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[Dovecot] fetchmail wakeup
by Peter Dungel 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Does someone know, if in the new release of dovecot 2.x.x there is a feature implemented, that wakes fetchmail or any other program on a client request, or is the "fetchmail wakeup" plugin still the only way to do this (at least I've not found any other, and that plugin never worked for me),.. Yours Peter

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[Dovecot] Wrong MySQL sintax, I can't login
by Pablo 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi guys: I can't login as a user: The output of mail.log: Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=imap^Ilip=178.63.82.247^Irip=81.39.27.227^Ilport=143^Irport=33715^Iresp=AHBhYmxvLnJvZHJpZ3VlekBlc2N1ZWxhc3VwZXJpb3JkZWNvYWNoaW5nLmNvbQBwZXJpa2l0YS4= Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com,81.39.27.227): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com' Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I65^I16796^I1 Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com,81.39.27.227): SELECT maildir, 1001 AS uid, 1001 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth-worker(default): sql(pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com,81.39.27.227): User query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com' at line 1 Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: auth(default): master out: FAIL^I65 Aug 31 08:39:45 socrates dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<pablo.rodriguez(a)escuelasuperiordecoaching.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=81.39.27.227, lip=178.63.82.247 My Dovecot version: 1.2.9 My Dovecot configuration: # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-23-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS reiserfs log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/mail/dovecot.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/mail/dovecot.key 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_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%u/ 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 auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes 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: 384 user: vmail group: vmail My Dovecot MySQL configuration: driver=mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=postfix password=xxxxxx default_pass_scheme = CRYPT password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = SELECT maildir, 1001 AS uid, 1001 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u Can anyone help me? I've seen that log told me "wrong syntax", but I think upper query is right, isn't it? Any hint? Thanks in advance :-)

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[Dovecot] Combining ManageSieve with hand-written scripts
by Jason Bleazard 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hi, new to Dovecot, forgive me if I'm missing something basic... I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to use a couple of custom rules alongside ManageSieve. Most of the time I like the ManageSieve interface in Roundcube, but there's one rule that I can't get it to do the way I want (it's a notify rule, and I don't like the way Roundcube constructs the notify). I figured out how to write it by hand, but of course I can't put my own rules in Roundcube's file or it gets really confused. I tried adding an include to the generated file, but Roundcube politely removes it for me the next time I use the rule editor. (Squirrelmail doesn't seem to be any better in this regard.) I thought I could do something like sieve_before = ~/sieve/custom.sieve but that doesn't seem to work. I couldn't even see any evidence in the log that it attempted to look at that file. Apparently sieve_before isn't meant to work on a per-user basis. If I do a global sieve_before, can I have it "include :personal"? If so, what's going to happen with the script compilation? From what I understand, it can't be compiled globally, since each user has a different custom rule set. Am I trying to do the impossible here? Thanks for any ideas, Jason Bleazard

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[Dovecot] Different IPs should use different ssl-certs/keys
by Peer Heinlein 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

I don't understand how to use multiple keys/certs on different IPs without SNI. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration explains how to use different keys for different protocols like POP3 and IMAP. But how to bind those keys/ on IPs/Ports? Looks like it is not possible to use ssl_cert inside service { inet_listener {} } Is it still necessary to run multiple instances like it was in Dovecot 1.2.x? Peer -- Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 40 50 51 - 0 Fax: 030 / 40 50 51 - 19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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[Dovecot] Dovecot dict process privileges
by Mike Mimic 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hi! Is it possible to configure Dovecot so that it drops privileges for dict process? Currently this process is running as root. (At least on my system with Dovecot 1.2.) Best regards Mike

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot - mac firewall problem
by Patrick Fay 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

> On 8/29/2010 8:51 PM, Patrick Fay wrote: >> Aug 26 20:43:45 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 >> Aug 26 20:43:53 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^H?^U???^Z connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 >> >> Both of these are dovecot hits--but the name is different each time. >> Also the ?'s aren't really "?" marks; they're trans-ascii characters >> with high bits set that my mailer doesn't like very much. It really >> looks like a misdirected pointer or something somewhere, but I'm not >> familiar enough with the codebase to know where to start looking, or >> if in fact it is something else that is misconfigured. Any thoughts >> on how to resolve this? > > Dovecot version? > > -- > > Best regards, > > Charles > My apologies-- dovecot version 1.2.11. Patrick

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Re: [Dovecot] doveadm expunge -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d
by Jerrale G 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Could you explain the iterate_query in any kind of sql. I'm guessing to just use the query, correctly, that's failing as iterate_query= and put it in the service auth file which includes password_query and user_query. then, I'm guessing to add something like: iteratedb { driver = sql args = /path/to/sql.conf } The wiki2 only says: "When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iterate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your database layout." it should give an example query. I don't know if its wanting to list the fields or the contents of a field. Thanks, Jerrale G Jerrale G. SC Senior Admin

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[Dovecot] Can't get dovecot to see email folders
by Blaster 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

So I'm very frustrated, I've spent the better part of a day trying to get dovecot 2.0.1 working...Most of the documentation on the Wiki seems to think you are running an older version and therefore very little of it applies. I'm running 2.0.1 on OpenSolaris. I seem to have 2 remaining issues: 1) Dovecot is not able to determine the home directory 2) IMAP clients can not get to the mail folder directory. One client is reporting that it can't open it in read only mode. 3) I tried to get raw logging working, but apparently I couldn't because of #1. The architecture of Dovecot makes it difficult to transition from another IMAP server. If I force the MBOX to be /home/%u/mail, all of my clients think the folders are in /home/%u/mail/mail. If I set mbox location to /home/%u, then dovecot tries to create .subscription and .imap files/directories in the users home dir which it doesn't have permission to do. It would be nice if you could configure Dovecot in such a way as to make transition easier, such as the ability to strip off a duplicate trailing path, ie /home/%u/mail/mail becomes /home/%u/mail....Otherwise this necessitates visiting countless IMAP clients for reconfiguration... Here is my config file: /opt/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.0.1: /opt/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.11 i86pc base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ mail_debug = yes mail_gid = mail mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = dovecot passdb { driver = pam } plugin { home = /home/%u } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { address = * port = 993 } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = * port = 0 } inet_listener pop3s { address = * port = 0 } } ssl_cert = </usr/local/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </usr/local/ssl/private/dovecot.pem gremlin [/opt/bin] # gremlin [/opt/bin] #

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[Dovecot] PAM authentication fails
by Egbert Jan van den Bussche 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, I'm fighting all weekend on with auth and pam to authenticate local system users. testuser is such local user and is in passwd and shadow. I want to have local system users (testuser is one of them) and virtual users. The virtual part works fine but I cannot get the local user to connect. Still pam fails finding the user. The suggested password mismatch at the end is, in my eyes, because there is no user in the first place. I verified the password by interactive login to the account. The pam module (dovecot) is just the default file with three @includes in it. Syslog: Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH#0112#011LOGIN#011service=imap#011lip=2a02:968:1:2:212:72:224:16#011rip=2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c#011lport=143#011rport=1093 Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT#0112#011VXNlcm5hbWU6 Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT#0112#011dGVzdHVzZXI= Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT#0112#011UGFzc3dvcmQ6 Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT#0112#011dmF4dm1z Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): lookup service=dovecot Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Aug 29 20:18:02 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): cache(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): miss Aug 29 20:18:04 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): cache(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): hit: Aug 29 20:18:04 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): cache(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): User unknown Aug 29 20:18:04 mail-dev dovecot: auth-worker(default): pam(testuser,2001:888:1740:10:250:daff:fe41:4d1c): pam_authenticate() failed: Authentication failure (password mismatch?) (given password: xxxxxxxx) Aug 29 20:18:06 mail-dev dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL#0112#011user=testuser Relevant settings in dovecot: root@mail-dev:/etc/dovecot# dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-24-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS ext4 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve listen: *, [::] ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n:INDEX=/home/vmail/%d/%n 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_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/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 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): lda: postmaster_address: postmaster deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %$ rejection_reason: Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login realms: kader.hcc.nl hobby.nl cache_size: 1024 user: vmail verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam args: setcred=yes failure_show_msg=yes cache_key=%u dovecot 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/dovecot-auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail Where should I look further for this dovecot pam problem? Is there such a thing as pam debugging? TIA Egbert Jan

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[Dovecot] Sent mail issue
by Piyush Joshi 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Dear All, I have few question regarding dovecot configuration for specific need which are as follows:- 1. I have IMAP folder with the name Sent Mail and i want whenever client uses any MUA to send mail from my server his mail must be kept in server's IMAP folder which is Sent Mail instead of local Sent folder. 2. Whenever user configures account in MUA, MUA automatically create some new folder like Junk Mail etc. while i am already using Spam folder to keep spam message in that folder so let me know how can i save myself from this. 3. Is there any thing which can also put deleted message in my server's Trash folder. Thanks

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[Dovecot] "Multiple Commands in Progress" support
by Mike Cardwell 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Section 5.5 of RFC3501 discusses the ability of IMAP servers to receive and execute multiple commands asynchronously on a single IMAP connection, not necessarily responding in the same order the commands were received: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3501#section-5.5 Does Dovecot take advantage of this ability, or does it simply queue up the commands and execute them synchronously in order? -- Mike Cardwell - Perl/Java/Web developer, Linux admin, Email admin Read my tech Blog - https://secure.grepular.com/ Follow me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/mickeyc Hire me - http://cardwellit.com/ http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mikecardwell

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Re: [Dovecot] dovecot - mac firewall problem
by Patrick Fay 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

>> Hi, >> I am running dovecot 1.2.11 on mac osx 1.5.8. Everything works >> perfectly with the application-level firewall off, but enabling the >> application firewall prevents dovecot connections. I have tried >> explicitly authorizing dovecot in the firewall, but it does not work. I >> have searched everywhere I can think of to look, and haven't found a >> solution, but have seen a couple other reports of what seems to be the >> same problem. The firewall logs the activity with what looks like a >> corrupt process name: a typical appfirewall.log entry looks like: >> >> Aug 26 20:43:45 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from >> XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 >> Aug 26 20:43:53 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^H?^U???^Z connecting from >> XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 >> Aug 26 20:44:09 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from >> XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 >> Aug 26 20:44:34 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from >> XX.XX.XX.XX:37312 uid = 0 proto=6 >> Aug 26 20:44:45: --- last message repeated 6 times --- >> >> where "hostname" is my server name and the XX's are my client's IP >> address. For all of the other services I've used, the process name >> (e.g. dovecot) should appear after "Deny" when blocking traffic, instead >> of the funny characters. Any advice on how I could resolve this issue >> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > The application level firewall in OSX is aimed at _client_ use, not > server use. It's similar to Novell's AppArmor, etc. Leave it turned off. > > Simply because a piece of software (in this case an OS) offers any given > option does not mean every system needs it. Can you offer a compelling > reason why you _need_ the OSX application level firewall enabled? > Please point us to documentation that advises using it for any of your > services/daemons. > > -- > Stan > Hi was hoping to use the application firewall because this machine gets used both as a server as well as a client machine for more general use. I haven't been able to find any specific documentation for it, but I have found that the firewall works fine with postfix and several file services I use (enabling/disabling works as expected, process names get logged as expected, etc). Thanks! Patrick

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[Dovecot] When should dictionary entries for the expire plugin be added/updated?
by Ralph Seichter 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I've set up Dovecot 2.0 with the expire plugin using an SQLite DB, and when mail is delivered via dovecto-lda, the DB gets updated as expected. However, when I use Thunderbird 3.1.2 for Mac OS X to move a message to any of the folders known to the expire plugin (e.g. the 'tmp' folder), the SQLite DB is not updated. Here is an excerpt of my current configuration: # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf dict { expire = sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dict-expire.conf } plugin { expire = Junk expire2 = Trash expire3 = tmp expire4 = *.News expire5 = *.Reports expire_dict = proxy::expire sieve = /etc/dovecot/sieve/%u.sieve } service dict { unix_listener dict { # Ensure that there is no permission-related problem mode = 0666 } } protocol lda { mail_plugins = expire sieve postmaster_address = postmaster(a)domain.tld sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail } # /etc/dovecot/dict-expire.conf connect = /var/lib/dovecot/expires.sqlite map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = expires value_field = expire fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } # Schema dump of /var/lib/dovecot/expires.sqlite PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF; BEGIN TRANSACTION; CREATE TABLE expires ( username VARCHAR(75) NOT NULL, mailbox VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, expire integer NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (username, mailbox) ); CREATE TRIGGER mergeexpire BEFORE INSERT ON expires FOR EACH ROW BEGIN UPDATE expires SET expire=NEW.expire WHERE username=NEW.username AND mailbox=NEW.mailbox; SELECT RAISE(IGNORE) WHERE (SELECT 1 FROM expires WHERE username=NEW.username AND mailbox=NEW.mailbox) IS NOT NULL; END; COMMIT; With these settings, rows will be inserted to (or updated within) expires.sqlite when dovecot-lda stores messages to any of my "Reports" folders using sieve rules. When I manually move messages to "tmp" or "Junk", the database remains unchanged. Also, when I delete messages in Thunderbird, I'd expect database additions for the folder "Trash", but this does not happen either. What am I doing wrong here? -Ralph

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[Dovecot] Error: service(auth): child 2212 killed with signal 11
by Toorop 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Hi, Auth always crash (segfault) using vpopmail backend. Any idea ? vpopmail 5.5.0 os: ubuntu 10.04 on rackspace cloud # dovecot -n dovecot -n # 2.0.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.1-rscloud x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 89 log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes passdb { driver = vpopmail } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0600 user = vpopmail } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = vpopmail } Log: Aug 28 10:59:48 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/auth Aug 28 10:59:48 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=2211) Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5 service=imap secured lip=184.106.217.69 rip=178.32.33.247 lport=143 rport=49099 Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 PDM3MjI0MzQ4NjQzNTI3NjUuMTI4Mjk5MzE4OUByYWNrc3BhY2UuZGVkaW1haWwuZXU+ Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: client in: CONT<hidden> Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: vpopmail(toorop(a)respublica.fr,178.32.33.247): lookup user=toorop domain=respublica.fr Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=toorop(a)respublica.fr Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 1 2211 1 e4920e51f96ae453663098df19c5b374 Aug 28 10:59:49 auth: Debug: vpopmail(toorop(a)respublica.fr,178.32.33.247): lookup user=toorop domain=respublica.fr Aug 28 10:59:49 imap-login: Info: Internal login failure (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<toorop(a)respublica.fr>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=178.32.33.247, lip=184.106.217.69, mpid=2214, TLS Aug 28 10:59:49 master: Error: service(auth): child 2212 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) strace : http://pastebin.com/kYsWHP5J Thanks, -- Toorop «Ils ne savaient pas que c'était impossible, alors ils l'ont fait.» Mark Twain

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[Dovecot] Roff typo in sievec.1.in
by Mike Abbott 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

There is a roff typo in pigeonhole's sievec.1.in. Roff treats the leading apostrophe on line 54 as an invalid command and produces bad output: dump to be written to stdout. The out-file argument may also be omitted, which has the same effect as for a com- piled Sieve binary file. Note that this option is not The output should be: dump to be written to stdout. The out-file argument may also be omitted, which has the same effect as '-'. The output is identical to what the sieve-dump(1) command pro- duces for a compiled Sieve binary file. Note that this Here is a patch: --- a/doc/man/sievec.1.in +++ b/doc/man/sievec.1.in @@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ Don\(aqt write the binary to \fIout\-file\fP, but write a textual dump of the binary instead. In this context, the \fIout\-file\fP value '\-' has special meaning: it causes the the textual dump to be written to \fBstdout\fP. -The \fIout\-file\fP argument may also be omitted, which has the same effect as -'\-'. The output is identical to what the \fBsieve\-dump\fP(1) command produces +The \fIout\-file\fP argument may also be omitted, which has the same effect +as '\-'. +The output is identical to what the \fBsieve\-dump\fP(1) command produces for a compiled Sieve binary file. Note that this option is not allowed when the \fIout\-file\fP argument is a directory. .TP

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[Dovecot] pigeonhole needs to ship doc/man/{reporting-bugs.inc, sed.sh}
by Paul Howarth 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

A tarball created from current pigeonhole hg using "make dist" doesn't include the files doc/man/{reporting-bugs.inc,sed.sh} and fails to build as a result. Attached patch works for me. Paul

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[Dovecot] dovecot - mac firewall problem
by Patrick Fay 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Hi, I am running dovecot 1.2.11 on mac osx 1.5.8. Everything works perfectly with the application-level firewall off, but enabling the application firewall prevents dovecot connections. I have tried explicitly authorizing dovecot in the firewall, but it does not work. I have searched everywhere I can think of to look, and haven't found a solution, but have seen a couple other reports of what seems to be the same problem. The firewall logs the activity with what looks like a corrupt process name: a typical appfirewall.log entry looks like: Aug 26 20:43:45 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 Aug 26 20:43:53 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^H�^U��^Z connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 Aug 26 20:44:09 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37310 uid = 0 proto=6 Aug 26 20:44:34 hostname Firewall[55]: Deny ^L connecting from XX.XX.XX.XX:37312 uid = 0 proto=6 Aug 26 20:44:45: --- last message repeated 6 times --- where "hostname" is my server name and the XX's are my client's IP address. For all of the other services I've used, the process name (e.g. dovecot) should appear after "Deny" when blocking traffic, instead of the funny characters. Any advice on how I could resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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[Dovecot] LDAP & static userdb
by spamvoll＠googlemail.com 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

hi.. im just testing 2.0 before upgrading to v1.2 :) in auth-ldap.conf.ext i found # If you don't have any user-specific settings, you can avoid the userdb LDAP # lookup by using userdb static instead of userdb ldap, for example: # <doc/wiki/UserDatabase.Static.txt> #userdb { #driver = static #args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%u #} On 1.2 im using LDAP lookup and everthing works like a charm. user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uid=mail=maildir:/home/MAILBOXES/%$/mail On 2.0 is now tried to use this option cause all my mail are stored in /home/MAILBOXES/%uid/mail userdb { driver = static args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/MAILBOXES/%u/mail } and that doesnt work log say: dovecot: imap(hpeter): Error: user hpeter: Initialization failed: mail_location not set and autodetection failed: Mail storage autodetection failed with home=/home/MAILBOXES/hpeter/mail Hans

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Re: [Dovecot] (Single instance) attachment storage
by Damon Atkins 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Some interesting reading on SHA256 checksum http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/entry/zfs_dedup http://blogs.sun.com/darren/entry/improving_zfs_dedup_performance_via

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[Dovecot] Single instance storage - testing please
by Timo Sirainen 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0-sis contains the code for it. Otherwise it's the latest (as of writing this) dovecot-2.0 hg tree. Please test if you're interested in SIS. :) Once there's at least some testing, I'll probably add this to v2.0.x since very little of this new code is used when SIS is disabled (which is the default of course). SIS works pretty much like explained in http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-July/050832.html and http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-July/050992.html Two things I'm not yet entirely sure about: 1. What hash algorithm to use? Currently it's hard coded to SHA1. Besides more CPU usage, the other potential problem with larger hashes is that they also generate larger filenames. The filenames are currently hex-encoded, but to save space they could be changed to some kind of modified-base64 (base64 uses '/' chars, so it can't be regular base64). Example filename lengths: hex modified-base64 SHA1 73 50 SHA256 97 66 SHA512 161 109 Yet another possibility would be to use SHA256/SHA512 and just truncate the hash length to less number of bits. 2. Should I add support for trusting hash uniqueness and to avoid disk I/O generated by the byte-by-byte comparison? It could still first check that the file sizes match. Usage ----- You can enable SIS for sdbox and mdbox: mail_attachment_dir = /var/attachments Just setting the above enables "instant SIS", where byte-by-byte comparison is done immediately during saving mails. Alternative is to leave the comparing later by setting: mail_attachment_fs = sis-queue /var/attachments/queue:posix This does no deduplication itself yet. To do that you'll need a nighty (or whatever) run, which calls: doveadm sis deduplicate /var/attachments /var/attachments/queue There's also a feature to easily find all attachments based on a hash. For example: % sha1sum foo 351641b73feb7cf7e87e5a8c3ca9a37d7b21e525 foo % doveadm sis find /var/attachments 351641b73feb7cf7e87e5a8c3ca9a37d7b21e525 /var/attachments/35/16/351641b73feb7cf7e87e5a8c3ca9a37d7b21e525-e13a841f28ba764c123b00008c4a11c1 /var/attachments/35/16/351641b73feb7cf7e87e5a8c3ca9a37d7b21e525-1d3b940628ba764c0b3b00008c4a11c1 If you want to save attachments to a separate files without SIS (e.g. you want to use your filesystems deduplication), set: mail_attachment_fs = posix By default only attachments larger than 128 kB are written to attachment storage. You can change it from: mail_attachment_min_size = 128k It's also possible to create a plugin that adds further restrictions to when the attachment is saved separately. This might be useful to reduce disk seeks for attachments that are typically shown inline by clients/webmail. You can do this by overriding mailbox.save_is_attachment() method. If you want to distribute attachments to multiple filesystems, just create /var/attachments/[0-9a-f][0-9a-f] as symlinks pointing to whatever mount paths you want.

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[Dovecot] Panic, rawtrace, log, etc
by Brandon Lamb 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

While running some doveadm expunge -A mailbox Spam savedbefore 30d and doveadm purge -A after 2010-08-26 16:20:51 auth: Error: net_accept() failed: Too many open files 2010-08-26 16:20:51 master: Warning: service(auth): process_limit reached, client connections are being dropped 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Panic: file auth-request-handler.c: line 85 (auth_request_handler_unref): assertion failed: (hash_table_count(handler->requests) == 0) 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x39c1a) [0x7fe41f5f5c1a] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x39c6a) [0x7fe41f5f5c6a] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7fe41f5d3026] -> dovecot/auth [8 wait, 0 passdb, 0 userdb]() [0x412153] -> dovecot/auth [8 wait, 0 passdb, 0 userdb]() [0x40c3ad] -> dovecot/auth [8 wait, 0 passdb, 0 userdb](auth_client_connections_deinit+0x41) [0x40c461] -> dovecot/auth [8 wait, 0 passdb, 0 userdb](main+0x2ea) [0x4168ca] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7fe41e60ac4d] -> dovecot/auth [8 wait, 0 passdb, 0 userdb]() [0x40b1f9] 2010-08-26 16:21:21 master: Error: service(auth): child 14880 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for nonexistent client 14875 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for nonexistent client 14873 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for nonexistent client 14873 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for client 14874 with invalid cookie 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for client 14874 with invalid cookie 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for client 14875 with invalid cookie 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for client 14876 with invalid cookie 2010-08-26 16:21:21 auth: Error: Master requested auth for client 14875 with invalid cookie

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[Dovecot] Configuration Update From v1.x To v2.0.1-2
by Carlos Mennens 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

I just upgraded my Dovecot IMAP package on my mail server and when I restarted the service, I got the following warnings... doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:12: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:14: passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:16: userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:18: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } The list was much longer but I was able to self resolve them. I was wondering if someone here can assist me in converting my 'dovecot.conf' file? Below is how my dovecot.conf file appears: protocols = imap disable_plaintext_auth = yes log_timestamp = "%b %d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = maildir:~/mail auth_username_chars = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890.-_@ protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep } auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { } userdb passwd { } user = root socket listen { client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client user = postfix group = postfix mode = 0660 } } } ***doveconf -n*** [root@mail /]# doveconf -n # 2.0.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:12: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:14: passdb pam {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=pam } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:16: userdb passwd {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=passwd } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf:18: auth_user has been replaced by service auth { user } # OS: Linux 2.6.35 x86_64 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 } userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep }

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[Dovecot] How to pipe to external program
by Egbert 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi, Second try... I have mailsystem with virtual users only (/home/vmail/domain/user). I need to integrate RT3.x (a ticketing system). I have installed the RT-client but I need to send the mail to an extrnal program. Rt wants me to insert: |/usr/bin/rt-mailgate --queue bla --action bla --url http://bla.bal/ In /etc/postfix/aliases. That does not work for me becase my local delivery agent is dovecot. The Sieve plugin seems not capable to forward to a external program. What is the right way to achieve that mail to rt@mydomain is sent to the pipe? TIA Egbert Jan

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Re: [Dovecot] Investigating suspected cache corruption
by Maria Elinger 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi David and all, I´ve read the mail you posted in the Dovecot list. We´re are having this same problem in a site which is very similar to yours. We also migrated from Courier to Dovecot nearly 9 months ago, and every now and then users complain about slowness in the imap connection. We fix it by removing the index files in the user's maildir. We use Horde as webmail, but the problem appears with any imap or pop connection, so we feel that the problem is in Dovecot. Did you find any solution or workaround at your site?, it would be very useful if you gave us a hint on this. Thanks in advance, María Elinger [Dovecot] Investigating suspected cache corruption David Warden Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:18:17 Hi All, I'm running Dovecot 1.1.11 for a site of about 7000 active users with a Squirrelmail frontend. We migrated from Courier (big shout to everyone who worked on the wonderful part of the Dovecot wiki that deals with Courier migration) and I have been extremely happy with the performance gains Dovecot has given us. Not only is the IMAP part of Squirrelmail faster, but our same hardware is under far less stress than it was before the migration. To date, the only problem we have experienced is a seemingly random but significant slowdown in Squirrelmail's loading of the messages in a user's Inbox. Each time, I have been able to fix the problem by deleting the user's dovecot.index, dovecot.index.cache and dovecot.index.log files in the user's INDEX directory for their dovecot Inbox. I tried having users experiencing this problem log in to a test Squirrelmail box with mail_debug on, but I didn't see anything out of the ordinary and they report the same slowness on the test server. I don't see anything but normal login/logout IMAP lines in the production dovecot logs. I have hesitated a bit in posting to the list since this seems to be happening to a small percentage of users and it technically may be a problem with Squirrelmail, but the fact that I'm able to fix the problem by nuking Dovecot's index files has me concerned - does anyone have any suggestions for troubleshooting? My first idea when I get another one of these is to do a telnet IMAP session to Dovecot on one of the Squirrelmail boxes and see if I can get it to slow down when retrieving messages from the Inbox. We are using Maildir over NFS with the control/index files stored on NFS as well. We're doing FS quota over NFS using rquotad to query the NFS server for each user's quota. Here's the output of dovecot -n: # 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 1024 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 1536). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: Linux 2.6.18-128.1.1.0.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3 (Tikanga) 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_processes_count: 10 login_max_processes_count: 512 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 0 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir:CONTROL=/Mail/mailhome/ %u/.dovecot:INDEX=/Mail/mailhome/%u/.dovecot mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes mail_drop_priv_before_exec: 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 mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(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 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_logout_format(default): bytes(in/out)=%i/%o imap_logout_format(imap): bytes(in/out)=%i/%o imap_logout_format(pop3): bytes=%i/%o pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): UID%u-%v pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format(default): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(imap): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(pop3): top(count/bytes)=%t/%p, retr(count/bytes)=%r/ %b, del(deleted/pre-deleted)=%d/%m, mailbox-size(bytes)=%s namespace: type: private prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd plugin: quota: fs:Mail Quota:user Many thanks, David Warden

