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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.11/ thunderbird 3.1 - moving folders
by Andre Hübner 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hello List, customers telled me problem when moving folders in thunderbird which i can confirm. Following setup on my side: dovecot 1.2.11 with mbox. Thunderbird 3.1 with ready mailaccount and "Server supports folders that contain sub-folders and messages" is disabled. i create folder1 for subfolders and in folder1 a folder2 for mails. Now i create folder3 on toplevel like just like folder1 for subfolders. Now i drag/dop folder2 to folder3. Thunderbird is moving this folder successful but in folder1/.imap i can still see a folder folder2 which is containing a dovecot.index.log At this point thunderbird shows error-message when i start to delete folder1. It tells: [CANNOT] Mailbox is'nt selectable: folder1. AND [NONEXISTENT] Directory folder1 is'nt empty, can't delete it. What to do now? Is error on my or thunderbirds side? Parts of my config needed? Thanks, Andre

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[Dovecot] Quota in mysql dict not properly recalculated on 1.2?
by Joan 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Good morning, I am trying to add quota storage on mysql following the guide in the wiki http://wiki.dovecot.org/Quota/Dict, and I am having some problems. My setup works fine for the newly created accounts, and correctly increases/decreases quota when necessary. The wrong part seems to be the recalculation. It seems to me that the system doesn't count the real occupation when it has to recreate the quota entry for a username. This is the case: .- User test(a)testing.com has a quota 200000 bytes, I delete the entry of the database for user, and then when I do the: echo 'x GETQUOTAROOT Inbox' | USER=test(a)testing.com /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail imap .- These are ALL the queries I see, I am missing the userdb queries to get the real quota. INSERT INTO quota_dovecot (bytes,username) VALUES ('0','test(a)testing.com') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE bytes='0' INSERT INTO quota_dovecot (messages,username) VALUES ('0','test(a)testing.com') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE messages='0' COMMIT SELECT bytes FROM quota_dovecot WHERE username = 'test(a)testing.com' SELECT messages FROM quota_dovecot WHERE username = 'test(a)testing.com' .- And the result also seems to indicate that it's not reading the quota from userdb * PREAUTH [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS QUOTA] Logged in as test(a)testing.com * QUOTAROOT "Inbox" "user" * QUOTA "user" (STORAGE 0 1048576) x OK Getquotaroot completed. It seems to me that dovecot --exec-mail doesn't do the mysql lookups to get the usersdb. Note: attached are my dovecot -n output and the relevant .conf files

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[Dovecot] Per-user quotas aren't working
by Guillaume CHARREYRON 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hello I tried to get per-user quotas working. The global quota is working well, but I can't get the one work on my test user: dovecot -n # 1.1.20: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 i686 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info.log protocols: pop3 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: test-POP3 READY mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins: quota mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: grog(a)test.mymail.srv mail_plugins: quota auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/password.pop3 userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/password.pop3 plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=10M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=1M with users line in my password.pop3 like this: test-oper:{plain}test-oper:501:501::/home/test-oper::userdb_quota_rule=*:bytes=2 0M allow_nets=192.168.4.0/24 I know that this file is well understood since the allow_nets works well. But I don't know why, the specific user quota rule isn't taken. I also use the Dovecot deliver process. Here is the info log: dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(test-oper,192.168.4.239): lookup: user=test-oper file=/etc/password.pop3 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): auth(test-oper,192.168.4.239): allow_nets: Matching for network 192.168.4.0/24 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=test-oper dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 1 4521 1 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): passwd-file(test-oper,192.168.4.239): lookup: user=test-oper file=/etc/password.pop3 dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: auth(default): master out: USER 1 test-oper uid=501 gid=501 home=/home/test-oper quota_rule=*:bytes=20M dovecot: Jul 02 12:55:32 Info: pop3-login: Login: user=<test-oper>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.4.239, lip=192.168.4.239, secured deliver(test-oper): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<11c5.0003.0000(a)test.mymail.srv>: save failed to INBOX: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(test-oper): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<11c5.0003.0000(a)test.mymail.srv>: rejected: Quota exceeded (mailbox for user is full) deliver(grog): Jul 02 12:55:47 Info: msgid=<dovecot-1278068147-645784-0(a)test.mymail.srv>: saved mail to INBOX dovecot: Jul 02 12:56:13 Info: POP3(test-oper): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/15, size=13816325 The corresponding maildirsize still show the global quota, and not the "test-oper" one: more /home/test-oper/Maildir/maildirsize 10485760S 13643547 15 I also tried to delete it, restart dovecot service, the result is the same. Do you have any idea? Guillaume

