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[Dovecot] multiple "imapc namespaces" Re: imapc and imap_acl
by Lutz Preßler 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011, Lutz Preßler wrote: > On Di, 13 Sep 2011, Timo Sirainen wrote: > > mail_location = imapc:~/imapc > Oh, had not realized that a path argument is possible for imapc:. There are > even index file then... What about taking imapc parameters/credentials optionally from a file in this directory (like dovecot-virtual)? Lutz

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[Dovecot] LDA panics without sieve script
by Jürgen Obermann 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

The dovecot lda panics with "Trying to sync mailbox INBOX with open transactions" if a user has no sieve script defined. Debugging shows: Sep 14 19:49:26 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: user's script path /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve doesn't exist (using global script path in stead) Sep 14 19:49:26 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: user has no valid personal script Sep 14 19:49:26 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: no scripts to execute: reverting to default delivery. Sep 14 19:49:26 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.crit] lda(userxx): Panic: Trying to sync mailbox INBOX with open transactions Sep 14 19:49:26 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.error] lda(userxx): Error: Raw backtrace: 0xff1cc2ac -> 0xff1cbb70 -> 0xff2a6474 -> 0xff2a668c -> 0xff2fa444 -> 0xff2a63c8 -> 0xff2668ec -> 0xff266f74 -> 0xff26741c -> 0x12720 -> 0x11948 I then did create an empty sieve script file with touch /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve and after that lda worked: Sep 14 19:50:55 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: using sieve path for user's script: /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve Sep 14 19:50:55 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: opening script /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve Sep 14 19:50:55 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: script /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve successfully compiled Sep 14 19:50:55 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: sieve: executing script from /home/grp/userxx/.dovecot.sieve Sep 14 19:50:56 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.info] lda(userxx): save: box=INBOX, uid=6, msgid=<201109141750.p8EHotbE015854(a)server.hrz.uni-giessen.de>, size=1035 Sep 14 19:50:56 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.debug] lda(userxx): Debug: box=/var/mail/userxx mount=/var/mail match=yes Sep 14 19:50:56 server dovecot: [ID 583609 local0.info] lda(userxx): sieve: msgid=<201109141750.p8EHotbE015854(a)server.hrz.uni-giessen.de>: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' I think the lda worked in previous releases without a sieve script file in the users home directory. dovecot -n output is: # 2.0.14: /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: SunOS 5.10 sun4v auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = server.hrz.uni-giessen.de localhost mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_location = mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_plugins = mail_log notify quota mail_privileged_group = mail 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 mmap_disable = yes namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / type = private } namespace { hidden = yes list = no location = prefix = Mail/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { driver = pam } passdb { args = /opt/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { autocreate = Trash autocreate2 = caughtspam autocreate3 = Sent autosubscribe = Trash autosubscribe2 = caughtspam autosubscribe3 = Sent mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size quota = fs:Home-Verzeichnis:noenforcing quota2 = fs:INBOX:noenforcing:mount=/var/mail sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)hrz.uni-giessen.de protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve sendmail_path = /usr/lib/sendmail service auth { client_limit = 11120 } service imap-login { process_min_avail = 16 service_count = 0 vsz_limit = 640 M } service imap { process_limit = 4096 vsz_limit = 1 G } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/server.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/server.key syslog_facility = local0 userdb { driver = passwd } version_ignore = yes protocol lda { info_log_path = log_path = mail_plugins = mail_log notify quota sieve } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = mail_log notify quota autocreate imap_quota } protocol lmtp { mail_plugins = mail_log notify quota sieve } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xv%08Xu } -- Hochschulrechenzentrum der | Mail: Juergen.Obermann(a)hrz.uni-giessen.de Justus-Liebig-Universitaet | WWW: http://www.uni-giessen.de/obermann/ Heinrich-Buff-Ring 44 | Tel: 0641-99-13054 (0641-99-13001) D-35392 Giessen, Germany | Fax: 0641-99-13009

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[Dovecot] Maildir "locking"
by Attila Nagy 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hello, I'm looking for the alternative of qmail's chmod -t (sticky bit on the maildir root) for Dovecot. What I'm trying to achieve with this lock: - Dovecot lmtp should give back a temporary error (so the email will be deferred and re-delivered later) - all other Dovecot daemons (pop, imap) should work as usual, but should not alter maildir contents (they can modify their own files, like indexes, logs etc) What is the best way to do this? If there is no such thing currently, would it be hard to implement the sticky bit checking on the root? Thanks,

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[Dovecot] imapc vs auth-userdb security
by Lutz Preßler 15 Sep '11

15 Sep '11

Hello, with imapc settings coming from userdb (individual configuration necessary) there exists a security problem if access to auth-userdb socket is given to normal (shell) users: testuser@host:~$ doveadm user user1 userdb: lpmail uid : 1000 gid : 1111 home : /home/user1 namespace : gmail namespace/gmail/list: yes namespace/gmail/subscriptions: no namespace/gmail/separator: . namespace/gmail/prefix: INBOX.gmail. namespace/gmail/location: imapc:~/Maildir/gmail imapc_host: imap.gmail.com imapc_user: someuser(a)gmail.com imapc_password: cleartextpassword! imapc_ssl : imaps imapc_ssl_ca_dir: /etc/ssl/certs imapc_port: 993 Lutz

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[Dovecot] Which dovecot-antispam with dovecot 2?
by Svoop 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hi I'm a little confused as there are two repos for the dovecot-antispam plugin. Eugene's hg repo is explicitly labeled "for Dovecot 2", but the Johannes' git repo has commits later in date: hg: http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Antispam git: http://git.sipsolutions.net/?p=dovecot-antispam.git I guess the unrelease hg code ist the one for Dovecot 2, but what is Eugene's 1.4 code for? Thanks!

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[Dovecot] Shredding instead of deleting
by Mike Cardwell 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hi, I have a wishlist item. Is there an appropriate place for me to post it? Basically, I would like to know that my email isn't recoverable from the local disk on the mail server after I delete it. So instead of just deleting the file from my Maildir, I'd like the option to exist for Dovecot to shred it.. Ie, overwrite the file with random data and/or null bytes before deletion. In the same way that GNU shred behaves: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/shred-invocation.ht… -- Mike Cardwell https://grepular.com/ https://twitter.com/mickeyc Professional http://cardwellit.com/ http://linkedin.com/in/mikecardwell PGP.mit.edu 0018461F/35BC AF1D 3AA2 1F84 3DC3 B0CF 70A5 F512 0018 461F

