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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.2.7 : configure: error: Can't build with LDAP support: libldap not found
by Santhosh A. J 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

hi i have downloaded the dovecot 1.2.7 source when i tried to compile with ldap support it gives the error "configure: error: Can't build with LDAP support: libldap not found". i am attaching the log file with this mail. i want to use it with latest apacheDS. Thanks in advance

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[Dovecot] deliver is ignoring mail_access_groups
by Peter 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Ubuntu 8.04LTS Dovecot 1.2.6 Postfix 2.5.1 I'm using dovecot imap/deliver in an environment where I don't want users with shell access to reach their mail folders (partly to do with IMAP ACLs requiring open group permissions and partly to do with not wanting users to mess their mail folders / sieve configs up). I specifically don't want to switch to a "single dovecot user" style installation. Current config: mail_location = maildir:/home/mail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_privileged_group = mail mail_access_groups = maildir drwxrws--- 3 nobody maildir 21 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail drwxrws--- 4 nobody adomain.com 30 2009-11-15 12:12 /home/mail/adomain.com/ drwxrws--- 3 auser adomain.com 20 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail/adomain.com/auser drwxrws--- 3 auser adomain.com 20 2009-11-15 10:52 /home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir And so on... As expected IMAP and Managesieve work perfectly, but deliver fails: Nov 15 12:48:26 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): sieve: stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/.dovecot.sieve) failed: Permission denied (using global script path in stead) Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir) failed: Permission denied Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): stat(/home/mail/adomain.com/auser/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=1002(auser) egid=1001(adomain.com) missing +x perm: /home/mail) Nov 15 12:28:06 s15364807 dovecot: deliver(auser(a)adomain.com): msgid=<20091115122806.79A0F80034F(a)servername.com>: save failed to INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-11-15 12:28:06] Opening the permissions on /home/mail (6771) allows deliver to succeed suggesting that mail_access_groups is being ignored by deliver. As a work-around I can set /home/mail to 6771 but this is not ideal as anyone somehow guessing the directory structure could access mail of another user in the same group regardless of IMAP acl settings. Yes, I can severely obfuscate it but it's not secure. I've spent about half a day trying to figure this out, I'm assuming at this point that either I'm missing something obvious or something else is wrong. Any ideas? Peter.

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[Dovecot] read() failed with subscription file
by david＠davidwbrown.name 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hello Dovecot folks, I have Dovecot running reasonably well against my Postfix SMPTd. All mail is stored in Maildir format only. In my Thunderbird client I can see the Inbox, Trash and Sent folders in the Thunderbird pane but no other directories. I have very many Maildir format directories under my Inbox directory but I cannot see them in the Thunderbird client. I have the Dovecot info and debug log runnning with the solitary error message being displayed in the log when ever I access the Thunderbird client folders pane as stated below. Particulars follow and please advise, David. OS: CentOS 5.2 Postfix: 2.3.3 Dovecot: 1.2 Dovecot log: dovecot: IMAP(user): read() failed with subscription file /home/user/Maildir/subscriptions: Is a directory

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[Dovecot] Replace message headers
by Matthias-Christian Ott 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi, I'm looking for a way to replace specific message headers of a mail via the mail storage API. Any suggestions? Regards, Matthias-Christian

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[Dovecot] fetch bodystructure filename problem rfc2231
by myleetlist＠gmx.de 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi, I have a problem with the filename of attachments in some clients. # dovecot 1.2.(5|7) * 3 FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE (("text" "plain" ("charset" "us-ascii") NIL NIL "7bit" 13 1 NIL NIL NIL NIL)("text" "plain" ("charset" "UTF-8" "name" "ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt") NIL NIL "8bit" 27 1 NIL ("attachment" ("filename" "ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt")) NIL NIL) "mixed" ("boundary" "=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu") NIL NIL NIL)) -> wrong filename in client: ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt # cyrus * 808 FETCH (BODYSTRUCTURE (("TEXT" "PLAIN" NIL NIL NIL "7BIT" 13 1 NIL NIL NIL)("TEXT" "PLAIN" ("NAME*" {28} ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt "CHARSET" "UTF-8") NIL NIL "8BIT" 27 1 NIL ("ATTACHMENT" ("FILENAME*" {28} ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt)) NIL) "MIXED" ("BOUNDARY" "=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu") NIL NIL)) -> correct filename in client: testanhäng.txt I think "name" should be "name*" (rfc 2231?) What can I do? Test mail: --> Subject: test From: ... To: ... Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu" Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:48:26 +0000 Message-Id: <1257500906.7739.0.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 X-CheckCompat: OK --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit inhalt mail --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu Content-Disposition: attachment; filename*=ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt Content-Type: text/plain; name*=ISO-8859-1''testanh%E4ng.txt; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit inhalt.. auch mit umlaüt --=-+zw7hjwJmiqfzphlbHnu-- <-- -- DSL-Preisknaller: DSL Komplettpakete von GMX schon für 16,99 Euro mtl.!* Hier klicken: http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl02

