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[Dovecot] public mailbox not showing up in web client
by David Mehler 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello, I'm trying to set up a public mailbox where users can receive notifications out of. I'm not getting any errors from Dovecot 2.1, but nothing is showing up in my user's web clients. In each /home/vmail/public/mailbox folder right now I just have one called testbox I have a dovecot-acl file with: user=testuser1 lr user=user1 lr etc. I'd appreciate any suggestions. Thanks. Dave. # 2.1.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux dict { quota = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } first_valid_gid = 5000 first_valid_uid = 5000 hostname = xxx last_valid_gid = 5000 last_valid_uid = 5000 log_path = /var/log/dovecot.error mail_gid = vmail mail_home = /home/vmail/%d/%n/home mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n:LAYOUT=fs mail_plugins = " acl quota zlib" mail_uid = vmail maildir_very_dirty_syncs = yes managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave namespace { list = yes location = maildir:/home/vmail/public:LAYOUT=fs prefix = Public/ separator = / subscriptions = yes type = public } namespace inbox { hidden = no inbox = yes list = yes location = prefix = separator = / subscriptions = yes type = private } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } plugin { acl = vfile autocreate = Spam autosubscribe = Spam quota = dict:User quota::proxy::quota quota_rule = *:storage=1G quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning2 = storage=80%% quota-warning 80 %u } postmaster_address = postmaster@xxx protocols = imap service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0660 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = 127.0.0.1 ::1 } inet_listener imaps { address = xxx xxx ssl = yes } } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh user = vmail } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/server.crt ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/server.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } protocol lda { mail_plugins = " acl quota zlib" } protocol imap { mail_plugins = " acl quota zlib autocreate imap_acl imap_quota imap_zlib" }

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[Dovecot] dovecot-lda delivery to Maildir/cur as 'seen'?
by Dale Gallagher 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hi I've added a server-side feature where authenticated customers sending through our SMTP server have their outbound mail copied to their Sent folder (like Gmail does). The delivery script called by qmail calls dovecot-lda to deliver it to the user's Sent folder. The problem now, is that the Sent folder shows the mail as unread, which MUAs flag (and notify, in the case of some). I've searched the docs and mailing list, but can't find an option to tell dovecot-lda to mark the mail being delivered, as seen/read. If I've missed something, please let me know. If not, then I think it might be a good idea to add a feature to dovecot-lda permitting one to specify delivery to the ./cur subfolder of a Maildir, instead of ./new. Thanks

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[Dovecot] Shared folders not shown if "INBOX.shared.%.%" is used with dovecot 2.1.10
by Christoph Bußenius 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hi, Thunderbird uses the following IMAP command to list shared folders: . list "" INBOX.shared.%.% Dovecot 2.1.10 does not list any folders in response to this command. Dovecot 2.0.21 does list them: * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.shared.user1.folder" . OK List completed. Both versions list the folders if "*" is used instead of "INBOX.shared.%.%". Because of this issue, shared folders are not shown in Thunderbird. The ACL of the folder in question is ACL "keilrwtscd" for user1 (who is trying to access them using Thunderbird). config: # 2.1.10: /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-42-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS disable_plaintext_auth = no mail_gid = vmail mail_location = mdbox:~/mail mail_plugins = acl mail_uid = vmail namespace { inbox = no list = children location = mdbox:%%h/mail prefix = INBOX.shared.%%u. separator = . subscriptions = no type = shared } namespace default { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } plugin { acl = vfile acl_shared_dict = file:/mail/shared-mailboxes } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0660 } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_max_userip_connections = 20 mail_plugins = acl imap_acl acl } Cheers, Christoph -- Christoph Bußenius Rechnerbetriebsgruppe der Fakultäten Informatik und Mathematik Technische Universität München +49 89-289-18519 <> Raum 00.05.040 <> Boltzmannstr. 3 <> Garching

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[Dovecot] Small issue with "submission host"
by Raphael Ordinas 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hi everyone, I'm facing a small issue with the lda/lmtp "submission_host" feature in dovecot 2.0.14. When sending mail to MTA (in case of sieve filter forwarding for example), dovecot pass a RCPT TO command just after the EHLO. He's missing the MAIL FROM command. Therefore, my MTA show me a warning like this : "improper command pipelining after EHLO". How can i solve that ? Regards, Raphael

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[Dovecot] Public folders and groups
by b m 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Currently I have dovecot working with Active Directory authentication and public folders with acl. In acl I have the users I want to access the public folders. It'll be easier for me to use one group instead of 50 users but I can't get it to work. From where does dovecot get the "group" attribute for a user? Can it read the groups that a user belongs from AD?

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[Dovecot] Changing password for users
by Mike John 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello, I am using dovecot (2.0.9) and using virtual users using passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecotpasswd driver = passwd-file } How can i make my virtual users change their passwords using web interface ? My users already uses squirrelmail to access their mail. is there a program to add to squirrelmail to add this function to the clients ? or should i user different separate website for password changing ? and what program/tool can help me with this ? Any ideas is greatly appreciated. Mike.

