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[Dovecot] More info from mail_log plugin
by Bardur Haskor 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

HiWe need to track exactly when our users read messages. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to figure out how we can achieve this with Dovecot. Then I saw the mail_log plugin.Is it possible to extend the plugin to also log system flag changes? This would be great, because then we could see in the log files when the Seen flag has been set. Changes in user defined flags would also be interesting to track.I know this would create a lot of log entries, but for us this wouldn't be a problem. Maybe the plugin would default to not tracking flag changes, but could be configured to do so.RegardsBardur Ha Skor _________________________________________________________________ Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=…

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[Dovecot] "nopassword" extra field useless with LDAP passdb
by Zohan 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

Hi, We are trying to implement a highly secure mail server with user authentication restricted to SSL certificates only (not using passwords at all). Still, user information is stored in a LDAP directory. In this configuration LDAP is used to check whether the user is registered (and probably supply quota and other info), and actual authentication is done by SSL layer. According to wiki, a "nopassword" extra field should be supplied, together with empty password. But there is no way to return an empty password from LDAP, as LDAP simply does not allow "empty attributes"; if an attribute is present, it is not empty. Supplying empty password as a static field (like this: pass_attrs = uid=user,=password=,nopassword) works an odd way, allowing empty password only, not "any password", and most MUAs (including our target Thunderbird) do not allow empty passwords. Log excerpt follows ("1" was entered as a password during POP3 session; static empty password was configured as above): ==================== Dec 9 02:11:15 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(user1,127.0.0.1): pass search: base=ou=People,dc=example,dc=com scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=inetOrgPerson)(uid=user1)) fields=uid,nopassword Dec 9 02:11:15 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(user1,127.0.0.1): result: uid(user)=user1 Dec 9 02:11:15 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(user1,127.0.0.1): Password mismatch Dec 9 02:11:15 localhost dovecot: auth(default): ldap(user1,127.0.0.1): PLAIN(1) != '' Dec 9 02:11:17 localhost dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL 1 user=user1 Dec 9 02:11:19 localhost dovecot: pop3-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=<user1>, method=PLAIN, rip=127 .0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured ==================== That's why we now have to maintain a separate passwd-like file with the following contents: user1:::::::nopassword user2:::::::nopassword ... and so on (updating it each time manually as users are added/removed), and use it as passdb. Only this allows true "any password" policy. In fact, the problem seems to be a little bit deeper. In our setup user/password challenge is not needed at all. This is exactly what RFC 4959, "IMAP Extension for Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Initial Client Response", is about (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4959 , see SASL EXTERNAL example). Are there any plans to implement SASL EXTERNAL mechanism in Dovecot? Thank you! Zohan

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[Dovecot] OT: Looking for a robust IMAP client
by Stewart Dean 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

This weekend we had a runaway email endless loop. When it was killed after 18 hours, my inbox had 135,000 messages in it...there were two messages that were being endlessly sent and bounced and I'm on the postmaster alias. Thunderbird was able to do a mass select of one of the two messages, and deleted 65,000, but after that it locked up. I ended up firing up Pine to do the final 65,000...whereas TBird had had mulitple imap sessions (and failed), Pine only had one and did the job. And even after I had done the mass delete of the other 65,000 and the inbox was down to 2000 messages, TBird was still hiding under the covers and telling me there were still 135,000 messages. In the end, I had to kill the TBird profile for that account and recreate it. Is there a simple robust IMAP client to replace Pine (which I *think* is no longer supported)? GUI or TTY session? I'm wondering if there is something we can tell users to use when Things Are Dire. GUI would be better since it removes one of the few remaining reasons for a logon server -- ==== 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] [PATCH] drop root privileges on solaris, request for testing
by Andrey Panin 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Hello all, this patch allows master process to drop more root priveleges under Solaris. My limited testing shows that code works, but I'm not sure that defined privilege set is permissive enough for dovecot. Unfortunately I have no root access to our Solaris servers to really test it. So if someone is ready to test this patch please do it :) Best regards.

