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[Dovecot] Help on dovecot, imap, maildir and subfolders
by Lanhai Li 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

I have Fedora Core 2 and dovecot-0.99.10.5-0. I've done nothing to configure it but it seems to have found the Mail dir in my home directory ok and I can connect using IMAP. But I can't create subfolders. If I right click on inbox, there's a 'New Folder...', but if I create one then right click on it, no more 'New Folder...'. So it seems folders can only go one level deep. Many Thanks! Lanhai LI __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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[Dovecot] performance problem?
by Han-Wen Nienhuys 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Hi, I'm running dovecot on a small server. I put all my mail from the last 10 years on it (approx. 160 mb). I'm seeing terrible performance. Sometimes, my client needs several minutes to display a message. This is with mutt, thunderbird and evolution. Copying an outbound message to the Sent IMAP folder (15k messages) typically takes a few minutes, but can be quite fast on occasion (Thunderbird). How can I debug this problem? I'm running dovecot .99.14 on a Mac Mini (OS X 10.3, 512 mb, 80 gb). -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen(a)xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen

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[Dovecot] AUTH patch for Postfix 2.3?
by /dev/rob0 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

The 2.2.1 patch works fine on Postfix 2.2.3 but not on the 2.3 snapshots. Any plans to update it for 2.3? On a similar subject, Timo, are you going to try again to get it accepted by Wietse? If so I'd try to help out with the documentation part. I'm just not sure he'll accept it anyway, what with Dovecot auth only being used by Dovecot ... Thanks, BTW ... it works nicely and was very easy to set up. Postfix 2.2.x is good enough for me, for now. -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header

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[Dovecot] POP3 download problem
by Eddie du Plessis 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Hi All I am experiencing a mail download problem with dovecot's pop3 protocol. We use outlook XP 2002 mail clients and I have setup a mail system with pop accounts on a Fedora 2 installation using dovecot. Some of the clients download email fine but others do not download email and also do not give any error messages. I have enabled the "verbose" options in the /etc/dovecot.conf and all the logged messages appear the same for those who get email and for those who don't. I listed the /var/spool/mail directory and can see mail in the accounts who do not seem to download. We are running an 80 - 90 user system. I have even tried IMAP on the clients with no success. There is nothing viable in the system log. I would appreciate it if you could help. Thank you Kind regards, Eddie Eddie du Plessis IT Administrator Now Media(PTY) Ltd 32 Fricker Road Illovo Boulevard Johannesburg Cell: 082 777 8110 Tel: 011 214 7302 Fax: 011 327 4094 www.nowmedia.co.za _________ "This e-mail, its attachments and any rights attaching hereto are, unless the contents clearly indicate otherwise, the property of Now Media (Proprietary) Limited. It is confidential, private and intended for the addressee only. Should you have received this email in error, kindly notify the sender and delete this e-mail immediately. Do not disclose or use this e-mail in any manner whatsoever. Views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, unless clearly stated as those of Now Media (Proprietary) Limited. Now Media (Proprietary) Limited accepts no liability for any loss or damages whatsoever and howsoever incurred or suffered, resulting or arising from the use of this email or its attachments. Now Media (Proprietary) Limited does not warrant the integrity of this e-mail or that it is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference."

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[Dovecot] failed to create storage data
by Alex 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Hello, I have a problem. I get the message 'Failed to create storage with data' I have 2 emailaccounts which are working perfect and that worked fine. But now I want to add another account and now it said 'Failed to create storage with data' What is the problem? I have the same rights on the directory and it worked first fine. I didn't changed it. Can any one point me in the good direction? I use dovecot with mysql and postfix. thanks in advance, Alex

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[Dovecot] Maildir
by Jason P Buscema 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

I've spent most of the morning looking through the archives. Great information, however, I'm still unable to get my issues figured out. I believe I am missing something quite simple. From what I have read, I want to use maildir, mainly because it will allow the use of subfolders for my clients. My clients are running Mail.app (mostly) on 10.3 clients. I'm planning on using imap and my clients must be able to create sub folders to organize their email. I'm running into a couple problems. First, when I send an email to myself I see in the procmail log that it writes that message to: Folder: /Network/Servers/milhouse/Users/jpbuse/Maildir/new/msg.ZAgKB However, when I send a message to another user on the same server it writes the message to: Folder: /var/mail/someuser I don't understand why the home directory changed. I don't believe I have anything custom in my account vs anyone else. My second issue/question.. how do I get Mail.app and SquirrelMail to see the email now that is not no longer in ~/mail ? Home directories are in this format on the server: /home/users/j/jp/jpbuse Users are authenticated via LDAP and their home directory actually is: /Network/Servers/milhouse/Users/jpbuse I have a symlink that takes care of this and from what I can tell, works just fine. Changed the following line in /etc/dovecot.conf: default_mail_env = maildir:%h /etc/procmailrc looks like: # .procmailrc PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir DEFAULT=$MAILDIR/new PMDIR=/tmp/procmail LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail # Use SpamAssassin INCLUDERC=/etc/mail/spamassassin/spamassassin-spamc.rc dovecot-0.99 procmail-3.22 sendmail-8.13

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[Dovecot] can't get md5 stored passwords to work
by Benjamin Engle 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

In my mysql database everyone has plain passwords. I set the password don my account to {PLAIN-MD5}md5sum but when I go to login it wont let me. But I can log in with "{PLAIN-MD5}md5sum" it's like it ignores the whole {scheme} thing. So I changed my dovecot-mysql.conf to: default_pass_scheme = PLAIN-MD5 In the password field for my username I just used the md5sum. I stopped dovecot and killed all remaining processes and then started it. But it doesn't try to do md5 it is still doing plain text. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I looked and there are no compile time options that I need for this to work... Dovecot Version 0.99.13

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[Dovecot] dovecot.conf %d problem
by Martins 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Hello, I have got a problem ir dovecod.conf. I would like to use %d in default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%u/Maildir but %d seems to be empty. I need it for Postfix virtual domains. If I use default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/vhosts/DOMAIN.ORG/%u/Maildir mail folders could be accessed. I wonder, where Postfix virtual domains need to be passed to Dovecot? more config info: auth_userdb = static uid=100 gid=100 home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%u auth_passdb = passwd-file /etc/dovecot/pass Thanks in advance, M.