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[Dovecot] 1.2.13 QRESYNC crash.
by David Woodhouse 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Aug 18 22:07:31 twosheds IMAP(dwmw2): : Panic: file mail-index-transaction.c: line 637 (mail_index_transaction_lookup): assertion failed: (seq >= t->first_new_seq && seq <= t->last_new_seq) * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS] Logged in as dwmw2 0 enable condstore qresync * ENABLED CONDSTORE QRESYNC 0 OK Enabled. A00131 SELECT lists.bluez (QRESYNC (1154090296 1861 1:* (1,120,1578,2064,2226,2280,2298 1,120,12037,12523,12685,12739,12757))) Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0x00000034ace326c5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.23-9.fc12.x86_64 glibc-2.11.2-1.x86_64 keyutils-libs-1.2-6.fc12.x86_64 krb5-libs-1.7.1-9.fc12.x86_64 libcom_err-1.41.9-8.fc12.x86_64 libgcc-4.4.4-10.fc12.x86_64 libselinux-2.0.90-5.fc12.x86_64 nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.6-2.fc12.1.x86_64 openldap-2.4.19-4.fc12.x86_64 openssl-1.0.0a-1.fc12.x86_64 zlib-1.2.3-23.fc12.x86_64 (gdb) bt #0 0x00000034ace326c5 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000034ace33ea5 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #2 0x00000000004a2698 in default_fatal_finish (type=<value optimized out>, status=0) at failures.c:160 #3 0x00000000004a273b in i_syslog_fatal_handler (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0, fmt=<value optimized out>, args=<value optimized out>) at failures.c:315 #4 0x00000000004a1d86 in i_panic (format=0x6 <Address 0x6 out of bounds>) at failures.c:207 #5 0x00000000004787f0 in mail_index_transaction_lookup ( t=<value optimized out>, seq=<value optimized out>) at mail-index-transaction.c:637 #6 0x000000000047be45 in tview_lookup_uid (view=<value optimized out>, seq=<value optimized out>, uid_r=<value optimized out>) at mail-index-transaction-view.c:162 #7 0x00000000004580fb in index_mail_set_seq (_mail=0x7282b8, seq=1578) at index-mail.c:1229 #8 0x0000000000423eb4 in expunges_drop_known (ctx=0x70a628) at imap-fetch.c:178 #9 get_expunges_fallback (ctx=0x70a628) at imap-fetch.c:269 #10 imap_fetch_send_vanished (ctx=0x70a628) at imap-fetch.c:291 #11 imap_fetch_begin (ctx=0x70a628) at imap-fetch.c:314 #12 0x000000000041e8e2 in select_qresync (cmd=<value optimized out>, ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- readonly=<value optimized out>) at cmd-select.c:243 #13 select_open (cmd=<value optimized out>, readonly=<value optimized out>) at cmd-select.c:320 #14 cmd_select_full (cmd=<value optimized out>, readonly=<value optimized out>) at cmd-select.c:382 #15 0x0000000000420ead in client_command_input (cmd=0x70a458) at client.c:612 #16 0x0000000000420f8d in client_command_input (cmd=0x70a458) at client.c:661 #17 0x00000000004211b5 in client_handle_next_command (client=0x709ff0) at client.c:702 #18 client_handle_input (client=0x709ff0) at client.c:714 #19 0x0000000000421a5c in client_input (client=0x709ff0) at client.c:753 #20 0x00000000004aa7cd in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=<value optimized out>) at ioloop-epoll.c:208 #21 0x00000000004a9c38 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x707cc0) at ioloop.c:335 #22 0x0000000000429726 in main (argc=<value optimized out>, argv=<value optimized out>, envp=<value optimized out>) at main.c:327 It's a public mailing list folder, so I've uploaded it to http://david.woodhou.se/bluez-maildir.tar.gz Filed as Red Hat bug #625907: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625207 -- dwmw2

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[Dovecot] New problem with migration to 2.0
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi guys After fixing my master_auth problem i have one error message left and i don't know what to do. The message from dovecot -n is: service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0666 } } My conf file looks like userdb { driver=static args = uid=10000 gid=10000 home=/mail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes } As you can see pretty simple, but for me it looks like that the driver=static won't be accepted. Does anyone know which driver to use here ? 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: carsten.laun-delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] migration to dovecot 2.0
by Carsten Laun-De Lellis 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi everyone I am not the dovecot guru and i would appreciate if anyone could help me on my problems. I am running a mail server on dovecot 1.2 and want to migrate to dovecot 2. I have edited the conf file and now using the new keywords and got everything fixed but the following error message still exists, when i try to start dovecot. doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf line 1036: Unknown setting: auth_socket doveconf: Error: managesieve-login: dump-capability process returned 89 doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file ./dovecot.conf line 1036: Unknown setting: auth_socket My conf file looks like auth_socket listen { master { # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it # can find mailbox locations. path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root) user = vmail #group = } client { # The client socket is generally safe to export to everyone. Typical use # is to export it to your SMTP server so it can do SMTP AUTH lookups # using it. path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth # path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } I would appreciate any hints and 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: carsten.laun-delellis(a)delellis.net

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[Dovecot] Does Dovecot support the use of the INDEX directive for mdbox?
by William Blunn 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Does Dovecot support the use of the INDEX directive for mdbox? e.g. mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:INDEX=/var/indexes/%u Bill

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[Dovecot] Table mail.users doesn't exist (using built-in default iterate_query: SELECT username, domain FROM users)
by Jerrale G 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

connect = host=127.0.0.1 user=mail password=thecorrectpass dbname=mail map { pattern = shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = mail.expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } dovecot: auth: Error: mysql: Query failed, retrying: Table 'mail.users' doesn't exist Aug 26 05:16:24 server1 dovecot: auth: Error: sql: Iterate query failed: Table 'mail.users' doesn't exist (using built-in default iterate_query: SELECT username, domain FROM users) Why isn't the expire dict trying to use the defined working mysql auth instead of using the built-in default? The howto doesn't say how to override this, at wiki2.dovecot.org, and I didn't know the expire dict wanted to lookup the mailbox table; I thought it only wanted to lookup the expire table and use that soley for deleting messages as all info needed was stored, in the expire table, by the expire plugin on message delivery or copy. Jerrale G rrale G. SC Senior Admin

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[Dovecot] best way something thinks to upgrade dovecot to 1.2.* 2.0.*
by fakessh 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

hello all hello dovecot network hello timo What are your tips for successful migration for dovecot (atrpms , atrpms-testing depot for centos ) the page of wiki http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 explains the method to upgrade I tried on my personal machine and the command cites wiki returns errors on the terminal what to do with errors: correct the error in the configuration file ? the question may seem simple but it is not pointless many returns are welcome something thinks are welcome thanks

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1 to 2 migration FreeBSD
by Frank Bonnet 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hello is there some specials recommentations to migrate from dovecot 1.1.x to 2.0.1 with FreeBSD boxes ? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Home directories
by Timo Sirainen 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I've noticed that a lot of people are using e.g.: mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n Then either they don't have home directory set, or their home directory is the same as the maildir. http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home explains all the problems of not separate home and mail directories. Also whenever I try to suggest using a separate home and mail directory, the answer is way too often: "But I'm using virtual users. (They don't have home directories.)" So I started wondering. Maybe simply renaming the "home" to something else would help here at least some. Make all of the documentation use only the new word, and add alias for userdb so that the new name and the "home" both work (I guess docs would need to keep using the "home" as field name for some more years). So far I've only come up with "vhome" as the replacement name. Other ideas?

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[Dovecot] DSYNC needs a lot more documentation
by Marc Perkel 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Started looking into the dsync utility and the doc are seriously incomplete. I can of course scour the internet looking for the missing information but that doesn't fix the problem with the docs. I might try to rewrite the docs myself once I figure it out.

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[Dovecot] Pure virtual user and RT3.x
by Egbert 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi, I have mailsystem with virtual users only (/home/vmail/domain/user). I need to integrate RT3.x (a ticketing system). I have installed the client but I need to send mail to a pipe. Rt wants me to insert: |/usr/bin/rt-mailgate --queue bla --action bla --url http://bla.bal/ In /etc/postfix/aliases. That does not work for me. What is the right way to achieve that mail to rt@mydomain is sent to the pipe? Should I install, configure and use a Sieve filter? I have none installed at the moment. Or are there other (simpler?) ways? TIA Egbert Jan

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Re: [Dovecot] Live Mirror dovecot / OS X 10.6.4 (Timo Sirainen)
by Eric Boltz (MMI / UPC) 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: > Two potential problems I see with this: > 1. If users can do any changes on the secondary server (flag changes, > saving new mails, etc), you're going to have problems syncing the > changes back (without losing any changes or causing other problems). > > 2. If users can access the secondary server via IMAP clients, the > clients could become confused if the secondary server isn't completely > up-to-date. > > With v2.0 dsync would help with the first problem. Change in strategy. Primary rsyncs regularly to the secondary which keeps all mail services off. When primary fails email services are started manually until primary back online. Then I (or another ITer) manually stop the backup, rsycn and restart services on the primary. A bit labor intensive, but it should work.

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[Dovecot] Problems compiling Dovecot 2.0.0 on Solaris 10 x86
by Drew Schatt 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

I'm having issues getting Dovecot 2.0.0 to compile - I get the following error: cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-settings -I../../src/lib-master -DPKG_RUNDIR=\""/usr/local/var/run/dovecot"\" -DPKG_LIBEXECDIR=\""/usr/local/libexec/dovecot"\" -DEXAMPLE_CONFIG_DIR=\""/usr/local/share/doc/dovecot/example-config"\" -DMODULEDIR=\""/usr/local/lib/dovecot"\" -DSSLDIR=\""/etc/ssl\"" -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/ssl/include -D_XPG6 -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -KPIC -lm -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -xc99 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/ssl/include -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/ssl/lib -D_XPG6 -xstrconst -KPIC -lm -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -c doveconf.c "config-request.h", line 6: warning: useless declaration "doveconf.c", line 554: undefined symbol: optarg "doveconf.c", line 554: warning: improper pointer/integer combination: arg #2 "doveconf.c", line 560: warning: improper pointer/integer combination: op "=" "doveconf.c", line 581: undefined symbol: optind "doveconf.c", line 583: undefined symbol: optind "doveconf.c", line 584: undefined symbol: optind cc: acomp failed for doveconf.c gmake[3]: *** [doveconf.o] Error 2 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/schatt/code/evaluation_src/dovecot-2.0.0/src/config' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/schatt/code/evaluation_src/dovecot-2.0.0/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/schatt/code/evaluation_src/dovecot-2.0.0' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 Anyone have any idea on how to resolve this one? -Drew

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[Dovecot] Signal 11 - can't get core dump?
by Marty Anstey 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Hi all, We have been running Dovecot for over a year now in our moderate volume mail environment (>4000 mailboxes) and it's been running great. However, over the past month or so we've begun to experience issues where IMAP clients will appear to "hang" for a period of time, we then see a sig 11, and afterwards mailflow returns to normal. This usually happens a few times a day. Naturally, our first instinct was to try and get a core dump, but after following the instructions at http://www.dovecot.org/bugreport.html we now recieve this warning: 2010-08-24T13:33:56-07:00 mail dovecot: child 9728 (login) killed with signal 11 (core not dumped - add -D to login_executable) (ip=208.98.210.13) Adding -D to the login_executable lines didn't seem to have any effect, we are still receiving the same message. Did we perhaps misinterpret the hint? As we've been trying for over a week now to find a way to get a dump without any success, we figured posing this to the list might help us shed some light on the issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated! dovecot -n -- # 1.1.20: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.15.1.el5xen i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) nfs base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ listen: 208.98.210.10 ssl_ca_file: /etc/ssl/gd_bundle.crt ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/sunwave.net.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/sunwave.net.key ssl_parameters_regenerate: 1 ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login -D login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login -D login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login -D mail_max_userip_connections(default): 50 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 50 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 10 first_valid_uid: 200 last_valid_uid: 200 first_valid_gid: 200 last_valid_gid: 200 mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/%Ld/%1Lu/%Ln/Maildir mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/bin/mailtools/mail_imap.sh mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/bin/mailtools/mail_imap.sh mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/bin/mailtools/mail_pop3.sh mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota trash mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota trash mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 namespace: type: private prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: do_not_reply(a)sunwave.net mail_plugins: quota cmusieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login default_realm: sunwave.net verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.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: 511 user: vmail plugin: sieve: /var/spool/mail/%Ld/%1Lu/%Ln/Maildir/.sieve quota: maildir:Quota quota_rule2: Trash:storage=10%% quota_warning: storage=70%% /usr/local/bin/mailtools/quota-warning.sh 70 quota_warning2: storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/mailtools/quota-warning.sh 80 quota_warning3: storage=90%% /usr/local/bin/mailtools/quota-warning.sh 90 trash: /etc/dovecot-trash.conf Thanks, Marty

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[Dovecot] Help needed with plugin - Read Only access to IMAP mailbox
by Chris Moules 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

System info: # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem i686 Debian squeeze/sid .. mail_plugins: readonly .. I have a requirement to have read-only to a mailbox. I have been researching through the wiki, the mailing list archives and good old Google. There was a number of similar questions with no real definitive answer. Option 1: ACL This can work, but not if the mailbox(s) can change without you knowing how. I.E. a online read-only archive of someone else's mailbox. There is no wild-card or recursive ACL options. Rsync style backups don't allow for easy creation of custom ACL files per mailbox. Option 2: Read-only filesystem (Linux) This seems easy, but it's not. 1) how do you update your archive? I tried with a bind mount, this does not let you set the 'ro' option *directly*. You must then use "-o remount,ro" to get your read-only bind mount. This is a little messy (needs custom init scripts for mounting on boot), but do-able. 2) Dovecot needs write access to CONTROL and INDEX files. This lead me to using the "CONTROL" and "INDEX" options on the mail_locaiton. Setting these to the original 'rw' mount and the rest to my 'ro' bind mount. Again, messy but do-able. 3) Clients try to move messages from 'new' to 'cur' for Maildir. Every time I opened a maildir I got an error per mail (dovecot log) about read-only filesysem as the client was trying to set the Seen flag and dovecot was trying to move the 'new' mail to the 'cur' folder. My test client, mutt, has a 'read_only' option when connecting. This eliminates this issue, but I cannot get everyone to use this archive with a correctly configured mutt. This sent me looking for 'read only' options in other clients. I could hardly find any. I noted that mutt send an EXAMINE and not a SELECT to open the mailbox when in read_only mode and this set me thinking about doing this in another way. Option 3: Dovecot Plugin I started looking into the dovecot plugins. Being more a systems administrator than developer I have cobbled together a working plugin. It nearly does what I want, but not quite, and I don't know why. NOTE: I no longer use the setup that I had to test Options 1 and 2. I thought that this plugin can either be used server-wide or with the 'mail_plugins' userdb option. The plugin forces the MAILBOX_OPEN_READONLY flag in a mailbox_open() call. The plugin returns an error for all mailbox_create() calls. Testing in mutt: - I am unable to delete a mail - I am unable to create a new folder So far so good. However: - I am able to move/copy a mail to an *existing* mailbox (note, the move operation makes the copy but fails to set the 'delete' flag) I do not understand why this works. I have been grep-ing through the source of dovecot and the plugins to find some answer, but without luck. Attached is the full source to my plugin and the Makefile (adapted from Johannes Berg's antispam plugin Makefile) When finished, I will be happy to release this to the dovecot community under the GPL/LGPL or whatever. Regards Chris

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[Dovecot] v2.0.1 released
by Timo Sirainen 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.1.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.1.tar.gz.sig Some small fixes mainly, but since people aren't reporting much bugs for v2.0.0 anymore maybe v2.0.1 release will change that. :) Some of the more important changes since v2.0.0 are: * When dsync is started as root, remote dsync command is now also executed as root instead of with dropped privileges. - IMAP: QRESYNC parameters for SELECT weren't handled correctly. - UTF-8 string validity checking wasn't done correctly (e.g. mailbox names in Sieve fileinto) - dsync: Fixed a random assert-crash with remote dsyncing

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[Dovecot] Live Mirror dovecot / OS X 10.6.4
by Eric Boltz (MMI/UPC) 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

I want to set up mirrored postfix/dovecot servers using two mac mini servers (OSX 10.6.4) located in different locations (Canada and the US to be specific) for redundancy. The idea is to have one as the primary MX ("mail.corp.com") and the other as the secondary ("webmail.corp.com"). If the primary goes down clients would revert to webmail until the primary is back up. The plan is to use rsync for this. My challenge, however, is what all I need to rsync to have a "live" backup. Rsync for backup isn't an issue, but I will need to rsync users (system and virtual). Anyone have experience with this? So far it seems that apple puts things in lots of non-standard locations. I suppose I could to a blanket rsync on /var, but that seems a bit much. Thanks in advance.

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[Dovecot] Fully kerberized mail system
by Dr Matthew Williams 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello, Is it possible to use Dovecot in a fully kerberized mail system? We have configured authentication via kerberos, now we would like the imap deamon to access a kerberized nfs file system. Has any one any experiences? Regards, Matthew. -- Dr Matthew Williams MEng PhD MBCS Systems Administrator - IT Services - Bangor University Prifysgol Bangor Tel: (44) (0)1248 382414 Adeilad Deiniol Mob: (44) (0)7979 778269 Ffordd Deiniol URL: www.bangor.ac.uk Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UX EMail: matthew.williams(a)bangor.ac.uk

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[Dovecot] Messages causing an error from Solr.
by Erik Hetzner 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi, I am trying to use the fts_solr plugin, and having some success. Unfortunately some spam messages I had lying around generate an error from Solr, e.g.: HTTP/1.1 400 ParseError at [row,col]:[5,29] Message: An invalid XML character (Unicode: 0xd84e) was found in the element content of the document. While I assume that these messages do indeed contain bad unicode, my searches seem to hang when they get an error back from Solr, causing other problems, so it would be nice if these messages did not cause an error from Solr. I isolated some of these messages and have attached them. I hope that the problematic characters come through properly. I have more messages that cause this problem (sometimes with difference unicode codepoints than the one in the message above), but I don’t want to clog the list up. Thank you for your help. best, Erik Hetzner Config: # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic i686 Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps login_dir: /usr/local/stow/dovecot-1.2.13/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/stow/dovecot-1.2.13/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_plugins: virtual fts fts_solr namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:~/Maildir inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: virtual/ location: virtual:~/Maildir_virtual:LAYOUT=maildir++ list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd plugin: fts: solr fts_solr: url=http://localhost:8080/solr/ break-imap-search debug

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[Dovecot] PATCH: SQL connect crash
by Leandro Santi 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hi! Dovecot 2.0.0 auth process seems to crash while attempting to connect to a nonexistent SQL database. A shallow look at the code reveals that NULL module->conn in passdb-sql.c is being erroneously dereferenced while trying to clean up after a failed connection attempt: (gdb) bt #0 0x0806240e in sql_query_callback (result=0x8076c40, sql_request=0x808ff90) at passdb-sql.c:70 #1 0x08069b66 in sqlpool_request_abort (_request=<value optimized out>) at driver-sqlpool.c:114 #2 0x0806ab2a in driver_sqlpool_deinit (_db=0x808b970) at driver-sqlpool.c:448 #3 0x0806970a in sql_deinit (_db=0x808b5bc) at sql-api.c:87 #4 0x0805a3ac in db_sql_unref (_conn=0x807fc60) at db-sql.c:119 #5 0x08062be2 in userdb_deinit (userdb=0x807fc48) at userdb.c:177 #6 0x0804ff4b in auths_deinit () at auth.c:213 #7 0x0805b7bc in main (argc=1474660693, argv=0xec835356) at main.c:160 gdb) print ((struct sql_passdb_module *) _module)->conn $20 = (struct sql_connection *) 0x0 It seems that module->conn for passdb is being zeroed at auth_deinit(), passdb_deinit() completes succesfully but then userdb_deinit() does the illegal access. The following hack seems to eliminate the symptom, however I'd strongly recommend to take a deeper look at the issue. I suspect that a higher level fix would be more appropriate. --- dovecot-2.0.rc6.orig/src/auth/passdb-sql.c 2010-07-21 14:13:29.000000000 +0000 +++ dovecot-2.0.rc6.patched/src/auth/passdb-sql.c 2010-08-18 21:07:05.000000000 +0000 @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ret = sql_result_next_row(result); if (ret < 0) { - if (!module->conn->default_password_query) { + if (!module->conn || !module->conn->default_password_query) { auth_request_log_error(auth_request, "sql", "Password query failed: %s", sql_result_get_error(result)); Leandro

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[Dovecot] Authentication woes - Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access not allowed for root
by Ralph Seichter 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

I'm currently trying to set up a Dovecot 2.0.0 server for backup purposes. There's an existing server which I successfully migrated to Dovecot 2.0.0, and it uses LDAP for authentication. For the backup server, which will not be exposed to users, I tried both PAM and PASSWD authentication, but all I are syslog entries like these: dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<foo>, method=PLAIN, rip=[...], lip=[...], mpid=20059, TLS dovecot: imap(foo): Error: user foo: Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access not allowed for root dovecot: imap(foo): Error: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. Here is my current configuration: # doveconf -n # 2.0.0: /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35-gentoo-r1-v3 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 auth_mechanisms = plain login base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ listen = * mail_location = maildir:~/.maildir passdb { args = scheme=crypt /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/passwd driver = passwd-file } protocols = imap ssl_cert = </usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/server.crt ssl_key = </usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/server.key The password file contents: # cat /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/passwd foo:{CRYPT}xxx:1000:1000:Foo Backup:/home/foo:/bin/bash I searched the Dovecot Wiki and also tried MARC and Google, but I can't seem to find a solution for this problem. Could you please point me in the right direction? I have probably missed something. Thanks! -Ralph

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0 and BSDI 4.X
by The Doctor 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

All right, I am trying to migrating to 2.0 but running into problems. from my typescript: Script started on Wed Aug 18 23:24:58 2010 doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//usr/home/doctor$ tail -f /var/log/maillog | egrep dovecot Aug 18 23:25:31 doctor dovecot: master: Dovecot v2.0.0 starting up (core dumps disabled) Aug 18 23:25:31 doctor dovecot: log: Error: net_accept() failed: Invalid argument Aug 18 23:25:31 doctor dovecot: master: Warning: service(anvil): process_limit reached, client connections are being dropped quit ^C doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//usr/home/doctor$ /usr/doc veo cot/sbin/dovecot -n # 2.0.0: /usr/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: BSD/OS 4.3 i386 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 3600 s base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 100 listen = * login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_log_prefix = %Us(%u): mdbox_rotate_size = 2048 passdb { args = /etc/master.passwd driver = passwd-file } protocols = pop3 imap service auth { executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/auth user = root vsz_limit = 256 } service imap-login { chroot = login client_limit = 256 executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login inet_listener imaps { address = 204.209.81.1 } process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 64 } service imap { executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap process_limit = 512 vsz_limit = 256 } service pop3-login { chroot = login client_limit = 256 executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login inet_listener pop3s { address = 204.209.81.1 } process_limit = 128 process_min_avail = 3 service_count = 1 user = dovecot vsz_limit = 64 } service pop3 { executable = /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 process_limit = 512 vsz_limit = 256 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } userdb { args = /etc/passwd driver = passwd-file } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_idle_notify_interval = 120 s imap_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o imap_max_line_length = 65536 mail_max_userip_connections = 10 mail_plugin_dir = /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 3 mail_plugin_dir = /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_enable_last = 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 } You have new mail in /var/mail/doctor doctor.nl2k.ab.ca//usr/home/doctor$ exit exit Script done on Wed Aug 18 23:26:07 2010 telneting into the ports work, but the clients seem to stuck in an infinite loop. -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca God, Queen and country! Never Satan President Republic! Beware AntiChrist rising! http://twitter.com/rootnl2k http://www.facebook.com/dyadallee Australia!! Vote to throw the REpublicans to the sharks!

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[Dovecot] Over-quota bounces seeming to lack sender
by Dave Brenner 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

We're seeing an issue with 1.2.12 where over-quota rejection messages are appearing in the logs with <> as the sender. The sender of the original message sees the appropriate sender (postmaster@) on the rejection, but as the message makes its way through the postfix/amavis chain, I can see that the sender address is missing. Aug 20 10:55:56 inet1 amavis[21822]: [ID 702911 mail.info] (21822-05) Checking: rGDWxOHFPBdY <> -> <xxxx(a)toledotel.com> Aug 20 03:12:39 inet1 amavis[9724]: [ID 702911 mail.info] (09724-37) skip local delivery(3): <> -> <bad-header-quarantine> Aug 19 10:15:47 2010 (1570) xxxxxxxx-users: bounce message w/no discernable addresses: <dovecot-1282238146-79394-0@inet1> (that last one is from Mailman logs) Has anyone else run into this? -- Dave Brenner - david(a)toledotel.com The Toledo Telephone Company, Inc.

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[Dovecot] imap, imaps, ports; config for secure-only service
by Ronald Leach 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hello, having difficulty setting up a 'secure-only' service on a non-standard port. Objective is to open a secure Dovecot service on an internet-visible port, while also using an insecure service for hosts on an internal network (so that one particular client which is not SSL/TLS-capable can continue to use the service). Checking wiki1 and wiki2, I think that port 143 can be used for a service in both encrypted and unencrypted operations. (Wiki2 describes how port 143 can be used with or without STARTTLS.) I've managed to run both TB/Vista, and KMail/Debian on 143 from local machines, and they seem to work fine. (Though they do only work if the clients are set to use 'unencrypted logins' such as KMail's 'clear text' setting, and TB's 'don't use secure authentication'.) Dovecot's SSL certificate on the server expires in 2028. But I cannot get my 'secure-only service' working at all. I've chosen port 10943 for that service, and have been testing from both KMail on the server, and TB/Vista on another local machine. Here's the config: protocol imap { # inet users, and also users presented from offsite via an SSH tunnel, # will use IMAP (any capability) on 143. listen = *:143 # 143 will not be reachable from outside the internal network (except # via an SSH tunnel) # # External users will be allowed only to use port 10943 (as forwarded # from the gateway), and will have to use SSL ssl_listen = *:10943 } Other settings include: #other settings protocols = imap imaps disable_plaintext_auth = no ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_verify_client_cert = no ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW ssl_require_client_cert = no ssl_username_from_cert = no mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir #log and debug settings mail_debug = yes auth_debug = yes Log from a successful session on port 143: Logs (using port 143, KMail on the server) 14:43:22 auth(default): client in: AUTH^I1^IPLAIN^Iservice=IMAP^Isecured^Ilip=127.0.0.1^Irip=127.0.0.1^Iresp=<hidden> 14:43:22 auth(default): client out: OK^I1^Iuser=ron 14:43:22 auth(default): master in: REQUEST^I1^I4057^I1 14:43:22 auth(default): master out: USER^I1^Iron^Isystem_user=ron^Iuid=1001^Igid=1001^Ihome=/home/ron 14:43:22 IMAP(ron): Effective uid=1001, gid=1001 14:43:22 IMAP(ron): maildir: data=/home/ron/Maildir 14:43:22 IMAP(ron): maildir: root=/home/ron/Maildir, index=/home/ron/Maildir, control=, inbox= 14:43:22 imap-login: Login: user=<ron>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS Unsuccessful session Logs (using 10943, KMail on the server) - absolutely no sign of any authentication, and the client reports a timeout. 17:03:30 imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS handshake 17:04:06 imap-login: Disconnected: rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS handshake 17:05:08 imap-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, TLS handshake 143 works fine, so Dovecot is (of course) perfectly good at managing the auth and service, so I must have something wrong in the config. I cannot see it. Could anyone share a config they've used for *secure-only* IMAP service on an internet-visible port? I'd like to compare the settings. regards, Ron

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[Dovecot] Build failure building dbox and gnutls
by Elisamuel Resto 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Hello! I'm having two issues building dovecot, one is with dbox storage, and another building gnutls as the SSL backend (builds fine with openssl). Software versions are Dovecot v2.0.0, GnuTLS 2.8.6 and OpenSSL 1.0.0a Configure: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/dovecot --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules --with-zlib --with-sqlite --with-ssl=openssl --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --with-gssapi --with-pam --with-bzlib --with-docs --without-mysql --without-vpopmail --without-sia --without-bsdauth --with-libcap --with-ioloop=epoll --with-storages=maildir,mbox,dbox,mdbox For the dbox build error, the log states: libdovecot-storage.so: undefined reference to `dbox_storage' Configure: http://pastie.org/1106301 - Make: http://pastie.org/private/qtt76kxomhmwqwii20oroq Configure: ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/dovecot --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-moduledir=/usr/lib/dovecot/modules --with-zlib --with-sqlite --with-ssl=gnutls --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --with-gssapi --with-pam --with-bzlib --with-docs --without-mysql --without-vpopmail --without-sia --without-bsdauth --with-libcap --with-ioloop=epoll For the gnutls build error, the log states quite a few errors, so see the linked logs. Configure: http://pastie.org/1108356 - Make: http://pastie.org/private/dxmmmopnodptut77o6fx2g -- Elisamuel Resto <ryuji(a)codemages.net> http://www.simplysam.us/ - Simply Sam Blog

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[Dovecot] Mobile phone client detects 'PUSH' server
by Ron Leach 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

Does Dovecot really provide a 'PUSH' email service? The mobile phone client (standard with SonyEricsson C510, in this case) reported that the server (our Dovecot installation) offered PUSH email service. I hadn't seen that in the documentation that I'd read and had understood the client-server protocol to be a client-PULL service, in that the clients decide which folders to retrieve, and check what messages there are and fetch any new messages. The clients we've used so far have settings for frequency of these checks. I didn't explore the option further, yet, being unsure whether there was a genuine PUSH service from our server or whether the phone was using a proxy somewhere (not ours) which would provide an intermediate fetch/aggregation/'pull then push' service of some sort - perhaps similar to the public offers from Yahoo etc. regards, Ron

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[Dovecot] sieve rule help
by Piyush Joshi 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Dear All, I am using dovecot-2.0.0 version and all my sieve filters are working perfectly except the following one. I am trying to flag message coming from jagdish(a)example.net mail id. require ["fileinto","envelope","reject","vacation","imap4flags","relational","comparator-i;ascii-numeric","regex","body","date"]; if address :contains "From" "jagdish(a)example.net" { keep :flags ["Flagged"] ; } Is it possible to make it work without using addflag to add a flag ?

