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[Dovecot] How to create home directories for virtual users?
by Olli Räisänen 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hello, I,m using Dovecot 1.2.9, now finishing a migration from Courier IMAP. Documentation (http://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home) says that home directory should not be the same as mail directory. When I create new user accounts with PostfixAdmin the mail directory is not a problem but is there some smart way to create the home directory as well (locating it for instance in '/srv/vmail/%d/%n/home')? Regards, Olli

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[Dovecot] Problem with lmtp proxy
by Miguel Tormo 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hello everyone, I have set up postfix to deliver mails to dovecot (2.0.16) using LMTP. On the other hand, I've successfully configured the IMAP proxy setting in dovecot in order to be able to distribute mailboxes among different servers. I wanted to do the same proxy at LMTP level, but it's not working. If I put lmtp_proxy = no, then everything works ok (assuming the mailbox is local), but when I set lmtp_proxy = yes then the user is not found when deliverying the message via LMTP, so the mail remains in the postfix queue. Users are validated through active directory. However, this AD hasn't the SFU installed, thus its LDAP schema doesn't provide me with the required uid, gid, etc. To solve this, I have winbind configured in the system, so I'm doing this: - To validate users *and* be able to set the proxy extra fields, I use ldap as "passdb" (I believe it's not possible to use proxies with PAM). I'm using some LDAP field to store the host that has the user's mailbox. - In order to get the user account data that is not available in the AD, I use passwd as "userdb". I know that when using LMTP with proxy, a passdb needs to be configured. I assume this is needed for the service to lookup for the appropriate host to send the message. So, initially I set ldap as the passdb for LMTP, but just because it didn't work I put both ldap and passwd, and even a userdb (passwd), but the problems remain the same. Anyway the ldap should be the right one as it is there where I have the host information for each user. I think I'm missing something but I can't find what it is. To summarize: with lmtp_proxy = no it does work, with lmtp_proxy = yes it doesn't. Thank you for your help! This is my current config: ************* dovecot -n ************** # 2.0.16: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.37-gentoo-edicom-1104 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.14 auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_username_format = %n auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ listen = * lmtp_proxy = yes login_trusted_networks = 127.0.0.1 mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:~/maildir 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 passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)domain.com protocols = imap pop3 sieve lmtp quota_full_tempfail = yes service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = root mode = 0600 user = root } } service imap { vsz_limit = 512 M } service lmtp { inet_listener lmtp { address = 192.168.0.90 port = 24 } unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { group = postfix mode = 0666 user = postfix } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key submission_host = 192.168.0.22 userdb { driver = passwd } verbose_proctitle = yes protocol lmtp { passdb { args = driver = passwd } passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } userdb { args = driver = passwd } } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail } protocol pop3 { pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } **************************************************** ************** cat dovecot-ldap.conf.ext ************** hosts = dcserver:389 dn = cn=binduser,cn=Users,dc=edicom,dc=es dnpass = bindpassword tls = no debug_level = -1 auth_bind = yes ldap_version = 3 base = CN=Users,DC=domain,DC=com deref = never scope = subtree user_filter = (&(memberOf=CN=correo,OU=Alfresco,DC=edicom,DC=es)(sAMAccountName=%u)) pass_attrs = userPassword=password,=proxy_maybe=Y,physicalDeliveryOfficeName=host pass_filter = (&(memberOf=CN=correo,OU=Alfresco,DC=edicom,DC=es)(sAMAccountName=%u)) **************************************************** The results I get in the log: **************************************************** dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:39] [warning] master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=10437 uid=0 code=kill) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:40] [info] master: Dovecot v2.0.16 starting up (core dumps disabled) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] lmtp(10506): Debug: none: root=, index=, control=, inbox=, alt= dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [info] lmtp(10506): Connect from local dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_bind dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_simple_bind dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_sasl_bind dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_send_initial_request dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_new_connection 