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[Dovecot] SSL Certificate Chain Support
by Matthew P. Cox 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

Greetings. I was wondering if there were any plans to add support for an SSL certificate chain file? This is useful to provide a valid certificate chain for lower cost signing authorities. I'm afraid that I'm not 100% positive of the implementation requirements. Although it does seem that OpenSSL supports this concept. I am aware that Apache HTTPD (via mod_ssl) and Courier-IMAP offer support for this feature. Here's a link to information from the Apache HTTPD manual: http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#sslcertificatechainfile Thank you for the continued development of a great project. Matt

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[Dovecot] Re: dovecot Digest, Vol 26, Issue 5
by Han-Wen Nienhuys 05 Jun '05

05 Jun '05

dovecot-request(a)dovecot.org wrote: >Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 01:31 schrieb Han-Wen Nienhuys: > >>> I'm seeing terrible performance. Sometimes, my client needs several> > >(...) > >>> How can I debug this problem? I'm running dovecot .99.14 on a Mac Mini >> (OS X 10.3, 512 mb, 80 gb). > >mbox or maildir? Maildir. Listing or opening the directory via the OS is rather slow, btw, maagd:~/Maildir/.sent$ time du 220240 ./cur 0 ./new 0 ./tmp 234776 . real 1m35.207s user 0m0.060s sys 0m1.850s maagd:~/Maildir/.sent$ >I'm using an Am486DX4-100 with 64 MB to serve my personal mail. (about >650 >MB distributed over about 100 imap folders) indeed, so 160 mb on a beefier machine shouldn't be a problem. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys - hanwen(a)xs4all.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen

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[Dovecot] pam mysql authentication
by radus＠smartpost.ro 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

Hello I am trying to use pam to authenticate dovecot again a mysql database. In /etc/pam.d/dovecot i have: auth optional pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \ passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \ where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1 account required pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \ passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \ where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1 I have the same file for smtp and it works ok. However when i try to log in dovecot i get: Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: is Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: NULL Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: and Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: deleted Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: = Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: ''" Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"disabled)' at line 1 I am running dovecot 0.99.14 Thanks, Radu

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[Dovecot] Crash and Assertion Error
by Todd Burroughs 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

I've attached two backtraces, one from a segfault and another from an assertion error in imap. I've seen a couple of the same assertion and this is the only segfault. It looks like they could be related. They both have to do with indexing anyway... The code is from CVS as of May 30. The segfault happened while imap was doing searches for my pine filters. I've also noticed that in pine, if I expunge a lot of mail that is spaced out through my mbox, it usually gets the headers mixed up. What I mean is that I will open one email and get the body from another. Just mentioning this in case it has some bearing. I'll be trying some things out to see if I can figure out why this happens. Can't think of any more useful info, I need sleep. Todd

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[Dovecot] pam mysql authentication
by radus＠smartpost.ro 04 Jun '05

04 Jun '05

Hello I am trying to use pam to authenticate dovecot again a mysql database. In /etc/pam.d/dovecot i have: auth optional pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \ passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \ where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1 account required pam_mysql.so host=localhost db=maildb user=mailro \ passwd=xxx table=users usercolumn=address passwdcolumn=passwd \ where="disabled is NULL and deleted = ''" crypt=1 I have the same file for smtp and it works ok. However when i try to log in dovecot i get: Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: is Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: NULL Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: and Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: deleted Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: = Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: Unknown option: ''" Jun 4 05:02:21 tx07 dovecot-auth: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '"disabled)' at line 1 I am running dovecot 0.99.14 Thanks, Radu

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test72
by Timo Sirainen 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

http://dovecot.org/test/ I'm not sure if this was test71-specific or if it also happened with test70, but anyway IMAP process was hanging in some situations (I think POP3 hang was fixed though? :). So, fixed that.

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[Dovecot] Virtual users with sendmail ...
by Jordan Hayes 31 May '05

31 May '05

A quick search of the Wiki for the term "sendmail" reveals zero hits. Are all Dovecot users just sufficiently enlightened that they don't use sendmail? :-) Anyone have any tips (other than to not use it)? Thanks, /jordan

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[Dovecot] Script to convert mboxes to maildirs?
by Mark Winslow 31 May '05

31 May '05

Does anybody know of a script of a simple method of converting mbox mail stores to maildirs? I'm moving from an old pop3 system to imap and after installing about half our office with mboxes have found that mbox does not support subfolders which some people like to use. Is there any simple way of converting? I can go to each individual account and "manually" convert swaping data around with Firefox, but I was wondering if there was an easier way. Thanks. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html

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[Dovecot] Dovecot auth process died because of Socket operation on non-socket
by Nicolas STRANSKY 30 May '05

30 May '05

Hi, I'm having problems setting up a dovecot1.0 stable on a Debian-amd64 server. The process dies with the following message: May 28 15:13:46 rouge dovecot: Dovecot v1.0-stable starting up May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: Login process died too early - shutting down May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: pop3-login: fd_send(-1) failed: Socket operation on non-socket May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: pop3-login: fd_send(-1) failed: Socket operation on non-socket May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: auth(default): accept() failed: Socket operation on non-socket May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: child 15116 (auth) returned error 89 May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: child 15117 (login) returned error 89 May 28 15:13:47 rouge dovecot: child 15118 (login) returned error 89 Attached is the strace of the dovecot process, I don't know if this is relevant but I can provide any needed information. The config file is like this: protocols = imap imaps pop3 pop3s ssl_disable = no ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/pop-imap-zamok.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/pop-imap-zamok.pem disable_plaintext_auth = no login_processes_count = 6 mail_extra_groups = mail default_mail_env = mbox:~/Mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u protocol imap { } protocol pop3 { } auth_verbose = yes auth_debug = yes auth default { mechanisms = plain passdb = pam userdb = passwd user = root } Can anybody help me with this issue ? Thank's in advance ! -- Nico Une pierre, deux maisons, trois ruines, quatre fossoyeurs, un jardin, des fleurs, un raton-laveur... -+- Jacques Prévert -+-

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[Dovecot] creating first.last@domain.com as user account
by sam wun 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi, Can I create first.las(a)domain.com user account using Dovecot? Sam