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[Dovecot] Dovecot+Sieve Please Help!...
by Andrey Garkin 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Dovecot Sieve Plugin... 1. ./configure --with-dovecot=/usr/lib/dovecot make make install protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster(a)kipalex.ru mail_plugins = sieve } plugin { sieve = /home/vmail/kipalex.ru/andrey(a)kipalex.ru/dovecot.sieve } 2. dovecot.sieve file in /home/vmail/kipalex.ru/andrey(a)kipalex.ru require "fileinto"; if header :contains "Subject" "***SPAM***" { fileinto "/home/vmail/kipalex.ru/andrey(a)kipalex.ru/.Spam/new"; } And in the dovecot.log I see: 2009-11-16 13:45:55 deliver(andrey(a)kipalex.ru): Error: sieve: msgid=<351009bd0911160227r6ef9f39fja32c2893cb7fc54e(a)mail.gmail.com>: failed to store into mailbox '/home/vmail/kipalex.ru/andrey(a)kipalex.ru/.Spam/new': Invalid mailbox name 2009-11-16 13:45:55 deliver(andrey(a)kipalex.ru): Error: sieve: execution of script /home/vmail/kipalex.ru/andrey(a)kipalex.ru/dovecot.sieve failed, but implicit keep was successful Mail system is already up and working... Please Help... Why Dovecot plugin is not working???

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[Dovecot] More dovecot-2.0.alpha2 problems
by Mike Abbott 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

1. My earlier patch to fix a typo in array.h was not good enough. Here's one that not only compiles, but also doesn't crash: --- dovecot-2.0.alpha2/src/lib/array.h 2009-10-08 10:04:35.000000000 -0500 +++ dovecot/src/lib/array.h 2009-10-29 20:47:47.000000000 -0500 @@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ (elem)++) # define array_foreach_modifiable(array, elem) \ for (elem = ARRAY_TYPE_CAST_MODIFIABLE(array) \ - buffer_get_modifiable_data((array)->arr.buffer, NULL)) + \ - (array)->arr.buffer->used; \ + buffer_get_modifiable_data((array)->arr.buffer, NULL); \ elem != CONST_PTR_OFFSET(*(array)->v, (array)->arr.buffer- >used); \ (elem)++) #endif 2. Sometimes I see a flood of these errors in the log: [...] Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap: service(imap): dup2s failed Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap-login: Login: user=<userX>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.8, lip=192.168.1.7, pid=11362 Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap(pid 11362 user userX): Connection closed bytes=118/934 Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap: dup2(-1, 5) failed: Bad file descriptor Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap: service(imap): dup2s failed Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap-login: Login: user=<userY>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.8, lip=192.168.1.7, pid=11363 Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap(pid 11363 user userY): Connection closed bytes=118/972 Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap: dup2(-1, 5) failed: Bad file descriptor Fri Oct 30 14:45:23 server dovecot[9585]: imap: service(imap): dup2s failed [...] 3. imap crashed when using mdbox: Fri Oct 30 14:54:49 server dovecot[11491]: imap(pid 11938 user userZ): dbox /Volumes/Mail/userZ/mailboxes/INBOX/Sent/dbox-Mails: map uidvalidity mismatch (1256918863 vs 1256919073) Fri Oct 30 14:54:49 server dovecot[11491]: imap(pid 11938 user userZ): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-10-30 14:54:49] bytes=553447/2146313 Fri Oct 30 14:54:49 server dovecot[11491]: imap(pid 11938 user userZ): dbox /Volumes/Mail/userZ/storage: rebuilding indexes Fri Oct 30 14:54:49 server dovecot[11491]: imap(pid 11938 user user): Panic: file dbox-file.c: line 308 (dbox_file_get_mail_stream): assertion failed: (file->input != NULL) 0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff875f4eba __kill + 10 1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff875f4eac kill + 14 2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff87683519 raise + 25 3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x00007fff876a4e12 abort + 90 4 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000e8027 i_set_failure_file + 275 5 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000e6eef i_set_failure_internal + 103 6 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000e76d2 i_debug + 0 7 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x000000010005768a dbox_file_seek_next + 0 8 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x000000010005772a dbox_file_seek_next + 160 9 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x0000000100084266 mdbox_storage_rebuild + 1406 10 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x0000000100085617 mdbox_mailbox_alloc + 1271 11 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x00000001000271e1 mail_storage_unref + 93 12 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x0000000100023386 mail_namespace_get_storage_name + 162 13 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x0000000100023429 mail_namespaces_deinit + 35 14 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x0000000100028c39 mail_user_alloc + 311 15 libdovecot-storage.0.dylib 0x000000010002889a mail_user_unref + 40 16 imap 0x0000000100007fa4 client_destroy + 404 17 imap 0x0000000100006eb3 client_input + 87 18 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000eca50 io_loop_handler_run + 224 19 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000ed55a io_loop_run + 56 20 libdovecot.0.dylib 0x00000001000e393d master_service_run + 27 21 imap 0x000000010000fb45 main + 557 22 imap 0x0000000100000dd0 start + 52 Hope this helps.