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[Dovecot] dsync and active-active fault tolerance mail servers
by Luigi Rosa 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

I would like to set up an active-active fault tolerance couple of mail servers. Is the following procedure correct? Let's suppose I want to set up two servers for acme.com, mail1.acme.com and mail2.acme.com I declare both servers as MX in DNS configuration. Mailbox are stored in maildir with a single UID/GID owner for all the maildir files Userbase is MySQL, user tables are replicated using MySQL tools; in this case, the replica is one way, that is mail1.acme.com holds the "master" copy of MySQL tables and mail2.acme.com hold the "copy". The replica is done via dsync with a procedure like this executed on mail1.acme.com server: foreach mailbox { dsync mirror mailbox } Where mailbox is the full mail address, used also as a login name for authentication. My goal is to allow users to connect the mail servers they like and have all their mail (a 10/15 minute of sync delay is acceptable). This is the theory, now some questions. 1) Use Linux user/group owner of the files and directories are the same on both hosts (they are both foobar), but have different numeric ID, in one host foobat has UID 1234 and on the other host foobar has UID 2345. Is this an issue? 2) Mail location path is the same on both hosts, but where does dsync get it? Does dsync get all the information from the userbase defined in dovecot.conf (and other included files)? 3) Have I to scan the entire userbase and execute dsync for each user, or is there a trick to do for every user with a single command? 4) How often is good to run the synchronization? 5 minutes? 10? 15? 5) What is the correct command line to invoke dsync in this scenario? 6) Does anyone else tried this? :) Thank you. Ciao, luigi -- / +--[Luigi Rosa]-- \ (1) Everything depends. (2) Nothing is always. (3) Everything is sometimes.

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[Dovecot] sieve_after scripts with virtual domains
by Ciro Scognamiglio 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi all, first of all I am new to the list, so hello everyone :) I recently encountered an annoying problem with sieve, I am using dovecot version 1.2.13 on centos 5.5, the packages installed are the following: dovecot-sieve-0.1.17-5.el5 dovecot-managesieve-0.11.11-0_4.el5 dovecot-1.2.13-1_111.el5 the mail server is configured with virtual hosts (mysql), also the sieve plugin and managesieve are active. Users can create their own filters through roundcube and everything works fine. I also put two script to be executed before all sieve scripts in sieve_before, they just move any SPAM or VIRUS tagged message to a Junk folder. The problem is that while this works for my domain (that is also the server domain) it doesn't for the others domains, it seems the sieve_before scripts get ignored. I made many tests with the domains I am hosting, if I send a spam message (I am using the spamassassin test messages) it gets marked as SPAM, but gets only moved to the junk folder if the recipient is @cslash.net (that is my domain). here is some config extracts: === dovecot.conf === plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_before = /srv/mail/sieve-before sieve_after = /srv/mail/sieve-after } ======= /srv/mail $ cat sieve-before/spam.sieve require "fileinto"; if header :contains "X-Spam-Flag" "YES" { fileinto "Junk"; } P.S. The sieve scripts are all compiled.

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[Dovecot] pigeonhole sieve imapflags bug
by Tim Traver 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

Hi all, ok, I just instealled the dovecot 2.0.0 release, and the latest mercurial pigeonhole source. All is well, except for a particular sieve rule that may not be working right. It is a simple rule that looks like this : require ["fileinto","imap4flags"]; # rule:[Past Due Notices] if allof (header :contains "Subject" "Account Past Due Notice") { fileinto "Billing"; setflag "\\Seen"; stop; } Anyways, what happens is the message that matches that rule does indeed get moved to the "Billing" folder, but it does not get marked as read. BUT! if I change the order of the actions to mark it as read first, then move it to the "Billing" folder, it does both of those actions... Is that the way it is supposed to work? or is that a bug? Thanks, Tim.

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[Dovecot] Logged out format in log
by Jerrale G 21 Aug '10

21 Aug '10

I was naive to not check the log more thoroughly for changes. I need "dovecot: imap(jerrale(a)sheltoncomputers.com): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=1921/2983" to say the rip (ip address) as 1.2.x did; how do I accompish such? Jerrale G SC Senior Admin SC Senior Admin

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[Dovecot] Mobile phone client - first access
by Ron Leach 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Ladies and gentlemen, good morning! With my first post to the list, may I begin by saying how impressed I have been by Dovecot's performance on our Debian server. We've configured it to run with Exim and Fetchmail, using Dovecot to manage professional and domestic emails for a small home office, serving a number of Windows and Linux clients both on the internal network and, when working overseas, via SSH tunnels back to the Debian server. Dovecot's performance has been, simply, rock-solid; a very impressive piece of work by Timo and all those supporting him. My ordinary mobile phone - a Sony Ericsson C510 - includes an email client with IMAP capability (and none, TLS, or SSL encryption). Configured to access our server across the mobile carrier's network, the results surprised me; they were not what I expected. The first surprise was, it worked. More seriously, the messages it retrieved were not what I expected; the phone received around 58 messages, but from the 'inbox', the 'junk' box, and a couple from a 'project' box. I had expected to only retrieve the messages that were in the 'inbox'. How does Dovecot 'decide' what messages to give the phone client? [I think I may have the wrong 'mental model' of what should have happened, and would appreciate being put right.] Is it possible to configure Dovecot to only serve specific boxes? The mobile phone client is extremely simple - it does not have the facility to 'browse' the folders, it only has an inbox, sentbox, etc; I have wondered whether there might be a 'jar' email client that is richer, and which might help - I will look for something anyway. But I was impressed that my mobile phone could check our home and office email while offsite; if I can get that working it will save having to fire up the laptop at each opportunity. Thanks very much for reading this far, and, also, thanks everyone who takes the time to contribute to the list, regards, Ron

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[Dovecot] Director mailserver health monitoring script
by Brad Davidson 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Timo et al; The last bit of functionality that the Dovecot director is missing compared to our existing load balancers is mailserver health monitoring. As I understand it, if a mailserver goes down, Dovecot does not take any action to route connections around the offline node, and will keep trying to proxy clients to it. Since we're hoping to cut over to Directors soon, but don't want to lose any functionality, I've hacked up a script that: * Polls the local director for a list of mailservers * Performs health checks against a list of ports on each mailserver * Disables or enables mailservers (by altering the vhost count) as necessary I've published the script on github in hopes that it might be useful to others: http://github.com/brandond/poolmon/ Maybe someday Dovecot will do something like this internally and I won't need the script any more, but for now I'm pretty happy with it. -Brad

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[Dovecot] Weird Problem with subscriptions
by Harry Lachanas 20 Aug '10

20 Aug '10

Dovecot Version 1.2.11 Created Public Namespaces and folders idx and control are created in each users Maildir/ aka namespace public { prefix=Public/ separator = / location = maildir:/home/Public-Folders-Mail/Public-RO:INDEX=~/Maildir/p1-idx:CONTROL=~/Maildir/p1-ctrl hidden = no subscriptions = no inbox = no } The problem occurs after a user has subscribed to The Folder dovecot complaints about ... dovecot: IMAP(grharry): open(/home/grharry/Maildir/p1-idx/.production/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=1004(grharry) egid=1000(vmail) missing +x perm: /home/grharry/Maildir/p1-idx/.production) After changing manually the perm in the above dir +x all works fine. I've tried unsubscribing and deleting the p1-ctl p1-idx dir structures The same problem occured ( This hapens in the users own Maildir ) Your help will be appreciated Regards Harry

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[Dovecot] Disable APOP challenge in POP3 login greeting
by Brad Davidson 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Timo, It looks like Dovecot 2.0 appends an APOP challenge to the POP3 greeting even if APOP is not an enabled auth mechanism. Is there any way to disable this? We don't support APOP, and the challenge includes the private hostname of the server, which we'd rather not have in the banner. It looks like get_apop_challenge in 1.2 returns NULL if APOP isn't supported, which causes auth_client_ready to omit the banner... but I see no such check (in fact, no way for get_apop_challenge to return NULL) in 2.0, even though pop3_client_send_greeting tests for it. Thanks, -Brad

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[Dovecot] mailbox utilities
by Terry 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hello, Are there any utilities that will spit out statistics about some mailboxes I have on my server? For example, how many messages are in each mailbox? They appear to be in mbox format (default?). Thanks!

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Re: [Dovecot] mailbox utilities
by Kádár Tamás 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

P.S. It's not *exactly* what you are looking for -- but it can still spit you out some useful and semi-related statistics. -----Original Message----- From: "Kádár Tamás" tamas.kadar(a)espell.com Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:37:01 To: <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Reply-To: tamas.kadar(a)espell.com Subject: Re: [Dovecot] mailbox utilities If you happen to use Postfix, you can use pflogsumm which is crude, but works. ------Original Message------ From: Terry Sender: dovecot-bounces+tamas.kadar=espell.com(a)dovecot.org To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] mailbox utilities Sent: Aug 19, 2010 21:25 Hello, Are there any utilities that will spit out statistics about some mailboxes I have on my server? For example, how many messages are in each mailbox? They appear to be in mbox format (default?). Thanks!

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Re: [Dovecot] mailbox utilities
by Kádár Tamás 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

If you happen to use Postfix, you can use pflogsumm which is crude, but works. ------Original Message------ From: Terry Sender: dovecot-bounces+tamas.kadar=espell.com(a)dovecot.org To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] mailbox utilities Sent: Aug 19, 2010 21:25 Hello, Are there any utilities that will spit out statistics about some mailboxes I have on my server? For example, how many messages are in each mailbox? They appear to be in mbox format (default?). Thanks!

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2 and quota_rules from AD
by Christian Lyra 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi I´m trying to figure how to proper configure postfix+dovecot to enforce quotas from a AD (ldap). I´m using the following configuration: dovecot.conf: ... protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota .. } auth default { passdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-pass.conf } userdb ldap { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf } ... } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota #quota_rule = *:storage=2M // tried with and without this line } dovecot-ldap.conf: ... user_attrs = sAMAccountName=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%$/Maildir, quotaMail=quota_rule=*:storage=%$ user_filter = (&(objectClass=person)(|(mail=%u)(sAMAccountName=%u))) pass_attrs = sAMAaccountName=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=person)(sAMAaccountName=%u)) Quotas are set by the quotaMail in AD. And here is the log: Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: auth(default): master in: USER#0111#011testeti(a)teste.mydomain#011service=deliver Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: auth(default): ldap(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): user search: base=dc=mydomain scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=person)(| (mail=testeti@teste.mydomain)(sAMAccountName=testeti@teste.mydomain))) fields=sAMAccountName,quotaMail Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: auth(default): ldap(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): result: sAMAccountName(mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%$/Maildir)=maildir:/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER#0111#011testeti@teste.mydomain#011mail=maildir:/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): auth input: mail=maildir:/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): maildir: data=/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): maildir++: root=/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/var/vmail/testeti/Maildir Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): Namespace : Using permissions from /var/vmail/testeti/Maildir: mode=0700 gid=-1 Aug 9 11:41:37 vm29 dovecot: deliver(testeti(a)teste.mydomain): msgid=<201008091142.53089.lyra(a)pop-pr.rnp.br>: saved mail to INBOX There´s no quota_rule in logs... uncomenting the line quota_rule = *:storage=2M I got quota, bu only this static one, and not per-user. What I´m doing wrong? Btw... with static configuration the maildirsize file is created, but without static configuration it´s not (well.. no quota_rule...). thanks in advance, -- Christian Lyra POP-PR - RNP

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[Dovecot] pigeonhole and utf-8 error
by Xavier Pons 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi, now, I'm working with the last version of dovecot and pigeonhole sieve, and when apply a sieve filter on a new message, and it try to move this mail to a folder with special character like accent give me the error 'mailbox name not utf-8: ...' >Aug 17 09:22:40 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(19629,miel): Error: kea6K484akytTAAAJBW4rA: sieve: msgid= ><1099311971.505.1282029699154.JavaMail.open-xchange(a)o.uib.es>: failed to store into mailbox 'atenció': >mailbox name not utf-8: atenció dovecot it's working without problem on this folder. I suppose it's a misconfiguration, but I don't find where... Xavier

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[Dovecot] Dovecot lda with qmail
by Piyush Joshi 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Dear All, According to my setup i can not call |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda from my /var/qmail/control/defaultdelivery file, Instead making a perl file which will call the same for delivery of mails. If i put the following code in my mail.pl |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda then it throws error in running file from command line. Warning: Use of "-f" without parentheses is ambiguous at /var/qmail/bin/mail.pl line 2. syntax error at /var/qmail/bin/mail.pl line 2, near "|" Execution of /var/qmail/bin/mail.pl aborted due to compilation errors. content of mail.pl #!/usr/bin/perl |/var/qmail/bin/preline -f /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda Any help will be useful for me. Thanks

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[Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, Administrators of Dovecot!
by Jerrale G 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

With the release of dovecot 2.0, the community of the Dovecot mailling list, and us at Shelton Computers, would sincerely like to thank the developers of Dovecot. For, if it were not for you, we would be stuck with Courier and would not have the impressive features of Sieve, as opposed to the unmanageable scripts, by end users, of maildrop. *Our gratitude goes to, but not limited to:* *Timo Sirainen and Charles Marcus* *We apologize if we have missed anyone and ask that EVERYONE using dovecot would express their thanks and gratitude by signing this thread, to also include any people beyond the mentioned.* Please, Mr. Sirainen, make a donation link as we have tried to find one on dovecot.org! Sincerely, Jerrale Gayle, Senior Technical Admin of Shelton Computers

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[Dovecot] dovecot-lda logging
by Nishant Limbachia 19 Aug '10

19 Aug '10

Hi everyone, I'm using Postfix and Dovecot with dovecot-lda used for local delivery. I've successfully migrated from 1.2.13 to 2.0.0 however I have a little problem with dovecot-lda logging. With version 1.2.13, I use to log dovecot-lda to /var/log/dovecot-lda.log with world-writable mode. With version 2.0.0, postfix complains: "Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot.log: permission denied". This is understandable because my dovecot.log file is 0600 mode. My question is how do I retain the 1.2.13 functionality of logging dovecot-lda to /var/log/dovecot-lda.log. I've read the LDA.txt in the wiki documentation and it states I can override log_path & info_log_path like this: protocol lda { log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lda.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lda.log } What I don't know is where to add that segment. Should I add it to 10-logging.conf or 15-lda.conf? Right now I've added that to both the files but I still see the postfix permission denied message. I will appreciate if someone can help out. Thanks! BTW, Great work Timo!!! Thank you very much for a great piece of software!

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[Dovecot] Linux should be as easy as Windows
by Dennis Clarke 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

>From a "Standards" thread I saw this : "Linux should be as easy as Windows" I would like to point out that this is a thinking problem. A shift in thinking is required. That should say : "Open source and Free software should be as easy as Windows" In this way we allow someone running BSD, Solaris or some port of Debian to an old Dec AlphaServer will have the same level of functionality provided standards are adhered to. Once programmers begin to see everything in the light of Linux then we can also kiss goodbye the opportunity for portability to other OS types. Dennis

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[Dovecot] Pigeonhole: error while loading shared libraries
by Sebastian Köhler 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, I built pigeonhole from the hg repo for Dovecot 2.0. Local sieve scripts work fine. But as soon as I try to connect via managesieve I get this errror: managesieve-login: Error: dovecot/managesieve-login: error while loading shared libraries: libdovecot-login.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory My dovecot install is in /usr/lib/dovecot and I had to symlink the libs in the dovecot folder to /usr/lib to make managesieve work. My configure options were: "--prefix=/usr --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot" Sebastian -- The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.

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[Dovecot] OT [Fwd: Fwd: Re: EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, Administrators of Dovecot!]
by Noel Butler 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

CharlesMarcus LOL, you kinda contradicted yourself here charlie boy and personal RBL? yup, but its not just used by me, its used by a few if you read the link, a few involving millions of emails a day, but shouldnt be a problem giving the geographical locations... and lied? list msgs caught in spam rules, I guess you dont know how to configure SA URI's... now, please stop trying to avoid bans or i shall notify your isp you have violated their T%C ------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Charles <libertytrek(a)gmail.com> To: noel.butler(a)ausics.net Subject: Fwd: Re: [Dovecot] EVERYONE USING DOVECOT PLEASE SIGN: Thanks, Administrators of Dovecot! Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:52:35 -0400 So, you're a liar as well. You lied when you said my messages were getting caught in your anti-spam filter. They weren't, they were getting blocked by your silly little personal rbl. If you weren't blocking list traffic, you would have seen that I already corrected the record on that myself. Don't bother replying - I won't be rejecting your messages on this account, I just give them the attention they deserve (straight to the shit-can).

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[Dovecot] Unexpectedly lost message
by Tom Goerger 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, We're having some issues with certain messages not being able to be read by Dovecot. Can anyone tell me under what conditions the error messages below could be caused? Aug 17 15:58:26 server.tc.umn.edu imap(user): : [ID 887855 local6.error] Next message unexpectedly lost from 1913995 Aug 17 15:58:26 server.tc.umn.edu last message repeated 2 times Aug 17 15:58:26 server.tc.umn.edu imap(user): : [ID 107833 local6.crit] Panic: file istream.c: line 76: assertion failed: (_stream->skip != _stream->pos) Aug 17 15:58:26 server.tc.umn.edu dovecot: [ID 684838 local6.error] child 13169 (imap) killed with signal 6 Thanks, -- Tom Goerger University of Minnesota - Internet Services

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[Dovecot] rare index cache error with dovecot 1.2.10
by Wolfgang.Friebel＠desy.de 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, since some time for a single user updating the Maildir/dovecot.index.cache file produced errors whenever it needed to be updated: Aug 15 04:16:40 imapsrv dovecot: deliver(user): pwrite() failed: File too large Aug 15 04:16:40 imapsrv dovecot: deliver(user): file_set_size() failed with index cache file /var/spool/mail/mamuzic/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: File too large The file itself was 55115776 bytes and a test program using pwrite with any reasonable size or offset does not produce the EFBIG error. Looking to the file contents the start of the file looks correct to me ( according to src/lib-index/mail-cache-private.h ) and despite of the error message the file gets updated and contains always the headers of the most recent incoming mail near the end of the file. After removing the file the cache was rebuilt properly (currently at 9MB). As this happened only for a single user out of approx 500 and after more than one year of using dovecot without any other problems I guess this is a very rare case. As pwrite tests do not show the error this seems not to be an issue with low file limits (as suggested in another mail on this topic) but maybe a lookup of corrupt addresses from the index.cache. I have saved the dovecot.index.cache, but as it is rather large (55MB) and does contain a lot of privacy information I would rather not make it accessible. Is there something I can further check to see whether dovecot is missing a sanity check? -- Wolfgang Friebel Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Phone/Fax: +49 33762 77372/216 Platanenallee 6 Mail: Wolfgang.Friebel AT desy.de D-15738 Zeuthen Germany

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[Dovecot] REpeated e-mail
by The Doctor 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Using 1.2.11 I am getting some people repeating that they are getting repeated POP3 e-mails. My configuration is # 1.2.11: /usr/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: BSD/OS 4.3 i386 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps ssl_listen: 204.209.81.1 ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 first_valid_uid: 100 mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u dbox_rotate_days: 0 mail_executable(default): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_no_flag_updates(default): no pop3_no_flag_updates(imap): no pop3_no_flag_updates(pop3): yes pop3_enable_last(default): no pop3_enable_last(imap): no pop3_enable_last(pop3): yes pop3_save_uidl(default): no pop3_save_uidl(imap): no pop3_save_uidl(pop3): yes pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: executable: /usr/contrib/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/master.passwd userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca God, Queen and country! Never Satan President Republic! Beware AntiChrist rising! http://twitter.com/rootnl2k http://www.facebook.com/dyadallee Australia!! Vote to throw the REpublicans to the sharks!

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[Dovecot] Error: Index file too large ? 904 bytes ?
by Dennis Clarke 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

My 1.2.13 build is giving me errors based on the same conf file that was working perfectly for 1.2.12 : Aug 18 03:28:27 IMAP(dclarke): Error: Index file too large: /var/mail/dclarke/dovecot.index Aug 18 03:28:27 IMAP(dclarke): Fatal: block_alloc(2147483648): Out of memory Aug 18 03:28:27 dovecot: Error: child 12560 (imap) returned error 83 (Out of memory - see mail_process_size setting) The file in question is 904 bytes in size : bash-4.1# ls -l /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot.index -rw------- 1 dclarke csw 904 Aug 4 16:05 /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot.index So this seems insane. SO I made sure the conf file had this in it : mail_process_size = 256 I then restart the daemon and see this : Aug 18 03:37:02 IMAP(dclarke): Fatal: block_alloc(1073741824): Out of memory Aug 18 03:37:02 dovecot: Error: child 12620 (imap) returned error 83 (Out of memory - see mail_process_size setting) Aug 18 03:37:07 IMAP(dclarke): Error: Index file too large: /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot.index Aug 18 03:37:07 IMAP(dclarke): Warning: Created dotlock file's timestamp is different than current time (837089755 vs 1282102627): /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist Aug 18 03:37:07 IMAP(dclarke): Fatal: block_alloc(1073741824): Out of memory Aug 18 03:37:07 dovecot: Error: child 12622 (imap) returned error 83 (Out of memory - see mail_process_size setting) Aug 18 03:37:09 IMAP(dclarke): Error: Index file too large: /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot.index Aug 18 03:37:09 IMAP(dclarke): Warning: Created dotlock file's timestamp is different than current time (527779909 vs 1282102629): /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist Aug 18 03:37:09 IMAP(dclarke): Fatal: block_alloc(1073741824): Out of memory Aug 18 03:37:09 dovecot: Error: child 12624 (imap) returned error 83 (Out of memory - see mail_process_size setting) Sure enough dovecot catches a timestamp issue : bash-4.1# date Wed Aug 18 03:39:24 GMT 2010 bash-4.1# ls -lapE /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 dclarke csw 1806 2010-08-16 13:52:16.442510077 +0000 /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist bash-4.1# touch /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist bash-4.1# ls -lapE /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 dclarke csw 1806 2010-08-18 03:39:53.263345256 +0000 /export/home/dclarke/mail/.Sent/dovecot-uidlist However the inability to deal with a 904 byte file is a bit of an issue here. Anyone know why mail_process_size = 256 is the wrong thing to look at ? Dennis

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[Dovecot] Extension for sorting mails by Displayname
by Michael Kliewe 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi everybody, first of all, thanks Timo for version 2.0. Currently I want to sort mails server-side by displayname of FROM and TO. There is an extension for it, but I think dovecot does not support it at the moment. It is defined in RFC 5957: https://www.tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5957 Is there an dovecot extension for it, how can I get that running? Michael

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Re: [Dovecot] wake up getamail on imap request
by Timo Sirainen 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

On Wed, 2010-08-18 at 14:28 +0200, Peter Dungel wrote: > The only issue I'm still facing is, that I don't like to run getmail as a > cronjob that connects to my online mailboxes every minute or so, I'd rather > want it to do so every thirty minutes and whenever I request so by fetching > my mails at my mailclient (e.g. outlook), I've font the Fetchmail Wakeup > plugin, but according to the description this only works for version 1.1.x > and 1.2.x but I'm running 1.0.13. You could create a plugin that triggers getmail every time IMAP's STATUS command is sent. Or probably best to do it on mailbox_opened hook (in v2.0).

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Re: [Dovecot] wake up getamail on imap request
by William Blunn 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

On 18/08/2010 13:28, Peter Dungel wrote: > i've set up a little mailserver for my homeoffice, and after some > problems everything works fine for me, I've some virtual users which > get their mail delivered via getmail, and I can access my mails from > my windows mailclient. > > The only issue I'm still facing is, that I don't like to run getmail > as a cronjob that connects to my online mailboxes every minute or so, > I'd rather want it to do so every thirty minutes and whenever I > request so by fetching my mails at my mailclient (e.g. outlook), I've > font the Fetchmail Wakeup plugin, but according to the description > this only works for version 1.1.x and 1.2.x but I'm running 1.0.13. > > Anyone has any idea how to solve this or has a workaround? Upgrade to 1.1.x or 1.2.x? I believe that many people consider 1.0.x to be hideously ancient. I believe that many people on this list will be significantly reluctant to help you with anything before 1.2.x. Version 2.0.0 was declared the current release version last Monday (16 Aug 2010), with the previous current release version before that being 1.2.13. I believe that many people on this will not consider "But My Distro Provides Version X!" to be a valid excuse. Find a more up-to-date binary package, upgrade your distro, install from source; there is always a way. Bill

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[Dovecot] wake up getamail on imap request
by Peter Dungel 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, i've set up a little mailserver for my homeoffice, and after some problems everything works fine for me, I've some virtual users which get their mail delivered via getmail, and I can access my mails from my windows mailclient. The only issue I'm still facing is, that I don't like to run getmail as a cronjob that connects to my online mailboxes every minute or so, I'd rather want it to do so every thirty minutes and whenever I request so by fetching my mails at my mailclient (e.g. outlook), I've font the Fetchmail Wakeup plugin, but according to the description this only works for version 1.1.x and 1.2.x but I'm running 1.0.13. Anyone has any idea how to solve this or has a workaround? Thanks Petr

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[Dovecot] Upgrade to 2.0 - Not so smooth
by Marc Perkel 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: service(pop3-login) User doesn't exist: dovenull Just some real time feedback. I don't know what dovenull user is or why it is necessary.

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[Dovecot] Problem with compile
by Mišel Mešnjak 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi! I have a problem compiling v2.0 of dovecot mail server on one old server running RHEL 3. This is error messaage I get (googled for it and have not found anything useful): passdb-vpopmail.o(.text+0x39a): In function `vpopmail_preinit': /root/dovecot-2.0.0/src/auth/passdb-vpopmail.c:185: undefined reference to `vauth_load_module' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [auth] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.0.0/src/auth' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.0.0/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/dovecot-2.0.0' make: *** [all] Error 2 Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks and bye!

