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HELP: wrinting dovecot-sql.conf to authenticate to an existing database
by Filippo Zeus 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

hi all, can anyone help me with dovecot-sql.conf please ? I'm not a mysql expert and I'am trying to authenticate dovecot2 to an existing database. I have a database "egroupware" with table "egw_accounts". The field "account_lid" is the full email address and "account_pwd" is the password in Blowfish format. Here is my dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=egroupware user=egroupware password=********* default_pass_scheme = BLF-CRYPT password_query = SELECT account_pwd AS password FROM egw_accounts WHERE account_lid = '%u' when I try to login to POP or IMAP I got this error in mail.log/mail.info Error: sql(hidden@mydomain.com,::1): Invalid password in passdb: crypt() failed: Invalid argument auth: Debug: client passdb out: FAIL#0111#011user=hidden(a)mydomain.com dovecot: pop3-login: Debug: Ignoring unknown passdb extra field: I think I'm having trouble with the password value that is stored in the account_pwd as: {crypt}$2a$12$XTAolzXgwMC211MuZELQUedPv9tjZNs7Osh97PnZ50pAKuk3WPGmS Reading at http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Authentication/PasswordSchemes I suppose that the heading "{crypt}$2a$" instead of a simple "$2a$" (witch identifies a Blowfish password) is my problem. How can I fix this ? Here is my dovecot -n output: # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.1 xfs auth_cache_size = 64 M auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format_elements = USER=<%u> METHOD=%m FROM=%r TO=%l %c mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_plugins = quota mail_privileged_group = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave spamtest spamtestplus imapflags notify namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = no special_use = \Archive } mailbox "Deleted Messages" { auto = no special_use = \Trash } mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = no special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = no special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = . } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Storage quota for this account has been exceeded, please try again later. quota_grace = 10%% quota_rule = *:storage=6G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_rule3 = spam:ignore quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u sieve = ~/dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /var/mail/sieve/before.sieve sieve_default = /var/mail/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve.d sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags +spamtest +spamtestplus +relational +comparator-i;ascii-numeric sieve_global_dir = /var/mail/sieve/global.d sieve_max_script_size = 1M } postmaster_address = postmaster@%d protocols = " imap sieve pop3 sieve" service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } service managesieve { process_limit = 15 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dharma/mail/mail_antonica_it.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dharma/mail/mail_antonica_it.key userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/%d/%n driver = static } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 }

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Autocreate folders with specific permissions
by Fabio S. Schmidt 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi, I have Dovecot 2.1 deployed running about 65k mailboxes. We need to create a specific folder for all users with specific permissions. I mean, the user could not delete or rename the folder. To create the folder automatically I have used the autocreate, but is there any way to set specific permissions on those folders? My best regards.

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Problem with IMAP-Proxy and M$ Exchange-Server
by Luca Bertoncello 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi List! I **HATE** Exchange-Server. I think it's not able to manage E-Mails, but we have to use it at work... Well, we need to read the E-Mails from outside, so I configured Dovecot with IMAPC to connect to the Exchange-Server. It works, but I have a problem... If I receive an E-Mail, and I read it from my phone (for example), I see in Outlook that the E-Mail as been read. If I move the E-Mail in another folder from my phone, I see in Outlook the E-Mail in the new folder **AND** in the INBOX. If I check my E-Mail from another phone (or Mail-Client), I see the E-Mail just in the new folder, so I think, the Exchange-Server did move it. But Outlook does not get this information... Any idea how can I solve my problem? Thanks Luca Bertoncello (lucabert(a)lucabert.de)

