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[Dovecot] Multiple user sharing a single mailbox
by Jonathon Price 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

I'm designing a system where some but not all groups of users want to share a single mailbox, i.e the user will not have there own inbox. I think this is possible by setting up a user database that returns the same mail location and possible the same home directory. This sharing would only occur in a single domain. Example User Database UserID | home | mail all(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/all | /mail/mailstorage/site1.example.com/all user1(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/user1| /mail/mailstorage/ site1.example.com/all user2(a)site1.example.com | /mail/home/site1.example.com/user2| /mail/mailstorage/ site1.example.com/all user1(a)site2.example.com | /mail/home/site2.example.com/user1| /mail/mailstorage/ site2.example.com/user1 user2(a)site2.example.com | /mail/home/site2.example.com/user2| /mail/mailstorage/ site2.example.com/user2 In this example all of site1.example.com users share a single mailbox, and site2.example.com users each have there own mailbox. Should the home directory also be shared, I read the comment that they should never be shared but wasn't sure if that still applied when the mailbox is the same path. For groups that are sharing a mailbox there would likely be a relatively low number of users concurrently logged in, say less than 10. For clustering we are currently limited to NFS mail storage. I was planning on using director setup so that the hashing/sharding is performed on the domain only, so all users for a domain will end up on a single node. At this stage clustering is mainly for high availability not performances. Lastly I'm concerned about possible issues with locking on the mailbox files and indexes. Will one of the mail formats reduces this risk, we can use any format as all mail will be written by Dovecot. Would giving each user there own index location help? and I assume this would mean that each user would see there own flags like read status? Does this setup sound ok, are there aspects that should change? thanks, Jon

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[Dovecot] [Dovcot 2.2.2] Q: Prequisits for compiling and plugins
by Christoph Hintermüller 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi Where can i find the list of prerequisites for compiling dovocot 2.2.2 form the sources, is there a dedicated link or what terms i should best use to search the archives of this mailing list, the documentation or the web? Where do I find information (links or search terms) whether plugins available for 1.x 2.1.x series, especially the metadata plugin, are still needed for 2.2.2 or may even be harmful for 2.2.2 as built in. Documentation on Dovecot webpage is rather sparse and not really conclusive concerning metadata plugin within 2.x series. On my Ubuntu 12.X systems i still find it for 2.1.x but I have difficulties to understand whether there exist a version for 2.2.X series, if this is equal to the one for 2.1.X or whether it is not needed any more for 2.2.X series. Further what libraries would be required. Greetings Christoph

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[Dovecot] MULTIAPPEND + literal8 issue
by Michael M Slusarz 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Background: importing a mbox file containing ~700 messages (20 MB). Our program splits MULTIAPPENDS into approx. 5MB chunks. We don't use literal+ in order to immediately catch errors. I can reproducibly produce the following error (2.2.2) when doing a MULTIAPPEND where every append is using literal8: [...340 messages appended in 7 previous APPEND commands...] C: 10 APPEND Test "16-Dec-2011 17:19:46 -0700" ~{3128} [...~30 APPENDed messages...] C: "18-Jan-2012 12:38:21 -0700" ~{2893} S: + OK [...2893 octets of data...] C: "18-Jan-2012 22:09:41 -0700" ~{6492} S: 10 BAD Error in IMAP command APPEND: Expected '{' S: 492} BAD Error in IMAP command : Unknown command. This error occurs about 340 messages in. If I switch to using regular literals, this error does not occur. I can verify that neither the 12:38:21 message nor the 22:09:41 message alone is broken (I can put just these two in a file and import and it is successful). I can provide the mbox file privately, if needed. michael

