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[Dovecot] /var/run/dovecot folder gets deleted on server reboot? ubuntu 10.10
by jacques 11 May '12

11 May '12

Hi After rebooting my server connections to the mail system set up there failed - on closer inspection no dovecot process was running or got started. When running as root /usr/share/sbin/dovecot -c /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf got error on console /var/run/dovecot/auth-master could not be opened and found no /var/run/dovecot folder!. Is there better script to place in /etc/init.c/ to start dovecot (which will not fail silently?) Any idea what would remove the folder on ubuntu 10.10, running dovecot 2.1.5 and postfix 2.1.7? Any suggestions? Jacques

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[Dovecot] Postfix Query
by Tim 11 May '12

11 May '12

Hello, Another question!! Was just trying to sort out mail delivery to subdomains. I set up my system so that I have a mail address of tim(a)subdomain.example.com. I've sorted out Postfix to correctly identify this and pass on to Dovecot for delivery but Dovecot doesn't seem to deliver where I want it to. Ideally I would like to have a structure so that mail is delivered to /var/mail/example.com/subdomain/user My users are stored in MySQL and they are being pulled out correctly, but dovecot is delivering to /var/mail/subdomain.example.com/tim Looking at my logs it seems that the mail location is being picked up not being acted on... May 10 21:51:20 auth(default): Info: master out: USER 1 tim(a)subdomain.example.com maildir=example.com/subdomain/tim uid=mailuser gid=mailgroup quota_rule=*:bytes=2147483647 ...a bit further down... May 10 21:51:20 deliver(tim(a)subdomain.example.com): Info: auth input: maildir=example.com/subdomain/tim ...then further down it seems to change all of a sudden... May 10 21:51:20 deliver(tim(a)subdomain.example.com): Info: maildir: data=/var/mail/subdomain.example.com/tim/Maildir May 10 21:51:20 deliver(tim(a)subdomain.example.com): Info: maildir++: root=/var/mail/subdomain.example.com/tim/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/subdomain.example.com/tim/Maildir Bit confused! Any help would be appreciated! Cheers, Tim

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[Dovecot] Converting Dovecot.conf file from Dovecot 1.x to Dovecot 2.x (Dovecot configured with work with MySQL and Postfix)
by Femi Ajayi 10 May '12

10 May '12

Hi Freelancers, I want to convert this Dovecot configuration file for Dovecot 1.x to a dovecot file for Dovecot 2.x ============================= /etc/dovecot.conf ================================ protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir ssl_cert_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } protocol lda { log_path = /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master postmaster_address = postmaster(a)example.com } protocol pop3 { pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } auth default { user = root passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb static { args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/home/vmail/%d/%n allow_all_users=yes } socket listen { master { path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode = 0600 user = vmail } client { path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode = 0660 user = postfix group = postfix } } } =========================================================================== I run CentOS 6 on my server and I am trying to get my Dovecot to work with MySQL and Postfix to handle multiple virtual domains/users. I am currenty following the instructions here: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-centos-5 but the instructions are for Dovecot 1.x. Thanks in advance.

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[Dovecot] Request for help with dovecot.conf file: configured to work with MySQL and Postfix.
by Femi Ajayi 10 May '12

10 May '12

Greetings, I have CentOS 6.2 running on our server with a VPS provider (Linode.com) I need to configure Postfix, dovecot, MySQL to work for virtual domains (multiple domains on our server). The only instructions for setting up Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL my host provides is for the configuration on CentOS 5 which is here: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-centos-5 , I followed it for the installation/configuration of Email with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL on our CentOS 6.2 Everything seemed to work fine until I got to the editing of the dovecot.conf file. The guide on the Linode Library provides instructions for Dovecot 1.x, while the newer versions of CentOS (CentOS 6) , apparently use Dovecot 2.x. The config file format has changed, so the one in the guide is no longer applicable, and as a result, I got a errors.. I would therefore appreciate it greatly if someone with a copy of the Dovecot 2.x dovecot.conf file configured to work with MySQL and Postfix (for handling mails for multiple domains) could share it with me. You could get a better understanding of the problem if you take some time to look at the instructions I followed so far: http://library.linode.com/email/postfix/dovecot-mysql-centos-5 ..and also the forums where I had previously sought help: http://forum.linode.com/viewtopic.php?p=50603#50603 http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4672839#post4672839 Thanks in anticipation of your help.

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird log-in --->Authentication failed - password in uppercase in log files
by jacques 10 May '12

10 May '12

Hi I use dovecot 2.1.5 with postfix, amavis, spamassasin, mysql, virtual domains only. Dovecot being used for SASL authentication, and delivery. When I connect via telnet to port 25 or with smtp and try to do auth plain with mmencode connection string authentication works fine. I can send and recieve messages, and relay works as well. Trying to set up thunderbird to connect to this server I get problems - seems as if the password is resolved proper from the database (use postfixadmin), but then compares an upper case version of my password in the MD5-CRYPT() call to the password string obtained from the database. I do see the base64 encoded connection string in dovecot log though. Any ideas? extract from /var/log/dovecot.log: 345 resp=AHRlc3RAZWF0cmlnaHQtYmVoZWFsdGh5LmNvbQBURVNURVI= 2012-05-09 09:55:03 auth-worker(19577): Debug: sql(test(a)eatright-behealthy.com,4 1.48.226.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = 'test@eatright -behealthy.com' 2012-05-09 09:55:03 auth-worker(19577): Info: sql(test(a)eatright-behealthy.com,41 .48.226.1): Password mismatch 2012-05-09 09:55:03 auth-worker(19577): Debug: sql(test(a)eatright-behealthy.com,4 1.48.226.1): MD5-CRYPT(TESTER) != '$1$5224e6b6$bmc53Tpz2h3nknBCq/emc/' 2012-05-09 09:55:05 auth: Debug: client out: FAIL 3 user=test@eatrig ht-behealthy.com 2012-05-09 09:55:05 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (auth failed, 3 attempts in 1 5 secs): user=<test(a)eatright-behealthy.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=41.48.226.1, lip= 216.144.nnn.125, TLS 2012-05-09 10:01:52 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/ dovecot/auth 2012-05-09 10:01:52 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=31830) The password should be 'tester' - not 'TESTER' dovecot -n output: # 2.1.5: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-274.el5.028stab093.2 x86_64 Ubuntu 10.10 simfs auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_verbose = yes default_login_user = root first_valid_uid = 150 listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S " login_greeting = Dovecot ready :-) mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir:INDEX=/home/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir/indexes mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = 150 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/run/dovecot/auth-master { mode = 0600 user = vmail } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } user = root } service imap-login { chroot = login user = dovecot } service pop3-login { chroot = login user = dovecot } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/ssl-mail.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } userdb { args = uid=150 gid=150 home=/home/vmail/%d/%u allow_all_users=yes driver = static } protocol pop3 { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master deliver_log_format = msgid=%m: %$ log_path = /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log postmaster_address = postmaster quota_full_tempfail = yes rejection_reason = Your message to <%t> was automatically rejected:%n%r } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 10 } Please help if you can!