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[Dovecot] file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory
by Rene Bakkum 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Hi, I am having some problems with my vacation messages using dovecot. The mail is send without problems, and the auto-respond is working as well. But its always auto-responding, because the lda-dupes file can't be created. See mail log below: Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/smtpd[6501]: connect from mail-bw0-f211.google.com[209.85.218.211] Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/smtpd[6501]: D6FE6F64F: client=mail-bw0-f211.google.com[209.85.218.211] Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/cleanup[6505]: D6FE6F64F: message-id=<4B014929.1000008(a)gmail.com> Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: D6FE6F64F: from=<[my.gmail.account]>, size=1946, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/pickup[5934]: F202DF690: uid=5000 from=<> Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): msgid=<4B014929.1000008(a)gmail.com>: sent vacation response to <[my.gmail.account]> Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 postfix/cleanup[6505]: F202DF690: message-id=<dovecot-1258375383-947629-0@mail003> Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: F202DF690: from=<>, size=570, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): msgid=<4B014929.1000008(a)gmail.com>: saved mail to INBOX Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/pipe[6506]: D6FE6F64F: to=<[my.test.account]>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.21, delays=0.08/0.01/0/0.12, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) Nov 16 13:43:04 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: D6FE6F64F: removed Nov 16 13:43:05 mail003 postfix/smtp[6510]: F202DF690: to=<[my.gmail.account]>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[74.125.93.114]:25, delay=1.6, delays=0.07/0.01/0.32/1.2, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1258375453 7si18156568qwb.35) Nov 16 13:43:05 mail003 postfix/qmgr[27330]: F202DF690: removed I manually created the file, but its keeping getting the message: root@mail003:/home/vmail/mydomain.com/info/.Maildir# ls -la drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-16 14:04 . drwx------ 3 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-16 12:37 .. drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-16 14:04 cur -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 340 2009-11-16 13:49 dovecot.index -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 22528 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 7000 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.log -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 0 2009-11-16 14:03 .dovecot.lda-dupes -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail 485 2009-11-16 12:33 .dovecot.sieve -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 208 2009-11-16 12:56 .dovecot.sievec -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 522 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 8 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 0 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.4afabcaa drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-16 14:04 new -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 6 2009-11-11 14:45 subscriptions drwx------ 2 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-16 14:04 tmp drwx------ 5 vmail vmail 4096 2009-11-11 14:45 .Trash Is the ~/.dovecot.lda-dupes linking to another path, and how can I adjust this so it searches for /home/vmail/%d/%n/.Maildir/ ? Thanks, - Rene

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[Dovecot] Panic: Message unexpectedly expunged from index
by Cliff Hayes 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hello, I just installed Fedora 11 with Dovecot 1.2.6 and am now seeing a steady stream of these in maillog: Nov 15 15:52:03 sendmail dovecot: POP3(<username>): Panic: Message unexpectedly expunged from index Nov 15 15:52:03 sendmail dovecot: POP3(<username>): Raw backtrace: pop3 [0x4930ab] -> pop3 [0x493123] -> pop3 [0x4927b6] -> pop3 [0x43ddd4] -> pop3 [0x43de84] -> pop3(index_mail_set_seq+0x146) [0x449c16] -> pop3 [0x43e129] -> pop3(index_storage_search_next_nonblock+0x141) [0x44d5c1] -> pop3(mailbox_search_next_nonblock+0x20) [0x45b580] -> pop3(mailbox_search_next+0x26) [0x45b5d6] -> pop3 [0x419ef9] -> pop3(client_command_execute+0x666) [0x41abd6] -> pop3(client_handle_input+0x80) [0x418f80] -> pop3(io_loop_handler_run+0xbd) [0x49b02d] -> pop3(io_loop_run+0x18) [0x49a498] -> pop3(main+0x526) [0x41b286] -> /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x3a9b61ea2d] -> pop3 [0x418809] Nov 15 15:52:03 sendmail dovecot: dovecot: child 26792 (pop3) killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) I see nothing about this in the mail archives or on the internet! What could be happening and how do I fix? I'm also seeing lots of these: Nov 15 11:26:24 sendmail dovecot: POP3(<username>): Log synchronization error at seq=12646,offset=172 for /var/spool/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index: Extension introduction for unknown id 1 Nov 15 11:26:24 sendmail dovecot: POP3(<username>): fscking index file /var/spool/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index Here are the only things I messed with in dovecot.conf: protocols = pop3 mail_location = mbox:/var/spool/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mbox_very_dirty_syncs = yes Thanks in advance, Cliff

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[Dovecot] IMAP folders' codepages problem ?
by michael＠euroinfissi.eu 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi! I probably have a problem with the imap folders codepages. I use polish email clients such as MS Outlook and Windows Mail. The clients try to create folders like Wiadomości-Śmieci but Dovecot creates Wiadomo&AVs-ci-&AVs-mieci This happens on two different dovecot installations 1: Installation A # 1.2.6: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 11 (Leonidas) info_log_path: /var/log/maillog protocols: imaps ssl_listen: * ssl: required ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/certs/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/certs/dovecot/dovecot_key.pem ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!ADH!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:+HIGH:+MEDIUM disable_plaintext_auth: yes verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_privileged_group: dovecot_mail mail_debug: yes mail_plugins: autocreate quota imap_quota expire lda: postmaster_address: root@localhost auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf plugin: autocreate: Trash autosubscribe: Trash quota: dict:user::proxy::quota quota_rule: *:storage=1048576 quota_warning: storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 quota_warning2: storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 expire: Trash 7 INBOX 365 expire_dict: proxy::expire dict: quota: mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot-dict-expire.conf 2: Installation B # 1.1.19: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 x86_64 Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) base_dir: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /usr/local/dovecot/var/log/dovecot_log info_log_path: /usr/local/dovecot/var/log/dovecot_log protocols: imaps ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/ssl/certs/dovecot/certificate_04102009.crt ssl_key_file: /usr/local/ssl/certs/dovecot/privateKey_04102009.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!ADH!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:+HIGH:+MEDIUM verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: dovecot_login mail_privileged_group: dovecot_mail mail_plugins: expire quota imap_quota trash lda: postmaster_address: root@localhost hostname: filemon mail_plugins: expire quota mail_plugin_dir: /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/lda sendmail_path: /usr/sbin/sendmail auth_socket_path: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master auth default: mechanisms: plain login debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/passwd.dovecot userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/passwd.dovecot socket: type: listen master: path: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: mail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule: *:storage=5G:messages=2000 quota_rule2: Trash:storage=1G:messages=1000 quota_warning: storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 95 quota_warning2: storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh 80 trash: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-trash.conf expire: Trash 7 Spam 7 INBOX 180 Sent 180 auth_socket_path: /usr/local/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master expire_dict: proxy::expire dict: quotadict: mysql:/usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf expire: mysql:/usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-dict-expire.conf Please help :-) What should I do to have the right codes for the folder names? Best regards Michael Lattari