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[Dovecot] LMTP crash with sdbox and SIS
by Bernhard Schmidt 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Debian Wheezy amd64 plus Stefan's stable-auto/dovecot2.2 repository 2:2.2.2-0~auto+57 = 16495:d447dcc6b611 Crash goes away when I disable mail_attachment_dir, happens with a fresh home as well # 2.2.2 (d447dcc6b611): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 100 mail_attachment_dir = /home/studext/attachment mail_gid = ext mail_location = sdbox:~/sdbox:INDEX=~/Index mail_plugins = quota mail_uid = studext managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = INBOX. separator = . } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { quota = dict:User quota::file:%h/Maildir/dovecot-quota quota_rule = INBOX.Trash:ignore quota_rule2 = ?:storage=512M sieve = ~/currently-active-script.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = " imap lmtp sieve pop3" service lmtp { executable = lmtp -D inet_listener lmtp { port = 24 } } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = quota sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } (gdb) bt full #0 0x00007fc270f11475 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #1 0x00007fc270f146f0 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #2 0x00007fc2712cbdf8 in default_fatal_finish (type=<optimized out>, status=status@entry=0) at failures.c:191 backtrace = 0x97e900 "/usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x62dea) [0x7fc2712cbdea] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x62e2e) [0x7fc2712cbe2e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fc27128bda5] -> /usr/lib/d"... #3 0x00007fc2712cbe2e in i_internal_fatal_handler (ctx=0x7fff6b38a7c0, format=<optimized out>, args=<optimized out>) at failures.c:652 status = 0 #4 0x00007fc27128bda5 in i_panic (format=format@entry=0x7fc2712f18c8 "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:263 ctx = {type = LOG_TYPE_PANIC, exit_status = 0, timestamp = 0x0} args = {{gp_offset = 40, fp_offset = 48, overflow_arg_area = 0x7fff6b38a8b0, reg_save_area = 0x7fff6b38a7f0}} #5 0x00007fc2712d4734 in i_stream_read (stream=0x9c3740) at istream.c:163 _stream = 0x9c36e0 old_size = 0 ret = -1 __FUNCTION__ = "i_stream_read" #6 0x00007fc2715ca2c9 in index_attachment_save_continue (ctx=0x9b7ef0) at index-attachment.c:206 storage = 0x9ae590 attach = 0x9c3310 data = <optimized out> size = 1 ret = <optimized out> #7 0x00007fc2715a78a8 in mail_storage_try_copy (mail=0x9a3c60, _ctx=0x7fff6b38a928) at mail-copy.c:80 ctx = 0x9b7ef0 pmail = 0x9a3c60 input = 0x9b57c0 #8 mail_storage_copy (ctx=ctx@entry=0x9b7ef0, mail=mail@entry=0x9a3c60) at mail-copy.c:101 No locals. #9 0x00007fc271576810 in sdbox_copy (_ctx=<optimized out>, mail=<optimized out>) at sdbox-copy.c:172 ctx = <optimized out> _t = <optimized out> mbox = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "sdbox_copy" #10 0x00007fc2706b1320 in quota_copy (ctx=0x9b7ef0, mail=0x9a3c60) at quota-storage.c:220 t = 0x9b4b70 qt = 0x9b7e80 qbox = 0x9b2450 #11 0x00007fc2715afadf in mailbox_copy (_ctx=_ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38aaa8, mail=0x9a3c60) at mail-storage.c:2116 ctx = 0x9b7ef0 t = 0x9b4b70 keywords = 0x0 pvt_flags = 0 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit--- real_mail = <optimized out> ret = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "mailbox_copy" #12 0x00007fc2715afb8c in mailbox_save_using_mail (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38aaa8, mail=<optimized out>) at mail-storage.c:2147 No locals. #13 0x00007fc27184ddde in mail_deliver_save (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38ac10, mailbox=<optimized out>, flags=flags@entry=0, keywords=keywords@entry=0x0, storage_r=storage_r@entry=0x7fff6b38abe8) at mail-deliver.c:311 open_ctx = {user = 0x9aa470, lda_mailbox_autocreate = false, lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = false} box = 0x9b1e80 trans_flags = <optimized out> t = 0x9b4b70 save_ctx = 0x0 headers_ctx = 0x0 kw = 0x0 error = MAIL_ERROR_NONE mailbox_name = 0x40892f "INBOX" errstr = <optimized out> guid = 0x7fc271847d98 "W\n" changes = {pool = 0x7fc271a52788, uid_validity = 1798876136, saved_uids = {arr = {buffer = 0x9992d0, element_size = 140473107114581}, v = 0x9992d0, v_modifiable = 0x9992d0}, ignored_modseq_changes = 10165232, changed = false, no_read_perm = false} default_save = <optimized out> ret = 0 __FUNCTION__ = "mail_deliver_save" #14 0x00007fc27184e203 in mail_deliver (ctx=ctx@entry=0x7fff6b38ac10, storage_r=storage_r@entry=0x7fff6b38abe8) at mail-deliver.c:413 ret = -1 #15 0x0000000000406282 in client_deliver (session=0x9a8480, src_mail=0x9a3c60, rcpt=0x98b770, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:689 lda_set = 0x999b00 ns = <optimized out> set_parser = <optimized out> line = <optimized out> storage = 0x9ae590 sets = <optimized out> mail_error = MAIL_ERROR_NONE ret = <optimized out> dctx = {pool = 0x9a8460, set = 0x999b00, session = 0x9a8480, dup_ctx = 0x0, session_id = 0x98b710 "zeL+MQ/QuFGZTgAAUJ203Q", src_mail = 0x9a3c60, src_envelope_sender = 0x98b728 "schmidt(a)xxx.de", dest_user = 0x9aa470, dest_addr = 0x98bd70 "ext44903(a)mstoretest.mail.xxx.de", final_dest_addr = 0x98bd70 "ext44903(a)mstoretest.mail.xxx.de", dest_mailbox_name = 0x40892f "INBOX", dest_mail = 0x9b8830, var_expand_table = 0x0, tempfail_error = 0x0, tried_default_save = true, saved_mail = false, save_dest_mail = false, mailbox_full = false, dsn = false} input = <optimized out> mail_set = 0x9992d0 error = <optimized out> username = <optimized out> #16 client_deliver_next (session=0x9a8480, src_mail=0x9a3c60, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:732 rcpts = 0x98b770 count = 1 #17 client_input_data_write_local (input=<optimized out>, client=0x98af00) at commands.c:827 src_mail = 0x9a3c60 first_uid = 4294967295 session = 0x9a8480 old_uid = 0 #18 client_input_data_write (client=0x98af00) at commands.c:938 input = 0x99b5b0 ret = true #19 client_input_data_handle (client=0x98af00) at commands.c:1032 data = <optimized out> size = 1794 ret = <optimized out> #20 0x00007fc2712db996 in io_loop_call_io (io=0x98a3b0) at ioloop.c:387 ioloop = 0x985700 t_id = 2 #21 0x00007fc2712dc807 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=ioloop@entry=0x985700) at ioloop-epoll.c:215 ctx = 0x988530 events = 0x0 event = 0x9885a0 list = 0x98a400 io = <optimized out> tv = {tv_sec = 299, tv_usec = 992938} events_count = <optimized out> msecs = <optimized out> ret = 1 i = <optimized out> call = <optimized out> __FUNCTION__ = "io_loop_handler_run" #22 0x00007fc2712db4d8 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x985700) at ioloop.c:406 No locals. #23 0x00007fc271291013 in master_service_run (service=0x985590, callback=callback@entry=0x404dd0 <client_connected>) at master-service.c:560 No locals. #24 0x0000000000404c24 in main (argc=2, argv=0x985390) at main.c:122 set_roots = {0x60a6a0, 0x409260, 0x0} service_flags = <optimized out> storage_service_flags = 739 c = <optimized out>