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[Dovecot] BODYSTRUCTURE bug?
by A.L.E.C 10 May '12

10 May '12

Hi! I've found a bug in Content-Type parsing. It's old instance of dovecot 1.1. Maybe fixed in newer versions. I have a mail with header: Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="------------080705010808010608030700"; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature";micalg="SHA1" and it works, but when the boundary is in different order Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature";micalg="SHA1"; boundary="------------080705010808010608030700" dovecot returns wrong BODYSTRUCTURE: ("text" "plain" ("charset" "us-ascii") NIL NIL "7bit" 226233 2955 NIL NIL NIL NIL) If this has been fixed, in which version? -- Aleksander 'A.L.E.C' Machniak LAN Management System Developer [http://lms.org.pl] Roundcube Webmail Developer [http://roundcube.net] --------------------------------------------------- PGP: 19359DC1 @@ GG: 2275252 @@ WWW: http://alec.pl

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[Dovecot] Enforcing Dovecot Quotas
by tcsmith1978 10 May '12

10 May '12

Hello, I have been looking at enforcing quotas for users of my mail system (postfix and Dovecot v1.2). Have tried to follow a few tuts on the web but its not having the desired effect. Essentially I can still send and receive mail on an account that I believe has had its quota exceeded. In my main.cf, I have: userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/mysql/dovecot-mysql.conf } passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/mysql/dovecot-mysql.conf } and... protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } plugin { quota_exceeded_message = You have exceeded the maximum quota for your mailbox } the dovecot sql (mysql) file has the following query for pulling out user ids and quotas etc: user_query = SELECT maildir, mymailuser as uid, mymailgroup as gid,concat('maildir:storage=',quota) as quota FROM virtual_mailbox WHERE username = '%u' I have set one of my users to have a quota of 1 (so one byte I believe) so it should be over the limit pretty much immediately. Looking at the logs I can see that the system is picking up on the quota limit but doesn't seem to enforce it. Apr 27 10:29:02 deliver(test(a)testdomain.com): Info: auth input: quota=maildir:storage=1 Apr 27 10:29:02 deliver(test(a)testdomain.com): Info: Quota root: name=storage=1 backend=maildir args= Any ideas? Am i missing something? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Enforcing-Dovecot-Quotas-tp33763561p33763561.html Sent from the Dovecot mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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[Dovecot] Thunderbird STARTTLS error
by Markus Fritz 09 May '12

09 May '12

Hello, the error is still present: May 8 19:47:18 opsys dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=82.113.119.140, lip=78.46.216.126 Whenever I start a session with openssl to STARTTTL (Server: mail.opsys.de) the handshake is successfull. Also I am able to login to my account via 1 login. In Thunderbird port 993 for SSL/TLS works correct, only STARTTLS on port 143 isn't working properly. The cert is Class 1 and signed by StartCom Ltd.. Dovecot.conf (for viewable reasons of this mail pasted): http://pastie.org/private/bmrymyuo16ohzxdahf0nq And here openssl output: http://pastie.org/private/3rpgll2s7hblev9ozpcq8w Note the 'Verify return code: 21 (unable to verify the first certificate)' in the output... Thanks for helping, I am working on this problem since 3 days. Kind regards Markus Fritz

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[Dovecot] lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox not working?
by Oscar del Rio 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dovecot 2.1.6, with lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox=yes recipient_delimiter=+ messages addressed to "user+detail@domain" are always delivered to INBOX regardless if "detail" mailbox already exists or lda_mailbox_autocreate=yes. Anything else needed to enable lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox feature? Thanks, Oscar

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[Dovecot] dovecot and systemd
by Michal Hlavinka 09 May '12

09 May '12

Hi all, dovecot supports systemd socket activation. Together with standard unit activation (like old sysv init script), there are two ways how to configure dovecot(only interface:port, not whole configuration). This can result in situation where those configurations does not say the same. Question is what should happen then? For example, lets have dovecot configured to listen for imap(s) and lets have systemd dovecot socket configured to listen for all protocols - pop3(s) and imap(s). When dovecot is configured to start on boot, systemd will start it and dovecot will listen on imap(s) ports. But when dovecot.socket is enabled, it'll listen on pop3(s) too and when new pop3 connection comes, it'll pass it to dovecot and dovecot will serve it. The question is: Should this happen? What exactly should happen when dovecot.conf does not match dovecot.socket configuration? Michal

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[Dovecot] acls not copied when creating subfolder of private INBOX
by Andreas Helmcke 09 May '12

09 May '12

Using brand new dovecot 2.1.5 I still have a problem with the inheritance of acls. Setting: - maildir with private INBOX and public folders. - users maildir directory (/home/mail/user/ahelmcke) contains dovecot-acl file - public folders root directory (/home/mail/Fax) contains dovecot-acl file When creating a subfolder of the public folder the dovecot-acl files gets copied to the subfolders directory as expected. When creating a subfolder of the users INBOX the dovecot-acl files does /not/ get copied to the subfolders directory. Debug output: doveadm -Dv mailbox create -u ahelmcke Fax/Buhhhh doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_lookup (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_zlib_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so: undefined symbol: i_stream_create_deflate (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_list_backend (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: auth input: ahelmcke quota_rule=*:storage=2000M doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=2000M doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Effective uid=494, gid=491, home=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2097152000 messages=0 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX/, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/home/mail/user/ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke, index=, control=, inbox=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace dummy: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/public/ doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/public, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace fax: type=public, prefix=Fax/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=no location=maildir:/home/mail/Fax:INDEX=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/SEEN.Fax doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/Fax, index=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/SEEN.Fax, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 0 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace Fax/: Using permissions from /home/mail/Fax: mode=0700 gid=-1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace INBOX/: Using permissions from /home/mail/user/ahelmcke: mode=0700 gid=-1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace Fax/: /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh doesn't exist yet, using default permissions doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace Fax/: Using permissions from /home/mail/Fax: mode=0700 gid=-1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl not found doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/Fax/.Buhhhh/dovecot-acl doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: reading file /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/dovecot-acl doveadm -Dv mailbox create -u ahelmcke INBOX/Buhhhh doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_acl_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_expire_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_expire_plugin.so: undefined symbol: expire_set_lookup (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_quota_plugin.so doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_zlib_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib10_doveadm_zlib_plugin.so: undefined symbol: i_stream_create_deflate (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(root): Debug: Skipping module doveadm_fts_plugin, because dlopen() failed: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/doveadm/lib20_doveadm_fts_plugin.so: undefined symbol: fts_list_backend (this is usually intentional, so just ignore this message) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: auth input: ahelmcke quota_rule=*:storage=2000M doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/quota_rule=*:storage=2000M doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Effective uid=494, gid=491, home=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Quota root: name=User quota backend=maildir args= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Quota rule: root=User quota mailbox=* bytes=2097152000 messages=0 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX/, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/home/mail/user/ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke, index=, control=, inbox=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace dummy: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/public/ doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/public, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 1 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace fax: type=public, prefix=Fax/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=no location=maildir:/home/mail/Fax:INDEX=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/SEEN.Fax doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: maildir++: root=/home/mail/Fax, index=/home/mail/user/ahelmcke/SEEN.Fax, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: acl username = ahelmcke doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl: owner = 0 doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (none) doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace INBOX/: /home/mail/user/ahelmcke/.Buhhhh doesn't exist yet, using default permissions doveadm(ahelmcke): Debug: Namespace INBOX/: Using permissions from /home/mail/user/ahelmcke: mode=0700 gid=-1 doveconf -n # 2.1.5: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.2 (Final) ext4 auth_master_user_separator = * auth_verbose = yes first_valid_uid = 400 mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_home = /home/mail/user/%u mail_location = maildir:/home/mail/user/%u mail_plugins = " quota acl" mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace dummy { alias_for = INBOX/ hidden = yes list = no location = maildir:/home/mail/user/%u/public/ prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace fax { location = maildir:/home/mail/Fax:INDEX=/home/mail/user/%u/SEEN.Fax prefix = Fax/ separator = / subscriptions = no type = public } namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX/ separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/passwd.masterusers driver = passwd-file master = yes pass = yes } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/home/mail/shared-mailboxes quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=3G sieve = /home/mail/user/%u/sieve.active sieve_dir = /home/mail/user/%u/sieve.scripts } protocols = imap lmtp sieve service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = * } inet_listener imaps { address = * } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { address = * port = 4190 } } ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/mail.ela-soft.com.crt ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/mail.ela-soft.com.2048bit.nopp.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " quota acl sieve" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " quota acl imap_quota imap_acl" } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = " quota acl sieve" }