1 1 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_int_open_connection dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_connect_to_host: TCP dcserver:389 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_new_socket: 17 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_prepare_socket: 17 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_connect_to_host: Trying 192.168.0.67:389 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 17 tm: -1 async: 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_open_defconn: successful dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_send_server_request dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: master in: PASS 1 myuser(a)domain.com service=lmtp dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: password(myuser): passdb doesn't support credential lookups dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: password(myuser): passdb doesn't support credential lookups dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: password(myuser): passdb doesn't support credential lookups dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] auth: Debug: master out: FAIL 1 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] lmtp(10506): Error: user myuser(a)domain.com: Auth PASS lookup failed dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [debug] lmtp(10506): Debug: auth input: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_result ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: wait4msg ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 (timeout 0 usec) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: wait4msg continue ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 all 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Connections: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: * host: domain.com port: 389 (default) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: refcnt: 2 status: Connected dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: last used: Thu Nov 24 15:53:50 2011 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Outstanding Requests: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: * msgid 1, origid 1, status InProgress dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: outstanding referrals 0, parent count 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ld 0x16518d0 request count 1 (abandoned 0) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Response Queue: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: Empty dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ld 0x16518d0 response count 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_chkResponseList ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 all 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_chkResponseList returns ld 0x16518d0 NULL dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_int_select dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: read1msg: ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 all 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: read1msg: ld 0x16518d0 msgid 1 message type bind dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: read1msg: ld 0x16518d0 0 new referrals dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: read1msg: mark request completed, ld 0x16518d0 msgid 1 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: request done: ld 0x16518d0 msgid 1 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: res_errno: 0, res_error: <>, res_matched: <> dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_free_request (origid 1, msgid 1) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_parse_result dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_msgfree dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_result ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: wait4msg ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 (timeout 0 usec) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: wait4msg continue ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 all 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Connections: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: * host: domain.com port: 389 (default) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: refcnt: 1 status: Connected dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: last used: Thu Nov 24 15:53:50 2011 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Outstanding Requests: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: Empty dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ld 0x16518d0 request count 0 (abandoned 0) dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ** ld 0x16518d0 Response Queue: dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: Empty dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ld 0x16518d0 response count 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_chkResponseList ld 0x16518d0 msgid -1 all 0 dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_chkResponseList returns ld 0x16518d0 NULL dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [err] auth: Error: ldap_int_select dovecot [2011-11-24 15:53:50] [info] lmtp(10506): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) ****************************************************

