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[Dovecot] Dovecot truncating messages and/or attachments
by fp＠kraptastic.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hello, I am having problems with Dovecot not sending clients emails bigger then 8-12k (it varies) or attachments bigger then 8-12k. I am also getting 'Corrupted transaction log file' errors ' unexpected end of file while reading header' I have deleted the dovecot.index.log, dovecot.index.cache, and dovecot.index several dozen times. I started off using Centos 5, with their package of dovecot 1.05, after seeing that there were problems in the package in the http://wiki.dovecot.org/WhyDoesItNotWork, I went with a source install of dovecot 1.09. Here is my cfg info: # dovecot -n # 1.0.9: /etc/dovecot.conf protocols: pop3 pop3s imap imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/dovecert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/dovekey.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no 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 login_process_size: 128 first_valid_uid: 106 last_valid_uid: 106 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/postfix/virtual/%d/%u mail_debug: yes maildir_copy_with_hardlinks: yes 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/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib64/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib64/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-idle pop3_uidl_format: %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: vmail passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: vmail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: vmail group: vmail (the login process is 128 because i was experimenting with various numbers (32,64,80,etc) The /var/log/maillog has hundreds of these: Dec 11 16:27:42 le1 dovecot: POP3(xxx@xxx): Corrupted transaction log file /var/spool/postfix/virtual/xxx.com/xxx(a)xxx/dovecot.index.log: unexpected end of file while reading header I turned made it so the mail stays on the server, so i can see that the mail stored there by postfix is the correct size. When email clients download mail through pop3 or pop3s it only downloads 4,8, or 12 k worth of the email (whether it has attachments or not). Here is an example transaction: Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1 PLAIN service=POP3 lip=142.179.211.193 rip=24.71.237.54 resp= Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): client out: CONT 1 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): client in: CONT 1 AHNoYXduQGxhbmdmb3JkZWxlY3RyaWMuY2EAdW5mdW5m Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): cache(shawn(a)xxx.com,24.71.237.54): hit Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1 user=shawn(a)xxx.com Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 92 8447 1 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<shawn(a)xxx.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=24.71.237.54, lip=142.179.211.193 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 92 shawn(a)xxx.com maildir=xxx.com/shawn@xxx.com/ uid=106 gid=106 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: POP3(shawn(a)xxx.com): Effective uid=106, gid=106 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: POP3(shawn(a)xxx.com): maildir: data=/var/spool/postfix/virtual/xxx.com/shawn@xxx.com Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: POP3(shawn(a)xxx.com): maildir: root=/var/spool/postfix/virtual/xxx.com/shawn@xxx.com, index=/var/spool/postfix/virtual/xxx.com/shawn@xxx.com, control=, inbox= Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=8487 Dec 11 17:18:31 le1 dovecot: POP3(shawn(a)xxx.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=1/4215, del=0/1, size=70206 To be clear, if i telnet to 110, and manually do a retr on the message it only sends 4,8,or 12k worth of the message. So it does not appear to be a permission problem, it is reading and writing to the directory properly. The system is x86_64 centos 5, not using the standard dovecot nor postfix rpms that come with the distro. postfix from what I can tell, is working fine, but dovecot isn't. I'm going to try installing cyrus to make sure it's not postfix, but I'd really like to avoid cyrus if possible. Thanks in advance for any help.

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[Dovecot] about quota_warning behavior
by naoki 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi, We've been using v1.0.5 +quota_warning patch, however quota_warning does't seem to be working properly. For example, in order to enable 80% over for quota warning, and we configured like following: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- plugin { quota_warning = storage=80%% /usr/local/path/to/plugin } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- But it does not work. However we set quota_warning value to 20%, it seems to be working. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- plugin { quota_warning =storage=20%% /usr/local/path/to/plugin } ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If this is the case, do we always have to set quota value to what we have after subtracting the required quota warning value from 100. for example, if we want quota warning value to be 70%, we actually have to write 30% in configuration?? Will there be another patch to fix this? Thanks -- Naoki Takazawa Marino Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN