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[Dovecot] Client got empty email from dovecot
by Lori Seda 09 May '12

09 May '12

Hi, I built a mail server with qmail + vpopmail + dovecot , the qmail and vpopmail worked well, until the dovecot was installed. Client always get empty email, I have try some solutions from google, neither of then can solve the problem. Here is the detailed information of logs, version, and output of 'dovecot -n', please help, thanks. Lori *Log:* May 9 14:16:23 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user1(a)site1.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=111.14.98.135, lip=10.247.108.189, mpid=23467, session=<VCJGcZS/FQBvDmKH> May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: Cached message size larger than expected (575 > 61) May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: Maildir filename has wrong S value, renamed the file from /home/vpopmail/domain_dir/ site1.com/sunl/Maildir/cur/1336544158.23459.mail.site1.com,S=575:2, to /home/vpopmail/domain_dir/ site1.com/sunl/Maildir/cur/1336544158.23459.mail.site1.com,S=61:2, May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: Corrupted index cache file /home/vpopmail/domain_dir/ site1.com/sunl/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 1 May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: Cached message size larger than expected (575 > 61) May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: Corrupted index cache file /home/vpopmail/domain_dir/ site1.com/sunl/Maildir/dovecot.index.cache: Broken physical size for mail UID 1 May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Error: read(/home/vpopmail/domain_dir/ site1.com/sunl/Maildir/cur/1336544158.23459.mail.site1.com,S=575:2,) failed: Input/output error (uid=1) May 9 14:16:25 mail dovecot: pop3(user1(a)site1.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=1/78, del=0/1, size=63 *Version:* [root]vpopmail# dovecot --version *2.1.6* dovecot -n: [root]vpopmail# dovecot -n # 2.1.6: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) ext3 auth_cache_size = 10 M auth_default_realm = site1.com auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_socket_path = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb default_internal_user = vpopmail default_login_user = vpopmail disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_uid = 516 hostname = mail.site1.com last_valid_uid = 516 listen = * mail_access_groups = 516 mail_gid = 513 mail_location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domain_dir/%d/%n/Maildir/ mail_privileged_group = 513 mail_uid = 516 namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args = cache_key=%u webmail=127.0.0.1 driver = vpopmail } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)site1.com protocols = imap pop3 sendmail_path = /var/qmail/bin/sendmail service auth-worker { user = $default_internal_user } service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vchkpw mode = 0666 user = vpopmail } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-login { inet_listener imaps { ssl = yes } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3s { ssl = yes } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = quota_template=quota_rule=*:backend=%q driver = vpopmail } protocol lda { mail_plugins = } protocol imap { mail_plugins = } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = }

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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot for POP3S proxying
by Gilles Albusac 09 May '12

09 May '12

Dovecot is installed but actually I just use auth module (for postfix authentication). In your dovecot.conf example, I don't see the "proxy" command ? Could you give me a few more details on the "proxy" command usage (ExtraFields/Proxy is not clear for me)? Regards -----Message d'origine----- From: David Jonas Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 8:04 PM To: Gilles Albusac Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot for POP3S proxying On Thu May 3 05:14:40 2012, Gilles Albusac wrote: > Dovecot is already installed in my architecture and I just would like > to know how to configure Dovecot for POP3S proxying with authentication. > > For security reasons I prefer to install as little as possible binary > (see vulnerability 2011 - remote exploit - STUNNEL). If you already have dovecot running in proxy mode it's easy to add pop3s. If not, see http://wiki2.dovecot.org/PasswordDatabase/ExtraFields/Proxy See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Services search the page for pop3s. A simple example: ssl = yes ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 ssl = yes } } Of course there is a lot more SSL tuning that can be done: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/SSL/DovecotConfiguration > -----Message d'origine----- From: David Jonas > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:29 PM > To: Gilles Albusac > Cc: dovecot(a)dovecot.org > Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot for POP3S proxying > > On Wed May 2 06:41:00 2012, Gilles Albusac wrote: >> I would like to configure Dovecot for POP3S proxying all users from >> the Internet to the internal Exchange Mail Server. > > Unless I'm missing something with your request, you don't need dovecot. > Any ssl proxy can do that for you, such as stunnel > (http://www.stunnel.org/) We use the hardware ssl termination on our > load balancers for pop3s, imaps, and smtps.