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[Dovecot] Dovecot imap processes pinning CPU
by David Rosenstrauch 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

In recent days, dovecot's "imap" processes keep getting stuck. Each time I check my server (running dovecot 1.1.7) there's a bunch of "imap" processes (sometimes 2 of them, sometimes 4, sometimes 6) that are using all of the box's CPU. And worse, there's no way to kill the processes either (neither kill -15 or kill -9 works), which means that I wind up having to reboot the box every time this happens. REALLY irritating. I don't normally even *see* the imap processes in htop, as I think they're pretty short lived. And I'm not sure what they're looping trying to do. My debugging skills on Linux are a bit weak, and so I don't know how to look at the process and see what it's doing. Also, not sure what's changed on my system to cause this, as this is definitely a recent problem. Maybe the upgrade to Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (since I usually use T'Bird to access my email). I don't seem to run into this problem when I use Squirrelmail. Anyone have any idea what the problem might be? Or, if not, then suggestions on how I might be able to debug the situation myself? TIA, DR

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[Dovecot] SSL Certificate Authentication
by Anthony Davies 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

Hi Guys, I am using the SSL Client Certificate authentication method for my Dovecot instance, however rather then just requiring the client certificate it also prompts me for my user password. My certificate was securely generated on a smart card and is passphrase protected so I would like to stop having to enter my certificate passphrase and my user password to collect my mail. Where abouts in the config file can I resolve this issue? Cheers, Tony Davies

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Re: [Dovecot] Segfault on antispam plugin
by Allan Cassaro 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Allan Cassaro <allan.cassaro(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Steffen Kaiser > <skdovecot(a)smail.inf.fh-brs.de> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Allan Cassaro wrote: >> >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2008, Allan Cassaro wrote: >> >>> I don´t have SELinux, or any type or hardening... The ulimit (when >>> logged with dovecot user) is "unlimited"... >> >> Yes, but when Dovecot is spawned as service, the user dovecot does not log >> in (through PAM anyway to have pam_limits invoked), therefore I assume >> that limits.conf does not take effect. >> >>> Dovecot ran with a lot of proccess here, something about 800~900 imap >>> proccess and 5~10 login-proccess to 300~400 simultaneous users... >> >> Hmm, I do remember something similiar when the new students arrived and >> the number of simultaneous logins increased above some limit. >> I added the ulimit command to init.d. > > After our conversation, I made some tests: > 1) Adding this line to /etc/pam.d/common-session (Debian system) > > session required pam_limits.so > > # cat /etc/security/limits.conf > dovecot hard nofile 2048 > dovecot soft nofile 2048 > > The limits.conf is respected now. > # su -c 'ulimit -n' dovecot > 2048 (The value of limits.conf) > (no login) > > # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart > Warning: fd limit 1024 is lower than what Dovecot can use under full > load (more than 1456). Either grow the limit or change > login_max_processes_count and max_mail_processes settings > > (Problem persists) > > 2) Change the ulimit for root user (as you saw): > # ulimit -n 2048 > > # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart > (no errors) > > # cat /etc/security/limits.conf > dovecot hard nofile 2048 > dovecot soft nofile 2048 > root hard nofile 2048 > root soft nofile 2048 > > So, I think that dovecot uses the limit from the "root" user, not dovecot... > Now I will wait 20 minutes and see what happens :D > > Hooo.. another (ugly) think: > When imap crashes, the antispam plugin don't erase the > /tmp/antispam-plugin-XXXXX dir (obviously). So this is possibly to > "delay" or avoid creation of temp dirs? > Hi Steffen, after some others tests, I don't have problem with file descriptors any more, but the plugin make the imap proccess dies with segfault yet... How can I help more to find this issue? Regards.

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[Dovecot] panic in mail-index-view.c
by Peter Risdon 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

With just one user, on a virtual hosting system with several hundred users spread across a couple of dozen domains, there is the following error, repeated a couple of times a second without variation, when the user tries to connect with Thunderbird to read his mail: dovecot: Panic: IMAP(*******(a)****.co.uk): file mail-index-view.c: line 265 (view_lookup_seq_range): assertion failed: (first_uid <= last_uid) Any help would be appreciated. TIA, Peter Risdon. # dovecot --version 1.1.7 # dovecot -n # 1.1.7: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p7 i386 nullfs protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/server.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/server.key ssl_key_password: ********** 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 verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 125 first_valid_gid: 125 mail_access_groups: postfix mail_location: maildir:/var/virtualmail/%d/%u/ mmap_disable: yes lock_method: dotlock mbox_read_locks: dotlock mbox_write_locks: dotlock 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 namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix