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Re: [Dovecot] 1.1.Beta9 deliver problem: Unknown mail storage driver raw
by ja nein 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi Velko, I recently hit the same problem. You have to add raw storage driver to your compile options, meaning "--with-storages=maildir,mbox,dbox,raw,cydir", that will do the trick. Maybe it would be good to update the description of available storage drivers in configure script. Regards, Sebastian ----- Ursprüngliche Mail ---- Von: Velko Ivanov <dachev(a)nove.bg> An: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Gesendet: Samstag, den 1. Dezember 2007, 14:19:18 Uhr Betreff: [Dovecot] 1.1.Beta9 deliver problem: Unknown mail storage driver raw Hello, I'm new to dovecot, trying to configure a Postfix/Dovecot system. Got everything in place - smtp with dovecot SASL and imap working fine, maildir is created, thunderbird logs in successfuly .. but the Dovecot LDA gives me this error on delivery: "Couldn't create internal raw storage: Unknown mail storage driver raw". I tried searching the configuration manual, reference, google and this list's archives, but found no clue. Checked the source, but it will take me some time to figure out what is a storage driver and where is the "raw" one hiding, so if somebody could help, please .. I did it with userdb static initially - uid=dovecot_mail, gid=dovecot_mail, home=/usr/local/storage/mail/%d/%n but after reading, that some passdbs don't work with deliver&static, I moved everything to the db (found out that prefetch isn't working with deliver btw - moans about userdb_ entries not present, while the imap finds them and works happily). It didn't help. # 1.1.beta9: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot listen: mail.srv.ivanov-nest.com ssl_cert_file: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.crt ssl_key_file: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: dbox:~/Maildir dotlock_use_excl: yes maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes namespace: type: private inbox: yes hidden: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: mechanisms: plain login user: dovecot_db passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: dovecot_mail group: wheel Heute schon einen Blick in die Zukunft von E-Mails wagen? www.yahoo.de/mail

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[Dovecot] 1.1 beta 11 - no quota warnings
by adam_jh＠hotmail.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Having tried and failed to get 1.0.8 with quota-rewrite to send warnings, I removed the 1.0.8 and installed the latest 1.1 - however I still can't get the warnings! Can someone advise what might be wrong - it must be my configuration?? To compile 1.1 I used ./configure --with-deliver --with-mysql. I've chopped and changed my conf till I'm blue in the face. My dovecot-mysql.conf file does not override the quota, I've enabled the debug and verbose = yes - but they don't mention any quota warnings, just normal delivered logs. What else can I do? The process I use is to add up the maildirsize totals, set a storage figure in the conf which makes the maildirsize just less than 95%, then restart dovecot, send an email - and nothing - no warning is triggered! Any help appreciated - I've spent so long on this now. adam # 1.1.beta11: /usr/local/etc/dovecot.conf protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_disable: yes 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 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n 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_plugins(default): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): outlook-idle delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: user: nobody 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 user: postfix group: mail master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master user: vmail group: mail plugin: quota: maildir quota_rule: *:storage=220000b quota_warning: storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quota-warning 90

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[Dovecot] imap+unix users and pop3+virtual users
by Wendell Turner 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

This should be simple, but I'm missing something. My virtual users cannot access their mail. I would like Unix users to get their mail via imap which is deposited in /var/spool/mail/username. (This works.) I would like virtual users to get their mail via pop3 which is deposited in /var/spool/mail/vhosts/example.com/auser/mail/inbox (postfix does in fact put the mail there). Those users can get authenticated via file /var/dovecot/passwd, but cannot retrieve their mail. The log message is shown below. The file/directory is there, but doesn't dovecot see it? Thanks, Wendell -------------------- Info: POP3(auser(a)example.com): mbox: data=/var/spool/mail/vhosts/example.com/auser/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/auser@e… Info: POP3(auser(a)example.com): mbox: root=/var/spool/mail/vhosts/example.com/auser/mail, index=/var/spool/mail/vhosts/example.com/auser/mail, inbox=/var/mail/auser(a)example.com Info: POP3(auser(a)example.com): Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 -------------------- /usr/sbin/dovecot -n # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot-info.log protocols: pop3 imap imaps pop3s ssl_cert_file: /etc/CA/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/CA/key.pem 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: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_debug: yes 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 auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: static args: uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/spool/mail/vhosts/%d/%n