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[Dovecot] Connection closed by foreign host.
by Michael Cramer 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

i tried the latest dev version 2.2.2-0~auto54 for ubuntu and when i do some testing i got a connection closed. the commands are issued through telnet: root@i920:~# telnet localhost imap Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. 1 LOGIN test(a)lokal.de 123456 1 OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT MULTIAPPEND URL-PARTIAL CATENATE UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS SPECIAL-USE BINARY MOVE NOTIFY COMPRESS=DEFLATE QUOTA ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in 2 LIST () "" (virtual/*) * LIST () "/" virtual/All * LIST () "/" virtual/Flagged * LIST (\UnMarked) "/" virtual/Flagged * LIST (\Marked) "/" virtual/All 2 OK List completed. 3 LIST () "" (*) Connection closed by foreign host. the command with number 3 results everytime in a connection closed. i turned on debug_log but nothing is shown there.

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[Dovecot] rawlog without setting home in userdb
by Claus 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi all, in my settup i decided to set mail_home in 10-mail.conf, and let dovecot do the hashing to a 2-level directory structure. mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox:ALT=/altstorage/%h/mdbox mail_home = /vmail/%1Mu/%2.1Mu/%u In my userdb ist homedirectory not set and everythink works as expected, except when i use rawlog i get only logs in ~/dovecot.rawlog if home is set in userdb. In wiki http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Debugging/Rawlog it reads: If you don't have the home directory and you can't or don't want to modify userdb configuration, you can add: mail_home = /home/%u # or temporarily even e.g. mail_home = /tmp/temp-home Can you tell me, if my problem is the hashing-configuration or anything else? Claus

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[Dovecot] Still virtio problems
by Erich N. Pekarek 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hello! As posted on May 27th this year, dovecot 2.1.7 does not allow for the mailstore to be located in a virtio partition. I still receive fstat()-errors on the lock files in this combination: May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: file dict commit: file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/.quotausage) failed: No such file or directory May 27 12:54:51 host dovecot: imap(test@mydomain): Error: fstat(/var/vmail/mydomain/test/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory Config includes: mmap_disable=yes dotlock_use_excl=no Any ideas? Thanks Erich