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[Dovecot] Snarf plugin
by Jeffrey Ross 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

I've now upgraded dovecot from 2.0.21 to 2.1.10 and the good news is I no longer see dovecot crashing when loading the snarf plugin however snarf still does not do anything except make the inbox disappear. I've come to the conclusion that either snarf does not actually work, possible, but I doubt it, or more likely I have a configuration issue preventing it from working. The system is simple, all email is stored in /var/spool/mail/{username} and I want all the mail moved to ~/mbox when the user logs in via imap, similar to uw-imap. Any guidance would really be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff dovecot -n # 2.1.10: //etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.6.2-1.fc16.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 16 (Verne) mail_debug = yes mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/mbox mail_plugins = snarf zlib mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace default { inbox = yes location = prefix = separator = / } namespace snarf { hidden = yes list = no location = mbox:/run/dovecot/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u:INDEX=MEMORY prefix = /snarf separator = / } passdb { driver = pam } plugin { mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete mailbox_rename mbox_snarf = ~/mbox snarf = /snarf/INBOX } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { address = localhost } } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { address = localhost } } ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/XYZZY.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/certs/XYZZY.pem userdb { driver = passwd } protocol imap { mail_plugins = snarf zlib imap_zlib } syslog: Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: master: Warning: SIGHUP received - reloading configuration Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Server shutting down. in=277 out=106519 Oct 24 13:33:27 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Server shutting down. in=422 out=2893 Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<jeff>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=28089, secured, session=<L6okfNHM2AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB> Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib05_snarf_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib20_zlib_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib30_imap_zlib_plugin.so Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Effective uid=500, gid=500, home=/home/jeff Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Namespace default: type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:~/mail:INBOX=~/mbox Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: fs: root=/home/jeff/mail, index=, control=, inbox=/home/jeff/mbox, alt= Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: Namespace snarf: type=private, prefix=/snarf, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=yes location=mbox:/run/dovecot/empty:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/jeff:INDEX=MEMORY Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Debug: fs: root=/run/dovecot/empty, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mail/jeff, alt= Oct 24 13:33:29 xyzzy dovecot: imap(jeff): Disconnected: Logged out in=117 out=1504

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[Dovecot] Creating Maildir and populating with emails via external Python process
by Bradley Rintoul 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Hello: I'm using Dovecot to provide IMAP services for Thunderbird clients. The user's mail is stored in Maildir format and the individual emails which the user "receives" are actually downloaded and put into the Maildir "repository" using a Python email client (POP3 client). I am trying to create the dovecot-uidlist file and maintain the "next UID" value within it, but I am having trouble with the UIDVALIDITY and the 128 bit mailbox global UID among other things. How can I "seed" a dovecot-uidlist file with these values..? Sorry if the information is not much to go on, please let me know what more information you might need to help point me in the right direction. Thanks, B. RIntoul

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[Dovecot] spamc can't seem to call /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver
by Troy Vitullo 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Hi, My server uses a system comprised of postfix, dovecot and dspam to filter and deliver mail. Postfix used the following flags in calling spamc and dovecot: flags=DRhu user=dovecot:secmail argv=/usr/bin/spamc -u ${recipient} -e /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient} after an upgrade from Debian lenny to squeeze we were able to get everything working except spam filtering. Spamassassin is able to judge whether the mail coming in is spam but everything stops there. In mail.err I see: pamc[3608]: exec failed: Permission denied spamc shows the same thing in syslog: exec failed: Permission denied postfix delays the email: postfix/pipe[3607]: 50DEFF180EE: to=<[mail]>, relay=dovecot, delay=1.7, delays=0.07/0.01/0/1.6, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (system resource problem) Here are the permissions for deliver: -rwsr-x--- 1 root dovecot 865084 May 25 2011 /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver Here are the relevant groups: s1:~# grep dovecot /etc/group secmail:x:119:postfix,spamd,dovecot dovecot:x:111: here's the dovecot user: s1:~# grep dovecot /etc/passwd dovecot:x:108:111:Dovecot mail server,,,:/usr/lib/dovecot:/bin/false here's dovecot -n: # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 i686 Debian 6.0.6 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ protocols: imap imaps pop3s pop3 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/s1.troyvit.com.cert ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/s1.troyvit.com.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW disable_plaintext_auth: no verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login mail_location: maildir:%h/Maildir/ mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_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 pop3_enable_last(default): no pop3_enable_last(imap): no pop3_enable_last(pop3): yes pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls, oe-ns-eoh pop3_logout_format(default): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(imap): top=%t/%p, retr=%r/%b, del=%d/%m, size=%s pop3_logout_format(pop3): top=%t/%T, retr=%r/%R, del=%d/%m, size=%s namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes lda: postmaster_address: postmaster(a)sphere.local auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mail_plugin_dir: /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lda/ mail_plugins: sieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes debug_passwords: yes passdb: driver: pam args: dovecot passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 438 user: dovecot plugin: sieve_global_path: /etc/dovecot/default.sieve sieve: /srv/%d/mail/%n/%n.sieve Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give. Troy

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[Dovecot] Dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files
by Fasil 25 Oct '12

25 Oct '12

Dear all, Thank you all for such a wonderful support. Hats off to all :) Few times I came across imap login issues where new users will not be allowed to login. /var/log/mail.err shows the error below Aug 12 07:57:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 07:57:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: Temporary failure in creating login processes, slowing down for now Aug 12 07:58:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 07:59:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files Aug 12 08:00:46 mail dovecot: dovecot: pipe() failed: Too many open files I have a dovecot (V 1.2.9) +postfix (V 2.7.0) setup on ubuntu 10.04 # ulimit -Hn 1024 # ulimit -Sn 1024 # cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max 1238548 # cat /proc/`pidof dovecot`/limits | grep 'Max open' Max open files 1024 1024 files Please advice how to get rid off this. Fasil.

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