... * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl/ansicht" ... user1: 1 examine 94ssl * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 2 EXISTS # 2 messages * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1301570235] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 3] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 4] Highest 1 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. 1 examine 94ssl/ansicht * OK [CLOSED] Previous mailbox closed. * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft unknown-0) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 6 EXISTS # 6 messages * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1301570236] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 7] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 14] Highest 1 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. user2 1 examine FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS # no message, should be 2 * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1301570944] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 6] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 11] Highest 1 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. 1 examine FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl/ansicht * OK [CLOSED] Previous mailbox closed. * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk unknown-0) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS ()] Read-only mailbox. * 0 EXISTS # no message, shold be 6 * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1301570943] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 33] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 37] Highest 1 OK [READ-ONLY] Select completed. user1/control/94ssl/dovecot-uidlist: 3 V1301570235 N1 G8406fb358864944d710300000cd09d4f 1 :1301570819.M719509P910.suncom2,S=1319,W=1348 2 :1301585261.M338176P881.suncom2,S=23758,W=24220 user1/control/94ssl/ansicht/dovecot-uidlist: 3 V1301570236 N1 G3e8f0f00b862944d6f0300000cd09d4f 1 :1301570366.M22178P901.suncom2,S=1149,W=1173 2 :1301575917.M12924P1028.suncom2,S=1035,W=1055 3 :1301576897.M502460P1043.suncom2,S=1156,W=1183 4 :1301580697.M399644P1089.suncom2,S=1147,W=1174 5 :1285149220.M287482P15434.suncom2,S=1122,W=1149 6 :1301582382.M287792P1196.suncom2,S=1019,W=1039 user2/control/FremdeOrdner/user1/dovecot-uidvalidity: 4d946580 user2/control/FremdeOrdner/user1/dovecot-uidvalidity.4d946580 user2/control/FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl/dovecot-uidlist: 3 V1301570944 N6 G9536eb178474944db10300000cd09d4f 3 :1301585261.M338176P881.suncom2,S=23758,W=24220 4 :1301570819.M719509P910.suncom2,S=1319,W=1348 user2/control/FremdeOrdner/user1/94ssl/ansicht/dovecot-uidlist: 3 V1301570943 N33 G5efdb6247f65944d880300000cd09d4f 21 :1301570366.M22178P901.suncom2,S=1149,W=1173 22 :1301575917.M12924P1028.suncom2,S=1035,W=1055 23 :1301576897.M502460P1043.suncom2,S=1156,W=1183 24 :1301580697.M399644P1089.suncom2,S=1147,W=1174 25 :1301582382.M287792P1196.suncom2,S=1019,W=1039 26 :1285149220.M287482P15434.suncom2,S=1122,W=1149 -- regards --- Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] Debug messages
by Tolga 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Here's everything after I enabled auth_verbose, auth_debug_passwords and auth_debug. Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=27885 Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=184.82.40.118 rip=193.255.135.1 lport=143 rport=52150 Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: client out: CONT 1 Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: client in: CONT 1 AGJpbGdpAGJpbGdpOTg3 Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(bilgi,193.255.135.1): lookup: user=bilgi file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Apr 06 16:20:47 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(bilgi,193.255.135.1): unknown user Apr 06 16:20:49 auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 1 user=bilgi Apr 06 16:20:54 auth(default): Info: client in: AUTH 2 PLAIN service=imap secured lip=184.82.40.118 rip=193.255.135.1 lport=143 rport=52150 resp=AGJpbGdpAGJpbGdpOTg3 Apr 06 16:20:54 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(bilgi,193.255.135.1): lookup: user=bilgi file=/etc/dovecot/passwd Apr 06 16:20:54 auth(default): Info: passwd-file(bilgi,193.255.135.1): unknown user Apr 06 16:20:56 auth(default): Info: client out: FAIL 2 user=bilgi Apr 06 16:21:06 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts): user=<bilgi>, method=PLAIN, rip=193.255.135.1, lip=184.82.40.118, TLS

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[Dovecot] doveadm search doesn't update fts
by metro_domain_admin＠fastmail.fm 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Hello, Doveadm search is failing to update our Squat indexes. The search itself works fine but the dovecot.index.search* files remain unchanged. I tried: doveadm search -u test mailbox INBOX body sometext doveadm search -u test mailbox INBOX text sometext I also tried the exact syntax Timo expressed in an earlier post: doveadm search -A body asdf If I run the same search through IMAP, the index files update as expected. The searches finish with a clean exit status and nothing shows up in the logs. I upgraded from 2.0.0 to 2.0.11 but the problem remains. >From doveconf -n: plugin { fts = squat } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 16 mail_plugins = $mail_plugins fts fts_squat } Thank you, Tony

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[Dovecot] Permission Denied - cannot create inbox
by Joseph Tam 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

tlmoore(a)gmail.com writes: > Apr 7 07:44:51 fs1 dovecot: imap(tim): Error: > chown(/home/tim/mail/.imap/INBOX, -1, 97(dovecot)) failed: Operation not > permitted (egid=500(tim), group based on /var/mail/tim) > > How do I give permissions to dovecot program to create these? I am trying > not to chmod 777 every mailbox. I was going to write about the same problem. This got me over the hump: chmod 0600 /var/spool/mail/* All my user's mailboxes used to be group=mail mode=0660. I think these settings were left over from Solaris' mail.local: I can't reproduce these permissions now, even for new mailboxes. Maybe it's because the spool directory is now mode=1777 (not g+s mail). Not too keen on these permissions either, but it seems to work. Dovecot seems to transfer group permissions of the mailbox to its corresponding cache. If it can't set group ownership, you get the fatal error message above. If the original mailbox is mode 0600, dovecot is smart enough not to set group ownership. I couldn't find this information: shouldn't it be documented here? http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions This situation could also happen if a user is revoked from a group's membership. Would it be useful to make this a configurable behaviour whereby a chgrp() failure of cache files will fall back to chown'ing to user=owner, mode=0600 instead? Or just leave the user to scratch their head? Joseph Tam <tam(a)math.ubc.ca>

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[Dovecot] LDA vs LMTP, Cyrus SASL, verbose_proctitle
by Joseph Tam 08 Apr '11

08 Apr '11

Is there a reason I should prefer LMTP over LDA for local delivery? Performance? Security? The Wiki doesn't differentiates LMTP vs LDA with respect to sendmail configuration, so am I correct that I just need to replace mail.local with dovecot-lda, which will choose LDA/LMTP based on dovecot.conf? Also, can I consolidate authentication by configuring dovecot to use what sendmail uses (Cyrus SASL) or vice versa? The Wiki hints this is in the works. Lastly, toggling verbose_proctitle seems to have no effect on the output of ps. Is verbose_proctitle broken for Solaris? Thanks, Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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[Dovecot] configure: error: unrecognized option: --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-2.0.11
by Bruce Cheng 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Hi, I tried to use ATrpms (http://dl.atrpms.net/all/dovecot-2.0.11-1_126.src.rpm) to rebuild the rpms. It is shown the error message as following: configure: error: unrecognized option: --docdir=/usr/share/doc/dovecot-2.0.11 Try `./configure --help' for more information. I checked `./configure --help', it did contain the '--docdir' option. I don't know how to fix it. Then I tried to remove ' --docdir=%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version} \' and rebuild it again. It is shown another error message as following: mv: cannot stat `/var/tmp/dovecot-2.0.11-1_126-root//usr/share/doc/dovecot-2.0.11': No such file or directory I tried to modify dovecot.spec again, replace 'mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_docdir}/%{name}-%{version} %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/docinstall ' with 'mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_docdir}/%{name} %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/docinstall' and rebuild it again. Antoher error shown 'File must begin with "/": %{_initddir}/dovecot', therefore I add '%define _initddir /etc/rc.d/init.d' Finally, I can rebuild the RPMS, but it is shown error message again while I install RPMS: [root@testmail SPECS]# rpm -ivh ../RPMS/x86_64/dovecot-2.0.11-1_126.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:dovecot ########################################### [100%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.13056: line 3: syntax error near unexpected token `fi' /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.13056: line 3: `fi' error: %post(dovecot-2.0.11-1_126.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 2 Please advise me how to fix the problem and thank you in advance. -- Best Regards, Bruce

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[Dovecot] Permission Denied - cannot create inbox
by tl511 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

I cant figure out permissions with Dovecot. I am new with this program and have tried setting the mail group to "mail" which is the group of my mailboxes which are located in /var/spool/mail. Here's the error I get. fs1 dovecot: imap(tl511insight): Error: chown(/home/tl511insight/mail/.imap/INBOX, -1, 12(mail)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=504(tl511insight), group based on /var/mail/tl511insight) Apr 7 07:44:51 fs1 dovecot: imap(tl511insight): Error: mkdir(/home/tl511insight/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: Operation not permitted Apr 7 07:44:51 fs1 dovecot: imap(tim): Error: chown(/home/tim/mail/.imap/INBOX, -1, 97(dovecot)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=500(tim), group based on /var/mail/tim) Apr 7 07:44:51 fs1 dovecot: imap(tim): Error: mkdir(/home/tim/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: Operation not permitted How do I give permissions to dovecot program to create these? I am trying not to chmod 777 every mailbox. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Permission-Denied---cannot-create-inbox-tp31341777p31… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Change/add mail header via IMAP
by Алексей Сундуков 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello. I create RoundCube plugin and I have question. I want add mail header and I see 2 way: 1) change file via filesystem (mailbox in maildir format); 2) change header via dovecot. I think 1) bad way. But I do not know dovecot support change head information or not? My by via IMAP commant? same programm (LDA?)? May be it impossible via dovecot?

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[Dovecot] Virtual users
by Tolga 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello, I am using postfix and virtual accounts. So far, I have been able to get postfix to deliver to the correct location, but I don't know how to get dovecot to pick up the mail. My mails are at /srv/vmail/domain/user, below is my dovecot -n output and the relevant error. Can you help me please? Regards, dovecot -n: # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.5 i686 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap listen: *:143 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: mbox:/srv/vmail/%d/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%u userdb: driver: passwd Log: Apr 06 16:09:32 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 2 attempts): user=<bilgi>, method=PLAIN, rip=193.255.135.1, lip=184.82.40.118, TLS Tolga

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[Dovecot] dovecot: auth(default): Can't open configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf: Permission denied
by Kevin P. McDonough 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello, I have been searching all day for help on an issue I am having after installing and just having begun to configure dovecot. Whenever I try to start the dovecot daemon I receive the following errors in the syslog: Apr 4 13:15:03 ***** dovecot: auth(default): Can't open configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf: Permission denied Apr 4 13:15:03 *****dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: Auth process died too early - shutting down Now, I have gone through the config file (see below) trying various settings for auth including running it as root and as vmail. I have tried a number of permutations for the permissions and ownership on the file specified above from 600 root -> 777 vmail and everything in between, yet always the same issue. If I rename the file and try to start dovecot it notices that the file is missing and gives an appropriate error. I cannot figure out how the permissions can be wrong on the file, I am starting to assume it is a problem elsewhere. (One other note, I was initially getting an error regarding the rawlog permissions, and just removed the rawlog part of the IMAP config to work around that). ---cut--- *****:~ # l /etc/dovecot/ total 160 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 4 14:18 ./ drwxr-xr-x 98 root root 12288 Apr 4 17:41 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52110 Apr 4 14:18 dovecot.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51576 Mar 16 13:31 dovecot.conf~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 410 Feb 22 19:03 dovecot-db-example.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 782 Feb 22 19:03 dovecot-dict-sql-example.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4986 Feb 22 19:03 dovecot-ldap-example.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5589 Apr 4 13:25 dovecot-sql.backup -rw------- 1 root root 5589 Mar 16 13:31 dovecot-sql.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5097 Feb 22 19:03 dovecot-sql-example.conf ---cut--- ---cut--- *****:~ # dovecot -n # 1.2.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: Permission denied # OS: Linux 2.6.37.1-1.2-desktop i686 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 first_valid_uid: 5000 last_valid_uid: 5000 first_valid_gid: 5000 last_valid_gid: 5000 mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/rawlog /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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 lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com mail_plugins: sieve quota mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: quota: maildir sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve ---cut--- I just noticed that setmntent error above, I havent seen that anywhere else previously. Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated. Sincerely, Kevin M.

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[Dovecot] squirrelmail doesn't display share
by Eric Broch 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello list, I have dovecot 2.0.11 installed on a client's server and Squirrelmail as the webmail client. I created the share below in dovecot.conf and it appears in Thunderbird and Outlook but not in Squirrelmail. What setting do I need to adjust in order for the share to appear in squirrelmail? Below are dumps of /etc/dovecot.conf and /etc/squirrelmail/local_config.conf # dovecot -n # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_cache_size = 32 M auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_username_format = %Lu disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 89 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = Dovecot toaster ready. namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } namespace { location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/shared/projects prefix = projects. separator = . type = shared } passdb { args = cache_key=%u webmail=127.0.0.1 driver = vpopmail } plugin/quota = maildir protocols = imap ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem userdb { args = cache_key=%u quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail } # cat config_local.php <?php #################### # Local configuration for Qmail Toaster # configure to suit your requirements $hide_sm_attributions = true; $useSendmail = false; $imap_server_type = 'courier'; $optional_delimiter = '.'; $default_folder_prefix = 'INBOX.'; $show_prefix_option = false; $show_contain_subfolders_option = false; $delete_folder = true; $plugins[] = 'calendar'; $plugins[] = 'notes'; $plugins[] = 'filters'; $plugins[] = 'quota_usage'; $plugins[] = 'unsafe_image_rules'; $plugins[] = 'qmailadmin_login'; ?>

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[Dovecot] imap-login: Panic: file ioloop.c: line 35 (io_add): assertion failed:
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

My dovecot directors (v2.0.8) had 3 instances of these yesterday: imap-login: Panic: file ioloop.c: line 35 (io_add): assertion failed: (fd >= 0) master: Error: service(imap-login): child 17374 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) imap-login: Panic: file ioloop.c: line 35 (io_add): assertion failed: (fd >= 0) master: Error: service(imap-login): child 1780 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) imap-login: Panic: file ioloop.c: line 35 (io_add): assertion failed: (fd >= 0) master: Error: service(imap-login): child 10349 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) dovecot "assertion failed" normally scares me quite a bit, but I don't think this can be very bad, since it's only on the directors and we're not doing lmtp here yet.. More of a FYI, and please let me know if I should enable something to get better debug data if/when it happens again. -jf

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[Dovecot] Master credentials for sieve
by Edgar Fuß 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Is there a method for using master credentials for sieve only? We sometimes need to install/edit sieve script for some of our users. Currently, we just edit the files on the file server, but that doesn't appear the most sensible way for me

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[Dovecot] Invalid old index files
by Reinhard Vicinus 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hi, i'm in the process of evaluating dovecot. I have a rather big testing environment with four dovecot director frontend instances and four dovecot backend instances. Mailboxes are all in mdbox format and stored on nfs. Indexes are stored locally. dovecot nfs setup for high performance is used (mmap_disable = no, dotlock_use_excl = yes, mail_nfs_storage = yes, mail_nfs_index = no). The remaining problem is, if i disable a backend server and the backend server which took over the connection already has some old index files, this index files aren't updated. If there aren't any index files all is fine and the index files are created anew. I can solve this by regularly deleting old index files via a cronjob. But i'm not sure if i made a configuration mistake and dovecot somehow can detect old index files automatically and invalidate them? Thanks in advance Reinhard

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[Dovecot] is it posible to autocreate imap folders with non ascii chars?
by Igor Zinovik 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello. I'm migrating from cyrus to dovecot and now after i converted mailboxes to Maildir. Some users already has imap folders with cyrillic chars. How could i autocreate folders with cyrillic chars? When i type something like: ... autocreate = utf8_chars autosubscribe = utf8_chars ... In logs i see that dovecot complains: Apr 05 16:21:43 imap(pavelkor): Debug: autocreate: Failed to create mailbox utf8_chars: Invalid mailbox name It is even possible to achieve?

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[Dovecot] Latest Quota Optimizations and Sieve
by Thomas Leuxner 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

With the latest HG Quota code cleanups there seem to be hicups with Sieve/LMTP. Please see excerpt below. Sieve processing fails, though quota is within limits: [...] sieve: info: started log at Apr 05 09:06:36. error: msgid=<20110405070128.315AF3173F0(a)eul0300650.eu.verio.net>: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full). [...] Apr 5 09:06:36 spectre dovecot: lmtp(32005, alias(a)domain.tld) Error: 3X25MXy/mk0FfQAAqZii3w: sieve: script /var/vmail/domains/domains.tld/alias/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /var/vmail/domains/domains.tld/alias/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Fetch User quota: $ doveadm quota get -u alias(a)domain.tld Quota name Type Value Limit % user STORAGE 151085 5242880 2 user MESSAGE 4118 - 0 [ doveconf -n ] # 2.0.11 (230458801916): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 auth_verbose = yes mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = acl quota namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { list = yes location = mdbox:/var/vmail/public prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } passdb { args = username_format=%u /var/vmail/auth.d/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/%d/acls:cache_secs=300 mail_log_events = expunge mailbox_delete quota = dict:user::file:%h/mdbox/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=1GB quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/conf.d/%d/sieve } protocols = imap lmtp quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth-worker { user = doveauth } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = doveauth } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 1.2.3.4 port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/host_domain_tld_2010.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/host_domain_tld_2010.key syslog_facility = local1 userdb { args = username_format=%u /var/vmail/auth.d/%d/passwd driver = passwd-file } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl quota sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl imap_quota mail_log notify }

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[Dovecot] Quota has none effect
by Jim Knuth 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello, I have a user who has 153600 kBytes max. storage space. Now, however, he has used already 167396 kBytes and he can receive e-mails and can send. How can this be? # 2.0.11 (0ce50c22f84c): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.29.4 i686 Debian wheezy/sid -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Ist das Leben nicht hundert Mal zu kurz, sich in ihm - zu langweilen? [Nietzsche]

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[Dovecot] IMAP Client Not Recieving Email (DoveCot + PostFix + IMAP Client)
by ShepN 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

- Postfix is doing its job sending and receiving email. It puts the email in the unix user mailboxes (MBOX). - My Outlook client is authenticating with DoveCot using IMAP protocol without issue. The Problem: The mail that is placed my system users mailbox by postfix is not being transmitted to my outlook client by dovecot. /etc/postfix/main.cf: ------------------------------------------------------------------ smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no append_dot_mydomain = no readme_directory = no smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_use_tls=yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache myhostname = mail.somewhere.org #alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases #alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = somewhere.org, somewhere.home, localhost.home, , localhost mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 192.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all relayhost = outgoing.verizon.net:587 smtp_sasl_auth_enable=yes smtp_sasl_password_maps=hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd smtp_sasl_security_options= --------------------------------------------------------- dovecot -n -------------------------------------------------------- # 1.2.12: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35-28-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 first_valid_uid: 1000 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/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 auth default: passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot userdb: driver: passwd ------------------------------------------------------ I would appreciate any input :) -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/IMAP-Client-Not-Recieving-Email-%28DoveCot-%2B-PostFi… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Dsync & random delete problem
by Antoine Millet 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hello, I've updated my home mail server with dovecot 2.0.11 with idea of using dsync to synchronize two master servers (one at home behind an ADSL connection, and another in a DC with a gigabit connection). Dsync is launched every minutes by a cron job for each hosted mailboxes (in Maildir format). Obviously, a lock prevents to launch more than one dsync process at time. On a test mailbox, it worked perfectly, but when I decided to use it on my own mailbox: big drama :-). Some trashed messages reappear after the next sync, by dint of insisting, sometime it are duplicated. Occasionally, the synchronization has the desired effect, but messages reappear few hours later... So, my questions are: * Dsync is it supposed to be used to synchronize two mailboxes on continuously? * Are these problems known? I've found one thread about a random delete problem, so it seem to be? Do you need more informations to debug it? My informations: * Dovecot version: 2.0.11 * Distro: Debian Squeeze amd64 * FS: ext4 * Mailbox format: Maildir * Dsync command: "dsync -u {account} mirror ssh -i /var/vmail/sync/id_vmail -C {dest} dsync -u {account}" * Bug happen randomly, I haven't found a way to reproduce it. * Dovecot configuration: A part in particular is interesting? Thanks in advance, -- Antoine Millet http://inaps.org

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[Dovecot] imaptest assertion failure
by Mike Abbott 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

While trying to use imaptest (-20100922, from http://dovecot.org/nightly/imaptest/imaptest-latest.tar.gz) with the included tests directory, it assert-crashes after a suspicious connect() failure: $ ./imaptest user=foo pass=bar host=localhost test=tests Error: connect() failed: No route to host Panic: file test-exec.c: line 903 (test_send_lstate_commands): assertion failed: (ctx->clients_waiting > 0) Error: Raw backtrace: 2 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102afadfd default_fatal_finish + 35 -> 3 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102af9b87 i_set_error_handler + 0 -> 4 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102afa986 default_handler + 0 -> 5 imaptest 0x0000000102ac2966 test_send_lstate_commands + 1016 -> 6 imaptest 0x0000000102ab7acd client_send_more_commands + 28 -> 7 imaptest 0x0000000102ab7f42 client_input + 394 -> 8 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102b01112 io_loop_call_io + 70 -> 9 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102b003ba io_loop_handler_run + 227 -> 10 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x0000000102b010bf io_loop_run + 72 -> 11 imaptest 0x0000000102abce4c main + 2538 -> 12 imaptest 0x0000000102ab6aa0 start + 52 Abort trap: 6 This seems to happen with any test which uses more than one connection. Tests with "connections: 1" at the top work fine.