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[Dovecot] upgrade to 1.1 and mail location
by lenny＠edpausa.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I recently upgraded from 1.0.8 to 1.1-11 the only thing that was changed in the config file was the new syntax for mail location. default_mail_env = mbox:~/:INBOX=~/mbox to mail_location = mbox:~/:INBOX=~/mbox now some imap clients, like squirrellmail and pine have difficulties writting to Sent, Draft and sent-mail folders. In all cases the folders are visible and are present in .subsriptions file( although not seen as subscribed in squirrelmail), but the clients complain that folders already exist when trying to write to them after sending. has anyone run into this ? any suggestions ? thanks a lot.

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[Dovecot] v1.1.beta11 quota plugin and dict server
by arvids 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hello, when dovecot is started, it prints the following error to the console: ILoading modules from directory: /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap IModule loaded: /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap/lib10_quota_plugin.so IEffective uid=65534, gid=65534, home= Idict quota: user = dump-capability, uri = proxy:/var/run/dovecot/dict-server:quotadict Enet_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/dict-server) failed: Connection refused It seems that problem is that dict server is not started yet. Later everything seems to be OK, so it is more cosmetic issue. My dovecot -n: # 1.1.beta11: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ syslog_facility: local0 protocols: pop3 imap ssl_cert_file: /etc/postfix/mail-cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/postfix/mail-key.pem disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Server. login_process_per_connection: no verbose_proctitle: yes mail_uid: 95 mail_gid: 95 mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir mail_debug: yes fsync_disable: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugins: quota mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/local/dovecot/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_enable_last(default): no pop3_enable_last(imap): no pop3_enable_last(pop3): yes pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 apop user: doveauth verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master user: vmail group: vmail plugin: quota: dict:::proxy:/var/run/dovecot/dict-server:quotadict dict: quotadict: mysql:/usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-sql-dict-quota.conf Regards, Arvids

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[Dovecot] minor issue - dovecot -n output with 1.1.beta11
by arvids 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hello, when running diff for 'dovecot -n' outputs from beta10 and beta11(for the same config file), I noticed that 'dovecot -n' beta11 output does not show anymore the following parameters, which are set to non-default values(and which 'dovecot -a' shows): login_processes_count login_max_processes_count first_valid_uid first_valid_gid cache_size cache_ttl cache_negative_ttl mode(from auth default section) And by the way, parameters from lda section are not showed both with -a and -n. But it is so already for a long time, so I assume that it is OK :) Regards, Arvids

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[Dovecot] Permission for /var/run/dovecot
by Dr. Ashok N. Ullal 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I have just installed my mail server on a Ubuntu Linux V.7.10 box with sendmail and dovecot imap from the Ubuntu packages. Each time the machines boots, I get the following messages: Starting mail server: dovecotWarning: Fixing permissions of /var/run/dovecot to be world readable Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory /var/run/dovecot/login After the boot the permissions visible are: drwxr-xr-x root root /var/run/dovecot drwxr-x--- root dovecot /var/run/dovecot/login What permissions do I need to set so that the warnings do not appear?