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[Dovecot] do Dovecot userdb and passwd filles need to be postmap'd
by Hans Neukomm 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi all I am unsure if dovecot files like userdb and passwd also need to be postmap'd i.e. postmap userdb or userdb passwd when I use the typical data format for creating userdp postmap outputs the error > postmap userdb postmap: warning: userdb, line 1: expected format: key whitespace value a clarification is welcome greetings hans

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[Dovecot] address extension going into folder
by Phil Howard 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Is it possible with a simple config change to make address extensions, e.g. alice+sales(a)example.com, go into a folder, e.g. .INBOX.sales, and do so ONLY if that folder already exists (and just go into INBOX if it does not exist)?

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[Dovecot] Upgrade Too 1.2.11 Broke Everything
by Marcel Grandemange 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Good Day. I have had dovecot working successfully for years now, however after a system update , dovecot refused to start up complaing that im not using absolute paths. It took a bit of hacking to get it working again as can be seen by the sql query, however now imap doesn't work anymore because of that change. Im lost!! dovecot --version 1.2.11 dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: thavinci Ready verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_privileged_group: postfix mail_location: mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf In regards to this file the following was changed to make it work... mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Used to be: mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=xx.xx.xx.xx dbname=nameofdb user=dbuser password=dbpassword password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, concat('/var/mail/',maildir) AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' This query used to be: user_query = SELECT maildir, maildir AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' A snapshot of the maillog during failure Jun 29 11:50:15 thavinci postfix/qmgr[1469]: BA3DD9B4C9: removed Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): stat(/var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci last message repeated 2 times Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): open() failed with subscription file /var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.subscriptions: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=306/4046 As can be seen somehow it's trying to write to the mbox file and I have no idea why! And this is the db structure! SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; -- ---------------------------- -- Table structure for `mailbox_copy` -- ---------------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mailbox_copy`; CREATE TABLE `mailbox_copy` ( `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `maildir` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `quota` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `modified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`username`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Postfix Admin - Virtual Mailboxes'; -- ---------------------------- -- Records of mailbox_copy -- ----------------------------

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[Dovecot] Dovecot LDA/LDAP
by Frank den Hartog 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I'm a total newbie with Dovecot LDA and LDAP. To be honoust, I don't know what I'm doing. My system runs CentOS 5.5, Postfix 2.3.3 and Dovecot 1.2.11. I try to set up Dovecot LDA. But whatever I'm trying, I fail. 2010-06-30T18:28:12.585128+02:00 h1690641 postfix/pipe[26443]: 84F012A00A55: to=<test(a)domain.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.07, delays=0.03/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown) My current situation: I'm using at the current server OpenLDAP, Postfix and Dovecot with the Postfix LDA. It works fine, but I want to use sieve. I've setup a second server. I'm using my current OpenLDAP directory. The configurations: /etc/dovecot.conf # 1.2.11: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-028stab064.7 i686 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) reiserfs login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%i/Maildir/ mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh namespace: type: private separator: / location: maildir:/home/vmail/%i/Maildir/ inbox: yes hidden: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)cocamsterdam.net sendmail_path: /usr/lib/sendmail auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: mail /etc/dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = host.server.com dn = cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com dnpass = blabla ldap_version = 3 base = dc=domain,dc=com user_attrs = homeDirectory=home,uidNumber=uid,gidNumber=gid user_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password,\ homeDirectory=userdb_home,uidNumber=userdb_uid,gidNumber=userdb_gid pass_filter = (&(objectClass=posixAccount)(uid=%u)) /etc/postfix/main.cf (Virtual settings) virtual_alias_domains = $virtual_alias_maps virtual_alias_expansion_limit = 1000 virtual_alias_maps = $virtual_maps virtual_alias_recursion_limit = 1000 virtual_destination_concurrency_limit = $default_destination_concurrency_limit virtual_destination_recipient_limit = $default_destination_recipient_limit virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail/ virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/domains.cf virtual_mailbox_limit = 51200000 virtual_mailbox_lock = fcntl virtual_mailbox_maps = ldap:/etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 100 virtual_transport = dovecot virtual_uid_maps = static:500 /etc/postfix/master.cf (Dovecot settings) dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${recipient} /etc/postfix/domains.cf domain.com /etc/postfix/ldap-users.cf server_host = host.domain.com search_base = dc=domain,dc=com version = 3 query_filter = (&(objectclass=person)(mail=%s)) result_attribute = uid result_format = %s/Maildir/ I've used http://www.linuxmail.info as an example. That works fine, but I want more.