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[Dovecot] Autocreate wrong version for dovecot's version installed on system.
by Romer Ventura 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Hello, I downloaded the dovecot-autocreate-0.1-4.6.i586.rpm made by Time Sirainen from opensuse.org and I am getting the following messages in my logs: Module is for different version 1.0.15: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib90_autocreate_plugin.so Couldn't load required plugins They appear for every attempt to autocreate a folder. So my question is what can I do to make it work with: # dovecot -n # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.16.60-0.21-xenpae i686 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (i586) login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login mail_uid: vmail mail_gid: vmail mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir/ mail_plugins: lazy_expunge autocreate imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: .EXPUNGED/ location: maildir:/home/vmail/%Ud/%Ln/Maildir/expunged list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: .DELETED/ location: maildir:/home/vmail/%Ud/%Ln/Maildir/deleted list: yes subscriptions: yes namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: .DELETED/.EXPUNGED/ location: maildir:/home/vmail/%Ud/%Ln/Maildir/deleted/expunged list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/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: 384 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: lazy_expunge: .EXPUNGED/ .DELETED/ .DELETED/.EXPUNGED/ autocreate: Deleted Items autocreate1: Drafts autocreate2: Junk E-mail autocreate3: Outbox autocreate4: Sent Items autosubscribe: Deleted Items autosubscribe1: Drafts autosubscribe2: Junk E-mail autosubscribe3: Outbox autosubscribe4: Sent Items

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[Dovecot] v1.1.6 released
by Timo Sirainen 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.6.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.1/dovecot-1.1.6.tar.gz.sig The invalid message address parsing bug is pretty important since it allows a remote user to send broken mail headers and prevent the recipient from accessing the mailbox afterwards, because the process will always just crash trying to parse the header. This is assuming that the IMAP client uses FETCH ENVELOPE command, not all do. Note that it doesn't affect versions older than v1.1.4. + dovecot -n and -a now prints some system information at the top. + More error/debug message logging improvements. - pop3-login: Fixed assert-crash if a client sent USER+PASS+USER+PASS commands in the same IP packet. - Parsing an invalid message address like "From: (" caused an assert-crash in v1.1.4 and v1.1.5. - Folding whitespace wasn't handled correctly inside quoted-strings, causing some messages to be parsed incorrectly. - mbox: Fixed saving messages that begin with a valid From_-line.

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[Dovecot] v1.2Autocreate
by Robert Schetterer 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Hi Timo, a setup like http://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/Autocreate seems not to work the module is loaded but no subfolder creation at login happens, sorry no log about failures with it simply Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap/lib20_autocreate_plugin.so should i try i.e autocreate = ".Trash/" or is there more info around -- Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer Germany/Munich/Bavaria

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[Dovecot] v1.2.alpha5 released
by Timo Sirainen 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/alpha/dovecot-1.2.alpha5.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/1.2/alpha/dovecot-1.2.alpha5.tar.gz.sig It's been a while since alpha4 so I thought I'd release a new one while waiting for Apple's patches.. - mbox fixes. - Lots of Solr fixes - Virtual mailboxes + Solr works now nicely instead of duplicating the indexed data. - Added alias_for setting for namespaces, also useful to avoid duplication of Solr indexed data if you have multiple namespaces that point to the same location (e.g. both "" prefix and "INBOX." prefix compatibility). - %variables now support long %{variable_names}: http://wiki.dovecot.org/Variables. I was planning on using these to redesign LDAP configuration (e.g. home=/var/mail/%{ldap:homeDirectory}) - imap/pop3 proxy: Support master user logins. - Improved some error messages

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[Dovecot] Syncing several emails accounts with offlineimap and dovecot
by Joe Bloggs 17 Dec '08

17 Dec '08

Hi, I have just installed dovecot and offlineimap on my laptop for syncing with my gmail, and reading in gnus, as outlined in this article: http://sachachua.com/wp/2008/05/08/geek-how-to-use-offlineimap-and-the-dove… I am using Debian Etch, and I am the only user. The only change I made to the default dovecot.conf file was to set: mail_location = maildir:~/MailDir I read that gnus doesn't handle Maildir very well, so I need to connect directly to dovecot, and this is what I have specified in my offlinemap conf file: [Repository Local] type = IMAP remotehost = localhost port = 143 remoteuser = me remotepass = secret I want to sync my other online email accounts aswell. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks.