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[Dovecot] v1.2.7 released
by Timo Sirainen 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-1.2.7.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/dovecot-1.2.7.tar.gz.sig * IMAP: IDLE now sends "Still here" notifications to same user's connections at the same time. This hopefully reduces power usage of some mobile clients that use multiple IDLEing connections. * IMAP: If imap_capability is set, show it in the login banner. + IMAP: Implemented SORT=DISPLAY extension. - Login process creation could have sometimes failed with epoll_ctl() errors or without epoll probably some other strange things could have happened. - Maildir: Fixed some performance issues - Maildir: Fixed crash when using a lot of keywords. - Several fixes to QRESYNC extension and modseq handling - mbox: Make sure failed saves get rolled back with NFS. - dbox: Several fixes.

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[Dovecot] v1.1.20 released
by Timo Sirainen 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.20.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.20.tar.gz.sig Hopefully one of the last v1.1 releases. * Upgraded to Unicode 5.2.0 - Maildir: Fixed crash when using a lot of keywords. - file_set_size() was broken with OSes that didn't support posix_fallocate() (almost everyone except Linux), causing all kinds of index file errors.

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[Dovecot] Ownership and permissions for the index directory/filesystem
by Stewart Dean 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

I recently upgraded from DC 1.1.15 to 1.2.6. The /var/dcindx index root directory is: drwxrwsrwt 3962 root sys 192512 Nov 13 11:56 ./ thus 3777. It appears that the user index directories created under DC1.1 look like this (here for /var/dcindx/cep): drwx--S--- 5 cep sys 256 Nov 13 14:26 cep/ while those created under V1.2 look like: drwx------ 3 lrenart sys 256 Nov 12 14:59 lrenart/ It seems that the first time that DC goes to do indexing, I now see this error msg: Nov 12 11:45:15 mercury mail:err|error dovecot: IMAP(bpyi): open(/var/spool/mail/bpyi) failed: Permission denied (euid=2586(bpyi) egid=2000(bard2) missing +w perm: /var/spool/mail) ...but never again... Questions: 1) Are the ownership and permissions on the /var/dcindx index root directory ideal or should they be something else? 2) Ideally what should the ownership and permissions be for individual user subdirs? I create the user mail directories when creating a new account, so it would be little extra trouble to create and set the ownership and permissions. I am currently using mbox mailbox format but will be migrating to maildir over the next some months. Dovecot -n > # 1.2.6: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf > # OS: AIX 3 0001378F4C00 > listen: *:143 > ssl_listen: *:993 > disable_plaintext_auth: no > verbose_ssl: yes > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login > login_processes_count: 12 > login_max_processes_count: 774 > max_mail_processes: 1280 > mail_max_userip_connections: 12 > verbose_proctitle: yes > first_valid_uid: 200 > mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=/var/dcindx/%u > mbox_write_locks: fcntl > mbox_dirty_syncs: no > lda: > postmaster_address: postmaster(a)example.com > auth default: > passdb: > driver: pam > userdb: > driver: passwd -- ==== Once upon a time, the Internet was a friendly, neighbors-helping-neighbors small town, and no one locked their doors. Now it's like an apartment in Bed-Stuy: you need three heavy duty pick-proof locks, one of those braces that goes from the lock to the floor, and bars on the windows.... ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Bard College, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] Index file (date timestamp) issue on OS X 10.6.2 Server
by Darren Latter 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi, I've run into a bit of a problem and exhausted my knowledge and research. I'm hoping that I've overlooked something very obvious! I moved from a single Apple OS X 10.6.2 server Dovecot environment to a NFS clustered environment, currently with two servers. Both servers are identical hardware, software. Currently both the Dovecot index and data files are on the NFS RAID array. Both servers are configured to work with NFS per the Dovecot guides. The index and data files are accessed via a target link to the NFS mount via /var/spool/imap/dovecot. Email can be sent and received via either server and there are no errors being reported (both platforms are in debug mode). In essence everything appears to be working fine. The issue is that after the index is initially built (all email timestamps are correct) however any new incoming email is timestamped: 8 July 2037 23:53 I checked the index files: drwx------ 5 XXXX mail 4096 Nov 12 20:41 .UND -rw------- 1 XXXX staff 1472 Nov 13 12:30 .nfs.2005105c.0583 -rw------- 2 XXXX mail 56668 Nov 13 15:44 .nfs.200514ff.0583 -rw------- 2 XXXX mail 1364 Nov 13 15:44 .nfs.20051500.0583 drwx------ 2 XXXX mail 12288 Nov 13 15:44 cur -rw------- 1 XXXX mail 118 Nov 13 10:04 dovecot-keywords -rw------- 1 XXXX staff 5359 Nov 13 15:44 dovecot-uidlist -rw------- 1 XXXX staff 8 Nov 12 21:12 dovecot-uidvalidity -rw------- 1 XXXX mail 0 Jul 8 2037 dovecot-uidvalidity.4afc7a3a -rw------- 1 XXXX staff 1472 Nov 13 15:44 dovecot.index -rw------- 2 XXXX mail 56668 Nov 13 15:44 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 2 XXXX mail 1364 Nov 13 15:44 dovecot.index.log -rw------- 1 XXXX mail 3859 Nov 13 15:47 maildirsize drwx------ 2 XXXX mail 4096 Nov 13 15:44 new -rw------- 1 XXXX mail 902 Nov 1 14:07 subscriptions drwx------ 2 XXXX mail 4096 Nov 13 15:44 tmp When checking the "stand alone" old data - the files are all correctly dated. This issue is the same for all users. Any ideas? Many thanks, Darren sh-3.2# /usr/sbin/dovecotd -n # 1.1.17apple0.5: /private/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Warning: fd limit 256 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full load (more than 456). Either grow the limit or change login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings # OS: Darwin 10.0.0 i386 nfs base_dir: /var/run/dovecot syslog_facility: local6 protocols: managesieve imaps listen(default): * listen(imap): * listen(managesieve): *:2000 ssl_cert_file: /etc/certificates/X.X.org.X.cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/certificates/X.X.org.X.key.pem ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login login_user: _dovecot login_process_per_connection: no max_mail_processes: 200 mail_max_userip_connections(default): 20 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 20 mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 6 first_valid_gid: 6 mail_access_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/imap/dovecot/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mmap_disable: yes dotlock_use_excl: no mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock mbox_read_locks: fcntl dotlock mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_process_sharing(default): full mail_process_sharing(imap): full mail_process_sharing(managesieve): none mail_max_connections(default): 5 mail_max_connections(imap): 5 mail_max_connections(managesieve): 20 mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(managesieve): /var/spool/imap/dovecot/sieve-scripts/%u sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(managesieve): /var/spool/imap/dovecot/sieve-scripts/%u/dovecot.sieve auth default: mechanisms: gssapi cram-md5 verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: od userdb: driver: od args: partition=/etc/dovecot/partition_map.conf enforce_quotas=no socket: type: listen master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: _dovecot group: mail plugin: quota_warning: storage=100%% /usr/libexec/dovecot/quota-exceeded.sh quota: maildir:User quota sieve: /var/spool/imap/dovecot/sieve-scripts/%u/dovecot.sieve