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Large jumps in dovecot-uidlist
by Mark 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Since upgrading to Debian Wheezy I have been observing large jumps in the value stored in dovecot-uidlist. The effect of these jumps is to confuse some mail clients (Thunderbird, Opera Mail) causing them not to display messages from a (random?) point in time onwards in the affected folder. I have been unable to determine the root cause of these jumps. What I do know: 1. I never observed the problem while running Debian Squeeze. 2. The only way I have found to fix the issue is to remove all the dovecot* files from the affected folder and restart dovecot. I have tried removing various subsets of the dovecot* files but haven't yet found a subset that works. 3. I first tried upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy within a few weeks of the Wheezy release. At that point the problem occurred so frequently that I couldn't sync my mail client with my mail box. Multiple folders exhibited this problem and while I was fixing them the problem appeared in other folders. I was unable to reach a point where the system was stable so I reverted back to Squeeze. 4. Some time later (I think a year but I am not sure) I tried the upgrade to Wheezy again. This time the system was stable. After a few days I noticed that the problem was still occurring but less frequently. Since then I have been fixing the problem as I notice it and experimenting with various settings (mainly locking related) without success. I now have a cron job that looks for problematic folders and fixes them when found. 5. I have updated Dovecot packages to those from Jessie via wheezy-backports and the problem still occurs. 6. Dovecot is installed along with postfix, amavisd-new, clamav-daemon, procmail and fetchmail. 7. The mail server is running on a eSATA SheevaPlug that boots of an external USB drive. All user home dirs (and associated mailboxes) are located on a LUKS/ext3 encrypted partition. 8. The output of dovecot -n may be found at the end of this mail. 9. Uid values for the three most recent instances of this problem are: 3801596527, 3371927249, 3443181615 10. Some folders seem more susceptible to this problem but I have not been able to identify any common factors/triggers. 11. The problem occurs - on average - once a day. I am happy to provide any further information, configure any debug logging and/or test suggested configuration settings that may help track down the root cause of this problem. Any help gratefully appreciated. Mark # 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-kirkwood armv5tel Debian 7.8 mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_max_userip_connections = 100 namespace { inbox = yes location = mailbox { special_use = \Drafts name = Drafts } mailbox { special_use = \Junk name = Junk } mailbox { special_use = \Sent name = Sent } mailbox { special_use = \Sent name = Sent Messages } mailbox { special_use = \Trash name = Trash } prefix = name = inbox } passdb { driver = pam } protocols = " imap" service replication-notify-fifo { name = aggregator } service anvil-auth-penalty { name = anvil } service auth-worker { name = auth-worker } service { unix_listener { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client } name = auth } service config { name = config } service dict { name = dict } service login/proxy-notify { name = director } service dns-client { name = dns_client } service doveadm-server { name = doveadm } service { inet_listener { port = 0 name = imap } inet_listener { port = 993 ssl = yes name = imaps } process_min_avail = 5 name = imap-login } service imap-urlauth { name = imap-urlauth-login } service imap-urlauth-worker { name = imap-urlauth-worker } service token-login/imap-urlauth { name = imap-urlauth } service { executable = imap postlogin name = imap } service indexer-worker { name = indexer-worker } service indexer { name = indexer } service ipc { name = ipc } service lmtp { name = lmtp } service log-errors { name = log } service pop3 { name = pop3-login } service login/pop3 { name = pop3 } service { executable = script-login -d rawlog name = postlogin } service replicator-doveadm { name = replicator } service login/ssl-params { name = ssl-params } service stats-mail { name = stats } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/smtpd.crt ssl_cipher_list = HIGH:MEDIUM:!aNULL:!MD5:!RC4 ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/smtpd.key userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { service replication-notify-fifo { name = aggregator } service anvil-auth-penalty { name = anvil } service auth-worker { name = auth-worker } service auth-client { name = auth } service config { name = config } service dict { name = dict } service login/proxy-notify { name = director } service dns-client { name = dns_client } service doveadm-server { name = doveadm } service imap { name = imap-login } service imap-urlauth { name = imap-urlauth-login } service imap-urlauth-worker { name = imap-urlauth-worker } service token-login/imap-urlauth { name = imap-urlauth } service login/imap { name = imap } service indexer-worker { name = indexer-worker } service indexer { name = indexer } service ipc { name = ipc } service lmtp { name = lmtp } service log-errors { name = log } service pop3 { name = pop3-login } service login/pop3 { name = pop3 } service replicator-doveadm { name = replicator } service login/ssl-params { name = ssl-params } service stats-mail { name = stats } }

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Are the Dovecot Enterprise Edition Ubuntu 14.04 packages stable?
by deoren 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

I recently begun to migrate mail services to a new box so I could retrofit an existing box. I took this opportunity to check back on the official Dovecot Enterprise Edition (EE) pages to see if support has been added for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I never could find the information on the dovecot.fi website, but taking my existing credentials for Dovecot EE repo access and looking at the root path I see that 14.04 packages are available from the APT repo. Are those stable or experimental? I have an Ubuntu 12.04 box I've kept around just for Dovecot EE that I'd like to move to 14.04 if the packages are stable. p.s. Thank you for continuing to provide access for existing users of the repo, but what would new users need to do to obtain access? Thanks for your time.