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[Dovecot] dovecot >1.1.3 + antispam plugin issues
by Marcin Rzepecki 16 Dec '08

16 Dec '08

Hello, i have following problems using dovecot-antispam plugin (Dovecot >1.1.3, FreeBSD 8.0-Current, dovecot-antispam 1.0/1.1) dovecot-antispam compiled using dspam-exec/mailtrain, with/wo debugging (i've tried all possibilities) When i try to move message to SPAM folder (using dspam-exec backend) i'm getting IMAP error: antispam signature not found and in dovecot logs: Nov 23 23:44:24 freebsd dovecot: IMAP(mr): Next message unexpectedly lost from 2708619 Using mail backend gives this error too(only IMAP error changes: failed to read mail beggining). Commenting out following code in mbox_read_from_line function (in src/lib-storage/index/mbox/istream-raw-mbox.c) helped and plugin was working correctly, but only with Dovecot <=1.1.3. if (stream->istream.v_offset - rstream->hdr_offset + new_pos > rstream->mail_size) { /* istream_raw_mbox_set_next_offset() used invalid cached next_offset? */ i_error("Next message unexpectedly lost from %"PRIuUOFF_T, rstream->hdr_offset + rstream->mail_size); rstream->eof = TRUE; rstream->corrupted = TRUE; rstream->istream.istream.stream_errno = EINVAL; stream->pos = 0; return -1; } Now, with versions >1.1.3 this won't helps and plugin fails. Anyone knows how to get it working? I would like to upgrade to newest dovecot release Best regards, mr

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[Dovecot] cmusieve, vacation and error at file_dotlock_create
by Mike Constabel 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hello again, managesieve is working. Now I tried a vacation script with the result that the vacation response is sent but I got he following error: deliver(test1(a)xxxxxx.de): 2008-12-15 14:34:28 Error: file_dotlock_create(/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory /home/vmail/xxxxxx.de/test1/Maildir/ is the correct dir, there are the other files like dovecot.index And mails are stored there correctly. Are %d/%n not expanded? Possible another error in my config? /etc/imap.passwd: test1@xxxxxx.de:{plain}yyyyyy:vmail:vmail::/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir::userdb_mail=maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 i686 Debian lenny/sid log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3s managesieve listen(default): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(imap): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(pop3): 2xx.xx.xx.xx:110 listen(managesieve): localhost:2000 ssl_listen(default): 2xx.xx.xx.xx:993 ssl_listen(imap): 2xx.xx.xx.xx:993 ssl_listen(pop3): 2xx.xx.xx.xx:995 ssl_listen(managesieve): ssl_ca_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxx.de.ca-bundle ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxx.de.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxx.de.key ssl_verify_client_cert: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_processes_count: 2 login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location(default): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(imap): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(pop3): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(managesieve): /home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_debug(default): no mail_debug(imap): no mail_debug(pop3): no mail_debug(managesieve): yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota expire trash autocreate mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota expire trash autocreate mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire trash mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%d/%n sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): /home/vmail/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve namespace: type: private inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes process_size: 64 passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/imap.passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/imap.passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=250M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=50M quota_rule3: Spam:storage=50M trash: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf expire: Trash 1 Trash/* 7 Spam 30 foobar 1 expire_dict: proxy::expire autocreate: Trash autocreate2: Junk autocreate3: Sent autocreate4: Drafts autosubscribe: Trash autosubscribe2: Junk autosubscribe3: Sent autosubscribe4: Drafts sieve: /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%d/%n.sieve dict: expire: sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-expire-sql.conf

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Re: [Dovecot] Problem with sieve: Keep: Generic Error
by Thomas Siebert 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