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Re: [Dovecot] Index file (date timestamp) issue on OS X 10.6.2 Server
by Darren Latter 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Squirrelmail operates fine no date/time issues - it's the only bit that works without a problem :) On 13 Nov 2009, at 21:00, Bruce Bodger wrote: > Right... I wasn't thinking of either Postfix or Dovecot, I was thinking that the program that was used to create the actual message may be squirrelmail or some other phpmailer-like affair. > > Good luck, > Bruce > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Darren Latter wrote: > >> Hi Bruce, >> >> OS X 10.6 Server uses Postfix and Dovecot so no PHP that I'm aware of - but thanks for the thought! >> I'm wondering if Apple have "enhanced" Dovecot for XSAN clustering/integration? I know that there are several parameters in the dovecot.conf file (mail file locations, index status) that are overridden by other Apple files. >> >> >> >> On 13 Nov 2009, at 20:23, Bruce Bodger wrote: >> >>> >>> On Nov 13, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Darren Latter wrote: >>> >>>> Volumes of emails arriving - hits either server, some will be correctly received with date/time, others time stamped with 8 July 2037, 23:53 >>>> Same server could give either the correct or the 2037 timestamp. >>> >>> It's a long shot, but are the emails that contain the errant date/time stamp being created by any php mail routine? We ask because we've seen similar issues with dates from a PEAR/Date library that's not php v5.3 compliant. >>> >>> B. Bodger >>> >> >> >

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[Dovecot] vacation
by selaci selaci 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

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[Dovecot] read/connect anvil-auth-penalty failed: EOF/Connection refused
by Pascal Volk 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Since the changesets: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/9bec70f26637 http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.0/rev/75b48fa3aec4 there is another problem. A `dovecot stop`, while auth and auth -w are still running, logs: Nov 12 03:17:00 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=31656 uid=0 code=kill) Nov 12 03:17:00 auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: EOF Nov 12 03:17:00 auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection refused Nov 12 03:17:00 auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: EOF Nov 12 03:17:00 auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection refused This problem doesn't occur with changeset 49d92c3fa17a. Regards, Pascal -- The trapper recommends today: face1e55.0931603(a)localdomain.org

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[Dovecot] Rewriting username at login
by Gerry Demaret 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