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Dovecot - Config file details
by Sachin Kulkarni1 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hello All, We want to install / configure and test Dovecot. We are doing it for the first time. After installation we are now looking for configuration file and need to know significance of below params and what values we should provide ? protocols = listen = base_dir = login_greeting = Please help. Thanks and Regards, Sachin Kulkarni ============================================================================================================================ Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Tech Mahindra policy statement, you may review the policy at http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html externally http://tim.techmahindra.com/tim/disclaimer.html internally within TechMahindra. ============================================================================================================================

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Questions about hardlinks, alternate storage and compression
by Gionatan Danti 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hi all, I have some questions about hardlinks, alternate storage and compression. I already scanned the list for related information and I have an idea of how things works, but I would like to have a definite answer. System spec: - CentOS 6.6 x64 - dovecot-2.0.9-8.el6_6.4.x86_64 RPM package/version - sdbox mail store 1) About hardlinks: when sending the same message to two different recipients, I see that the two u.x files are created as two different files. Diffing them, I see that the only difference is a single char (see [1] for an example). My questions are: a) it is possible to tell dovecot to create a single file + a single hardlink (linkref=2)? As other IMAP servers support that features (eg: Cyrus, CommunigatePro, etc) I am wondering if I missed something in configuring dovecot... b) If it is not possible, can I run a script that compare the various files and substitute equal ones (minus the changing line) with hardlinks, or it will confuse dovecot? As a side note, why the changing line ever exists? 2) About alternate storage and compression: actually, I use a single mail_location without compression. I would like to have an alternate storage and to enable compression on it only, leaving the main location without compression. I if understand it correctly, it _should_ be done using a command similar to "doveadm -Dv -o "plugin/zlib_save=gz" altmove -uu testuser sentbefore 8d". I'm right thinking that it should work? I will really end with a primary uncompressed mail store and an alternate, zlib-compressed one? Thank you all and sorry if I did some naive questions. [1] 63c63 < G2fd0811c64be8e553d970000eaa8309f --- > G2ed0811c64be8e553d970000eaa8309f -- Danti Gionatan Supporto Tecnico Assyoma S.r.l. - www.assyoma.it email: g.danti(a)assyoma.it - info(a)assyoma.it GPG public key ID: FF5F32A8