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Re: [Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Michael M Slusarz 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Quoting Simon Brereton <simon.brereton(a)buongiorno.com>: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot- >> bounces(a)dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Simon Brereton >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss@iki.fi] On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 13:07 >> > -0400, Simon Brereton wrote: >> > >> > > I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and >> > in >> > > all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire >> > mail >> > > box was repopped by a webmail client. However, since moving to a >> > new >> > > server and dovecot 4 weeks ago, I've now had the webmail client >> > repop >> > > this account 4 times (there are about 230 mails in the account). >> > > >> > > Is there a setting I need to tighten to prevent/remedy this? I >> > have >> > > no idea if it's happening on other accounts, but this is one that >> I >> > > see. The format is maildir. There has been no changes to the >> > webmail >> > > client. >> > >> > dovecot -n output would have been nice. Also do you see anything in >> > error logs? >> >> Ah. My apologies of course. Here it is.. >> >> mail:~# dovecot -n >> # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf >> # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.2 ext3 >> log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S >> protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s >> ssl_ca_file: /etc/ssl/keys/rhodes-ca.crt >> ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/keys/mail.domain.net.crt >> ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/mail.domain.net.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 >> mail_privileged_group: mailsystem >> mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n >> maildir_very_dirty_syncs: yes >> 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_plugins(default): quota imap_quota >> mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota >> mail_plugins(pop3): quota >> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap >> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap >> mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 >> imap_client_workarounds(default): 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 >> lda: >> postmaster_address: postmaster(a)domain.net >> mail_plugins: quota >> log_path: >> info_log_path: >> deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %f: %$ >> auth default: >> mechanisms: plain login >> user: mailsystem >> verbose: yes >> passdb: >> driver: sql >> args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf >> userdb: >> driver: prefetch >> userdb: >> driver: static >> args: uid=999 gid=115 home=/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n >> allow_all_users=yes >> socket: >> type: listen >> client: >> path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth >> mode: 432 >> user: postfix >> group: mailsystem >> master: >> path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master >> mode: 432 >> user: mailsystem >> group: mailsystem >> plugin: >> quota: maildir >> >> Could you make dovecot -n munge the certificate and postmaster email >> addresses? I'm not comfortable with that floating on the internet.. >> >> The only thing I have in the logs is 2 sessions where mail was popped >> (note, it doesn't even add up to the 183 messages in the mail box). >> But those sessions are vastly longer than the regular ones (tens of >> minutes compared to a few seconds). Since both IPs are on the back- >> bone, that's quite a while to download 100 mails (none of which are >> over >> >> Sep 11 21:36:25 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Login: >> user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, >> lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 21:36:34 mail dovecot: >> POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, >> del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 21:43:44 mail dovecot: pop3-login: >> Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, >> lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 21:44:54 mail dovecot: >> POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, >> del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 21:52:31 mail dovecot: pop3-login: >> Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, >> lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 22:56:01 mail dovecot: >> POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, >> retr=100/9182678, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 23:08:58 mail >> dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, >> rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 23:37:57 mail >> dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, >> retr=75/4748674, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 12 00:04:11 mail >> dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, >> rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 00:04:26 mail >> dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, >> retr=0/0, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 12 00:07:40 mail dovecot: >> pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, >> rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 00:07:53 mail >> dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, >> retr=0/0, del=0/183, size=14025971 >> >> >> > If you're using the default pop3_uidl_format it'll rely on IMAP >> UIDs >> > to stay the same, and I guess it's possible that due to some other >> > problem they change (that should be logged as an error/warning >> > though). >> > >> > You could try setting pop3_uidl_format=%f, but it will cause >> everyone >> > to redownload mails. With newer Dovecot versions you could set >> > pop3_save_uidl=yes and when you think everyone's downloaded mails >> once >> > you can safely change the pop3_uidl_format. >> >> Sorry, I'm very new to dovecot and I'm not sure I understand. I >> presume because neither of those keys are in the dovecot -n output >> that they are as the defaults, yes? The account is indeed accessed >> by IMAP as well (from a mobile device mostly), but I don't see >> anything fishy there either. How could I see if the IMAP UIDs have >> changed? >> >> Sep 11 21:20:32 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection >> closed bytes=1095/8292 >> >> Sep 11 21:26:03 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: >> user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, >> lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 22:11:20 mail dovecot: >> IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected for inactivity bytes=725/5638 Sep >> 11 22:17:10 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, >> method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 >> 23:12:06 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected for >> inactivity bytes=1471/11025 Sep 11 23:23:22 mail dovecot: imap-login: >> Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, >> lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 23:52:52 mail dovecot: >> IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection closed bytes=1841/13679 Sep 12 >> 00:08:47 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, >> method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 >> 01:19:05 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, >> method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 >> 02:57:01 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection closed >> bytes=2713/60026 Sep 12 02:57:01 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): >> Connection closed bytes=2688/18635 >> >> >> There are no errors or warnings in the mail log (I have one shared >> log file for postfix, amavis and dovecot). Reading the notes for >> pop3_save_uidl it doesn't seem to be a dangerous option - should I >> turn that on? Why will it force everyone to redownload mails >> (there's nothing about it on the wiki)? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Simon > > Any help would be appreciated. What do you mean by "repopped"? You mean downloading the entire data of the messages from the POP3 server? This is expected behavior when using a stateless (e.g. webmail) client. Kind of the whole reason you don't use POP3 in the first place. Although caching can help. e.g., Here's what the first connection to the server looks like (this is using IMP 5 on a mailstore with 82 messages): S (1315951197.4976): +OK Dovecot ready. C (1315951197.513): [AUTH PLAIN Command - username: slusarz] S (1315951197.5319): +OK Logged in. C (1315951197.5325): STAT S (1315951197.5328): +OK 82 482351 C (1315951197.5348): UIDL S (1315951197.5354): +OK S (1315951197.5354): 1 000000014935d409 S (1315951197.5354): 2 000000024935d409 S (1315951197.5354): 3 000000114935d409 [...] S (1315951197.5363): 82 000000824935d409 S (1315951197.5363): . C (1315951197.9582): TOP 1 0 S (1315951198.0411): From user(a)domain.com Thu Jun 22 11:16:26 2006 [...] S (1315951198.0416): . [...] C (1315951199.0607): LIST S (1315951199.061): +OK 82 messages: S (1315951199.061): 1 118630 [...] S (1315951199.0619): . We need to grab all headers so we can build the envelope information (needed to produce the mailbox listing). And the LIST command grabs the size information (also used in the mailbox listing). But remember that the full headers will need to be redownloaded *EVERY* time you reload the page unless some sort of caching is enabled in the client. That's just the nature of POP3. (IMAP has the same sort of issues - if the stateless client does not cache, the envelope information must be downloaded on every access. However, with IMAP, the network traffic is reduced - you can download only the needed information, not all header text - and IMAP servers have the ability to cache this information behind the scenes due to the abstraction of the API.). This is where caching is pretty much essential on the webmail side. If caching is enabled, the best-case scenario is that the the webmail server only needs to grab the list of UIDLs on every POP3 server access going forward - if the UIDL list has not changed, we know the mailbox hasn't changed and the cached information is still valid. (CONDSTORE/QRESYNC extensions for IMAP make this synchronization check even more efficient in IMAP) michael

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[Dovecot] General IMAP Question
by Gerald LaMontagne 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hi- I'm developing an IMAP client library in lua and tried using a literal form of the STATUS command. Dovecot rejected the command. I was successfully able to use a literal form of the LOGIN command, so I have some confidence in my code working properly. Is this correct and, if so, is there a list of IMAP commands that don't support the literal form? I searched hi and lo for something, but have been unable to find an answer. Thanks for your time. Regards- Gerry LaMontagne

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[Dovecot] IMAP delete logs
by James isolder 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Version - 1.2.17 Is there a way to include message or folder deletion logs in the dovecot log files. Thanks in advance. ____________________________________________________________ South Africas premier free email service - www.webmail.co.za For super low premiums, click here. http://www.dialdirect.co.za/?vdn=15828

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[Dovecot] New plugin for Pigeonhole Sieve: sieve_pipe
by Stephan Bosch 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

Hello, I've finished up work on a new plugin for Pigeonhole Sieve: sieve_pipe. It adds a new Sieve extension (vnd.dovecot.pipe) providing a new action command that provides the possibility to pipe messages to external programs (e.g. shell scripts). The programs available to this command are explicitly limited and subject to administrator configuration. The plugin can currently only be downloaded from the Mercurial repository: http://hg.rename-it.nl/pigeonhole-0.2-sieve-pipe Check the README/INSTALL files in the repository or the new wiki page for more information: http://hg.rename-it.nl/pigeonhole-0.2-sieve-pipe/raw-file/tip/README http://hg.rename-it.nl/pigeonhole-0.2-sieve-pipe/raw-file/tip/INSTALL http://master.wiki2.dovecot.org/Pigeonhole/Sieve/Plugins/Pipe The specification of the vnd.dovecot.pipe extension can be found here: http://hg.rename-it.nl/pigeonhole-0.2-sieve-pipe/raw-file/tip/doc/rfc/spec-… I'd still call this thing very much experimental, so be sure to test it extensively first. Don't hesitate to notify me when there are any problems. Regards, Stephan.