I am trying to make a switch from Cyrus to Dovecot which has some "historical accidents" to it that I have to deal with and ideally would like to get rid of. One of them is that about half of the existing accounts have a different format for their login. All the newer accounts have their email address as login, the old ones use a dot instead of an at: - new: user1(a)domain.tld - old: user2.domain.tld I would like to migrate away from the all-dots notation since it leads to a lot of support questions, and for that I'd like to run in a compatibility-mode for a few months. Effectively, I want to get rid of all the old users and convert them all to the new scheme, and have the username rewritten at login, so every second to last dot gets rewritten to an at. This would ensure that we have no complaints and allow our users to migrate slowly. All users are currently stored in a MySQL database for Cyrus, but this will be changed to a Dovecot-LDAP combination. Is this possible? How could I achieve this? Kind regards, Gerry.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot setuid, setgid, permission denied Problem!
by "Яцко Эллад Геннадьевич (ngs)" 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello! Please, help! I have trouble with Dovecot's Deliver utility. I don't know how to avoid errors. Let me know what additional related information do you need? 1) Its call in Exim's configure: ========================================== local_delivery_spam_transport: driver = pipe command = /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -c /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -d $local_part@$domain -m Junk message_prefix = message_suffix = log_output = true delivery_date_add envelope_to_add return_path_add user = mailnull group = mail ========================================== 2) maillog output: ========================================== Nov 13 11:16:50 srvgate-msk exim[47586]: 1N8rKs-000CNW-Qu <= eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru H=main.domain.runoguy.ru [172.16.77.11] P=esmtpa A=auth_plain:eyatsko@runoguy.ru S=42548 from <eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru> for eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk exim[47593]: 1N8rKt-000CNd-D2 <= eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru U=mailnull P=spam-scanned S=43507 id=E1N8rKs-000CNW-Qu(a)srvgate-msk.runoguy.ru from <mailnull(a)runoguy.ru> for eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk exim[47587]: 1N8rKs-000CNW-Qu => eyatsko <eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru> R=dspam_spamscan_router T=dspam_spamscan_transport Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk exim[47587]: 1N8rKs-000CNW-Qu Completed Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk deliver(eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru): auth input: home=/var/mail/exim Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk deliver(eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru): auth input: uid=26 Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk deliver(eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru): auth input: gid=26 Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk deliver(eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru): Fatal: setgid(26(mailnull)) failed with euid=26(mailnull), gid=6(mail), egid=6(mail): Operation not permitted Nov 13 11:16:51 srvgate-msk exim[47594]: 1N8rKt-000CNd-D2 == eyatsko(a)runoguy.ru R=local_delivery_spam_router T=local_delivery_spam_transport defer (0): Child process of local_delivery_spam_transport transport returned 75 (could mean temporary error) from command: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver ========================================== 3) dovecot-mysql.conf ========================================== driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=exim user=exim password=***** default_pass_scheme = PLAIN password_query = SELECT `username` as `user`, `password` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '%n@%d' AND `active`='Y' user_query = SELECT `home`, 26 AS `uid`, 26 AS `gid` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '%n@%d' AND `active`='Y' ========================================== 4) Owner and permissions on mailbox-directory: ========================================== /usr/local/etc/exim> ll /var/mail/exim/runoguy.ru/ total 6 drwxrwx--- 10 mailnull mail 512 Nov 13 10:40 eyatsko drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 12 22:17 nkolobovnikova drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 12 22:30 oyatsko /usr/local/etc/exim> ========================================== 5) Junk folder: ========================================== /usr/local/etc/exim> ll /var/mail/exim/runoguy.ru/eyatsko/ total 46 drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 10 21:29 .Drafts drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 10 21:34 .Junk drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 12 17:24 .Outgoing drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 12 14:01 .Sent drwxrwx--- 5 mailnull mail 512 Nov 12 17:24 .Trash drwxrwx--- 2 mailnull mail 1024 Nov 13 10:40 cur -rwxrwx--- 1 mailnull mail 17 Nov 10 18:47 dovecot-keywords -rw------- 1 mailnull mail 19 Nov 13 10:40 dovecot-uidlist -rwxrwx--- 1 mailnull mail 8 Nov 10 21:24 dovecot-uidvalidity -rwxrwx--- 1 mailnull mail 0 Nov 10 17:17 dovecot-uidvalidity.4af975ff -rw------- 1 mailnull mail 384 Nov 13 10:40 dovecot.index -rwxrwx--- 1 mailnull mail 16916 Nov 13 10:40 dovecot.index.cache -rw------- 1 mailnull mail 116 Nov 13 10:40 dovecot.index.log drwxrwx--- 2 mailnull mail 512 Nov 13 10:33 new -rwxrwx--- 1 mailnull mail 38 Nov 10 21:28 subscriptions drwxrwx--- 2 mailnull mail 512 Nov 13 10:33 tmp /usr/local/etc/exim> ========================================== mailnull has system uid=26, mail has system gid=26. Kind regards. Ellad G. Yatsko.