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[Dovecot] Can't establish Dovecot authorization in Exim.
by 秋元亮二 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi, I have some problem in Dovecot authorization in Exim for outgoing SMTP. Version of Exim is 4.69 and the Exim was compiled with "AUTH_DOVECOT=yes" and "AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes". Version of Dovecot is 1.2.12. I use SSL for IMAP. Is Exim neccesary to use SSL(TLS) for authorization of outgoing SMTP? Configuration files is as follows; - Exim ---------------------------------------------------------- dovecot_login: driver = dovecot public_name = LOGIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth1 dovecot_plain: driver = dovecot public_name = PLAIN server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client server_set_id = $auth2 ---------------------------------------------------------- - Dovecot ---------------------------------------------------------- auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb pam { args = cache_key=%u dovecot } userdb passwd { } socket listen { #master { #} client { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode = 0666 } } } ---------------------------------------------------------- Do I have to set other than that, like TLS for Exim? Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmailがサクサク動く！フィッシング詐欺も怖くない http://o.jp.msn.com/ie8/

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[Dovecot] "forgot my password" feature
by Mustafa Cagatayli 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi, We have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot(v.1.1.11) combination which we have user data on MySQL through virtual users. We have configured the SquirrelMail interface so that users can now change their own passwords. Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password management" which would allow us to add the "I forgot my password. Lets reset it" feature which would do the authentication with the help of some random personal data or personal question/answer combination ? Regards. -- Mustafa Çağataylı BİM