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Re: [Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Simon Brereton 14 Sep '11

14 Sep '11

> -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot- > bounces(a)dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Simon Brereton > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss@iki.fi] On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 13:07 > > -0400, Simon Brereton wrote: > > > > > I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and > > in > > > all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire > > mail > > > box was repopped by a webmail client. However, since moving to a > > new > > > server and dovecot 4 weeks ago, I've now had the webmail client > > repop > > > this account 4 times (there are about 230 mails in the account). > > > > > > Is there a setting I need to tighten to prevent/remedy this? I > > have > > > no idea if it's happening on other accounts, but this is one that > I > > > see. The format is maildir. There has been no changes to the > > webmail > > > client. > > > > dovecot -n output would have been nice. Also do you see anything in > > error logs? > > Ah. My apologies of course. Here it is.. > > mail:~# dovecot -n > # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.2 ext3 > log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S > protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s > ssl_ca_file: /etc/ssl/keys/rhodes-ca.crt > ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/keys/mail.domain.net.crt > ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/mail.domain.net.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 > mail_privileged_group: mailsystem > mail_location: maildir:/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n > maildir_very_dirty_syncs: yes > 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_plugins(default): quota imap_quota > mail_plugins(imap): quota imap_quota > mail_plugins(pop3): quota > mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap > mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 > imap_client_workarounds(default): 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 > lda: > postmaster_address: postmaster(a)domain.net > mail_plugins: quota > log_path: > info_log_path: > deliver_log_format: msgid=%m: %f: %$ > auth default: > mechanisms: plain login > user: mailsystem > verbose: yes > passdb: > driver: sql > args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf > userdb: > driver: prefetch > userdb: > driver: static > args: uid=999 gid=115 home=/var/spool/mail/virtual/%d/%n > allow_all_users=yes > socket: > type: listen > client: > path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth > mode: 432 > user: postfix > group: mailsystem > master: > path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master > mode: 432 > user: mailsystem > group: mailsystem > plugin: > quota: maildir > > Could you make dovecot -n munge the certificate and postmaster email > addresses? I'm not comfortable with that floating on the internet.. > > The only thing I have in the logs is 2 sessions where mail was popped > (note, it doesn't even add up to the 183 messages in the mail box). > But those sessions are vastly longer than the regular ones (tens of > minutes compared to a few seconds). Since both IPs are on the back- > bone, that's quite a while to download 100 mails (none of which are > over > > Sep 11 21:36:25 mail dovecot: pop3-login: Login: > user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, > lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 21:36:34 mail dovecot: > POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, > del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 21:43:44 mail dovecot: pop3-login: > Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, > lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 21:44:54 mail dovecot: > POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, retr=0/0, > del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 21:52:31 mail dovecot: pop3-login: > Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=64.88.168.84, > lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 22:56:01 mail dovecot: > POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, > retr=100/9182678, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 11 23:08:58 mail > dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, > rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 23:37:57 mail > dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, > retr=75/4748674, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 12 00:04:11 mail > dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, > rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 00:04:26 mail > dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, > retr=0/0, del=0/183, size=14025971 Sep 12 00:07:40 mail dovecot: > pop3-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, > rip=64.88.168.84, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 00:07:53 mail > dovecot: POP3(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected: Logged out top=0/0, > retr=0/0, del=0/183, size=14025971 > > > > If you're using the default pop3_uidl_format it'll rely on IMAP > UIDs > > to stay the same, and I guess it's possible that due to some other > > problem they change (that should be logged as an error/warning > > though). > > > > You could try setting pop3_uidl_format=%f, but it will cause > everyone > > to redownload mails. With newer Dovecot versions you could set > > pop3_save_uidl=yes and when you think everyone's downloaded mails > once > > you can safely change the pop3_uidl_format. > > Sorry, I'm very new to dovecot and I'm not sure I understand. I > presume because neither of those keys are in the dovecot -n output > that they are as the defaults, yes? The account is indeed accessed > by IMAP as well (from a mobile device mostly), but I don't see > anything fishy there either. How could I see if the IMAP UIDs have > changed? > > Sep 11 21:20:32 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection > closed bytes=1095/8292 > > Sep 11 21:26:03 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: > user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, > lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 22:11:20 mail dovecot: > IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected for inactivity bytes=725/5638 Sep > 11 22:17:10 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, > method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 > 23:12:06 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Disconnected for > inactivity bytes=1471/11025 Sep 11 23:23:22 mail dovecot: imap-login: > Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, > lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 11 23:52:52 mail dovecot: > IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection closed bytes=1841/13679 Sep 12 > 00:08:47 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, > method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 > 01:19:05 mail dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<user(a)domain.com>, > method=PLAIN, rip=174.252.83.244, lip=83.170.65.xxx, TLS Sep 12 > 02:57:01 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): Connection closed > bytes=2713/60026 Sep 12 02:57:01 mail dovecot: IMAP(user(a)domain.com): > Connection closed bytes=2688/18635 > > > There are no errors or warnings in the mail log (I have one shared > log file for postfix, amavis and dovecot). Reading the notes for > pop3_save_uidl it doesn't seem to be a dangerous option - should I > turn that on? Why will it force everyone to redownload mails > (there's nothing about it on the wiki)? > > Thanks! > > Simon Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Simon

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[Dovecot] quota percents
by Micah Anderson 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

I've noticed that http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Configuration is out of date, it says: plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=1GB # 10% of 1GB = 100MB quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=10%% # 20% of 1GB = 200MB quota_rule3 = Spam:storage=20%% } but if you use the '10%%' notation, dovecot complains, and *also* incorrectly: dovecot: imap(test(a)example.net): Warning: quota root mail quota rule Trash:bytes=10%: obsolete configuration for rule 'bytes=10%' should be changed to 'bytes=+10%' its incorrect because if you change it to what it suggests ('+10%') it wont work because that wont be 10% more, rather, it is set to bytes=+10: dovecot: imap(test(a)example.net): Debug: Quota rule: root=mail quota mailbox=Trash bytes=+10 messages=0 clearly, that isn't right... so I guess it needs to be changed to '+10%%', setting that provides: dovecot: imap(test(a)example.net): Debug: Quota rule: root=mail quota mailbox=* bytes=2211724 messages=0 dovecot: imap(test(a)example.net): Debug: Quota rule: root=mail quota mailbox=Trash bytes=+221172 (10%) messages=0 that seems ok, its saying the Trash mailbox is set to have 221172bytes (215 kilobytes) of quota. So, clearly http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Quota/Configuration needs to be updated. However, it doesn't seem to work in practice, because I have a user that is at 99% of quota, with nothing in the Trash who cannot move a 77KB message into the Trash without getting the quota_exceeded message and refusing to move it. so... how do I get this to work? thanks! micah --

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[Dovecot] any drawbacks with using Mailbox sharing with symlinks???
by Maciek Jackowski 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

are there any drawbacks with using Mailbox sharing with symlinks??? based on: http://wiki.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Symlinks I got virtual users with same permission unix user/group and didnt noticed any drawbacks yet but i want to ask