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[Dovecot] dovecot creating unknown users
by Yann Shukor 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Hi We recently installed a dovecot postfix roundcube debian wheezy serverIt is now in production and we are feeling our way as we progressivelyadd new users to this local server. I noticed that dovecot is creating user directory structures for unknown users withinour domain in /var/vmail, even though we have setup a static users.conf db file. I tried omiting the "allow_all_users=yes" parameter but that doesn't seem to be linked to this issue Sorry if this has been asked a number of times already Is there an easy way to search the archives of this mailinglist ? Thanks yann # 2.2.2 (45399357008a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.0 ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 5000 first_valid_uid = 5000 hostname = holimail.holinice.com last_valid_gid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 listen = * mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = subscriptions = yes } passdb { args = scheme=CRAM-MD5 /etc/dovecot/users.conf driver = passwd-file } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = azurtem(a)holinice.com protocols = " imap sieve pop3" service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { group = dovecot inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 ssl = yes } } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" }

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[Dovecot] Testing SMTP AUTH
by Ajai Khattri 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Ive configured Postfix to use Dovecot for SMTP AUTH. I tried to test it but when I send the AUTH LOGIN command I get a response saying that AUTH method is not supported/implemented. How to test then? -- A -- Aj.

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[Dovecot] access shared mailbox results in error
by Michael Cramer 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

when i try to access a shared mailbox the logfile shows me this and access isn't possible Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Error: mdbox /srv/vmail/mail/bigmichi1.de/familie/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails: Invalid dbox header size: 0 Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Warning: fscking index file /srv/vmail/indexes/shared/bigmichi1.de/michael/shared/familie(a)bigmichi1.de/storage/dovecot.map.index Jun 15 19:38:57 imap(michael(a)bigmichi1.de): Warning: mdbox /srv/vmail/mail/bigmichi1.de/familie/storage: rebuilding indexes doveconf -n # 2.2.2 (30f00db1a8b0): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 13.04 ext4 auth_mechanisms = plain login debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/debug.log dict { acl = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext expire = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } first_valid_gid = 8 first_valid_uid = 8 info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/info.log last_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_uid = 8 log_path = /var/log/dovecot/error.log mail_debug = yes mail_gid = 8 mail_location = mdbox:/srv/vmail/mail/%d/%n:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual mail_uid = 8 mailbox_list_index = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variab les body enotify environment mailbox date ihave imapflags notify mdbox_preallocate_space = yes mdbox_rotate_size = 10 M namespace { list = children location = mdbox:/srv/vmail/mail/%%d/%%n:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n/shared/%%u:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n/shared/%%u prefix = Shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Archive { auto = subscribe special_use = \Archive } mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } mailbox virtual/All { auto = subscribe special_use = \All } mailbox virtual/Flagged { auto = subscribe special_use = \Flagged } prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace virtual { location = virtual:/srv/vmail/virtual:INDEXPVT=/srv/vmail/indexes/private/%d/%n/virtual:INDEX=/srv/vmail/indexes/shared/%d/%n/virtual prefix = virtual/ separator = / } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile:/srv/vmail/acl:cache_secs=300 acl_anyone = allow acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Spam 30 expire_dict = proxy::expire quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u quota_warning3 = -storage=100%% quota-warning below %u sieve = /srv/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve sieve_default = /srv/vmail/sieve/default.sieve sieve_dir = /srv/vmail/sieve/%d/%n/ sieve_extensions = +notify +imapflags sieve_global_dir = /srv/vmail/sieve/global } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)bigmichi1.de protocols = " imap sieve" service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = mail mode = 0666 user = mail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { group = mail mode = 0660 user = mail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { user = mail } user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </srv/ssl/ssl-unified.crt ssl_key = </srv/ssl/ssl-decrypted.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lda { debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-debug.log info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-info.log log_path = /var/log/dovecot/deliver-errors.log mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota zlib acl expire virtual imap_quota imap_acl imap_zlib }

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[Dovecot] Turn off IMAPS?
by Simon B 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Hi I've upgraded to 2.1.7 and finally decided to turn off imaps and pop3s because these days everyone uses tls over 143 anyway. But it's on and I can't figure out why. I only have non-ssl versions specified: protocols = imap pop3 I've stopped and started and the ports are still open and netstat says dovecot is listening on them.. mail:~# netstat -tulnp | grep dove tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:993 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:995 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:110 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:143 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::993 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::995 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::110 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* LISTEN 29340/dovecot Any ideas? Thanks. Simon Here's my doveconf - n # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 7.0 ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 109 last_valid_uid = 109 log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r %c mail_location = maildir:/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n mail_privileged_group = mailsystem maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf driver = sql } plugin { quota = maildir } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = mailsystem mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-master { group = mailsystem mode = 0660 user = mailsystem } user = mailsystem } ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/keys/ca.crt ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/keys/mail.net.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.net.key userdb { driver = prefetch } userdb { args = uid=109 gid=113 home=/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes driver = static } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_save_uidl = yes pop3_uidl_format = %v.%u } protocol lda { deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %f: %$ info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = quota postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.net }