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[Dovecot] IMAP NOTIFY extension
by ashley willis 09 May '12

09 May '12

your work on NOTIFY was brought to my attention, and I see it hasn't been changed in two months, a week after you announced it. a few users and some mail admins have been wanting something like this for k9 mail, which I help develop. what is the current status? is it worth installing and starting work in getting k9 to support it yet? I'd offer help on your end, but I just know java and perl. c code usually confuses me (i keep meaning to learn, but...). thanks! -ashley -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Re: [Dovecot] [exim] Exim / Dovecot and AUTH LOGIN
by Frank Elsner 08 May '12

08 May '12

On Tue, 08 May 2012 19:47:39 +0200 Jonas Eckerman wrote: > On 2012-05-08 15:22, Frank Elsner wrote: > > [About exim authenticating PLAIN and LOGIN against dovecot auth socket] > > > PLAIN Authentication works perfect, LOGIN gives > > > 2012-05-08 15:08:43 login authenticator failed for xxxxxx.tu-berlin.de [130.149.X.YY]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present: authentication socket protocol error > > This is just a guess since I'm not too good at dovecot, but could it be > that you need to set at least "auth_mechanisms = plain login" your in > dovecot config? Yeah, that was it! You made my day! --Frank Elsner

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[Dovecot] [+]: Exim / Dovecot and AUTH LOGIN
by Frank Elsner 08 May '12

08 May '12

On Tue, 8 May 2012 15:22:11 +0200 Frank Elsner wrote: > > Hi to both adressed mailing lists, > > I followed the instructions in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/EximAndDovecotSASL Forgot to mention the versions :-( exim 4.77 dovecot 2.1.6 self compiled under Fedora 14. --Frank Elsner

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[Dovecot] dovecot smtp authentication with sendmail
by Hadi Salem 08 May '12

08 May '12

Hi, It’s possible to use sasl dovecot smtp authentication with sendmail ? Hadi.Salem

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[Dovecot] Exim / Dovecot and AUTH LOGIN
by Frank Elsner 08 May '12

08 May '12

Hi to both adressed mailing lists, I followed the instructions in http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/EximAndDovecotSASL exim.conf: | plain: | driver = dovecot | public_name = PLAIN | server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client | server_set_id = $auth1 | | login: | driver = dovecot | public_name = LOGIN | server_socket = /var/run/dovecot/auth-client | server_set_id = $auth1 10-master.conf for dovecot: | service auth { | # auth_socket_path points to this userdb socket by default. It's typically | # used by dovecot-lda, doveadm, possibly imap process, etc. Its default | # permissions make it readable only by root, but you may need to relax these | # permissions. Users that have access to this socket are able to get a list | # of all usernames and get results of everyone's userdb lookups. | # unix_listener auth-userdb { | #mode = 0600 | #user = | #group = | # } | | # Exim SMTP AUTH | unix_listener auth-client { | mode = 0660 | user = exim | group = exim | } PLAIN Authentication works perfect, LOGIN gives 2012-05-08 15:08:43 login authenticator failed for xxxxxx.tu-berlin.de [130.149.X.YY]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present: authentication socket protocol error Where is the problem? Kind regards, Frank Elsner

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Re: [Dovecot] Shared namespace
by Daniel L. Miller 08 May '12

08 May '12

On 5/7/2012 6:46 AM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > On 5/6/2012 8:34 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: >> I'm not sure what's triggered it - I THINK it has something to do >> with a force-resync, but not sure. >> >> I'm no longer viewing my full list of shared mailboxes. I used to >> have a number of users shown - they had all had their ACL's set >> individually and were shown in the list. "doveadm acl debug" shows >> they SHOULD be shown - at least I think so, as the output for the >> mailboxes that DO appear is identical for those that don't. >> >> Where should I look for breakage? > > After upgrading to 2.1.6 - mailboxes are back. Not sure I want to TRY > to break it again... > Ok - I broke it again. Tried changing mail_shared_explicit_inbox to no - problem mailboxes disappeared again. Changed back to yes - they came back. Problem with both Thunderbird and Roundcube as clients. -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] courier to dovecot
by Grafibit Rendszergazda 08 May '12

08 May '12

Dear All, I know there were many threads on this topic. I was searching the archive and the net also, but did not find a solution on my problem. I hope you can help me. I am migrating from an old server using courier to a new server with dovecot and i can not manage to have the same uids after the migration. After copying the message files from the old server to the new, and executing the script from the wiki page the messages are still re-downloaded by the mail clients. After telnet and logging in to the old server port 110, I got the following on the command *uidl*: 1 UID377-1278276092 2 UID387-1278276092 3 UID394-1278276092 4 UID498-1278276092 5 UID499-1278276092 6 UID564-1278276092 On the new server i set up the *pop3_uidl_format = UID%u-%v* because it seems for me that the old server is using the same uidl format. Either if i execute the /./courier-dovecot-migrate.pl --to-dovecot --recursive --convert /command or i don't the uidls on the new server won't be the same. Both the %u and %v numbers are differ. Please give me any hints how to continue the investigation to have a successful migration. Thank you in advance, Tamás * dovecot -n* # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.4 protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve ssl_cert_file: /var/lib/dtc/etc/ssl/dovecot/new.cert.cert ssl_key_file: /var/lib/dtc/etc/ssl/dovecot/new.cert.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 login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock 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 mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota mail_plugins(pop3): quota 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 pop3_uidl_format: UID%u-%v managesieve_logout_format(default): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(imap): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(pop3): bytes=%i/%o managesieve_logout_format(managesieve): bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) namespace: type: private separator: . prefix: INBOX. inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: mail(a)exemple.com mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot-auth-master log_path: /var/log/sieve.log info_log_path: /var/log/sieve.info mail_plugins: sieve quota auth default: passdb: driver: sql args: /var/lib/dtc/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: prefetch userdb: driver: sql args: /var/lib/dtc/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/run/dovecot/dovecot-auth-client mode: 438 master: path: /var/run/dovecot-auth-master mode: 384 user: dtc plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/sieve quota: maildir

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Re: [Dovecot] Upgrading known problems (2.0 to 2.1) ?
by Timo Sirainen 08 May '12

08 May '12

Yes, that's possible. The IMAP/POP3 servers behind Dovecot director wouldn't even need to be Dovecots at all. Although you really want to use v2.1 director since it has a lot of fixes compared to v2.0. On 8.5.2012, at 0.02, Jean Michel wrote: > Thanks, an other thing is that I didnt saw anything about a cenario like this, its possible to have a director working on 2.0 and a backend with 2.1 simultaneously and vice-versa? > > 2012/5/7 Timo Sirainen <tss(a)iki.fi> > On 7.5.2012, at 23.21, Jean Michel wrote: > > > Is there any known/possible problem while upgrading from dovecot 2.0 to 2.1 > > ? > > Did anybody had any trouble with this ? > > http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Upgrading/2.1 lists all known problems. > > > > > -- > ------------------------------ > Jean Michel Feltrin >

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[Dovecot] Upgrading known problems (2.0 to 2.1) ?
by Jean Michel 07 May '12

07 May '12

Is there any known/possible problem while upgrading from dovecot 2.0 to 2.1 ? Did anybody had any trouble with this ? ------------------------------ Jean Michel Feltrin

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[Dovecot] dsync with virtual users
by Ken Stevenson 07 May '12

07 May '12

I'm using dovecot v2.0.16

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[Dovecot] Panic in index-sync.c: line 25 on dovecot-1.2.17
by Leon Meßner 07 May '12