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[Dovecot] Dirsize quotas with 1.1beta9
by Dean Brooks 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi, Anyone able to get 'dirsize' quotas to work properly under 1.1beta9? I can get them to reflect the size of the INBOX properly, but it never seems to be adding up the size of the files in the folder directory itself. I'll keep hammering away at it if others are able to use dirsize with no problems, but wanted to check first. -- Dean Brooks dean(a)iglou.com

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[Dovecot] V1.1beta11 compile problem
by Stewart Dean 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Using IBM's C for AIX V9 with Ralf Becker's AIX adaption, I see this: + exec /usr/vac/bin/xlc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/opt/freeware/include/ openssl -g -c close-keep-errno.c -M source='compat.c' object='compat.o' libtool=no DEPDIR=.deps depmode=aix /bin/sh ../../depcomp /usr/local/dovecot/dovecot-cc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I ../.. -I/opt/freeware/include/openssl -g -c compat.c + exec /usr/vac/bin/xlc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I/opt/freeware/include/ openssl -g -c compat.c -M "compat.c", line 64.71: 1506-275 (S) Unexpected text ';' encountered. "compat.c", line 64.23: 1506-238 (S) Function argument cannot be type void. make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. Is this enough or do you need more....? -- ==== Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504 sdean(a)bard.edu voice: 845-758-7475, fax: 845-758-7035

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[Dovecot] dovecot 1.1beta11 auth problems
by Moritz Mertinkat 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi everybody, I've problems running Dovecot 1.1beta11 using vpopmail userdb/passdb (Dovecot 1.08 however works just fine). It looks like as if the auth process gets killed somehow... Any ideas what might be wrong? Dec 12 20:02:32 vs247165 dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.beta11 starting up Dec 12 20:02:32 vs247165 dovecot: Generating Diffie-Hellman parameters for the first time. This may take a while.. Dec 12 20:03:06 vs247165 dovecot: imap-login: Waiting for SSL parameter file ssl-parameters.dat Dec 12 20:03:46 vs247165 dovecot: ssl-build-param: SSL parameters regeneration completed Dec 12 20:03:47 vs247165 dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected: rip=a.a.a.a, lip=b.b.b.b, TLS handshaking Dec 12 20:04:03 vs247165 dovecot: child 32051 (auth) killed with signal 11 Dec 12 20:04:03 vs247165 dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<postmaster(a)mydomain.de>, method=PLAIN, rip=a.a.a.a, lip=b.b.b.b, TLS Dec 12 20:04:04 vs247165 dovecot: imap-login: Internal login failure: user=<postmaster(a)mydomain.de>, method=PLAIN, rip=a.a.a.a, lip=b.b.b.b, TLS Dec 12 20:04:04 vs247165 dovecot: child 1503 (auth) killed with signal 11 # /usr/local/dovecot-1.1/sbin/dovecot -n protocols: imap login_dir: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/local/dovecot-1.1/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: maildir:/var/lib/vpopmail/domains/%d/%n/Maildir auth default: passdb: driver: vpopmail userdb: driver: vpopmail Regards, Moritz

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[Dovecot] Security hole #4: Specific LDAP + auth cache configuration may mix up user logins
by Timo Sirainen 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Somehow I doubt there are any Dovecot setups left that unknowingly have this problem, but it still counts as a security hole. The possibility to cause this problem exists in Dovecot v1.0.rc11 and later. If you use: 1. passdb ldap with settings: - auth_bind = yes - auth_bind_userdn = no - base containing %variables required for unique user identification, e.g. base = dc=%d,dc=org - pass_filter not containing all %variables required for unique user identification - pass_attrs returning user-specific settings, such as user's home directory 2. userdb prefetch 3. auth_cache_size non-zero (0 is default) If two users with the same password and same pass_filter variables log in within auth_cache_ttl seconds (1h by default), the second user may get logged in with the first user's cached pass_attrs. For example if pass_attrs contained the user's home/mail directory, this would mean that the second user will be accessing the first user's mails. You most likely would have noticed this already by wondering why logins keep failing, unless pass_filter used also some %variables that most of the time uniquely identifies the user. For example %r (remote IP address) or %n (username without domain). You can fix this by upgrading to v1.0.10 (to be released soon), or using this patch: http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-1.0/raw-rev/2cedab21cd6d