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[Dovecot] Migrating a dovecot setup from one server to another
by James Carr 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hi All, I have a server with a dovecot + postfix setup and unfortunately the server is EOL'd. I have built a new ubuntu server out and I'm in the process of migrating everything over. In migrating the dovecot setup over, this is the list of items I have done: install dovecot, postfix, etc on the new server copy configuration files over copy /var/spool and /var/mail over Is there anything else I need to consider before switching MX records to point to the new server? Thanks, James

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[Dovecot] imapc and imap_acl
by Lutz Preßler 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello (Timo), yes, I know... maybe it's a bit far fetched, but I do have a use case. Would it be (reasonably easily) possible to implement IMAP ACL support for "imported" imapc namespaces/mailboxes? There is no local directory (like with the virtual plugin) yet... Greetings, Lutz -- Lutz Preßler <Lutz.Pressler(a)SerNet.DE> http://www.SerNet.DE/ SerNet Service Network GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, D-37081 Göttingen Tel.: +49-551-370000-2, FAX: +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen

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[Dovecot] Dovecot and Lustre FS
by Christian Gregoire 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello, Right now, I'm using Exim and a customized version of an old (10 years old) Atmail POP3 server written in Perl, with ~10000 mailboxes located on a Lustre file system. So far so good. Though, I plan to migrate from Atmail to Dovecot, to provide our customers with IMAP support. Has anyone any experience with Dovecot on Lustre FS ? Thanks Christian

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[Dovecot] Problem with configuring dovecot to take namespaces from database
by Marcin Mirosław 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello! I'd like to set up dovecot to keep namespaces in database, keep more than one namespace per user. I try to create the simplest rule (even without tuple in db table) to get new namespace, unfortunately it doesn't work. My user_query is: SELECT '/dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/' as home, dovecot_typ_skrzynki ||':'|| '/dane/domeny/%d/mail/%n/' ||'.'|| dovecot_typ_skrzynki as mail_location, '*:bytes='||quota_mb||'M' as quota_rule , 'test33/location=mdbox:~/.mdbox/test33/' as "namespace/test3/prefix" In debug log i'm getting: Debug: master out: USER#0111#011user@examle.com#011home=/dane/domeny/mejor.pl/mail/marcin/#011mail_location=maildir:/dane/domeny/mejor.pl/mail/marcin/.maildir#011quota_rule=*:bytes=0M#011namespace/test3/prefix=test33/location=mdbox:~/.mdbox/test33/ If i knew how it should look like the line in auth debug log for working configuration it could be easier for me to write correct sql query. May i please for advice?

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[Dovecot] MySQL, map files
by Steve Fatula 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

I'll try and break up my questions the other day about extdata that went unanswered into pieces in the hopes it will be more specific and clear. In general, I am trying to figure out the syntax of the map statement and what is allowed in that statement. So, by map statement, I mean for example perhaps the dovecot-dict-expire.conf.ext file as shown in the doc. Is the syntax the same for the various types of files (quota vs expire)? Is there syntax to allow the specification of a different key? If so, where is this documented. I have an existing table I want to use, not the table shown in the doc. The reason I am asking is I have seen web pages that reference all sorts of statements within the map statement, and I have no idea where they are documented. Specifically, I see an example here (which is LDAP), look in section 3: http://dovecot.org/patches/1.2/ldap/HOWTO_dictldap+extdata.txt You will see lots of statements, not sure which ones can be used for MySQL (instead of LDAP). So, would like to find a list of ALL valid syntax within the map.

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[Dovecot] 2.1: imapc SUBSCRIBE problem
by Lutz Preßler 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

On Fri, 09 Sep 2011, Lutz Preßler wrote: > LIST is now working correctly in my setup, but SUBSCRIBE ist not. > With subscriptions=no, as written (but same behaviour with subscriptions=yes), > SUBSCRIBE INBOX.gmail.INBOX (or others) yields > 0 NO [SERVERBUG] Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2011-09-09 16:39:40] > logging (with mail_debug=yes) only > Sep 9 16:39:40 host dovecot: imap(1143, user): Error: stat((null)) failed: Bad address After putting (with subscriptions=no) an entry manually into the root subscriptions file, everything including UNSUBSCRIBE works fine. Lutz

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Re: [Dovecot] director ignoring director_mail_servers for lmtp connections
by mailing lists 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello, it works!! I was missing this line "auth_socket_path = director-userdb" Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS 1 user001(a)example.com service=lmtp lip=100.180.245.101 lport=1024 8 Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: static(user001(a)example.com,100.180.242.38): lookup Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: password(user001(a)example.com,100.180.242.38): Credentials: Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: PASS 1 user=user001(a)example.com proxy port=24 Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(29659): Debug: auth input: user=user001(a)example.com proxy port=24 host=100.180.245.101 proxy_refresh=450 Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(29658): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= Sep 13 10:26:12 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(29658): Connect from 100.180.245.101 full config for the archives: # dovecot -c /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf -n # 2.0.14: /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.34.7-0.7-xen x86_64 openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /var/run/dovecot-director/ director_mail_servers = 100.180.245.101 director_servers = 100.180.245.101 disable_plaintext_auth = no lmtp_proxy = yes mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_gid = 5000 mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_plugins = acl mail_uid = 5000 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy ine mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = proxy=y nopassword=y driver = static } plugin { acl = vfile sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap lmtp service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service director { fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { mode = 0666 } inet_listener { port = 9090 } unix_listener director-userdb { mode = 0666 } unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { executable = imap-login director inet_listener imap { port = 10143 } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 1024 } } ssl = no verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { auth_socket_path = director-userdb passdb { args = proxy=y nopassword=y port=24 driver = static } } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 }

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[Dovecot] Quota fs (don't start script quota-warning.sh)
by Peter Ignatov 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hi, # doveadm -Dv quota get -u pit doveadm(pit): Debug: auth input: pit system_groups_user=pit uid=500 gid=500 home=/home/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: Effective uid=500, gid=500, home=/home/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota root: name=INBOX backend=fs args=mount=/var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota rule: root=INBOX mailbox=* bytes=19922944 messages=0 doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=3984588 (20%) messages=0 reverse=no command=quota-warning 20 pit doveadm(pit): Debug: fs: root=/home/pit/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota add mailbox dir = /var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota block device = /dev/mapper/mpath1p1 doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota mount point = /var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota mount type = ext2 Quota name Type Value Limit % INBOX STORAGE 4824 19456 24 But don't start script quota-warning.sh: #!/bin/sh PERCENT=$1 USER=$2 cat << EOF | /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $USER -o "plugin/quota=fs:INBOX:mount=/var/spool/mail:noenforcing" From: postmaster(a)domen.org Subject: quota warning Your mailbox is now $PERCENT% full. EOF #dovecot -n # 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.asp121 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_plugins = quota mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota = fs:INBOX:mount=/var/spool/mail quota_rule = *:storage=19456 quota_warning = storage=20%% quota-warning 20 %u } protocols = pop3 service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { mode = 0666 } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota }

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Re: [Dovecot] director ignoring director_mail_servers for lmtp connections
by mailing lists 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

On 09/13/2011 08:34 AM, Jan-Frode Myklebust wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 04:55:51PM +0100, mailing lists wrote: >> >> director_mail_servers = 101.180.245.101 >> director_servers = 101.180.245.101 it works with imap connections, so I assumed it also would do it for lmtp. Sep 13 09:04:03 imap1 dovecot: imap-login: proxy(user001): started proxying to 10.180.245.101:143: user=<user001>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=: :1, secured > Is this a loop maybe? director_mail_servers should list all > your backend dovecot servers, space separated. Here's mine: > > director_mail_servers = 192.168.42.7 192.168.42.8 192.168.42.9 192.168.42.10 192.168.42.11 192.168.42.28 192.168.42.29 using only one director and backend would be fine for tests purposes (as it was with imap and not loops were formed) What I don't understand is why director insists in providing a proxy host from passdb when all it needs to do is pick the ones in director_mail_servers ¿? Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Error: proxy: host not given please could you post you lmtp configuration??