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[Dovecot] SiS: Attachment file larger than expected
by Andrew Lewis 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

I recently set up SiS and imported a large chunk of mail. I've noticed one or two instances of this in the logs: Mar 28 09:03:50 mail dovecot: imap(xxx(a)yyy.zz): Error: Attachment file /mailstore/attachments/ce/73/ce737a45fe07495e2ae6466f9e381a30d5ec300406f11269d79bd5608cc0c922-822b3d2df67f8e4d7f5000009501e12a larger than expected (252218) Mar 28 14:52:34 mail dovecot: pop3(zzz(a)xxx.yy): Error: Attachment file /mailstore/attachments/c5/e1/c5e13d671d1d796680ae7166363afcb819af3d9cd04e01de7d65031b2f732bdf-b2ecf918b910904d826200009501e12a larger than expected (143959) Could that be an indication of a hash collision? No problem reports from the affected users. Output of du -b below: 186572 /mailstore/attachments/ce/73/ce737a45fe07495e2ae6466f9e381a30d5ec300406f11269d79bd5608cc0c922-822b3d2df67f8e4d7f5000009501e12a 106489 /mailstore/attachments/c5/e1/c5e13d671d1d796680ae7166363afcb819af3d9cd04e01de7d65031b2f732bdf-b2ecf918b910904d826200009501e12a Both attachments are PDF documents. I'm using Dovecot 2.0.11 + changesets d3d6ed6d268b and 890a46b3ab63 from git. -- Andrew Lewis <andrew(a)sybaweb.com>

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[Dovecot] doveadm mailbox status - getting the size in bytes
by Patrick McLean 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi, doveadm has an option to get the "vsize" of mailboxes, which is calculated by counting the number of linefeeds, but there does not appear to be way to simply get the size in bytes of a mailbox. I was wondering if there is something I am missing (I am using mdbox), or if not is it possible to implement this. Thanks

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[Dovecot] dovecot ldap failed to recover
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

One of our backend pop/imap-server running dovecot v1.2.16 experienced some problems yesterday. It suddenly couldn't authenticate users anymore, flooding the logs with: pop3-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<user1(a)example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.42.15, lip=192.168.42.28 The problem seemed to start with this log entry: Mar 29 18:57:21 popimap1 dovecot: auth(default): ldap(userX(a)example.com,192.168.42.15): Connection appears to be hanging, reconnecting and this suspicious entry a few seconds later: Mar 29 18:57:41 popimap1 dovecot: auth(default): LDAP: Reply with unknown msgid 2 Afterward 18:57:21 it was unable to authenticate any users before I restarted the dovecot service. Also some of our postfix servers reported ldap lookup failures between 18:56-18:58, but then recovered. Looking at the ldap server side, we saw no problems logged, but netstat reports there being 3 active ldap sessions towards the dovecot server that failed yesterday, while the dovecot server only has 1: ldap1$ netstat -na |grep 192.168.42.28 tcp 0 0 192.168.43.2:389 192.168.42.28:44408 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.43.2:389 192.168.42.28:36464 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 192.168.43.2:389 192.168.42.28:60580 ESTABLISHED popimap1$ netstat -na| grep 192.168.43.2 tcp 0 0 192.168.42.28:60580 192.168.43.2:389 ESTABLISHED So it looks to us like there was some problem with either the network, or the ldap-server for a short periode, and that dovecot then wasn't able to recover from this. -jf

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[Dovecot] mbox sync: Expunged message reappeared in mailbox
by Stanisław Findeisen 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Mar 29 10:57:02 k8ux dovecot: POP3(stf): mbox sync: Expunged message reappeared in mailbox /var/mail/stf (UID 123 < 60016, seq=2, idx_msgs=0) Mar 29 10:57:02 k8ux dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<stf>, method=... Mar 29 10:57:03 k8ux dovecot: POP3(stf): mbox sync: UID inserted in the middle of mailbox /var/mail/stf (60016 > 123, seq=2, idx_msgs=1) Mar 29 10:57:03 k8ux dovecot: POP3(stf): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=1/15968, del=1/1, size=15950 What is it??! $ dovecot --version 1.0.15 -- Eisenbits - proven software solutions: http://www.eisenbits.com/ OpenPGP: DFD9 0146 3794 9CF6 17EA D63F DBF5 8AA8 3B31 FE8A

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[Dovecot] SIS: Corrupted dbox file /dane/...../m.1 (around offset=98692): uid=44 points to broken data at offset=98662
by Marcin Mirosław 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi! I'm not sure is it the same as described by Andrew Lewis, this is whay i'm posting. Log is: 2011-03-31T17:40:08.369598+02:00 hermes dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<marcin(a)mejor.pl>, method=PLAIN, rip=62.121.127.119, lip=193.238.12.139, mpid=19221, TLS 2011-03-31T17:40:08.684562+02:00 hermes dovecot: imap(marcin(a)mejor.pl): Error: Corrupted dbox file /dane/domeny/mejor.pl/mail/marcin/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=98692): Ext refs metadata corrupted: 3604 3311 - a5/2f/a52fbe2094a0f68cdb403d696b313d9e3fba6978-f722212d1ea0944daf4a0000a95b0854 2011-03-31T17:40:08.684891+02:00 hermes dovecot: imap(marcin(a)mejor.pl): Error: Corrupted dbox file /dane/domeny/mejor.pl/mail/marcin/mdbox/storage/m.1 (around offset=98692): uid=44 points to broken data at offset=98662 2011-03-31T17:40:08.685728+02:00 hermes dovecot: imap(marcin(a)mejor.pl): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2011-03-31 17:40:08] bytes=343/66007 2011-03-31T17:40:08.686229+02:00 hermes dovecot: imap(marcin(a)mejor.pl): Warning: mdbox /dane/domeny/mejor.pl/mail/marcin/mdbox/storage: rebuilding indexes This is reproducible by me. I've made test namespace, then in Thunderbird i've created new subfolder, then i copy (ctrl+ mose move ;) ) ~700 mails from other folder. When i try to go inside this subfolder i gets those errors, thunderbird shows only 33 emails. Those emails can't be deleted. Regards! # doveconf -n # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.36-hardened-r9 i686 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.14 ext4 auth_cache_size = 1 k auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 default_vsz_limit = 32 M deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: from=%f: phys=%p: virt=%w %$ first_valid_uid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_attachment_dir = /dane/domeny/zalaczniki mail_attachment_min_size = 3 k mail_cache_min_mail_count = 20 mail_gid = mail mail_location = maildir:/dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/.maildir mail_plugins = autocreate quota fts fts_squat zlib mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = mail maildir_stat_dirs = 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 mdbox_rotate_interval = 1 days namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . } namespace { location = mdbox:/dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/mdbox prefix = tescik. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin/autocreate = Trash plugin/autocreate2 = Spam plugin/autocreate3 = Sent plugin/autocreate4 = Drafts plugin/autosubscribe = Trash plugin/autosubscribe2 = Spam plugin/autosubscribe3 = Sent plugin/autosubscribe4 = Drafts plugin/fts = squat plugin/fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 plugin/quota = maildir:User quota plugin/sieve = /dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/.maildir/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = /dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/.maildir/sieve plugin/zlib_save = bz2 postmaster_address = postmaster@localhost protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0660 user = root } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve_deprecated { port = 2000 } vsz_limit = 4 M } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/gwiazdka.mejor.pl.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/gwiazdka.mejor.pl.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = autocreate quota fts fts_squat zlib sieve } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 25 mail_plugins = autocreate quota fts fts_squat zlib imap_zlib }

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[Dovecot] install question
by Gerard Ranke 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Dear list, I'm trying to build a dovecot-2.0.11 package for our systems, and so I would like to install it to a temporary directory. But when I use "gmake DESTDIR=/tmp/build install", instead of binaries, it's wrapper scripts that get installed for dovecot, doveconf and doveadm. When I install to the default location all is well. Does anybody know how how to install to a temp location? Thanks in advance for your answer! Best regards, Gerard Ranke

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[Dovecot] Does Dovecot 2 need more ressources than 1 ?
by Frank Bonnet 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hello Switching for Dovecot 1 to 2, I noticed the machine respond slower to users requests , of course it works but response times are a bit longer. Does Dovecot 2 need more system ressources ? ( the machine is the same ) Thanks

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[Dovecot] [solved] Re: pigeonhole and roundcube install problem
by Selcuk MIYNAT 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

On 24.03.2011 13:56, Selcuk MIYNAT wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed sieve and managesieve(pigeonhole) on qmail and > dovecot(v2.0.11). > > I've install sieverules on Roundcube. I can see the plugin on the > webinterface, and i can add rules. > > But there is a problem: > > I've put this .qmail file on "deneme" user's home directory according to > [1]. > > |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d > $EXT@$USER > > Then I got this message on qmail log: > > deferral: /var/qmail/bin/preline:_line_1:_test:_too_many_arguments/ Just copied another preline binary from a different machine and problem solved. -- Selcuk MIYNAT Endersys Ltd. Sistem Destek Muhendisi / System Support Engineer Phone : +90 216-4709423 | Fax : +90 216-4709508 Web : http://www.endersys.com.tr Blog : http://blog.endersys.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/endersys LPI : The #1 Linux Certification for IT Professionals LPI (Linux Professional Institute) Turkey http://www.lpi-turkey.com Endersys is the first Advanced Business Partner of Red Hat in Turkey ! http://www.europe.redhat.com/partners/endersys/

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[Dovecot] Segmentation fault with vpopmail auth
by Samuel Montosa 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi. I am new in the list. First, excuse my english. I am not native speaker. A few hours ago I had a problem with process dovecot-auth and vpopmail. Versions I had using, working, were: vpopmail 5.4.28 dovecot-1.1.12 I tried to compile dovecot-1.2.16. Compilation was well but in execution system said: kernel: dovecot-auth[2842]: segfault at 645f20 ip 0000000000645f20 sp 00007fff69bd3708 error 15 in dovecot-auth[645000+1000] and so. Then, I tried to recompile dovecot-1.1.12 (original version I had working) but system said the same. After investigation, I saw I had mixed of vpopmail versions. Problem was I had /home/vpopmail/lib/libvpopmail.so in my system. When this file is present, compilation of dovecot link dovocot-auth to dynamic library libvpopmail.so, but it is not necessary since I had my system working using vpopmail without this .so. What I recommend is to compile a fresh vpopmail. Now I am using vpopmail-5.4.32 (at now, stable version) and dovecot-1.2.16. First, compile vpopmail and make sure you purge /home/vpopmail/lib/ of libvpopmail.so. Fresh installations of vpopmail, from tar.gz (not from SVN) _doesn't_ build libvpopmail.so, so make sure this file doesn't exist before you compile dovecot. For me, library dependencies are: mymachine:/usr/local/src/dovecot-1.2.16# ldd src/auth/dovecot-auth linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff63df5000) libpam.so.0 => /lib/libpam.so.0 (0x00007f9f925e1000) libcrypt.so.1 => /lib/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00007f9f923aa000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f9f921a5000) librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007f9f91f9d000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f9f91c3c000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f9f927f7000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f9f91a1f000) I hope this helps. It was a strange "bug". Regards. -- Samuel Montosa

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[Dovecot] Dovecot IMAP repeatedly disconnects
by Edwin Humphries 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi, I'm running dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5 on a CentOS 5.5x64 server, accessed through Thunderbird clients. Thunderbird is reporting constant disconnections from the server; the maillog shows constant repeats of Apr 4 16:39:21 holly dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<?user?>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:172.31.255.193, lip=::ffff:172.31.255.1 Apr 4 16:39:21 holly dovecot: IMAP(?user?): mbox /home/?user?/mail/Trash: seq=1 uid=3469 uid_broken=0 originally needed 17 bytes, now needs 18 bytes Apr 4 16:39:21 holly dovecot: IMAP(?user?): Raw backtrace: imap [0x461b7e] -> imap [0x4618ec] -> imap(mbox_sync_rewrite+0x5e3) [0x4344a3] -> imap [0x42f5c0] -> imap(mbox_sync+0x428) [0x4309a8] -> imap [0x427a5c] -> imap(cmd_copy+0x2f9) [0x411ff9] -> imap(cmd_uid+0x48) [0x4152a8] -> imap [0x4157a7] -> imap [0x415839] -> imap(_client_input+0x6d) [0x415e7d] -> imap(io_loop_handler_run+0x106) [0x466ef6] -> imap(io_loop_run+0x18) [0x4663f8] -> imap(main+0x3f2) [0x41d5c2] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4) [0x36d441d994] -> imap [0x411179] Apr 4 16:39:21 holly dovecot: child 14327 (imap) killed with signal 6 The Thhunderbird custoimisations (login_greeting_capability = yes and imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep) are configured -- Regards, ?user? Humphries Mobile: 0419 233 051 NetSense Computers (Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd) 79 Barney St (P. O. Box 423), Kiama, NSW, 2533 Phone: +61 (0)2 4233 2285 Fax: +61 (0)2 4233 2781 Web: http://www.netsensecomputers.com.au -- This email is intended for the named addressee/s only and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not a named addressee please delete it and notify the sender. -- "/At every moment he beholdeth a wondrous world, a new creation, and goeth from astonishment to astonishment, and is lost in awe at the works of the Lord of Oneness./" Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys "./.. humans are interesting. With all the wonders there are in the Universe, they invented boredom./" Terry Pratchet, Hogfather "/The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed./" Albert Einstein /"Stuff your eyes with wonder ... live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories./" Ray Bradbury

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[Dovecot] Trouble with 2.0.11 debian package
by Gyuris Szabolcs 03 Apr '11

03 Apr '11

I wonder if somebody could help me. If I try clean install of dovecot-common dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d from deb http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian stable-auto/dovecot-2.0 main I got: Starting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotdoveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: service(managesieve-login): executable is empty failed! Setting up dovecot-imapd (2:2.0.11-0~auto+33) ... Replacing config file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf with new version ucfr: Attempt from package dovecot-imapd to take /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf away from package dovecot-common ucfr: Aborting. dpkg: error processing dovecot-imapd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4 Setting up dovecot-pop3d (2:2.0.11-0~auto+33) ... configured to not write apport reports Replacing config file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf with new version ucfr: Attempt from package dovecot-pop3d to take /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf away from package dovecot-common ucfr: Aborting. dpkg: error processing dovecot-pop3d (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4 configured to not write apport reports Errors were encountered while processing: dovecot-imapd dovecot-pop3d E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- Üdvözlettel: Gyuris Szabolcs INTEGRITY Kft. Tel.: +36-1-450-2660 E-mail: gyuris.szabolcs(a)integrity.hu Tudásbázis -- http://tudasbazis.integrity.hu/ Céginformációk -- http://cegismerteto.integrity.hu/

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[Dovecot] Maildir
by Walt Shekrota 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

I noticed in Cyrus they seem to address maildir++ recognised by IMAP. I need to know does Dovecot recognise this format? Procmail has an ability to deliver mails to different folders which if unrecognised renders the whole process useless. Does Dovecot have a similar deliver method? Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] inotify and network/cluster filesystems
by Jan-Frode Myklebust 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

(dovecot v1.2.16) I've notice the log notices about increasing /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances on my servers, and started wondering if inotify works for network/cluster filesystems.. I found this: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=311194 which says that there's no mechanism for one node to tell another node that a directory changed for GPFS.. And I would assume the same applies for NFS and other network filesystems. (Yes I know, we should use director to make users sticky to one host -- but we're not yet ready for that for lmtp). So, are there any recommendations for what settings one should use for for filesystems where inotify woun't work ? Are there settings for disabling it (without recompiling)? And does mailbox_idle_check_interval happen in addition to inotify, so that clients will be notified even with a broken inotify ? -jf

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[Dovecot] Sieve: unknown tagged argument ':create' for the fileinto command
by mailing＠securitylabs.it 01 Apr '11