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[Dovecot] How to create user account
by sam wun 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi list, I just installed Dovecot and Postfix in FreeBSD 5.4 without installing Openldap. How can I create user account for Dovecot? I compiled Dovecot with Cyrus-sasl2-saslauthd in the system. Thanks Sam

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test71
by Timo Sirainen 28 May '05

28 May '05

http://dovecot.org/test/ Nothing big this time: - Added configurable logging for login process. Added configurable pop3 logout string. Based on a patch by Andrey Panin. - mysql auth: dovecot-auth worker processed kill themselves after 10min idle time - fixed auth_cache crashing with sql/ldap backends (or was it only with mysql?) - fixed pop3 hang (finally I hope? :) - fixed mbox assert-crash about the file size being unexpected - Keyword resets were written using sequences to transaction log, which caused keyword breakages. - pop3: RSET command wasn't working right - dovecot-auth was leaking memory if used with Dovecot LDA/deliver

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[Dovecot] Filenames and flags
by Jon 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi, Does anyone know how the filnames as created and/or if you can read a mail's flag or status from it? 1 .As you can set i.e. "ToDo" label on a message and then if I open from another thunderbird I can see it is marked there aswell I wonder: Is this read from the filename or some registry? 2 .Can I understand from a filename if a message is read? 3. Sometimes when I try to filter with flags no messages show. Is this a thunderbird bug or a dovecot one, or one in conjunction? Best regards -Jon

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[Dovecot] imaps tls/ssl and stupid clients
by Michael Moritz 28 May '05

28 May '05

We have been using dovecot now as replacement for qpopper for over 2 weeks and it's working nicely. I have now tried to enable ssl/tls for myself and other inhouse users which also works fine. But the problem is that I use an uncertified certificate. Which is not a problem for kmail, as it just pops up a box asking whether I want to accept the certificate or not. But apparently, some stupid email programs used by other people just hang up on an uncertified certificate. I have figured out that ssl_disable = yes is the critical setting. If it's set everything works, if not, then all services allow tls/ssl and the stupid clients choke on it. Since others just use pop3 I wonder whether there is a way I can disable tls support for pop3 but enable it for imap or even only for imaps? Any ideas or am I starting from the wrong side? Thanks and regards, mimo

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[Dovecot] Excessive dovecot-auth proceses
by Andrew Hutchings 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi Guys, I may have missed something in the conf file but while using a standard mysql auth method I'm finding many dovecot-auth processing sitting doing nothing. They grow to the extent that mysql runs out of connections after a week. Any ideas? Regards Andrew -- Andrew Hutchings (A-Wing) Linux Guru - Netserve Consultants Ltd. - www.domaincity.co.uk Admin - North Wales Linux User Group - www.nwlug.org.uk BOFH excuse 423: It's not RFC-822 compliant.

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[Dovecot] Assertion Failure in mbox-sync.c
by Todd Burroughs 28 May '05

28 May '05

I've been getting a few of these errors on a couple different mboxes. This is using the CVS version as of May 14. So far, these are the only errors and it looks like most/all of the older ones are gone. (maybe I shouldn't say that ;-) dovecot: May 16 17:41:07 Error: 20973 IMAP(todd.bluegenesis.com): file mbox-sync.c: line 1165 (mbox_sync_handle_eof_updates): assertion failed: (file_size >= sync_ctx->file_input->v_offset) dovecot: May 16 17:41:10 Error: child 20973 (imap) killed with signal 6 (gdb) bt full #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #1 0xbffff518 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #2 0x00000006 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #3 0x000051ed in ?? () No symbol table info available. #4 0xb7ef1d41 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #5 0xb7ef3529 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 No symbol table info available. #6 0x0809911a in i_internal_panic_handler ( fmt=0x6 <Address 0x6 out of bounds>, args=0x51ed <Address 0x51ed out of bounds>) at failures.c:374 No locals. #7 0x08099534 in i_panic ( format=0x80a5ccc "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:173 No locals. #8 0x0806ef4b in mbox_sync (mbox=0x80c3ba8, flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at mbox-sync.c:1165 index_sync_ctx = Variable "index_sync_ctx" is not available. (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () #1 0xbffff518 in ?? () #2 0x00000006 in ?? () #3 0x000051ed in ?? () #4 0xb7ef1d41 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #5 0xb7ef3529 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #6 0x0809911a in i_internal_panic_handler ( fmt=0x6 <Address 0x6 out of bounds>, args=0x51ed <Address 0x51ed out of bounds>) at failures.c:374 #7 0x08099534 in i_panic ( format=0x80a5ccc "file %s: line %d (%s): assertion failed: (%s)") at failures.c:173 #8 0x0806ef4b in mbox_sync (mbox=0x80c3ba8, flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at mbox-sync.c:1165 #9 0x08068891 in mbox_transaction_commit (_t=0x80cf430, flags=Variable "flags" is not available. ) at mbox-transaction.c:56 #10 0x0808d333 in mailbox_transaction_commit (t=0x0, flags=0) at mail-storage.c:418 #11 0x08058b56 in cmd_store (cmd=0x80bcb98) at cmd-store.c:122 #12 0x08059685 in _client_input (context=0x80bcb58) at client.c:334 #13 0x0809e5da in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x80bb9b0) at ioloop-poll.c:184 #14 0x0809dcf9 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x80bb9b0) at ioloop.c:218 #15 0x08060587 in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffffa44, envp=0xbffffa4c) at main.c:228 I'm not sure about the variables here, the core file's still here if any other info will help: (gdb) p sync_ctx->input->real_stream->statbuf $5 = {st_dev = 0, __pad1 = 0, __st_ino = 0, st_mode = 0, st_nlink = 0, st_uid = 0, st_gid = 0, st_rdev = 0, __pad2 = 0, st_size = 4294967295, st_blksize = 0, st_blocks = 0, st_atim = {tv_sec = 1116279667, tv_nsec = 0}, st_mtim = {tv_sec = 1116279667, tv_nsec = 0}, st_ctim = { tv_sec = 1116279667, tv_nsec = 0}, st_ino = 0} (gdb) p sync_ctx->file_input->v_offset $8 = 142294527 The mbox size is larger than 142294527 I did notice this, but I'm not sure if I'm looking at the correct variable and don't think the size is large enough to matter, anyway. (gdb) pt sync_ctx->input->real_stream->statbuf->st_size type = long long int (gdb) pt sync_ctx->file_input->v_offset type = long long unsigned int Todd