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[Dovecot] director ignoring director_mail_servers for lmtp connections
by mailing lists 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello, Following Jan-Frode's advise I am trying this configuration: {postfix} ---lmtp---> {director} ---lmtp---> {dovecot} so I have two dovecot instances for director/proxy and lmtp delivery on ports 1024 and 24 respectively. whilst for imap connections I can specify a pool of imap backend servers via 'director_mail_servers' it seems is not possible with lmtp. Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: PASS 1 user001(a)example.com service=lmtp lip=::1 lport=1024 rip=::1 rpor5 Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: static(user001@example.com,::1): lookup Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: password(user001@eexample.com,::1): Credentials: Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: PASS 1 user=user001(a)example.com proxy port=24 Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Debug: auth input: user=user001(a)example.com proxy port=24 Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Error: proxy: host not given Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/modules/lib01_acl_plugin.so Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: USER 2 user001(a)example.com service=lmtp lip=::1 rip=::1 Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: static(user001@example.com,::1): lookup Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: password(user001@example.com,::1): Credentials: Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER 2 user001(a)example.com Sep 12 17:14:13 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Debug: auth input: user001(a)example.com Sep 12 17:14:43 imap1 dovecot: lmtp(25682): Disconnect from ::1: Client quit (in RCPT TO) how I can redirect incoming lmtp request to backend lmtp servers (and not just one)? what I'm missing here? /----------/ # dovecot -c /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf -n # 2.0.14: /etc/dovecot-director/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.34.7-0.7-xen x86_64 openSUSE 11.3 (x86_64) auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_verbose = yes auth_verbose_passwords = plain base_dir = /var/run/dovecot-director/ director_mail_servers = 101.180.245.101 director_servers = 101.180.245.101 disable_plaintext_auth = no lmtp_proxy = yes mail_debug = yes mail_fsync = always mail_gid = 5000 mail_nfs_index = yes mail_nfs_storage = yes mail_plugins = acl mail_uid = 5000 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 mmap_disable = yes passdb { args = proxy=y nopassword=y driver = static } plugin { acl = vfile sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } protocols = imap lmtp service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0666 user = vmail } } service director { fifo_listener login/proxy-notify { mode = 0666 } inet_listener { port = 9090 } unix_listener director-userdb { mode = 0666 } unix_listener login/director { mode = 0666 } } service imap-login { executable = imap-login director inet_listener imap { port = 10143 } } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { port = 1024 } } ssl = no verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { passdb { args = proxy=y nopassword=y port=24 driver = static } } protocol imap { mail_max_userip_connections = 100 }

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[Dovecot] signal 11 crash, sometimes, during mbox bz2 decompression
by Mike Brown 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

Hello again, I'm running dovecot 1.2.16 from the ports collection on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE, amd64. To enable IMAP read-only access to gzip or bzip2 compressed mbox files, I added the following to my dovecot.conf, in the protocol imap { ... } section: mail_plugins = zlib My compressed mbox files are all .bz2 files in an 'old' subdirectory of my main mail directory. I am trying to access them with Thunderbird. I 'subscribed' to them just fine, and at first I thought it was working, but I just got lucky on the first couple I accessed. Dovecot actually fails to decompress them about 90% of the time, seemingly at random; the same box will not work a bunch of times, then work once, then not work again and again. When it works, sometimes only some of the messages get transmitted. Most of the failures are accompanied by this pair of messages in my log: Aug 16 00:25:33 myhost dovecot: dovecot: child 943 (imap) killed with signal 11 (core not dumped - set mail_drop_priv_before_exec=yes) Aug 16 00:25:33 myhost kernel: pid 943 (imap), uid 1001: exited on signal 11 Some of the failures have only the "exited on signal 11" message. The very first failure had this: Aug 16 00:22:47 myhost dovecot: IMAP(mike): Next message unexpectedly lost from mbox file (read-only mbox stream) at 2761 (cached) Aug 16 00:22:47 myhost dovecot: IMAP(mike): read(mail, uid=2) failed: Invalid argument Is this a problem with dovecot? Let me know if/how I can help, or what other info you need. Thanks, Mike

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[Dovecot] two little fixes for 2.0.14
by Mike Abbott 13 Sep '11

13 Sep '11

--- a/dovecot/src/lib-index/mail-index-view.c +++ b/dovecot/src/lib-index/mail-index-view.c @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ void mail_index_view_clone(struct mail_index_view *dest, const struct mail_index_view *src) { - memset(dest, 0, sizeof(dest)); + memset(dest, 0, sizeof(*dest)); dest->refcount = 1; dest->v = src->v; dest->index = src->index; --- a/dovecot/src/lib-storage/mail-storage-service.c +++ b/dovecot/src/lib-storage/mail-storage-service.c @@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ } user = p_new(user_pool, struct mail_storage_service_user, 1); - memset(user_r, 0, sizeof(user_r)); + memset(user_r, 0, sizeof(*user_r)); user->pool = user_pool; user->input = *input; user->input.userdb_fields = NULL;

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[Dovecot] Custom error messages.
by Lauro C. 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

I am using Dovecot 1.2.9. Is it possible to have custom error messages? I want to translate some of the messages (for instance mailbox full), so it can be more user friendly. I already use the quota warning feature. But I need to translate the messages anyways, is it possible? Lauro

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[Dovecot] Possible to Customize File Naming Scheme?
by Dave Stubbs 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello all, [Sorry if this has been covered already - I searched back a little way in the archive and didn't find anything recent on the topic.] I'm wondering if it is possible to customize the way dovecot creates or modifies filenames in the maildir directories? I'm watching how my mail system works, and I see that procmail creates a new file in the <folder>/new directory, each time an email is received. This file is some complex combination of UIDs and things, suffixed by the server name. So far, the filename has alphanumerics, a couple underscores, and a dot or two only. But once dovecot gets it's hands on the file and moves it to the <folder>/cur directory, it starts doing "terrible" things to the file name. Now, the filename starts to have "evil" things in it, like colons and commas. Is there a way to change this? I'm asking this primarily because I use dovecot as a massive long-term email archiving system. One of the things one needs to be able to do when running a long-term archive like this is keep things as simple and accessible as possible. The reason I use maildir is that I totally buy into the "one email, one file" idea - it means I don't have to store messages in big consolidated database files that are changeable with each new version of the vendor's software release (such as exchange DBs or Outlook PST files) or that are horrible performers (such as mbox). One of the nice things about the maildir "each email is a separate file" idea is that you are not limited to maildir or dovecot or any other piece of software to handle, read, and process the files. For instance, I would like to backup my maildir by using rsync to synchronize my dovecot-managed maildir to a Windows server running NFS. From there the files are synchronized via Windows DFS ( to which there is no open source solution that is even close) to several other servers around the continent. Only thing: The evil commas and colons in the filenames are anathema to Windows. So instead I tar the maildir folders to tgz files on the windows server, and the tgz's are synchronized to other DR sites. If I could do without the need for tar (mandated solely because of the colons and commas in the dovecot filename scheme) I could minimize the time to backup (only synchronizing changes) and suddenly I would have a lot of other benefits opened up. One simple one would be that if I could configure dovecot to append the .eml extension to the end of every file (technically each file in a maildir is an eml file regardless of the extension being present or not - eml is just a raw mail file just like what you'd find in a maildir) I would have instant access to them using Search Server Express, which can read eml files but strongly prefers to use extentions to recognize files as such. To be clear: I'm not requesting that dovecot's file naming convention be changed to match my quirky requirements - I'm just asking if it could be made configurable, so I could change it to match my needs and others could change it to match theirs. In the interests of REALLY being able to use the elegantly simple idea of each mail being a separate file, I'm trying to get more out of that great pile of folders and files I'm amassing in my mail archive server. The more use I can make of them with other software other than dovecot (i.e. data crawling, indexing, easy recovery in a catastrophe, etc) the more valuable this format is. Is this possible?