07 May '12

Hi, with dovecot-1.2.17 (yes i know it's old) i'm getting the folowing error after doing a system upgrade. May 7 22:04:26 mail dovecot: deliver(elon): Panic: file index-sync.c: line 25 (index_mailbox_set_recent_uid): assertion failed: (seq_range_exists(&ibox->recent_flags, uid)) May 7 22:04:27 mail kernel: pid 79989 (deliver), uid 4873: exited on signal 6 (core dumped) this only happens to one user and only with mail from one mailinglist (this one). Mails do get filtered by sieve. After some delivery attempts the mail finaly gets stored alright in the maildir. May 7 22:23:27 mail dovecot: deliver(elon): sieve: msgid=<assp.047487a390.4FA82AA5.60907 09(a)amfes.com>: stored mail into mailbox 'dovecot' May 7 22:23:27 mail postfix/local[82289]: 7DED511402: to=<elon(a)physik.tu-berlin.de>, orig_to=<l.messner(a)physik.tu-berlin.de>, relay=local, delay=1141, delays=1141/0.01/0/0.26, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to command: /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver) May 7 22:23:27 mail postfix/qmgr[1303]: 7DED511402: removed After that a new mail does the same dance (perhaps until the next one to this ML arrives). The maildirs are on NFS and in this case only beeing used with my instance of mutt and two other postfix+dovecot servers which are quite idle. Whats the way to debug this ? Thanks, Leon

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[Dovecot] Proxying for some users and having the rest local?
by Dr Josef Karthauser 07 May '12

07 May '12

I'm migrating a load of mailboxes from cyrus to a new dovecot server. What I'd like to do is to switch the DNS to dovecot, and set things up so that all old imap mailboxes are accessed through the dovecot proxy. That way I can migrate them one at a time independent of DNS issues. I've got a load of users specified in mysql, and that configuration works well for local mailboxes. How do I configure things so that I can switch proxy access on and off? What's I've got so far is: password_query = SELECT user, domain, password, "masteruser" as master, "masterpass" as pass, proxy, "remoteimap.server" as host FROM mailboxes \ WHERE user = '%n' AND isMailbox AND active AND domain = '%d' I imagined that I could switch the proxy per user by setting proxy='n' or proxy=null for any users that want to be local, and proxy='y' for any users that I want to forward on to the original server. It doesn't appear to work that way though. Irrespective of the proxy value dovecot appears to try and proxy all users. What am I doing wrong? I can't work it out from the docs, and the source will take quite a bit of studying to get to the bottom of it all. Thanks :), Joe

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Re: [Dovecot] mdbox packing
by Daniel L. Miller 07 May '12

07 May '12

On 5/6/2012 8:12 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > On 5/6/2012 8:09 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: >> On 4/30/2012 5:23 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >>> On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 12:43 -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote: >>>> Is there a way to manually force an mdbox storage to be rebuilt >>>> into new >>>> files? Particularly files of the maximum size? >>> You could do it with dsync. >>> >>> >> dsync seems to do a marvelous job - new question.? >> >> Given a mailbox with a larger number of older mails - assuming any >> new mails will have later dates - will the new mail storage files be >> identical? I'm probably not saying the right - let me try this: >> >> 1. "dsync backup mdbox" (with appropriate args) is run for a given >> user. >> 2. "dsync mirror mdbox" is done just to catch up. >> 3. Old mailstore moved off. >> 4. New mailstore moved to active location. >> >> I'm sure there's a safer way to do the above - but I've got a >> low-traffic site and I can just shut down mail service altogether for >> a few minutes if I want during this. >> >> Now - repeat the above four steps. Will mail files m.1 through >> m.(n-1) be identical to the last run? Is this a valid packing >> strategy prior to performing an rsync type backup - assuming no >> changes are being made to the archived mails between pack runs? > > Given the above, and SIS - if the backup is performed in the same > spool, i.e. original is /var/mail/domain/user, backup is > /var/mail/domain/user-new - will this result in any problems with > SIS? If after the pack and rename operation, the old mail tree is > simply deleted - will that leave SIS files unreferenced if the user > later deletes the messages from their active store? > And yet another one - dsync does not APPEAR to be copying ACL's in this process. -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] This binary should probably be called with process group set to (vmail) instead of (userid)
by jeep＠rahul.net 07 May '12

07 May '12

Im sorry to ask another basic question, but Ive tried to find this answer for several hours now and it eludes me. Im getting the following when dovecot tries to deliver an email: May 6 19:29:21 mydomain dovecot: lda: Debug: auth input: jeff home=/opt/imapdata/j/jeff/INBOX uid=1001 gid=999 May 6 19:29:21 mydomain dovecot: lda(jeff): Fatal: setgid(999(vmail) from userdb lookup) failed with euid=999(vmail), gid=500(jeff), egid=500(jeff): Operation not permitted (This binary should probably be called with process group set to 999(vmail) instead of 500(jeff)) I cannot seem to find where its trying to call dovecot-lda with uid(jeff) at? AFAIK Ive set everything up to use/deliver as 'vmail'. 'jeff' is the only person on this box with a unix account which is uid 500, but how do I make it use vmail instead? Thanks for the help! Jeff postfix master.cf: virtual_transport = vmail mailbox_command=/opt/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f "$SENDER" -a "$RECIPIENT" dovecot -n: # 2.1.5: /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.35.14-106.fc14.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) ext4 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /opt/dovecot215/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain default_client_limit = 225 default_internal_user = vmail disable_plaintext_auth = no first_valid_gid = 999 first_valid_uid = 999 listen = * lock_method = flock mail_debug = yes mail_gid = vmail mail_home = /opt/imapdata/vmailhome mail_location = mbox:/opt/imapdata/%1n/%n:INDEX=/opt/imapdata/%1n/%n mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail mbox_lock_timeout = 1 mins mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } passdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size } protocols = imap service auth { inet_listener { port = 12345 } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } user = $default_internal_user } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } service_count = 1 } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } userdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } userdb { args = /opt/dovecot/etc/dovecot/conf.d/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol imap { imap_idle_notify_interval = 1 mins imap_max_line_length = 64 k mail_max_userip_connections = 5 } /mf/home/jeep/shell/.signature

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Re: [Dovecot] Shared namespace
by Daniel L. Miller 07 May '12

07 May '12

On 5/6/2012 8:34 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > I'm not sure what's triggered it - I THINK it has something to do with > a force-resync, but not sure. > > I'm no longer viewing my full list of shared mailboxes. I used to > have a number of users shown - they had all had their ACL's set > individually and were shown in the list. "doveadm acl debug" shows > they SHOULD be shown - at least I think so, as the output for the > mailboxes that DO appear is identical for those that don't. > > Where should I look for breakage? After upgrading to 2.1.6 - mailboxes are back. Not sure I want to TRY to break it again... -- Daniel

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP STARTTLS Problem
by Patrick Ben Koetter 07 May '12