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[Dovecot] Delete user data from Dovecot server
by Thiago Henrique 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hello, I'm testing Dovecot 2.0. I plan to use Dovecot 2.0 with thousands of domains per server. My user base is under virtual MySQL. when I add a user in the database, it is automatically created in the structure of Dovecot at first login. Is there a easy way to delete a user ? Thank you. -- Atenciosamente, Thiago Henrique (21)2233-5950 ramal 27 Infra Estrutura Linux Hostnet Internet - www.hostnet.com.br Digirati Telecomunicações - www.digirati.com.br

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[Dovecot] reverting back to 1.2.12
by Dennis Clarke 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

ver 1.2.13 is also tossing these : Aug 18 03:37:49 dovecot: Warning: I/O leak: 805c600 (27) Aug 18 03:37:49 dovecot: Warning: I/O leak: 805c600 (25) Aug 18 03:37:49 dovecot: Warning: I/O leak: 805c600 (23) I have reverted back to 1.2.12 which "just works". I will go back and recompile 1.2.13 and 2.0.0 again. Maybe the addition of postgressql libs linked in or the use of GCC is the issue on Solaris. Not sure but 1.2.12 to 1.2.13 did not go smoothly at all. Dennis

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[Dovecot] pigeonhole
by Xavier Pons 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to compile the last mercurial release of dovecot-pigeonhole 2.0 and get this error: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/usr/kerberos/include -o .libs/sievec sievec.o -Wl,--export-dynamic ../../src/lib-sieve/.libs/libdovecot-sieve.so ../../src/lib-sieve-tool/.libs/libsieve-tool.a ./debug/.libs/libsieve_ext_debug.a /root/dovecot/dovecot-hg/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-storage/.libs/libdovecot-storage.so /root/dovecot/dovecot-hg/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-lda/.libs/libdovecot-lda.so /root/dovecot/dovecot-hg/dovecot-2.0/src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -ldl -lrt -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib/dovecot ../../src/lib-sieve/.libs/libdovecot-sieve.so: undefined reference to `sieve_stringlist_get_length' ../../src/lib-sieve/.libs/libdovecot-sieve.so: undefined reference to `sieve_stringlist_read_all' ../../src/lib-sieve/.libs/libdovecot-sieve.so: undefined reference to `sieve_single_stringlist_create_cstr' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [sievec] Error 1 any idea? thanks Xavier

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[Dovecot] 2.0 and vpopmail
by Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Does 2.0 require a specific version of vpopmail? I'm getting this on my build attempt : /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/dovecot-2.0.0/src/auth/passdb-vpopmail.c:185: undefined reference to `vauth_load_module' Yes, it's an RPM, that's how I roll. I'm not finding vauth_load_module anywhere on my system.. I'm running vpopmail 5.4.30 which is, I believe the latest stable release.. Thanks, - --------------------------- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold xenophage(a)godshell.com - --------------------------- "Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology." - - Niven's Inverse of Clarke's Third Law -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkxp/6YACgkQ8CjzPZyTUTT0tACgi5WLR2IcGvhmvmIGlmZpeg1P tUQAn2zx6HuIR3QHIGt/aYCP7nRNBvJ7 =yYrj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Using dovecot with vpopmail and mysql auth?
by Aaron Greengrass 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Hi, Does anyone happen to know the right strings to do authentication against mysql storing vpopmail data, vs using the vpopmail auth module? I'm trying to get up to both vpopmail 5.5, and dovecot 2.0, and dovecot-auth seems to reliably segfault on the 5.5 vpopmail module. I've tried downgrading vpopmail as well, with less than stellar results. I saw an old article about doing exactly that -- switching from the vpop module, while still using it's DB, but it is both a) old, and b) confusing. Any help you can offer -- or urls in a pinch -- would be appreciated.

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[Dovecot] Very complex Master User Examples using MySQL
by Marc Perkel 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

For those who are interested I have posted in the Wiki examples of using master users in very interesting ways. In these example we will create 3 kinds of master users. The first will be users who can read all email for all domains. The next example will be users who can read all email for their domain only. The third example will be users who can read email of domains listed in a separate ownership table. http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/MasterUsers Go to Advanced SQL Examples at bottom Let me know what you think. In order to actually make this work you'll have to apply this patch Timo just posted: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/3ba227176cde

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0 convert script
by Marc Perkel 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Since my old config had this: protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem ssl_key_file = /usr/share/ssl/certs/imapd.pem then the convert script should have added ssl = yes Just trying to document all the little issues as I find them.

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[Dovecot] Tricky Master User Query - need MySQL help
by Marc Perkel 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

OK - I want to do something very tricky with master users and if I get it to work I'm adding it to the wiki for everyone to use. So far I have a MySQL database that servers multiple domains. I can set a flag making someone a domain owner that allows that person to become master of that domain. Here's the query for that. password_query = SELECT user_name, domain_name, password FROM users WHERE user_name = '%n' AND domain_name = '%d' AND owns_domain='1' AND '%d'='%{login_domain}' So - here's where we get tricky. I have another table called "ownership" where I have 2 fields which is a pairing of email addresses (login_id) and domains owned (owned_object). Data might look like this: joe(a)blow.com domain1.com joe(a)blow.com domain2.com Since joe(a)blow.com owns both domain1.com and domain2.com I want him to be able to log in as anyone in those 2 domains as a master user. Examples: tom@domain1.com*joe@blow.com harry@domain2.com*joe@blow.com So the idea is to create a MySQL query so that if the master user matches the domain part of the login user then it returns true and allows the login. What MySQL query will do that?

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[Dovecot] Master Login using MySQL problem - %{login_domain}
by Marc Perkel 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi Timo, Been trying to track this problem down further. The problem seems to be related to verifying the master user failing. My passdb looks like this: passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-domain-owner-sql.conf master = yes pass = yes } dovecot-domain-owner-sql.conf contains: user_query = SELECT user_name, domain_name FROM users WHERE user_name = '%n' AND domain_name = '%d' AND owns_domain='1' password_query = SELECT user_name, domain_name, password FROM users WHERE user_name = '%n' AND domain_name = '%d' AND owns_domain='1' AND '%d'='%{login_domain}' In this example - bill(a)plf.net is an ordinary user. tom(a)plf.net is a domain owner. Tom wants to read bills email. The login is: bill@plf.net*tom@plf.net This results in tom(a)plf.net being classified as an unknown user. Aug 17 08:38:30 auth: Debug: sql(tom(a)plf.net,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT user_name, domain_name, password FROM users WHERE user_name = 'tom' AND domain_name = 'plf.net' AND owns_domain='1' AND 'plf.net'='' Aug 17 08:38:30 auth: Info: sql(tom(a)plf.net,127.0.0.1): unknown user Aug 17 08:38:32 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 15 user=tom(a)plf.net Aug 17 08:38:32 imap-login: Info: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<tom(a)plf.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=0, secured Note that the query used to determine that tom(a)plf.net is valid is the password_query and not the user_query resulting in unknown user. I think that's where the problem is.

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[Dovecot] Managesieve and Dovecot 2.0: clients incompatible?
by Jerrale G 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

I successfully converted my 1.2.x config and am trying to use managesieve. This configuration is really for 1.2.x even though it says for 2.0: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ManageSieve/Configuration Trying to assign the port number is not by using "listen". Anyway, I just reverted, on the client, to using the default port 2000. The managesieve client now hangs trying to login and eventually times out. Is the new pigeonhole managesieve incompatible with clients that worked with managesieve 0.11.11? There is no output in the log concerning managesieve from pigeonhole. I guess I could put log=/path/to/a/file in the managesieve part and see what happens. In the old dovecot 1.2, we would get a "managesieve-login" in the log when a client even TRIED to login; now, nothing! -- Jerrale G. SC Senior Admin

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Well , configure looked good and the summary seemed fine : Install prefix . : /opt/csw File offsets ... : 64bit I/O polling .... : poll I/O notifys .... : none SSL ............ : yes (OpenSSL) GSSAPI ......... : yes passdbs ........ : static passwd passwd-file shadow pam checkpassword ldap sql : -bsdauth -sia -vpopmail userdbs ........ : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword ldap sql : -vpopmail -nss SQL drivers .... : pgsql mysql sqlite Everything was going swimmingly and then poof : libtool: compile: /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-test -I../../src/lib-charset -I../../src/lib-mail -I/opt/csw/include:/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql:/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -I/opt/csw/include -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=v8 -xnolibmil -Xa -xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -g -xs -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql -I/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -D_TS_ERRNO -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I/opt/csw/include -c imap-id.c -KPIC -DPIC -o .libs/imap-id.o libtool: compile: /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-test -I../../src/lib-charset -I../../src/lib-mail -I/opt/csw/include:/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql:/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -I/opt/csw/include -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=v8 -xnolibmil -Xa -xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -g -xs -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql -I/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -D_TS_ERRNO -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I/opt/csw/include -c imap-id.c -o imap-id.o >/dev/null 2>&1 source='imap-match.c' object='imap-match.lo' libtool=yes \ DEPDIR=.deps depmode=none /opt/csw/bin/bash ../../depcomp \ /opt/csw/bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-test -I../../src/lib-charset -I../../src/lib-mail -I/opt/csw/include:/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql:/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -I/opt/csw/include -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=v8 -xnolibmil -Xa -xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -g -xs -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql -I/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -D_TS_ERRNO -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I/opt/csw/include -c -o imap-match.lo imap-match.c libtool: compile: /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I../../src/lib -I../../src/lib-test -I../../src/lib-charset -I../../src/lib-mail -I/opt/csw/include:/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql:/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -I/opt/csw/include -xstrconst -xildoff -xarch=v8 -xnolibmil -Xa -xcode=pic32 -xregs=no%appl -xlibmieee -g -xs -I/opt/csw/include -I/opt/csw/mysql51/include/mysql -I/opt/csw/postgresql83/include -D_TS_ERRNO -DSOLARIS2=8 -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -I/opt/csw/include -c imap-match.c -KPIC -DPIC -o .libs/imap-match.o "imap-match.c", line 199: identifier redeclared: imap_match_dup current : function(pointer to struct pool {pointer to const struct pool_vfuncs {..} v, unsigned int alloconly_pool :1, unsigned int datastack_pool :1}, pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}) returning pointer to struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data} previous: function(pointer to struct pool {pointer to const struct pool_vfuncs {..} v, unsigned int alloconly_pool :1, unsigned int datastack_pool :1}, pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}) returning pointer to struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data} : "imap-match.h", line 33 "imap-match.c", line 214: identifier redeclared: imap_match_globs_equal current : function(pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}, pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}) returning _Bool previous: function(pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}, pointer to const struct imap_match_glob {pointer to struct pool {..} pool, pointer to struct imap_match_pattern {..} patterns, char sep, array[-1] of char patterns_data}) returning _Bool : "imap-match.h", line 36 cc: acomp failed for imap-match.c gmake[3]: *** [imap-match.lo] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-001/src/lib-imap' gmake[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-001/src' gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-001' gmake: *** [all] Error 2 [mimas] So that stops me while I figure out what the issue is with imap-match.h and/or imap-match.c in the Solaris world while using Sun Studio 11. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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[Dovecot] authentication failure with known good credentials???
by Dave Stevens 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi, I have a problem on my server. To illustrate, I created a new user, unclewiggly, and set up a password. I then used sent an email from my usual account. Logging in with my browser I am able to see the inbox, the mail and contents correctly. I then set up a new instance of Eudora 7.1 on my windows 7 box with the appropriate login id and check the account using the correct password. The fetch fails with the client reporting an authentication failure. Ideas? Places to look? Logfiles I can search? Maillog doesn't seem very informative, should I send a snippet? Thanks, Dave -- "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Krishnamurti

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[Dovecot] Using a BSDI 4.X system for Dovecot
by The Doctor 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

It might be old but still worked. I am using Dovecot 1.2.11 hoping to replace QualComm Eudora and Cyrus IMAP. dovecot -n yields base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_listen: 204.209.81.1 ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 first_valid_uid: 100 last_valid_uid: 65535 last_valid_gid: 65535 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u dbox_rotate_days: 0 mail_executable(default): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): auth default: executable: /usr/contrib/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/master.passwd userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/passwd And running SSL here In my logs I see Aug 17 00:35:10 doctor dovecot: POP3(user1): Fatal: setregid(100(user),14(mail)) failed with euid=0(root): Operation not permitted Aug 17 00:35:15 doctor dovecot: IMAP(user2): Fatal: setregid(100(user),14(mail)) failed with euid=0(root): Operation not permitted Question: What are am I not doing right? -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor(a)nl2k.ab.ca God, Queen and country! Never Satan President Republic! Beware AntiChrist rising! http://twitter.com/rootnl2k http://www.facebook.com/dyadallee Australia!! Vote to throw the REpublicans to the sharks!

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[Dovecot] 2.0 not starting
by Luciano Mannucci 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Hi everybody, I tried to upgrade my 1.2.13 dovecot to 2.0. The configure/make/install process seemed to work flawlessly. I created the dovenull user, converted my config with #src/config/doveconf -n -c /etc/dovecot.conf > /tmp/dovecot.conf and moved the result manually to /etc/dovecot. By typing "dovecot" (after having stopped the previous instance :), I get: Error: service(pop3-login): listen(::, 110) failed: Address already in use Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 143) failed: Address already in use Fatal: Failed to start listeners tough nor "netstat -ta" nor "lsof -i" do show anything using port 110 or 143. What did I wrong? Here is my doveconf -n: baobab:/usr/src/local/mail/dovecot/current/dovecot-2.0.0 # doveconf -n # 2.0.0: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.45-0.1-pae i686 openSUSE 11.1 (i586) ext3 doveconf: Warning: Dovecot was last started using /etc/dovecot.conf, but this config is /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf auth_cache_size = 3072 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %Lu auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 0 first_valid_uid = 100 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/logfile.info log_path = /var/log/dovecot/logfile login_greeting = Dovecot at Baobab ready. mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mailboxes/%u:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:DIRNAME=mbox:INDEX=/var/dovecot_indexes/%u maildir_copy_with_hardlinks = no namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota = maildir quota_rule = *:storage=300M } protocols = pop3 imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { address = 212.45.144.44, 212.45.144.70, 192.168.134.44 } process_limit = 512 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { address = 212.45.144.44, 212.45.144.70, 192.168.134.44 } process_limit = 512 } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } version_ignore = yes protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_enable_last = yes } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mcs.it } 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.mannucci.ORG/

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[Dovecot] Master User Features I'd like to see
by Marc Perkel 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

Here's what I'd like. Limited master users, where someone can be a master users for some domains but not others. I think I could do what I want with the right kinds of variable passing that doesn't yet exist. Let me see if I can explain clearly. From the example in the wiki: auth_master_user_separator = * passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql-master.conf.ext master = yes pass = yes } passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext } userdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext } Login looks like this: # telnet localhost 143 * OK Dovecot ready. 1 login loginuser*masteruser masterpass 1 OK Logged in. I'm assuming that the masteruser and masterpass is passed to the master passdb and when doing so the variable %u is the master user. I assume that %n and %d also represent the name and domain part of the master user. What I need is to also be able to have variables for the loginuser passed to the master user query. Something like %lu, %ln, and %ld perhaps. That way with MySQL tricks I might be able to see if the master user is master for that particular login user. That way I can give domain owners or owners of multiple domains the ability to manage the email accounts within their scope of permission.

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[Dovecot] cluster with dsync mirror
by Bryan Vyhmeister 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

I have an idea for running a pair of redundant dovecot mail servers that may be odd but it might work. I'm interested in any thoughts on the topic. Would it work to run 'dsync mirror' every minute against either mdbox or sdbox mailbox on a dedicated network connection between two (or potentially three or four) mail servers? I'm trying to avoid using a NAS/SAN or some other dedicated NFS server in a simple environment with a limited number of users. Everything else about the systems could be identical. Both could receive mail using Postfix with dovecot LDA. Thank you. Bryan

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

> On 16.8.2010, at 23.25, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> "imap-match.c", line 199: identifier redeclared: imap_match_dup > > I think someone reported this problem earlier .. but I'm not sure. Anyway > I've no idea why it would complain about this. > >> So that stops me while I figure out what the issue is with imap-match.h >> and/or imap-match.c in the Solaris world while using Sun Studio 11. > > I heard it compiles ok with Sun Studio 12.1. > Everything was going swimmingly with a GCC based compile. After that was finished I then moved onto a "make install" of course, then this happened : gmake[3]: Entering directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-002/src/auth' test -z "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot" || ../.././install-sh -c -d "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot" /opt/csw/bin/bash ../../libtool --mode=install ../.././install-sh -c auth checkpassword-reply '/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot' libtool: install: ../.././install-sh -c .libs/auth /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth libtool: install: ../.././install-sh -c .libs/checkpassword-reply /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/checkpassword-reply test -z "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth" || ../.././install-sh -c -d "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth" mkdir: "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth": Exists but is not a directory mkdir: "/opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth": Exists but is not a directory gmake[3]: *** [install-auth_moduleLTLIBRARIES] Error 1 gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-002/src/auth' gmake[2]: *** [install-am] Error 2 gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-002/src/auth' gmake[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/export/medusa/dclarke/build/dovecot/sparc/dovecot-2.0.0-sparcv8-002/src' gmake: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 # file /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth: ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped # ls -lap /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth -rwxr-xr-x 1 root other 338312 Aug 17 02:33 /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth # I'm not sure why /opt/csw/libexec/dovecot/auth would be expected to be a dir as opposed to the file that it is. However .. this is where I get stopped. I should point out that I created the users dovenull and dovecot with both in group dovecot however I doubt that has anything to do with the install failing. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

> I wonder how GCCFSS would do. Will it even run under Solaris 8? # which gcc /opt/csw/gcc4/bin/gcc # gcc --version gcc (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) 4.5.1 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. # uname -a SunOS mimas 5.8 Generic_127721-03 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-i2 # psrinfo -v Status of virtual processor 0 as of: 08/17/10 00:58:04 on-line since 07/06/10 12:03:37. The sparcv9 processor operates at 500 MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. Is that baseline Sparc enough for you ? ;-) -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

> On 8/16/10 8:38 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >>> Works fine here with the 12.1 compiler. Solaris 10 on UltraSPARC, >>> current patches, on both the OS and the compilers. My CFLAGS: >>> >>> -fast -xtarget=ultra3 -m32 -xarch=sparcvis2 > > >> The is ye ol'production Solaris 8 and thus Sun Studio 11 is needed. > > Oh. Eeeew. :) Hey, there are banks and telco places all over that are running it and they *refuse* to upgrade. I know of government sites that are still on old E450's because they have not died yet. No kidding. Some of that old Sun gear just WILL NOT bloody die. The way to justify the capital expenditure on a new Sun Sparc server is to spill a coffee on/in it. 8-P >> Problem solved simply by using GCC 4.5.1 from Blastwave ( of course ). > > I wonder how GCCFSS would do. Will it even run under Solaris 8? Why not ? It is a rock solid kernel and you can build it and see :-) >> Question for you: why would you use -m32 with an -xarch=sparcvis2 ? Why >> not go for greatest possible portability and range of processors with >> something like this : >> >> CFLAGS=-m32 -Qy -Xa -xbuiltin=%none -xnolibmil -xnolibmopt -xcode=pic32 >> -xildoff -xregs=no%appl -xs -xstrconst -D_TS_ERRNO > > Because I don't intend to run it on a range of processors. =) ah ... I am in a different world. >> If you feel like some optimization then chuck in -xO3 and -xdepend >> however >> I'd test the resultant bins from a basic compile first. >> >> Just my 0.02 > > Fair enough, and I appreciate your advice. My goal in this case is > to generate the fastest binaries possible on the machine it's being > built on, which is identical to the machine it's going to be run on. > There's zero need for portable binaries in this particular installation. > In that case run fpversion : fpversion A SPARC-based CPU is available. Kernel says CPU's clock rate is 900.0 MHz. Kernel says main memory's clock rate is 150.0 MHz. Sun-4 floating-point controller version 0 found. An UltraSPARC chip is available. Use "-xtarget=ultra3cu -xcache=64/32/4:8192/512/2" code-generation option. See those compiler options ? Use them. Also put in -xO3 and -xdepend and then the compile will take a lot longer but you will be happy you waited. Sun Studio compilers can really rock if you know how to push them. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

> On 17.8.2010, at 1.28, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> *** Warning: Linking the shared library lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.la >> against >> the loadable module >> *** lib20_zlib_plugin.so is not portable! >> >> Not too sure what is up with that but I'll look into it. > > That's normal. It doesn't need to be portable. > In that case ... awesome :-) I'll let you know when I get packages into testing QC and then for release. However I am going to rename the package to dovecot2 in order to separate it from dovecot 1.x installs. My idea there is to allow the user to continue with the dovecot 1.x line in the event of patch updates and further releases from that tree ( like dovecot 1.2.13 ) while also maintaining the ver 2.x family. However I don't think I'll support multiple instances of dovecot ( regardless of version ) in the same Solaris zone. If the user wants that then they can do all the uid/pid hackery themselves. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

>> So that stops me while I figure out what the issue is with imap-match.h >> and/or imap-match.c in the Solaris world while using Sun Studio 11. > > Works fine here with the 12.1 compiler. Solaris 10 on UltraSPARC, > current patches, on both the OS and the compilers. My CFLAGS: > > -fast -xtarget=ultra3 -m32 -xarch=sparcvis2 > The is ye ol'production Solaris 8 and thus Sun Studio 11 is needed. Problem solved simply by using GCC 4.5.1 from Blastwave ( of course ). Question for you: why would you use -m32 with an -xarch=sparcvis2 ? Why not go for greatest possible portability and range of processors with something like this : CFLAGS=-m32 -Qy -Xa -xbuiltin=%none -xnolibmil -xnolibmopt -xcode=pic32 -xildoff -xregs=no%appl -xs -xstrconst -D_TS_ERRNO If you feel like some optimization then chuck in -xO3 and -xdepend however I'd test the resultant bins from a basic compile first. Just my 0.02 -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 17 Aug '10

17 Aug '10

> On 16.8.2010, at 23.25, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> "imap-match.c", line 199: identifier redeclared: imap_match_dup > > I think someone reported this problem earlier .. but I'm not sure. Anyway > I've no idea why it would complain about this. > >> So that stops me while I figure out what the issue is with imap-match.h >> and/or imap-match.c in the Solaris world while using Sun Studio 11. > > I heard it compiles ok with Sun Studio 12.1. I will try GCC and let you know what I see : [mimas] gcc --version gcc (Blastwave.org Inc. Mon Aug 9 07:10:45 GMT 2010) 4.5.1 Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. No surprise that GCC works fine : [mimas] ls -lap ./src/master/.libs/dovecot -rwxr-xr-x 1 dclarke csw 86388 Aug 17 00:09 ./src/master/.libs/dovecot [mimas] file ./src/master/.libs/dovecot ./src/master/.libs/dovecot: ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped [mimas] elfdump -d ./src/master/.libs/dovecot Dynamic Section: .dynamic index tag value [0] NEEDED 0xe21 libdovecot.so.0 [1] NEEDED 0xe31 libintl.so.8 [2] NEEDED 0xe3e libdl.so.1 [3] NEEDED 0xe49 libnsl.so.1 [4] NEEDED 0xdf6 libsocket.so.1 [5] NEEDED 0xe55 libiconv.so.2 [6] NEEDED 0xe0e libc.so.1 [7] NEEDED 0xe63 librt.so.1 [8] INIT 0x1b71c [9] FINI 0x1b738 etc etc ... I did see a few odd messages fly by like this : *** Warning: Linking the shared library lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.la against the loadable module *** lib20_zlib_plugin.so is not portable! Not too sure what is up with that but I'll look into it. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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[Dovecot] Imap, flags. Dsync
by Henrique Fernandes 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Does dsync mirror follow up flags ? I am testing here, and if i flag an msg as follow up, dsync does not do anything. It suppouse to be like that ? Thanks! []'sf.rique

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Re: [Dovecot] Subdomain Migration
by Jerrale G 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

On 8/16/2010 3:44 AM, ramesh wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like have suggestion for changing subdomain (belongs to ISP) to own domain, the scenario as below. > > Presently we have subdomain from ISP ( @xxx.isp.net) > email id : ramesh(a)xxx.isp.net > > ISP charges huge amount,thou others ISP charges less. so we have planned to migrate to our own registered domain and terminate existing ISP. > > Now my requirement is email coming to ramesh(a)xxx.isp.net (Mail server connected to present ISP) should forward to ramesh(a)mydomain.co.in (Mail server connected to new ISP) > > Please send me suggestion to follow or URL's explain briefly. > > Thanks. > > Regards, > Ramesh > > > > > > They have to send mail to you(a)yournewdomain.com unless you plan on keeping your isp's subdomain Jerrale G. SC Senior Admin

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

> On 08/16/2010 06:46 PM Dennis Clarke wrote: >> â¦ >> NOTE: This is the UNSTABLE development branch of Dovecot v2.0. >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > See: http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-August/051736.html > wow ... I was hoping I was the first :-\ -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] v2.0.0 released
by Dennis Clarke 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

> http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.0.tar.gz > http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/dovecot-2.0.0.tar.gz.sig > > As promised last Friday, here's the v2.0.0 release finally. I'm > cautiously optimistic that v2.0.1 won't (have to) be released for a few > weeks, since there was quite a lot of testing and fixing going on in the > RC stage. > cool .. .however .. should I see this message at the end of the configure stage : . . . passdbs ........ : static passwd passwd-file shadow pam checkpassword ldap sql : -bsdauth -sia -vpopmail userdbs ........ : static prefetch passwd passwd-file checkpassword ldap sql : -vpopmail -nss SQL drivers .... : mysql sqlite : -pgsql NOTE: This is the UNSTABLE development branch of Dovecot v2.0. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That won't go well with the Solaris crowd. Just FYI. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] Upgrade to 2.0 - Not so smooth
by Dennis Clarke 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

> On 2010-08-16 07:16:46 -0700, Marc Perkel wrote: >> Maybe dovecot could use the "nobody" user if dovenull doesn't exist? > > you could just read the warning message, create the user and stop > worrying? > > and no ... it shouldnt fallback to nobody. a broken set up is a broken > setup and needs to be fixed. > Wow. Well said. -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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[Dovecot] dovecot: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=14267
by Jerrale G 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

I don't know if dovecot 2.0 will have this already or not but, when dovecot is stopped or started, it would be nice to have the PID reported in the log for various uses. Jerrale Gayle SC Senior Admin

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[Dovecot] Split number of imap-login and pop3-login processes
by Mischa Peters 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Hi All, Is there a way to define the number for imap-login processes and pop3-login processes separately? My mail server is getting more IMAP clients and much less POP3 clients these days and it continues to run out of authentication processes. I have been increasing login_max_processes_count the last couple of days and I noticed that it's split between IMAP and POP3. All 129 imap-login processes are tied up while there are only 3 of the 129 pop3-login processes in use. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanx!! Mischa mail:~ # dovecot --version 1.2.12 mail:~ # dovecot -n # 1.2.12: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 zfs base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s listen(default): *,[::]:143 listen(imap): *,[::]:143 listen(pop3): *,[::]:110 ssl_listen(default): *,[::]:993 ssl_listen(imap): *,[::]:993 ssl_listen(pop3): *,[::]:995 ssl_ca_file: /usr/local/etc/certs/gd_bundle.crt ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/etc/certs/cert.crt ssl_key_file: /usr/local/etc/certs/key.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_processes_count: 256 mail_max_userip_connections(default): 20 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 20 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 6 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 144 first_valid_gid: 144 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/virtual/%u/ mbox_write_locks: fcntl mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix @mail:~ # grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=***** dbname=postfix user=postfix password=******** password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username='%u' AND active='1' user_query = SELECT maildir, 144 AS uid, 144 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username='%u' AND active='1'

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[Dovecot] Forcing users to change passwords
by Marc Perkel 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

Suppose I have users with a default password like "change-my-password" and I want to detect users who haven't changed their password and alert (nag) them about changing it. How would I do that?