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[Dovecot] Auto-responder to handle unencrypted (and/or unsigned) email messages whose origin is not localhost
by Ben Johnson 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Hi, everyone, I'm surprised how little exists on the Internet regarding this particular subject. Given the recent headlines, that is about to change, I'm sure. I have a need to send an automated response to all senders who attempt to send unencrypted and/or unsigned email to a specific mailbox on my system. (Messages originating from localhost should be exempt.) I would like for the auto-reply to include a customized message with the appropriate public PGP key contained therein. Has anyone accomplished this? If not, some basic theory as to how one might go about achieving this would be greatly appreciated. Perhaps this is a job for Dovecot's "sieve_before" directive. Would this simply be a matter of checking the message body for the expected patterns, e.g., starts with "----- BEGIN PGP MESSAGE -----", etc., etc. and sending an automated reply with the public key if the expected strings are not present? Any additional thoughts would be very helpful! Thank you in advance, -Ben

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Re: [Dovecot] Safe/preferred way to import old email
by Reindl Harald 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Am 14.06.2013 22:10, schrieb Ajai Khattri: > One small problem (I should have described better): the old server is not available but I've have the maildirs > rsynced to the new server. So I have the actual message files but I'm not sure if simply copying them into the new > maildirs is a good idea :-) > > On Friday, June 14, 2013, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 14.06.2013 21:59, schrieb Ajai Khattri: > > Ive migrated from a qmail+Courier-IMAP setup to a Postfix+Dovecot setup. > > I'm using maildirs in both places. > > > > Is there a safe/preferred way to bring my old messages over without them > > being marked as new in Dovecot? > > imapsync well, that must answer people which where in the situation of a not really prepared migration why you *should not* reply off-list!

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[Dovecot] Safe/preferred way to import old email
by Ajai Khattri 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Ive migrated from a qmail+Courier-IMAP setup to a Postfix+Dovecot setup. I'm using maildirs in both places. Is there a safe/preferred way to bring my old messages over without them being marked as new in Dovecot ? -- Aj.

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[Dovecot] Pam authentication failure message but it works
by Wayne Andersen 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

I am running Centos 6.4 64bit. Dovecot 2.0.9 I am getting the following messages in /var/log/secure, which looks like the pam authentication is not working but the users are allowed to login and the system works great. I am wondering if pam is actually failing and yet the system is getting the login info from elsewhere, or is this just a nuisance message? /var/log/secure Jun 12 23:11:29 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=christineg rhost=65.13.54.123 user=christineg Jun 12 23:11:45 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=susieg rhost=70.208.29.109 user=susieg Jun 12 23:12:03 smtp auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=dovecot ruser=bobs rhost=70.59.189.210 user=bobs In the debug log file I see what looks like a successful connection, but don't know how to read the two pam lines. /var/log/dovecot.debug.log Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10098) Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=65.13.54.123 lport=143 rport=54049 resp=AGNocmlzZwBjZzQ4MjU= Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: pam(christineg,65.13.54.123): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: pam(christineg,65.13.54.123): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 4079353857 10098 1 0229474c9c1038e161328ecd28884af2 Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: passwd(christineg,65.13.54.123): lookup Jun 12 23:11:29 auth: Debug: master out: USER 4079353857 christineg system_groups_user=christineg uid=1116 gid=100 home=/home/christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 imap(christineg): Debug: Effective uid=1116, gid=100, home=/home/christineg Jun 12 23:11:29 imap(christineg): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/christineg/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/christineg/Maildir Jun 12 23:11:44 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10100) Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=70.208.29.109 lport=143 rport=14107 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 AHJpY2hhcmRnQGNsaW1hLXRlY2guY29tAHJnMzgyMg== Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: pam(susieg,70.208.29.109): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: pam(susieg,70.208.29.109): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 3368157185 10100 1 5a8d4b15a417d0bc4d2f818c5a5710f0 Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: passwd(susieg,70.208.29.109): lookup Jun 12 23:11:45 auth: Debug: master out: USER 3368157185 susieg system_groups_user=susieg uid=1087 gid=100 home=/home/susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 imap(susieg): Debug: Effective uid=1087, gid=100, home=/home/susieg Jun 12 23:11:45 imap(susieg): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/susieg/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/susieg/Maildir Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10104) Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10105) Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=imap lip=206.169.228.24 rip=70.59.189.210 lport=143 rport=38705 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client out: CONT 1 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1 AGJyZW5kb25jQGNsaW1hLXRlY2guY29tAGJjMTU1NA== Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: pam(bobs,70.59.189.210): lookup service=dovecot Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: pam(bobs,70.59.189.210): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password: Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: client out: OK 1 user=bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 709623809 10104 1 0c261d849b956bf9cb5c0833b498bb97 Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: passwd(bobs,70.59.189.210): lookup Jun 12 23:12:03 auth: Debug: master out: USER 709623809 bobs system_groups_user=bobs uid=1188 gid=100 home=/home/bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 imap(bobs): Debug: Effective uid=1188, gid=100, home=/home/bobs Jun 12 23:12:03 imap(bobs): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/bobs/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/bobs/Maildir /etc/pam.d/dovecot #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_nologin.so auth include password-auth account include password-auth session include password-auth # 2.0.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.4 (Final) auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.debug.log disable_plaintext_auth = no hostname = mail.mydomain.com lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { args = failure_show_msg=yes driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_path = /var/lib/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)mydomain.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/postfix/mail.mydomain.crt ssl_key = </etc/postfix/mail.mydomain.key userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " sieve" } protocol pop3 { pop3_save_uidl = no pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv }

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[Dovecot] Autocreation the home folder
by Joan 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Sorry if this has been already asked, but I haven't been able to find a solution, I am trying to migrate a dovecot 1.2 config to 2.1, the 'dovecot -n > dovecot.conf' migrated all the setup without issues, and the mail is working as expected. The only issue I've had is with the change with the mail_location, mail_home, that in the 2.1 versions can't be on the same path. After reading in the wiki the various config options ( http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home) I opted to use the 3rd: Home directory under mail, for example: Maildir: home=/var/vmail/domain/user/home/ mail=/var/vmail/domain/user/ mbox: There's really no good and safe way to do it. So I changed from: mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n To: mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n/home The problem is that those home directories are not created (the mailboxes already existed) automatically, and I am getting these errors: ========================================================== May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Home dir not found: /var/vmail/example.com/username/home May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=20480000000 messages=0 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=Trash ignored May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=15360000000 (75%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 75 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=17408000000 (85%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 85 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/vmail/example.com/username, index=, control=, inbox=/home/vmail/example.com/username, alt= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=1073741824 messages=0 May 10 17:08:59 server dovecot: lda(username(a)example.com): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=805306368 (75%) messages=0 reverse=no command=/etc/dovecot/quota-warning.sh 75 ======================================================== Am I supposed to create the folders via an external script? Or is there any option to make this automatic. Regards, Joan

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[Dovecot] dovecot segfaults after upgrade
by Thomas Blomenkamp 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Using dovecot on debian oldstable (squeeze) with daily builded repository, after an upgrade this morning, dovecot always shows the following error: 2013 Jun 10 11:07:22 mailstore imap(tblomenk): Fatal: master: service(imap): child 3016 killed with signal 11 (core dumps disabled) Jun 10 11:07:22 mailstore kernel: [ 1589.400741] imap[3016]: segfault at 7fffd9048ff8 ip 00007f91417e2c3b sp 00007fffd9049000 error 6 in libdovecot.so.0.0.0[7f9141796000+bc000] Please notice: I can reproduce the error by trying to access my mailbox with alpine or mutt, while alpine only can access my inbox. If I try to access my other folders, the error happens. Mutt always closes the connection after trying to login. It is a little bit strange because with a newer client like roundcube I can access all my folders successfully. In all kernel error messages it seems that error 6 in libdovecot.so.0.0.0[7f9141796000+bc000] is always the same. Also notice that dovecot is still running, it is just that you cannot access other folders than your inbox with pine. mailstore:~# dovecot --version 2.2.2 (45399357008a) mailstore:~# dovecot -n # 2.2.2 (45399357008a): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf doveconf: Warning: service auth { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1324) doveconf: Warning: service anvil { client_limit=1000 } is lower than required under max. load (1227) # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.7 auth_debug = yes auth_gssapi_hostname = mailstore.math.uni-bielefeld.de auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Hi, the IMAP Mail-System on mailstore.math.uni-bielefeld.de is ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%u> method=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox mail_plugins = acl mail_privileged_group = mail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave spamtest spamtestplus imapflags notify namespace { list = children location = mdbox:%%h/mdbox prefix = shared/%%u/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { auto = subscribe special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Sent { auto = subscribe special_use = \Sent } mailbox Spam { auto = subscribe special_use = \Junk } mailbox Trash { auto = subscribe special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size mail_log_group_events = no quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=0 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_extensions = +imapflags +notify +spamtest +spamtestplus sieve_spamtest_max_value = 100 sieve_spamtest_status_header = X-PMX-Spam: \.*Probability=([[:digit:]]+)%+\.* sieve_spamtest_status_type = score } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener auth-master { mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener auth-userdb { user = vmail } user = root } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 0 } process_limit = 1024 process_min_avail = 10 service_count = 1 } service imap { process_limit = 1024 } service lmtp { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } service_count = 1 vsz_limit = 64 M } ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/mailstore_cert_chain.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mcl_key.pem userdb { args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail_san2/dovecot/%1Lu/%Lu driver = static } protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = acl sieve } protocol sieve { mail_max_userip_connections = 50 managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o managesieve_max_compile_errors = 5 managesieve_max_line_length = 65536 } Regards, Thomas