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[Dovecot] dovecot-auth: returning incorrect maildir for user (user seeing another user's mail)
by Brendan 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

timo, here is an bizarre bug for you: i had (foolishly, it turns out) configured dovecot-auth to do ldap authentication binding with a prefect userdb (configs at end of message). everything worked fine, although with huge numbers of pop logins per second we started to see some pileup in the pop3-login processes as they were all waiting for ldap responses on the single ldap connection. the auth caching was never getting hit (some interaction with the prefetch, i assume), but everything worked fine. or so i thought. we had complaints from a user saying they would occasionally pop another user's mail. after much digging, it turned out that if two or more users: - were logged/logging in at the same time - had the same password - got "lucky" then one of the users would occasionally end up with the other users' homedir/maildir. it didn't happen often (maybe once every 500-1000 login attempts), but it did happen. (i ended up writing a script that would pound the pop3 server with logins and look for the wrong number of messages in the inbox. it was not easy to trigger). i'd already realized that having the auth bind do a search and return that to prefetch was a bad idea (since it used a single ldap connection) and had already built a new config that used auth binding and userdb ldap - when we switched over to that config we were unable to replicate the problem again. so, it's not an issue for us right now. i've confirmed that the ldap server never returns the wrong homedir, so it must have been getting mixed up somehow in dovecot-auth. but it did seem like something you might want to dig into a bit, as it might indicate that something could be amiss somewhere in the auth code. that the problem only occured when the users had the same password seemed truly bizarre.. sorry i can't provide more details, it was very difficult to reproduce (and i was reproducing in a production environment and couldn't turn debug up). the auth section from the poorly behaving dovecot.conf: auth default { mechanisms = plain login passdb ldap { args = /opt/dovecot-1.0.3/etc/dovecot-ldap.conf } userdb prefetch { } user = mail } the poorly behaving dovecot-ldap.conf: hosts = ldap ldap_version = 3 auth_bind = yes base = uid=%u,o=imap user_global_uid = 8 user_global_gid = 8 dn = uid=imap@dovecot,o=imap dnpass = ****** pass_filter = (&(proto=%s)(remoteip=%r)(localip=%l)(mech=%m)(pid=%p)) pass_attrs = home=userdb_home,quota=userdb_quota,nologin=nologin,reason=reason,user=user note: the ldap server does some custom processing based on the filter - the filter was the easiest way to get them passed to it. (in case that looks a little wierd :)

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[Dovecot] Wiki license
by Timo Sirainen 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Any suggestions as to what license to use for wiki.dovecot.org? I should have specified this a long time ago, but luckily(?) most of the content is written by me, so I don't think there are going to be problems. The main choices are: a) GNU Free Documentation License b) Creative Commons (Attribution-Share Alike?) It could also be dual-licensed to both to maximize the distribution possibilities.

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[Dovecot] How to change dovecot's bounce message
by Markus Reymann 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hi, I am using the quota plugin of dovecot. Dovecot is running as LDA for postfix. When the system is running into the quota limit, the bounce message reads as follows: > Your message was automatically rejected by Dovecot Mail Delivery Agent. > The following reason was given: > Quota exceeded Can I somehow change this message, to make it more userfriendly? Postfix has a possibilty to change the bounce_template_file. Best regards, Markus