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[Dovecot] Address book for 2.0?
by Jerrale G 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

2.0 could include a directory service, like MS Exchange, where people's address books within IMAP clients could be stored on the server and retrievable by the clients. Its a headache for users to roam from pc to pc and not have someone's address stored locally on another. Jerrale G SC Senior Admin

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Re: [Dovecot] Upgrade to 2.0 - Not so smooth
by Dennis Clarke 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

> On 15.8.2010, at 17.03, Marc Perkel wrote: > >> Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: service(pop3-login) User doesn't exist: >> dovenull >> >> Just some real time feedback. I don't know what dovenull user is or why >> it is necessary. > > I added now to http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.0 : > > - Dovecot uses two internal users now by default: dovenull and dovecot. > You need to create the dovenull user or change default_login_user > setting. > Dovecot 2.x seems to be very close to release grade. Could you provide a guess as to when it will be released so that I can plan downtime for the upgrade on my production servers? -- Dennis Clarke dclarke(a)opensolaris.ca <- Email related to the open source Solaris dclarke(a)blastwave.org <- Email related to open source for Solaris

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Re: [Dovecot] turn Usernames in Lowercase
by Leander S. 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Hi again, I solved the issue. Thanks any way and excuse the noise. http://wiki.dovecot.org/Variables Regards ________________________________________________________________________ Hi, I'm just curious how to force usernames to be modified to lowercase letters if one mixes uper and lower case letters to one salad? Cause my SpamAssassin gets confuesd and treats different spellings of Usernames as different Users - which is uncool. I've heard about something you can add in your dovecot.config to enforce lowercase letters only. Thanks

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[Dovecot] turn Usernames in Lowercase
by Leander S. 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Hi, I'm just curious how to force usernames to be modified to lowercase letters if one mixes uper and lower case letters to one salad? Cause my SpamAssassin gets confuesd and treats different spellings of Usernames as different Users - which is uncool. I've heard about something you can add in your dovecot.config to enforce lowercase letters only. Thanks

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[Dovecot] Fatal: dict_driver_register(mysql): Already registered
by Jerrale G 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory /var/run/dovecot/login ls -l /var/run/dovecot srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 10 15:02 auth-master srw------- 1 mail mail 0 Aug 10 15:02 auth-worker.2774 srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 10 15:02 dict-server lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Aug 10 15:02 dovecot.conf -> /etc/dovecot.conf drwxr-x--- 2 root dovecot 4096 Aug 10 15:02 login -rw------- 1 root root 5 Aug 10 15:02 master.pid Everything works, eventually. All mail will sooner or later get delivered, using dovecot LDA from postfix, but these errors rampage the log several times. I recently added managesieve, expires, and finished the quota which I thought was achived by simply having quota_rule as a result of mysql. Aug 10 15:07:57 server1 dovecot: IMAP(someone(a)sheltoncomputers.com): read(/var/run/dovecot/dict-server) failed: Timeout after 30 seconds Aug 10 15:07:57 server1 dovecot: dict: Fatal: dict_driver_register(mysql): Already registered Aug 10 15:08:09 server1 last message repeated 4428 times On another note, Thunderbird is starting to get on my nerves, sending this message before I was finished. Here is the relevant config: dovecot-mysql query: user_query = SELECT CONCAT('/home/mail/', mailboxes.domain, '/', mailboxes.username, '/') AS home, CONCAT('/home/mail/', mailboxes.domain, '/', mailboxes.username, '/sieve/', mailboxes.username, '.sieve') as sieve, CONCAT('/home/mail/', mailboxes.domain, '/', mailboxes.username, '/sieve/') as sieve_dir, CONCAT('/home/mail/', mailboxes.domain, '/', mailboxes.username, '/mail/') AS maildir, uid AS uid, gid AS gid, CONCAT('maildir:storage=', ROUND(mailboxes.quota/1200), 'M') AS quota_rule, 'Trash:ignore' AS quota_rule2 FROM mail.mailboxes WHERE username = '%n' AND domain = '%d' AND active = '1' dovecot.conf: protocol managesieve { listen = localhost:2001 managesieve_implementation_string = dovecot managesieve_logout_format = bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve login_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login } auth_debug = no auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf # scheme = cram-md5 } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf } user = mail socket listen { client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth user = postfix group = postfix mode = 0660 } master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0666 } } } dict { # # NOTE: dict process currently runs as root, so this file will be owned as root. expire = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dict-expire.conf quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dict-quota.conf } plugin { quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Spam 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire expire_altmove = * 2555 sieve_global_path = /home/mail/sieve/global.sieve sieve_global_dir = /home/mail/sieve sieve_dir=/home/mail/%d/%n/sieve } As said, everything works, eventually, but mail delivery is delayed a lot. With The dict {} and expire-related parts commented out, operation has no errors or delays; performance is exceptional with maildir, quota, sieve, and managesieve. I don't think managesieve would patch any part of the dictionary code as it only has to do with another service process, not a plugin; if the patching was to cause problems with other services, for the service definition coding, the other services would have a problem, correct? The expires dictionary mysql table was being correctly used, with one day of use, as there are 10000 records; I'm going to have to revise the mysql indexes for performance in case I am able to fix the dictionary problem. We like the 1.2.13 version of dovecot, as far as security, and wonder how I can find a correct defintion scripting for the dict {}, from a previous version, and merge. We are use to windows compilations. I am skeptical to go to dovecot 2.0 as our services are in production and 2.0 is beta. I have recompiled several times with fresh sources of dovecot 1.2.13, managesieve 0.11.11 patchl, and sieve 1.0.17 as directed by the Dovecot Wiki. Jerrale G, SCA

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Upgrade Manual for 2.0 from 1.2.14 snapshot
by Jerrale G 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Is there a reference manual for changes in configuration between dovecot 1.2.X to 2.0 rc5. I know there is a config upgrade tool but I would rather learn the new changes and then implement them? -- Jerrale G. Jerrale G. SC Senior Admin

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Re: [Dovecot] \" character in folder name results in strange LIST
by Timo Sirainen 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

On 14.8.2010, at 20.52, Samuel Kvasnica wrote: > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "folder1" > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "folder2" > * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" {9} > six"wafer > . OK List completed. > > Note the {9} length of the following real folder name. Is this normal > handling of special folder names ? Yes. > Mail clients do not seem to like this response. What clients? They're buggy then.. Well, of course, way too many clients are :(

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[Dovecot] v2.0.rc6 released
by Timo Sirainen 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc6.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc6.tar.gz.sig I expect this to be the last release candidate. Unless release critical bugs are reported, I'll update the version number to v2.0.0 on Monday morning without any other changes. Since rc5 there have been mainly some small fixes and some error message improvements. The only (somewhat) important fixes are: - dict quota didn't always decrease quota when messages were expunged - Shared INBOX wasn't always listed with FS layout

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[Dovecot] Dovecot mailing list filter update
by Timo Sirainen 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

I added some new filters to this list that will bounce your mail if it doesn't like it. If you think your bounced mail was legitimate, let me know and I'll look at fixing the scripts.

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[Dovecot] Maildir over NFS
by CJ Keist 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

I'm working on bring up a new mail server to replace our current one. Our current mail server is running dovecot 1.1.16, with postfix using mbox format. User inboxes are stored locally on the mail server and all other mail folders in users home directory under mail which is NFS mounted on the mail server. For our new mail server I'm looking to switch to the Maildir format. Some years ago I remember reading that it was not recommended to run Maildir format over NFS. Now I'm looking at several posts that seem to indicate that Maildir should run fine over NFS. I'm a little concerned about running Maildir over NFS, especially from the howto conversion pages I read would move all messages over to the User ~/Maildir folder including the inbox. So having every single mail transaction going over NFS doesn't seem the smart thing to do. So question I have for the dovecot team, does running Maildir over NFS work well? Or would you recommend that all user mail folders be stored locally on the mail server when using Maildir? We have about 3400 users, doing about 30k mail deliveries daily. Some users have 10's of thousands of mail messages in hundreds of mail folders. Thanks... -- C. J. Keist Email: cj.keist(a)colostate.edu UNIX/Network Manager Phone: 970-491-0630 Engineering Network Services Fax: 970-491-5569 College of Engineering, CSU Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1301 All I want is a chance to prove 'Money can't buy happiness'

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[Dovecot] quota_warning bug?
by jeroen＠intuxicated.org 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

Hi, Today I was testing with dovecot 2.0 rc5 and experienced some odd behaviour with quota_warning rules. It's reproducable. When I set a rule (this one simply writes some message to a text file) and go over quota (2 messages in this case), it works as expected. But if I restart my client, remove one message, restart my client again and remove the last message from my inbox, it executes the warning rule again. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I tested with the debian package dovecot_2.0.rc5-0~auto+8 found in rename-it.nl's repository. Thanks. Best regards, Jeroen Koekkoek

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[Dovecot] passwd(contact@akairnet.com, 91.121.76.71): unknown user
by Kurt22 13 Aug '10

13 Aug '10

I have a probleme with my configuration of dovecot I think. I have no problem for send a email but I don't want receive a email. In my /var/log/mail.log I have : Quote: connect from mail-ww0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45] Aug 11 14:21:58 ns351550 postfix/smtpd[1844]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mail-ww0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45]: 550 5.1.1 <contact(a)akairnet.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table; from=<fwdavy(a)gmail.com> to=<contact(a)akairnet.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<mail-ww0-f45.google.com> Aug 11 14:21:58 ns351550 postfix/smtpd[1844]: disconnect from mail-ww0-f45.google.com[74.125.82.45] so...problem on : Log dovecot : dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=IMAP secured lip=91.121.76.71 rip=91.121.76.71 resp=AGNvbnRhY3RAYWthaXJuZXQuY29tAFgyMmRiNzgh dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth-worker(default): sql(contact(a)akairnet.com,91.121.76.71): query: SELECT CONCAT(user.user, '@', domains.name) AS user,user.password FROM user,domains WHERE user.domain_id=domains.id AND CONCAT(user.user, '@', domains.name)='contact(a)akairnet.com' dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=contact(a)akairnet.com dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 13716 1 dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): passwd(contact(a)akairnet.com,91.121.76.71): lookup dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): passwd(contact(a)akairnet.com,91.121.76.71): unknown user dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1 contact(a)akairnet.com uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/var/vmail/akairnet.com/contact dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: imap-login: Login: user=<contact(a)akairnet.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=91.121.76.71, lip=91.121.76.71, secured dovecot: 2010-08-11 17:53:14 Info: IMAP(contact(a)akairnet.com): Disconnected: Logged out Quote: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table In my main.cf I have : Quote: # See /usr/share/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, more complete version # Debian specific: Specifying a file name will cause the first # line of that file to be used as the name. The Debian default # is /etc/mailname. #myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Debian/GNU) biff = no # appending .domain is the MUA's job. append_dot_mydomain = no # Uncomment the next line to generate "delayed mail" warnings #delay_warning_time = 4h readme_directory = no # TLS parameters smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/postfix.pem smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes # See /usr/share/doc/postfix/TLS_README.gz in the postfix-doc package for # information on enabling SSL in the smtp client. myhostname = mail.akairnet.com alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = mail.akairnet.com mydestination = localhost, localhost.akairnet.com, akairnet.com #local_recipient_maps = relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128, 91.121.76.71 mailbox_command = procmail -a "$EXTENSION" mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all home_mailbox = Maildir/ #virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_aliases.cf,mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_aliases_comptes.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domaines.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_comptes.cf #virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 #virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-mailbox-maps.cf #virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-alias-maps.cf,mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql/email2email.cf virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 #smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot #smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth #smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes #smtpd_tls_auth_only = yes #smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks,permit_auth_destination,permit_sasl_authenticated,reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_client_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated smtpd_sender_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination maximal_queue_lifetime = 3d bounce_queue_lifetime = 3d In dovecot.conf for auth default I have : Quote: auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb passwd { } userdb static { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes } socket listen { master { # Master socket provides access to userdb information. It's typically # used to give Dovecot's local delivery agent access to userdb so it # can find mailbox locations. #path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master #mode = 0600 # Default user/group is the one who started dovecot-auth (root) #user = #group = path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = vmail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } You want to help me ? :confused: -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/passwd%28contact%40akairnet.com%2C91.121.76.71%29%3A-… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0.beta5 convert with doveconf -n -c
by Bradley Giesbrecht 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Sorry if I missed the dovecot 2.0.betax managesieve sieve discussions. I have been looking in my list archive and haven't found a reference to this yet. I am trying to convert my dovecot.conf and am getting the following Fatal error: /** doveconf -n -c dovecot/dovecot.conf > dovecot.converted/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:10: protocols=managesieve has been renamed to protocols=sieve doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:10: protocols=imaps is no longer necessary, remove it doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:10: protocols=pop3s is no longer necessary, remove it doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:14: ssl_cert_file has been replaced by ssl_cert = <file doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:15: ssl_key_file has been replaced by ssl_key = <file doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:19: mail_executable has been replaced by service { executable } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:23: mail_executable has been replaced by service { executable } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:33: protocol managesieve {} has been replaced by protocol sieve { } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:35: listen=..:port has been replaced by service { inet_listener { port } } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:35: protocol { listen } has been replaced by service { inet_listener { address } } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:36: login_executable has been replaced by service { executable } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:37: mail_executable has been replaced by service { executable } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:39: add auth_ prefix to all settings inside auth {} and remove the auth {} section completely doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:41: passdb sql {} has been replaced by passdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:44: userdb prefetch {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=prefetch } doveconf: Warning: Obsolete setting in dovecot/dovecot.conf:46: userdb sql {} has been replaced by userdb { driver=sql } doveconf: Error: protocols: Unknown protocol: sieve doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file dovecot/dovecot.conf: protocols: Unknown protocol: sieve /** My current dovecot.conf has these sieve related directives: /** protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)pixilla.com hostname = ix.databoost.com sendmail_path = /opt/local/sbin/sendmail auth_socket_path = /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-master log_path = /opt/local/var/serveza/log/mail/dovecot-deliver.log mail_plugins = sieve } protocol managesieve { disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = *:2000 login_executable = /opt/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_executable = /opt/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve } plugin { sieve_before = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/filter/sieve/global/ before/ sieve = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/filter/sieve/%d/%n/active.sieve sieve_global_path = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/filter/sieve/ global/default.sieve sieve_dir = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/filter/sieve/%d/%n/sieve sieve_global_dir = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/sieve/global/ include/ sieve_after = /opt/local/var/serveza/mail/filter/sieve/global/ after/ .... } **/ I list subject addressing this would help if it's already been worked out. Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht

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[Dovecot] Exim+Dovecot LDA - How can I catch the crash?
by Odhiambo Washington 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hello list I am testing mdbox with Dovecot from http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0-sis/.and my MTA is Exim. It appears to crash, but I am not sure how to capture the actual crash. What I get in Exim logs is: 2010-07-28 19:55:13 1Oe9uT-000KmG-Oz ** /var/spool/virtual/ titan.co.ke/wash/Maildir <wash(a)titan.co.ke> R=virtual_domains T=dovecot_virtual_delivery: Child process of dovecot_virtual_delivery transport (running command "/opt/dovecot2/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d $local_part@$domain -f $sender_address") was terminated by signal 11 (segmentation fault) This crash does not happen with RC3 of Dovecot. I know I shouldn't be using bleeding edge code, but strangely enough, I need to use this one to satisfy my curiosity, and to help me learn one or two new tricks. With rc3, here is what I have in dovecot.log: mail# less /var/log/dovecot.log Jul 28 20:04:36 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.rc3 starting up Jul 28 20:05:04 lda: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot Jul 28 20:05:04 lda: Debug: Module loaded: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so Jul 28 20:05:04 lda: Debug: auth input: wash(a)titan.co.ke home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash uid=26 gid=26 quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:05:04 lda: Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Effective uid=26, gid=26, home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Quota root: name=storage=0 backend=maildir args= Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/virtual/ titan.co.ke/wash/mdbox, index=, control=, inbox= Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash/mdbox: mode=0700 gid=-1 Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox= Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/auth Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1 wash(a)titan.co.ke service=lda Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: passwd(wash(a)titan.co.ke): lookup Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Info: passwd(wash(a)titan.co.ke): unknown user Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: master out: USER 1 wash(a)titan.co.ke home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash uid=26 gid=26 quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/auth Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Info: mysql: Connected to localhost (exim4u) Jul 28 20:05:04 auth: Debug: sql(wash(a)titan.co.ke): SELECT pop AS home, 26 AS uid, 26 AS gid, CONCAT('maildir:storage=', quota*1024) AS quota FROM users WHERE username = 'wash(a)titan.co.ke' AND enabled = '1' Jul 28 20:05:04 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Info: msgid=< E1OeA40-000OZ6-2O(a)mail.mediselkenya.com>: saved mail to INBOX .. while with dovecot-2.0-sis, I get: mail# less /var/log/dovecot.log Jul 28 20:08:46 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.rc3 (8e511be90b4b) starting up Jul 28 20:08:50 lda: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot Jul 28 20:08:50 lda: Debug: Module loaded: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/auth Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1 wash(a)titan.co.ke service=lda Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: passwd(wash(a)titan.co.ke): lookup Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Info: passwd(wash(a)titan.co.ke): unknown user Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/auth Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Info: mysql: Connected to localhost (exim4u) Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: sql(wash(a)titan.co.ke): SELECT pop AS home, 26 AS uid, 26 AS gid, CONCAT('maildir:storage=', quota*1024) AS quota FROM users WHERE username = 'wash(a)titan.co.ke' AND enabled = '1' Jul 28 20:08:50 auth: Debug: master out: USER 1 wash(a)titan.co.ke home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash uid=26 gid=26 quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:08:50 lda: Debug: auth input: wash(a)titan.co.ke home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash uid=26 gid=26 quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:08:50 lda: Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota=maildir:storage=0 Jul 28 20:08:50 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Effective uid=26, gid=26, home=/var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash Jul 28 20:08:50 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Quota root: name=storage=0 backend=maildir args= Jul 28 20:08:50 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/virtual/ titan.co.ke/wash/mdbox, index=, control=, inbox= Jul 28 20:08:50 lda(wash(a)titan.co.ke): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/virtual/titan.co.ke/wash/mdbox: mode=0700 gid=-1 Attached is my doveconf output. I need to find out what is killing the lda. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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[Dovecot] Impossible to share INBOX with other users
by Daniel Stoye 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, i am currently testing Dovecot 2.0 rc3 with Maildir format, and it seems _again_ impossible to share the Inbox of one user with another user. user1 shares Inbox with user2 user2 makes List command: 1 login user2 password * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk 1 OK You are so in 2 list "" "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "Drafts" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "INBOX" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/INBOX/unterInbox" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/testordner" * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/INBOX" 2 OK List completed. The Problem is the following line: * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "/" "FremdeOrdner/user1/INBOX" which causes Thunderbird NOT to subscribe and ignore INBOX of user1. There is no difference, if the shared INBOX has any subfolders. Any Ideas on how to solve this? Regards, Daniel Stoye -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkxZPmUACgkQwloC3PARqmhhQACeKOa3g9ec2G25uqYVpkp8sVlc zNYAnR6IU376m8JF2PkaXwvK7qsjC6I/ =u+IR -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] hunting timeouts
by Iv Ray 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi guys, I inherited a Dovecot 1.0.1, which I will have to upgrade, but until then I need, if possible, to resolve a timeout. - we have about 25 IMAP users - the busiest user has about 100 000 messages (Maildir) in less than 100 folders - the mail server is on HP server with server grade 2.5" HDDs in RAID 5 - the load average of the server is low (the 5/15 minute is under 0.20) - the mail server is in-house on Gigabit Ethernet The timeout we face is that sometimes even small messages take 20-40 seconds to open (i. e. Tunderbird 2 on Windows 7). Or connection to the mail server timeouts. Could you give me a few tips where can I look in order to detect the possible reason for these timeouts. Thank you, Iv

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[Dovecot] moving mail from private inbox to public folder kills the latter
by Tamas Kadar 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi I've ran into something rather nasty: if a user moves a mail from its inbox to a public folder, the folder becomes inaccessible for others, because the moved file will have the the permission 600 instead of 777 (or 666) which the rest of the emails have in the folder. How can I change this behavior so when he moves the mail it automatically becomes world-readable? Also why one mail kills the whole folder? Here's the error I get: Error: open(/home/_shared/projects/.Long.Folder/cur/1281535484.M3B5A7P15183Q0.mail_espell_com:2,Sb) failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(ktamas) egid=1000(ktamas) missing +r perm: /home/_shared/projects/.Long.Folder/cur/1281535484.M3B5A7P15183Q0.mail_espell_com:2,Sb, euid is not dir owner) Thanks and best regards Tamas

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[Dovecot] Good bye (and thanks for all the fish)
by Stewart Dean 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

The management decided to switch over to Zimbra so we will no longer be using Dovecot...which served us exceedingly well. May Timo and the Dovecot community prosper. Thanks for all the help from all of you in the years since our switch from UW-IMAP. -- "Grant us, in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding." Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold -- ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Bard College, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] sieve-plugin: undefined symbol mail_deliver_get_lvar_expand_table
by Peer Heinlein 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I'm using Dovecot 2.0 rc5, installed by using the deb.packes from xi.rename-it.nl/debian/dists/stable-auto/. When sieve is enabled (see attached config) my imap-process crashs: Aug 12 13:25:11 mail-archiv dovecot: imap: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/doot/modules Aug 12 13:25:11 mail-archiv dovecot: imap: Error: dlopen(/usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieveugin.so) failed: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-sieve.so.0: undefined symbol: mail_deliver_get_lvar_expand_table Aug 12 13:25:11 mail-archiv dovecot: imap: Fatal: Couldn't load required plugins Bug in Dovecot, bug by the build-service or bug in my configuration? Peer -- Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030-405051-42 Fax: 030-405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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[Dovecot] TTY=unknown
by Frank van Amsterdam 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I'm wondering if TTY=unknown should be consider as a warning or error. I'm busy perfectioning the organisation's mail server. I want it to run without any warning or error message. ==> /var/log/auth.log <== Aug 12 11:37:15 h1690641 sudo: mail : TTY=unknown ; PWD=/var/spool/postfix ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f sender(a)domain.com -d receiver Thanks in advance, Frank

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[Dovecot] More than one private namespace not possible
by Jan Friedrich 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi everyone, Two days ago I migrated from Courier to Dovecot 1.2.13. Everything went smooth until the point I wanted to try some more features of Dovecot. My working configuration contains just the one INBOX. private namespace. Adding any other private namespaces (e.g. SHARE. with the configuration below) produces strange results in Thunderbird 3.0.6 and Evolution 2.28.3: I cannot see the SHARE. namespace but the mail clients create SHARE^^Trunk and other funny things inside the INBOX. namespace (inside die INBOX. Maildir). Changing the name of this private namespace has no effect. Because the devault dovecot.conf tells me I need an default namespace I created one but that did not change anything. In Thunderbird 3.0.6 the namespaces are correctly displayed in the advanced IMAP settings under "private namespaces" but not in the main view. The logs do not show any errors or warnings and the Maildir for the SHARE. namespace is correctly created by Dovecot. System: Ubuntu Hardy with self-compiled Dovecot 1.2.13 with managesieve 0.11.11 patch. SHARE-Namespace: namespace private { separator = . prefix = SHARE. location = maildir:~/shared/Maildir list = yes subscriptions = yes hidden = no inbox = no } Working config (without second private namespace): # 1.2.13: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab070.2 x86_64 Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps managesieve listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(managesieve): *:2000 ssl_listen(default): *:993 ssl_listen(imap): *:993 ssl_listen(managesieve): ssl_cert_file: /etc/courier/host.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/courier/host.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login first_valid_uid: 1 mail_uid: mail mail_gid: mail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(imap): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. location: maildir:~/Maildir inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: root(a)domain.de mail_plugins: sieve acl mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lda auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: ldap args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: mail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: mail plugin: acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared/shared-mailboxes.db sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve Regards -- Jan Friedrich jft(a)dev2day.de Bitte senden Sie mir keine Word- oder PowerPoint-Anhänge. Siehe http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.de.html

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[Dovecot] 1.2: Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling?
by Ralf Hildebrandt 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

>From my log: Aug 10 12:23:39 postamt dovecot: IMAP(megow): Inotify instance limit for user exceeded, disabling. Increase /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances # wc -l subscriptions 95 # cat /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_instances 128 Why does 95 exceed 128? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de

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[Dovecot] v2.0.rc5 released
by Timo Sirainen 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc5.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc5.tar.gz.sig Unfortunately v2.0.0 has to be delayed a while longer, because I found that there were still problems in plugin hook handling when using more than 2 plugins. Hopefully it's now finally fully fixed, but I'd like to be sure and wait for one more week to see if people can find a problem with some plugin combination. - Using more than 2 plugins could have caused broken behavior (more fixes for this) - Listescape plugin fixes - mbox: Fixed a couple of assert-crashes - mdbox: Fixed potential assert-crash when saving multiple messages in one transaction.

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[Dovecot] sessions accounting and monitoring
by Xavier Pons 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hi, we would have some accounting/monitoring of pop and imap sessions in our dovecot servers, which are the 'best' and fair way to do it? using some post-login scripts, parsing the log file, using netstat ... I know in the 2.0 version exists the doveadm who, but only relates to imap sessions... some recommendations? thanks Xavier

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Sieve with Dovecot 2.0
by Roman Sergey 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Hello Timo and everybody! Sorry, I was googling but haven't found an answer on my simple question: Does the latest release of Dovecot Sieve work with Dovecot 2.0rc? Thank you in advance. -- Best regards, Roman

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Re: [Dovecot] moving mail from private inbox to public folder kills the latter
by Tamas Kadar 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

On 8/11/2010 6:52 PM, Jerrale G wrote: > On 8/11/2010 12:49 PM, Tamas Kadar wrote: >> On 8/11/2010 6:45 PM, Jerrale G wrote: >>> On 8/11/2010 12:02 PM, Tamas Kadar wrote: >>>> Also, it's weird that the mail we have since we migrated to dovecot is >>>> either 700 or 755, most user's mailboxes are 777, so it shouldn't be >>>> 700... >>>> >>>> (Yeah, I know, not very secure, however no user has shell access, only >>>> by mail) >>>> >>>> Best regrds >>>> Tamas >>>> >>>> On 8/11/2010 5:52 PM, Tamas Kadar wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> I've ran into something rather nasty: if a user moves a mail from its >>>>> inbox to a public folder, the folder becomes inaccessible for others, >>>>> because the moved file will have the the permission 600 instead of 777 >>>>> (or 666) which the rest of the emails have in the folder. >>>>> >>>>> How can I change this behavior so when he moves the mail it >>>>> automatically becomes world-readable? Also why one mail kills the >>>>> whole >>>>> folder? >>>>> >>>>> Here's the error I get: >>>>> Error: >>>>> open(/home/_shared/projects/.Long.Folder/cur/1281535484.M3B5A7P15183Q0.mail_espell_com:2,Sb) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(ktamas) egid=1000(ktamas) missing >>>>> +r perm: >>>>> /home/_shared/projects/.Long.Folder/cur/1281535484.M3B5A7P15183Q0.mail_espell_com:2,Sb, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> euid is not dir owner) >>>>> >>>>> Thanks and best regards >>>>> Tamas >>>> >>> make sure you have the namespaces specified for the public folders so >>> that the correct permissions will be set. >>> >>> http://wiki.dovecot.org/Namespaces >>> >>> J. G. >>> >>> J. G. >>> >> >> I think I set it right, here are my namespaces: >> >> # User's mailbox >> namespace { >> inbox = yes >> location = >> prefix = >> separator = . >> type = private >> } >> >> # The public namespace >> namespace { >> location = maildir:/home/_shared/projects:INDEX=~/Maildir/_shared >> prefix = shared. >> separator = . >> subscriptions = no >> type = public >> } > That is fine as long as you don't have a mysql query, berkeley, or > passwd file looking up the user's homedir, password, and such as well. > If you do, take out the namespace for private as this will defined > another way. > > J. G. Users are authenticated through PAM. No SQL or BerkeleyDB involved. Do you mean that I should disable the private namespace and only define the public? Tamas

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird IMAP woes
by Tamas Kadar 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi, I'm a new dovecot user. We've actually just migrated our email system from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot (2.0 rc5) cause we were choking on IO and resources, and dovecot's cache and indexing really seems to help, not to mention the awesome amount of options, tweaks, and extra features, so far, I'm lovin' it. However, we're having a few issues with Thunderbird and I wonder if anyone could help. I know it's probably not dovecot's fault (some issues we already had with Courier...) but maybe some tweaks or settings could help. So here it goes: We have about 40 users, with their own mailboxes. About half of them have access to a HUGE public folder with many many subfolders (think 60 GB of email in Maildir format), it's organized into divisions and clients and projects (and subprojects and whatnot). We have ACLs controlling the public folder's access (courier-acl file). It goes like this, for a typical user that has access to the public part: - Inbox - Drafts - Trash - Sent - Some important folter - Some other important folder + SHARED |-- Finances |--|-- PriceWaterhouseCooper |--|-- ErnestandYoung |--|--|-- First project |--|--|-- Second project |--|-- Deloitte |--|--|-- Some project |--|--|-- Super important project |-- Health Care |-- Automotive |-- IT |--|-- Microsoft |--|--|-- That Windows 8 project |--|-- IBM |--|--|-- Reviving OS/2 project |--|--|-- What's eComStation project |--|-- HP (not the actual structure, but a very close analogy to what we have here) So yeah, a public folder with lots of subfolders, sub-subfolders, sub-sub-sub-subfolders, sub-sub-sub-sub-subfolders... Now, the problem is that to a lesser extent, Thunderbird 2, and to a larger extent Thunderbird 3 is having serious issues when I go (want to go) deeper than two levels of nesting. Like, in the Subscribe dialog sometimes I see the third level subfolders, sometimes I dont. If is subscribe to a second-level folder, then create a subfolder in it, the other subfolders suddenly appear. It's all very random, unfortunatelly, then only way I can use the system right now is to uncheck 'Show subscribed folders only' in Account Settings, and even then, sometimes folders disappear or reappear that are highly nested. Other clients seem to work fine, but we like Thunderbird cause of the add-ons, for example. Output of dovecot -n: # 2.0.rc5: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 x86_64 Debian 5.0.5 auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * mail_location = ~/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 } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { acl = vfile } protocols = imap pop3 service imap-enable-acl-groups { executable = script-login /home/enable_acl.sh user = root } service imap { executable = imap imap-enable-acl-groups } 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 = 10 mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_acl } Thanks for the help in advance, and keep up the good work, Tamás Kádár