01 Apr '11

Hello, I've upgraded from dovecot 1.2.x with sieve to dovecot 2.0.11 with sieve. I've noticed that folders are no more created at delivery time now. I've read that I have to do two things: lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes in dovecot.conf and fileinto :create in the sieve script. Now the error message I receive is: error: unknown tagged argument ':create' for the fileinto command (reported only once at first occurence). My sieve script: require ["date", "variables", "fileinto"]; if header :contains "subject" "Bacula:" { if currentdate :matches "month" "*" { set "month" "${1}"; } if currentdate :matches "year" "*" { set "year" "${1}"; } fileinto :create "INBOX.Bacula.${month}-${year}"; } else { # The rest goes into INBOX # default is "implicit keep", we do it explicitly here keep; } My dovecot conf: papua:/usr/local/bin# dovecot -n # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.1 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 2 mins auth_cache_size = 1000 M auth_cache_ttl = 2 mins auth_mechanisms = plain cram-md5 apop auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@& disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 100 last_valid_uid = 105 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lock_method = dotlock log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Server ready. mail_fsync = never mail_gid = Debian-exim mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = Debian-exim mail_uid = Debian-exim 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin/mail_log_events = delete expunge plugin/mail_log_group_events = plugin/quota = maildir plugin/quota_warning = storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh 80 plugin/quota_warning2 = storage=90%% /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh 90 plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = Debian-exim mode = 0600 user = Debian-exim } } service imap-login { client_limit = 256 process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 } service imap { drop_priv_before_exec = yes process_limit = 256 vsz_limit = 256 M } service pop3-login { client_limit = 256 process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 } service pop3 { drop_priv_before_exec = yes process_limit = 256 vsz_limit = 256 M } ssl_cert =</usr/local/etc/dovecot.crt ssl_key =</usr/local/etc/dovecot.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugins = " notify quota imap_quota mail_log" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster(a)me.com }

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[Dovecot] Mail_location and formats
by Walt Shekrota 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi, Ok I know that the Maildir hierarchical structure works because I saw it intermittantly in my setup. At times I could look at ALL folders in my client. mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs http://wiki1.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir this says 1.1 only? My maildir folder has a collection of maildir folders ie each has cur new tmp folders. As an experiment I took the cur new tmp out of my INBOX folder and put it in the root of Maildir. This worked with dovecot using the inbox only or the standard maildir++ format. Although it would not see the old mail in the folder not sure why. mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir This setup also ignores the remainder of folders. I know the dovecot support of maildir is shakey due to standards compliance but this is crazy ... and unusable. Does ANYONE have a working maildir setup in the hierarchical layout? Maildir/ inbox mail-sent outbox otherfolder Fred Sue Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] POP3 connection issue & SASL not compiled in
by sunhux G 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

After I've configured dovecot for SSL according to the info given in the link below: https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-6671 (tried both POP3 & secure POP3 & got the same result) I tested POP3 access from my unblocked (no firewall rule for outgoing) broadband PC's Outlook to connect to the postfix/dovecot server & got the following : Tasks Status ===================== ======== Establish network connection Completed Find outgoing mail server (SMTP) Completed Find incoming mail server (POP3) Completed Log onto incoming mail server (PO... Send test e-mail message Completed (yep, this email was received in postfix mailbox) & seconds later, the following messages returned: Log onto incoming mail server (POP3): The specified server was found, but there was no response from the server. Please verify that the port and SSL information is correct. To access these settings close this dialog, then click More Settings and click on the Advanced tab. Find incoming mail server (POP3): Outlook could not connect to the incoming mail server (POP3). The problem could be the server name or port, or your server may not support SSL. Verify your port and SSL settings in More Settings under the Advanced tab. Q1: What do I need to provide to this list for further troubleshooting? Q2: I have the following log entry in /var/log/mailog : Mar 31 10:48:36 hostname postfix/smtpd[22258]: warning: smtpd_sasl_auth_enable is true, but SASL support is not compiled in Is this related to my POP3 connection issue? Q3: Is the following related to the sasl issue in Q2 & the POP3 connection issue ? [root@host /etc/sysconfig]# saslauthd -v <== expectg postfix to be listed below saslauthd 2.1.19 authentication mechanisms: getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap shadow ldap [root@host /etc/sysconfig]# rpm -qa | grep -i sasl cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.19-5.EL4 cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.19-5.EL4 cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.19-5.EL4 cyrus-sasl-2.1.19-5.EL4 cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.19-5.EL4 cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.19-5.EL4 warning: only V3 signatures can be verified, skipping V4 signature cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.19-5.EL4 The above cyrus/sasl rpms are old existing packages that were already there in the server a couple of years ago & well before I installed postfix & dovecot in this server. Wondering if they interfere with postfix sasl authentication. There's no issue with this postfix+dovecot box sending & receiving emails. " saslfinger -s " output: # saslfinger -s saslfinger - postfix Cyrus sasl configuration Thu Mar 17 18:10:18 SGT 2011 version: 1.0.2 mode: server-side SMTP AUTH -- basics -- Postfix: 2.5.6 System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 2) -- smtpd is linked to -- libsasl2.so.2 => /usr/lib/libsasl2.so.2 (0x47b72000) -- active SMTP AUTH and TLS parameters for smtpd -- smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous -- listing of /usr/lib/sasl -- total 560 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4634 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 871 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5748 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5748 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5748 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so.1.0.17 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9758 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 857 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9884 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9884 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9884 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so.1.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34264 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 880 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30804 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30804 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 30804 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so.0.0.20 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11322 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 906 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11952 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11952 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11952 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so.1.0.19 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6598 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 847 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7248 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7248 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7248 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so.0.0.7 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6150 Dec 2 2004 libplain.a -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 849 Dec 2 2004 libplain.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7000 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7000 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so.1 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7000 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so.1.0.16 -- listing of /usr/lib/sasl2 -- total 3152 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 875 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12820 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12820 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12820 Dec 2 2004 libanonymous.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 863 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15216 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15216 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15216 Dec 2 2004 libcrammd5.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 884 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42964 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42964 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 42964 Dec 2 2004 libdigestmd5.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 911 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22292 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22292 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22292 Dec 2 2004 libgssapiv2.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 851 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13296 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13296 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13296 Dec 2 2004 liblogin.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 854 Dec 2 2004 libntlm.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29104 Dec 2 2004 libntlm.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29104 Dec 2 2004 libntlm.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29104 Dec 2 2004 libntlm.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 851 Dec 2 2004 libplain.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13360 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13360 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13360 Dec 2 2004 libplain.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 931 Dec 2 2004 libsasldb.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784960 Dec 2 2004 libsasldb.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784960 Dec 2 2004 libsasldb.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 784960 Dec 2 2004 libsasldb.so.2.0.19 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 875 Dec 2 2004 libsql.la -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21348 Dec 2 2004 libsql.so -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21348 Dec 2 2004 libsql.so.2 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21348 Dec 2 2004 libsql.so.2.0.19 -- content of /etc/postfix/sasl/smtpd.conf -- pwcheck_method: saslauthd mech_list: LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 log_level: 5 -- active services in /etc/postfix/master.cf -- . . . . -- mechanisms on localhost -- -- end of saslfinger output --

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[Dovecot] How to grant a kerberos ticket after successful imap authentication from dovecot
by André Rodier 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hello everybody, I hope this question is appropriate for this list. Apologies if not. I am running a set of virtual machines under debian 6, to build a mail/collaboration server. I am mainly using dovecot, postfix, openldap and heimdal. Mails are stored using maildir, on a NFSv4 share. My users are system users, but using LDAP and libpam-ldap and libnss-ldap for caching credentials information. Everything is working as expected, well, /almost/. Since NFS is using kerberos, by defaults, my users are not able to access their mail storage if they have not received their kerberos ticket. For instance, if I do nothing, this is the errors I have from dovecot when trying to logon using any imap client: Mar 31 09:33:07 titan dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Mar 31 09:33:07 titan dovecot: dovecot: Fatal: chdir(/home/emails/team/arodier/) failed: Permission denied (euid=1003(arodier) egid=1001(red2team) missing +x perm: /home/emails) Mar 31 09:33:07 titan dovecot: dovecot: child 5089 (imap) returned error 89 (Fatal failure) However, if I just login on a console for the user "/arodier/", I see that I have received a ticket, and I can see it with klist: Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_1001_ywvktf Principal: arodier(a)RED2.SRV Issued Expires Principal Mar 31 09:25:55 Mar 31 19:25:53 krbtgt/RED2.SRV(a)RED2.SRV Mar 31 09:25:57 Mar 31 19:25:53 nfs/ananke.red2.srv(a)RED2.SRV Once I have simply logged myself on a console, I can access my emails using any IMAP client. The question is: How should I configure libpam (or dovecot ?) to initialise/receive a kerberos ticket after successful authentication ? Thanks for your answers.

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[Dovecot] debugging mail_location issues
by Walt Shekrota 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Type of Maildir structure I am using came from KDE. No '.'s just folders. something like Maildir/ INBOX mail-sent outbox other where each has cur new and tmp folders. if I access this directory with IMAP it creates cur new and tmp in the root. ie Maildir/ INBOX cur new tmp mail-sent outbox other This implies to me 1. it finds the Maildir directory 2. it apparently does not have access to the directories like INBOX so it makes its own in the root? or is this a side effect I'm misunderstanding? The resulting IMAP session shows an empty INBOX only (this must be the cur new tmp it added) The real INBOX is not accessible but still intact. In a session this morning I could access all the folders just not the real INBOX. INBOX was as is here empty with cur new tmp in the root of the Maildir folder. This behavior makes no sense. I'm using the hierarchical structure as pointed to in. http://wiki1.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir It appears my grief surrounds dovecot's detection of mailbox. This is kind of what I said days ago. Setting up requires you to know expected states. Something in my environmment I haven't been able to identify (yet) is influencing recognising that hierarchical maildir structure. -Walt

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[Dovecot] WiKi V2
by Jim Knuth 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi, small question: Will the WiKi of the version 2 be updated shortly? Many things are not right at all. This would be really very nice. Many thanks in advance. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Das Schweigen von gestern rechtfertigt nie das Schweigen von heute. (Otto Schily)

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[Dovecot] Message file prefetching to memory
by Timo Sirainen 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

I added a new mail_prefetch_count setting to Dovecot v2.1 (http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/) Its main purpose is to avoid unnecessary latency while waiting for replies from remote server with imapc, i.e. instead of doing (FETCH, wait, FETCH, wait, ...) it can do (FETCH, FETCH, .., wait). For the same reason it's also going to be very useful once I add support for key-value databases / other high latency cloud filesystems. It also works with Maildir, single-dbox and cydir backends by calling posix_fadvise(POSIX_FADV_WILLNEED) for the files. This syscall is apparently only implemented by Linux. It should tell the kernel to start reading the files from disk to page cache. By calling this for multiple files, it should help the kernel optimize disk I/O. For example if 10 files are prefetched, the kernel might figure out that it should read them in a different order to avoid extra disk seeks. Perhaps it also does something useful with NFS, I don't know. I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to use this for mbox or multi-dbox files, since they already have multiple messages in same file so kernel probably already did some prefetching. With mdbox I guess it could be useful if the message file changes.. This optimization currently works only for FETCH command (and POP3 RETR and TOP). SEARCH/THREAD/SORT commands will hopefully implement it soon also. I'd be interested in knowing what the effects of this setting are if anyone tests this some day.

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[Dovecot] Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances
by Adrian Stoica 31 Mar '11

31 Mar '11

Hi I allready have set 256 on max_user_instances , and in the log i keep seeing Mar 28 10:08:44 mail dovecot: imap(some.username): Warning: Inotify instance limit for user 98 (UID vmail) exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances All users use thunderbird 3.1.9 , and from time to time this show in log , with a random user. What can i do to resolve this issue ? my doveconf-n : # 2.0.11: /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.4 i686 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 10 secs auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_cache_ttl = 1 mins auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ default_client_limit = 5000 default_internal_user = vmail default_login_user = nobody default_process_limit = 200 deliver_log_format = mail from=%f subject=%s msgid=%m: %$ dict { acl = mysql:/usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 1 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log" 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { hidden = no list = children location = maildir:%%h/Maildir:INDEX=~/Maildir/shared/%%u prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } passdb { args = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = Drafts autocreate3 = Sent autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = Drafts autosubscribe3 = INBOX autosubscribe4 = Sent mail_log_events = delete mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_group_events = yes quota = maildir:User quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning3 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve trash = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf.ext } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mydomain.com protocols = imap rejection_subject = Rejected: %s: %r service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0660 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { user = vmail } } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 16 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 2048 vsz_limit = 512 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /bin/quota_warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = vmail } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /usr/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log sieve autocreate" } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 16 mail_plugins = " quota acl trash notify mail_log imap_quota imap_acl" }

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[Dovecot] log
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

does the following indicate TLS is configured? 2011-03-30 10:37:07 auth(default): Info: client out: OK 1 user=wshek 2011-03-30 10:37:07 auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST 2 13371 1 2011-03-30 10:37:07 auth(default): Info: passwd(wshek,127.0.0.1): lookup 2011-03-30 10:37:07 auth(default): Info: master out: USER 2 wshek system_groups_user=wshek uid=1000 gid=1000 home=/home/wshek 2011-03-30 10:37:07 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<wshek>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS If it is I do not intend it. How can I turn it off? Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] v1.2.12 and debug
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Is there some kind of extended debug that might show why my maildir is not foundat login? It has worked off and on, once briefly today then no more. I'm going around twiddling knobs guessing at this point which is foolish. I need some real bread crumbs to indicate what is going wrong. I've tried all kinds of .conf file ... example file etc. I figured using the least number of settings should get me somewhere but I still have no luck. I'd love to just give up and load that PPA for 2.x but I have no idea what package to install in debian. (I have the PPA update) Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] dovecot.conf
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

In 1.2.12 or there abouts how do changes in the dovecot.conf happen? After doing the sig HUP I have noted there is generally a delay in the recognition of items in my .conf. An example I had logging set off, turned it on and it was several restarts before I again saw logging? This delay is driving me nuts in trying to figure out what needs to change. Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] dovecot-lda can not find home dir
by Pete 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hello, Running dovecot 2.0.11 and pigeonhole on Fedora 14 x86_64. The lda can not seem to find the user's home directory, yet other parts of dovecot (pop3, imap, managesieve) can. Grepping "Effective uid" from /var/log/maillog: Mar 29 11:21:34 new-eagle dovecot: pop3(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home=/home/pete Mar 29 11:23:18 new-eagle dovecot: imap(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home=/home/pete Mar 29 11:23:52 new-eagle dovecot: managesieve(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home=/home/pete Mar 29 11:24:53 new-eagle dovecot: managesieve(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home=/home/pete Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home= Although mail does get delivered, the .dovecot.lda-dupes file can not be created because of this: Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib90_sieve_plugin.so Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: Effective uid=726, gid=726, home= Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: fs: root=/home/pete/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/pete Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: userdb lookup skipped, username taken from passwd lookup for process euid Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox= Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Error: User pete doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: sieve: using sieve path for user's script: /home/pete/.dovecot.sieve Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: sieve: opening script /home/pete/.dovecot.sieve Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: sieve: script /home/pete/.dovecot.sieve successfully compiled Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): Debug: sieve: executing script from /home/pete/.dovecot.sieve Mar 29 11:26:15 new-eagle dovecot: lda(pete): sieve: msgid=<FF641E3CEA3748B5B7D678ABE85F1A7B@pete1>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' Dovecot seems to be able to determine the user's home directory, but I do not know how to tell dovecot-lda where it is. Running "doveadm user pete" produces: userdb: pete system_groups_user: pete uid : 726 gid : 726 home : /home/pete In /home/pete, the .forward file is: | "/usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda" Entry from /etc/passwd: pete:x:726:726:Peter:/home/pete:/bin/false Output of dovecot -n: # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) ext4 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = login plain auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY 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 mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin/sieve = /home/%u/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = /home/%u/sieve protocols = pop3 imap sieve rejection_reason = Sorry, your message was automatically rejected:%n%r rejection_subject = failure notice re: %s service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } ssl = no userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve I did update from dovecot-2.0.9 (which the lda could find the home directory) but I also had to change the mail_location from: mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY to: mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY Also had to change: plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve To: plugin/sieve = /home/%u/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = /home/%u/sieve ... in order for 2.0.11 to function. Any thoughts on how to get the home dir passed correctly to lda ? Thanks, Pete

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[Dovecot] service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5720
by Frank Bonnet 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hello Since I started up dovecot2 this morning I get this kind of warning message when I start Dovecot Help appreciated thanks doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5720) Stopping dovecot. Waiting for PIDS: 79978, 79978. doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5720) Starting dovecot. doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5720) Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5720)

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[Dovecot] migrating to dovecot
by Alexandre Chapellon 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hello, I am trying to setup a migration scenario from an proprietary solution to dovecot IMAP/POP3. Whereas am only at the strating point, things appear quite complicated because of the following reasons: - The proprietary solution uses special/own/proprietary mailbox format (wich is more like maildir but is not maildir) - I don't have direct access to the filesystem where the mails are stored. The best I could do would be a snapshots of the filesystem - I have about 1,5TB of mail data. - Having users to be forced to empty their mailbox before migration or re-download their whole mailbox after migration would be something hard for me to present as a correct option. Am looking for advices that would avoid me loosing time searching in bad directions. Or even point me to a miraculous tool thatdoes all magic while i have a beer :) Best regards. -- horoa: la voie est libre

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[Dovecot] dovecot.conf settings vs 'dovecot-n' output
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

I am curious why these do not seem to match? It especially bothers me that the modes set are different. Am I missing something? Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] 1.2 problem 'dovecot -n' vs dovecot.conf
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

To elaborate, if there is a database associated with this setup it is really fubar. note: tail of dovecot -n lda: postmaster_address: postmaster mail_plugins: sieve quota_full_tempfail: yes deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 504 socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve This in no way represents the settings in my dovecot.conf. It seems to have rembered old .conf settings and mixed them. At no time was mode 504 set or even 432. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. -Walt I'm also toying with the idea of loading 2.x if I can figure out the PPA stuff.

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[Dovecot] doveadm
by Walt Shekrota 30 Mar '11

30 Mar '11

Hi Where does this utility reside for installation. I use Ubuntu and installed dovecot-imapd and dovecot-pop3d so far. Does it now ship in the regular dovecot installation packages? Thanks. -Walt

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-2.0.11 searches in all LDAP directory
by Басов Евгений 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hello. I have some users IDs in different OUs with different passwords. Base OU for mail server is 'ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com' Trying manual search: # ldapsearch -b 'ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com' -D 'cn=bind, ou=Users, dc=ph, dc=com' -w XXX -s sub -h mainserv.ph.com '(&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=someuser))' uid mailMessageStore … # extended LDIF … uid: someuser mailMessageStore: /var/mail/someuser/Maildir/ # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1 It works fine. My dovecot configuration: # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ listen = * login_trusted_networks = 192.168.1.0/24 mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir 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 passdb { args = * driver = pam } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve } My /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext: hosts = mainserv.ph.com dn = cn=bind, ou=Users, dc=ph, dc=com dnpass = XXX debug_level = 255 auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com scope = subtree user_attrs = mailMessageStore=home user_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=qmailUser)(uid=%u)) I tested IMAP over telnet: $ telnet mainserv.ph.com 143 Trying 192.168.1.252... Connected to mainserv.ph.com. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a001 LOGIN someuser password1 Two passwords are tested: for uid from ou=Mail and ou=Users. LDAP logs of searches: slapd[1917]: filter: (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=someuser)) slapd[1917]: attrs: slapd[1917]: uid slapd[1917]: userPassword slapd[1917]: uidNumber slapd[1917]: gidNumber… and etc after this: slapd[1917]: => access_allowed: search access to "cn=John Smith,ou=Mail,dc=ph,dc=com" "objectClass" requested slapd[1917]: => dn: [2] ou=mail,dc=ph,dc=com slapd[1917]: => acl_get: [2] matched slapd[1917]: => acl_get: [2] attr objectClass… and etc I have some questions: 1. Why is it searches in another LDAP places, not only ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com? 2. It not put mailMessageStore from ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com. Why? 3. How disable lookup in another LDAP places exept ou=Mail, dc=ph, dc=com? Thanks for answers.