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[Dovecot] Work with auth socket
by Неворотин Вадим 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Неворотин Вадим <nevorotin(a)gmail.com> Date: 2010/6/29 Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Work with auth socket To: Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> Hmm, I have some problems with realization of authentication throw dovecot socket. I've wrote such script: #!/usr/bin/perl $login = "test"; $passwd = "test"; #utf8::encode($login); # I don't know are we really need it #utf8::encode($passwd); my $service = "ejabberd"; my $timeout = 1; my $socket = '/var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client'; my $sock = new IO::Socket::UNIX(Type => SOCK_STREAM, Peer => $socket) or die "Can't open socket."; my $sel = new IO::Select($sock); while (1) { $sel->can_read($timeout) or last; defined recv($sock, my $buf, 256, 0) or warn 'Error while reading response'; print $buf; } send($sock,"VERSION\t1\t0\nCPID\t$$\n",0) or die "Can't write to $socket"; my $base64 = encode_base64("\0$login\0$passwd"); $sock->send("AUTH\t1\tPLAIN\tservice=$service\tsecured\tresp=$base64\n") or die "Can't write to $socket"; my $i = 10; while ($i--) { $sel->can_read($timeout) or last; # "Timed out while waiting for response"; defined recv($sock, my $buf, 256, 0) or warn 'Error while reading response'; print $buf; } And has such log: # ./test.pl MECH PLAIN plaintext MECH LOGIN plaintext VERSION 1 0 SPID 26023 CUID 1818 DONE So dovecot doesn't answer anything after AUTH command. May be http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication%20Protocol is not fully describe auth protocol? 2010/6/24 Неворотин Вадим <nevorotin(a)gmail.com> Thank you! > > > 2010/6/24 Steffen Kaiser <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010, Неворотин Вадим wrote: >> >> >> I need to use Dovecot auth socket from my perl script to validate user's >>> passwords (for jabber server). Is there any information about how to >>> communicate with dovecot auth socket? >>> >>> >> >> http://search.cpan.org/~sasha/Authen-SASL-Authd-0.04/lib/Authen/SASL/Authd.… >> >> "NAME >> >> Authen::SASL::Authd - Client authentication via Cyrus saslauthd or Dovecot >> authentication daemon." >> >> http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication+Protocol >> >> Regards, >> >> - -- Steffen Kaiser >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQEVAwUBTCNOy7+Vh58GPL/cAQJXEQf/SHlQTrUo/OiNFSLteEuF6kGGY/iYGYZ2 >> CUEKLJQtE92yyGJqt7CYun3Z64llrkzYUGoJDnyPtEFgP2a1uqaEUyusilobuYfB >> E/B7zdRbHOD2+4afdwHocGundcfWB2GxZi+j454rCDWt5haX+cSd5Be561WdpyE0 >> yUc3raXLRz6qeRC/A+vmpbA4sbmm+Fd1fCHtwcQhOVvk+X7fJRLb30HUq1wRjyMi >> LBTv5TxCib+O34MPYpA6xLyrNCkjwAuhdshiw6KihVBx29U9HcoNtUIjfSqL6/gG >> vhKt6RfgahpytJm97LuDwE7GNf6/3oDeHlTJfAS5EfYdSqcnxxyfLw== >> =1C+5 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> > >

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[Dovecot] Expunge email Plugin
by Alex Baule 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hello everyone..... I Need to know when a email is expunge, but i don't need change this action. I Need to call another action + the default action. There is a plugin to do this ?

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[Dovecot] Error that I don't understand
by Andre 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I’ve noticed lines like this in error log: IMAP(username(a)cubeholding.com): Error: read(mail, uid=58284) failed: Is a directory I’ve looked at sources and found this message in src/lib-storage/index/index-mail.c, function static int index_mail_stream_check_failure(struct index_mail *mail) but I don’t understand where it come from, I understand it is something about indexes, anyone can explain me more, please? Dovecot 1.2.12 TIA Andrea

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[Dovecot] Use both SQL and LDAP
by Shayne Jellesma 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hey guys, I am just wondering if it is possible to use both SQL and LDAP queries at the same time to get information. Example on why I want to do this: I work at a school where we have the need for 2 separate types of mailbox configuration (better wording is eluding me at the moment). Staff and Students currently share the same email server. I would like to be able to give staff a bigger inbox (eg: 500MB) than students (eg: 50MB). The way I am thinking, if this is even possible, to pull username and group membership from Active Directory. Check the groups against a SQL query to give the user the appropriate mailbox size. Also, having email is a privilege, not a right at my school so is it also possible to check if a user is part of a BannedEmailUsers or AllowedEmailUser group so I could quickly and effectively disable accounts as needed. I apologise if this is a little hard to follow. Writing what I want has never been a strongpoint for me J I also apologise if this has been asked, or information is available somewhere. I did search and didn't come up with much. Regards, Shayne Jellesma Network Administrator / ICT Support St Martins Lutheran College

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[Dovecot] system_groups_user=%u seem not to be considered by deliver
by Matthias Rieber 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi, while trying to deliver a mail I got the following error: Jun 20 21:57:09 shrike dovecot: lda(matthias): Error: user matthias: Initialization failed: Namespace 'shared.': stat(/home/sharedbox/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=1014(matthias) egid=1022(scheff32) missing +x perm: /home/sharedbox, euid is not dir owner) Jun 20 21:57:09 shrike dovecot: lda(matthias): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. The shared mailbox works without any problems when I access it with imap. Regards, Matthias