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[Dovecot] Plain Text Auth
by Adam Barrett 28 May '05

28 May '05

I dont know where I went wrong, I have got the Dovecot finally looking for an auth, but it doesnt accept my passwords. Let me know what you need to see and I will post it... THanks! -- Adam Barrett dragen(a)gmail.com

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[Dovecot] Migrating Dovecot 0.99 to 1.0stable
by Nicolas STRANSKY 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi, I'm planing to move a big mail server currently under Dovecot 0.99 to Dovecot 1.0 stable. One problem I had once when doing this was that all the UIDL had to change and that all users using pop3 and leaving their messages on the server had to re-download all of them, which is annoying. I'd like to know to the UIDL really have to change when migrating from 0.99 to 1.0stable or if this was a configuration problem on my side. Are there any tips for this to be as transparent as possible for the users ? Thank you. -- Nico L'idée que la science peut et doit être organisée selon des règles à la fois fixes et universelles est utopique et pernicieuse. -+- Paul Feyerabend -+-

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[Dovecot] 1.0-test70
by Timo Sirainen 28 May '05

28 May '05

http://dovecot.org/test/ - vpopmail authentication fix - many mmap_disable=yes fixes and a few optimizations - pop3 hang fix - mbox fix for "last-uid lost" error (hopefully last one) - mbox fix for losing dirty flag, causing lost message flags mmap_disable=yes seems to be finally working pretty well. There should be no more cache file related errors with it enabled. I'm still seeing "UID inserted in the middle of mailbox" error a couple of times in hour (out of ~320000 logins/h), so mbox code is still not perfect but I'd think it's good enough for normal use :)

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[Dovecot] Dovecot as an email proxy
by sam wun 28 May '05

28 May '05

Hi list, I m new to Dovecot. I have installed the software in freebsd 5.4 and I m wondering how to setup up a mail proxy gateway that consist of Dovecot, postfix(or qmail), ASSP, Clamav in a box? I m very apprecate for every suggestion. Thanks Sam

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[Dovecot] Transaction log file issue on dovecot-stable
by John and Catherine Allen 28 May '05

28 May '05

Situation: dovecot-stable-20050528 on x86, Linux 2.4.30, ext3, maildir I'm trying to use the imapsync utility (http://www.linux-france.org/prj/imapsync/) to copy 1500 messages from a UW-imap server to dovecot. After about 100 messages are successfully appended, I'm seeing this in the server log, following which all APPENDs fail. May 28 09:01:06 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): utime(/home/allen/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock) failed: No such file or directory May 28 09:01:06 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): Our dotlock file /home/allen/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist.lock was deleted May 28 09:01:06 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): Corrupted transaction log file /home/allen/Maildir/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 3718, but next_uid = 3719 May 28 09:01:06 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): Lost transaction log file /home/allen/Maildir/dovecot.index.log seq 6 May 28 09:01:07 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): Lost transaction log file /home/allen/Maildir/dovecot.index.log seq 6 May 28 09:01:07 [dovecot] IMAP(allen): Corrupted transaction log file /home/allen/Maildir/dovecot.index.log: Append with UID 3718, but next_uid = 3719 John -- John Allen Bofferdange, Luxembourg allen(a)vo.lu http://www.homepages.lu/allen

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Re: [Dovecot] imap disconnects on my account only
by Mitch Pirtle 28 May '05

28 May '05

Whups, reply-to went to the poster :-/ On 5/27/05, Chris Wakelin <c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk> wrote: > Just a guess, but have you changed your /etc/groups (or equivalent) file > today? I'm not a Fedora expert (or dovecot-0.99), though. I think it's > more likely to be a change in the user/group databases than a change in > Dovecot. I have added myself to another group (for a website directory) but have not changed my default group or anything like that. -- Mitch

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[Dovecot] imap disconnects on my account only
by Mitch Pirtle 27 May '05

27 May '05

Talk about personal problems! I am using dovecot-0.99.13-4.FC2, and everything has been going fine for months. Earlier this afternoon, Thunderbird's status pane would say 'Sending authenticate login information...' and I would no longer receive email. When I checked with others, they were fine and dandy. I tried kmail, evolution, and even tried webmail. All had connection errors. Checking the logs I can see the following: May 27 14:07:58 mongo imap-login: Login: mitchy [162.84.141.200] May 27 14:07:58 mongo imap(mitchy): getgroups() failed: Invalid argument May 27 14:07:58 mongo dovecot: child 3264 (imap) returned error 89 I can see new messages in $Maildir, so it is all about authentication, which I am completely clueless about as it has been working for as long as I have had this server. What steps can I take to debug the situation? -- Mitch

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[Dovecot] Index corruption
by Dan Sully 27 May '05

27 May '05

I've been seeing this in my log (test69) for a user who has Thunderbird as a client: Error: IMAP(andrew): Corrupted index file /home/a/andrew/Maildir/dovecot.index: header doesn't end with NUL Thoughts? -D -- <dr.pox> what're the units of the coefficient of agnosticity? I don't knows per hour?

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[Dovecot] Inquiring about status of version 1.x
by Jean-Daniel Beaubien 27 May '05

27 May '05

Hi, I've been running dovecot for awhile (about 18 months now) and I am very happy with it. I am currently planning an upgrade for the office server and I am wondering how is 1.0 going? Is it stable enough for production? I read a thread in the list from may 5th talking about the stability, and it seemed pretty decent. Anyways just looking for a bit of feedback on the evolution of 1.0 Thanks, Jean-Daniel