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[Dovecot] Turning off "Fixed Duplicates" feature
by Jordan Tardif 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Is there a way to disable this feature? Seems to be causing more harm then good right now. Without getting into too much details it is fixing the duplcates but it does not remove the old file, and the new file it creates is not marked as read like the old one was. I understand that this problem can be created by multiple rsyncs and files changing in between, but is there any way that I can just turn this feature off all together? I do not see anything in the wiki regrading settings to disable. -- Jordan Tardif DreamHost

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[Dovecot] Sieve and ACL problem
by Gregory Finch 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I've come across a problem that I can't figure out. I'm using Dovecot 1.2.6 and Sieve 0.1.13. I'm using the following sieve script to sort my incoming mail. require ["fileinto", "envelope"]; if envelope :all :is "from" "sopprde(a)newport.th.gov.bc.ca" { fileinto "Public/Weather"; } elsif envelope :all :is "from" "apache(a)ldmltd.ca" { fileinto "hwcr"; } elsif envelope :all :is "from" "weatherdirect(a)pelmorex.ca" { fileinto "Public/Weather"; } elsif envelope :all :is "from" "Drive.BC(a)gems2.gov.bc.ca" { fileinto "Public/Weather"; } elsif header :contains "List-Id" "Dovecot Mailing List" { fileinto "Dovecot"; } else { keep; } It works for saving to my private email folders, but I get a permission denied error when trying to save to a public folder. maillog - showing error Nov 12 12:26:57 app postfix/qmgr[19314]: B36E77800088: from=<weatherdirect(a)pelmorex.ca>, size=35572, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 12 12:26:57 app dovecot: deliver(gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca): sieve: msgid=<3708845-2200911412202651769(a)pelmorex.ca>: failed to store into mailbox 'Public/Weather': Permission denied Nov 12 12:26:57 app dovecot: deliver(gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca): sieve: msgid=<3708845-2200911412202651769(a)pelmorex.ca>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' Nov 12 12:26:57 app dovecot: deliver(gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca): sieve: execution of script /srv/dovecot/gfinch/.dovecot.sieve failed, but implicit keep was successful Nov 12 12:26:57 app postfix/pipe[15363]: B36E77800088: to=<gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.66, delays=0.62/0/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) Nov 12 12:26:57 app postfix/qmgr[19314]: B36E77800088: removed Nov 12 12:26:57 app postfix/smtpd[15365]: disconnect from mail127c0.megamailservers.com[69.49.121.237] maillog - showing working Nov 12 09:44:42 app postfix/smtpd[13094]: connect from dovecot.org[82.118.211.50] Nov 12 09:44:42 app postfix/smtpd[13094]: E08BC7800085: client=dovecot.org[82.118.211.50] Nov 12 09:44:43 app postfix/cleanup[13097]: E08BC7800085: message-id=<1258047854.3022.401.camel@timo-desktop> Nov 12 09:44:43 app postfix/qmgr[19314]: E08BC7800085: from=<dovecot-bounces+gfinch=app.ldmltd.ca(a)dovecot.org>, size=2518, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 12 09:44:43 app postfix/smtpd[13094]: disconnect from dovecot.org[82.118.211.50] Nov 12 09:44:43 app dovecot: deliver(gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca): sieve: msgid=<1258047854.3022.401.camel@timo-desktop>: stored mail into mailbox 'Dovecot' Nov 12 09:44:43 app postfix/pipe[13099]: E08BC7800085: to=<gfinch(a)app.ldmltd.ca>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.32, delays=0.27/0.01/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) Nov 12 09:44:43 app postfix/qmgr[19314]: E08BC7800085: removed As for the permissions, I can save messages to the public folder with no problems from my email client over IMAP, so I'm assuming the acl file is correct. dovecot-acl for Public/Weather authenticated lrs user=gfinch lrwstipekxa # 1.2.6: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.23.1-smp-LDM i686 Slackware 12.0.0 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps managesieve ssl_ca_file: /etc/dovecot/ca.pem ssl_cert_file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot1.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/dovecot/dovecot1.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve-login verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_gid: 500 mail_uid: 500 mail_gid: 500 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs fsync_disable: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(imap): acl imap_acl mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/local/lib/dovecot/managesieve imap_idle_notify_interval(default): 1200 imap_idle_notify_interval(imap): 1200 imap_idle_notify_interval(managesieve): 120 namespace: type: private inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: shared separator: / prefix: Shared/%%u/ location: maildir:%%h/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=~/shared/%%u list: children namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/srv/dovecot/public:LAYOUT=fs:INDEX=~/public list: children lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)ldmltd.ca mail_plugins: acl sieve fsync_disable: no auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb: driver: passwd-file args: username_format=%Ln /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=500 gid=500 home=/srv/dovecot/%Ln socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls:cache_secs=300 acl_shared_dict: file:/etc/dovecot/shared/mailboxes sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve I don't know what I missed in the config, as everything else works perfectly. Thank you, - -Greg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr8jEwACgkQeflWWP27iA+UQgCgni3jztUw6PRCH9Z1tljVbv09 dQ8AnjBx+cYEmSfiZzTItbR/ZsmGcQQi =WzVp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[Dovecot] Deliver and file system quota
by Rainer Frey 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi, what is the quota plugin for deliver supposed to do when using fs quota? With IMAP, and not using noenforcing, a user that is over Soft limit can't copy mails. With deliver, the mail is delivered normally. When hard limit is exceeded, there is an error "rejected: Not enough disk space", just like when I don't use the plugin in lda. Even the lda setting "quota_full_tempfail = yes" works without the plugin configured in lda section. So is there any effect of the quota plugin in lda with file system quota? Thanks Rainer