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[Dovecot] %d/%n doesn't work... why?
by William Ottley 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello all, I've been trying to setup my postfix and dovecot to AUTH with mysql, and I'm almost there! BUT, for some reason, dovecot won't create the folders in their proper location. For some reason, instead of going into /var/vmail/pplsnet.com/{username}location, where the postfix put all the emails, dovecot creates a whole new set of folders in /var/vmail/{username} I have attempted to force dovecot to put into a sub directly, without using the %d, but that doesn't work either: #mail_location = mbox:/var/vmail/%d/%n mail_location = mbox:/var/vmail/pplsnet.com/%n Where do I look to figure out why its not putting it into the %d/%n location? does it have to do with the fact that AUTH graps the username, and NOT the domain name? (via mysql)? I have included dovecot -n and postconf -n.. can anyone take a quick guess and figure out what I should be doing? thanks! *dovecot -n* # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 pop3s login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login first_valid_uid: 150 last_valid_uid: 150 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: mbox:/var/vmail/pplsnet.com/%n maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes mail_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: mail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: mail *postconf -n: *alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix debug_peer_level = 2 disable_vrfy_command = no html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail mailbox_size_limit = 500000 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/share/man message_size_limit = 10000 mydomain = rnd myhostname = mail.pplsnet.com mynetworks = 174.xx.xx.0/24 myorigin = $myhostname newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/README_FILES recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/samples sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes smtp_use_tls = yes smtpd_banner = $myhostname smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_local_domain = smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/gd_bundle.crt smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/pplsnet.com.crt smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/www.pplsnet.com.key smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1 smtpd_tls_received_header = no smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s smtpd_use_tls = yes tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 virtual_alias_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:12 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:$config_directory/ mysql_virtual_domains_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:$config_directory/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf virtual_minimum_uid = 150 virtual_uid_maps = static:150 * *

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[Dovecot] help with global ACL
by Piyush Joshi 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Dear All, I am willing to know can i restrict all my users to delete some general folders like Drafts, Sent, SPAM, Trash etc. I am using autocreate plugin to create these folders and using Maildir to store my mails. I also want that they can not unsubscribe the above mentioned folder as well. Dovecot version - 1.2.11 Please send me some link so that i can implement the same if possible. Thanks Piyush Joshi

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[Dovecot] Upgrade Too 1.2.11 Broke Everything
by Marcel Grandemange 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Good Day. I have had dovecot working successfully for years now, however after a system update , dovecot refused to start up complaing that im not using absolute paths. It took a bit of hacking to get it working again as can be seen by the sql query, however now imap doesn't work anymore because of that change. Im lost!! dovecot --version 1.2.11 dovecot -n # 1.2.11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE amd64 protocols: imap pop3 listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(pop3): *:110 ssl: no disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: thavinci Ready verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_privileged_group: postfix mail_location: mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf In regards to this file the following was changed to make it work... mail_location = mbox:~:INBOX=/var/mail/%u Used to be: mail_location = mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-mysql.conf driver = mysql default_pass_scheme = CRYPT connect = host=xx.xx.xx.xx dbname=nameofdb user=dbuser password=dbpassword password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' user_query = SELECT maildir, concat('/var/mail/',maildir) AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' This query used to be: user_query = SELECT maildir, maildir AS home, 125 AS uid, 125 AS gid FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1' A snapshot of the maillog during failure Jun 29 11:50:15 thavinci postfix/qmgr[1469]: BA3DD9B4C9: removed Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:50:49 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=53/372 Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<me(a)thavinci.za.net>, method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): stat(/var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.imap/INBOX) failed: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci last message repeated 2 times Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): open() failed with subscription file /var/mail/me(a)thavinci.za.net/.subscriptions: Not a directory Jun 29 11:52:05 thavinci dovecot: IMAP(me(a)thavinci.za.net): Connection closed bytes=306/4046 As can be seen somehow it's trying to write to the mbox file and I have no idea why! And this is the db structure! SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; -- ---------------------------- -- Table structure for `mailbox_copy` -- ---------------------------- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `mailbox_copy`; CREATE TABLE `mailbox_copy` ( `username` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `password` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `maildir` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `quota` int(10) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', `domain` varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '', `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `modified` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00', `active` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1', PRIMARY KEY (`username`), KEY `username` (`username`) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Postfix Admin - Virtual Mailboxes'; -- ---------------------------- -- Records of mailbox_copy -- ----------------------------