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Re: Core dumps when opening an IMAP folder (Was: Re: [Dovecot] 1.0-test70)
by Tero Ripattila 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hello Timo, I can reproduce this issue even with mmap_disable and mmap_no_write set to yes, please see the following back trace: $ gdb /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap /tmp/imap.core GNU gdb 6.3 Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-openbsd3.6"... Core was generated by `imap'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.34.2...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.34.2 Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld.so...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/libexec/ld.so #0 0x1c03d7f2 in mail_transaction_log_view_set (view=0x3c020500, min_file_seq=8, min_file_offset=7148, max_file_seq=8, max_file_offset=7148, type_mask=8) at mail-transaction-log-view.c:102 102 if (min_file_seq == view->log->tail->hdr.prev_file_seq && (gdb) #0 0x1c03d7f2 in mail_transaction_log_view_set (view=0x3c020500, min_file_seq=8, min_file_offset=7148, max_file_seq=8, max_file_offset=7148, type_mask=8) at mail-transaction-log-view.c:102 file = (struct mail_transaction_log_file *) 0x2b1dbec8 first = (struct mail_transaction_log_file *) 0xb21b372 seq = 0 end_offset = 4324021345303134216 ret = 3932679 #1 0x1c03a17a in view_sync_get_expunges (view=0x3c01f700, expunges_r=0xcfbf97d0) at mail-index-view-sync.c:105 hdr = (const struct mail_transaction_header *) 0xe4e1c00 src = (struct mail_transaction_expunge *) 0xff src_end = (struct mail_transaction_expunge *) 0x3c011020 dest = (struct mail_transaction_expunge *) 0x0 data = (const void *) 0x23ee00 count = 1117130127 ret = 8 #2 0x1c03a366 in mail_index_view_sync_begin (view=0x3c01f700, sync_mask=255, ctx_r=0x8) at mail-index-view-sync.c:176 hdr = (const struct mail_index_header *) 0x3c01f804 ctx = (struct mail_index_view_sync_ctx *) 0x1c039b4d map = (struct mail_index_map *) 0xff mask = 8 want_mask = 0 expunges = {buffer = 0x0, element_size = 0} #3 0x1c02d6cd in index_mailbox_sync_init (box=0x3c01e840, flags=0, failed=0) at index-sync.c:150 ctx = (struct index_mailbox_sync_context *) 0x3c011020 sync_mask = 1006764673 #4 0x1c019b25 in maildir_storage_sync_init (box=0x3c01e840, flags=MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST) at maildir-sync.c:991 ctx = (struct maildir_sync_context *) 0x3c0139b0 ret = 0 #5 0x1c040fc4 in mailbox_sync_init (box=0x8, flags=MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST) at mail-storage.c:333 No locals. #6 0x1c015150 in imap_sync_init (client=0x3c020000, box=0x3c01e840, flags=MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST) at imap-sync.c:43 ctx = (struct imap_sync_context *) 0x3c01d1c0 #7 0x1c01554f in cmd_sync (cmd=0x3c020040, flags=MAILBOX_SYNC_FLAG_FAST, tagline=0x3c00056f "OK Search completed.") at imap-sync.c:210 ctx = (struct cmd_sync_context *) 0x3c0230a0 #8 0x1c00eb66 in cmd_search (cmd=0x3c020040) at cmd-search.c:102 client = (struct client *) 0x3c020000 sargs = (struct mail_search_arg *) 0x8 args = (struct imap_arg *) 0x3c021048 args_count = 8 error = 0x0 charset = 0x0 #9 0x1c00fa7d in cmd_uid (cmd=0x3c020040) at cmd-uid.c:19 cmd_name = 0x3c0210f8 "SEARCH" #10 0x1c01023b in client_handle_input (cmd=0x3c020040) at client.c:334 client = (struct client *) 0x3c020000 #11 0x1c010369 in _client_input (context=0x3c020000) at client.c:383 client = (struct client *) 0x3c020000 cmd = (struct client_command_context *) 0x3c020040 #12 0x1c050a68 in io_loop_handler_run (ioloop=0x3c01d000) at ioloop-poll.c:184 data = (struct ioloop_handler_data *) 0x3c0110a0 pollfd = (struct pollfd *) 0x3c01e000 tv = {tv_sec = 7, tv_usec = 9219} io = (struct io *) 0x3c0111c0 t_id = 2 msecs = 8 ret = 0 call = 1 #13 0x1c050505 in io_loop_run (ioloop=0x3c01d000) at ioloop.c:218 No locals. #14 0x1c016d37 in main (argc=3, argv=0xcfbf9a3c, envp=0xcfbf9a4c) at main.c:228 No locals. (gdb) Any suggestions how to fix these ongoing problems? Thanks, Tero -- Tero Ripattila

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[Dovecot] IMAP Memory Error
by John McAree 25 May '05

25 May '05

Hi, I recently upgraded dovecot on an OpenBSD server from the 0.99.x series to the 1.0-test series to eliminate a problem. That was fixed, however I am now experiencing issues with IMAP(S) connections. The main IMAPS use to the server is via Squirrelmail (many users login with it), however I typically use Thunderbird. The user mailboxes are stored in Maildir format. Basically, moving, deleting or copying mails tends not to work. I have managed to move mails in Thunderbird if the source mailbox is small, and deleting mails usually works in Thunderbird. However, in Squirrelmail deleting or moving results in: "ERROR : Connection dropped by imap-server. Query: COPY 5629 "<dest-mailbox>" /var/log/maillog reports: May 24 23:19:03 orca dovecot: IMAP(jmcaree): pool_system_malloc(): Out of memory The Out of memory error appears when moving mails with Thunderbird, also. I had originally upgraded to dovecot1.0-test66 via a patch supplied by an OpenBSD porter. Today I decided to compile -test70 to see if it was any better. Unfortunately, this issue still exists. I tried upgrading Squirrelmail to the latest (1.4.4 from 1.4.3a), but no luck there. Since it's happening with both it and Thunderbird, though, I don't see it being a client issue. Server is: # uname -a OpenBSD my.hostname.com 3.7 GENERIC.RAID#0 amd64 I'd appreciate any assistance or advice on this issue! Obviously, I'd prefer to not have to downgrade to the 0.99.x series. :-) I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me with any replies. TIA, John.