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[Dovecot] Error message Apache
by Frank van Amsterdam 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

I've setup Apache 2.2.9 for SOGo 1.3.2 on Debian 5.0.5. I know that the developers of Debian 5.0.5 are sometimes making choices which are not handy. Which modules in Apache do I have to enable to make SOGo 1.3.2 working? That's what I understand from the error message here under. Greetings, Frank Proxy Error The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request POST /SOGo/so/test/preferences. Reason: Error reading from remote server

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[Dovecot] Subscription to folders and subscription file
by Fabio Ferrari 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hello, I'm using dovecot 1.0.7 and have a problem with subscription files. The documentation says that this file ("subscriptions" or ".subscriptions" in the root of the maildir, I've tried both) holds the informations about the subscribed folders. I've created such a file with these lines: Trash Sent Drafts INBOX.prova INBOX.prova4 And configured a client (Thunderbird) with INBOX.prova and INBOX.prova3 subscribed. So, I have 2 different configurations: one for the client and one for the server. Then, I turned off the first PC and configured with default options a second client in a second PC. I expected that - it subscribed with the entries in the subscriptions file or - it subscribed with a default option, that is All Folders or None But it subscribed exactly the entries subscribed by the first client in the first PC. So, since I grepped "prova3" on all the directory structure and I found nothing, I think that dovecot is saving these informations in a binary format somewhere. Is it right? And, if it is right, how can I configure it to use the "subscriptions" file (or any other text file) as said in the documentation? Maybe I have to upgrade dovecot to do this? thank you in advance Fabio Ferrari

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[Dovecot] Certificat Outlook 2003
by Richard Gliebe 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi, next problem with outlook 2003 On the IMAP Server (dovecot.x86_64 1.0.7-7.el5) I created a certificate with "mkcert_dovecot.sh". Some entries as be written to "/etc/pki/dovecot/dovecot-openssl.cnf". plaintext paswords are disables. IMAP Serverport: 993 Server needs SSL Now the outlook 2003 clients meens "the server uses a security certificate, which could not be verified" I can only click on "yes" or "no" On the thunderbird clients, I can use "use this certificate temporary " OR "use this certificate permanent" thats going on with this §@#! outlook 2003 clients. many thank Richard

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[Dovecot] Vacation - out of office
by Richard Gliebe 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi all, is it possible to install/activate a "out of office" messages for each user in dovecot? I've read about the Sieve scripts, but can't find a howto to install it on your dovecot 1.0.7 installation. http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Sieve ... With v1.1 it's possible to include other Sieve scripts in your script ... I know, its an old release, so don't treat me like a dog ;-). Upgrade to the newest version will be done at the next maintenance windows. many thanks Richard

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[Dovecot] Outlook 2003 Client
by Richard Gliebe 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hi all, my dovecot IMAP Server (1.0.7-7.el5) is now up and running ;-) Now I want that all clients have to save there sent messages in the IMAP folder on the server. no problem with the thunderbird clients. BUT, I can't configure the office 2003 clients to save there send messages to the imap folder. Some people told me, that outlook 2003 isn't able to do that. The send messages folder have to be a "local" folder and not a folder on the IMAP server. I can't believe. The only way on outlook 2003 is to create a messages filter .... very strange .... many thanks Richard

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[Dovecot] dot-containing foldernames \HasNoChildren bug ?
by Samuel Kvasnica 11 Aug '10

11 Aug '10

Hello, we experience problems with dovecot configuration using the listescape plugin to allow dots in foldernames. In some mail clients, dot-containing folders won't show any subfolders. This seems to be related to the fact that the \HasNoChildren flag is set on such folders even if subfolders do exits. Here is an example from telnet session: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my.test" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my.test/aaa" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my.test/folder.first" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my.test/folder.first/sub.sub.folder" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my.test/folder.second" when we rename my.test to my_test everything works as expected: * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "my_test" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my_test/aaa" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my_test/folder.first" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my_test/folder.first/sub.sub.folder" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "my_test/folder.second" Could somebody look into this issue or give us some more debugging hints ? We use dovecot 1.2.13 + maildir + acl+quota+listescape, the config is: # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.31.13-18-xen x86_64 openSUSE 11.2 (x86_64) xfs base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot protocols: imap imaps managesieve 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(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_processes_count: 5 mail_privileged_group: vmail mail_uid: vmail mail_gid: vmail mail_location: maildir:/data/vmail/%u/Maildir mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /etc/dovecot/gmember.sh mail_executable(imap): /etc/dovecot/gmember.sh mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): fts fts_squat acl imap_acl quota imap_quota listescape mail_plugins(imap): fts fts_squat acl imap_acl quota imap_quota listescape mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/managesieve namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: Shared/%%u/ location: maildir:/data/vmail/%%u/Maildir:INDEX=/data/vmail/%u/index/shared/%%u list: yes namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/data/vmail/Public:CONTROL=/data/vmail/%u/index/public:INDEX=/data/vmail/%u/index/public list: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)xxx.co.at hostname: imap mail_plugins: acl sieve quota listescape mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/lda log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver-errors.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-deliver.log auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: vmail master_user_separator: # passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.deny deny: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd.masters master: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap_pass.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap_user.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 quota_rule: *:storage=16G quota_rule2: Trash:storage=100M quota_rule3: Junk:ignore quota_warning: storage=85%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warning.sh 85 %u quota_warning2: storage=90%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warning.sh 90 %u quota_warning3: storage=95%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warning.sh 95 %u acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls:cache_secs=300 acl_shared_dict: file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db sieve: /data/vmail/%u/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: /data/vmail/%u/sieve fts: squat fts_squat: partial=4 full=7

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird namespace handling
by Thomas Hummel 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hello, I've noticed that Thunderbird (3.0.3) seems to wrongly "repeat" the namespace prefix when selecting the top level maildir of a namesapce. It doesn't occur if "list=yes" and TB has no clue about the namespace prefix. But it seems to happen only when TB is aware of the namespace prefix, either via the NAMESPACE command (so in "hidden=no" setups) or via hard setting it up in the "Account Settings". For instance, if location = maildir:/courriel/boites/test:CONTROL=/courriel/meta/test hidden = no list = yes Trying to select the mailbox which appears as "#test" in the UI gives 4 select "#test/#test" in rawlogs, giving for the user a "Mailbox doesn't exist" error, whereas, via telnet, I can : x select "#test" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 2 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1271768576] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 3] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 3] Highest x OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. The same happens with any combination of (hidden=, list=, "Allow Server to override [the namesapce] settings") where TB knows about the namespace. Any ideas ? Thanks. -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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Re: [Dovecot] Panic: file ioloop-iolist.c: line 25 (ioloop_iolist_add):assertion failed
by Computer Department (Watchtower South Africa Branch) 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi, Reverting http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.2/raw-rev/2cdfcca171d8 solves this problem. Is there a preferred way to fix this issue? Duane Hughes -----Original Message----- From: dovecot-bounces+computers=za.jw.org(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces+computers=za.jw.org@dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Computer Department (Watchtower South Africa Branch) Sent: 06 August 2010 09:59 To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Subject: [Dovecot] Panic: file ioloop-iolist.c: line 25 (ioloop_iolist_add):assertion failed Hi, I receive the following message after running "/etc/init.d/dovecot reload": Aug 06 02:00:11 dovecot: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Aug 06 02:00:11 dovecot: Panic: file ioloop-iolist.c: line 25 (ioloop_iolist_add): assertion failed: (list->ios[idx] == NULL) I'm running dovecot version 1.2.13, compiled against uclibc on the Alpine Linux distro, version 1.10.6. This problem started to occur since upgrading to dovecot 1.2.12 from dovecot 1.2.11. No configuration has been changed in between these versions. # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32.16-grsec i686 rootfs log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/lighttpd/server-bundle.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/lighttpd/server-bundle.pem disable_plaintext_auth: 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_location: maildir:/var/mail/domains/%d/%n 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 mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 lda: postmaster_address: admin(a)windhoek.zaf.wtbts.net mail_plugins: quota auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict dict: quotadict: pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf The init.d script can be found here: http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/dovecot/dovecot.initd?h =1.10-stable&id=a3087eff06dff4a69b2914cdc1bbe76dce29b448 Any ideas? Thanks for any help you can provide. Duane Hughes

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[Dovecot] Dovecot Ldap Problem
by Aravind Divakaran 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi All, My server is running with Dovecot 1.2.11 and openldap 2.4.17 it was working fine but suddenly my dovecot auth started to failing sometimes. After restarting dovecot everything will work fine. The slapd log file is showing "deffering operation: too many executing". When i googled i have seen that if the client is not properly disconnecting the connection slapd will give this error. Can you please let me know whether it is a dovecot problem and if so why it is occuring. -- Rgds, Aravind M D aravind.divakaran(a)yukthi.com Helpdesk Team Yukthi Systems Pvt Ltd Ph:- 08042351119 08042351120

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[Dovecot] Why p_strdup and other string functions uses loops instead strlen? (dovecot 2.0.rc4)
by Len7hir 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

I did Dovecot profiling on huge e-mail system, and p_strdup was very high on list. I do minor change: p_strdup: /* for (len = 0; (str)[len] != '\0'; ) len++; len++; */ len = strlen(str) + 1; p_strndup: /* len = 0; while (len < max_chars && ((const char *) str)[len] != '\0') len++; */ len = strnlen(str, max_chars); And after changes strdup drop down on the profile list. This is output from oprofile: samples % symbol name 28000 10.9764 p_strdup 8507 3.3349 safe_memset 7857 3.0801 .plt 7627 2.9899 buffer_write 6871 2.6935 parse_body_add_block And after (about four times smaller samples, but shows everything): samples % symbol name 9595 26.2625 parse_next_body_to_boundary 8247 22.5729 parse_body_add_block 772 2.1130 .plt 672 1.8393 buffer_write 658 1.8010 __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx 614 1.6806 safe_memset 586 1.6039 pool_alloconly_malloc 559 1.5300 p_strdup 533 1.4589 hash_table_insert_node I wonder why You use loops instead strlen, which is optimalised on every platforms. Redgards, Len7hir

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[Dovecot] maildirsize having incorrect content, how to recreate/correct?
by Thomas von Eyben 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Hi List, I have (otherwise successfull) migrated a server from cyrus to dovecot (Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 to 10.6.4 [dovecotd version to be 1.1.20apple0.5]). There are ca. 300+ users of which a very small handfull (ca. 1 %) are having reported a usage size that is very different to what 'du' reports. How can I rebuild the maildirsize and why might it be wrong in the first place(?) Will the maildirsize files be regenerated if deleted and when will this then happen ( at the next time of the user logging in or…) >From what I can read here: http://www.inter7.com/courierimap/README.maildirquota.html The maildirsize file contains (in linenumber > 1) "bytecount SPACE filecount" I also have one (perhaps more) user with one line having a negative value in maildirsize (-138204393 -2294) how can that happen / be corrected? Here's the info for one user with an much to high reporting of usage: sh-3.2# pwd /Volumes/RAID-06-low/Mail sh-3.2# cat 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/maildirsize 0S 281470373004731 4966 ### <- THIS LOOKS VERY WRONG 12113561 138 20047924 204 13553876 334 8064 1 8308 1 25240 1 26117 1 sh-3.2# du -hc 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE 12M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Deleted Messages/cur 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Deleted Messages/new 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Deleted Messages/tmp 12M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Deleted Messages 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Drafts/cur 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Drafts/new 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Drafts/tmp 4.0K 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Drafts 20M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Sent Messages/cur 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Sent Messages/new 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Sent Messages/tmp 20M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.Sent Messages 14M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.U&APg-nsket e-mail/cur 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.U&APg-nsket e-mail/new 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.U&APg-nsket e-mail/tmp 14M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/.U&APg-nsket e-mail 747M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/cur ### <- WHEN COMPARING TO THIS 76K 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/new 0B 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE/tmp 792M 495827A6-7AF5-4017-9F07-67C0B04546EE 792M total sh-3.2# ls -l total 352 drwx------ 7 jja mail 238 Aug 7 21:56 .Deleted Messages drwx------ 7 jja mail 238 Aug 7 21:56 .Drafts drwx------ 7 jja mail 238 Aug 7 21:56 .Sent Messages drwx------ 7 jja mail 238 Aug 7 21:56 .U&APg-nsket e-mail drwx------ 4966 jja mail 168844 Aug 7 21:56 cur ### <- AND WHEN COMPARING TO THIS -rw-r--r-- 1 jja mail 11 Aug 7 21:56 dovecot-keywords -rw------- 1 jja mail 108509 Aug 9 15:01 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 jja mail 24808 Aug 9 14:26 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 jja mail 25288 Aug 9 15:01 dovecot.index.log -rw-r--r-- 1 jja mail 147 Aug 9 15:01 maildirsize drwx------ 6 jja mail 204 Aug 9 15:01 new -rw-r--r-- 1 jja mail 76 Aug 7 21:56 subscriptions drwx------ 2 jja mail 68 Aug 9 15:01 tmp - TvE

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[Dovecot] ssl-build-param
by Yves Goergen 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hello, what does the Dovecot process ssl-build-param do? It has just eaten all my CPU for a minute or so. When I run it myself with "--help", it just does it all again and says "SSL parameters regeneration completed". What parameters? -- Yves Goergen "LonelyPixel" <nospam.list(a)unclassified.de> Visit my web laboratory at http://beta.unclassified.de

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[Dovecot] network_biopair_interop
by Leander S. 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi, since I use TLS I'm getting the following waning when I send mail to somebody in the internet:| "warning: network_biopair_interop: error reading 5 bytes from the network: Connection reset by peer|" ... Mail seems to be delivered & sent as usual. I found a post about it: http://de.postfix.org/pipermail/postfix-users/2009-March/000891.html but it didn't help to involve: "smtpd_tls_ask_ccert=no" Did anybody face that issue before? I'm using self signed certs. Regards

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[Dovecot] restricting access by reverse domain name
by Phil Howard 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Is there a feature or plugin to restrict access to IMAP/POP service by the domain name in reverse lookup? It would be even better if this restriction can exclude certain users (e.g. some users can access IMAP from certain networks but other users cannot). -- sHiFt HaPpEnS!

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.rc4 not generating ssl-parameters.dat on first start
by Andreas M. Kirchwitz 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Dear Dovecot lovers! When starting Dovecot 1.x the first time, it runs "ssl-build-params" to generate a file named "ssl-parameters.dat". This takes a couple of minutes. During this time users have no access to their mail, but this can be planned in advance and users can be notified. This is explained in http://wiki.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration With Dovecot 2.0.rc4, the new command "ssl-params" seems to do this job, but unfortunately it isn't run on first start of Dovecot but the start is delayed until a user connects to port 993 (or does STARTTLS in 143). According to http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration it should behave the same way as Dovecot 1 did. So, with Dovecot 2.0.rc4 it hits the first user who wants to establish a secure connection. It's hard to explain this to users. ;-) Of course, I could simply run "telnet <imaphost> 993" manually after installation. I also tried running "ssl-params" manually before starting Dovecot but it stays in foreground forever and doesn't seem to finish (what is it waiting for?) So it would be really great if Dovecot 2 could do this on its own like Dovecot 1 did. Besides that, Dovecot 2.0 runs like a charm ... Andreas

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[Dovecot] quotactl failed with disk quotas and dovecot 2.0
by Patrick McLean 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi, I have a machine running dovecot 2.0 rc4 and I can't seem to get the imap_quota plugin working, every time I try to read the quotas, I get the following in my log: > Aug 7 11:58:43 talyn dovecot: imap(chutz): Error: quotactl(Q_GETQUOTA, rootfs) failed: No such file or directory > Aug 7 11:59:53 talyn dovecot: imap(chutz): Error: quotactl(Q_GETQUOTA, rootfs) failed: No such file or directory > Aug 7 11:59:54 talyn dovecot: imap(chutz): Error: quotactl(Q_GETQUOTA, rootfs) failed: No such file or directory (Once for each try) Here is the output of dovecot -n: > # 2.0.rc4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.34-gentoo-r3 i686 Gentoo Base System release 2.0.1 > listen = * > mail_location = mdbox:~/.mdbox > mail_plugins = acl quota zlib trash imap_quota > managesieve_notify_capability = mailto > managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus virustest > passdb { > args = * > driver = pam > } > plugin { > quota = fs:User quota:user > quota_warning = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u > sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve > sieve_dir = ~/.sieve > } > protocols = imap lmtp > service auth { > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > group = postfix > mode = 0660 > user = postfix > } > } > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem > ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > verbose_proctitle = yes > protocol lda { > mail_plugins = sieve quota > }

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[Dovecot] OT Thunderbird
by Benny Pedersen 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

some senders on this maillist use a version of thunderbird that adds more then one references header and this imho breaks threading :( -- xpoint

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[Dovecot] IMAP namespace and Courier migration
by Yves Goergen 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hello, the migration guide from Courier-IMAP to Dovecot says that I should change the folders namespace to "INBOX." if I want a seamless migration. Isn't it that e-mail clients determine that namespace automatically? At least I never needed to enter one in Thunderbird and then it was there. What happens if I copy the database, all the Maildir files, run the migration script to convert the special files and don't change that namespace - will clients show an error message and stop working or will it still work? -- Yves Goergen "LonelyPixel" <nospam.list(a)unclassified.de> Visit my web laboratory at http://beta.unclassified.de

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.rc4 core dumped with Alpine 2.00
by Andreas M. Kirchwitz 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi Timo and all others! The current Dovecot 2.0.rc4 did really well with Mutt 1.5.20 and Thunderbird 3.1.2, but a user with Alpine 2.00 crashed it immediately. I'm running Fedora 13 (Linux) and compiled Dovecot 2.0.rc4 manually like I did before with Dovecot 1.2.13. When switching from 1.2 to 2.0 I removed all those ".imap" folders with internal cache data (didn't know for sure if it's compatible between both version). All folders are in mbox format. When Alpine is started, the first crash happens. Alpine notifies the user that there was a problem connecting the IMAP server. No mail is display. And then the second crash happens. Looks like Alpine starts a second try to connect to the IMAP server before displaying the (empty) screen with (no) folders. Excerpt from syslog: Aug 8 18:07:56 mailserver dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<mailuser>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=138.201.2.2, lip=138.201.2.2, mpid=2676, TLS Aug 8 18:07:56 mailserver dovecot: imap(mailuser): Panic: file istream-header-filter.c: line 81 (read_mixed): assertion failed: (pos > 0) Aug 8 18:07:56 mailserver dovecot: imap(mailuser): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x350c1) [0xa410c1] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3512f) [0xa4112f] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0xa1b46e] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1f373) [0xa2b373] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1f4ff) [0xa2b4ff] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x77) [0xa47967] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_copy_from_parent+0x9a) [0xa47dfa] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x60520) [0x1ef520] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x77) [0xa47967] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3e) [0xa47c8e] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x78) [0xa2eb08] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x2472a) [0xa3072a] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_next_block+0x32) [0xa2fc82] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_header+0x2c) [0xa2fe8c] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_parse_headers+0x102) [0x1f40d2] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x6571a) [0x1f471a] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_get_first_header+0x3d) [0x1f4a6d] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_get_first_header+0x25) [0x1ab2a5] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x61a31) [0x1f0a31] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_get_date+0x68) [0x1f2008] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_get_date+0x25) [0x1ab1f5] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dov Aug 8 18:07:56 mailserver dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): child 2676 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Aug 8 18:08:02 mailserver dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<mailuser>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=138.201.2.2, lip=138.201.2.2, mpid=2682, TLS Aug 8 18:08:02 mailserver dovecot: imap(mailuser): Panic: file istream-header-filter.c: line 81 (read_mixed): assertion failed: (pos > 0) Aug 8 18:08:02 mailserver dovecot: imap(mailuser): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x350c1) [0x81d0c1] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3512f) [0x81d12f] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_error+0) [0x7f746e] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1f373) [0x807373] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x1f4ff) [0x8074ff] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x77) [0x823967] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_copy_from_parent+0x9a) [0x823dfa] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x60520) [0x1a1520] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x77) [0x823967] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x3e) [0x823c8e] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parse_header_next+0x78) [0x80ab08] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x2472a) [0x80c72a] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_next_block+0x32) [0x80bc82] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(message_parser_parse_header+0x2c) [0x80be8c] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_parse_headers+0x102) [0x1a60d2] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x6571a) [0x1a671a] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_get_first_header+0x3d) [0x1a6a6d] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_get_first_header+0x25) [0x15d2a5] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x61a31) [0x1a2a31] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_mail_get_date+0x68) [0x1a4008] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_get_date+0x25) [0x15d1f5] -> /usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc4/lib/dov Aug 8 18:08:02 mailserver dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): child 2682 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) Is this information enough to track down the problem or do you want me to run additional tests? Just let me know what you need. Greetings, Andreas

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[Dovecot] Dovecot and Active Directory separate domain data stores.
by Andrew Bruce 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Hi, I've got Dovecot setup to auth my AD users fine via Winbind and I've also tried it using LDAP and can get this working also. The problem lies in the way we store our email for our virtual users in this setup. We run a flat domain for AD (lets call it newzealand.local), and then under each users account that gets email, in the E-mail field in AD, they have an email address like user1@auckland, user2@wellington, user3@chch and so on. With Postfix, I've set it up so that each email domain ends up being stored in a different path - /mail/auckland/user1, /mail/wellington/user2, /mail/chch/user3. This was done using a query filter that returned a person's email address from AD, chopped it into separate user/domain parts around the '@' symbol and using these to determine where the mail should be stored. This seems to work well for our purposes. But now I need to get Dovecot to be able to do the same thing in order to present the email to the user. I'm fairly certain this isn't going to work with Winbind, so I implemented the LDAP passdb and got that working, but I can't seem to quite work out how to get it to work with the domain part from the email address. Could someone give me a pointer in the right direction if this is possible. I'm thinking it has to do with the user_attrs variable, but can't quite workout how I would split this. Or is there a better way to do this? Thanks, Andrew

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[Dovecot] Setting up webmail in DMZ
by Phill Edwards 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

I have a Smoothwall server on my network and am running three network interfaces off it. 1) local LAN 192.168.0.0 with PCs and an internal dovecot server on 192.168.0.154. 2) internet interface 3) DMZ 192.168.2.0 which has a linux web server 192.168.2.1 on which I want to install a webmail so I can access my email remotely. Originally 192.168.2.1 couldn't see the 192.168.0.0 network but with some help from the Smoothwall forums I have fixed that. The problem now is that 192.168.2.1 can't connect to the dovecot server on 192.168.0.154. When I "telnet 192.168.0.154 993" or "telnet 192.168.0.154 143" I get a "Connection refused" error. But these commands work fine from PCs on the 192.168.0.0 network. I'm pretty sure there's no firewall on the dovecot server and /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny are empty. Is there a default setting that I need to change in Dovecot that only allows connections from machines on the same subnet?

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[Dovecot] dovecot v2 rc build and run dependencies
by Bradley Giesbrecht 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

I'm building a dovecot v2 Portfile for MacPorts. Where can I read up on dovecot v2 build and run dependencies? Are they the same as dovecot v1? Regards, Bradley Giesbrecht

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[Dovecot] piegonhole seg fault with NULL user
by Eray Aslan 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

dovecot-2.0-piegonhole commit cac6acdc4d0e: Crash when USER is NULL. Backtrace is below. Perhaps, we should check for NULL and bail out early? Eray [...] (gdb) cont Continuing. Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. t_strcut (str=0x0, cutchar=64 '@') at strfuncs.c:277 277 for (p = str; *p != '\0'; p++) { (gdb) bt full #0 t_strcut (str=0x0, cutchar=64 '@') at strfuncs.c:277 p = <value optimized out> #1 0x4009c28b in get_var_expand_table (service=<value optimized out>, input=<value optimized out>) at mail-storage-service.c:478 static_tab = {{key = 117 'u', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f12ce "user"}, {key = 110 'n', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f0966 "username"}, {key = 100 'd', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f096f "domain"}, {key = 115 's', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f129c "service"}, {key = 108 'l', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f0976 "lip"}, { key = 114 'r', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f097a "rip"}, {key = 112 'p', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f097e "pid"}, { key = 105 'i', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x400f8aec "uid"}, {key = 0 '\000', value = 0x0, long_key = 0x0}} tab = 0x85f737c #2 0x4009c364 in user_expand_varstr (service=0x8603cf4, input=<value optimized out>, str=0x8603e88 "0") at mail-storage-service.c:501 ret = 0x85f71f0 __FUNCTION__ = "user_expand_varstr" #3 0x4009c8fc in mail_storage_service_next (ctx=0x8603470, user=0x8603cf0, mail_user_r=0x8601e40) at mail-storage-service.c:835 user_set = 0x8603d90 home = <value optimized out> chroot = <value optimized out> error = <value optimized out> len = <value optimized out> temp_priv_drop = <value optimized out> #4 0x4009dde4 in mail_storage_service_lookup_next (ctx=0x8603470, input=0xbfb98524, user_r=0x8601e3c, mail_user_r=0x8601e40, error_r=0xbfb9855c) at mail-storage-service.c:925 user = 0x8603cf0 ret = <value optimized out> #5 0x08055e35 in sieve_tool_init_finish (tool=0x8601e10) at sieve-tool.c:210 storage_service_flags = 144 service_input = {module = 0x80586c7 "mail", service = 0x8601e58 "testsuite", username = 0x0, local_ip = {family = 0, u = { ip6 = {__in6_u = {__u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}}, remote_ip = {family = 0, u = {ip6 = {__in6_u = { __u6_addr8 = '\000' <repeats 15 times>, __u6_addr16 = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, __u6_addr32 = {0, 0, 0, 0}}}, ip4 = {s_addr = 0}}}, userdb_fields = 0x0} username = <value optimized out> errstr = 0x4013d4cc "\205\300u%\203\304\020[^]\303\307D$\004" #6 0x08054f5b in main (argc=2, argv=0x85ff1c0) at testsuite.c:147 svinst = 0x4001da98 scriptfile = 0x85f7058 "./tests/testsuite.svtest" dumpfile = 0x0 tracefile = 0x0 tr_config = {level = SIEVE_TRLVL_ACTIONS, flags = 0} sbin = <value optimized out> sieve_dir = <value optimized out> log_stdout = false ret = <value optimized out> c = <value optimized out>

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Re: [Dovecot] Searching dovecot Maildir
by emdeex 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Thanks Jerrale, I'm currently running the following dovecot packages: dovecot-plugins-sieve-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0 dovecot-1.2.6-1.1mdv2010.0 I don't use mysql with dovecot. I do use sieve. Any help with the 2.0 packages very much appreciated. regards, Murray On 7 August 2010 16:42, Jerrale G <jerrale(a)sheltoncomputers.com> wrote: > On 8/6/2010 11:05 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: > >> Hmm. Last I heard, Mandriva died.. >> http://www.osnews.com/story/23276/Mandriva_S_A_For_Sale >> >> If something happened since then, I've no idea. >> >> On 7.8.2010, at 3.53, emdeex wrote: >> >> >> >>> Thanks Timo, upgrading to v2.0 seems like a good move, and thanks for the >>> example of doveadm, that makes me even happier I'm using Dovecot. >>> >>> Do you know if Mandriva has released a v2.0 rpm package ? >>> >>> regards >>> >>> On 6 August 2010 21:36, Timo Sirainen<tss(a)iki.fi> wrote: >>> On 6.8.2010, at 4.16, emdeex wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> I want to search my Sent mail folder for all messages with a certain >>>> subject, then "grep" out a certain line that has a dollar ($) figure, >>>> and >>>> add up those figures. The idea is to just add up all the values of >>>> quotes >>>> I've sent in a month. >>>> >>>> >>> a) Do it via IMAP protocol by using some IMAP library for >>> Perl/Python/whatever. >>> >>> b) Upgrade to Dovecot v2.0.0 and do it via doveadm: >>> doveadm fetch body mailbox Sent subject something body $ | grep '\$' | >>> etc script processing >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > NO rpms are available for dovecot 2.0 as it is in BETA. For running web > servers, most recommend Centos/Redhat enterprise or Ubuntu Server and not > the outdated Mandriva with 1000's of security flaws. > > Tell me what you want to use with dovecot (sieve mysql managesieve) and I > will compile you some rpms customized to mandriva. > > Jerrale G. > Senior Administrator > Shelton Computers >