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[Dovecot] How to get rid of sub-folders ?
by Spyros Tsiolis 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, OK, no answers on my previous e-mail. I'll rephrase it. How can I get rid of subfolders on a users' tree-like structure on dovecot ? Which file must I "touch" ? TIA, s. ---- "I merely function as a channel that filters music through the chaos of noise" - Vangelis

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[Dovecot] userdb static & Quota from LDAP?
by Christian Schmidt 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi all, I just configured Dovecot 2.0.14 for "virtual" (i.e. non-system-) users: passdb { driver = ldap args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap-passdb.ext } userdb { driver = static args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/maildir/%u } Works fine so far - thanks for this great piece of software, Timo!!! Now I'd like to add per-user quotas that will also be stored in the LDAP directory, and I'm not sure how to put things together. IMHO quota is the only "userdb information" requested from LDAP, and I'd like to leave all the other "userdb pieces" as the are. I changed the userdb definition to: userdb { driver = ldap args = /etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap-userdb.ext } My /etc/dovecot/conf.d/ldap-userdb.ext contains (along other lines): user_attrs = uid=vmail,gid=vmail,home=/var/maildir/%u,mailQuota=quota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$ My quota configuration looks like this: plugin { quota = maildir:Mailbox-Quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_warning = storage=80%% /usr/local/bin/quotawarn.sh 80 %u quota_warning2 = storage=95%% /usr/local/bin/quotawarn.sh 95 %u } Using this setup, "doveadm quota get -u username" doesn't reveal any quota information (except from the "headings"). Instead, dovecot logs: doveadm(username): Fatal: GID 0 isn't permitted When switching back to userdb static, I receive the correct (but also) static quota information. What am I doing wrong? Thank you very much, Christian Schmidt -- question = ( to ) ? be : ! be; -- Wm. Shakespeare

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[Dovecot] Attacking Dovecot
by Nikos Papadopoulos 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, I am using Dovecot ver.1.0.7 on an x86 server with RedHat Linux Enterprise 5 and the following configuration: # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf protocols: pop3 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u mail_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_client_workarounds: outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd It seems that my mail server is being attacked by someone who tries to retrieve users' credentials. Please read below an output of logwatch. dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user sandra dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user tanya dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user tanya dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user dark dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user dark dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user gibson dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user frank dovecot-auth: pam_succeed_if(dovecot:auth): error retrieving information about user frank Besides, some of the local users receive "spam" emails, which seem to be sent by another local user. Please assist me on how to prevent the aforementioned attack. Best Regards, Nikos

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[Dovecot] dovecot 2.0.12: mdbox & quota=dirsize
by Роман Захров 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

#doveconf -v ...................... quota = dirsize:User quota quota_debug = yes quota_exceeded_message = message quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u ............................ # du --max-depth=1 -h 311M ./storage 20K ./sieve 7,8M ./mailboxes 319M . # doveadm quota get -u myuser Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 7948 399360 2 # then i change ./dovecot-2.0.12/src/plugins/quota/quota-dirsize.c 165-- </span>path = mailbox_list_get_path(namespaces[i]->list, NULL, 166-- MAILBOX_LIST_PATH_TYPE_MAILBOX); 165++ </span>path = mailbox_list_get_path(namespaces[i]->list, NULL, 166++ MAILBOX_LIST_PATH_TYPE_DIR); # doveadm quota get -u myuser Quota name Type Value Limit % User quota STORAGE 325885 399360 81 #

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Re: [Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Simon Brereton 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

> -----Original Message----- > From: dovecot-bounces(a)dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot- > bounces(a)dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Simon Brereton > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Timo Sirainen [mailto:tss@iki.fi] On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 13:07 > > -0400, Simon Brereton wrote: > > > > > I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and > > in > > > all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire > > mail > > > box was repopped by a webmail client. However, since moving to a > > new > > > server and dovecot 4 weeks ago, I've now had the webmail client > > repop > > > this account 4 times (there are about 230 mails in the account). > > > > > > Is there a setting I need to tighten to prevent/remedy this? I > > have > > > no idea if it's happening on other accounts, but this is one that > I > > > see. The format is maildir. There has been no changes to the > > webmail > > > client. > > > > dovecot -n output would have been nice. Also do you see anything in > > error logs? > > Ah. My apologies of course. Here it is.. > > mail:~# dovecot -n > # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.2 ext3 I've only just noticed that installing from apt-get on Debian 64-bit installs Dovecot 1.2 - does anyone know when 2.x will be available via apt? Simon

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Re: [Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Timo Sirainen 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

On Fri, 2011-09-09 at 13:07 -0400, Simon Brereton wrote: > I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and in > all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire mail > box was repopped by a webmail client. However, since moving to a new > server and dovecot 4 weeks ago, I've now had the webmail client repop > this account 4 times (there are about 230 mails in the account). > > Is there a setting I need to tighten to prevent/remedy this? I have > no idea if it's happening on other accounts, but this is one that I > see. The format is maildir. There has been no changes to the webmail > client. dovecot -n output would have been nice. Also do you see anything in error logs? If you're using the default pop3_uidl_format it'll rely on IMAP UIDs to stay the same, and I guess it's possible that due to some other problem they change (that should be logged as an error/warning though). You could try setting pop3_uidl_format=%f, but it will cause everyone to redownload mails. With newer Dovecot versions you could set pop3_save_uidl=yes and when you think everyone's downloaded mails once you can safely change the pop3_uidl_format.

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[Dovecot] Dsync and hidden files
by Dick Middleton 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi, I'm in the process of changing from Dovecot v1 to v2 and changing to mdbox in the process. I've come across a little problem which I was hoping there would be a workaround for. There are sieve config files in the home directories which are hidden files. Dsync croaks when it finds one of these because they are not mbox format. It would be nice if they were ignored (or copied unchanged). Is there another way to deal with them other than by deleting thm? Dick

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[Dovecot] problem migrating from maildir to dbox
by Ramón Frontera 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, we want to migrate Mail folders from Maildir to dbox without downtime. We change the mail_location to dbox in 10-mail.conf and restart dovecot. After that we use dsync -u user mirror maildir:~/Maildir. The problem is that if INBOX exists the dsync create a new folder with name like b5893c0a93ff694e551200002dfa3112 Can I migrate to the existing INBOX? or How can I merge the 2 INBOX folders? Thanks for your help! Regards, -- Ramon

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[Dovecot] general advice sought
by Alan Brown 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

I'd like to hear the thoughts of list members on which type of storage method seems "best" for inboxes and for folders. The filesystem is GFS2 and for various reasons I can't change it. Inboxes - currently Mbox format. Some users have upwards of 5000 messages in there (the largest is about 18k entries) and thanks to attachments some inboxes are 40-200Mb with a few sitting at 2-3Gb. (Suicidal, I know but enforcing rules is politik-laden and getting academics to behave sensibly is like herding cats) Folders: Mdir format. Thanks to GFS2 filesystem limitations(*) I'm currently enforcing a limit of 4000 messages/folder. It'd be nice to have a "better" way of storing these which doesn't drive up backup loads tremendously. The mail spool has around 6 million files in the folders, covering about 400Gb. GFS2 filesystem limitations are painful. While there are no hard limits, It really doesn't cope well with a lot of files in any given directory thanks to limitations in the way that cluster locking is propagated, There are marked slowdowns about 100 files, this becomes awful above 1000 and effectively unusable above about 8000 entries as the entire IO system gets halted momentarily when such directories are opened and the directory may take up to 5 minutes to return a "ls" result. Some users had upwards of 80k files in their mail folders (~40k messages) and accessing these brought the entire system to a halt. If I migrate to other formats (eg mdbox), then it needs to be able to be done on the fly. (Taking the mailservers down for a day won't go down well, even an hour raises howls). Any suggestions?