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[Dovecot] Massive Dovecot auth errors too strange for me
by Rudi K. 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hello out there, im running Dovecot on "ubuntu Dapper" serving pop3 only in maildir-style, but the dove-auth-process refuses "answers" to the deliver or login-process from time to time, (several times a day), and I have no glue whats going on and why ... Debbugging password-Auth surprised me, as the transmitted password IS correct and allows an successfull authenification lots of hundreds times a day.... but suddenly runs into trouble .. here the logs ... (please take care..., I´m a newbie ;-) Dec 18 10:25:05 server dovecot: pop3-login: Disconnected: Inactivity: method=PLAIN, rip=91.9.201.219, lip=83.154.61.77 Dec 18 10:25:07 server deliver(user.yxz(a)somedom.de): User request from dovecot-auth timed out Dec 18 10:25:07 server postfix/pipe[22156]: 63861180062A7: to=<user.yxz(a)somedom.de>, relay=dovecot, delay=60, status=deferred (temporary failure) Dec 18 10:33:09 server dovecot: auth(default): ssha_verify(info(a)mydom.de): invalid SSHA base64 decode Dec 18 10:33:09 server dovecot: auth(default): cache(info(a)mydom.de,84.166.106.150): Password mismatch Dec 18 10:33:09 server dovecot: auth(default): cache(info(a)mydom.de,84.166.106.150): SSHA(1234) != '1234' Dec 18 10:33:11 server dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL^I56^Iuser=info(a)mydom.de Dec 18 10:33:11 server dovecot: auth(default): client out: FAIL^I57^Iuser=info(a)mydom.de root@server:~# dovecot --version 1.0.rc17 root@server:~# dovecot --build-options Build options: ioloop=poll notify=dnotify ipv6 openssl SQL drivers: mysql postgresql sqlite Passdb: checkpassword ldap pam passwd passwd-file shadow sql Userdb: checkpassword ldap passwd prefetch passwd-file sql static root@server:/etc/dovecot# grep -v '^ *$#.*$\?$' dovecot-ldap.conf hosts = localhost dn = cn=admin,dc=jdbit,dc=de dnpass = auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = ou=mailsystem,dc=jdbit,dc=de scope = subtree user_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password user_filter = (&(objectClass=ekitsMailAccount)(|(uid=%u)(userAlias=%u))) pass_attrs = uid=user,userPassword=password pass_filter = (&(objectClass=ekitsMailAccount)(|(uid=%u)(userAlias=%u))) default_pass_scheme = SSHA user_global_uid = vmail user_global_gid = vmail root@server:~# dovecot -n # /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: pop3 listen: mail.mydom.de disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: mail.mydom.de POP3-Server ready login_process_size: 64 login_processes_count: 64 first_valid_uid: 5000 last_valid_uid: 5000 first_valid_gid: 5000 last_valid_gid: 5000 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/dovecot/mail/%Ld/%Ln mail_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_process_size: 384 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 pop3_uidl_format: %08Xu%08Xv pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: cache_ttl: 0 user: nobody worker_max_count: 60 passdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf userdb: driver: ldap args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf socket: type: listen client: master: path: /var/run/dovecot/dovecot-auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail

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[Dovecot] Question with versions and problem with IMAP
by Drew Weaver 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

General question I have is this. Recently my personal server which I receive e-mail for a domain which is just for playing with rebooted on its own and I had both an RPM version and a source version of dovecot installed on the same machine. The RPM version started first even though I had been running under the source built version up until this point (I originally found that for some reason the version centos built was missing something, maybe plugins, I don't remember now) Anyhow, the question I have is why did it insist that all of my mail was new mail? I quickly realized what the problem is, and I noticed that once I switched it back and forth between the old and new versions it properly updated the 'read vs unread' mail in IMAP, and even though dovecot was using the same configuration file with both binaries (/etc/dovecot.conf) it made such a huge difference. The reason I am asking is because I want to update my source version from 1.0.rc2 to 1.0.9 but I would really like to retain my read vs. unread mail. The RPM version in question is: 0.99.11 The problem I am facing is, today a large mailbox approx. 570M suddenly stopped working via IMAP in outlook express. (again on version 1.0.rc2) no changes have been made to the configuration for over a year. There are no errors in maillog here is the output however: Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user>, method=PLAIN, rip=client, lip=server Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): Effective uid=552, gid=100 Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_quota_plugin.so Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib02_imap_quota_plugin.so Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): maildir: data=/home/user/Maildir:INDEX=/mailaux/user:CONTROL=/mailaux/user Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): maildir: root=/home/user/Maildir, index=/mailaux/user, control=/mailaux/user, inbox= Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): fs quota add storage dir = /home/user/Maildir Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): fs quota block device = /dev/sda1 Dec 18 09:49:53 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): fs quota mount point = /home Dec 18 09:49:55 mail dovecot: IMAP(user): Disconnected: Logged out Outlook express gives its usually helpful error message: Header download for the 'Inbox' folder did not complete. Account: 'server', Server: 'server', Protocol: IMAP, Server Response: '', Port: 143, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800C0148 Any advice on either of these issues would just be great. Happy holidays to those who are celebrating this time of year! -Drew