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[Dovecot] Upgrade to v2.0 conf file fails
by Nikolaos Milas 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hi, I am trying to use the command: doveconf -n -c dovecot-1.conf > dovecot-2.conf to upgrade my dovecot.conf file, but it fails (see below). Judging from the message that vsz_limit is the new setting for login_process_size, I have retried using login_process_size=256 rather than login_process_size=64 (which was the initial value), but the error persists. Please advise. Thanks, Nick Output of "doveconf -n -c" command: =========================================================================================================================== doveconf: Warning: NOTE: You can get a new clean config file with: doveconf -n > dovecot-new.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:1: protocols=imaps is no longer necessary, remove it doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:1: protocols=pop3s is no longer necessary, remove it doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:6: ssl_cert_file has been replaced by ssl_cert = <file doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:7: ssl_key_file has been replaced by ssl_key = <file doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:8: ssl_ca_file has been replaced by ssl_ca = <file doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:12: login_process_size has been replaced by service { vsz_limit } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:13: login_process_per_connection has been replaced by service { service_count } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:25: imap_client_workarounds=outlook-idle is no longer necessary doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:25: imap_client_workarounds=netscape-eoh is no longer supported doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:59: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:62: passdb ldap {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=ldap } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:66: userdb ldap {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=ldap } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot.conf:70: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } doveconf: Error: service(pop3-login): vsz_limit is too low doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file dovecot.conf: service(pop3-login): vsz_limit is too low ===========================================================================================================================

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[Dovecot] global sieve not working
by Barry Kwok 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

My global sieve rule is not working and do not compile. But per-user sieve is working. Here is my dovecot -n: log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log protocols: imap pop3 ssl: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_uid: 501 mail_gid: 501 mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%u/Maildir/:INDEX=/var/vmail/%u/Maildir/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota acl imap_acl mail_plugins(pop3): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: shared/%%u/ location: maildir:%%Lh/Maildir:INDEX=%Lh/Maildir/shared/%%Lu list: children lda: postmaster_address: root mail_plugins: sieve quota autocreate expire auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master sieve_global_path: /var/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve log_path: /var/log/sieve.log auth default: mechanisms: plain login default_realm: mydomain.net user: vmail username_chars: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_+@ passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-auth mode: 438 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quota quota: maildir quota_rule: *:storage=0 acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: file:/var/spool/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db expire: Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30 expire_dict: proxy::expire sieve: /var/vmail/sieve/%Ld/%Ln/dovecot.sieve dict: quota: mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf expire: db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire.db By reading sieve.log, it simple ignore sieve_global_path: /var/vmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve but the per user sieve /var/vmail/sieve/%Ld/%Ln/dovecot.sieve is working --barry

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[Dovecot] file permissions
by Walt Shekrota 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Dovecot 1.2.12 maildir format using :LAYOUT=fs (my Mail dir came from KDE) I can't remember the permissions of the /Mail/ directory because I haven't been concerned with it too much until now. I think they were user:user or user:mail. Now a new mail ends up 600 root:mail. (in alternate directories) When I start my mutt client to the imap server it gets an error for any folder containing a root:mail new mail file. I think the root ownership is a procmail side effect? If I chmod 760 Mail/folder/* (then the new emails show in dovecot without the access error) It appears mail comes to the INBOX fine just not individual folders On the initial access, dovecot gets a "missing +r perm" or "+x" in the log. 1: What permission structure should permeate my Mail dir? 2: What might affect the incoming mail file getting wrong permissions/ownership? I'm thinking the later may be a procmail issue unless it is related to initial incorrect permissions? Thanks for any insight. -Walt

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[Dovecot] Trouble with password scheme module
by Ian R. Justman 29 Mar '11

29 Mar '11

Hi, all. About two and a half years ago, I wrote a hack to add an additional MD5-based password scheme to Dovecot, but I wrote it as a hack to src/auth/password_scheme.c since it was relatively easy to do, and I needed to get a machine running since the machine I was replacing, a Sun Ultra 5 running Post.Office, had dying hard drives. Now, I'm actually sitting down and adapting it as a module and am having trouble getting it to work. The code tarball itself can be picked up here: http://www.ian-justman.com/code/dovecot/password_scheme_po_smd5.tar.gz Before I continued, I made sure that a system-level account worked: # telnet <server IP> 110 Trying <server IP>... Connected to <server IP>. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user <username> +OK pass <password> +OK Logged in. quit +OK Logging out. Connection closed by foreign host. I then enabled the module, which introduces the password scheme "PO-SMD5". I have Dovecot's default scheme set to SMD5. If I get a password hash whose value has a {PO-SMD5} tag on it, the session looks like the following: # telnet <server IP> 110 Trying <server IP>... Connected to <server IP>. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user <user with PO-SMD5 password> +OK pass <user's password> -ERR Authentication failed. quit +OK Logging out Connection closed by foreign host. The following entry is deposited into the system log: Mar 28 17:44:51 <hostname> dovecot: auth: Error: sql(<username>,<server IP>): Unknown scheme PO-SMD5 However, when I try using an account covered by the system (which does work when the plugin isn't loaded in dovecot.conf), the session looks like the following: mikuru# telnet <server IP> 110 Trying <server IP>... Connected to <server IP>. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user <user with system password> +OK pass <user's password> Connection closed by foreign host. The following entry is deposited into the system log: Mar 28 17:45:13 <hostname> dovecot: pop3: Error: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib_password_scheme_po_smd5.so) failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib_password_scheme_po_smd5.so: Undefined symbol "password_scheme_unregister" Otherwise, the patch I developed under 1.x applies cleanly to 2.0.x's password_scheme.c and works perfectly as a builtin. This work was done under FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64. Any ideas? --Ian. -- Ian R. Justman UNIX hacker. Anime fan. Any questions? ianj (at) ian-justman.com

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[Dovecot] xi.rename-it.nl problems
by Robert Schetterer 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi , i know there were errors reported before with autobuild packs from xi.rename-it.nl , hint was purge and remove old dovecot packs, but at reinstall i ever get such ucfr: Attempt from package dovecot-pop3d to take /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-pop3.conf away from package dovecot-common ucfr: Aborting. on a few packs ,any idea? -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] dovecot auth password mismatch
by david＠davidwbrown.name 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hello dovecot gods, after using Postfix with webmail for 8 years the new gen of email smartphones forces me to consider using IMAP. Actually, for several months I was successfully using IMAP. I believe the reason why IMAP worked previously (before migrating to the Cloud) the hosting server and the client machines were considered local by the system. Now, I have moved everything to a Cloud service. And, now attempts to use my Ubuntu Evolution or iPhone generates the following error condition in my logs: dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=xxx.yyy.www.zzz rip=75.214.160.72 lport=143 rport=59107 resp=AGRhdmlkAGx1dGVmaXNr dovecot: auth(default): passwd(kilroy,75.214.160.72): lookup dovecot: auth(default): passwd(kilroy,75.214.160.72): Password mismatch dovecot: auth(default): passwd(kilroy,75.214.160.72): CRYPT(mypass) != 'x' dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=15522 dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=kilroy ******************* dovecot -n ******************* 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.34.1-rscloud x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: realms: myname.name, hisname.name, hername.name default_realm: myrealm.com username_format: %n verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd

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[Dovecot] Support not compiled in for passdb driver ldap
by Stéphane Wartel 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hello, From repo, the lastest release 2.0.11-0~auto+32 does not have ldap support :/ auth: Fatal: Support not compiled in for passdb driver 'ldap' Regards, Stephane

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[Dovecot] Errors logged from 2.0.11
by Andreas Kossack 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi all, we use dovecot 2.0.11 with local (LDAP based) users and see (occasionally) error messages like "Mar 15 09:29:26 MailServ local3:err|error dovecot: imap(xxxx): Error: creat(/dovecot.mailbox.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=1985(xxxx) egid=219(yyyy) stat() failed: No such file or directory, euid is not dir owner) but all (filesystem) permissions are correct and the user doesn't report any errors. All works as expected. What can be the reason for such messages? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen A. Kossack _______________________________________________________________________________ Andreas Kossack Andreas.Kossack(a)TU-Cottbus.De BTU Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany, Walther-Pauer-Str.2, 03046 Cottbus http://wwwca.telesec.de/cgi-bin/caservice/Common/InstallRoot/DT-Root-CA-2.d… _______________________________________________________________________________ Diese Nachricht wurde aus 100% wiederverwerteten Elektronen erstellt. _______________________________________________________________________________

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[Dovecot] IMAP move extension support
by Nikolay Shopik 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi Timo, Any chance we could get IMAP move extension support in Dovecot? http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-krecicki-imap-move-01 This is now landed in Thunderbird trunk, so it will be great to have server to test and use with :). Thanks

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[Dovecot] Regression in settings-parser.c (dovecot 2.0.11)
by Michal Hlavinka 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi, one Fedora user sees regression in dovecot 2.0.11 (compared to prev. 2.0.9). There was change recently: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/diff/bc77e80947c0/src/lib-settings/settin… which adds call to settings_find_key_nth(...., &parent_def,...). This function can set parent_def to NULL, but there is no check for this situation in the code. So on next line if (parent_def->type !=... dovecot crashes. We've tested simple fix: if (parent_def==NULL) return FALSE; and everything was working again. Michal Backtrace of the crash: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. settings_find_key_nth (ctx=0x99e4050, key=0x99c4330 "plugin//etc", n=0xbff9bdac, def_r=0xbff9bda8, link_r=0xbff9bda4) at settings-parser.c:696 696 if (parent_def->type != SET_STRLIST) (gdb) p parent_def $1 = (const struct setting_define *) 0x0 (gdb) bt #0 settings_find_key_nth (ctx=0x99e4050, key=0x99c4330 "plugin//etc", n=0xbff9bdac, def_r=0xbff9bda8, link_r=0xbff9bda4) at settings-parser.c:696 #1 0x004f9ce5 in settings_find_key_nth (ctx=0x99e4050, key=0x99c4318 "plugin//etc/dovecot", n=0xbff9be1c, def_r=0xbff9be18, link_r=0xbff9be14) at settings-parser.c:693 #2 0x004f9ce5 in settings_find_key_nth (ctx=0x99e4050, key=0x99c42f8 "plugin//etc/dovecot/users", n=0xbff9beb4, def_r=0xbff9bebc, link_r=0xbff9beb8) at settings-parser.c:693 #3 0x004f94fd in settings_parse_keyvalue (ctx=0x99e4050, key=0x99c42f8 "plugin//etc/dovecot/users", value=0x99c42f2 "yes") at settings-parser.c:760 #4 0x004fa270 in settings_parse_line (ctx=0x99e4050, line=0x99c42d8 "plugin//etc/dovecot/users=yes") at settings-parser.c:862 #5 0x00dededa in set_line (ctx=0x99cd468, input=0xbff9c100, user_r=0xbff9c04c, error_r=0xbff9c0fc) at mail-storage-service.c:134 #6 user_reply_handle (ctx=0x99cd468, input=0xbff9c100, user_r=0xbff9c04c, error_r=0xbff9c0fc) at mail-storage-service.c:227 #7 mail_storage_service_lookup (ctx=0x99cd468, input=0xbff9c100, user_r=0xbff9c04c, error_r=0xbff9c0fc) at mail-storage-service.c:843 #8 0x00deeaae in mail_storage_service_lookup_next (ctx=0x99cd468, input=0xbff9c100, user_r=0xbff9c0ac, mail_user_r=0xbff9c0a8, error_r=0xbff9c0fc) at mail-storage-service.c:968 #9 0x0805f2e7 in client_create_from_input (input=<value optimized out>, ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- login_client=0x99ce810, fd_in=11, fd_out=11, input_buf=0xbff9c0e0, error_r=0xbff9c0fc) at main.c:202 #10 0x0805f5dd in login_client_connected (client=0x99ce810, username=0x99c409b "sjoerd", extra_fields=0x99c4110) at main.c:267 #11 0x0051606f in master_login_auth_finish (client=0x99ce810, auth_args=<value optimized out>) at master-login.c:206 #12 0x005163c2 in master_login_auth_callback (auth_args=0x99c410c, errormsg=0x0, context=0x99ce810) at master-login.c:374 #13 0x00516d3e in master_login_auth_input_user (auth=0x99cdcd8) at master-login-auth.c:239 #14 master_login_auth_input (auth=0x99cdcd8) at master-login-auth.c:359 #15 0x0052cc72 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x99cea10) at ioloop.c:384 #16 0x0052ded3 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x99cc390) at ioloop-epoll.c:213 #17 0x0052cbf0 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x99cc390) at ioloop.c:405 #18 0x005181fb in master_service_run (service=0x99cc2e0, callback=0x805f100 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:478 #19 0x0805fb0d in main (argc=1, argv=0xbff9c4c4) at main.c:375

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[Dovecot] FTS Compound Search
by duonut 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Hi I use roundcube as the webmail fronted to a dovecot server. It currently has squat enabled. When round cube performs a search, it does a compound search even if only one field is selected. >From another thread i read, dovecot in the v1 period did not support compound searches for squat. Does the latest version of V2 support compound searches with fts squat? If not, does fts with solr support compound searches? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/FTS-Compound-Search-tp31241908p31241908.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Dovecot] try to compile dovecot 2.0.11 with ssl support
by easy klaus 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Hello, >> SSL ............ : yes (OpenSSL) > >So it should be there.. > >> so it looks like SSL support is included, but when I start dovecot the >> message is: >> >> doveconf: Error: SSL support not compiled in but ssl=yes > >Well, that's weird. Are you sure you're running the just-compiled >version of Dovecot (i.e. not a previously installed version that didn't >have OpenSSL compiled in)? > Yes, I think so. I tried to find every dovecot directory and files and deleted it. After "make" and "make install" there was a new file under "/usr/local/sbin/dovecot" this is the one I use. >What does dovecot --build-options say? output of "/usr/local/sbin/dovecot --build-options" Build options: ioloop=epoll notify=dnotify ipv6 io_block_size=8192 Mail storages: cydir maildir mbox mdbox raw sdbox shared SQL drivers: Passdb: checkpassword passwd passwd-file shadow Userdb: checkpassword nss passwd prefetch passwd-file This looks strange because there is no ssl support. >Do you have "#define HAVE_SSL" in config.h? No, I only can find "#define HAVE_OPENSSL" Regards, Markus -- NEU: FreePhone - kostenlos mobil telefonieren und surfen! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.9: Thunderbird 3.1.9: Very slow while open sent folder with many (4k>) mails
by Denny Schierz 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

hi, one customer told us, that he has performance problem in his Thunderbird 3.1.9, while open his sent folder, which has round about 4000 mails in it, and 20k in his Inbox. For example TB, tries to sync the sent-folder list (over SSL) from the sent folder for now over 15min. In the log, I can't see any strange things, so for me, Dovecot works ok. Maybe, I should use better cache options? Now he tries to move many messages to separate folders, but thats also a bit slow. So, is it a TB problem, with so many messages? Our config: auth_anonymous_username = anonymous auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 hours auth_cache_size = 0 auth_cache_ttl = 1 hours auth_debug = no auth_debug_passwords = no auth_default_realm = auth_failure_delay = 2 secs auth_first_valid_uid = 500 auth_gssapi_hostname = auth_krb5_keytab = auth_last_valid_uid = 0 auth_master_user_separator = auth_mechanisms = plain auth_realms = auth_socket_path = auth-userdb auth_ssl_require_client_cert = no auth_ssl_username_from_cert = no auth_use_winbind = no auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ auth_username_format = %Lu auth_username_translation = auth_verbose = no auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_winbind_helper_path = /usr/bin/ntlm_auth auth_worker_max_count = 30 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot config_cache_size = 1 M debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-debug.log default_client_limit = 1000 default_idle_kill = 60 default_internal_user = dovecot default_login_user = dovenull default_process_limit = 100 default_vsz_limit = 256 M deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ dict_db_config = director_doveadm_port = 0 director_mail_servers = director_servers = director_user_expire = 15 mins disable_plaintext_auth = no dotlock_use_excl = no doveadm_socket_path = doveadm-server doveadm_worker_count = 0 first_valid_gid = 1 first_valid_uid = 500 hostname = xfire05.rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de imap_capability = imap_client_workarounds = imap_id_log = imap_id_send = imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o imap_max_line_length = 64 k info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log last_valid_gid = 0 last_valid_uid = 0 lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = no lda_original_recipient_header = libexec_dir = /usr/local/dovecot/2.0.9/libexec/dovecot listen = *, :: lmtp_proxy = no lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = no lock_method = fcntl log_path = syslog log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S " login_access_sockets = login_greeting = I'm alive login_log_format = %$: %s login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l mpid=%e %c login_trusted_networks = mail_access_groups = mail_attachment_dir = mail_attachment_fs = sis posix mail_attachment_hash = %{sha1} mail_attachment_min_size = 128 k mail_cache_fields = flags mail_cache_min_mail_count = 0 mail_chroot = mail_debug = no mail_fsync = optimized mail_full_filesystem_access = no mail_gid = vmail mail_home = /imap/spool/%d/%1n/%n mail_location = maildir:/imap/spool/%d/%1n/%n:INDEX=/imap/spool/% d/indexes/%1n/%n mail_log_prefix = "%s(%u): " mail_max_keyword_length = 50 mail_max_lock_timeout = 0 mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_never_cache_fields = imap.envelope mail_nfs_index = no mail_nfs_storage = no mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/ mail_plugins = acl quota mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_save_crlf = no mail_temp_dir = /imap/spool/tmp mail_uid = vmail mailbox_idle_check_interval = 30 secs mailbox_list_index_disable = no maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = yes maildir_stat_dirs = no maildir_very_dirty_syncs = no managesieve_client_workarounds = managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 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 imapflags master_user_separator = mbox_dirty_syncs = yes mbox_dotlock_change_timeout = 2 mins mbox_lazy_writes = yes mbox_lock_timeout = 5 mins mbox_min_index_size = 0 mbox_read_locks = fcntl mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl mdbox_preallocate_space = no mdbox_rotate_interval = 0 mdbox_rotate_size = 2 M mmap_disable = no namespace { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } namespace { hidden = no inbox = no list = yes location = maildir:/imap/spool/public prefix = public/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } passdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext deny = no driver = ldap master = no pass = no } plugin { acl = vfile:/imap/spool/%d/acl autocreate = Sent autocreate2 = Drafts autocreate3 = Trash autocreate4 = Spam autosubscribe = Sent autosubscribe2 = Drafts autosubscribe3 = Trash autosubscribe4 = Spam quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%% quota_rule3 = Spam:storage=+20%% quota_warning = storage=80% % /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 quota_warning2 = storage=90% % /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot/bin/quota-warning.sh 90 quota_warning3 = storage=95% % /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 sieve = /imap/spool/%d/%1n/%n/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = /imap/spool/%d/%1n/%n/sieve sieve_extensions = +imapflags trash = /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot/etc/conf.d/dovecot-trash.conf } pop3_client_workarounds = pop3_enable_last = no pop3_fast_size_lookups = no pop3_lock_session = no pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_no_flag_updates = no pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv postmaster_address = postmaster(a)rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve quota_full_tempfail = no recipient_delimiter = + rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r rejection_subject = Rejected: %s sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail service anvil { chroot = empty client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = anvil extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 1 protocol = service_count = 0 type = anvil unix_listener anvil-auth-penalty { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener anvil { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service auth-worker { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = auth -w extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 1 type = unix_listener auth-worker { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service auth { chroot = client_limit = 4096 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = auth extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postdrop mode = 0600 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-client { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener auth-login { group = mode = 0600 user = $default_internal_user } unix_listener auth-master { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener login/login { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service config { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = config extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = config unix_listener config { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service dict { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = dict extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener dict { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service director { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = director extra_groups = fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { group = mode = 00 user = } group = idle_kill = 4294967295 secs inet_listener { address = port = 0 ssl = no } privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener director-admin { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener director-userdb { group = mode = 0600 user = } unix_listener login/director { group = mode = 00 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service dns_client { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = dns-client extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = unix_listener dns-client { group = mode = 0666 user = } unix_listener login/dns-client { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = $default_internal_user vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service doveadm { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = doveadm-server extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 1 type = unix_listener doveadm-server { group = mode = 0600 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = imap-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener imap { address = port = 143 ssl = no } inet_listener imaps { address = port = 993 ssl = yes } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = imap service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 64 M } service imap { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = imap extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = imap service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/imap { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service lmtp { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = lmtp extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = lmtp service_count = 0 type = unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postdrop mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener lmtp { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 0 } service log { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = log extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = log user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service managesieve-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = managesieve-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener sieve { address = port = 4190 ssl = no } inet_listener sieve_deprecated { address = port = 2001 ssl = no } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = sieve service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = managesieve extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = sieve service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/sieve { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service pop3-login { chroot = login client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = pop3-login extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 inet_listener pop3 { address = port = 110 ssl = no } inet_listener pop3s { address = port = 995 ssl = yes } privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = pop3 service_count = 1 type = login user = $default_login_user vsz_limit = 64 M } service pop3 { chroot = client_limit = 1 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = pop3 extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = pop3 service_count = 1 type = unix_listener login/pop3 { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } service ssl-params { chroot = client_limit = 0 drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = ssl-params extra_groups = group = idle_kill = 0 privileged_group = process_limit = 0 process_min_avail = 0 protocol = service_count = 0 type = startup unix_listener login/ssl-params { group = mode = 0666 user = } user = vsz_limit = 18446744073709551615 B } shutdown_clients = yes ssl = yes ssl_ca = ssl_cert = </usr/local/dovecot/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/ssl/imapd.pem ssl_cert_username_field = commonName ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL ssl_key = </usr/local/dovecot/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/ssl/imapd.pem ssl_key_password = ssl_parameters_file = ssl-parameters.dat ssl_parameters_regenerate = 168 ssl_verify_client_cert = no syslog_facility = mail userdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } valid_chroot_dirs = verbose_auth = no verbose_proctitle = yes verbose_ssl = no version_ignore = no protocol lda { mail_plugins = acl quota sieve quota } protocol imap { imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl imap_quota mail_log notify autocreate trash listescape } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl quota sieve } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = acl quota quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_reuse_xuidl = yes }