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[Dovecot] dovecot.conf: mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 | Windows Live Mail: CRAM-MD5 authentication failed. This could (NOT) be due to a lack of memory on your system
by Jerrale G 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

/etc/dovecot.conf: auth default { mechanisms=plain login cram-md5 passdb { #.............. Windows Live Mail: CRAM-MD5 authentication failed. This could be due to a lack of memory on your system. Your IMAP command could not be sent to the server, due to non-network errors. This could, for example, indicate a lack of memory on your system. Configuration: Account: Sheltoncomputers (testuser) Server: mail.sheltoncomputers.com User name: testuser(a)sheltoncomputers.com Protocol: IMAP Port: 993 Secure(SSL): 1 Code: 800cccdf The console I'm using is 4 GB ram; so, this dumb error of windoze dead mail is irrelevant. The other mechanisms of TLS/no tls plain login work fine. The passwords are stored in mysql as md5(password) but this works on others not using cram-md5 (secure login of the client). I'm trying to support a plethora of mechanisms for the convenience of the customer and . Jerrale G. Senior Admin

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0 rc4, doveadm: referenced symbol not found
by Burckhard Schmidt 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi, I used /usr/dovecot-2/bin/doveadm -Dv expunge -u userx mailbox AutoCleanSpam savedbefore 30d doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/dovecot-2/lib/dovecot/doveadm doveadm(root): Error: dlopen(/usr/dovecot-2/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so) failed: ld.so.1: doveadm: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/dovecot-2/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: symbol expire_set_init: referenced symbol not found doveadm(root): Error: dlopen(/usr/dovecot-2/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so) failed: ld.so.1: doveadm: fatal: relocation error: file /usr/dovecot-2/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so: symbol quota_user_module: referenced symbol not found However old mails have been deleted. -- regards - Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] Searching dovecot Maildir
by emdeex 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi All, Loving Dovecot after several years with Cyrus. This might be more a general question, but this seemed the best place to ask. The idea is to just add up all the values of quotes I've sent in a month. I want to search my Sent mail folder for all messages with a certain subject, then "grep" out a certain line that has a dollar ($) figure, and add up those figures. The idea is to just add up all the values of quotes I've sent in a month. Can it be done? Any help appreciated. regards, Murray Dovecot 1.2.6

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[Dovecot] Making both folder and .folder available to dovecot-lda but not imap
by Stand H 07 Aug '10

07 Aug '10

Hi, I'm looking for a way to deliver mail to both 'folder' and '.folder'. I put LAYOUT=fs to mail_location, sieve recognize both 'folder' and '.folder', but I don't want dovecot-imap to show 'folder' to imap client. The purpose is to send some emails to 'folder' and don't let user to see the folder and email in it. I'm using dovecot-1.2.13 and dovecot-1.2-sieve-0.1.17. Can someone help me with the configuration. Thank you. Regards, Stand

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.rc4 (a30a30d1e25a): LMTP dies intermittently
by Thomas Leuxner 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, not sure what change caused this but it first appeared when building HG a30a30d1e25a. LMTP dies intermittently. Aug 6 16:00:57 spectre dovecot: lmtp(5509, alias(a)domain.tld) b9ESKJkVXEyFFQAAqZii3w: sieve: msgid=<1281102852.6211.447.camel(a)kurkku.sapo.corppt.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'Public/Mailing-Lists/Dovecot' Aug 6 16:00:57 spectre dovecot: lmtp(5509): Disconnect from local: Client quit Aug 6 16:17:05 spectre dovecot: master: Error: service(lmtp): child 5509 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped) Let me know if you need more details. Regards Thomas

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[Dovecot] assertion failure with 2.0rc4
by Ryan Murray 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Ran into an assertion error on login with 2.0rc4, with kmail and the N900 mail client: OS: Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.1 LTS FS: ext4 arch: x86-64 dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<rmurray>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.9, lip=192.168.1.1, mpid=31843, TLS dovecot: imap(rmurray): Panic: file istream-header-filter.c: line 85 (read_mixed): assertion failed: (pos > 0) dovecot: master: Error: service(imap): child 31843 killed with signal 6 (core dumped) #0 0x0000003e9fa33a75 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x0000003e9fa375c0 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007f419e3bdd34 in default_fatal_finish (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0) at failures.c:164 backtrace = 0x1542898 "ot.so.0(+0x26793) [0x7f900d292793] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0xbb) [0x7f900d2b6979] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_data+0x61) [0x7f900d2b7676] -> /usr/lib/do"... #3 0x00007f419e3bf01c in i_internal_fatal_handler (type=LOG_TYPE_PANIC, status=0, fmt=0x7f419e3e9778 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)", args=0x7fff6244c100) at failures.c:593 No locals. #4 0x00007f419e3be05c in i_panic ( format=0x7f419e3e9778 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:230 args = {{gp_offset = 0, fp_offset = 0, overflow_arg_area = 0x0, reg_save_area = 0x0}} #5 0x00007f419e3a1a4d in read_mixed (mstream=0x1598d20, body_highwater_size=0) at istream-header-filter.c:81 data = 0x0 pos = 0 ret = -1 __FUNCTION__ = "read_mixed" #6 0x00007f419e3a1e92 in read_header (mstream=0x1598d20) at istream-header-filter.c:164 body_highwater_size = 0 hdr = 0x0 highwater_offset = 0 pos = 0 ret = 0 matched = false hdr_ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "read_header" #7 0x00007f419e3a2793 in i_stream_header_filter_read (stream=0x1598d20) at istream-header-filter.c:351 mstream = 0x1598d20 v_offset = 22292552 ret = 22634928 #8 0x00007f419e3c6979 in i_stream_read (stream=0x1598d80) at istream.c:115 _stream = 0x1598d20 old_size = 1 ret = 140734842061776 __FUNCTION__ = "i_stream_read" #9 0x00007f419e3c7676 in i_stream_read_data (stream=0x1598d80, data_r=0x7fff6244c3b0, size_r=0x7fff6244c3a0, threshold=1) at istream.c:417 ret = 0 read_more = false __FUNCTION__ = "i_stream_read_data" #10 0x00007f419e3a7c91 in message_parse_header_next (ctx=0x159b440, hdr_r=0x7fff6244c408) at message-header-parser.c:89 line = 0x0 msg = 0x0 i = 0 size = 0 startpos = 0 colon_pos = 0 parse_size = 0 ret = 32767 continued = false continues = false last_no_newline = 127 last_crlf = 65 no_newline = false crlf_newline = false __FUNCTION__ = "message_parse_header_next" #11 0x00007f419e3a9e3c in parse_next_header (ctx=0x159b078, block_r=0x7fff6244c480) at message-parser.c:480 part = 0x1591558 hdr = 0x0 size = 22613672 ret = -1 __FUNCTION__ = "parse_next_header" #12 0x00007f419e3aaa05 in message_parser_parse_next_block (ctx=0x159b078, block_r=0x7fff6244c480) at message-parser.c:768 ret = 22615384 eof = false full = false __FUNCTION__ = "message_parser_parse_next_block" #13 0x00007f419e3aabc6 in message_parser_parse_header (ctx=0x159b078, hdr_size=0x1590f60, callback=0x7f419e68e1f8 <index_mail_parse_part_header_cb>, context=0x1590d48) at message-parser.c:807 block = {part = 0x0, hdr = 0x0, data = 0x0, size = 0} ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "message_parser_parse_header" #14 0x00007f419e68e575 in index_mail_parse_headers (mail=0x1590d48, headers=0x0) at index-mail-headers.c:437 data = 0x1590ea8 input = 0x1598d80 old_offset = 0 #15 0x00007f419e68b648 in index_mail_init_stream (mail=0x1590d48, hdr_size=0x7fff6244c640, body_size=0x7fff6244c620, stream_r=0x7fff6244c668) at index-mail.c:849 data = 0x1590ea8 input = 0x0 ret = 1 #16 0x00007f419e6b8377 in mbox_mail_get_stream (_mail=0x1590d48, hdr_size=0x7fff6244c640, body_size=0x7fff6244c620, stream_r=0x7fff6244c668) at mbox-mail.c:363 mail = 0x1590d48 #17 0x00007f419e62fb06 in mail_get_stream (mail=0x1590d48, hdr_size=0x7fff6244c640, body_size=0x7fff6244c620, stream_r=0x7fff6244c668) at mail.c:179 p = 0x1590d48 #18 0x00007f419e68a4b6 in index_mail_get_virtual_size (_mail=0x1590d48, size_r=0x7fff6244c6f8) at index-mail.c:389 mail = 0x0 data = 0x0 hdr_size = {physical_size = 0, virtual_size = 0, lines = 0} body_size = {physical_size = 4333341, virtual_size = 22595280, lines = 51875} input = 0x0 old_offset = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "index_mail_get_virtual_size" #19 0x00007f419e62f8cc in mail_get_virtual_size (mail=0x1590d48, size_r=0x7fff6244c6f8) at mail.c:114 p = 0x1590d48 #20 0x0000000000419d85 in fetch_rfc822_size (ctx=0x157d388, mail=0x1590d48, context=0x0) at imap-fetch-body.c:888 size = 22595280 #21 0x0000000000416af6 in imap_fetch_more_int (ctx=0x157d388) at imap-fetch.c:471 h = 0x157d708 _data_stack_cur_id = 4 client = 0x157cb78 handlers = 0x157d6e0 count = 5 ret = 1 __FUNCTION__ = "imap_fetch_more_int" #22 0x0000000000416d4d in imap_fetch_more (ctx=0x157d388) at imap-fetch.c:523 ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "imap_fetch_more" #23 0x000000000040b964 in cmd_fetch (cmd=0x157d238) at cmd-fetch.c:227 client = 0x0 ctx = 0x0 args = 0x0 next_arg = 0x0 list_arg = 0x0 search_args = 0x158b708 messageset = 0x157fb88 "51875:51896" ret = 0 #24 0x000000000041187e in cmd_uid (cmd=0x157d238) at cmd-uid.c:27 command = 0x154b710 cmd_name = 0x157fb80 "FETCH" #25 0x0000000000413507 in client_command_input (cmd=0x157d238) at imap-client.c:660 client = 0x157cb78 command = 0x7fff6244c870 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #26 0x0000000000413766 in client_command_input (cmd=0x157d238) at imap-client.c:710 client = 0x157cb78 command = 0x154b6c8 __FUNCTION__ = "client_command_input" #27 0x0000000000413891 in client_handle_next_command (client=0x157cb78, remove_io_r=0x7fff6244c90e) at imap-client.c:751 size = 92 #28 0x0000000000413911 in client_handle_input (client=0x157cb78) at imap-client.c:763 _data_stack_cur_id = 3 ret = false remove_io = false handled_commands = false __FUNCTION__ = "client_handle_input" #29 0x0000000000413a87 in client_input (client=0x157cb78) at imap-client.c:802 cmd = 0x154a7e8 output = 0x157d158 bytes = 92 __FUNCTION__ = "client_input" #30 0x00007f419e3cef4a in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x154a5c0) at ioloop-epoll.c:212 ctx = 0x0 events = 0x0 event = 0x0 list = 0x0 io = 0x0 tv = {tv_sec = 1799, tv_usec = 999898} events_count = 6 t_id = 2 msecs = 1800000 ret = 0 i = 0 j = 0 call = true #31 0x00007f419e3cdb31 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x154a5c0) at ioloop.c:350 No locals. #32 0x00007f419e3b635c in master_service_run (service=0x154a490, callback=0x41f592 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:496 No locals. #33 0x000000000041f7fc in main (argc=1, argv=0x154a370) at main.c:358 set_roots = {0x422ee0, 0x0} service_flags = 0 storage_service_flags = 0 postlogin_socket_path = 0x0 username = 0x0 c = 0

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[Dovecot] Strange behaviour when add new mailbox to IMAP (v 1.2.13)
by Alexander Chekalin 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, I think I need to ask you for advice. Personally I face that for the first time and hardly imagine this could be possible at all, but... My setup is simple: I have one mail server where all of my mail accounts are stored, and another one to store backup of all mailings. The scheme is simple, SMTP on first server forwards a copy of each message to address catchall(a)secondserver.my-domain. So whenever I need to restore any message I'll simple search for it on second server. Both servers are have Dovecot 1.2.13 as IMAP servers. First server's Dovecot is sql-backed one, the second server's (in fact it serving just one box) is using passwd-style text file auth. Other than this, setup is pretty similiar, and everything is well, but here is the mystery: I use Thunderbird (yesterday it was 3.1.1 and now it is 3.1.2) as my IMAP client. When I connect to my IMAP account on second server, and create mailbox, I see that there appears greyed folder named #virtual^Sent , and my new mailbox is in it. When I do the same thing on first server, everything works just as I expect it (new mailbox created right under root of my IMAP account). If I create on second server new mailbox right under any existing (say, under Inbox) everything is fine also. To check the problem I simplified my Dovecot config to the bare minimum, and it also won't work (#virtual^Sent still there). When I see on server disk, I see there .#virtual^Sent.NewTestMailbox dir (NewTestMailbox is the test mailbox I created), but there is no .#virtual^Sent dir. I rebuilt Dovecot, and also tried to build 1.2.12, none worked. May there be any solution for that? Yours, Alexander Chekalin

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[Dovecot] Problem creating sockets after Solaris Live Upgrade
by Jürgen Obermann 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello, I use Solaris Live Upgrade to install solaris patches in an alternate boot environment. Unfortunately the dovecot sockets /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server and /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default are created as normal files in the ABE. After switching to the ABE dovecot will not start because of the existence of these two files. After removing these files dovecot starts normally. I think that dovecot should create the sockets even if there exist files with the same names. Here is the protocol of this: Dovecot uses two sockets in the running system: # ls -al /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 4 10:07 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server srw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Aug 4 10:07 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default In the Alternate Boot Environment created with Solaris Live Upgrade there are normal files instead of the sockets: # ls -al /a/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default /a/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default -rw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Jul 7 17:01 /a/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default -rw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Jul 7 17:01 /a/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default During booting this ABE dovecot will not start, unless both files are removed: Aug 6 06:55:30 hostname dovecot: Fatal: Socket already exists: /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server # ls -al /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Aug 4 10:09 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server # rm /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server # /etc/init.d/dovecot start Last died with error (see error log for more information): Socket already exists: /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server Aug 6 06:57:50 hostname dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.info] Dovecot v1.2.12 starting up Aug 6 06:57:50 hostname dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.error] net_listen_unix(/opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default) failed: Address already in use Aug 6 06:57:50 hostname dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.crit] Fatal: Couldn't create auth process listener # ls -al /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server srwxrwxrwx 1 root other 0 Aug 6 06:57 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/dict-server # ls -al /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default -rw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Aug 4 10:09 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default # rm /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default # /etc/init.d/dovecot start # ls -al /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default srw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Aug 6 07:00 /opt/local/var/run/dovecot/login/default Both sockets are created by dovecot if they don't exist. Greetings, Jürgen Obermann -- Hochschulrechenzentrum der | Mail: Juergen.Obermann(a)hrz.uni-giessen.de Justus-Liebig-Universitaet | WWW: http://www.uni-giessen.de/obermann/ Heinrich-Buff-Ring 44 | Tel: 0641-99-13054 (0641-99-13001) D-35392 Giessen, Germany | Fax: 0641-99-13009 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0 rc4, expire, sqlite
by Burckhard Schmidt 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello, I will use expire like described within wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire with sqlite for a folder AutoCleanSpam. If I copy a message (with TB) into that folder, I get an error if there exists no entry for that user and that folder within the database: dict: Error: sqlite: exec(INSERT INTO expires (expire_stamp,username,mailbox) VALUES ('1281016832','userx','AutoCleanSpam')) failed: unable to open database file (14) dict: Error: sql dict: commit failed: If I make an initial entry manually first no error occurs. Anymore there is a problem concerning acl of the base directory of the expires.db: dict: Error: sqlite: open(/addons/expire/expires.db) failed: unable to open database file dict: Error: dict sql lookup failed: out of memory It was necessary to give "other" r-x permissions for directory /addons/expire. I use mail_uid = sysdov and mail_gid = sysdov. That is uid 29. Furthermore I work with userdb ldap and uid/gid mapping: user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=29,gidNumber=29 So usually it was sufficient using acl like this drwxr-x--- 2 sysdov sysdov 5 Aug 5 16:00 /addons/expire As which user expire, dict, sqlite access are running? -- Regards --- Burckhard Schmidt

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[Dovecot] Write a c program to access a mailbox as a system user using dovecot version 2 includes/libs
by Jonathan Siegle 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Should this be doable with the current design? Is there a good reference to do this? Thanks, Jonathan

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[Dovecot] dovecot-auth process crashed during pam login
by Elmar Rudigier 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hello! We experienced crashes of the dovecot-auth process during user verification with pam_ssh. After a little debugging I saw that pam_ssh and dovecot both provide a buffer_free() function. During cleanup of pam_ssh the buffer_free() from dovecot was called. The members of the buffer had all "out of bound" addresses. After rename the buffer_free() in dovecot the pam login works fine. Cheer, Elmar

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[Dovecot] Configure Dovecot to move read mails to another folder?
by Steven Weiß 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hallo, is it possible (with dovecot sieve?) to deliver incoming mails to the default INBOX and then, when I have read the mail with Thunderbird, automatically move it to another folder? I know I could create filters in my mail client. But that has the disadvantage that I would need to create these filters everywhere: on my office PC, at home, webmail, ... Also moving a mail from one folder to another marks the original mail as deleted, at least in Thunderbird. Maybe other clients finally delete the mail. Therefore that would be really cool. Another related problem for me is: how can I automatically move outgoing mails to another folder? I created sieve-rules but it doesn't work - the mails remain in the folder "sent-mail". For example: if address :domain :is "to" "somedomain.de" { fileinto "sent-mail.Somedomain"; stop; } Greetings, Steven

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[Dovecot] Double logging problem
by Nikolaos Milas 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, I have a relatively new installation with LDAP and Postfix, running smoothly on CentOS but it logs dovecot messages both in /var/log/messages and in /var/log/dovecot.log. I have configured it to log in /var/log/dovecot.log (with syslog_facility: local1 and a respective line in syslog.conf, see below) but it also logs in /var/log/messages. As a result, I would expect it to only log into /var/log/dovecot.log. Can someone suggest why this happens and help me stop logging dovecot messages in /var/log/messages ? Could it be because the following directive (in syslog.conf) does not capture dovecot messages to exclude them? *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages Could I use something like (in syslog.conf): *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;dovecot.none /var/log/messages to capture dovecot messages and *exclude* them from /var/log/messages ? I am not sure if syslog understands "dovecot.none". Please explain how this could be done. Here is the configuration (I've changed real domain name with example.com) # dovecot --version 1.2.11 # dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5.centos.plus x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) syslog_facility: local1 ssl_ca_file: /etc/pki/CA/certs/cert-xxx.pem ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/CA/certs/cert-xxx.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/CA/private/key-xxx.pem 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_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir/ 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 mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com auth default: mechanisms: plain login username_format: %Lu verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: static args: uid=500 gid=500 home=/home/vmail/%u socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=307200 quota_warning: storage=75%% /opt/mail.sh 75 %u # grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = ldap.example.com tls = yes base = ou=people, dc=example, dc=com scope = subtree ldap_version = 3 auth_bind = yes pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password auth_bind_userdn = uid=%u,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com pass_filter = (uid=%u) And the content of /etc/syslog.conf # cat /etc/syslog.conf # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log # Dovecot messages will be using local1 local1.* /var/log/dovecot.log #local2.* /var/log/php.log local3.* /var/log/sympa.log Thanks, Nick Milas Greece P.S. I sent this message earlier (a few hours ago), but I didn't see it coming in the dovecot list, so I've decided to send it again.

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[Dovecot] Panic: file ioloop-iolist.c: line 25 (ioloop_iolist_add): assertion failed
by Computer Department (Watchtower South Africa Branch) 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

Hi, I receive the following message after running "/etc/init.d/dovecot reload": Aug 06 02:00:11 dovecot: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Aug 06 02:00:11 dovecot: Panic: file ioloop-iolist.c: line 25 (ioloop_iolist_add): assertion failed: (list->ios[idx] == NULL) I'm running dovecot version 1.2.13, compiled against uclibc on the Alpine Linux distro, version 1.10.6. This problem started to occur since upgrading to dovecot 1.2.12 from dovecot 1.2.11. No configuration has been changed in between these versions. # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32.16-grsec i686 rootfs log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/lighttpd/server-bundle.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/lighttpd/server-bundle.pem disable_plaintext_auth: 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_location: maildir:/var/mail/domains/%d/%n 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 mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 lda: postmaster_address: admin(a)windhoek.zaf.wtbts.net mail_plugins: quota auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict dict: quotadict: pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-quota.conf The init.d script can be found here: http://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/aports/tree/main/dovecot/dovecot.initd?h =1.10-stable&id=a3087eff06dff4a69b2914cdc1bbe76dce29b448 Any ideas? Thanks for any help you can provide. Duane Hughes

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Re: [Dovecot] AntiSpam Plugin
by Daryl Richards 06 Aug '10

06 Aug '10

On 05/08/10 10:37 AM, Leander S. wrote: > Am 28.07.2010 21:34, schrieb Daryl Richards: >> I've also had this problem in the past. I wrote a wrapper script to >> try to log what is happening. Funny thing is, when run through this >> script it works fine. Without the script it fails. Not sure where to >> look next, I've just kept the script. >> >> #!/usr/local/bin/bash >> >> ( >> id -a >> echo $@ >> /usr/local/bin/sa-learn $@ >> rc=$? >> echo "exit code $rc" >> exit $rc >> ) > /tmp/antispam.out.$$ 2> /tmp/antispam.err.$$ >> >> On 7/28/2010 3:12 PM, Leander S. wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 07/28/2010 07:24 PM Leander S. wrote: >>> >>>> > … >>>> > Jul 28 18:51:40 server imap: antispam: running mailtrain backend >>>> program >>>> > /usr/local/bin/sa-learn >>>> > Jul 28 18:51:40 server imap: antispam: running mailtrain backend >>>> program >>>> > /usr/local/bin/sa-learn >>>> > Jul 28 18:51:41 server imap: antispam: run program failed with exit >>>> code 9 >>>> > > > > "run program failed with exit code 9" --> unfortunately is >>>> nothing >>>> > mentioned in the dovecot antspam man. >>>> > Antispam >>>> manual:http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/files/antispam.html#lbAL >>>> > > > > > > Could anybody give me a hint where to look up this exit >>>> code? Or is >>>> > there a general meaning for exit codes? >>>> > i.e.: 0 means normal ; 5 internal error ; and 9 maybe means syntax >>>> issue >>>> > ... or whatever ?! >>> /usr/local/bin/sa-learn returned exit code 9. So, check the fine >>> spamassassin documentation. >>> >>> ^^ I did - there is nothing mentioned about exit codes at all - except >>> in the spamc manual. But the spamc manual doesn't represent exit code 9. >>> >>> Do you guys maybe have any idea what this could mean? How does your >>> config for antispam looks like - but I doubt there could be anything >>> wrong in mine. >>> >>> ... very weired ... >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Leander >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Pascal >>> -- The trapper recommends today: f007ba11.1020919(a)localdomain.org >>> >>> > Thanks for the script hint - exactly the same on my side - I also use a > script now - but mine is more simple than yours: > > server [~]# cat /script.sh > #!/usr/local/bin/bash > > /usr/local/bin/sa-learn $1 $2 $3 $4 &> /DoveDamnAntispam.log > exit 0 ; > server [~]# > > > > > Antispam part of dovecot.conf: > > ### Dovecot AntiSpam ### > # mail signature (used with any backend requiring a signature) > #antispam_signature = X-Spam-Status > #antispam_signature_missing = move > > antispam_mail_sendmail = /script.sh > #antispam_mail_sendmail = /usr/local/bin/sa-learn > antispam_mail_sendmail_args = --username=%u;--debug;all > antispam_mail_spam = --spam > antispam_mail_notspam = --ham > antispam_mail_tmpdir = /tmp > antispam_spam = Spam > antispam_unsure = Virus > antispam_trash = Trash > > > Works fine for me now - but it's really weired ... > > Anyway - lots of thx, hey! ;) > > regards I added the extra debugging to show exactly what was happening - what user was calling sa-learn, what the exit code was, etc... But, as I said, it didn't help as it runs perfectly through that script! -- Daryl Richards Isle Technical Services Inc.