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[Dovecot] Upgrading from 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2 on edgy
by Daragh Mc Grath 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hi Guys, Can anyone shed some light as to how I upgrade away from 1.0.rc2-1ubuntu2.2 on edgy? The usual aptitude upgrades aren't doing anything for me, and, downloading the package from another Ubuntu release, and trying a dpkg -i is causing lots of dependency errors. Daragh

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot + SASL + allow_nets
by Andrew Garner 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

> Timo Sirainen schreef: > > On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 14:36 +0100, Marc Cuypers wrote: > >> When using dovecot for authentication of an SASL (postfix) request, i > >> cannot use the allow_nets parameter. The IP-address of the requester is > >> not known in dovecot. > >> > >> I would like to allow sasl for certain users, others are not allowed to > >> access via SASL. > >> Some users can have access to imap and pop3 from certain IP-addresses. > >> > >> How could i combine this in then dovecot configuration? > > > > Since Postfix doesn't send the IP to Dovecot, there isn't anything on > > Dovecot's side you can do. You could try asking about this in Postfix > > list.. Someone at least had a patch which allowed sending local IP to > > Dovecot (http://marc.info/?t=119306971600010&r=1&w=2) Maybe it sends > > remote IP as well. I wrote that patch. It passes both endpoints (remote & local) through to dovecot . This lets you restrict smtp-auth just like pop3 or imap using the remote IP. In my case, I had played around with a quick hack for doing per-ip realming (using the local IP) w/ dovecot-sql.

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[Dovecot] child (login) killed with signal 9
by Matt LaPlante 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi, I'm running dovecot on an Ubuntu server (1:1.0.5-1ubuntu2). Dovecot provides pop3, imap, and sasl to postfix. The setup works quite nicely, however I do have one error that shows up repeatedly in my dovecot.log. <snip> dovecot: 2007-12-12 09:29:06 Error: child 32765 (login) killed with signal 9 dovecot: 2007-12-12 09:29:06 Error: child 18039 (login) killed with signal 9 dovecot: 2007-12-12 10:05:07 Error: child 26088 (login) killed with signal 9 dovecot: 2007-12-12 10:05:07 Error: child 5271 (login) killed with signal 9 dovecot: 2007-12-12 10:05:07 Error: child 5273 (login) killed with signal 9 <snip> I'm not aware that this is actually causing problems, but since it shows up several hundred times a day on a couple-user setup, I'm rather curious about what's causing it. Thanks, Matt