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[Dovecot] How can I view these email files?
by Phill Edwards 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

I messed up my email today through a combination of stuff-ups with procmail and dovecot. The result was that I ended up delivering some email messages to the root Maildir folder instead of the sub-folders. The files are in the correct format but have names like msg.3BXE, msg.2BXE etc. Of course these don't show up in my IMAP client so I can't read them. Does anyone know a way I can point some sort of email client at these to read them? Or a way to transfer them under Maildir/new so that I can read them as part of my normal inbox? I know that some of them have attachments.

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[Dovecot] Multiple versions of Dovecot installed
by Phill Edwards 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

I have had to rebuild my 64-bit CentOS 5 email server and after installing dovecot rpms (using yum) I seem to have multiple versions installed: dovecot-1.1.20-1_98.el5 - from ATrpms repo dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5 - from CentOS repo dovecot-sieve-0.1.18-6.1.el5 - from ATrpms repo I have tried to install just the ATrpms version but when I do "yum install dovecot" the CentOS one always gets pulled in as well. Is this normal, or does it indicate that something has gone wrong in the installation process? I'm having an issue with Dovecot sieve because it can't find a sieve plugin in /usr/lib64/dovecot/lda/. However, there is one in /usr/lib/dovecot/lda/. Do I have some sort or 32-bit/64-bit mismatch?

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[Dovecot] Ignored proxy_maybe var and no local login when "host = Proxy FQDN"
by Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi help is preciated, PROBLEM The dovecot-ldap.conf of "proxy server A" is working when the "host" attribute is the FQDN of other server: pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword={SSHA}password,\ =proxy_maybe=,maildrop=host,=port=143,=destuser=%u,=starttls=any-cert pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) CASES When the "host" attribute is the "FQDN of server A" dovecot imap-login start and infinite loop which swallow all RAM, and process are showing many connections although is just 1 test user connected. It seems that connections are infinitely proxified to it self. When the "host" attribute is the "IP of server A" dovecot imap-login works OK, login the user locally in the server A. I include debug message int the source of "dovecot-2.0.11/src/auth/auth-request.c" which appears: Mar 25 14:10:49 debian dovecot: auth: Debug: ldap(steran,172.26.98.85): result: uid(user)=steran maildrop(host)=smtp2.tsj-dem.gob.ve Mar 25 14:10:49 debian dovecot: auth: Debug: BROKEN SETUP The modifications appears here and reveals problems with the call to net_addr2ip(host, &ip) in auth_request_proxy_is_self: static bool auth_request_proxy_is_self(struct auth_request *request) { const char *const *tmp, *host = NULL, *port = NULL, *destuser = NULL; struct ip_addr ip; tmp = auth_stream_split(request->extra_fields); for (; *tmp != NULL; tmp++) { if (strncmp(*tmp, "host=", 5) == 0) host = *tmp + 5; else if (strncmp(*tmp, "port=", 5) == 0) port = *tmp + 5; if (strncmp(*tmp, "destuser=", 9) == 0) destuser = *tmp + 9; } if (host == NULL || net_addr2ip(host, &ip) < 0) { /* broken setup */ T_BEGIN { i_debug("BROKEN SETUP %s", host); } T_END; return FALSE; } if (!net_ip_compare(&ip, &request->local_ip)){ T_BEGIN { i_debug("%s", "IPS NOT EQUAL"); }T_END; return FALSE; } if (port != NULL && !str_uint_equals(port, request->local_port)){ T_BEGIN { i_debug("%s", "PORTS DIFFERENT"); } T_END; return FALSE; } return destuser == NULL || strcmp(destuser, request->original_username) == 0; } -- "You don't know where your shadow will fall", Somebody.- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta <olafrv(a)gmail.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.olafrv.com ----------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] try to compile dovecot 2.0.11 with ssl support
by easy 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hello, I try to compile dovecot in Version 2.0.11 with ssl support on a CentOS 4.5 system. Installed packages are openssl and openssl-devel. after "./configure --with-ssl=openssl" "make" "make install"the message is: (also tried with CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/openssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/openssl/lib -ldl") Install prefix . : /usr/local File offsets ... : 64bit I/O polling .... : epoll I/O notifys .... : dnotify SSL ............ : yes (OpenSSL) GSSAPI ......... : no passdbs ........ : static passwd passwd-file shadow checkpassword : -pam -bsdauth -sia -ldap -sql -vpopmail userdbs ........ : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword nss : -ldap -sql -vpopmail SQL drivers .... : : -pgsql -mysql -sqlite so it looks like SSL support is included, but when I start dovecot the message is: # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5.028stab062.3ent i686 CentOS release 4.5 (Final) passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } doveconf: Error: SSL support not compiled in but ssl=yes doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: SSL support not compiled in but ssl=yes I also tried to use the source files of openssl and compile openssl by myself, but the error is the same. thanks Regards Markus

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[Dovecot] mdbox, quota, ns, maildir quota?
by Brandon Lamb 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hello, I pasted my config below, hoping someone can point out something obvious. In my dovecot.log I am seeing: Warning: quota: Namespace '' is not Maildir, skipping for Maildir++ quota I am using mysql userdb_* and passing maildir:~/maildir or mdbox:~/mdbox for mail. When its maildir its fine, I had that originally then used dsync to convert to mdbox, updated mysql entry to point to mdbox:~/mdbox and now I keept getting those quota errors. It IS possible to have mixed environment still correct? Some users can be maildir and some can be mdbox since Im using the per-user userdb options? Any hints here? I would swear this was all working on a different server I had setup but Im no longer employed there so I cant peek at the config =P Thanks for any help or tips Brandon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- root@mail1:~# dovecot -n # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.37-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian wheezy/sid auth_cache_negative_ttl = 30 secs auth_cache_size = 4 k auth_cache_ttl = 30 secs auth_default_realm = greencrane.com auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes auth_worker_max_count = 60 base_dir = /var/run/dovecot debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log default_client_limit = 1024 default_internal_user = mail default_login_user = mail deliver_log_format = %s from %f %$ dict/expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-dict-expire.conf.ext disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 8 first_valid_uid = 8 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log last_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format = %s login_log_format_elements = (%u) (%r) mail_access_groups = mail mail_fsync = never mail_gid = 8 mail_location = maildir:~/maildir mail_log_prefix = "%Ls <%u>: " mail_max_userip_connections = 4 mail_plugins = quota expire mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = 8 mailbox_idle_check_interval = 1 mins maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin/auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master plugin/autocreate = Trash plugin/autocreate2 = Sent plugin/autocreate3 = Drafts plugin/autocreate4 = Spam plugin/autosubscribe = Trash plugin/autosubscribe2 = Sent plugin/autosubscribe3 = Drafts plugin/autosubscribe4 = Spam plugin/quota = maildir:User quota plugin/quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u plugin/quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u protocols = imap pop3 service auth { executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/auth unix_listener auth-client { group = mail mode = 0666 user = mail } unix_listener auth-master { group = mail mode = 0666 user = mail } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0666 user = mail } vsz_limit = 512 M } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mail mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 512 executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login process_limit = 20 process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 128 M } service imap { drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap vsz_limit = 512 M } service pop3-login { chroot = login client_limit = 512 executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login process_limit = 20 process_min_avail = 4 service_count = 0 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 128 M } service pop3 { drop_priv_before_exec = no executable = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 vsz_limit = 512 M } service quota-warning { executable = script /etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh user = mail } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot-cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/dovecot-key.pem userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } valid_chroot_dirs = /mail verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver.log mail_fsync = optimized mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot mail_plugins = quota expire trash autocreate postmaster_address = postmaster(a)greencrane.com quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> with subject of <%s> was automatically rejected:%n%r rejection_subject = Mailbox Full: %s sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/exim } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_id_log = * imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot mail_plugins = quota expire imap_quota autocreate trash } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 2 mail_plugin_dir = /usr/local/lib/dovecot mail_plugins = quota expire pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_enable_last = no pop3_lock_session = no pop3_logout_format = retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_no_flag_updates = yes pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_save_uidl = yes pop3_uidl_format = %g }

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[Dovecot] Restrict clients access during mailboxes convertion ?
by Frank Bonnet 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hello Is there a way to restrict access to Dovecot server during mailboxes convertion ? I need dovecot to be running to convert mailboxes from a format to another, but I would like to block all our LAN clients until the end of convertion. If there is no internal Dovecot mechanism I will use some firewall rule on the server. Thanks

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[Dovecot] quota warning email to user
by upen 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hi, I am trying to use Quota in dovecot-2.0.11. I find as a sender(same user a receiver) I receive an email that receiver's Quota is exceeded , and receiver's mailbox is full . This is good, however the receiver whose MB is full isn't getting any quota-warning. Configuration is as below, dovecot -n # 2.0.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35-gentoo-r8 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.14 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login listen = * mail_location = maildir:/nfs1/mail/%u mail_plugins = " quota" passdb { args = * driver = pam } plugin/quota = maildir:User quota plugin/quota_rule = *:storage=5M plugin/quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+1M plugin/quota_rule3 = Junk:storage=+1M plugin/quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u plugin/quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 ssl_key = </etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota imap_quota" Mar 24 15:41:28 email_serverdovecot: imap(local_username): Error: quota: net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/quota-warning) failed: Permission denied (euid=1002(local_username) egid=10(wheel) missing +r perm: /var/run/dovecot/quota-warning, euid is not dir owner) Mar 24 15:41:28 email_serverdovecot: lda(local_username): msgid=<20110324154128.0df8855a(a)local_username_ots.domainname>: save failed to INBOX: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Mar 24 15:41:28 email_serverdovecot: lda(local_username): msgid=<20110324154128.0df8855a(a)local_username_ots.domainname>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) Mar 24 15:41:28 email_serverpostfix/pickup[25550]: D25C121BB4: uid=1002 from=<> ls -al /var/run/dovecot/ total 20 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 24 15:35 . drwxr-xr-x 33 root root 4096 Mar 24 14:54 .. srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 anvil srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 anvil-auth-penalty srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 auth-client srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 24 15:35 auth-login srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 auth-master srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 auth-userdb srw------- 1 dovecot root 0 Mar 24 15:35 auth-worker srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 config srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 dict srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 director-admin srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 director-userdb srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 dns-client srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 doveadm-server lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Mar 24 15:35 dovecot.conf -> /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 16 13:24 empty srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 lmtp drwxr-x--- 2 root dovenull 4096 Mar 24 15:35 login -rw------- 1 root root 6 Mar 24 15:35 master.pid srw------- 1 root root 0 Mar 24 15:35 quota-warning ls -al /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 225 Mar 24 13:16 /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh cat /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh #!/bin/sh PERCENT=$1 USER=$2 cat << EOF | /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $USER -o "plugin/quota=maildir:User quota:noenforcing" From: postmaster(a)domain.com Subject: quota warning Your mailbox is now $PERCENT% full. EOF ### Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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[Dovecot] lda_mailbox_autocreate and lda_mailbox_autosubscribe
by Frank Bonnet 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hello I use real unix users on the mailhub and I would like to automate home directories creation for new users. I found lda_mailbox_autocreate and lda_mailbox_autosubscribe statements in 15-lda.conf file ( dovecot 2.0.11 ) which seem to be the right things for me :-) I use Postfix 2.8.1 with Dovecot LDA mailbox_command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda All Mailboxes are located in /user/$USER/mail/ Does those two statements means that if a home directory does not exists it will be created at the first login of the new user ? I mean if new user "toto" has no homedir at all , dovecot will create /user/toto/mail at the very first successful connection ? Thanks a lot

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[Dovecot] Issue with Dovecot v2.0 auto packages
by Stephan Bosch 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Hi, Yesterday night I upgraded the automated packages built at Xi to the latest experimental Debian packages for v2.0. This unfortunately causes a problem upon upgrade. I've contacted the maintainer, so this issue should resolve itself soon. The issue manifests as follows: Setting up dovecot-imapd (2:2.0.11-0~auto+25) ... ucfr: Attempt from package dovecot-imapd to take /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf away from package dovecot-common ucfr: Aborting. dpkg: error processing dovecot-imapd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4 configured to not write apport reports The Debian maintainer split dovecot-common in various new packages and moved config files in the process. Use ucfr --purge --force dovoecot-imapd /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf ucfr --purge --force dovoecot-managesieved /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-managesieve.conf ucfr --purge --force dovoecot-sieve /etc/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf to get rid of these errors as a workaround. I did this in combination with temporarily purging and removing Dovecot, but that is probably not necessary. Once you have upgraded, you will not encounter this problem again. And yes, if you are using Sieve, be sure to install the new dovecot-sieve and dovecot-managesieved packages. Regards, Stephan.