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Dovecot LMTP tries to access a directory of a different user, than the one it actually changed to.
by Ernest Deak 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hello, I encountered a problem when trying to send an email to multiple recipients. === LOG === ... cut ... Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox= Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Connect from local Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib90_sieve_plugin.so Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: auth input: han.solo system_groups_user=han.solo uid=805 gid=800 home=/home/han.solo Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: auth input: tester system_groups_user=tester uid=802 gid=800 home=/home/tester Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Debug: auth input: vader system_groups_user=vader uid=804 gid=800 home=/home/vader Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): Debug: Effective uid=805, gid=800, home=/home/han.solo Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): Debug: fs: root=/home/han.solo/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/han.solo Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user's script path /home/han.solo/.dovecot.sieve doesn't exist (using global script path in stead) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user has no valid personal script Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: no scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, han.solo): 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: msgid=<55966551.IfKOMu/T0WTB9M5x%vader at dhcp90.#####>: saved mail to INBOX Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Debug: Effective uid=802, gid=800, home=/home/tester Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Debug: fs: root=/home/tester/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/tester Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user's script path /home/tester/.dovecot.sieve doesn't exist (using global script path in stead) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user has no valid personal script Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: no scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Error: stat(/home/han.solo/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=802(tester) egid=800(kerber) missing +x perm: /home/han.solo, euid is not dir owner) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): Error: open(/home/han.solo/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index) failed: Permission denied (euid=802(tester) egid=800(kerber) missing +x perm: /home/han.solo, euid is not dir owner) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, tester): 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: msgid=<55966551.IfKOMu/T0WTB9M5x%vader at dhcp90.#####>: save failed to INBOX: BUG: Unknown internal error Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 sendmail[24121]: t63AYvn5024116: to=<tester at dhcp90.#####>, ctladdr=<vader at dhcp90.#####> (804/800), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=91062, relay=localhost, dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 451 4.2.0 <tester> BUG: Unknown internal error Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Debug: Effective uid=804, gid=800, home=/home/vader Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Debug: fs: root=/home/vader/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/vader Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user's script path /home/vader/.dovecot.sieve doesn't exist (using global script path in stead) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: user has no valid personal script Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Debug: 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: sieve: no scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Error: stat(/home/han.solo/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission denied (euid=804(vader) egid=800(kerber) missing +x perm: /home/han.solo, euid is not dir owner) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): Error: open(/home/han.solo/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index) failed: Permission denied (euid=804(vader) egid=800(kerber) missing +x perm: /home/han.solo, euid is not dir owner) Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106, vader): 70NxN1FlllUqXgAA0vrzwA: msgid=<55966551.IfKOMu/T0WTB9M5x%vader at dhcp90.#####>: save failed to INBOX: BUG: Unknown internal error Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 sendmail[24121]: t63AYvn5024116: to=<vader at dhcp90.#####>, ctladdr=<vader at dhcp90.#####> (804/800), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=91062, relay=localhost, dsn=4.2.0, stat=Deferred: 451 4.2.0 <vader> BUG: Unknown internal error Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 sendmail[24121]: t63AYvn5024116: to=<han.solo at dhcp90.#####>, ctladdr=<vader at dhcp90.#####> (804/800), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=91062, relay=localhost, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent Jul 3 12:34:57 dhcp90 dovecot: lmtp(24106): Disconnect from local: Client quit =========== The setup is as follows: All users have /bin/false instead of a shell. Each user has a unique UID but they all have 1 GID (800) My MTA is sendmail I am using dovecot-lmtp for local delivery Mailbox format is mbox Configured managesieve plugin to listen on 4190. (not sure if this is even related but it might) The problem I see is that lmtp(user1) tries to access the home directory /home/user2 and I cannot figure out the reason why. This only happens when sending mails to multiple recipients. I see the that lmtp complains that it doesn't have execute permissions. But I don't want to place execute permissions for others on the entire /home/* dir structure. Also, 700 are the default creation permissions. So new users would have to be chmod'ed manually. (unless there is a setting in dovecot) I used "mailx" to send a test email to multiple recipients `echo "test message" | mailx -s "subject" -r vader at dhcp90.##### han.solo at dhcp90.##### vader at dhcp90.##### tester at dhcp90.#####` The only one who actually receives the message is han.solo at dhcp90.##### and The same happens with aliases in /etc/aliases. `echo "group test" | mailx -s "subject" -r vader at dhcp90.##### grouplist at dhcp90.#####` "grouplist" is defined in /etc/aliases and contains the same users as in the log Any help with this is greatly appreciated. Here is my dovecot configuration: === `dovecot -n` === # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login disable_plaintext_auth = no lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes mail_debug = yes mail_full_filesystem_access = yes mail_gid = mail mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service lmtp { client_limit = 1 executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/lmtp -L inet_listener lmtp { address = 127.0.0.1 ::1 port = 24 } process_min_avail = 1 } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" postmaster_address = postmaster } =============== `rpm -qa | grep dovecot` dovecot-pigeonhole-2.0.9-8.el6_6.4.x86_64 dovecot-2.0.9-8.el6_6.4.x86_64 Thanks in advance.

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FW: Help needed to use dovecot from scratch
by Sachin Kulkarni1 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hello All, Can anybody help in this please? Thanks and Regards, Sachin Kulkarni -----Original Message----- From: Sachin Kulkarni1 Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:13 PM To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Cc: 'dovecot-owner(a)dovecot.org'; 'dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org' Subject: Help needed to use dovecot from scratch Hello, I need to use Dovecot. So need to install it from scratch on Solaris 10. Please help. Thanks and Regards, Sachin Kulkarni ============================================================================================================================ Disclaimer: This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Tech Mahindra policy statement, you may review the policy at http://www.techmahindra.com/Disclaimer.html externally http://tim.techmahindra.com/tim/disclaimer.html internally within TechMahindra. ============================================================================================================================

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Google like searches from Roundcube
by Kevin Laurie 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

hi, trying to get fast searches on roundcube. would like if it could work like gmail (using multiple keywords to perform search) if not wrong, i think this is called fuzzy search(i do have dovecot_fts running)? please advise if anyone has managed to get this? thanks kevin