OK, now i compiled the latest debian version (1.1.7 from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dovecot/) myself and I still get the same error. Any ideas, Timo? ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dovecot-bounces+siebert+lists=et.rub.de(a)dovecot.org > > [mailto:dovecot-bounces+siebert+lists=et.rub.de@dovecot.org] On > Behalf > > Of Thomas Siebert > > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:15 AM > > To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > > Subject: [Dovecot] Problem with sieve: Keep: Generic Error > > > > Hi, > > > > i came across a strange error message in Ubuntu 8.10s package > (Dovecot > > 1.1.4) regarding sieve: > > sieve runtime error: Keep: Generic Error > > sieve_execute_bytecode(/etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sievec) failed > > > > Note that the Sieve Scripts are basically executed fine and working > > fine. > > After a lot of testing I suppose the following: "keep" doesn't detect > > the > > private namespace I have to use (courier-compatibility...), thus > sieve > > fails > > to do "keep", the message is handed back to dovecot-deliver which > does > > a > > "keep"-similar action itself. If I have a script with "keep;" as the > > only > > command, I get this error message. If my script is totally blank > (i.e. > > implicit keep only), I get the same error. But if there's no implicit > > or > > explicit "keep", e.g. "fileinto INBOX;" as only command, there's no > > error. > > Also IMAP-Folders, e.g. "fileinto INBOX.Test", work. > > > > Unfortunately, "fileinto INBOX" as default is no option for me, as I > > use a > > delimiter and want to let deliver put the mails into the according > > IMAP-Folders. > > > > Is this a known bug? Any Ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Thomas > > > > > > Here's my dovecot -n output: > > log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S > > protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s > > ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/mail_cip.pem > > ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/mail_cip.key > > disable_plaintext_auth: no > > login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login > > login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > > login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login > > login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login > > first_valid_uid: 501 > > last_valid_uid: 501 > > first_valid_gid: 501 > > last_valid_gid: 501 > > mail_privileged_group: mail > > mail_uid: 501 > > mail_gid: 501 > > mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir > > mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > > mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap > > mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 > > mail_plugins(default): acl quota imap_quota > > mail_plugins(imap): acl quota imap_quota > > mail_plugins(pop3): quota > > 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 > > imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail netscape-eoh > > imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail netscape-eoh > > imap_client_workarounds(pop3): > > pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv > > pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv > > pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %f > > pop3_client_workarounds(default): > > pop3_client_workarounds(imap): > > pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh > > namespace: > > type: private > > prefix: INBOX. > > inbox: yes > > list: yes > > subscriptions: yes > > auth default: > > mechanisms: plain login > > passdb: > > driver: ldap > > args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf > > userdb: > > driver: prefetch > > userdb: > > driver: ldap > > args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf > > socket: > > type: listen > > client: > > path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth > > mode: 384 > > user: postfix > > master: > > path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master > > mode: 384 > > user: vmail > > plugin: > > quota: maildir:User quota > > quota_rule: *:storage=100M > > quota_rule2: *:messages=5000 > > quota_warning: storage=95%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_size.sh 95 > > quota_warning2: storage=90%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_size.sh 90 > > quota_warning3: storage=80%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_size.sh 80 > > quota_warning4: messages=95%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_count.sh 95 > > quota_warning5: messages=90%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_count.sh 90 > > quota_warning6: messages=80%% /etc/dovecot/quota_warn_count.sh 80 > > acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls:cache_secs=300 > > >