07 May '12

* markus(a)opsys.de <markus(a)opsys.de>: > Yep, I set the rights for the cert in Thunderbird. With this CERT > SSL is working in Thunderbird but not with STARTTLS. > > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:CreateNewLineFromSocket: 1 > BAD TLS not available due to temporary reason Your server responds it has a temporary problem. Set the server verbose to get more useful log output. p@rick P.S. And please keep this thread onlist. > That's the message I get from Thunderbird. > > And that's the hole log: > > 4440[af7d580]: ImapThreadMainLoop entering [this=bcde800] > 0[c0f140]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:SetupWithUrl: clearing > IMAP_CONNECTION_IS_OPEN > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:ProcessCurrentURL: entering > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:ProcessCurrentURL:imap://markus%40opsys%2Ede@mail.opsys.de:143/select%3E.INBOX: > = currentUrl > 4440[af7d580]: ReadNextLine [stream=bc59ca8 nb=118 needmore=0] > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:CreateNewLineFromSocket: * > OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE > STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN] Dovecot ready. > > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:SendData: 1 STARTTLS > > 4440[af7d580]: ReadNextLine [stream=bc59ca8 nb=49 needmore=0] > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:CreateNewLineFromSocket: 1 > BAD TLS not available due to temporary reason > > 4440[af7d580]: try to log in > 4440[af7d580]: IMAP auth: server caps 0x4405427, pref 0x1006, failed > 0x0, avail caps 0x1006 > 4440[af7d580]: (GSSAPI = 0x1000000, CRAM = 0x20000, NTLM = 0x100000, > MSN = 0x200000, PLAIN = 0x1000, LOGIN = 0x2, old-style IMAP login = > 0x4)auth external IMAP login = 0x20000000 > 4440[af7d580]: trying auth method 0x1000 > 4440[af7d580]: got new password > 4440[af7d580]: IMAP: trying auth method 0x1000 > 4440[af7d580]: PLAIN auth > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:SendData: 2 authenticate plain > > 4440[af7d580]: ReadNextLine [stream=bc59ca8 nb=4294967295 needmore=0] > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:CreateNewLineFromSocket: > clearing IMAP_CONNECTION_IS_OPEN - rv = 80470002 > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:TellThreadToDie: close > socket connection > 4440[af7d580]: bcde800:mail.opsys.de:NA:CreateNewLineFromSocket: (null) > 4440[af7d580]: authlogin failed > 4440[af7d580]: marking auth method 0x1000 failed > 4440[af7d580]: IMAP auth: server caps 0x4405427, pref 0x1006, failed > 0x1000, avail caps 0x6 > 4440[af7d580]: (GSSAPI = 0x1000000, CRAM = 0x20000, NTLM = 0x100000, > MSN = 0x200000, PLAIN = 0x1000, LOGIN = 0x2, old-style IMAP login = > 0x4)auth external IMAP login = 0x20000000 > 4440[af7d580]: trying auth method 0x2 > 4440[af7d580]: login failed entirely -- state of mind () http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] v2.1.6 released
by Timo Sirainen 07 May '12

07 May '12

http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.6.tar.gz http://dovecot.org/releases/2.1/dovecot-2.1.6.tar.gz.sig * Session ID is now included by default in auth and login process log lines. It can be added to mail processes also by adding %{session} to mail_log_prefix. + Added ssl_require_crl setting, which specifies if CRL check must be successful when verifying client certificates. + Added mail_shared_explicit_inbox setting to specify if a shared INBOX should be accessible as "shared/$user" or "shared/$user/INBOX". - v2.1.5: Using "~/" as mail_location or elsewhere failed to actually expand it to home directory. - dbox: Fixed potential assert-crash when reading dbox files. - trash plugin: Fixed behavior when quota is already over limit. - mail_log plugin: Logging "copy" event didn't work. - Proxying to backend server with SSL: Verifying server certificate name always failed, because it was compared to an IP address.

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[Dovecot] Shared namespace
by Daniel L. Miller 07 May '12

07 May '12

I'm not sure what's triggered it - I THINK it has something to do with a force-resync, but not sure. I'm no longer viewing my full list of shared mailboxes. I used to have a number of users shown - they had all had their ACL's set individually and were shown in the list. "doveadm acl debug" shows they SHOULD be shown - at least I think so, as the output for the mailboxes that DO appear is identical for those that don't. Where should I look for breakage? -- Daniel

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Re: [Dovecot] mdbox packing
by Daniel L. Miller 07 May '12

07 May '12

On 5/6/2012 8:09 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote: > On 4/30/2012 5:23 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On Mon, 2012-04-30 at 12:43 -0700, Daniel L. Miller wrote: >>> Is there a way to manually force an mdbox storage to be rebuilt into >>> new >>> files? Particularly files of the maximum size? >> You could do it with dsync. >> >> > dsync seems to do a marvelous job - new question.? > > Given a mailbox with a larger number of older mails - assuming any new > mails will have later dates - will the new mail storage files be > identical? I'm probably not saying the right - let me try this: > > 1. "dsync backup mdbox" (with appropriate args) is run for a given user. > 2. "dsync mirror mdbox" is done just to catch up. > 3. Old mailstore moved off. > 4. New mailstore moved to active location. > > I'm sure there's a safer way to do the above - but I've got a > low-traffic site and I can just shut down mail service altogether for > a few minutes if I want during this. > > Now - repeat the above four steps. Will mail files m.1 through > m.(n-1) be identical to the last run? Is this a valid packing > strategy prior to performing an rsync type backup - assuming no > changes are being made to the archived mails between pack runs? Given the above, and SIS - if the backup is performed in the same spool, i.e. original is /var/mail/domain/user, backup is /var/mail/domain/user-new - will this result in any problems with SIS? If after the pack and rename operation, the old mail tree is simply deleted - will that leave SIS files unreferenced if the user later deletes the messages from their active store? -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] mdbox packing
by Daniel L. Miller 07 May '12

07 May '12

Is there a way to manually force an mdbox storage to be rebuilt into new files? Particularly files of the maximum size? -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Authentication process holding open filehandles
by George Barnett 07 May '12

07 May '12

Hi, We're using dovecot to provide pop3 for a number of mailboxes. The setup is pretty simple: Each user / domain has a mailstore in /data/mailstore/<domain>/<user>/Maildir (backed by NFS). Passwords are in simple passwd-file format in the top level domain directory eg: # cat /data/mailstore/foo.com/.passwd user:{plain}password The passdb setup looks like this. passdb { args = username_format=%n /data/mailstore/%d/.passwd driver = passwd-file } The problem we're having is that when we want to remove a domain from the system and we go to rm -rf /data/mailstore/<domain>/ we are unable to because the auth process is still holding onto the file handles for the password file. Can somebody suggest an alternative pattern that I could use for storing password files? Ideally, we'd avoid one large file to prevent locking issues and would also keep the passwd-file setup since it's simple. It would be possible to have the password files in a separate dir, but over time I'm guessing that would lead to nfs turds? Easy to clean up I suppose, but maybe there's a simpler solution I'm missing? George