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outlook downloading duplicate emails on particular days
by Rajesh M 04 Jul '15

04 Jul '15

hi centos 6 with qmail toaster and dovecot 2.2.7 for pop3 and imap i have a strange issue which happens on all 4 of my servers for POP3 users -- on any random day ie once in a while users spread across multiple domains will face a problem of outlook re-downloading ALL the emails in the inbox -- not just a few duplicate emails but the entire inbox. This happens for multiple email users spread across multiple domains sitting in different locations. i am searching for a solution for the last several months but nothing yet require help please my dovecot config file # Settings for 'stock' qmail-toaster disable_plaintext_auth = no default_login_user = vpopmail mail_max_userip_connections = 50 service imap-login { service_count = 0 client_limit = 256 process_min_avail = 4 vsz_limit = 384M process_limit = 400 } service pop3-login { service_count = 0 client_limit = 1000 process_min_avail = 12 vsz_limit = 512M process_limit = 400 } auth_cache_size = 0 auth_cache_ttl = 0 auth_cache_negative_ttl = 0 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 auth_username_format = %Lu first_valid_uid = 89 first_valid_gid = 89 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log login_greeting = ready. mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota plugin/quota = maildir protocols = imap pop3 ssl_cert = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key = </var/qmail/control/servercert.pem # the following will likely be the default at some point ssl_dh_parameters_length = 2048 namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = # prefix = INBOX. # Use 'prefix = INBOX.' for Courier-IMAP compatible transparent migration. # This forces all client apps to create subfolders underneath/within # the inbox instead of adjacent to it. It's not necessary to be that way. # FWIW, shubes thinks this setting is annoying/rediculous/retarded. # As a practical example, having no prefix allows mobile users to select # which folders get synchronized. Otherwise their whole mailbox is # synchronized, and they have no way to choose which folders they want sync'd. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = cache_key=%u webmail=127.0.0.1 driver = vpopmail } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = "delay-newmail" mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_fast_size_lookups = yes pop3_lock_session = no # pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v pop3_no_flag_updates=yes } userdb { args = cache_key=%u quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } plugin { quota = maildir:ignore=Trash quota_rule = ?:storage=0 } thanks raj

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Re: dovecot auth using 100% CPU
by Edward Betts 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Jorge Bastos <mysql.jorge(a)decimal.pt> wrote: > What do you see in the logs? > My guess is that someone is trying a brute force auth against you, Thanks Jorge, I think this is the answer. I'm using dovecot for exim4 SMTP authentication. The exim4 logs show brute force attacks. -- Edward.

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autocreating folders with special chars stored in mysql-userdb
by Hajo Locke 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Hello, i use dovecot 2.2.18 and do some tests with an utf8 mysqlbackend. I use MySQL to authenticate Users and for retrieving some individual settings like autocreating folders etc. by userdb-settings in user-query. Yet no problems with standard language. Now i try to provide userdb-settings in exotic languages. My MySQL table uses utf8 charset. I store some data in my userdb-column. Here an polish example: "namespace/inbox/mailbox=example namespace/inbox/mailbox/example/name=postępować namespace/inbox/mailbox/example/auto=subscribe" Result is a new folder in dovecot, but in client every special char ę and ć is replaced with a "?" I seems that at some point a conversion to latin1 is performed which ruins the utf8 chars. Creating a folder postępować by imap-client is no problem. Hmm, what should i do now? I dont know how to influence dovecot to process retrieved utf8 data furthermore as utf8. Which charset is using dovecot when connecting to mysqldb and how to take influence? Thanks, Hajo

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the file dovecot-uidlist.lock appear then deadlock
by 刘莹莹 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

hi: sometimes i can't use imap command to get mails, when this problem appear i find out the file dovecot-uidlist.lock appear at the same time . I don't know Why is this happening ? can you help me ? thanks !