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[Dovecot] Problem with managesieve (and virtual users?)
by Mike Constabel 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hello, I use the debian packages from http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/ version 1.1.7-0~auto+17 If I put a sieve script into /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/test.de/test.sieve it is used, so cmusieve works. But if I activate managesieve I get in the log: dovecot: 2008-12-14 21:24:49 Fatal: managesieve-login: USER environment missing dovecot: 2008-12-14 21:24:49 Error: managesieve-login: BYE "Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-12-14 20:24:49]" dovecot: 2008-12-14 21:24:49 Error: child 10928 (login) returned error 89 (Fatal failure) dovecot: 2008-12-14 21:24:49 Error: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now I searched the wiki and the Mailinglist and found only one message which sounds similar: Message-ID: <3DFE82FF.4090007(a)attbi.com> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 17:50:55 -0800 Subject: [dovecot] passwd-file access Is my config wrong? cu, Mike /etc/imap.passwd: test@test.de:{plain}test:vmail:vmail::/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir::userdb_mail=maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 i686 Debian lenny/sid log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot/dovecot-info.log log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps pop3s managesieve listen(default): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(imap): 127.0.0.1:143 listen(pop3): 21x.xx.xx.xx:110 listen(managesieve): localhost:2000 ssl_listen(default): 21x.xx.xx.xx:993 ssl_listen(imap): 21x.xx.xx.x:993 ssl_listen(pop3): 21x.xx.xx.xx:995 ssl_listen(managesieve): ssl_ca_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxx.de.ca-bundle ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxxx.de.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/ssl/ssl.xxxxxxxxxx.de.key ssl_verify_client_cert: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve login_processes_count: 2 login_max_processes_count: 32 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location(default): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(imap): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(pop3): maildir:~/Maildir mail_location(managesieve): /home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir mail_debug(default): no mail_debug(imap): no mail_debug(pop3): no mail_debug(managesieve): yes mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): quota imap_quota expire trash autocreate mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota expire trash autocreate mail_plugins(pop3): quota expire trash mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%d/%n sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): /home/vmail/%d/%n/.dovecot.sieve namespace: type: private inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: username_format: %Lu verbose: yes process_size: 64 passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/imap.passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/imap.passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail plugin: quota: maildir:User quota quota_rule: *:storage=250M quota_rule2: Trash:storage=50M quota_rule3: Spam:storage=50M trash: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-trash.conf expire: Trash 1 Trash/* 7 Spam 30 foobar 1 expire_dict: proxy::expire autocreate: Trash autocreate2: Junk autocreate3: Sent autocreate4: Drafts autosubscribe: Trash autosubscribe2: Junk autosubscribe3: Sent autosubscribe4: Drafts sieve: /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%d/%n.sieve dict: expire: sqlite:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-expire-sql.conf

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[Dovecot] How create shared Maildir ?
by mlus 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hello, I'm bigginer dovecot. I use dovecot version 1.0.15 (rc) on debian . How create shared maildir ? I try to .................. # mkdir /home/share # maildirmake.dovecot /home/share/Maildir # chown root:mail /home/share # chmod 660 /home/share # vi /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf -------- add this ---------- namespace public { separator = / prefix = share. location = maildir:/home/share/Maildir } Thunderbird can see "share" , but can't subscribe..... Anyone please teach me how create shared maildir ? Thank you.

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[Dovecot] Replace Domainname in Mail Location
by Manuel Schmidt 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hello, I dont fully understand how the domain name replacement in mail_location takes place. If I connect to the server using my username as in the text file i can not access my Maildirs as %d gets not replaced. If i user username(a)domain.com the %d is correctly replaced. But, how would i configure my mail_location, to take the domain part from the server name i connect to? So i could set up my client to connect to mydomain.com and have just my username set as login? I did not find a variable that seems to be more correct than %d. So i guess i have to configure that elsewehre? In userdb? Here is my conf # 1.1.1: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap listen: 80.69.46.51:143 disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: Druckbar! Imap ready. verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_gid: 0 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_uid: 1004 mail_gid: 1004 mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/vmail/%d/%n imap_client_workarounds: delay-newmail netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: scheme=plain-md5 username_format=%n /usr/local/etc/dovecot.pwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: username_format=%n /usr/local/etc/dovecot.pwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix and dovecot.pwd info:{plain}foopass:1004:1004:: manuel:{plain}barpass:1004:1004:: Thank you Manuel

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[Dovecot] Horde IMP w/ dovecot folder list
by LÉVAI Dániel 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hi! I'm using dovecot-1.1.7, Horde-3.3.2 and IMP-4.3.2. The left-side folder list has some folders, whos names contains localized (non-ascii) characters. This is displayed correctly when I select the "English (American)" language entry on the login page from the dropdown menu. But when I choose my locale, which is "Magyar" (Hungarian), the folders won't display the correct characters. It's like this: With "English (American)" locale: Ügyfél With "Magyar" locale: &ANw-gyf&AOk-l The latter is the same displaying as with the folder's name on the filesystem: # ls -1 user/Maildir/ [...] .&ANw-gyf&AOk-l/ [...] I've sent this message to imp@ but, they say it is a problem with my mailserver, which I suspected, because the wrong folder names are exactly the same as the folder names on the filesystem. Is there any way to solve this? Thanks in advance, Daniel -- LEVAI Daniel PGP key ID = 0x4AC0A4B1 Key fingerprint = D037 03B9 C12D D338 4412 2D83 1373 917A 4AC0 A4B1