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[Dovecot] smtp -auth with using clear text password
by Agnello George 06 May '12

06 May '12

Hi I am setting up a mailserver .. where clients need to authenticate to the mail server . The mta i am using is postfix . It is possible to use a file like this : ---------------------------------- cat /etc/postfix/dovecote_passwd agnello:123456 --------------------------------- where user is agnello and password is 123456 If you can please send me some reference links thanks a ton -- Regards Agnello D'souza

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Re: [Dovecot] IMAP STARTTLS Problem
by Patrick Ben Koetter 06 May '12

06 May '12

* markus(a)opsys.de <markus(a)opsys.de>: > Am 05.05.2012 22:44, schrieb Patrick Ben Koetter: > >* Markus Fritz <markus.fritz(a)opsys.de>: > >>Am 05.05.2012 21:06, schrieb Markus Fritz: > >Assuming your server cert is located in > >/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt try > >this on your server: > > > >openssl s_client -starttls imap -CAfile > >/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt -connect localhost:143 > > > >Use "2 logout" to get out of the session. > > > >If it works, try the same from your client host. > > > >Does it work both times? > > yes: > > Verify return code: 0 (ok) > --- > . OK Capability completed. > > it works. But I cannot login with Thunderbird. I imported the cert > in Thunderbird, too. IIRC it is not enough to import the cert. You also need to set a policy i.e. allow the cert to be used for e-mail. p@rick -- state of mind () http://www.state-of-mind.de Franziskanerstraße 15 Telefon +49 89 3090 4664 81669 München Telefax +49 89 3090 4666 Amtsgericht München Partnerschaftsregister PR 563

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[Dovecot] HG 3d8a25a4394d Patch breaks UserDB Lookups
by Thomas Leuxner 06 May '12

06 May '12

Patch http://hg.dovecot.org/dovecot-2.1/rev/3d8a25a4394d breaks auth May 5 09:01:52 spectre dovecot: lmtp(24442): Connect from local May 5 09:01:52 spectre dovecot: lmtp(24442): Error: userdb lookup(tlx(a)leuxner.net): Disconnected unexpectedly May 5 09:01:52 spectre dovecot: auth: Fatal: master: service(auth): child 24443 killed with signal 11 (core not dumped) May 5 09:01:52 spectre dovecot: lmtp(24442): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) Regards Thomas

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[Dovecot] IMAP STARTTLS Problem
by Markus Fritz 05 May '12

05 May '12

Hello, I have this problem: May 5 21:02:35 opsys dovecot: imap-login: Disconnected (no auth attempts): rip=84.150.52.31, lip=78.46.216.126 Connecting via Thunderbird to STARTTLS won't work, but with a website from the same server it works for tls://opsys.de. So why is the port closed for external ip's? IPTABLES entry for imap is this: fail2ban-dovecot-pop3imap tcp -- anywhere anywhere multiport dports pop3,pop3s,imap2,imaps Key files are correct TLS is working from localhost. System is Debian squeeze -- Markus Fritz Administration opsys.de

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[Dovecot] Corrupted mdbox file
by Daniel L. Miller 05 May '12

05 May '12

With an error like this: doveadm(dmiller(a)amfes.com): Error: Corrupted dbox file /var/mail/amfes.com/dmiller/mdbox/storage/m.20 (around offset=74408): Unexpected EOF while reading metadata header What can be done? -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] Dovecot/doveadm crash
by Daniel L. Miller 05 May '12

05 May '12

Having a problem with a mailbox. I've been trying to rebuild - but doveadm force-resync crashes. This is mdbox with sis. doveadm purge -u dmiller(a)amfes.com doveadm(dmiller(a)amfes.com): Panic: file istream.c: line 466 (i_stream_grow_buffer): assertion failed: (stream->max_buffer_size > 0) doveadm(dmiller(a)amfes.com): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4167a) [0x7fb73465467a] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(default_fatal_handler+0x32) [0x7fb734654762] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7fb73462c2a0] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4949b) [0x7fb73465c49b] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_get_buffer_space+0x82) [0x7fb73465c522] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4b1c8) [0x7fb73465e1c8] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read+0x69) [0x7fb73465bb69] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_stream_read_next_line+0x1d) [0x7fb73465c04d] -> /usr/local/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_purge+0x921) [0x7fb7348d7d71] -> doveadm() [0x40e1e6] -> doveadm() [0x40e018] -> doveadm() [0x40ea83] -> doveadm(doveadm_mail_try_run+0x141) [0x40eef1] -> doveadm(main+0x3c1) [0x415911] -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xff) [0x7fb73429deff] -> doveadm() [0x40de39] -- Daniel

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[Dovecot] per user sieve after filters
by Andre Rodier 05 May '12

05 May '12

Hello, Thanks for dovecot, as it's still the best mail server. I'd like to use per users sieve_after scripts. Can I put in my dovecot config file, something like that: sieve_after = %h/Mails/Sieve/After/ It would be very useful for me, as I'd like to add vacation script to be executed from this place. Kind regards, André.

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[Dovecot] Shared INBOX change in v2.1.6?
by Timo Sirainen 04 May '12

04 May '12

Previously Dovecot has shown shared INBOX like: * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "shared/tss2" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "shared/tss2/INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "shared/tss2/foo" The last change in hg makes it return simply (same as with Cyrus): * LIST (\HasChildren) "/" "shared/tss2" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "/" "shared/tss2/foo" This behavior could be made optional, but does anyone actually want it to work the old way (and why)? I'd rather not add an option that isn't useful to anyone. I think older Dovecot versions have allowed opening both shared/tss2 and shared/tss2/INBOX, but at least in v2.1 that code was broken. With the last change it's still possible to open both of them, the shared/tss2/INBOX just isn't visible in LIST output.

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[Dovecot] dovecot sasl with postfix: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: Connection lost to authentication server
by David Jonas 04 May '12

04 May '12

When using dovecot (2.1.5) sasl with postfix (2.8.4) behind nginx smtp proxy I am seeing a ton of errors of the form: postfix/smtpd[7731]: warning: unknown[192.168.0.6]: SASL LOGIN authentication failed: Connection lost to authentication server Nothing is printed by dovecot in the logs regarding the error. It seems that dovecot just hung up on postfix. (side note: no, can't use xclient in nginx/postfix. But perhaps soon.) After much digging I thought I solved it with: login_trusted_networks = 172.20.20.0/24 mail_max_userip_connections = 0 This seems safe enough because dovecot is only providing sasl to postfix, no connections to the outside world. But the error is still happening. # doveadm penalty IP penalty last_penalty last_update 172.20.20.61 1 2012-04-30 19:15:56 19:15:56 strace on the anvil process shows a lot of GETs and INCs: 18:54:06 read(14, "PENALTY-GET\t172.20.20.61\n", 397) = 25 <0.000016> 18:54:06 write(14, "1 1335837245\n", 13) = 13 <0.000029> A two minute survey showed penalty distribution: 0: 60% 1: 15% 2: 18% 3: 8% Finally I just disabled penalties with the info from http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2011-December/062631.html and that seemed to do it. Is there a better way? This took me a long time to run down so I tried to make this message detailed enough that others with similar problems will stumble upon it.