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Dovecot auth username mapping
by Laz C. Peterson 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

I have an interesting case here … Virtual mailboxes, domain/username/aliases stored in MySQL, authentication done using PAM. PAM authenticates through Kerberos, which are internal realms and not the email domains — for example, my username would be laz(a)PARAVIS.LOCAL <mailto:laz@PARAVIS.LOCAL> and my email address would be laz(a)paravis.net <mailto:laz@paravis.net>. All of this works just fine. But what I want to do is allow the users to log in using their email address and not their full Kerberos name. It is becoming laborious to help the users understand the difference between their username(a)LOCAL.REALM and username(a)email.address <mailto:username@email.address> and why we have to have two separate identities that mean the same thing. I have the SQL statements to convert either the Kerberos login or the email address to the actual Kerberos login (so they may use either). But I cannot seem to figure out how to get Dovecot to acknowledge this as the mapped username. I’m sure there has to be a way. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ~ Laz Peterson Paravis, LLC

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Outlook 2013 not fetching new mail/synchronization issues
by Dragos Pacher 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi all, Dovecot 2.2.10 CentOS 6 64 bit. We are having terrible synchronization issues with Outlook 2013 (all updates) on Windows 7 SP1 and 8.1 hosts (all updates). Scenario: 1. Emails were sent since user closed Outlook 2. Next day: start computer, open outlook 3. No new email (even though email were sent overnight) 4. half a day later Outlook fetches emails like nothing happened Second issue: folders created or email send in Outlook 2013 does not synchronize on IMAP, they remain only local .. But I am mostly interested into finding a fix for the first synchronization issue described in scenario. Second is also important but I have a feeling its connected to the first. Any help will be highly appreciated! dovecot.conf listen = * #base_dir = /var/run/dovecot # Enabled mail protocols. #protocols = pop3 imap sieve protocols = pop3 imap # User/group who owns the message files: mail_uid = 89 mail_gid = 89 # Assign uid to virtual users. first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 mail_max_userip_connections = 200 default_client_limit = 3000 namespace inbox { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes # These mailboxes are widely used and could perhaps be created automatically: mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } # For \Sent mailboxes there are two widely used names. We'll mark both of # them as \Sent. User typically deletes one of them if duplicates are created. mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } } # Logging. Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Logging log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = no auth_verbose = no auth_debug = no auth_debug_passwords = no auth_verbose_passwords = no auth_worker_max_count = 2048 # SSL: Global settings. # Refer to wiki site for per protocol, ip, server name SSL settings: # http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration ssl = yes verbose_ssl = no ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz-CA.pem ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/savvy.cz.key disable_plaintext_auth = no # Mail location and mailbox format. #mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/ mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:INDEX=/home/dovecotindex/%Lh/Maildir/ # Authentication related settings. # Append this domain name if client gives empty realm. auth_default_realm = # Authentication mechanisms. auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN service imap-login { client_limit = 3024 process_limit = 2048 process_min_avail = 64 vsz_limit = 64 M } service auth { client_limit = 3072 unix_listener auth-userdb { } inet_listener { port = 12345 } } service imap { vsz_limit = 256M # Max. number of IMAP processes (connections) process_limit = 2048 #imap_idle_notify_interval = 2 mins } service pop3 { # Max. number of POP3 processes (connections) process_limit = 1024 } # Virtual mail accounts. userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } plugin { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master # Plugin: autocreate. Create and subscribe to default IMAP folders. autocreate = INBOX autocreate2 = Sent autocreate3 = Trash autocreate4 = Drafts autocreate5 = Junk autosubscribe = INBOX autosubscribe2 = Sent autosubscribe3 = Trash autosubscribe4 = Drafts autosubscribe5 = Junk # Plugin: expire. expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire # Pigeonhole managesieve service. # Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Configuration # Per-user sieve settings. sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve # Global sieve settings. sieve_global_dir = /home/vpopmail/sieve sieve_global_path = /home/vpopmail/sieve/dovecot.sieve #sieve_before = #sieve_after = } service dict { unix_listener dict { # mode = 0660 # user = vmail # group = vmail } } protocol lda { # Reference: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA #mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate #auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master #log_path = /var/log/sieve.log #lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes #postmaster_address = root } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 2048 imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep #mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate #mail_plugins = autocreate } protocol pop3 { #mail_plugins = quota pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh } Regards, Pacher Dragos

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duplicate namespace prefix
by jjhoffart 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hello, I am in the process of setting up a server that is running to invocations of dovecot. One of the invocations is acting as a backend and the other as a Director. I believe I have most of the configuration complete but I keep running into the following error: Jul 01 14:17:04 lda(postmaster(a)mydomain.com: Error: user postmaster(a)mydomain.com: Initialization failed: namespace configuration error: Duplicate namespace prefix: "" Jul 01 14:17:04 lda(postmaster(a)xn--mydomain-8za.com: Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. Not sure where to go from here and most of my searches on the error have lead me to dead ends hoping someone can help me out. Thanks.