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[Dovecot] try to compile dovecot 2.0.11 with ssl support
by easy 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hello, I try to compile dovecot in Version 2.0.11 with ssl support on a CentOS 4.5 system. Installed packages are openssl and openssl-devel. after "./configure --with-ssl=openssl" "make" "make install"the message is: (also tried with CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/openssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/opt/openssl/lib -ldl") Install prefix . : /usr/local File offsets ... : 64bit I/O polling .... : epoll I/O notifys .... : dnotify SSL ............ : yes (OpenSSL) GSSAPI ......... : no passdbs ........ : static passwd passwd-file shadow checkpassword : -pam -bsdauth -sia -ldap -sql -vpopmail userdbs ........ : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword nss : -ldap -sql -vpopmail SQL drivers .... : : -pgsql -mysql -sqlite so it looks like SSL support is included, but when I start dovecot the message is: # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.1.1.el5.028stab062.3ent i686 CentOS release 4.5 (Final) passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } doveconf: Error: SSL support not compiled in but ssl=yes doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf: SSL support not compiled in but ssl=yes I also tried to use the source files of openssl and compile openssl by myself, but the error is the same. thanks Regards Markus

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[Dovecot] Dotlock dovecot-uidlist errors / NFS / High Load
by list＠airstreamcomm.net 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

As of late our four node dovecot 1.2.13 cluster has been experiencing a massive number of these dotlock errors: Created dotlock file's timestamp is different than current time (1295480202 vs 1295479784): /mail/user/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist These dotlock errors correspond with very high load averages, and eventually we have to turn off all but one server to stop them from occurring. We first assumed this trend was related to the NFS storage, but we could not find a networking issue or NFS related problem to speak of. We run the mail storage on NFS which is hosted on a Centos 5.5 host, and mounted with the following options: udp,nodev,noexec,nosuid. Secondly we thought the issues were due to NTP as the time stamps vary so widely, so we rebuilt our NTP servers and found closer stratum 1 source clocks to synchronize to hoping it would alleviate the problem but the dotlock errors returned after about 12 hours. We have fcntl locking set in our configuration file, but it is our understanding from look at the source code that this file is locked with dotlock. Any help troubleshooting is appreciated. Thanks, Michael # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 shutdown_clients: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_process_per_connection: no login_process_size: 128 login_processes_count: 4 login_max_processes_count: 256 login_max_connections: 386 first_valid_uid: 300 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mmap_disable: yes dotlock_use_excl: no mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 auth default: username_format: %Ln worker_max_count: 50 passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd

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[Dovecot] pigeonhole and roundcube install problem
by Selcuk MIYNAT 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hi, I've installed sieve and managesieve(pigeonhole) on qmail and dovecot(v2.0.11). I've install sieverules on Roundcube. I can see the plugin on the webinterface, and i can add rules. But there is a problem: I've put this .qmail file on "deneme" user's home directory according to [1]. |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $EXT@$USER Then I got this message on qmail log: deferral: /var/qmail/bin/preline:_line_1:_test:_too_many_arguments/ Incoming e-mail written to the disk but doesn't seen on inbox. If i have change my .qmail file to this: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $EXT@$USER Plugin doesn't return a message to mail sender: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib90_sieve_plugin.so Debug: auth input: deneme(a)example.com home=/home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme uid=89 gid=89 Debug: Effective uid=89, gid=89, home=/home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme Debug: fs: root=/home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/Maildir Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox= Debug: sieve: using sieve path for user's script: /home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/.dovecot.sieve Debug: sieve: opening script /home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/.dovecot.sieve Debug: sieve: script binary /home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/.dovecot.svbin successfully loaded Debug: sieve: binary save: not saving binary /home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/.dovecot.svbin, because it is already stored Debug: sieve: executing script from /home/vpopmail/domains/example.com/deneme/.dovecot.svbin Info: sieve: msgid=<4D80A733.8010906(a)test.com.tr>: discarded vacation reply to <> Info: sieve: msgid=<4D80A733.8010906(a)test.com.tr>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' But i can forward the incoming mail to another address. Why doesn't work this plugin, any ideas? [root@mail ~]# dovecot -n # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_default_realm = example.com auth_mechanisms = plain digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 0 last_valid_uid = 100 log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs 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 passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin/sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0600 user = vpopmail } } ssl = no userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } protocol lda { info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver-errors.log mail_plugins = " sieve" postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail } dovecot-sql.conf çıktısı: driver = mysql connect = host=localhost user=vpopmailuser password=vpopmailpassword dbname=vpopmail default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT CONCAT(pw_name, '@', pw_domain) AS user, pw_clear_passwd AS password FROM vpopmail WHERE pw_name = '%n' AND pw_domain = '%d' user_query = SELECT pw_dir as home, 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid FROM vpopmail WHERE pw_name = '%n' AND pw_domain = '%d' [1]: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Qmail -- Selcuk MIYNAT Endersys Ltd. Sistem Destek Muhendisi / System Support Engineer Phone : +90 216-4709423 | Fax : +90 216-4709508 Web : http://www.endersys.com.tr Blog : http://blog.endersys.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/endersys LPI : The #1 Linux Certification for IT Professionals LPI (Linux Professional Institute) Turkey http://www.lpi-turkey.com Endersys is the first Advanced Business Partner of Red Hat in Turkey ! http://www.europe.redhat.com/partners/endersys/ -- Selcuk MIYNAT Endersys Ltd. Sistem Destek Muhendisi / System Support Engineer Phone : +90 216-4709423 | Fax : +90 216-4709508 Web : http://www.endersys.com.tr Blog : http://blog.endersys.com Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/endersys LPI : The #1 Linux Certification for IT Professionals LPI (Linux Professional Institute) Turkey http://www.lpi-turkey.com Endersys is the first Advanced Business Partner of Red Hat in Turkey ! http://www.europe.redhat.com/partners/endersys/

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[Dovecot] Problem with expire plugin and expunge
by Christoph Pleger 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

Hello, I am running dovecot 2.0.9 with expire plugin, using the sqlite backend. The following command is executed every day by cron: doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d I started to use the expire plugin about one month ago. Since then, using "doveadm search -A mailbox Trash savedbefore <days>" with different values for <days>, I could see every day how the messages were getting older. Yesterday was the first time that the expression "savedbefore 30d" became true for the oldest messages in the Trash mailbox and these messages were actually deleted from Trash. But today, all messages that were not deleted yesterday are new to "doveadm search", that means that "doveadm search -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 0d" shows all messages from Trash, but "doveadm search -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 1d" shows no messages from Trash, though during the last month I moved messages to Trash every day. Best Regards Christoph

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[Dovecot] dsync warning/error - mailbox needs recreation
by Daniel L. Miller 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

What does this mean? These lines occur on subsequent runs of "dsync -u user backup target" dsync(dmiller(a)amfes.com): Warning: Destination mailbox INBOX has been modified, need to recreate it before we can continue syncing dsync(dmiller(a)amfes.com): Error: Can't delete mailbox INBOX: INBOX can't be deleted. -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Configure Dovecot For IMAP Only?
by Carlos Mennens 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

I've install Dovecot 2.0.11-1 on my Linux server and all the guides and tutorials I've found on Google don't work since I'm running 2.x and it seems most guides were done with 1.x. I've opened up the configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf & from what I can see, this is all I could come up with: protocols = imap listen = * base_dir = /var/run/dovecot login_greeting = Server ready. mail_location = maildir:~/mail I obviously want / need IMAP4 access ONLY and not POP3. I've got only 12 local Linux shell users and all authentication is done by I think PAM. My friend sent me his configuration file to see if it would work on Dovecot 2.x however I don't think it does: auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/mail passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener auth-client { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/key.pem userdb { driver = passwd } #protocol imap { # imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep #} Can anyone please tell me what I need to add to get this very basic IMAP server up and running?

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[Dovecot] Mail Sync
by Scott Hughes 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

I am trying to sync my mail on two different servers as testing for converting our business over to a server using dovecot. I am currently running dovecot version 2.0.11 While trying to sync the messages using Thunderbird and a program named imapsync, I run into an error stating that the dovecot server does not know how to handle messages with the FORWARD flag set. Is the FORWARD flag some type of non-standard flag or is there something I need to do in dovecot to allow for this flag? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Bug: Creating mbox folders
by Kelly Stephens 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hey, I had trouble this morning creating a folder to contain sub-folders. I am using the mbox format. Turns out that the .imap directory in the new folder (directory) was not being created. Anytime I tried to view a sub-folder (using Thunderbird) dovecot would dump. Once I manually created the .imap directory, it works fine. dovecot --version -> 2.0.9 dovecot -n # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.11-83.fc14.i686 i686 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) listen = * mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } The maillog dump... Mar 16 08:50:22 brinn dovecot: imap(kms): Panic: file mailbox-list.c: line 324 (mailbox_list_get_unexpanded_path): assertion failed: (*location == SETTING_STRVAR_UNEXPAND ED[0]) Mar 16 08:50:22 brinn dovecot: imap(kms): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0() [0x994051] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0() [0x9940c0] -> /usr/lib /dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x96a690] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_list_get_unexpanded_path+0x138) [0xa086d8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovec ot-storage.so.0(mailbox_list_mkdir+0x52) [0xa09b32] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_list_create_missing_index_dir+0x129) [0xa09fb9] -> /usr/lib/doveco t/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_storage_mailbox_open+0xa4) [0xa23c24] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0() [0xa485de] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0 () [0xa04d25] -> dovecot/imap(cmd_select_full+0x1cf) [0x805310f] -> dovecot/imap(cmd_select+0x1a) [0x8053b3a] -> dovecot/imap() [0x80560ed] -> dovecot/imap() [0x80561ca] -> dovecot/imap(client_handle_input+0x12d) [0x805640d] -> dovecot/imap(client_input+0x60) [0x8056d10] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_call_io+0x52) [0x9a18e2] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_handler_run+0xd3) [0x9a2b43] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(io_loop_run+0x40) [0x9a1860] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(master_service_run+0x2b) [0x98cfcb] -> dovecot/imap(main+0x33d) [0x805faad] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x732e36] -> dovecot/imap() [0x804e111] Mar 16 08:50:22 brinn dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): child 9753 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled)

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[Dovecot] different users with different quota
by Jim Knuth 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hello, How can one assign different users different Quota? So properly? quota_rule1 = userONE:storage=1G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=100M quota_rule3 = SPAM:ignore quota_rule4 = userTWO:storage=5M quota_rule5 = Trash:storage=50M quota_rule6 = SPAM:ignore and so on ... Right or how? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails! Zufallszitat: Die Geschichte wird freundlich mit mir umgehen, denn ich habe vor, sie zu schreiben. [Churchill]

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[Dovecot] FETCH got too little data (+ wrong W value) with 1 byte offset
by Vincent Artzner 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

Hi there, I juste set up dovecot as local imap server last week, with maildir format. Things went fine with two "low volume" accounts, until I added another one. Then I see two different things with connected clients: 1/ Quite oftent well formed messages that appear... and disappear quite immediately. On the server, the messages concerned by 2/ seem to be there, I can open the files and it looks ok (header, content). The only error log I get is this: 2011-03-18 14:43:14 IMAP(info): Info: Disconnected: FETCH failed bytes=109363/174063195 2011-03-18 14:43:14 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<info>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.0.191, lip=192.168.0.10, TLS 2011-03-18 14:43:15 IMAP(info): Error: FETCH [] for mailbox Envois UID 11572 got too little data: 63454 vs 63455 2011-03-18 14:43:15 IMAP(info): Error: Maildir filename has wrong W value: /home/info/Maildir/.Envois/cur/1300450349.M120256P3108.Serveurlinux,S=460764,W=460768:2,S 2011-03-18 14:43:15 IMAP(info): Error: Corrupted index cache file /home/info/Maildir/.Envois/dovecot.index.cache: Broken virtual size for mail UID 11572 Please note the size: 63454 vs 63455: it's always like that: one byte difference. Here is the dovecot -n result: # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS ext4 log_path: /home/dovecot.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S listen: *:144 ssl_listen: *:10943 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_process_per_connection: no mail_max_userip_connections: 20 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/%u/Maildir:INBOX=/home/%u/Maildir/ mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd The imap client used is thunderbird under windows XP/7. I also reproduced it with opera mail client. I tried to rename/delete dovecot.index.cache files as I have read about it, but doesn't changed anything. The incoming mails are provided to dovecot by procmail, so I think dovecot is responsible for settings the S, W params in the filenames. No other process should alter the messages (i still have to fully check this). I am a bit lost (not a system administrator at all) and would be grateful for any advice. Vincent

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[Dovecot] DoveCot 2.0.9: Problem with some Clients and separator (migrate from Cyrus)
by Denny Schierz 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

hi, we had to move from a old dieing Sparc very quickly our Cyrus IMAP Users to Dovecot. Most things works, but some Clients (like Evolution or Thunderbird) are strange. Our separator in Dovecot2 is "^", the mailboxes on the filesystem are something like "INBOX.subfolder1.subfolder2", but in TB and Evo I see INBOX^subfolder1^subfolder^ In Roundcube Webmail, I have just a normal tree, as I expected. I used cyrus2dovecot.pl for converting. On Evolution I deleted the IMAP Profile and recreated it, and that was working, but it isn't a workaround for TB So, how can I fix it? namespace { type = private separator = ^ prefix = inbox = yes hidden = no subscriptions = yes } cu denny

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[Dovecot] Master user creds for proxy stored statically/locally?
by Edward Carraro 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

I have successfully set up the master user on the destination server (2.0.11) and tests have worked. now I'm working on the proxy Before I had the proxy just forward everything to the backend and had the destination server do the authentication. My authentication is done via LDAP but not really sure how to append the master user and password to the users credentials after authentication is done. id rather not have the master user/pass in each users ldap entry and returned after doing a lookup or add a destuser field for each user... basically i prefer not having to add any new attributes to LDAP Can the information be stored locally in a file on the proxy? do i just make the same master user file that I have on the backend? Thanks!

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[Dovecot] Change password cheme
by Pascal Nobus 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

We want to update our password scheme from crypt to SHA256. Because usernames/passwords are in MySQL I thought this wouldn't be a problem. We have about 3000 users that need to be updated, so make a new password for them isn't possible. I was thinking of an automated script that would update the database after every login. So we did this: dovecot.conf: mail_executable = /usr/local/etc/updatepwd.sh updatepwd.sh: #!/bin/sh $USER $PASSWORD|/usr/local/etc/do_updatepwd.pl exec /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap "$@" (do_updatepwd.pl is a perl script that makes a sha256 from the second argument, and then update the mysql-query) However: the password is not in the ENVIROMENT anymore. I changed in dovecot the settings: auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes Anyone a solution for this? Best regards, Pascal

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[Dovecot] Problem with sieve and delivery to folders with german umlauts.
by Micha Krause 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi, I have a problem with sieve and german umlauts: error: msgid=unspecified: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX.t&AOQ-st' (INBOX.t&-AOQ-st): Mailbox doesn't exist: t&-AOQ-st. The folder name is "täst", the filesystem folder is ".t&AOQ-st" , but sieve seems to look for a folder named ".t&-AOQ-st" Dovecot verstion is: 2.0.9 (7ecc5e10da57) Micha Krause

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[Dovecot] http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailServerOverview contains poppycock
by William Blunn 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Just having another look at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailServerOverview , it seems to have some statements in it which are misleading, and some which are really ... well ... wrong. Quote: "With the possible, optional, exception of the deliver MDA, Dovecot is not involved with reception, delivery, and storage of mail. That function is provided by a MTA such as postfix <http://www.postfix.org>. It is the MTA that determines where and how mail is stored - Dovecot must then be configured to retrieve the mail accordingly." (Entered by user "amfes".) This contains a significant proportion of poppycock. Dovecot includes extensive functionality for the storage (as in the action of storing) of e-mail as well as retrieval, in the shape of the LDA. Using Dovecot's LDA is /required/ in the case of Dovecot-specific mail storage formats (sdbox, mdbox). With mbox, use of the Dovecot LDA is advisable since it will guarantee a locking strategy which is compatible with Dovecot's mail retrieval functionality. And in any case, use of the Dovecot LDA has merit in that it should guarantee line-up between the mailstore configurations used for storage and retrieval. It is NOT the MTA that determines where and how mail is stored. It is the PERSON who configures the system who decides this, and codifies that configuration into whatever systems carry out local delivery and retrieval. It IS true that use of Dovecot's LDA is optional, but to say that it is a "possible exception" is misleading. People /should/ use the Dovecot LDA if they are using Dovecot IMAP/POP, and the /option/ is to use the MTA's local delivery system /if/ it is so indicated on a particular system. Quote: "Again, it bears repeating, Dovecot /is not responsible for mail delivery or storage/. Any questions on these issues involve your MTA and MDA. Get those working first." (Entered by user "DanielMiller".) Again, contains quite a lot of misleading nonsense. "Mail delivery" includes the hand-off of the message by the MTA to the LDA, and the storage of the message by the LDA. The LDA should probably be Dovecot, so really Dovecot /is/ partially responsible for mail delivery. "Storage" involves that placing of message into the message store. This should be done by Dovecot, so Dovecot is responsible for this. Bill

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[Dovecot] dsync inbox conversion problem (mbox -> mdbox)
by Sergiy Kyrylkov 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi, We are trying to convert all mbox mail on our systems to mdbox using dsync, in order to be able to use email sub-folders in Thunderbird. Everything works fine for non-inbox folders, however the inbox folders are not getting converted. We used: *dsync -v convert mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u* *dovecot --version* 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef) (shipping with RHEL6/SL6) *dovecot -n* # 2.0.beta6 (3156315704ef): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-71.18.2.el6.i686 i686 Scientific Linux release 6.0 (Carbon) mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } Sergiy

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[Dovecot] Request - please uncomment !include_try /etc/dovecot/local.conf in example config
by Ng Oon-Ee 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

Hi, could I request that the example config in doc/dovecot/example-config/dovecot.conf be slightly altered to uncomment the last line? The point of include_try is that it only includes if such a file exists, and doesn't break anything if the file does not exist. My distro (Arch) has a policy not to apply non-essential patches, rather asking users to forward requests upstream, hence this email. It allows users to simply keep a local.conf with all their settings and not have to worry that it would not be used when the dovecot package gets upgraded (which mostly means /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf gets replaced, depending on packaging standards). Thanks.

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[Dovecot] Bug in xi.rename-it.nl/dovecot-2.0.11/debian/watch
by Mark Alan 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

If I am not wrong, debian/watch should be: --- old/dovecot-2.0.11/debian/watch 2011-03-07 17:24:51.000000000 +0000 +++ new/dovecot-2.0.11/debian/watch 2010-12-03 10:04:00.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ # watch control file for uscan version=3 # Site Version Script -http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-(.*\.[0-9]+)\.tar\.gz debian uupdate +http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-(.*\.[0-9]+)\.tar\.gz debian uupdate M.

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[Dovecot] dovecot proxy, imapproxy, perdition . . . or?
by Lorens Kockum 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, I have two load-balanced dovecot servers using a single NFS mount. The version is 1.2.11. I chose this so that if one server goes down the other will take up the load, and if my load is too much for one server I just have to add more identical servers. It works, but I wish to move to SAN storage because the NFS server is exhibiting irregular performance. (I spent a lot of time with tcpdump to check that it wasn't NFS locking problems). Performance is very important to me, not in the sense of many users but in the sense of quick response time, since the main use is as a webmail backend. That means that instead of load-balancing connections between servers I will have to partition users between servers (all on one to begin with) and direct users to the corresponding server. I expected to use perdition, but when reading up on that I found imapproxy, which could be interesting for performance reasons, and also that dovecot has an included proxy, and that its performance is better than perdition. However on http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapProxy the feature "IMAP/POP3 server with proxy feature" is noted as "This model is still a bit unfinished in current code." Is this still true? There's also a general note that "This page was written quite a long time ago and may not match reality anymore" . . .