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[Dovecot] 2.1: imapc LIST problem / usage question
by Lutz Preßler 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

----- Forwarded message from SerNet Support Lutz Preßler <support(a)SerNet.DE> ----- From: SerNet Support Lutz Preßler <support(a)SerNet.DE> Subject: 2.1: imapc LIST problem / usage question To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:00:46 +0200 Organization: SerNet Service Network GmbH Hello, 2.1.alpha1 (latest Debian auto build on amd64) As a test, namespace for gmail integration set up by userdb with userdb_namespace=gmail userdb_namespace/gmail/list=yes userdb_namespace/gmail/subscriptions=no userdb_namespace/gmail/separator=. userdb_namespace/gmail/prefix=INBOX.gmail. userdb_namespace/gmail/location=imapc: userdb_imapc_host=imap.gmail.com userdb_imapc_user=ixxxxx(a)gmail.com userdb_imapc_password=xxxxx userdb_imapc_ssl=imaps userdb_imapc_ssl_ca_dir=/etc/ssl/certs userdb_imapc_port=993 (but having the namespace set up in config file makes no difference). This works in principle. I can e.g. 0 select "INBOX.gmail.[Gmail].Alle Nachrichten" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft \*)] Flags permitted. * 31 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UNSEEN 1] First unseen. * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 19689] Predicted next UID * OK [NOMODSEQ] No permanent modsequences 0 OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. and even use the gmail mailboxes within dovecot-virtual files! But: LIST seems broken: 0 list "" "*" * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.privat" * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.test" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.test.test2" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Trash" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.in2009" [...] * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX.gmail" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Arbeit" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Belege" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Privat" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "Reisen" * LIST (\Noselect \HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Alle Nachrichten" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Entw&-APw-rfe" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Gesendet" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Markiert" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Papierkorb" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Spam" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "[Gmail]/Wichtig" * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.virtual" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.virtual.week" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.virtual.sent" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.virtual.allin" 0 OK List completed. For the Gmail mailboxe the INBOX.gmail prefix is missing and / is used as separator. Second question: Is there a way to include multiple imapc instances/ namespaces with e.g. different destinations servers? I don't see how because imapc_* parameters seem to be global (now), but it would be a very useful feature. Greetings, Lutz

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[Dovecot] Read-only mbox files
by Tim Bishop 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi all, I'm using Dovecot 1.2.16 (I can upgrade to 2.0 if need be) and I'm having trouble stopping Dovecot from modifying mbox files. The setup is that my main namespace points at my Maildir mail folders. In addition to this I have a second namespace that points at some old archived mbox folders. I rarely need to access these folders, but when I do Dovecot modifies the files (adding UID headers, etc). What I'd like to do is make it so that Dovecot can't change these files. I thought there might be a setting to mark a mail_location as read-only, but I can't find anything like that. I've looked at ACLs too, but they seem to be more about user access that what Dovecot can do to files. I could just do this at the filesystem level, but I'd feel a bit happier about working with Dovecot rather than trying to work around it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you for reading. Tim. -- Tim Bishop http://www.bishnet.net/tim/ PGP Key: 0x5AE7D984

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[Dovecot] setacl on complete mailbox
by Tobias Hachmer 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hi List, how can I grant a user full control on another mailbox (the complete mailbox with all folder and subfolders). With the setacl command I could do this but first I have to list all folders and then I have to do one setacl command for each folder. Is there a command to this in one line? Also for new created folders? Greetz, Tobias

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[Dovecot] NO Unknown subscription namespace.
by mailing lists 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Hello, what this message means? "NO Unknown subscription namespace." the shared namespace is visible and I can fetch messages from it, but subscription fails with the above message. (user002 is sharing the folder named docs-users002 with user user001) # telnet localhost 143 Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE AUTH=PLAIN] Dovecot ready. . login user001 secret . OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH LIST-STATUS ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in . list "shared." "*" * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "shared.user002" . OK List completed. . list "shared.user002." "*" * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "shared.user002.docs-user002" . OK List completed. . list "shared.user002.docs-user002." "*" . OK List completed. . select "shared.user002.docs-user002" * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft) * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Draft)] Flags permitted. * 2 EXISTS * 0 RECENT * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1315765265] UIDs valid * OK [UIDNEXT 3] Predicted next UID * OK [HIGHESTMODSEQ 3] Highest . OK [READ-WRITE] Select completed. . fetch 1 all * 1 FETCH (FLAGS (\Seen) INTERNALDATE "24-Nov-2009 11:58:34 +0100" RFC822.SIZE 3734 ENVELOPE ("Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:58:34 -0400 (AST)" "Thank you for registering for the Red Hat Virtual Experience" (("support(a)virtualevents365.com" NIL "support" "virtualevents365.com")) (("support(a)virtualevents365.com" NIL "support" "virtualevents365.com")) (("support(a)virtualevents365.com" NIL "support" "virtualevents365.com")) (("damocles-(a)hotmail.com" NIL "damocles-" "hotmail.com")) NIL NIL NIL "<6955854.2731259063914762.JavaMail.root(a)app130.vs.int.cgsinc.ca>")) . OK Fetch completed. . subscribe "shared.user002.docs-user002" . NO Unknown subscription namespace. . logout * BYE Logging out . OK Logout completed. Connection closed by foreign host. /----------------/ namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . subscriptions = yes } namespace { list = yes location = maildir:/var/virtual-maildir/%%n prefix = shared.%%n. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared }

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[Dovecot] Quota fs (ignore mount)
by Peter Ignatov 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

>> Well .. I'm not entirely sure if the current behavior is good or not, but what you need to do to get it working is to add two quota roots. One for /home/pit/mail (i.e. without specifying mount=) and another for the INBOX's /var/spool/mail. > Don't work... :-( After I installed version 2.0.13 - mount is correct: # doveadm -Dv quota get -u pit doveadm(pit): Debug: auth input: pit system_groups_user=pit uid=500 gid=500 home=/home/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: Effective uid=500, gid=500, home=/home/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota root: name=INBOX backend=fs args=mount=/var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota rule: root=INBOX mailbox=* bytes=19922944 messages=0 doveadm(pit): Debug: Quota warning: bytes=3984588 (20%) messages=0 reverse=no command=quota-warning 20 pit doveadm(pit): Debug: fs: root=/home/pit/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/pit doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota add mailbox dir = /var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota block device = /dev/mapper/mpath1p1 doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota mount point = /var/spool/mail doveadm(pit): Debug: fs quota mount type = ext2 Quota name Type Value Limit % INBOX STORAGE 4824 19456 24 But now don't work script quota-warning.sh: #!/bin/sh PERCENT=$1 USER=$2 cat << EOF | /usr/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda -d $USER -o "plugin/quota=fs:INBOX:mount=/var/spool/mail:noenforcing" From: postmaster(a)domen.org Subject: quota warning Your mailbox is now $PERCENT% full. EOF #dovecot -n # 2.0.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.asp121 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) disable_plaintext_auth = no listen = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_plugins = quota mail_privileged_group = mail mbox_write_locks = fcntl passdb { driver = pam } plugin { quota = fs:INBOX:mount=/var/spool/mail quota_rule = *:storage=19456 quota_warning = storage=20%% quota-warning 20 %u } protocols = pop3 service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { mode = 0666 } user = root } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota }