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[Dovecot] IMAPC feature description
by Yonatan Broza 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, I couldn't find any decent documentation about the IMAPC feature. Could someone please explain the purpose of this feature? In particular, what are the differences between IMAPC and reverse proxying? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] crash/mem violation in auth_worker + 50G logs in 2.1.7
by Mrten 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, This morning I discovered what seemed to be a deliberate crash in auth_worker: Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: #007Can't read dir of '/etc/mysql/conf.d/' (Errcode: 2) Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: *** glibc detected *** dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fffa0863160 *** Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: ======= Backtrace: ========= Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x7eb96)[0x7f22d42f9b96] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(free_root+0x90)[0x7f22d37988c0] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(free_defaults+0x4b)[0x7f22d3796e6b] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(mysql_read_default_options+0x13c)[0x7f22d377d00c] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.18(mysql_real_connect+0x8e)[0x7f22d377eb4e] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/auth/libdriver_mysql.so(+0x1fc6)[0x7f22d3c52fc6] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0x2be1d)[0x7f22d515be1d] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(db_sql_connect+0xd)[0x7f22d514aedd] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0x23d70)[0x7f22d5153d70] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(passdb_init+0x2a)[0x7f22d515158a] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(auths_init+0x59)[0x7f22d513dfe9] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(main+0x345)[0x7f22d513d5f5] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xed)[0x7f22d429c76d] Jun 7 23:02:09 localhost dovecot: auth-worker: Error: dovecot/auth worker: waiting for connection(+0xd7d9)[0x7f22d513d7d9] There follows a memory map but I snipped that. This repeated until I killed dovecot (12 hours later), by then 54GB of logs had accumulated. Besides leaving me impressed with the logserver :), I was wondering if this is a known problem. I don't know what triggered this at 23:02 (shown above is the first set of problem logentries). Can't really have been an upgrade, since I backported the raring dovecot Ubuntu package for my precise server, no automated upgrades there. I did go look for the /etc/mysql/conf.d directory mentioned, it wasn't there, but there was a /etc/mysql/my.cnf trying to !includedir it. Since there is no mysql on the server besides libmysqlclient I removed the directory and haven't seen the problem return yet. Sounds like the reason for happening, however, the memory error after that probably warrants research? If it is in libmysqlclient, that's another non-default snag because that's the lib I get from Percona, not the Ubuntu default one. Shouldn't dovecot recognize that the auth worker is crashing? One more thing, this is (one line from many) from audit.log (I have auditd logging audit records) type=ANOM_ABEND msg=audit(1370682566.377:3499876): auid=4294967295 uid=108 gid=115 ses=4294967295 pid=23187 comm="auth" reason="memory violation" sig=6 108 is the dovecot user, so it probably is related. I realise I'm way off defaults here but I wanted to report anyway. (dovecot -n attached) thanks for any insight, Maarten.