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[Dovecot] Auth Issue
by Adam Barrett 25 May '05

25 May '05

I am so confused. Can someone help me out here? I have set it up so that it is to accept login via PLAIN TEXT. I am using Thunderbird to connect, and it will ask for my password (the username is already in the system) I get a pop-up for Enter the password for Username on Domain.com I enter my password (the same I would use to login to FTP) and it fails. Any thoughts? -- Adam Barrett dragen(a)gmail.com

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[Dovecot] Simply can't figure it out
by Gaby vanhegan 24 May '05

24 May '05

Hi, I'm having a hideous problem trying to get the latest stable version to work. I've had no success and simply can't pinpoint the problem. Sorry for the rather long email but I've included as many details as I can to help here. I've been trying to install the latest stable version (as of 23rd May 2005) by downloading the tarball from the site to my OpenBSD 3.6 box, and building with these arguments: # ./configure --localstatedir=/var --with-ssl=openssl --with-ssldir=/etc/ssl --without-vpopmail - -without-pam --without-shadow Which builds fine. Here are some files from the installation folder: http://vanhegan.net/dovecot/config.log http://vanhegan.net/dovecot/config.status Here's my configuration file. I only really want to server imaps, but I've turned on imap for debuggering purposes: http://vanhegan.net/dovecot/dovecot.conf And it's running from my inetd.conf: # Dovecot IMAP services 144 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login imap-login --group=default/imap imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login imap-login --group=default/imap --ssl (I'm running on port 144 to not clash with the existing IMAP service on port 143). Now, no matter what I try, I simply can't make it login, or start the process: (restart inetd, dovecot, check they're dead) bash-3.00# kill -HUP `cat /var/run/inetd.pid` bash-3.00# kill -TERM `cat /var/run/dovecot/master.pid` bash-3.00# ps auwx | grep dove root 828 0.0 0.1 84 456 p2 S+ 8:39PM 0:00.01 grep dove bash-3.00# /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login --group=default/imap F/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login can be started only through dovecot master process, inetd or equilevant (start dovecot, check it's running, error expected, other imap server already running) bash-3.00# /usr/local/sbin/dovecot Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use bash-3.00# ps auwx | grep dove root 14041 0.0 0.3 212 1012 ?? Ss 8:39PM 0:00.06 dovecot root 3496 0.0 0.2 276 608 ?? S 8:39PM 0:00.02 dovecot-auth root 10928 0.0 0.1 104 456 p2 S+ 8:40PM 0:00.01 grep dove (try and login) bash-3.00# /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/imap-login --group=default/imap Fatal: EOF while reading environment from master bash-3.00# tail /var/log/dovecot dovecot: May 23 20:34:19 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:35:06 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:00 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:04 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:38:57 Warning: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: May 23 20:39:39 Info: Dovecot v1.0-stable starting up dovecot: May 23 20:40:25 Error: login: Unknown protocol 'imap?W' (try an SSL login) bash-3.00# openssl s_client -connect localhost:993 CONNECTED(00000004) 24195:error:140770FC:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:unknown protocol:/usr/src/lib/libssl/ssl/../src/ssl/s23_clnt.c:475: bash-3.00# tail /var/log/dovecot dovecot: May 23 20:35:06 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:00 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:04 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:37:07 Error: login: Missing protocol from server name 'imap' dovecot: May 23 20:38:57 Warning: Killed with signal 15 dovecot: May 23 20:39:39 Info: Dovecot v1.0-stable starting up dovecot: May 23 20:40:25 Error: login: Unknown protocol 'imap?W' dovecot: May 23 20:44:20 Error: login: Unknown protocol 'imap?W' HELP PLEASE!!! I've scoured t'internet and the closest I can find is this: http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/2005-February/006284.html Which got me past the "missing protocol from server" problem but hasn't got anywhere. I've since fallen back to the version in ports from OpenBSD 3.6 but really want to get this going. Any ideas? Gaby -- Junkets for bunterish lickspittles since 1998! gaby(a)vanhegan.net http://weblog.vanhegan.net

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[Dovecot] Newbie-ish Questions
by Joe Dauncey 24 May '05

24 May '05

Hi, I'm in the process of migrating from local Maildir, to IMAP-enabled Maildir (terms are made up by me). I have my Maildir directories all under $HOME/Mail I have a procmail script that sorts everything into different folders under $HOME/Mail, and leaves the rest in a Maildir folder chosen by me, that I think of as my INBOX. Now, I am assuming that the folder I identify as INBOX is the one that a client will interpret as the INBOX? I really want the INBOX to be one of the folders under $HOME/Mail, but at the moment dovecot only will only consider the folder $HOME/Mail as the INBOX, so I have to send my 'inbox' mail to $HOME/Mail, rather than what I would prefer, which would be $HOME/Mail/INBOX (or something like that). The seting I have in dovecot.conf is: default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail Is this is the only way, or am I doing something wrong? Should I be using default_mail_env to define the inbox? e.g. with: default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail:INBOX=INBOX (or whatever my inbox mail folder name is) Maybe I've just got my Maildir folder set up completely wrong, and I'm supposed to accept the Maildir folder itself as the inbox? If so, please just send me on my way ;-) Also, since I don't know much about IMAP, where can I find out what the .subscriptions file is, and what it does, and also all the other files created by dovecot, like the .imap files and the .customflags Thanks, Joe -- Joe Dauncey

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[Dovecot] Read-only mail folders
by Chris Wakelin 23 May '05

23 May '05

Is it possible to have folders on read-only partitions in Dovecot 1.0-stable? We have a NetApp fileserver which would probably be accessed via NFS (though iSCSI is possible) and which stores readonly "snapshots" of every directory accessible as .snapshot (but usually hidden from the operating system). It would be very nice to set up a "snapshot" namespace something like :- namespace public { separator = / prefix = "#snapshot/" location = maildir:%h/Maildir/.snapshot/nightly.0 hidden = yes } so that users could recover messages from say yesterday's version of their mailbox. Unfortunately, Dovecot always seems to want to write to the directory, even when indexes are stored elsewhere (as recommended with NFS anyway, I think) using INDEX=whatever in the location line. Best Wishes, Chris --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] problem with an howto from the wiki.
by kramer＠freemail.it 23 May '05

23 May '05

hello, i'm reading and trying to configuring my mailserver following this howto on the dovecot wiki: http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/DovecotPostgresql but i got always this problem: ERROR: permesso negato per la relazione postfix_virtual in english is "permission denied for the relation postfix_virtual". I dont know where the problem is, but if i send an email from localhost all works good, the problem appear when i try to test my mailserver sending an email from another mta. this is what i got as error: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table (in reply to RCPT TO command) excuse me in advance for my poor and ugly english. thanks! ciao, peppe --------------------------------------------------------------- Scegli il tuo dominio preferito e attiva la tua email! Da oggi l'eMail di superEva e' ancora piu' veloce e ricca di funzioni! http://webmail.supereva.it/new/ ---------------------------------------------------------------