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[Dovecot] doveadm mailbox: rc=0 on error
by Andreas Schulze 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi all, I use "doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 $folder" to convert imap foldernames to UTF-8. If $foldername is not mUTF-7 encoded, doveadm returns "doveadm(root): Error: Mailbox name not valid mUTF-7: $folder" This errormessage is printed on stderr but the returncode of doveadm is zero. I tested with dovecot-2.0.* and dovecot-2.1.* # all right: $ doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 'gr&APw-n'; echo $? grün 0 # also all right, no mUTF-7 encoded folder: $ doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 'gruen'; echo $? gruen 0 # wrong $ doveadm mailbox mutf7 -7 'grün'; echo $? doveadm(root): Error: Mailbox name not valid mUTF-7: grün 0 Would be nice if doveadm exit with an errorcode != 0 in that case. Andreas -- Andreas Schulze Internetdienste | P252 DATEV eG 90329 Nürnberg | Telefon +49 911 319-0 | Telefax +49 911 319-3196 E-Mail info @datev.de | Internet www.datev.de Sitz: 90429 Nürnberg, Paumgartnerstr. 6-14 | Registergericht Nürnberg, GenReg Nr.70 Vorstand Prof. Dieter Kempf (Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Wolfgang Stegmann (stellvertretender Vorsitzender) Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Leistenschneider Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Robert Mayr Jörg Rabe v. Pappenheim Dipl.-Vw. Eckhard Schwarzer Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Reinhard Verholen

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[Dovecot] Strange behaviour for sieve_before
by Simone Caruso 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi all, i moved from dovecot 2.0.15 (lda) to 2.1.5 with lmtp transport, all works well with the same configuration directives. But sieve_before stopped working with mail_debug=no. The weird thing is that, with mail_debug=yes the sieve_before script starts working. Any idea? Thanks (my conf attacched, for the new install i used prebuild packages) -- Simone Caruso IT Consultant +39 349 65 90 805

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[Dovecot] non-ascii password
by Carlos Alberto 04 May '12

04 May '12

Hi guys, sorry for bother i'am looking how to fix the passwords with non-ascii characters (like ñ). i'am using dovecot version 1.2.15 on debian. Thanks in advance.

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[Dovecot] Sieve script does not run in dovecot 2.0 on squeeze
by Victor Oñate 03 May '12

03 May '12

Hi, I want to use Sieve filtering with my Dovecot 2.0.20 installation on Debian squeeze. ManageSieve works fine so far, I can edit and activate/deactive scripts (using Thunderbird + Plugin) and they show up in the filesystem where I expect them to be, see below. # ls -la /home/k2009999/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 k2009999 mail 4096 Apr 30 10:46 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Apr 24 17:04 .. drwx------ 7 k2009999 Domain Users 4096 Apr 30 10:56 Maildir lrwxrwxrwx 1 k2009999 Domain Users 21 Apr 30 10:46 currently-active-script.sieve -> sieve/outoffice.sieve drwxr-xr-x 3 k2009999 mail 4096 May 2 16:44 sieve ls -la /home/k2009999/sieve/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 k2009999 mail 4096 May 2 16:44 . drwxr-xr-x 4 k2009999 mail 4096 Apr 30 10:46 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 k2009999 mail 36 Apr 26 17:21 outoffice.sieve drwxr-xr-x 2 k2009999 Domain Users 4096 May 2 16:44 tmp #less outoffice.sieve redirect "user(a)dominio.uk"; In dovecot.conf I have mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir plugin { quota = dirsize sieve=~/currently-active-script.sieve sieve_dir=~/sieve sieve_storage=~/sieve } protocols = imap sieve protocol sieve { managesieve_logout_format = bytes ( in=%i : out=%o ) } service managesieve-login { user = dovecot inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } process_limit = 2000 } userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf driver = ldap } In postfix I have home_mailbox = Maildir/ the problem is that the script does not run and so the mail is delivered the initial recipient. I use LDAP to delivery the mail. any idea. Thank you. Th. Victor Oñate

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[Dovecot] Dovecot for POP3S proxying
by Gilles Albusac 03 May '12

03 May '12

I would like to configure Dovecot for POP3S proxying all users from the Internet to the internal Exchange Mail Server. Dovecot proxy have to authenticate the POP3S user (with ldap database) and redirect to exchange server. Is it possible ? Could you give me a dovecot.conf example file ? Regards

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[Dovecot] Log messages
by Stephen Davies 03 May '12

03 May '12

Hello. I have been on leave for several weeks and have managed to lose all emails received since December due to a server crash. I asked about log synch error back in March and have (repeatedly) deleted all .imap files but the errors continue. # 2.1.1: /usr/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.33.5-desktop-2mnb i686 Mandriva Linux 2010.2 mail_access_groups = mail mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve sieve ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = sieve } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve } Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=929952 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Archive/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=548744 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Davies/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=541084 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/FieldNET/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=539768 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Invoices Out/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=492896 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Lawrence and Hanson/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=530300 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Logger Call/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=524384 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Logger Reset/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=500144 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/River Murray/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=532680 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/SMS Emails/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=515436 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Soil Moisture Alert/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=578508 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=648164 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Usage/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=492876 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Weather Summaries/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=495744 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Zerna/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=578596 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=578684 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Error: Log synchronization error at seq=2,offset=578880 for /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index: Extension header update points outside header size At about the same time, I asked about fsck warnings. These also continue despite deleting all .,imap files. Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Archive/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Davies/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/FieldNET/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Invoices Out/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Lawrence and Hanson/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Logger Call/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Logger Reset/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/River Murray/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/SMS Emails/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Soil Moisture Alert/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Usage/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Weather Summaries/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:12 server dovecot: imap(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Zerna/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index Apr 30 09:00:38 server dovecot: lda(john): Warning: fscking index file /home/john/Mail/INBOX/.imap/Water Management Alarm/dovecot.index The file system involved is local and sieve rules are now working. Cheers and thanks, Stephn -- ============================================================================= Stephen Davies Consulting P/L Voice: 08-8177 1595 Adelaide, South Australia. Fax : 08-8177 0133 Records & Collections Management. Mobile:040 304 0583

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[Dovecot] mdbox corruption
by Daniel L. Miller 02 May '12

02 May '12

I have isolated the corruption in a mailbox to 4 mdbox files. Two of these (smaller) files cause the force-resync to report a breakage and save the file as m.XX.broken. The other two (larger) files cause a crash. Is there a way I can fix these files and recover the mails? -- Daniel

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