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[Dovecot] CATENATE/literal8 issue
by Michael M Slusarz 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Using 2.2.2, I see this: C: 6 APPEND "INBOX" (\seen) "16-May-2013 22:05:14 -0600" CATENATE (URL "/INBOX;UIDVALIDITY=1255685337/;UID=48812/;SECTION=HEADER" TEXT ~{40} S: 6 NO [UNKNOWN-CTE] Binary input allowed only when the first part is binary. Why is there this limitation? It seems to me that CATENATE is confusing the content-type encoding of the data/part itself with the encoding of the IMAP literal. A literal 8 is nothing more than a series of OCTET's that *may* contain nulls, but not necessarily. i.e., in the above example the 40 octets of data are US-ASCII text, which is perfectly acceptable to send as a literal8. (Client rationale: If BINARY exists on the server, we don't bother to scan IMAP literal's for null data -- we just send them as literal8's. It's an optimization that I would hate to get rid of.) michael

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[Dovecot] Replication and LAYOUT=fs
by Simon Fraser 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hello folks, I have a problem with replication and mail_location with LAYOUT=fs set. If I set "mail_location = maildir:~/mail" (leaving out the :LAYOUT=fs), create and populate some mailboxes and subfolders, they all get replicated. If I start with a clean mail spool and LAYOUT=fs, I can create some new mailboxes and subfolders but only the inbox is replicated. Subfolders are ignored. The users are all in LDAP, and virtual, hence the generic mail_home format and mail_location being set. The userdb lookup has been told to return no attributes ("user_attrs = "), but I have also tried it with requesting 'home' and specifying a default of /mail/spool/%u in the userdb config. The service is perfectly functional as far as a mail client is concerned: it can access all the folders and messages it expects on the server that had them added. It's only the replication using LAYOUT=fs that seems to be troublesome. Here is `doveconf -n` for the first of the pair of servers (dcot1a and dcot1b). The configuration on the other is identical except for the hostname differences. Simon # 2.2.2: /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-27-virtual x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS disable_plaintext_auth = no doveadm_password = secret first_valid_uid = 100 mail_gid = dovecot mail_home = /mail/spool/%u mail_location = maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs mail_plugins = notify replication mail_uid = dovecot namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = separator = / } passdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { mail_replica = tcp:dcot1b:12345 } protocols = imap lmtp service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } unix_listener replication-notify { mode = 0600 user = dovecot } } service config { unix_listener config { user = dovecot } } service doveadm { inet_listener { port = 12345 } user = dovecot } service replicator { process_min_avail = 1 } shutdown_clients = no ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dcot1a-cert.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dcot1a-key.pem userdb { args = /mail/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.userdb.conf.ext driver = ldap } -- The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE.

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot 2 + IMAP
by Alex Dubinin 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

12.06.2013 22:34, Michael Kliewe пишет: > Hello Alex, > you asked exactly the same question 5 days ago and already got the > answer (from 2 people). Why did you ask again, didn't you receive the > answers? Thank you for your answer. Yes, i didn't receive answer ((((

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[Dovecot] post-login script and original remote ip in proxy mode
by Ibrahim Harrani 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hi, I am running dovecot on 3 qmail-ldap server backend. dovecot configured to use auth_pop3 wrapper for authentication. Users logins to the qmail-ldap pop3&imap pools randomly. If a user is mailhost is not the connected server, dovecot proxies the connection to the user mailhost. In this case, I can not get the original client IP address via post-logins script on user host. I see only the first connected server IP as $IP environment. Any idea to get original client IP in this setup with postlogin scripts? Thanks

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[Dovecot] Question about directory hash function.
by Evgeny Basov 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Hello, Timo. I have a question about %H in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Variables : what the hash function uses for calculations and how to get this value manually? This is need for bypass way getting home directory. With best regards, Evgeny Basov.

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[Dovecot] Permissions for mail_temp_dir directory
by Henrik Larsson 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

I recently upgraded from 2.1.16 to 2.2.2 and started to receive the following errors: imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: stat(/var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16128.3209d13f842955c2) failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: Temp file creation to /var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16128. failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: stat(/var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16501.0ddff1dc93cdbe6a) failed: Permission denied imap(henrik(a)example.com): Error: Temp file creation to /var/db/dovecot/dovecot.imap.mail.example.com.16501. failed: Permission denied I didn't have these before the upgrade. The current permissions for the /var/db/dovecot directory is root:wheel 755. What would be the correct permissions for the mail_temp_dir directory? doveconf -n output --cut-- # 2.2.2: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 amd64 auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 first_valid_uid = 125 hostname = mail.example.com listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_plugins = zlib mail_privileged_group = postfix mail_temp_dir = /var/db/dovecot managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = . type = private } namespace { hidden = yes inbox = no list = no location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { fts = squat fts_squat = partial=4 full=10 sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/dovecot-auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } service lmtp { executable = lmtp -L unix_listener /home/mail/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/mail.example.com-chained.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/mail.example.com.key userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lmtp { log_path = /var/log/dovecot-deliver mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = zlib sieve } protocol imap { mail_plugins = zlib imap_zlib } --cut-- Best regards Henrik Larsson

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