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Using PAM and passwdfile together
by Jim Garrison 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Dovecot 2.0.9 on Centos 6.6 I have some local users and some Postfix virtual mailboxes. The config currently has: > # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) > first_valid_uid = 190 > log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log > mail_access_groups = mail > mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u > mbox_write_locks = fcntl > passdb { > driver = pam > } > passdb { > args = scheme=MD5 username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/auth/%d.passwd > driver = passwd-file > } > protocols = imap pop3 > ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt > ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mailcert.pem > ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/mailkey.pem > ssl_parameters_regenerate = 48 > userdb { > driver = passwd > } > userdb { > args = uid=199 gid=199 home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n mail=mbox:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n:INBOX=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n/mail > driver = static > } Each time a virtual mailbox user logs in, PAM writes a set of Authentication Failure messages to /var/log/secure when it attempts to find the virtual user, which it then successfully authenticates in the passwd-file. Is there a way to prevent PAM from loggin this spurious error and having dovecot log an authentication failure only if BOTH methods fail? -- Jim Garrison (jhg(a)acm.org) PGP Keys at http://www.jhmg.net RSA 0x04B73B7F DH 0x70738D88

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dovecot-lmtp
by Steven Hopps 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi, I'm trying to use dovecot-lmtp so that I can filter messages with sieve, however it doesn't appear to be working. I followed the instructions on wiki2.dovecot.org. I'm running Debian Wheezy. I've got runit configured to execute postfix and dovecot, which may be the source of the problem (runit executes /usr/sbin/dovecot -F). I've got mail_debug turned on and there is nothing in the mail log about lmtp. Any help would be appreciated. -- Steven Hopps || shopps(a)pridetechdesign.com 424-888-0443 || http://www.pridetechdesign.com = Ask about my Security Tune-Up & 24/7 Server Monitoring! =

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Dovecot deleting files and directories
by Jan Ekholm 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Hi, I’m a new Dovecot user and using version 2.2.18 on an OpenSuse system. In general it all works quite nicely and clients can connect to Dovecot and manage mails normally. The layout used is maildir. The users are all virtual, i.e. they do not exist on the Linux system. They all log in without any authentication due to a very specialized and internal setup. However, sometimes Dovecot simply deletes mails from the maildir structure. It also seems to delete entire users too. This is not a simple case of clients deleting mails, but the entire folder for the user seems to sometimes get nuked. I’ve also seen that only the mails and Dovecot’s admin files (indexes etc) are deleted. The log file is not really too informative, mostly lines of this form: Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Info: Disconnected: IMAP session state is inconsistent, please relogin. in=781 out=2630 Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/operators-east doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/operators-east doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /opt/mail/operators-east: mode=0700 gid=default Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/firstname.lastname doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : /opt/mail/firstname.lastname doesn't exist yet, using default permissions Jul 01 14:00:36 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /opt/mail/firstname.lastname: mode=0700 gid=default Jul 01 14:01:03 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<firstname.lastname(a)domain.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=9326, secured, session=<2+YiPc4ZGwB/AAAB> Jul 01 14:01:03 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=100, home=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname Jul 01 14:01:03 imap(firstname.lastname(a)domain.x): Debug: maildir++: root=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/opt/mail/firstname.lastname, alt= Jul 01 14:01:07 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<operators-east(a)east.domain.x>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, mpid=9333, secured, session=<11NpPc4ZHAB/AAAB> Jul 01 14:01:07 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: Effective uid=1001, gid=100, home=/opt/mail/operators-east Jul 01 14:01:07 imap(operators-east(a)east.domain.x): Debug: maildir++: root=/opt/mail/operators-east, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/opt/mail/operators-east, alt= I’ve changed the name and domain. Not sure if the namespace complaints have anything to do with the directories on disk, but normally they are there when the logging comes. Below is the used config file. I can’t see anything that would trigger deletions and there is no logging or similar about it. To me it’s quite serious that an IMAP server randomly deletes mails and its own files. ########################################################################################### # support only IMAP, no pop3 protocols = imap # listen only on IPv4 (the default is: "* ::") listen = * # where logging gets sent log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log # disable SSL ssl = no disable_plaintext_auth = no # we're using maildir without any extra folders in the user's home directory (set in userdb) mail_location = maildir:~ # user ids default_login_user = dovenull default_internal_user = dovecot # auth config auth_verbose = yes auth_mechanisms = plain # password scheme. Uses an external Python application to verify the password. It gets # sent the username and password and can perform authentication. The current one # simply accepts anything. passdb { driver = checkpassword args = /opt/dovecot-2.2.18/bin/checkpassword.py } # user database userdb { driver = static args = uid=navie gid=users home=/opt/mail/maildir/%n } ########################################################################################### Anything obviously wrong? I’ve seen that mail_location and mail_home should not be the same, but using mail_location = maildir:~/mail gives the exact same behavior. Best regards, Jan Ekholm