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[Dovecot] 1.1.7: quota problem, unable to delete mails when quota exceeded
by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hi, When user exceeds it's quota then dovecot can't create it's files and it's showing zero mails :( This also means that user is unable to delete it's own mails. Sounds like kind-of bug, right? Dec 15 08:28:37 mbox1 dovecot: IMAP(xxx): open(/var/mail/xxx/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: Disk quota exceeded Dec 15 08:28:37 mbox1 dovecot: IMAP(kdudus): file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/xxx/dovecot-uidlist) failed: Disk quota exceeded This sometimes ends with: Dec 15 08:36:43 mbox1 dovecot: IMAP(xxx): Disconnected: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2008-12-15 08:36:43] bytes=409/896 -- Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz PLD/Linux Team arekm / maven.pl http://ftp.pld-linux.org/

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[Dovecot] Firewalls are [essentially] free - WAS: Re: Source patches from Apple
by Charles Marcus 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

On 12/13/2008, Dave McGuire (mcguire(a)neurotica.com) wrote: > My network security is handled elsewhere. I too believe in layered > security, but my desire to use the right tool for the job is much > stronger. My mail server is busy serving mail; my network security > is handled by equipment built and optimized for that job. Firewalls don't add any (perceptible) extra work or overhead for most any system, even old systems with old processors and not much RAM... Unless, of course, you have an insane number of rules... >> It's not like it costs anything extra.... :) > Well...that's the attitude that got us operating systems that need a > gigabyte of memory just to boot, and processors clocked at 3GHz that > give me the same useful performance as my 4MHz Z80 twenty years ago. > ;) Nothing is free. Your argument is bogus - see above... again, a basic, properly configured firewall has negligible impact on pretty much any systems resources, even ancient ones... So, yeah, enabling a firewall on a mail server is essentially free, whether talking impact on system resources, or dollar cost. -- Best regards, Charles

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[Dovecot] Performance issue about maildir path.
by Zhang Huangbin 15 Dec '08

15 Dec '08

Hi, all. Normally, i use 'domain.ltd/username/Maildir' as users' maildir path, if i change them to hash style, e.g. 'A0/B0/domain.ltd/C0/D0/username/Maildir', will it speed up the index operation for MDA? If we have 10000 users, which maildir path style will improve performance? Thanks very much. :) -- Best regards. Zhang Huangbin - Open Source Mail Server Solution for RHEL/CentOS 5.x: http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/

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[Dovecot] Toltec
by schmerold1＠gmail.com 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Has anyone used Toltec to connect Outlook to Dovecot hosted message stores? Primary advantage over Bynari is price - $14 per client. I have used it with Kolab and been very happy.

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[Dovecot] Autocreate plugin for 1.1 - not compile in FreeBSD (gcc problem?)
by Proskurin Kirill 14 Dec '08

14 Dec '08

Hello all. I try to compile Autocreate plugin for 1.1 in FreeBSD 7.0-p6. gcc version: # gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i386-undermydesk-freebsd Configured with: FreeBSD/i386 system compiler Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.1 20070719 [FreeBSD] But it gives me a: mx# sh -x patch.sh + export DOVECOT=/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7 + gcc -fPIC -shared -g -Wall -I/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7 -I/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib -I/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib-storage -I/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib-mail -I/usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib-imap -DHAVE_CONFIG_H autocreate-plugin.c -o autocreate_plugin.so In file included from /usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib/lib.h:24, from autocreate-plugin.c:22: /usr/ports/mail/dovecot/work/dovecot-1.1.7/src/lib/compat.h:55:29: error: sys/sysmacros.h: No such file or directory + cp autocreate_plugin.so /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/autocreate_plugin.so cp: autocreate_plugin.so: No such file or directory mx# I try do this at Debian Etch and all work well. gcc version: # gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21) How can I compile it on FreeBSD? autocreate_plugin.so from Debian not working at FreeBSD. -- Best regards, Proskurin Kirill

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