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[Dovecot] questions/problems virtual plugin pop3 leave copies on the server for x days then delete
by Robert Schetterer 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi Timo, i allready asked about this , and did some fixes , but it isnt working yet ,as far i have a setup like namespace default { # type = private separator = / prefix = "" list = yes # hidden = no subscriptions = yes } namespace virtual { # type = private prefix = "virtual/" separator = / location = virtual:/etc/dovecot/virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++:INDEX=~/virtual hidden = yes list = no subscriptions= no } namespace real { # type = private prefix = "RealMails/" separator = / list = no hidden = yes } pop3_enable_last = yes pop3_reuse_xuidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %g pop3_logout_format = top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = expire virtual quota mail_log fts fts_squat notify pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh RealMails/ RealMails/* -RealMails/Trash -RealMails/Trash/* -RealMails/Sent -RealMails/Sent/* -RealMails/Templates -RealMails/Templates/* -RealMails/Drafts -RealMails/Drafts/* -RealMails/Archives -RealMails/Archives/* unseen normally this works as expected some users want to use leave copies messages on the server for x days then delete via pop3 i tested this with thunderbird and looked into the maildir, it seems that the mails stay in "new" folder of the maildir after i downloaded via pop3 ( i am not sure is this expected ? , i would thought they get to cur ) thunderbird does not download this mails again ( good ), but it doesnt delete them from maildir new ever( bad ) , so the whole leave copy and delete after x days function pop3 is not working i am not quite sure if there is relation to virtual namespaces ( which i like to use in future too ) , but have to renable this feature working any idea? -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] Virtual and system users with public mailboxes
by kshaw＠kendallshaw.com 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, I am running dovecot 1.2.9 and postfix, and I am trying to setup a public mailbox. My thought is that there would be one system user with a sieve script to deliver messages to the public mailbox. And, I would like to give virtual users access to the mailbox. On this list, I read how you can have both system and virtual users by using passdb and static userdbs. But, I don't understand how this can be combined with namespaces, where I specify the location. For all virtual users I had: mail_location = maildir:/var/somewhere/%u/maildir/ I think I need that for virtual users and: maildir:~/Maildir for the system users. namespace private { location = ? # how do I have the location be different for system and virtual users? } namespace public { location = ? # ditto (for the index)? } Kendall

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[Dovecot] maildir location
by upen 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello, I am trying to use dovecot (v. 2.0.11) and postfix (v. 2.7.3) together. The email server is an ldap client and user's home directories on NFS server are mounted using autofs. As I understand, Maildir performance is better than mbox type, so I'd like to use Maildir instead of mbox. However, when I checked conf.d/10-mail.conf file, there is mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir already configured in it which means user's email will reside in their home directories on the NFS server rather than being on Email server's local storage where plenty of space is available. I anticipate due to NFS there will again be a performance hit . Question : Can I change mail_location for maildir to be somewhere other than ~/.maildir. ( like /var/mail/%u/Maildir, where /var/mail is local storage). There are about 200 ldap users who will be using this email server through squirrel-mail or access them through email clients. By the way, I am confused about one setting in postfix : home_mailbox = .maildir/ in main.cf . Does this really play any role? If so, which parameter should be changed and to what and with what permissions to the new directory. Hope I was able to explain, if not please let me know for more details.. Thanks, U

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[Dovecot] Can't disable chroot to 'empty' dir, but need to... how to do it?
by Tim Bessie 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hello all... I've installed dovecot on my ISP's shell server, and am using SSH tunnelling so that I can retrieve my mbox-format mail from procmail-processed mailboxes on that server (normally I just ssh there and read them locally with pine, but now that I have a phone with an IMAP client, I wanted to be able to read it more easily there). The problem I'm having is, although it's working, whenever dovecot starts up, or I try to log in, it attempts to chroot to /home/mydir/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/empty (where /home/mydir/dovecot is the path to my dovecot installation). I've turned off all chroot'ing in all the config files, but it still seems to want to chroot to that one directory. The message I see in the log is: Mar 19 02:09:43 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.11 starting up (core dumps disabled) Mar 19 02:09:44 anvil: Fatal: chroot(/home/mydir/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/empty) failed: Operation not permitted Mar 19 02:09:44 master: Error: service(anvil): command startup failed, throttling This doesn't cause a problem accessing my mail, but it DOES seem to wait 60 seconds between attempts at chroot'ing, so logins to the server take that long (until the chroot fails). Is there any way I can disable this? Again, I've followed the instructions and set 'chroot=' (empty) for all services, but that hasn't helped. - Tim

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[Dovecot] Problem with pam-auth and winbind
by pk10＠ksiaznica.torun.pl 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi I try to use windbind rule to authenticate users in dovecot login procedure. /etc/nsswitch.conf file: passwd: files winbind shadow: files winbind group: files winbind Configuration of the dovecot is follows: log_path: /var/log/dovecot/error.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/info.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/tls/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/tls/private/dovecot.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3-login mail_executable(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: plain login use_winbind: yes passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix and configuration of the /etc/pam.d/dovecot is follows: #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_env.so debug auth sufficient pam_winbind.so #auth sufficient pam_unix.so likeauth nullok use_first_pass auth required pam_deny.so # when I try logon from my console: # telnet komp14 110 Trying 10.10.10.38... Connected to komp.xxx.xxx (10.10.10.38). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user tt1 +OK pass xxxxxxxxx -ERR Authentication failed. quit +OK Logging out Connection closed by foreign host. Of course password is corret becouse #wbinfo -K tt1 Enter tt1's password: plaintext kerberos password authentication for [tt1] succeeded (requesting cctype: FILE) credentials were put in: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0 In the logs files I can find coresponding to the telnet command to dovecot: /var/log/auth.log Mar 14 09:43:22 komp14 dovecot-auth: pam_winbind(dovecot:auth): getting password (0x00000000) Mar 14 09:43:22 komp14 dovecot-auth: pam_winbind(dovecot:auth): user 'tt1' granted access /var/log/dovecot/info.log Mar 14 09:43:29 pop3-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<tt1>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.10.10.38, lip=10.10.10.38, secured I'll be apreciate for any hints. but in /var/log/dovecot/error.log we have information: Mar 14 09:43:29 auth-worker(default): Error: pam(tt1,10.10.10.38): pam_acct_mgmt() failed: Authentication failure This test was done with windbindd Version 3.5.3. When I test it on another machine with windbind Version 3.0.24 (config file are the same) authentication prosess is done properly. Any HINTS????

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[Dovecot] DOVECOT TO HAVE MULTIPLE AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM FOR A PARTICULAR USER
by PARTH MONGA 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi Friends IS IT POSSIBLE IN DOVECOT TO HAVE MULTIPLE AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM FOR A PARTICULAR USER as u provided me in the link http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases <http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MultipleDatabases>The link is applied to all the users( system + virtual) , which increased my overhead of fetching data can i have the same for a particular user ( local + database ) auth mecahnism Thanks and Regards Parth Monga

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[Dovecot] 2.0.11 segfault while can't access submission_host
by Maciej Uhlig 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

15-lda.conf: submission_host = 192.168.m.n:587 2011-03-21T14:43:49+01:00 prac/p-prac dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.debug] lmtp(12354, user(a)us.edu.pl) Debug: mcQ1NitVh01CMAAAuqlTtQ: sieve: executing script from /mails/sieve/user(a)us.edu.pl.svbin 2011-03-21T14:43:49+01:00 prac/p-prac dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.error] lmtp(12354, user(a)us.edu.pl) Error: smtp(192.168.m.n:587): RCPT TO failed: 554 5.7.1 <prac[192.168.x.y]>: Client host rejected: Access denied 2011-03-21T14:43:49+01:00 prac/p-prac dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.error] master: Error: service(lmtp): child 12354 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped) in case submission_host grants access there is no segfault; mail sent ok. Regards, MU

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[Dovecot] Sieve problems (not matching emails expected to match)
by Michael Welsh Duggan 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

I have a sieve file that reads like this: require "fileinto"; # Emacs if header :contains "List-Id" "emacs-devel.gnu.org" { fileinto "mail.emacs-devel"; } elsif header :contains "List-Id" "emacs-bidi.gnu.org" { fileinto "mail.emacs-bidi"; } ... Unfortunately the List-Id based lines don't appear to be working, although some other ones do. The attached test message does not get delivered to the mail.emacs-devel list. Why? -- Michael Welsh Duggan (md5i(a)md5i.com)

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[Dovecot] dovecot authentication Local + MySQL
by PARTH MONGA 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi Friends I am facing an issue with dovecot configuration and i am describing it in a nutshell. We have a dovecot setup under ultramonkey load balancer and in loadbalancer we have a check defined for pop service which queries mysqldatabase for a particular user name/password after every 2 minutes to check if service is live or not.. Things are fine till here . Now The catch is if somehow that particular user info(either password or username) is mistakenly changed in mysql database whole of my pop gets down beacuse load balancer cant login and that is a single point of failure in my setup . Now what i want is I want to know if there is any method that i can setup in dovecot to lookup for a user locally first and then go for a remote search for the user( ie in mysql database) So that we get the user searched locally before querying the mysql database Local + mysql database authetication i want to be in parallel with each other. Please show some light on this . Thanks and Regards Parth Monga

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[Dovecot] Strange Dovecot Issue
by Scott Hughes 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Greetings, I am trying to copy email from one server to another server using Thunderbird. The old server is a closed source ModusMail server and the new server is a Qmail server running Dovecot 1.2.3 (yes, I realize this is behind the times a bit). My issue is this: Whenever Thunderbird gets to a message that has been forwarded (has the forward flag set) an error is generated from the new server (dovecot) that it does not know how to handle the forward flag. Is this a known issue or is it simply that my version of Dovecot is behind? Thanks, Scott

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[Dovecot] Question about "extracting" unwanted e-mails from mdbox
by Maria Arrea 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Imagine the following scenario Last Saturday, 3:00 AM a big phishing attack hits our e-mail inboxes. Spamassassin does not mark them as spam, and our 50.000+ users have in their mdbox a very credible phishing attack. What doveadm-fu could I use to delete (or move to spam) that e-mail from each user INBOX (let´s imagine the Subject or a Header is known)? I repeat: already delivered e-mail, how to filter/prune it. Regards Maria

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[Dovecot] remove old files
by Stéphane Guedon 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hello I use the dovecot 2.0.10 server and wonder how to clean up correctly the old mails (especially for spam folder). I use maildir storage, and wonder if deleting files with an rm and file command combinaison would be good or would corrupt indexes files/whatever. for exemple, the spam folder is in ~/.mail/.INBOX.spam/ Thus, can I "cd ~/.mail/.INBOX.spam/ && rm 'files older than 2 months' " or something else ? Thanks. -- Stéphane Guedon page web : http://www.22decembre.eu/ carte de visite : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.vcf clé publique gpg : http://www.22decembre.eu/downloads/Stephane-Guedon.asc

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot proxy, imapproxy, perdition . . . or?
by jkrejci＠usinternet.com 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

We use proxy_maybe across several servers handling over 10,000 accounts with no problems. ------Original Message------ From: Dennis Guhl Sender: dovecot-bounces+jkrejci=usinternet.com(a)dovecot.org To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org ReplyTo: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot proxy, imapproxy, perdition . . . or? Sent: Mar 19, 2011 4:32 PM On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 09:50:15PM +0100, Lorens Kockum wrote: > Hi, > > I have two load-balanced dovecot servers using a single NFS > mount. The version is 1.2.11. I chose this so that if one server [..] > reasons, and also that dovecot has an included proxy, and > that its performance is better than perdition. However on > http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapProxy the feature "IMAP/POP3 > server with proxy feature" is noted as "This model is still a > bit unfinished in current code." > > Is this still true? There's also a general note that "This page > was written quite a long time ago and may not match reality > anymore" . . . I use 1.2.15 from Debian Lennys backports in a proxy configuration for a medium three digit number of users without any problems. Dennis Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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[Dovecot] Testing sieve
by Jim Knuth 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Hi, I`ve now compiled sieve and have a globalsieverc in /etc/dovecot/sieve/globalsieverc. How can I testing the rules? 1. require "fileinto"; if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" { fileinto :create "Spam"; stop; } The second rule not working, the first rule I do not know. 2. require "fileinto"; if header :contains "subject" "Stress" { fileinto "Ablage"; stop; } main.cf entry is mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -a "$RECIPIENT" Thanks in advance -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails! ##### Zufallszitat: Ist das Leben nicht hundert Mal zu kurz, sich in ihm - zu langweilen? [Nietzsche]

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[Dovecot] Sieve or not?
by Jim Knuth 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

Hello, I use V 2.11 and my question is: Is one present Sieve with this version or MUST this specially compiles? # 2.0.11 (31d8d43fa6b5): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.29.4 i686 Debian wheezy/sid -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails! ##### Zufallszitat: Der Fanatismus ist die einzige 'Willensstärke', zu der auch die Schwachen gebracht werden können. [Nietzsche]

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[Dovecot] Dovecot mirror down?
by Jim Knuth 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hello, http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ down? Does somebody know why? -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Jim Knuth P.S.: Bitte senden Sie KEINE HTML-Mails! ##### Zufallszitat: Lache nie über die Dummheit der anderen. Sie kann deine Chance sein. [Churchill]

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Re: [Dovecot] Problem with expire plugin and expunge
by Christoph Pleger 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Hello, > > Big surprise: Something bad must have happened after the messages were > > deleted from Trash; now all messages are zero days old. > > Are you using maildir? Did you run with those patches + mail_debug=yes? Today, the daily cronjob expired some messages. I have attached the output of the job. It seems that the error occurs not when expunging, but when deleting the first message after expunging. Before deleting a message, "doveadm search" showed me messages that were between zero and four days old, but directly after deleting a message, all messages were zero days old. Here is my log entry from when I deleted that message: Mar 18 09:50:28 joseph dovecot: imap(christoph): Debug: expire: Saving first message to Trash, updating timestamp to 1300438228 Regards Christoph

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[Dovecot] Problem with recompiling sieve scripts after migrating to Dovecot 2.0 from 1.2
by Andrés Yacopino 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

I saw this in log file of dovecot: Error: sieve: binary save: failed to create temporary file: open(/usr/local/etc/sieve/after/after.dovecot.svbin.acamail.acasalud.com.ar.13528.) failed: Permission denied (euid=40(vmail) egid=41(vmail) missing +w perm: /usr/local/etc/sieve/after, euid is not dir owner) acamail dovecot: lda(xxxxx@xxxxxx): Error: sieve: the lda sieve plugin does not have permission to save global sieve script binaries; global sieve scripts like /usr/local/etc/sieve/after/after.dovecot.sieve need to be pre-compiled using the sievec tool So i tried to recompile script using sievec like: sievec /usr/lcaol/etc/sieve/after/after.dovecot.sieve but i get: sievec(root): Error: user root: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: stat(/root/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=40(vmail) egid=41(vmail) missing +x perm: /root, euid is not dir owner) sievec(root): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. What i must do to resolve this? My dovecot configuration is: # 2.0.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux xxxxxx auth_master_user_separator = * auth_username_format = %Lu disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 40 first_valid_uid = 40 mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/passwd.masterusers driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin/quota = maildir plugin/quota_rule = *:storage=614400 plugin/quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+61440 plugin/sieve_after = /usr/local/etc/sieve/after/after.dovecot.sieve plugin/sieve_before = /usr/local/etc/sieve/before/spam.dovecot.sieve protocols = imap pop3 sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-master { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } user = root } ssl_cert = </usr/local/etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </usr/local/etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes mail_plugins = quota sieve postmaster_address = postmaster@xxxxxx sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail Thanks a lot, -- Andrés Fernando Yacopino

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot LDA: "temporary failure"
by David Koski 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

Forget it. I must have been crosseyed. Someone had put the log file in a non-standard place /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log. It told all. A plugin cmusieve was not found, possibly depreciated? I learned how to make the deliver command line work. ;) Sorry, David Koski dkoski(a)sutinen.com > Additional information: > > I created a script to get the return code from deliver: > > 1 #!/bin/bash > 2 > 3 cat "cur/1300037582.P7332Q0M221160.brusco-mail:2,S" | > /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f dkoski(a)somedomain.com -d > dkoski(a)domainhidden.com 4 > 5 case $? in > 6 0) echo "0" > 7 ;; > 8 64) echo "64" > 9 ;; > 10 67) echo "67" > 11 ;; > 12 78) echo "78" > 13 ;; > 14 77) echo "77" > 15 ;; > 16 75) echo "75" > 17 ;; > 18 *) echo "unknown" > 19 esac > 20 > > The file it is cat'ing is a valid email in an Maildir/cur file. It returns > 75 (EX_TEMP_FAIL) every time, even run as root. The logs reveal: > > /var/log/dovecot/lda-deliver: > > 2011-03-17 23:35:39 deliver(dkoski(a)somedomain2.com): Info: Loading modules > from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda > > /var/log/dovecot/deliver.info: > (nothing) > > /var/log/dovecot/deliver.err: > (nothing) > > I tried the script on another machine with Dovecot 1.0.15-2.3+lenny1 with > success if I run as root. > > Regards, > David Koski > dkoski(a)sutinen.com > > > This really has me stumped and desperate. I upgraded Debian from 5... > > <snip>

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[Dovecot] dovecot LDA: "temporary failure"
by David Koski 18 Mar '11

18 Mar '11

This really has me stumped and desperate. I upgraded Debian from 5 to 6 (squeeze) and now Dovecot LDA fails. I have checked permissions and the usual. Postfix SMTP, Dovecot POP3 and Dovecot IMAP work. Having to upgrade MySQL from 5.0 to 5.1 made me question that. Logging is of little help. I have turned on logging for LDA to a separate file. When I try to run the deliver command it returns nothing and appears to do nothing: ~$ cat /etc/hosts | /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f root@localhost -d dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com $ ..but then I don't know what to expect. The log files are owned by dovecot. I tried chmod'ing them to 777 in desperation. This was working before the upgrade to 1.2.15-4 from 1.0.15-2.3+lenny1. Postfix reports this stuff: Mar 17 22:37:38 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22160]: connect from mail.kosmosisland.com[63.228.175.169] Mar 17 22:37:39 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22160]: 9D80C12AF610: client=mail.kosmosisland.com[63.228.175.169] Mar 17 22:37:39 host-mail postfix/cleanup[22163]: 9D80C12AF610: message-id=<201103172237.29223.dkoski(a)[another-domainhidden].com> Mar 17 22:37:39 host-mail postfix/qmgr[21877]: 9D80C12AF610: from=<dkoski(a)[another-domainhidden].com>, size=1257, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 17 22:37:39 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22160]: disconnect from mail.kosmosisland.com[63.228.175.169] Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22168]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22168]: 480D912AF612: client=mail.kosmosisland.com[63.228.175.169] Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/cleanup[22163]: 480D912AF612: message-id=<201103172237.29223.dkoski(a)[another-domainhidden].com> Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/qmgr[21877]: 480D912AF612: from=<dkoski(a)[another-domainhidden].com>, size=1873, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/smtpd[22168]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1] Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/pipe[22169]: 480D912AF612: to=<dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.04, delays=0.02/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure) Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/smtp[22164]: 9D80C12AF610: to=<dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=3.4, delays=0.84/0.01/0/2.5, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok, id=11197-13, from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 480D912AF612) Mar 17 22:37:42 host-mail postfix/qmgr[21877]: 9D80C12AF610: removed And /var/log/dovecot/deliver.info: 2011-03-17 22:43:43 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=22232 2011-03-17 22:43:59 auth-worker(default): Info: sql(dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT email as user, password FROM view_users WHERE email='dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com'; 2011-03-17 22:43:59 auth(default): Info: client out: OK 1 user=dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com 2011-03-17 22:43:59 auth(default): Info: master in: REQUEST 73 22061 1 2011-03-17 22:43:59 auth(default): Info: master out: USER 73 dkoski(a)[domainhidden].com uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/[domainhidden].com/dkoski 2011-03-17 22:44:00 auth(default): Info: new auth connection: pid=22234 I tried reinstalling the package dovecot-common. I downloaded it on another machine and compared the md5sum. # postconf -n alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no config_directory = /etc/postfix content_filter = smtp-amavis:[127.0.0.1]:10024 delay_warning_time = 1h inet_interfaces = all mailbox_size_limit = 0 mydestination = backup.host.localnet, backup.localnet, localhost.localnet, localhost myhostname = mail.[domainhidden].com mynetworks = 192.168.1.0/24, 127.0.0.1 myorigin = /etc/mailname recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/cache/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_pipelining, reject_non_fqdn_recipient, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unknown_reverse_client_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_sender, reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_rbl_client b.barracudacentral.org, reject_rbl_client zen.spamhaus.org, reject_rbl_client cbl.abuseat.org, reject_rbl_client dnsbl.njabl.org, reject_rbl_client combined.njabl.org, reject_rbl_client bl.spamcop.net, reject_rbl_client spamguard.leadmon.net, reject_rbl_client korea.services.net, reject_rbl_client spamsources.fabel.dk, reject_rhsbl_sender rhsbl.ahbl.org smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/cache/smtpd_scache smtpd_use_tls = yes virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf,mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-email2email.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 From master.cf: dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} # dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0 ext3 log_path: /var/log/dovecot/deliver.err info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/deliver.info log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_debug: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/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 lda: log_path: /var/log/dovecot/lda-deliver.err info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/lda-deliver.info log_path: /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address: info(a)[another-domainhidden].com mail_plugins: cmusieve global_script_path: /home/vmail/globalsieverc auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail Regards, David Koski david(a)kosmosisland.com