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[Dovecot] Compile error sieve plugin for dovecot2
by Christian Kivalo 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm trying to compile the sieve plugin for dovecot2 Dovecot2-beta6 is allready running and working. i did a hg clone http://hg.renamie-it.nl/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole and ran the autogen.sh script as mentioned in the INSTALL file configure options: /configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot/ --with-managesieve=no compiling gives an error after a while: /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\""/usr/lib/dovecot"\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c -o sieve-actions.lo sieve-actions.c libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I/usr/include/dovecot -DMODULEDIR=\"/usr/lib/dovecot\" -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -Wchar-subscripts -Wformat=2 -Wbad-function-cast -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -MT sieve-actions.lo -MD -MP -MF deps/sieve-actions.Tpo -c sieve-actions.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/sieve-actions.o sieve-actions.c: In function 'act_store_mailbox_open': sieve-actions.c:338: error: storage size of 'save_ctx' isn't known sieve-actions.c:355: warning: implicit declaration of function 'mail_deliver_save_open' sieve-actions.c:338: warning: unused variable 'save_ctx' make[4]: *** [sieve-actions.lo] Fehler 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src/lib-sieve' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole/src' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/dovecot/dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole' make: *** [all] Fehler 2 am i missing something? further information can be provided. dovecot2 was configured with prefix/sysconfdir/localstatedir as above it doesnt make any differences if i change --with-dovecot to the local sources directory thanks in advance Christian Kivalo

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[Dovecot] Dovecot-2.0 conf misc questions
by Thomas Hummel 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hello, I'm setting up a dovecot-2.0.beta6 install and I'm experiencing the following issues/questions : 1. Converting the config file # /usr/local/dovecot-2/bin/doveconf -n -c /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf : [...] doveconf: Fatal: Error in configuration file /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf line 176: Unknown setting: process_limit but # grep -i process_limit /usr/local/dovecot-1.2.12/etc/dovecot.conf # Well, it doesn't bother me much since I made the dovecot-2 conf from scratch anyway. 2. Changing the process limit In 10-master.conf, I changed 'service imap''s 'process_limit' from 1024 to 4096 which caused : Warning: service auth { client_limit=4096 } is lower than required under max. load (5320) Where does the 5320 come from ? 3. The = <file syntax Is there anything to know about this new syntax other than files are introduced by "<" ? 4. The "filter" hierarchy My understanding is that protocol, remote, local must be specified in the following order protocol name { remote <ip|name> { local <ip|name> { and that for a match in several blocks, the more specific wins. but it's not clear to me where they are valid and if we can negate (with a ! for instance) an argument. For instance, I want to implement the typical case of "let clients from the inside network perform a plain auth over a clear connection, require SSL before auth for the outside network clients". For that, I want to put remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } in 10-auth.conf and let the 'disable_plaintext_auth = yes' in dovecot.conf But : . why is this default not in 10-auth.conf file ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol imap { remote <internal network address> { disable_plaintext_auth = no } ? . would I have been allowed to do, for instance, in that file at the same line protocol ! imap ... or remote ! <some address> ? Besides, if I set ssl=required, do I still need disable_plaintext_auth = yes ? 4. auth unix listner Default is the unix socket 'auth-userdb'. Which processes communicate through this one ? Does that mean the the auth process is not the process which performs the actual passdb/userdb lookup ? In that case what is the 'userdb process' ? Same question : what is the auth-client socket used for ? Finally, would it make sense to declare other auth listeners than the two listed by default in the 10-master.conf file ? -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] pop passd for changing passwords in squirrelmail
by Rajesh M 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

hi when i migrated from courier to dovecot my password change plugin in squirrelmail stopped working since courierpassd was being used in poppassd is there a way to get this working ie some alternative solution i don't want to use qmailadmin thanks rajesh