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[Dovecot] maildirsize quota counting locking account?
by Daniel Watts 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi, I've just straced a dovecot imap process and found one thread sitting there doing hundreds and hundreds of maildirsize updates as follows: > > open("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/maildirsize", O_RDWR|O_APPEND) = 7 > read(7, "10485760000S\n1562717408 107547\n-"..., 5120) = 2446 > read(7, "", 2674) = 0 > write(1, "* 1810 FETCH (UID 1815 RFC822.SI"..., 2031) = 2031 > setsockopt(1, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [0], 4) = 0 > epoll_wait(4, {{EPOLLIN, {u32=101056896, u64=2370923004288}}}, 5, 2584) = 1 > read(0, "2838 UID fetch 1816 (UID RFC822."..., 2974) = 51 > setsockopt(1, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [1], 4) = 0 > close(7) = 0 > open("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/maildirsize", O_RDWR|O_APPEND) = 7 > read(7, "10485760000S\n1562717408 107547\n-"..., 5120) = 2446 > read(7, "", 2674) = 0 > open("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/.Folders.ALERTS.Payments/cur/1195331425.M52296P11937V0000000000000807I000000001015A5EB_0.tg3,S=2079:2,Sa", O_RDONLY) = 10 > fstat(10, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0600, st_size=2079, ...}) = 0 > pread(10, "Return-Path: <apache(a)tg7.alumina"..., 4096, 0) = 2079 > pread(10, "", 2017, 2079) = 0 > pread(10, "Return-Path: <apache(a)tg7.alumina"..., 4096, 0) = 2079 > write(1, "* 1811 FETCH (UID 1816 RFC822.SI"..., 2180) = 2180 > close(10) = 0 > stat("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/.Folders.ALERTS.Payments/new", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=6, ...}) = 0 > stat("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/.Folders.ALERTS.Payments/cur", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0700, st_size=618496, ...}) = 0 > close(7) = 0 > open("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/maildirsize", O_RDWR|O_APPEND) = 7 > read(7, "10485760000S\n1562717408 107547\n-"..., 5120) = 2446 > read(7, "", 2674) = 0 > write(1, "2838 OK Fetch completed.\r\n", 26) = 26 > setsockopt(1, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [0], 4) = 0 > epoll_wait(4, {}, 5, 800) = 0 > epoll_wait(4, {{EPOLLIN, {u32=101056896, u64=2370923004288}}}, 5, 5000) = 1 > read(0, "2839 UID fetch 1817 (UID RFC822."..., 2923) = 51 > setsockopt(1, SOL_TCP, TCP_CORK, [1], 4) = 0 > close(7) = 0 > open("/home/virtual/mydomain.com/home/admin/Maildir/maildirsize", O_RDWR|O_APPEND) = 7 During this time (at least 5-10 minutes) , I could not check the account via my email client Thunderbird. Clicking on an email would just sit there as if it is loading but nothing would happen - the read pane just remains blank. Is Dovecot going through every email (of many 10,000's) and counting up the sizes? Could this be made more efficient so it doesn't lock the account? This could I guess be a Thunderbird issue - it is a disappointingly imperfect client. Dan

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[Dovecot] Start using Dovecot
by Isaak 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hey,I have recently set up Dovecot on my server but I have trouble with using it. I'm using Dovecot 1.0.rc15, SQL password and user database with the SQL config files provided on the home page. I'm using Thunderbird to connect to Dovecot. When trying to connect it gives me an internal server error: User not found Is there anything else I need to do before I can use Dovecot? Here's my configuration, any help would be appreciated. # /etc/dovecot.conf log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info.log protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s listen(default): *:143 listen(imap): *:143 listen(pop3): *:110 ssl_cert_file: /var/www/ssl/just-click.pem ssl_key_file: /var/www/ssl/just-click.pem 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 max_mail_processes: 100 first_valid_uid: 1000 last_valid_uid: 1500 mail_extra_groups: mail mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_debug: yes mbox_read_locks: dotlock fcntl mbox_write_locks: dotlock fcntl 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 auth default: verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-client mode: 432 master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 432 user: dovecot group: mail _________________________________________________________________ Neem je vrienden overal mee dankzij Messenger op je gsm. http://messenger.live.com

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[Dovecot] sieve & vacation question
by Ralf Hildebrandt 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

We have a setup where a Postfix gateway does virtual_alias rewriting of the envelope sender: ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de get rewritten to hildeb(a)postamt.charite.de The mail is then sent on to postamt.charite.de, the Mailbox server. There we use deliver & doecot. The sieve vacation recipient says it won't answer if: "The envelope recipient is not found in the message To:, Cc: or Bcc: fields." But this is never the case, since the envelope is being rewritten. How can I solve this conundrum? -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Ralf.Hildebrandt(a)charite.de) plonk(a)charite.de Postfix - Einrichtung, Betrieb und Wartung Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 http://www.arschkrebs.de The ashtray in my office proudly displays "Designed for Windows98/NT"

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[Dovecot] Bug track list
by Antonis Faragitakis 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a bugs track list for postfix. Is there one ?

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