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Brent Clark 23 May '05

23 May '05

Hi all I just compiled Dovecot v1.0-test70 and i tried using the dovecot-example.conf for a quick test to see if the daemon would work. But I keep getting the following error message in me /var/log/messages: May 17 12:33:46 mail dovecot: Dovecot v1.0-test70 starting up May 17 12:33:47 mail dovecot: Auth process died too early - shutting down May 17 12:33:47 mail dovecot: auth(default): No password databases set May 17 12:33:47 mail dovecot: child 29405 (auth) returned error 89 This is is a section in my conf file. auth default { mechanisms = plain auth_userdb = passwd auth_passdb = pam #auth_userdb = passwd #auth_passdb = pam #userdb = /etc/passwd #passdb = /etc/passwd # passdb pam { # Service name or * as parameter. * means the authenticating service name # is used, eg. pop3 or imap. #args = dovecot # args= /etc/passwd # } # /etc/passwd or similar, using getpwnam() # In many systems nowadays this uses Name Service Switch, which is # configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf. # passdb passwd { # args= /etc/passwd # } # /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam(). Deprecated by PAM nowadays. # passdb shadow { # args= /etc/shadow # } # passwd-like file with specified location #passdb passwd-file { #} userdb passwd { } # passwd-like file with specified location #userdb passwd-file { # Path for passwd-file #args = #} # Path for passwd-file #args = #} # checkpassword executable authentication #passdb checkpassword { # Path for checkpassword binary #args = #} If anyone has some advice or tips, it would greatfully be appreciated. Kind Regards Brent Clark

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[Dovecot] Stability
by Casey Allen Shobe 23 May '05

23 May '05

I am currently using Dovecot 0.99.14-r1 as provided by Gentoo, in a Qmail + VPopmail configuration. I am curious as to how to configure it to ensure the most stability, as it serves >1000 clients. I would rather disable any indexing that give small speed improvements if they are not known to be stable. Advice? Cheers, -- Casey Allen Shobe | http://casey.shobe.info cshobe(a)seattleserver.com | cell 425-443-4653 AIM & Yahoo: SomeLinuxGuy | ICQ: 1494523 SeattleServer.com, Inc. | http://www.seattleserver.com

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[Dovecot] 1.0-stable loses flag changes sometimes?
by Chris Wakelin 23 May '05

23 May '05

I've been struggling with an odd bug in the latest 1.0-stable (20050427) release. Sometimes Dovecot seems to forget that a message has been read or deleted and marks it unread (or not deleted). As far as I've been able to determine, it seems to happen when 1) There have been several recent deliveries 2) Possibly some of those deliveries are of multiple messages 3) Possibly they are read very quickly (say only a second for each message) 4) Folder is an mbox (haven't tried Maildir) I've seen it with Thunderbird mostly, but did manage to recreate it once in "telnet" - the debug IMAP client ;) - using "IDLE" "FETCH" and "STORE msgid +FLAGS (\Seen)" commands. I managed to catch it in the act with one Thunderbird session, and it seemed to occur when Thunderbird, for some reason, issued an IMAP "CHECK" command. In this case it issued an extra "* 710 FETCH (FLAGS (\Recent))" response (the new messages had been msgid 711-715). Incidentally, Thunderbird seems to do a "STORE .. +FLAGS (\Seen)" command even though this is implicit the "FETCH .. BODY[..]" command (and it gets informed of the flag change in the response). I've tried and tried to find a "formula" for re-creating the problem "on demand", but it only goes wrong occassionaly. My guess is it's some sort of timing thing with mbox sync (BTW we have "mbox_dirty_syncs = yes" and "mbox_very_dirty_syncs = no"). Has anybody else seen this? I'm hoping to roll out this version to our wider group of testers soon and would like to get this issue solved first if possible (it counts as an annoyance rather than a serious problem). Best Wishes, Chris --+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-- Christopher Wakelin, c.d.wakelin(a)reading.ac.uk IT Services Centre, The University of Reading, Tel: +44 (0)118 378 8439 Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 2AF, UK Fax: +44 (0)118 975 3094

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[Dovecot] Info request
by Filip Cristian 23 May '05

23 May '05

Hello, I'am Filip Cristian System Administrator at Astral Telecom and i'am using on our email servers dovecot for pop*, imap* auth with mysql suport. I have noticed that in the 1.0-test* release you have support for multiple password databases. From what i have tested this it's working but only if you want to fallback to another supported password databases different that the privios. Is there a posibility to use multiple mysql authentication ? I mean to use two or more mysql hosts on wich to connect and search for the username if the user it's not in the first database? Best regards, -- Cristian Filip Network Administrator Astral Telecom Dostoievski 28, Cluj-Napoca Tel: 0364-100106 Fax: 0264-414688 http://www.astral.ro !DSPAM:4291eb3c217031927099527!

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[Dovecot] dovecot and php imap_open
by Daniel 23 May '05

23 May '05

Hi I'm have problems with dovecot and the php imap_open function. Can't seem to get it to work. I just get a "Aborted login [127.0.0.1]" in the dovecot logs. The php error is: [client 192.168.1.254] PHP Warning: imap_open(): Couldn't open stream {127.0.0.1:110/pop3/notls/norsh/novalidate-cert}INBOX in /var/www/html/mail/auth.php on line 89, referer: [client 192.168.1.254] PHP Notice: (null)(): Can't open mailbox {127.0.0.1:110/pop3/notls/norsh/novalidate-cert}INBOX: invalid remote specification (errflg=2) in Unknown on line 0, referer: Same type of error with ether imap or pop3. Anyone have a trick around this? Thanks for any help. Regards Daniel

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[Dovecot] pop3/commands.c query
by Jens Laas 23 May '05

23 May '05

Is this correct ? cmd_rset() if (mail_update_flags(mail, MAIL_SEEN, MODIFY_REMOVE) < 0) break; Args seems to be switched. /Jens ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 'This mail automatically becomes portable when carried.' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jens Låås Email: jens.laas(a)data.slu.se Department of Computer Services, SLU Phone: +46 18 67 35 15 Vindbrovägen 1 P.O. Box 7079 S-750 07 Uppsala SWEDEN -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Re: [Dovecot] Newbie-ish Questions
by Joe Dauncey 23 May '05