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[Dovecot] Dovecot dies, maybe ntpdate related. I'm new to dovecot
by Xavi Montero 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi all, my first post. After years with an old server, a couple of months ago I've installed a new one. We use IMAP. After research, I chosed dovecot. It has been running for several weeks but from one week ago or so, it suddently dies about once per day. The only change done in the server one week ago has been to install ntpdate, running once per day in cron-daily. In the cron reports, ntpdate reports a time-jump of 9 seconds each night. We did this because "apparently" we did not a "soft time drift" installing the full ntp daemon, but I start thinking the time-jump crashes dovecot. QUESTIONS: - Might this time-jump cause dovecot to die? - I don't know wehere the dovecot logs are written to. Where do I start searching? Thanks to all! Xavi. -- Xavier Montero - 93 589 71 91 - 630 59 01 62 - xmontero(a)dsitelecom.com

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Re: [Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Am 28.06.2010 16:01, schrieb Matthias Rieber: > Hi, > > On 28.06.2010 14:36, Oliver Eales wrote: >> Hello, >> i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace >> in v2.0. >> The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver >> virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this >> is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i >> configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace >> itself is working.) > maybe you've to add the virtual plugin to protocol managesieve: > > protocol managesieve { > mail_plugins = <other plugins> virtual > } > Thanks, that was the problem! Now it is working. Quite logical when i think about it... :-) Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] managesieve und virtual plugin error v2.0
by Oliver Eales 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hello, i have a problem with the managesieve plugin and a virtual namespace in v2.0. The managesieve plugin complains about an unknown storage driver virtual when i try to log intot the managesieve. I don't know if this is quite a recent problem or if it exists for a while, as i configured the virtual namspace from scratch. (The virtual namespace itself is working.) Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve-login: Info: Login: user=<1000000000032>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=30947, secured Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve: Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=1073741824B Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Effective uid=20001, gid=20001, home=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032 Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace type=private: type=private, prefix=, sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=ye s, subscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: fs: root=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000032-dbox, index=/mail/001/32/00/00/1000000000 032-dbox/index, control=, inbox= Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=virtual., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, su bscriptions=yes Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: user 1000000000032: Initialization failed: Namespace 'virtual.': Unknown mail stora ge driver virtual Jun 28 13:55:54 managesieve(1000000000032): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information. I am using dovecot-2.0-pigeonhole 1301:1def8519d775 and dovecot-2.0 11638:5326d6b2f36e excerpt from confs: protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve mail_location = dbox:%h-dbox:INDEX=%h-dbox/index namespace type=private { separator = . prefix = inbox = yes } namespace { prefix = virtual. separator = . location = virtual:%h-dbox/virtual:INDEX=%h-dbox/index/virtual } service managesieve-login { inet_listener managesieve { } } Regards, Oliver Eales

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[Dovecot] "forgot my password" feature
by Mustafa Cagatayli 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi, We have a mail server with the postfix/Squirrelmail/Dovecot(v.1.1.11) combination which we have user data on MySQL as virtual users. We have configured the SquirrelMail interface so that users can now change their own passwords. Is there any opensource solution to provide "self service password management" which would allow us to add the "I forgot my password. Lets reset it" feature which would do the authentication with the help of some random personal data or personal question/answer combination ? Regards. -- Mustafa Çağataylı BİM

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[Dovecot] SASL EXTERNAL docs?
by Patrick Ben Koetter 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

The wiki says Dovecot supports SASL EXTERNAL as of version 1.2. I couldn't find any documentation telling me how I would configure SASL EXTERNAL. Is there any? p@rick -- state of mind Digitale Kommunikation http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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