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[Dovecot] Cyrus to Dovecot migration (OS X Server): Backup + restore messages, live "standby server" and delayed expunge and…
by Thomas von Eyben 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi List, I am very close to migrating from Cyrus to Dovecot (to be more precise from Mac OS X Server 10.5.8 to 10.6.4). The latter is reporting the dovecotd version to be 1.1.20apple0.5. All I have read about dovecot is extremely positive so I am exited to make the switch. BACKUP: BUT I would like to be sure that I can make a sound backup strategy. For Cyrus i used topicdesk's mailbfr (a script that stops the mailservice and then rsync's the mailstore to a backup location incrementing daily and restarting a complete backup weekly). This script is not yet ready for Dovecot, but from what I have read it should be as easy as "just" backing up the mail-data (/var/spool/imap/dovecot/mail in OS X), eg. with rsync. Our current setup is requiring ca. 11 hours for a full (200+ GB) backup (weekly) this is not good for uptime… RESTORE: Restore should be the same (well reverse) "just" restoring the files and making sure the get the correct permissions. What I am not sure about is the (cyrus specific) need for reconstructing the database, as I have read (on this list) it seems that dovecot is designed better and will "automatically" recognised the restored messages without the need to reconstruct any databases or stopping+restarting the service. Is this really true ,-)? NB.: For restores I plan to always restore to a specific subfolder for the user (eg RESTORED MAIL) as opposed to placing the mails within the folder hierachy LIVE BACKUP SERVER I have been told, that dovecot provides clever mechanisms for making it possible to synchronise the data to a "hot-spare" server. Both for being able to provide access to the data during breakdown or planned maintenance, but perhaps also to make backups easier (perhaps not needed?) DELAYED DELETION OF MESSAGES I believe that the feature is called "delayed expunge", a way of not deleting the messages until after an additional delay from the time the user deletes the message. Is this possible in dovecot? DOCUMENTATION Where would the best FAQ/KB for getting to know dovecot better be, perhaps there have even been written good books (I know old fashioned, but I really like the physical hands on a real book provides ;-) It's a lot of questions and I hope for good pointers to where I can find more documentation and good feedback from the list. BR Thomas von Eyben

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[Dovecot] v2.0.rc4 released
by Timo Sirainen 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc4.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.0/rc/dovecot-2.0.rc4.tar.gz.sig I'm planning to release rc5 maybe this Friday or weekend, and if there are no serious bugs just change the version number to v2.0.0 a day or two later. Largest changes since rc3: + director: Added director_doveadm_port for accepting doveadm TCP connections. + doveadm: Added client/server architecture support for running mail commands. Enable this by setting doveadm_worker_count to non-zero. + mail-log: Added support for mailbox_create event. + imap_capability = +XFOO BAR can be used to add capabilities instead of replacing the whole capability string. + virtual storage: Added support for IDLE notifications. - doveadm mailbox status: Fixed listing non-ASCII mailbox names. - doveadm fetch: Fixed output when fetching message header or body - doveadm director map/add/remove: Fixed handling IP address as parameter. - dsync: A few more fixes

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[Dovecot] "listen=*, ::" broken?
by Peer Heinlein 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi, the default: listen = *, :: should work and should open port 143 on IPv4 and IPv6. In my setup it looks broken: root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# doveconf | grep ^listen listen = *, :: root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Restarting mail server: dovecotError: service(imap-login): listen(::, 143) failed: Address already in use Fatal: Failed to start listeners root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# But it's working with "listen = *": root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# doveconf | grep ^listen listen = * root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Restarting mail server: dovecot. root@mail-archiv:/etc/dovecot# Peer Heinlein -- Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030-405051-42 Fax: 030-405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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[Dovecot] 2.0...
by Ralf Hildebrandt 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi I'm running 1.2.13 with sieve & managesieve; no problems whatsoever, but the patching & compilation process is a PITA. So I thought, why not try out 2.0rc4 for a change. But: I don't find sieve & managesieve mentioned there - what do I need to enable those? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de

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[Dovecot] IMAP IDLE, Virtual mailboxes
by Patrick Nagel 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, K-9 Mail (on Android) has been mentioned on this list multiple times recently, I think it's definitely an IMAP client "on the rise". :) It supports IMAP IDLE, and so brings "push mail" to Android mobile phone users. To bring this into the context of this mailing list: I guess a lot of people on this list are making use of server-side filtering (using sieve), so that mails from certain persons or mailing lists end up in the right mailboxes, right on delivery. Now, this is all great, but there are issues when server-side filtering and IMAP IDLE come together: Only one mailbox can be "watched" with one IMAP IDLE connection. So, people who have set up elaborate server-side filtering with say, 50 different sieve "fileinto" calls, will constantly have a *lot* of IMAP IDLE connections open, if they really want to get informed of any mail arriving in any of their mailboxes. Keeping those 50 IMAP connections open wouldn't cost much bandwidth, and who cares about the Internet router's connection tables getting unnecessarily big, anyway? But then there is the "problem" of a mobile phone being carried around constantly, switching physical connections (from WLAN access point 1 to WLAN access point 2 to 3G to 2G to no connection at all and back), every time needing to terminate* those 50 IMAP connections, and then establish 50 new ones (with SSL handshake overhead and all). So, all in all, not an optimal solution. *) (which does not always happen the way it should, see http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/detail?id=1255) I see two ways to improve the situation (one of them quite dovecot-centric): 1) A new extension of the IMAP protocol: IMAP MULTI-IDLE, which somehow allows a client to get notified of changes to more than one mailbox within one IMAP connection. This conflicts with the basic IMAP design though, AFAIK, and is thus not likely to be feasible. 2) Enhancing dovecot's Virtual plugin, so virtual mailboxes do not only get updated on select and expunge, but also when anything changes that affects the set of messages shown in the virtual mailbox. I guess that would have an impact on performance, and thus should be optional. Let me explain the second one: With the help of the Virtual plugin, it is possible to pull all those 50 mailboxes that receive incoming mail together again, just like the INBOX of the pre-server-side-filtering times - the user could configure a virtual mailbox to show all unread mails from those 50 mailboxes. Now the mobile IMAP IDLE users could just watch that one virtual mailbox, needing only one IMAP IDLE connection. After having read the mail (directly in the virtual mailbox), it would disappear, but of course still be in the "real" mailbox, determined by the sieve filter on delivery. Patrick. - -- STAR Software (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. http://www.star-group.net/ Phone: +86 (21) 3462 7688 x 826 Fax: +86 (21) 3462 7779 PGP key E883A005 https://stshacom1.star-china.net/keys/patrick_nagel.asc Fingerprint: E09A D65E 855F B334 E5C3 5386 EF23 20FC E883 A005 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAku+ydsACgkQ7yMg/OiDoAXV9ACdF+BEstnjfUeJlR/JQKFf6N7n yxYAnAnuD2popWYLfZNCCtlpkAP4SQww =L33A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] sender address of sieve vacation script
by Wolfgang Burger 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

Hi, not entirerly sure wether this is the right place to ask. Sorry if not. I´m running dovecot on a Mac OS X Server (10.6.4). Everything works fine. When I try to enable a vacation message, I get the following error in the log: delays=0/0.01/0.09/0.1, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host XXX[x.x.x.x] said: 553 Mail to <name(a)domain.tld> not allowed; missing domain name in MAIL FROM (in reply to RCPT TO command)) Where host is the mail relay. The logs on the mail relay show matching entries. Sending mails is generally working. I´ve sniffed the network traffic and the FROM Field in the SMTP transfer contains only the following text: <> I´ve allready set the value of myorigin in /private/etc/postfix/ main.cf but to no avail. Can somebody tell me where I can set the sender address of the vacation mail? Or is there something else wrong? Thank you very much. Best regards Wolfgang

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[Dovecot] mobile phone access to dovecot
by casanova99 05 Aug '10

05 Aug '10

I didn't find anything interesting in the search, so I just wanted to see what other people have done (or thought about doing). I'd like to be able to access my dovecot server via IMAP, from the Internet, using the integrated e-mail client from a smart phone. I'm very concerned about security and don't feel comfortable just poking holes into the firewall for direct access from the Internet. Is there a better way to do this? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/mobile-phone-access-to-dovecot-tp29342338p29342338.ht… Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] IMAP access to dovecot list archives?
by Charles Marcus 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi Timo, Before I go file a bug for Thunderbird, can you confirm that IMAP access to the dovecot mail list archives should still be working? TB is getting stuck in the account creation screen, and this may be confirmation of a bug they are having trouble isolating in the New Account Wizard. Thanks, -- Best regards, Charles

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[Dovecot] LMTP: Rejecting unknown users
by Peer Heinlein 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi! I'm using static results in LDAP-lookups: uris = ldap://127.0.0.1 dn = xxxxxxxxxxxxx dnpass = xxxxxxxxxxxx tls = no ldap_version = 3 base = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx user_attrs = =home=/mail/%d/%n,=uid=10000,=gid=10000,jpberlinMailQuota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$B user_filter = (email=%u) pass_attrs = userPassword=password pass_filter = (email=%u) default_pass_scheme = PLAIN Unfortunately, LMTP accepts mail for *all* users, even for those users, that doesn't exist in LDAP at all: 010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth 2010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10049) 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox= 2010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: master in: USER 1 tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org service=lmtp lip=(null) r ip=(null) 2010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: ldap(tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org,0.0.0.0): user search: base=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: ldap(tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org,0.0.0.0): no fields returned by the server 2010-08-04 12:27:58 auth: Debug: master out: USER 1 tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org home=/mail/example.org/tessdfdfgd sft uid=10000 gid=10000 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054): Debug: auth input: tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org home=/mail/example.org/tessdfdfgdsft uid=10000 gid= 10000 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054, tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org) Debug: Effective uid=10000, gid=10000, home=/mail/example.org/tessdfd fgdsft 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054, tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org) Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no , list=yes, subscriptions=yes 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054, tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org) Debug: maildir++: root=/mail/example.org/tessdfdfgdsft/Maildir, index =, control=, inbox=/mail/example.org/tessdfdfgdsft/Maildir 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054, tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org) Debug: Namespace : type=shared, prefix=shared/%u/, sep=/, inbox=no, h idden=no, list=children, subscriptions=no 2010-08-04 12:27:58 lmtp(10054, tessdfdfgdsft(a)example.org) Debug: shared: root=/var/run/dovecot, index=, control=, inbox= Looks like the "allow_all_users"-Problem from the static database. :-) How can I tell LMTP do reject Mails to users, that doesn't exist in the database/LDAP? It's much better to do this in Dovecot/LMTP then in Postfix-Relay (which can then use LMTP for dynamic address verification). Peer -- Heinlein Professional Linux Support GmbH Linux: Akademie - Support - Hosting http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030-405051-42 Fax: 030-405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. §35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Geschäftsführer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin

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Re: [Dovecot] Shared mailboxes errors
by Nikita Koshikov 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:16:38 +0200 Leander S. wrote: > Hi Nikita Koshikov, > > when I googled for my SERVERBUG which I'm having right now I found your > configuration. > I'm trying to make use of the antispam plugin as you do. Unfortunately > I'm always getting a [SERVERBUG] error mesage with my MTC when I try > moving mails. The antispam debug.log doesn't really tell a lot of more: > > > ### Dovecot AntiSpam ### > # mail signature (used with any backend requiring a signature) > #antispam_signature = X-Spam-Status > #antispam_signature_missing = move > > antispam_mail_sendmail = /usr/local/bin/sa-learn > antispam_mail_sendmail_args = --username=%u;--debug;all > antispam_mail_spam = --spam > antispam_mail_notspam = --ham > antispam_mail_tmpdir = /tmp > antispam_spam = Spam > antispam_unsure = Virus > antispam_trash = Trash > First of all - what OS is this ? BSD ? And how did you install your spamassassin (ports\compiling from source)? Show your local.cf file (/etc/mail/spamassassin or /usr/local/etc/mail/spamassasin). After reading perldoc Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf add to your local.cf for debugging: bayes_file_mode 0777 bayes_path /tmp/.spamassassin/bayes Create folder /tmp/.spamassassin and set permitions 777. Restart spamd with dovecot and try it. > I also read through the sa-learn script but wasn't able to figure out > where this number 9 is coming from ;/ > ... SIGKILL 9 Term Kill signal - but where from ?! > sa-learn has lots of die() function, this should be enough for raising SIGKILL. > > > Do you maybe have any idea? I tried different Dovecot versions already - > alwys the same ... Might there maybe somethign wrong with my syntax? > > > > Any way - thanks a lot in advance & regards > If you stuck after all, remember that sa-learn has -D key, it generate tons of output. Create wrapper and run sa-learn with -D keyword from dovecot, save result and have fun.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2.13 intermittent authentication failures
by C. Bensend 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hey folks, I recently upgraded my mail server from an older OpenBSD -CURRENT snapshot to the latest (Aug 1). As part of this upgrade, I updated all of my packages to their latest versions. Since this upgrade, dovecot has begun failing to authenticate intermittently. I use it primarily for web mail (Squirrelmail 1.4.20) and leave myself logged in during the day. This problem manifests itself by kicking me back to the "Username or password incorrect" screen occasionally (several times an hour) when the page refreshes. I am not using sieve, and while I have the PostgreSQL version of the OpenBSD package installed, I do not currently use it for authentication. I am authenticating against the OpenBSD system. The only error I get in the mail log is: Aug 3 11:00:09 fusion dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<benny>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured There are no errors in the Apache error log... Squirrelmail's version wasn't upgraded, so I don't think this is a Squirrelmail problem as far as I can tell. My config is pretty simple: # 1.2.13: /etc/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 128 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 640). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: OpenBSD 4.8 i386 base_dir: /var/dovecot/ listen: *, [::1] ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/webmail.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/webmail.key login_dir: /var/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: _dovecot mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep namespace: type: private prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: bsdauth userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: _postfix group: _postfix Everything seems to be working just fine (ie, I don't get any other IMAP errors or see any problems), it's just that it will spontaneously fail to authenticate. When this happens, it may take more than one try to get logged back in. I checked with the OpenBSD port's maintainer, and he hadn't heard of any similar issues (and he uses it himself). Can anyone please help? Thank you so much! Benny -- "Something's going on in this house - last night, I saw a face!" "Did it have a nose?" "Yes!" "That sounds like a face all right." -- Scary Movie 4

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[Dovecot] error 89 when loading plugin
by John O'Brien 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, I'm very confused - that's not too difficult for me. I have written a small plugin change_passwd_plugin.c I would like this custom IMAP command to be available to all users. The code contains the following. void change_passwd_plugin_init(void) { command_register("XCHANGEPASSWORD", cmd_xchangepasswd, 0); str_append(capability_string, " XCHANGEPASSWORD"); } void change_passwd_plugin_deinit(void) { command_unregister("XCHANGEPASSWORD"); } % nm 0000000000000920 T change_passwd_plugin_deinit 00000000000008ec T change_passwd_plugin_init 0000000000201248 D change_passwd_plugin_version dovecot.conf mail_plugins = change_passwd_plugin mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/imap imap_capability = XCHANGEPASSWORD %ls -la /usr/lib/dovecot/imap ls -la /usr/lib/dovecot/imap total 28 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 1 16:03 . drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 1 10:51 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16969 Aug 1 16:03 change_passwd_plugin.so During login I see the following /var/log/maillog Aug 1 16:13:00 development dovecot: IMAP(test): Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap Aug 1 16:13:00 development dovecot: IMAP(test): Plugin change_passwd_plugin not found from directory /usr/lib/dovecot/imap Aug 1 16:13:00 development dovecot: child 29715 (imap) returned error 89 I don't understand why I'm getting an "error 89" reported. The login session is terminated by dovecot when the error occurs. Any assistance or ideas would be appreciated. Regards, John

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[Dovecot] IMAP/POP3 Proxy Redundancy
by Cory 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Looking over the list archives and Wiki there doesn't seem to be any sort of built-in host redundancy with the proxy. I would prefer to use a built in though it doesn't look like this is possible. One of the suggestions that I found in the list archives was to write a script which checks the health of the hosts and adjusts the MySQL table accordingly. Has anyone done anything like this in production? Thanks, Cory Here is a sample of what I'm testing the proxy with. CREATE TABLE `users` ( `user` varchar(255) NOT NULL, `filesystem` varchar(5) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (`user`), UNIQUE KEY `idx_user` (`user`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 CREATE TABLE `hostmap` ( `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, `filesystem` varchar(5) NOT NULL COMMENT 'Filesystem identifier', `ip` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL, `alive` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '1', PRIMARY KEY (`id`), UNIQUE KEY `idx_hostmap` (`filesystem`,`ip`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM AUTO_INCREMENT=103 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 password_query = SELECT user,NULL as password, INET_NTOA(hostmap.ip) as host, 'Y' AS proxy_maybe from users left join hostmap on users.filesystem=hostmap.filesystem where hostmap.alive=1 and users.user='%u' limit 1;

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[Dovecot] expire plugin
by Arnaud2 bali 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi I try to use expire plugin with mysql When i use my thunderbird client to delete a message, nothing is write in the mysql database. My maildir is look like /home/vmail/homes/arnaud2(a)xxx.xxxx.xxx/ and /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf : connect = host=localhost user=xxxxxx password=xxxxxxxxx dbname=postfixadmin map { pattern = /home/vmail/homes/$user/$mailbox #shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = dovecot_expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } Is pattern ok ? My detail configuration : # dovecot --version 1.2.11 # dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 x86_64 Debian 5.0.5 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3s managesieve 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 login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/%h 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 expire imap_quota autocreate mail_plugins(imap): quota expire imap_quota autocreate mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire autocreate 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: postmaster_address: xxx(a)xxxxxxxx.xx mail_plugins: quota expire sieve autocreate auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes 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: 384 user: vmail plugin: quota: maildir expire: .Trash 1 .Trash/* 1 .Spam 2 expire_dict: proxy::expire sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_after: /home/vmail/sieve/default.sieve autocreate: Trash autocreate2: Spam autocreate3: Sent autocreate4: Inbox autocreate5: Drafts autocreate6: Templates autosubscribe: Trash autosubscribe2: Spam autosubscribe3: Sent autosubscribe4: Inbox autosubscribe5: Drafts autosubscribe6: Templates dict: expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf connect = host=localhost user=xxxxxx password=xxxxxxxxx dbname=postfixadmin map { pattern = /home/vmail/homes/$user/$mailbox #shared/expire/$user/$mailbox table = dovecot_expires value_field = expire_stamp fields { username = $user mailbox = $mailbox } } mysql> desc dovecot_expires; +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | username | varchar(255) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | mailbox | varchar(255) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | expire_stamp | int(11) | NO | | NULL | | +--------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ # cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=localhost user=xxxxxxx password=xxxxxxx dbname=postfixadmin user_query = SELECT CONCAT('/home/vmail/homes/',maildir) AS home, 65500 AS uid, 65500 AS gid, \ CONCAT('*:bytes=', CAST(quota AS CHAR)) AS quota_rule \ FROM mailbox WHERE username = "%u" AND active=1 password_query = SELECT username as user, password, maildir as userdb_home, 65500 as userdb_uid, 65500 as userdb_gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active=1 Thank you

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.rc3 Capability response
by Christian Affolter 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi I have a question regarding the IMAP CAPABILITY command behavior of Dovecot 2.0.rc3. While connecting to a Dovecot 1.2.4 server and requesting the supported capabilities, Dovecot returns all capabilities: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a1 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH ACL RIGHTS=texk QUOTA AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=CRAM-MD5 a1 OK Capability completed. Doing the same on 2.0.rc3, will return only a limited set of supported capabilities: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a1 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN a1 OK Capability completed. However after a user has logged in, Dovecot 2.0.rc3 returns all supported capabilities: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. a1 login user(a)example.com pass a1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in a2 CAPABILITY * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk a2 OK Capability completed So what's the idea behind the change of this behavior? Is it planned to support different capabilities per user in the future? The reason behind my question is, that the Open-Xchange IMAP client implementation relies on the presence of the ACL capability presented before the actual login took place. Thanks for any clarifications. Regards Christian

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[Dovecot] doveadm director remove error
by Xavier Pons 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

Hi, with the version 2.0.rc3, when I try to remove a mail server from director list, get this error: doveadm director remove 10.180.188.21 (null): doesn't exist but the other commands are working without problem ... doveadm director status mail server ip vhosts users 10.180.188.21 100 2 10.180.188.22 100 3 thanks Xavier

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[Dovecot] OT dovecot w/postfix, mysql , postfix does unnecessary lookups
by Noel Butler 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

I know this unnecessary lookups question is really a postfix one, but I'm curious if anyone else sees the behaviour of postfix continuing looking up users after it clearly have got its answer that it is "not a local domain" response. (this msg is an extract from what I sent to WV some time ago, with him showing absolutely no interest, I got bored tonight so thought I'd throw it on this list since the question remains valid today) 30 Query SELECT 1 FROM virtual_domains WHERE name='example.net' AND active ='1' 31 Query SELECT destination FROM view_aliases WHERE email='someuser(a)example.net' Should that not have ended its lookups at Q30 and not gone on to ask Q31 which it now knows is not local? Secondly, it seems to do "double lookups" of destination and email before it gets to dovecots deliver, has anyone else ran a log on mysql and seen same? I'm trying to work out why, since it already has its answer by Q54 and Q55, it is doing Q56 and Q57, which seem pointless... 54 Connect 54 Query SELECT destination FROM view_aliases WHERE email='laura(a)example.com' 55 Connect 55 Query SELECT email FROM view_users WHERE email='laura(a)example.com' 56 Connect 56 Query SELECT destination FROM view_aliases WHERE email='laura(a)example.com' 57 Connect 57 Query SELECT email FROM view_users WHERE email='laura(a)example.com' So, it to me appears postifx does more work then it needs too since it already knows the answer, I consider this a flaw in postfix, yet perhaps I am the only one seeing it hence why WV couldnt give a shit. just curious if anyone has noted same or not....

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[Dovecot] Dsync fatal error.
by Henrique Fernandes 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

#dsync -D -vv -u stak(a)nti.uff.br mirror maildir:/CX4/vdomains/ nti.uff.br/stak/mail dsync(root): Fatal: Mail locations must use the same virtual mailbox hierarchy separator (specify separator for the default namespace) My mail.conf *mail_location = mbox:/CX4/vdomains/%d/home/%n/mail:INBOX=/CX4/vdomains/%d/var/spool/mail/%n:INDEX=/tmp/imap-index/%d/%n *What that error means ? Before when i used convert before, it worked as expected. I want to convert my mboxs to maildir. Prefered withoud down time. To do without down time i will do like this. First i convert like i am trying it above, and after i do this, i run once again to see if got any new mail after this, i change in my mysql setting of mail location to /CX4/vdomains/%d/%u/mail/ My mysql settins override the conf file. But firts i have to make the first command work, anyone has any ideias ? []'sf.rique

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[Dovecot] AntiSpam Plugin
by Leander S. 04 Aug '10

04 Aug '10

P.S. I just tried it with 1.2.13 as well - still the same issue. Am I doing something wrong, or is this really a bug now!? Best Regards Leander S. Hi, Has anyone got the chance to get this running? I'm permanently getting this Serverbug error ... ;( *"[SERVERBUG] failed to send email"* ... This happens when I try to drag&drop mails from one to the other folder within a IMAP-session. What version of Dovecot must I have to get this plugin working? Or will it generally be broken in upcoming new releases of Dovecot? Best Regards Leander S.

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[Dovecot] problem with mail_full_filesystem_access = yes
by Ladislav Pašek 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hello, I have configured Dovecot 1.2.12 with Postfix 2.6.5 and everything is working fine. But tomorrow I wanted to run IMAP ALCs and from log I found that this plugin is conflicting with parameter mail_full_filesystem_access = yes in my config. But when I set mail_full_filesystem_access = no it stops authorization for postfix with this message: <pasek(a)valbek.cz>: Command died with signal 11: "/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver" Does anybody know what could be wrong in my config? I've spend a night with it but without success. You can see my Dovecot here: http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/dovecot.conf http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/dovecot-ldap.conf and Postfix here: http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/main.cf http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/master.cf http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/ldap-users.cf http://www.volny.cz/vykupitel/Pictures/mail/ldap-groups.cf Thanks in Advance Ladislav

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[Dovecot] Convert plugin
by Egbert 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi, I'm trying to convert users from a sendmail server to a postfix/dovecot server. All works fine but one of the last things is to rescue the messages in /var/mail/<user> on the old server. This seems very straitforward using the convert plugin but with the settings from the wiki, nothing happens when the user logs in. Do I need a private namespace for this as suggested elsewhere in the wiki? I experimented with mb2md.pl and that seems to do what we need but having the old mail converted upon login is much more attractive. In that way we hope that we can also find some 'dead' users. TIA Egbert Jan

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[Dovecot] Plugin Handle input messages
by Alex Baule 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi Timo.... I try to change my plugin to read the input email to increase a header line and one \r\n. But i need help to get this input.... My plugin is based in zlib plugin. In "static int zlib_permail_get_stream" function, have it. if (imail->data.stream != NULL || (_mail->uid == 0 && zuser->save_handler == NULL)) { return zmail->super.get_stream(_mail, hdr_size, body_size, stream_r); } I think this is the line that return the stream that is the stream sent by client. I try to change this line and put inside this IF , a call to my function to handle with the input email from client. But i got some errors about the input part. In other email, Timo said, to get the S and W flags in the email name, i need to intercept the email input from client to dovecot, in this part is done the W and S calculation. Timo, where is the part that i can get the input from client ?

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[Dovecot] quota not updated
by Martin Ott 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi, we're using quota with the maildir backend. When new mail arrives, the quota gets updated. But when mail is expunged, quota stays the same (see imap dialog below). We're using the latest version from hg ( 1.2.13 ). Any ideas? ###quota part from dovecot -n plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=2000M quota_warning: storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 quota_warning2: storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 quota2: maildir:Shared quota:ns=shared/ quota2_rule: *:storage=10000M ###imap dialog: * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk QUOTA] Logged in as user a01 select INBOX * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $MDNSent $Forwarded) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $MDNSent $Forwarded \*)] Flags permitted. * 15 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1264203739] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1133] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 3543] Highest a01 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. a02 getquotaroot INBOX * QUOTAROOT "INBOX" "User quota" * QUOTA "User quota" (STORAGE 302485 2048000) a02 OK Getquotaroot completed. a03 store 15 +Flags \Deleted * 15 FETCH (FLAGS (\Deleted \Seen NonJunk)) a03 OK Store completed. a04 expunge * 15 EXPUNGE a04 OK Expunge completed. a05 select INBOX * OK [CLOSED] Previous mailbox closed. * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $MDNSent $Forwarded) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft NonJunk $MDNSent $Forwarded \*)] Flags permitted. * 14 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1264203739] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 1133] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 3545] Highest a05 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. a06 getquotaroot INBOX * QUOTAROOT "INBOX" "User quota" * QUOTA "User quota" (STORAGE 302485 2048000) a06 OK Getquotaroot completed. Regards, Martin

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[Dovecot] Mbox corruption - Inbox beginning with 'FFrom' or 'FrFrom'
by Henri Khou 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi, Since the 23rd of March, we encounter mailbox corruption for some users (15 out of 5000) using POP mainly via Thunderbird. Symptoms are : -users can login but fail to receive new mails and fail to read their inbox -Dovecot.log : ar 29 11:00:06 Error: POP3(user_login): Couldn't init INBOX: Mailbox isn't a valid mbox -The mailbox start with either 'FFrom or 'FrFrom' We can temporarily fix the issue by manually editing the mailbox so that it begins with a proper 'From'. For some users, the problem reoccurred after we apply this workaround. I have to mention that this server has been running fine since almost a year with the current hardware and software configuration. Does anybody has an idea regarding this issue? Many thanks Henri ============================= System : openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) Local FS : ReiserFS dovecot -n # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27.37-0.1-default x86_64 openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log syslog_facility: local7 protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): * listen(managesieve): *:2000 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/cert_742088754.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/imap.ehess.fr.key disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_greeting_capability(managesieve): no mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10 mail_uid: mail mail_gid: mail mail_location: mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/run/dovecot/indexes/%n mbox_lazy_writes: no 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 trash expire mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota trash expire mail_plugins(pop3): quota mail_plugins(managesieve): 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 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_reuse_xuidl(default): no pop3_reuse_xuidl(imap): no pop3_reuse_xuidl(pop3): yes pop3_reuse_xuidl(managesieve): no pop3_lock_session(default): no pop3_lock_session(imap): no pop3_lock_session(pop3): yes pop3_lock_session(managesieve): no pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): dict_db_config: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-db.conf sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): ~/sieve sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): ~/.dovecot.sieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 plugin: quota: fs:User quota:user:mount=/var/spool/mail quota_rule: *:storage=40M quota_rule2: INB0X:storage=250M quota_rule3: Trash:storage=20M quota_rule4: Spam:ignore quota_rule4: Sent:storage=20M trash: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf expire: Trash 7 Spam 1 expire_dict: proxy::expire dict: expire: db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire.db

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[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.0.rc3 doesn't compile with custom OpenSSL
by Andreas M. Kirchwitz 03 Aug '10

03 Aug '10

Hi folks, when building Dovecot 2.0.rc3 (never used any other 2.0.X before, so this issue might not be new to that specific release), then compilation fails on anything that is linked against the new "libdovecot-login.so" library. For example, "imap-login" fails: /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/usr/local/ssl/include -o imap-login client.o client-authenticate.o imap-login-settings.o imap-proxy.o ../../src/login-common/libdovecot-login.la ../../src/lib-dovecot/libdovecot.la -lrt libtool: link: gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -I/usr/local/ssl/include -o .libs/imap-login client.o client-authenticate.o imap-login-settings.o imap-proxy.o ../../src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so ../../src/lib-dovecot/.libs/libdovecot.so -lrt -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/Dovecot-2.0.rc3/lib/dovecot /usr/bin/ld: warning: libcrypto.so.1.0.0, needed by ../../src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link) /usr/bin/ld: warning: libssl.so.1.0.0, needed by ../../src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link) ../../src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so: undefined reference to `OBJ_txt2nid' [...] collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [imap-login] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/dovecot-2.0.rc3/src/imap-login' I'm not using system OpenSSL but a custom installation in /usr/local/ssl. According to the documentation, Dovecot is smart enough to get everything it needs from the /usr/local/ssl/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc files. Dovecot 1.2.X just compiles fine if configured like this: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/${DOVECOTVER} --with-ssl=openssl The problem with Dovecot 2.0.rc3 is, that libdovecot-login.so isn't given the correct pathes for the OpenSSL libraries: $ ldd src/login-common/.libs/libdovecot-login.so linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00b6e000) libssl.so.1.0.0 => not found libcrypto.so.1.0.0 => not found libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00b2a000) librt.so.1 => /lib/librt.so.1 (0x004d4000) libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00110000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x006e7000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x009c6000) So everything depending on libdovecot-login.so will fail. Setting "SSL_CFLAGS" and "SSL_LIBS" manually doesn't help because Dovecot already sets these perfectly fine via pkg-config: env SSL_CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/ssl/include" SSL_LIBS="-L/usr/local/ssl/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/ssl/lib -lcrypto -lssl" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/${DOVECOTVER} --with-ssl=openssl Only the hard way works: env CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/ssl/include" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/ssl/lib -Wl,-R/usr/local/ssl/lib -lcrypto -lssl" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/${DOVECOTVER} --with-ssl=openssl However, setting CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS shouldn't be necessary because SSL_CFLAGS and SSL_LIBS already contain the information that is needed to build a proper library. They are just not used when linking libdovecot-login.so ;-) Greetings, Andreas

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