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LDAP default value variable interpolation
by Leon Kyneur 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

I'm wondering if there is a way I can dynamically generate an LDAP default value by using variables. I have a configuration that works something like this on my front end proxy: pass_attrs = mail=user,\ =nopassword=y,\ =proxy=y,\ =host=mail.%d The above works perfectly well even though it seems a bit hack. I want to fetch the host field from LDAP and default it to "mail.%d" if the attribute isn't populated for the user. I have tried the following : pass_attrs = mail=user,\ =nopassword=y,\ =proxy=y,\ =host=%{ldap:mailHost:mail.%d} however the interpolation doesn't occur on the default. Just wondering if there is a way to achieve this? thanks

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Getting regularly mailbox desyncs while syncing with imapc
by Michael 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hello list! I sync approximately ~1000 Mailboxes actually without any problems, except my very own mailbox - Dovecot 2.2.18 (mdbox format) running here. The server from where I sync my mails from runs Dovecot 1.2.4 (with mbox format). The last log line that I receive is: dsync(ms(a)ddnetservice.de): Warning: Mailbox changes caused a desync. You may want to run dsync again. dovecot error log: 2015-06-30 13:09:50 imap(ms(a)ddnetservice.de): Error: Corrupted transaction log file /var/vmail/ddnetservice.de/ms/mdbox/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.log seq 2: indexid changed 1435401731 -> 1435662589 (sync_offset=0) This is the command for running my syncs: doveadm -o imapc_user=<remote_user> -o imapc_password=<remote_pw> -o imapc_host=<remote_host> -o imapc_features="rfc822.size fetch-headers" -o mail_prefetch_count=20 -v -D sync -R -u<local_user> imapc: &> $LOGS/$BOX.log A re-run of this command for my mailbox doesn't fix the problem. The "Inbox" remains empty. Only a "doveadm force-resync -ums(a)ddnetservice.de" fixes this problem with the exception that the Inbox still remains empty. So after force-resyncing I need to run the sync again and my Inbox remains consistent until the next imapc sync run. Actually the desync message is self-explanatory, but I wonder why this behaviour only occurs for my own Inbox (only Inbox, other directories aren't affected) and not anywhere else. Is there any possiblity to debug this? Could also the amount of new incoming mails cause this or do I have maybe a bugged mail in my original mailbox that is causing my trouble? Any hint is appreciated. Thanks, Michael

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Same-server mail transfer
by Andrew Obertas 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

Hello, What would be the best way to perform a same-server Maildir transfer, while retaining the IMAP structure already in place, between users with the same GID but different UIDs? I've tried doveadm import but I presume it is encountering a permissions error due to the different UIDs. Worst case scenario, I could move everything over manually and then update the UIDs. I feel like there should be a more elegant solution though that I'm not immediately grasping however. -- Best regards, Andrew Obertas Junior Systems Administrator Infinet Communications Group

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replication - remove/delete in storage
by lejeczek 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

hi, novice question - is replication supposed to replicate maildir in it's entirety? I get new mails replicated but not operations of removal/deletion, is this normal? many thanks

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authenticate LDAP to email server
by robert k Wild 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

hi all, first things first my version and config - # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-504.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.6 (Final) auth_mechanisms = plain login mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } - i have installed dovecot+postfix email server and a LDAP server, if i create users on the LDAP server can dovecot pick up the usernames and create a mailbox for the individual users as atm if i want to create an email address for users i add the user to the email server and make a directory for the users mailbox and have to chmod and chown also just another question, can i set up mail groups on dovecot? cheers rob -- Regards, Robert K Wild.

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