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[Dovecot] sieve files wont get parsed/compiled using cmusieve
by Moritz Krinke 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hello, im trying to get sieve up and running, but apparently my sieve rules file doesnt get parsed / compiled and i cant see any errors in my logfile which would point me to the problem. im using ubuntu 9.10 (and the dovecot packages from it), dovecot version is 1.1.11. in the protocol lda section of the config file i have added: mail_plugins = cmusieve mail_plugin_dir = /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda and in the plugins section: sieve = /var/vmail/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = /var/vmail/%d/%n/sieve root@mail:/# l /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib90_cmusieve_plugin.* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 247470 2009-10-15 06:38 /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib90_cmusieve_plugin.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1038 2009-10-15 06:37 /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib90_cmusieve_plugin.la -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 141384 2009-10-15 06:38 /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/lib90_cmusieve_plugin.so in /var/vmail/%d/%n/ i have a dir "sieve", containing a sieve rule file and a symlink to it: ls -la .dovecot.sieve lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-11-07 17:14 .dovecot.sieve -> sieve/roundcube.sieve ls -la sieve/ total 16 drwxrw-rw- 3 vmail mail 4096 2009-11-07 17:02 . drwxrw---- 20 vmail mail 4096 2009-11-07 17:20 .. -rwxrw-rw- 1 vmail mail 359 2009-11-07 17:02 roundcube.sieve as i understand the documentation there should be a ".dovecot.sievec" file after the first mail arrived. But there isnt. There also is nor err file . Since the dovecot user is in the group "mail", deliver should have rw-access to the sieve file/directory. The Upload of the sieve rule via dovecots managesieve did work as expected. Would be great if anyone had an idea what/where to check next...? ;-) Thanks, Moritz

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[Dovecot] UTF-8 mailbox names in filesystem
by Timo Sirainen 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Currently mailbox names are stored in IMAP's modified-UTF-7 format in filesystem. I was wondering about changing this in v2.0. The default would still be to use mUTF-7 in filesystem, but just adding :UTF8 or something to mail_location could enable UTF-8. Any thoughts? Could this be dangerous somehow? UTF-8 enables a lot of weird characters, perhaps no one really wants to see them on filesystem since there's no way to type the characters? But for small systems this probably isn't a problem.

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[Dovecot] Postfix and Dovecot SASL
by Rene Bakkum 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hello all, I am struggeling to get my Dovecot SASL to work within postfix. I have used the configuration example listed on the main-site of dovecot and it basically isn't giving me any success at all. I am probably missing something easy, but after spending a few days testing and walking through everything I could think about I thought figured it was better to ask :) Hope someone can point me to the right direction. My setup is that I have installed Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit), postfix and dovecot linked to a MySQL database. The services are using maildirs which are stored locally (no NFS). Postfix is using the LDA from dovecot to deliver the mail and dovecot is used for IMAP and POP3. This is working and no problems at all so far. The problem starts when I just want to enable the SASL authentication from Dovecot. I used the 'guide' posted on http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixAndDovecotSASL When I try to telnet to port 25 (smtp) than I doesn't looks like the SASL is working... 220 mail003 ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu) ehlo localhost 250-mail003 250-PIPELINING 250-SIZE 10240000 250-VRFY 250-ETRN 250-STARTTLS 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-8BITMIME 250 DSN Anything I missed in my configuration from either postfix/dovecot? root@mail003:/etc/postfix# dovecot --version 1.1.11 root@mail003:~# dpkg-query -l postfix +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii postfix 2.5.5-1.1 High-performance mail transport agent Here are my configurations of both: root@mail003:/etc/postfix# dovecot -n # 1.1.11: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.28-16-server x86_64 Ubuntu 9.04 ext4 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_greeting_capability(default): yes login_greeting_capability(imap): yes login_greeting_capability(pop3): no login_greeting_capability(managesieve): no mail_max_userip_connections(default): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(imap): 10 mail_max_userip_connections(pop3): 3 mail_max_userip_connections(managesieve): 10 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_uid: 5000 mail_gid: 5000 mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/.Maildir mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): imap_client_workarounds(managesieve): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_client_workarounds(managesieve): sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): ~/sieve sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): ~/.dovecot.sieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail root@mail003:/etc/postfix# postconf | grep sasl broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes cyrus_sasl_config_path = lmtp_sasl_auth_cache_name = lmtp_sasl_auth_cache_time = 90d lmtp_sasl_auth_enable = no lmtp_sasl_auth_soft_bounce = yes lmtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = lmtp_sasl_password_maps = lmtp_sasl_path = lmtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous lmtp_sasl_tls_security_options = $lmtp_sasl_security_options lmtp_sasl_tls_verified_security_options = $lmtp_sasl_tls_security_options lmtp_sasl_type = cyrus proxy_write_maps = $smtp_sasl_auth_cache_name $lmtp_sasl_auth_cache_name send_cyrus_sasl_authzid = no smtp_sasl_auth_cache_name = smtp_sasl_auth_cache_time = 90d smtp_sasl_auth_enable = no smtp_sasl_auth_soft_bounce = yes smtp_sasl_mechanism_filter = smtp_sasl_password_maps = smtp_sasl_path = smtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext, noanonymous smtp_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtp_sasl_security_options smtp_sasl_tls_verified_security_options = $smtp_sasl_tls_security_options smtp_sasl_type = cyrus smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_recipient_domain, reject_unauth_pipelining, permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes smtpd_sasl_exceptions_networks = smtpd_sasl_local_domain = $myhostname smtpd_sasl_path = private/dovecot-auth smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous smtpd_sasl_tls_security_options = $smtpd_sasl_security_options smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot Any ideas? Thanks for the response. - Rene

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