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[Dovecot] Sieve envelope :detail "to" "xxx" does not deliver to fileinto destination
by Aleksandar Lazic 11 Sep '11

11 Sep '11

Dear Listmember. I try to migrate from my current courier-mta setup fo postfix dovecot setup. I use the following scirpt to filter to the destination mailbox. ### /var/vmail/none.at/al/sieve/lists.sieve require ["fileinto", "subaddress", "envelope" ]; if envelope :detail "to" "pdnsusers" { fileinto "Lists.pdnsusers"; } ### postfix/master ### dovecot unix - n n - - pipe flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop} -a ${original_recipient} # flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -f ${sender} -d ${user}@${nexthop} -m ${extension} -a ${original_recipient} ### Log ### Sep 11 21:47:48 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/smtpd[7788]: connect from Sep 11 21:48:12 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/smtpd[7788]: 495EF9FECAF9: Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/cleanup[7795]: 495EF9FECAF9: message-id=<> Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/qmgr[7785]: 495EF9FECAF9: from=<al(a)bitrace.net>, size=268, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib90_sieve_plugin.so Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda: Debug: auth input: al(a)none.at uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/none.at/al Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: Effective uid=5000, gid=5000, home=/var/vmail/none.at/al Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: maildir: root exists (/var/vmail/none.at/al/Maildir) Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: maildir++: root=/var/vmail/none.at/al/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/var/vmail/none.at/al/Maildir, alt= Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: Destination address: al-pdnsuser(a)none.at (source: -a parameter) Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: sieve: using sieve path for user's script: /var/vmail/none.at/al/.dovecot.sieve Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: sieve: opening script /var/vmail/none.at/al/.dovecot.sieve Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: sieve: script binary /var/vmail/none.at/al/.dovecot.svbin successfully loaded Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: sieve: binary save: not saving binary /var/vmail/none.at/al/.dovecot.svbin, because it is already stored Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): Debug: sieve: executing script from /var/vmail/none.at/al/.dovecot.svbin Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 dovecot: lda(al(a)none.at): sieve: msgid=unspecified: stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/pipe[7797]: 495EF9FECAF9: to=<al-pdnsuser(a)none.at>, relay=dovecot, delay=28, delays=28/0.02/0/0.22, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via dovecot service) Sep 11 21:48:27 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/qmgr[7785]: 495EF9FECAF9: removed Sep 11 21:48:28 lvps46-163-74-15 postfix/smtpd[7788]: disconnect from xxx ### dovecot -n => attachment dovecot_-n Due to the fact that I'am new to dovecot and sieve I hope anybody can help the solve this issue. My target is to filter the mailinglists based on address extention or is it better to filter on to header? Is there a 'log' or 'print' command in the sieve filter or how can I write a message to the log file? Many thanks for your help BR Aleks

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[Dovecot] Filter Mail to Pipe to External Program
by Andriy Moraru 11 Sep '11

11 Sep '11

Hello all! How do I add a filter that would pipe the mail message (containing a certain "To:" field) to some other program? I am running Dovecot 1.0.15. Thanks!

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[Dovecot] sieve and pattern matching
by David Newman 11 Sep '11

11 Sep '11

Dovecot 1.2.17 What is the sieve syntax for matching text somewhere in a subject line, but not at the beginning of the line? Background: Multiple machines each send a message with the subject of "<hostname> operations run" to a mail server. The <hostname> value is different for each sender. This sieve filter does not match any message: require ["fileinto","envelope","reject","vacation","imapflags","relational","co mparator-i;ascii-numeric","regex","notify"]; require ["body", "fileinto", "regex"]; # currentops reports if header :contains "Subject" ".* operations run" { fileinto "currentops"; stop; } However, a similar filter will match if, and only if, the string occurs at the beginning of the subject line. The various sieve help pages I've found suggest that pattern matching anywhere in the subject line should work, not just at the beginning. How to achieve this? TIA dn

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[Dovecot] Annoying "feature" in dovecot/pidgeonhole - include depth limitation
by Mihai Moldovan 11 Sep '11

11 Sep '11

Hi all, I'm using dovecot 2.0.14 build on Debian. The maintainers obviously patch the dovecot source so that it uses the pidgeonhole sieve system. Today I ran into a very annoying issue: I created several sieve scripts and interlinked via the include command, only to find dovecot spewing this error message at me: SWREG Newsletter: line 14: error: cannot nest includes deeper than 10 levels. As far as I could see this limitation is hardcoded to a depth of 10 and can only be changed at compile time. Why is it in place? I understand that you CAN create loops via the include command and limiting the inclusion depth is a way to circumvent loops - but ten is a very low value and the fact that you can't change it via a config file or sorta is even worse. My "fix" so far has been ignoring this, i.e. not returning false. I'm pretty sure that's not the best way to do it but it seems to be working so far. I'd really like to hear your opinion on this issue. Best regards, Mihai **

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[Dovecot] Sieve, before script - Can it include "personal" scripts?
by Steve Fatula 11 Sep '11

11 Sep '11

Using sieve_before, can the script it references include a file from the personal space? I want to set some parameters (by user using the variables extension) there to control what the before script does, so, every user would have the file in their personal include space. If not, is there another way? Can the sieve_before and sieve_global_path be set from userdb extra fields?

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[Dovecot] BestPractice to migrate imap mailbox from one machine to another
by Tobias Hachmer 10 Sep '11

10 Sep '11

Hi list, currently I use dovecot v1.2.15 with maildir++ mailboxes. (Debian Squeeze) I want to set up a different server with dovecot v2, also maildir++ mailboxes. (also Debian Squeeze) What is the best way to copy the existing mailboxes from the older machine running dovecot v1.2.15 to the new naked machine? Greetz, Tobias

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[Dovecot] debug user's message retrieval
by Костырев Александр Алекс еевич 10 Sep '11

10 Sep '11

Hi there! Is there any method to log user's activity with pop3 service? I'll try to explain situation: In maillog I saw that my dovecot lmtp saved four letters in user's mailbox. After a while I got a call from that user saying that he received nothing. Is there any method to log that that user RETR every single letter, maybe with full names of letter's id or something like that?

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Re: [Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Simon Brereton 09 Sep '11

09 Sep '11

> -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Marcus [mailto:CMarcus@Media-Brokers.com] > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:51 PM > On 2011-09-09 1:07 PM, Simon Brereton <simon.brereton(a)buongiorno.com> > wrote: > > I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and > in > > all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire > mail > > box was repopped by a webmail client. > > I don't understand... > > Webmail doesn't speak 'pop' (that I've ever heard of)... so how does > a webmail client 'repop' emails? What webmail is this? It's Horde webmail. Webmail does pop. Yahoo and Gmail do it too. When I first set up the server, it did it on first login - obviously because the server had changed but it's doing it once a week now (and in fact, it did it twice today). It's not fatal, no one will die. It is a PITA though. Simon

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[Dovecot] Mails repopping
by Simon Brereton 09 Sep '11

09 Sep '11

HI I don't know if this is a dovecot issue or a client one. But as Dovecot is the most recent change, I'll start here. I have a server that's been running Courier for about 6 years and in all that time I think I've only ever had 1 issues where an entire mail box was repopped by a webmail client. However, since moving to a new server and dovecot 4 weeks ago, I've now had the webmail client repop this account 4 times (there are about 230 mails in the account). Is there a setting I need to tighten to prevent/remedy this? I have no idea if it's happening on other accounts, but this is one that I see. The format is maildir. There has been no changes to the webmail client. Thanks. Simon

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