23 May '05

I've just found out what it's doing, so I thought I'd include the useful symptom. Joe ----- Forwarded message from Joe Dauncey <joe(a)dauncey.net> ----- From: Joe Dauncey <joe(a)dauncey.net> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Newbie-ish Questions To: dovecot(a)dovecot.org Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 08:18:04 +0100 Organization: dauncey.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Mailer: Mutt/v1.4.1i Curtis, Thanks for the explanation... Unfortunately it doesn't quite work. On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 12:27:21PM +1000, Curtis Maloney wrote: > Joe Dauncey wrote: > >Hi, > > > > Please remember in future to always include which version of Dovecot > you're running. It sometimes makes a big difference. In this case, it > probably doesn't. > I'm running version 0.99.13-3 on Fedora Core 3 > >I'm in the process of migrating from local Maildir, to IMAP-enabled > >Maildir (terms are made up by me). > >I have my Maildir directories all under $HOME/Mail > >I have a procmail script that sorts everything into different folders > >under $HOME/Mail, and leaves the rest in a Maildir folder chosen by me, > >that I think of as my INBOX. > > Note that you'll likely have to tell your mail client to check all the > mailboxes procmail delivers too for new mail, not just INBOX (as most > default to). > I can do this by subscribing to the folders I want right? > >Now, I am assuming that the folder I identify as INBOX is the one that a > >client will interpret as the INBOX? > >I really want the INBOX to be one of the folders under $HOME/Mail, but at > >the moment dovecot only will only consider the folder $HOME/Mail as the > >INBOX, so I have to send my 'inbox' mail to $HOME/Mail, rather than what I > >would prefer, which would be $HOME/Mail/INBOX (or something like that). > > > >The seting I have in dovecot.conf is: > >default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail > > > >Is this is the only way, or am I doing something wrong? > > > >Should I be using default_mail_env to define the inbox? e.g. with: > >default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail:INBOX=INBOX (or whatever my inbox mail > >folder name is) > > You're almost there. Put the inbox path in as INBOX=~/Mail/INBOX.. so > you wind up with: > default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail:INBOX=~/Mail/INBOX > > And I believe it will work. > I have set it up as default_mail_env = maildir:~/Mail:INBOX=~/Mail/.INBOX I've moved $HOME/Mail/cur (and tmp, new and dovecot-uidlist) all into .INBOX However, when I connect remotely I cannot see any mails, but if I open it locally (using Mutt) I can still see the mails in $HOME/Mail/.INBOX So, I'm not sure if there's something wrong with my .INBOX, or if it's not even looking there. When I move new mail to the inbox in the remote client, it moves the mail to $HOME/Mail, and creates cur/tmp/new/.customflags directly into that folder, instead of using .INBOX, which is the folder underneath that! Is it buffering some information/setting/mapping somewhere? I've restarted the dovecot daemon each time. > >Maybe I've just got my Maildir folder set up completely wrong, and I'm > >supposed to accept the Maildir folder itself as the inbox? If so, please > >just send me on my way ;-) > > > >Also, since I don't know much about IMAP, where can I find out what the > >.subscriptions file is, and what it does, and also all the other files > >created by dovecot, like the .imap files and the .customflags > > A lot of those files you shouldn't touch. They're mostly for the > internal workings of the server. > > .subscriptions is because IMAP is designed for mail and news, and allows > users to "subscribe" to some folders, or opt to not see them. This can > have a lot more meaning if you have shared folders (available in 1.0) or > news groups (outside the realm of this discussion). > > .customflags is (AFAIK) for storing details about any client custom > flags. As an example, Thunderbird allows you to tag e-mails into one of > 5 custom categories. It uses custom flags to mark this on the server. > > -- > Curtis Maloney > -- Joe Dauncey ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Joe Dauncey

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[Dovecot] (no subject)
by Brent Clark 23 May '05

23 May '05

Hi all I have just finished installing / configuring my dovecot IMAP server. Im seeing something weird happing. It seems my Winblows Outlook users are experiencing a problem whereby when they delete an email, Outlook puts a line though the email, but the mail does not delete. Im not sure if this is a an outlook problem or a dovecot IMAP problem. I cant see anything in the conf file to suggest that it is a IMAP problem. If anyone has any tips or advice, it would greatfully be appreciated. Kind Regards Brent Clark

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[Dovecot] utime() failed: Value too large for defined data type
by Brian Hechinger 22 May '05

22 May '05

i have recently rebuilt dovecot on my mail server as i wanted to add SSL support for it. well, my OpenSSL libs are 64-bit, so what they hey, i'll build dovecot 64-bit as well. worked just fine, no issues at all. the setup is: Solaris 9/SPARC Sun C compiler Dovecot 0.99.14 after rebuilding it 64-bit, i now have a small problem however. I cannot save messages to IMAP folders from Mail.app on OSX 10.3.9. OE6 and mutt work fine, no problems there, but when I try to save a message from Mail.app, it tells me it couldn't save the message and i get the folloing in my log file on the mail server: May 19 16:24:37 wiggum.4amlunch.net imap(paula): [ID 702911 mail.error] utime() failed for /usr/home/paula/Maildir/.Sent Items/tmp/1116534277.P10885Q0M105223.wiggum.4amlunch.net: Value too large for defined data type does anyone have any clue as to what could be the cause of this? i would say simple 64-bit uncleanliness issue, but why doesn't it also affect OE6 or mutt? there is some way that Mail.app accesses IMAP that is specifically tickling this problem. thank you very much for your time, and if there is any other information you might need to track this down, please ask and i'll get it right away. -brian -- "I fear death only slightly more than I hate my life." --8-bit Theater

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[Dovecot] Active Directory Auth
by Juan Pablo Fava 19 May '05

19 May '05

Hi, this is my fist post :) I'm trying to authenticate users to Active Directory, but I don´t know how to set up dovecot-ldap.conf to do this. Specially user_filter and pass_filter attrs. Does someone have this configuration working? Thanks in advance. -- Juan Pablo Fava Ing. en Sistemas de Información

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