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Re: [Dovecot] segmentation fault with doveadm search
by Timo Sirainen 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 17:54 +0100, Nick Rosier wrote: > Hope this is better: > > #1 0x000000080231ab21 in fts_build_deinit (_ctx=0x801ea2640) at > fts-storage.c:551 Yes, much better. Easy fix: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/3d48418b0501

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[Dovecot] Unconfigured dictionary name 'quotadict'
by Simone Caruso 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Currently i'm migrating an existing dovecot 1.2 server to dovecot 2.0.11, once configured the 2.0 server works, auth works... but i get these messages in mail.log: dict: Error: dict client: Unconfigured dictionary name 'quotadict' Mar 17 16:46:14 penny dovecot: imap(mailbox(a)example.com): Error: write(/var/run/dovecot/dict) failed: Broken pipe Mar 17 16:46:38 penny dovecot: dict: Error: dict client: Unconfigured dictionary name 'quotadict' Mar 17 16:46:38 penny dovecot: imap(mailbox(a)example.com): Error: read(/var/run/dovecot/dict) failed: Remote disconnected My quota configuration is the following (as wiki says): service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } plugin { quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quotadict quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+55M } dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf } dovect-dict-sql.conf: connect = host=localhost dbname=ketna user=***** password=***** map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = imap_quota username_field = email value_field = current } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = imap_quota username_field = email value_field = messages } Someone can tell me where's my fault? (Attached my "dovecot -n" output.) Thanks! -- Simone Caruso

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[Dovecot] Migrating to mdbox
by Chris Wilson 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hi all, I think it would be a good idea for me to move from mbox to mdbox, as I have 57,000 messages in my inbox, and clients hang for a minute whenever they request a CHECK, or Dovecot feels the need to run one itself. Looking at past threads: http://www.mail-archive.com/dovecot@dovecot.org/msg35212.html http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.imap.dovecot/53936 it seems that the safest way is to run: sudo dsync -v -u chris backup mdbox:/home/chris/mdbox eliminate any errors that it reports, test the new mdbox access temporarily, and then switch my config in Dovecot. Ideally I'd like to do that just for me, without disrupting other users of this server (that I help to admin). This error occurs every time I run dsync, and I understand it, so I've elided it: dsync(chris): Error: open() failed with mbox file /home/chris/mail/admin: Permission denied dsync(chris): Error: Failed to sync mailbox admin: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2011-03-09 15:50:10] dsync(chris): Info: spam: highest_modseq changed: 2 != 3 I don't understand the following errors from dsync (2.0.9): chris@one-mail(~)$ sudo dsync -v -u chris backup mdbox:/home/chris/mdbox dsync(chris): Error: Next message unexpectedly corrupted in mbox file /home/chris/mail/spam at 404513741 dsync(chris): Warning: Transaction log file /home/chris/mail/.imap/spam/dovecot.index.log was locked for 252 seconds dsync(chris): Info: spam: only in source dsync(chris): Info: temp: only in source dsync(chris): Info: Sent: only in source dsync(chris): Info: addressbook: only in source dsync(chris): Info: sent-mail-sep-2008: only in source dsync(chris): Info: sent-mail-oct-2010: only in source dsync(chris): Info: INBOX.Sent: only in source dsync(chris): Info: sent-mail: only in source dsync(chris): Info: INBOX.Trash: only in source chris@one-mail(~)$ sudo dsync -v -u chris backup mdbox:/home/chris/mdbox dsync(chris): Info: spam: only in source dsync(chris): Info: spam: only in dest dsync(chris): Error: Failed to sync mailbox spam: Mailbox doesn't exist: spam dsync(chris): Error: msg iteration failed: Couldn't open mailbox 407c272bc369304dbc210000d6a93087 dsync(chris): Error: Trying to open a non-listed mailbox with guid=407c272bc369304dbc210000d6a93087 dsync(chris): Error: msg iteration failed: Couldn't open mailbox 407c272bc369304dbc210000d6a93087 dsync(chris): Error: Trying to open a non-listed mailbox with guid=407c272bc369304dbc210000d6a93087 dsync(chris): Error: Failed to sync mailbox spam: Mailbox doesn't exist: spam Note: how is it possible for the same folder to be "only in source" and "only in dest"? chris@one-mail(~)$ sudo dsync -v -u chris backup mdbox:/home/chris/mdbox dsync(chris): Info: spam: highest_modseq changed: 2 != 3 dsync(chris): Info: sent-mail: uidnext changed: 378 != 375 chris@one-mail(~)$ sudo dsync -v -u chris backup mdbox:/home/chris/mdbox dsync(chris): Info: spam: highest_modseq changed: 2 != 3 Now the latter is all I get whenever I run dsync. Is it broken? Cheers, Chris. -- Aptivate | http://www.aptivate.org | Phone: +44 1223 760887 The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge CB1 2ES Aptivate is a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales with company number 04980791.

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[Dovecot] SSL Compatibility? SNI vs SAN (Subject Alternative Names) and multiple domains
by Thomas Harold 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Getting ready to redo our mail server setup and I'm trying to wrap my head around the ins and outs and pratfalls involved in SSL, multiple domains, and Dovecot. I've taken a look at: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration My basic understanding at this point is that: - With SSL for IMAP/POP3, it is limited to one certificate per IP address, because the SSL process starts as soon as the client opens the socket to the IP address. In order to support multiple domains / server names, you have to rely on SAN (Subject Alternative Names) in the server's SSL certificate. - If I use STARTTLS for IMAP/POP3 and Dovecot 2.x, then the SNI process will allow the client to specify that they want to talk to mail server XYZ and Dovecot will hand the correct certificate to the client. However, a lot of devices don't support SNI yet so this is fraught with peril and incompatibilities. So it seems like if I have fewer IP addresses then mail server names, I should stick with a single SSL cert and use SANs. (Wildcard certs are not an option due to the top level domain being different.) How big of an issue is a cert with half a dozen or a dozen SANs attached? Do most mail clients handle that sort of certificate properly in order to access their mailboxes? Reference links: http://www.digicert.com/subject-alternative-name-compatibility.htm

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[Dovecot] problems with public (sub)folders
by frederik.schmid＠gmx.net 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hi, i am trying to share a maildir++ mailbox to other users but i can only subscribe to the root directory. The subfolders of the public mailbox do not appear in the exported list. Does anyone has an idea how i can share the subfolders too without creating symlinks for every single folder? Best, Frederik >>>>> ls -lA /var/mail/public .user01 -> /var/mail/user01/Maildir >>>>> ls -A /var/mail/user01/Maildir/ (shortened) .Drafts,.Templates,.Sent,.Trash,.Spam new,cur,tmp dovecot.* .subfolder .subfolder.test1 .subfolder.test1.xyz .subfolder.test2 .subfolder.test3 >>>>> doveconf -n # 2.0.11 (2cb0fb910441): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_username_format = %Ln auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 100 first_valid_uid = 1000 hostname = xxx last_valid_gid = 50000 last_valid_uid = 50000 listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir 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 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = no inbox = no list = children location = maildir:/var/mail/public prefix = public. separator = . subscriptions = no type = public } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/master-users driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin/autocreate = Trash plugin/autocreate2 = Spam plugin/autocreate3 = Sent plugin/autocreate4 = Drafts plugin/autocreate5 = Templates plugin/autocreate6 = Spam plugin/autosubscribe = Trash plugin/autosubscribe2 = Spam plugin/autosubscribe3 = Sent plugin/autosubscribe4 = Drafts plugin/autosubscribe5 = Templates plugin/autosubscribe6 = Spam plugin/sieve = ~/.main.sieve plugin/sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve/move-spam.sieve plugin/sieve_dir = ~/sieve postmaster_address = postmaster@xxx protocols = imap lmtp sieve service anvil { client_limit = 2048 } service imap-login { client_limit = 1024 inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 16 } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = * port = 24 } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/cert/xxx ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/cert/xxx userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 mail_plugins = " autocreate" } -- GMX DSL Doppel-Flat ab 19,99 Euro/mtl.! Jetzt mit gratis Handy-Flat! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl

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[Dovecot] Dove cot+Kerberos
by Rostislav Matyusha 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hi All. I have a problem with authorization users AD via kerberos in Dovecot&Postfix. Windows SRV 2008 Standart - AD mail server: Gentoo + cyrus-sasl + postfix + dovecot with support ldap&kerberos. I am created a 4 keytabs on Windows box. C:\Users\Admin>ktpass -princ host/srv-mail.cn.energy(a)CN.ENERGY -mapuser ldapmail(a)CN.ENERGY -pass "superpasswd" -crypto RC4-HMAC-NT -ptype KRB5_NT_PRINCIPAL -out c:\mail.keytab etc... for all imap/srv-mail.cn.energy pop/srv-mail.cn.energy smtp/srv-mail.cn.energy host/srv-mail.cn.energy On Linux server: ktutils ktutils: rkt /root/Keytab/imap.keytab ktutils: rkt /root/Keytab/smtp.keytab ktutils: rkt /root/Keytab/pop.keytab ktutils: rkt /root/Keytab/host.keytab ktutils: wrt /etc/krb5.keytab ktutils: q kinit -V -k -t /etc/krb5.keytab host/srv-mail.cn.energy(a)CN.ENERGY Authenticated to Kerberos v5 KRB5_KTNAME=/etc/krb5.keytab ; export KRB5_KTNAME TESTING: imtest srv-mail ERROR: Mar 10 08:27:23 srv-mail dovecot: auth(default): auth(?,10.0.0.5): Invalid username: host/srv-mail.cn.energy(a)CN.ENERGY Mar 10 08:27:23 srv-mail dovecot: auth(default): gssapi(?,10.0.0.5): authn_name: Username contains disallowed character: 0x2f Why username "host/srv-mail.cn.energy(a)CN.ENERGY" ??? imtest -m GSSAPI -u ross -a ross -r cn.energy srv-mail ERROR: Mar 10 08:31:55 srv-mail dovecot: auth(default): auth(?,10.0.0.5): Invalid username: host/srv-mail.cn.energy(a)CN.ENERGY Mar 10 08:31:55 srv-mail dovecot: auth(default): gssapi(?,10.0.0.5): authn_name: Username contains disallowed character: 0x2f BUT if i create kinit ross(a)CN.ENERGY imtest srv-mail ERROR: srv-mail dovecot: auth(default): gssapi(ross(a)CN.ENERGY,10.0.0.5): Invalid response length So i am confusion, please help me. many thanks -- Best Regards Ross Remote Server Administration. e-mail: ross.sysadm(a)gmail.com skype: ross.sysadm icq: 317410068 Best Offers for a full range of server management services and effective on time solutions.

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[Dovecot] dict crashes with multiple map definitions
by Birger Brunswiek 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hi, I get a crash in dict if I use multiple map sections. Each one of them works fine by their own. I managed to convince dovecot to create dump files to debug this, but I can't figure out how to do the same for dict. How can I do this? Anyway, perhaps someone already know's what's wrong by looking at what I do in the sql dict configuration. Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: dict: pgsql: Connected to dovecot Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: dict: Panic: file driver-pgsql.c: line 529 (do_query): assertion failed: (db->sync_result == NULL) Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: dict: Raw backtrace: dict() [0x418a9a] -> dict() [0x418b03] -> dict() [0x418206] -> dict() [0x414124] -> dict() [0x414b07] -> dict() [0x40e0dc] -> dict() [0x40e20a] -> dict() [0x40b77f] -> dict() [0x40b8b9] -> dict() [0x40ba57] -> dict(io_loop_handler_run+0xbd) [0x41d87d] -> dict(io_loop_run+0x18) [0x41ccf8] -> dict(main+0x114) [0x40bda4] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f9a10cdbc4d] -> dict() [0x40ad69] Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: IMAP(xxx): read(/var/run/dovecot/dict-server) failed: Remote disconnected Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: IMAP(xxx): acl: dict iteration failed, can't update dict Mar 9 02:27:52 xxx dovecot: dovecot: child 11180 (dict) killed with signal 6 (core not dumped) # dovecot --version 1.2.15 # dovecot -n # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0 ext3 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps managesieve listen: [::] ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/foo.bar.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/foo.bar.key.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/%u/mailbox mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(imap): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: shared/%%n/ location: maildir:/var/mail/%%u/mailbox:INDEX=/var/mail/%u/mailbox/shared/%%u list: children lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)foo.bar mail_plugins: sieve acl auth default: mechanisms: plain gssapi passdb: driver: pam args: blocking=yes dovecot userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/%u allow_all_users=yes socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: proxy::acl sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve dict: acl: pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf connect = host=foo.bar dbname=dovecot user=dovecot password=xxx map { pattern = shared/shared-boxes/user/$owner/$user table = user_shares value_field = dummy fields { owner = $owner usr = $user } } map { pattern = shared/shared-boxes/anyone/$owner table = global_shares value_field = dummy fields { owner = $owner } } map { pattern = shared/shared-boxes/group/$group/$owner table = group_shares value_field = dummy fields { grp = $group owner = $owner } }

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2 quota with local users
by iti＠promax.media.pl 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hello, I got problem with setting quota from mysql for local users. In database are only information with quota. Password are store in passwd/shadow. My database have only simple info like in wiki description. Table created with: CREATE TABLE quota ( username varchar(100) not null, bytes bigint not null default 0, messages integer not null default 0, primary key (username) ); In dovecot.conf like in description is: dict { quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-sql.conf } plugin { # v1.2 + SQL: quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict # v1.2 + file: quota = dict:user::file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota quota_rule = *:storage=10M:messages=1000 } File dovecot-dict-sql.conf has: # v1.2+ only: connect = host=localhost dbname=mails user=sqluser password=sqlpass map { pattern = priv/quota/storage table = quota username_field = username value_field = bytes } map { pattern = priv/quota/messages table = quota username_field = username value_field = messages } With corrected values about databasename, user and password. Where should to add information about sql query when autorization is not via myqsl (only shadow/password). There are in description info about additional file with user_query: dovecot-mysql.conf. Can anybody know how it should it look like and where to add it in config?

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[Dovecot] inetd config - dovecot doesn't exits
by kjonca＠o2.pl 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Is there any option for dovecot to exit when is unneded? I mostly use dovecot via shell process (ie. something like /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap) But sometimes I want to use it remotely via tcp and I run dovecot via inetd. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- localhost:imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- in inetd.conf works good, but dovecot stays, even if all clients ended their connections. How can I make dovecot to exit after last client disconnects? KJ -- Http://modnebzdury.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/niewiarygodny-list-prof-majewsk… Wiesz, tryb tekstowy w Linuksie ma się tak do DOSu jak F-117A do paralotni. (c) Dawid Kuroczko

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[Dovecot] Attachment file size error in SIS
by Daniel L. Miller 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

I've got an attachment that triggers a "smaller than expected" error. It was a pdf I received some time ago. I copied the file from the dovecot storage, renamed it to something close to the original name (I don't remember what that was), then created a new mail with this as an attachment and saved it to the server. This created a new file, identical file size to the other - but continues to have the "smaller than expected" error. -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] search for attachment hash
by Daniel L. Miller 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

How can I determine what message(s) are linked to a given attachment hash? -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] doveadm expunge info message in std.error
by Kui Zhang 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hello This command doveadm expunge -u "user@domain" mailbox ".namespace/*" savedbefore 7d writes these messages to std.error doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5932, msgid=<E1Puxwf-0001fD-Si@hostname>, size=1824 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5933, msgid=<E1Puy0N-0001fI-No@hostname>, size=1822 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5934, msgid=<E1Puy0Q-0001fM-I0@hostname>, size=1824 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5935, msgid=<E1Pv6CY-0001ge-H9@hostname>, size=1843 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5936, msgid=<E1Pv6Hm-0001gi-7R@hostname>, size=1822 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5937, msgid=<E1PvMRn-0001lm-A6@hostname>, size=1854 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5938, msgid=<E1PvZLN-0001p4-EF@hostname>, size=1832 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5939, msgid=<E1PvZN6-0001p8-IA@hostname>, size=1840 doveadm(user@domain): Info: expunge: box=.namespace/INBOX, uid=5940, msgid=<E1PwMvo-0001xs-8w@hostname>, size=1835 Can we write these messages(informational) to std.out It would help reduce cron mails. Thanks KuiZ

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[Dovecot] segmentation fault with doveadm search
by Nick Rosier 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Configuration: Dovecot 2.0.11 on FreeBSD 8.2 When I run a search to generate the FTS search indexes I get following error: # doveadm search -A body dead_beef [1] 34789 segmentation fault doveadm search -A body dead_beef How can I (help) troubleshoot this? Rgds, N.

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[Dovecot] Configuration of LMTP Reject Code
by Petter Urkedal 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Is it possible to change the reject codes from the Dovecot LMTP agent? In particular I would like to change the "550 5.1.1 <...> User doesn't exist." to a temporary failure, since we already validate email addresses on the mail front-end, and such errors are most likely due to a temporary glitch in the user database lookup. We use Postfix on the front-end, which is very configurable in this respect. I don't see a way to override the error code from LMTP, though, but suggestions are welcome.

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[Dovecot] Using dovecot with wordpress/phpass passwords?
by Joan 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Good afternoon, I am trying to setup dovecot to authenticate using the userdata from wordpress. It's being a bit mor difficult than I thought. This is the relevant part of the dovecot-sql.conf default_pass_scheme = CRYPT password_query = SELECT user_pass AS password FROM wp_users WHERE user_email='%u'; user_query = SELECT 501 as uid, 501 as gid,'maildir:storage=51200' as quota FROM wp_users WHERE user_email = '%u' I can see that the query is being procecessed according to the logs. Wordpress and others are using phpass to authenticate (http://www.openwall.com/phpass/) it is basically a salted md5 hash. Basically, after the process, a hash like this is obtained. $P$BiWISc3IsqRHxeEjq4VJP1Vi8gy4mg1 (for test123 password) I would like to know if dovecot would be able to read this, otherwise I could still make a custom checkpassword function but that would be non-optimal. Could someone guide me on this? If you need more details just ask. Thanks a lot, joan

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[Dovecot] Problems with pam+ldap + quota
by Antonio Perez-Aranda 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

I think that I need to modify "/etc/ldap.conf" to remap some attribute with mailQuota from ldap, and then, try to catch this as arg. Someone has pam+ldap+quota ? -- Antonio Pérez-Aranda Alcaide aperezaranda(a)yaco.es Yaco Sistemas S.L. http://www.yaco.es/ C/ Rioja 5, 41001 Sevilla Teléfono +34 954 50 00 57 Fax +34 954 50 09 29

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