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[Dovecot] Questions about Proxy/Director (was: Re: Indexes to MLC-SSD)
by Patrick Westenberg 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Jan-Frode Myklebust schrieb: > MTA -(lmtp)--> dovecot-director ---(lmtp)---> backend-server1 > \---(lmtp)---> backend-server2 > > > IMAP-user -(imap)--> dovecot-director --(imap) --> backend-server1 > \--(imap) --> backend-server2 In this scenario it should be possible to use a non cluster filesystem to store my mails, isn't it? Patrick

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[Dovecot] modules directory
by Johannes Berg 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hi! I'm a little confused with how plugin loading works in dovecot 2, I can't seem to make it load from $(moduledir)/imap/. Is that intended to work? Just a configuration issue? Reason I ask is that I ported my antispam plugin (I know there's a fork, but I still like mine better) to dovecot 2 and the default "make install" no longer loads properly with just "mail_plugins = antispam". So is $(moduledir)/imap/ no longer used? I also notice acl/imap_acl now, but I still see subdirectories for at least auth. Should I install into just $(moduledir)/ now? johannes

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Re: [Dovecot] Solaris hardware crypto engines
by Martin Preen 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hello, after serveral tests (and reading a lot of howto's) I'm now fairly convinced that the Solaris HW-crypto engine is not automatically used. Even when dovecot ist compiled with the OpenSSL version provided by Solaris. Currently I have only a T1-CPU available for testing (Sun Fire T2000) and after patching src/login-common/ssl-proxy-openssl.c (Dovecot 1.2.17) with ENGINE *e; ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(); ENGINE_init((e=ENGINE_by_id("pkcs11"))); ENGINE_set_default_RSA(e); ENGINE_set_default_DSA(e); ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e); in ssl_proxy_init() and inserting ENGINE_cleanup(); in ssl_proxy_deinit() the crypto device gets used. I'm sure that this is not the whole story since this only seems to affect the IMAP login. One has to use the specific SSL-engine and the ENGINE/EVP calls (as stated in the various articles). Is there any chance that Dovecot gets updated/patched for this ? E.g. Like the SSLCryptoDevice setting in Apache's mod_ssl. Regards. Martin Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > > On 4/18/11 6:30 AM, Martin Preen wrote: >> Hello, >> I tried to find out how about to use the hardware crypto engines under >> Solaris (Sun Fire T2000). It seems, that its not just a compilation >> issue: >> >>> For operations that are to be offloaded, it is necessary to restrict >>> use to subset >> > of OpenSSL functions (the EVP_ functions) and explicitly indicate >> the use of the PKCS11 >> > engine; something like the following works for bulk ciphers (the >> process for RSA is similar): >>> >>> ENGINE *e; >>> ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(); >>> e = ENGINE_by_id("pkcs11"); >>> ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e); >>> EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init (&ctx); >>> EVP_EncryptInit (&ctx, EVP_des_cbc (), key, iv); >>> EVP_EncryptUpdate (.....); >> >> Since I'm not familiar with SSL programming, I wonder if it's possible to >> modify the dovecot 1.2.x source code. Maybe someone has already tried >> this >> or can give me hint. > > You don't want to do that. > > The objective is for the ssl engine to be low level and basically > invisible to layers of application above that use it. So, build openssl > properly and it just works for everything else. > > I'm not at work today, so I don't have reference to my notes. Ah, just > found an email I sent to my colleagues -- copied it below. --------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Preen, Universität Freiburg, Institut für Informatik Georges-Koehler-Allee 52, Raum EG-006, 79110 Freiburg, Germany phone: ++49 761 203-8250 preen(a)informatik.uni-freiburg.de fax: ++49 761 203-8242 swt.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~preen

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[Dovecot] seting acl for master user?
by oni-neko＠gmx.net 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hello! I'm sorry, but i don't really understand it the way it is written in the wiki, so i'm trying my luck here =) i followed the wiki for creating a master user (the non-sql-version) and i can login as another user via this master user. my dovecot version is 1.2.9 on an ubuntu server 10.4.3 lts. what i don't get is the acl-setting, so that the master-user can access all the other users mails and folders. i made the changes in the dovecot.conf as written in the wiki: protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl } protocol lda { mail_plugins = sieve acl } plugin { acl = vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls } in my case I only want the master user (called cyrus) to be able to do everything with/in all mailboxes, so I made a file /etc/dovecot/acls/default that reads "user=cyrus lrwstipekxa". i'm pretty sure i'm missing something rather obvious here, but somehow i'm just stuck. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance =) silvana -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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[Dovecot] Problem with Outlook 2010
by pch0317 24 Nov '11

24 Nov '11

Hi, Maybe this time somebody help. Thanks -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Problem with Outlook 2010 Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:20:56 +0100 From: pch0317 <pch0317(a)gmail.com> To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Hi, I use dovecot 2.0. I have problem with Outlook 2010. This application freezes for about 2 minutes when I move or delete messages. Other applications such as Outlook Express and Thunderbird work correctly. Has anyone had similar problem? Thanks

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[Dovecot] "%d" does not expand to domain on wildcard search
by Ramiro Blanco 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi, I found that doing a wildcard search with doveadm doesn't expand the %d global variable when doing a wildcard search like: doveadm search *@domain ALL LARGER 10000k doveadm(root): Error: User listing returned failure doveadm: Error: Failed to iterate through some users In /var/log/dovecot.log: Nov 22 20:48:07 auth-worker: Debug: ldap: iterate: base=vd=%d,dc=domain scope=subtree filter=(&(objectClass=VirtualMailAccount)(accountActive=TRUE)) fields=mail Nov 22 20:48:07 auth-worker: Error: ldap(?): ldap_search((&(objectClass=VirtualMailAccount)(accountActive=TRUE))) failed: No such object Is this a bug? Configs: #file /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext: hosts = x.x.x.x dn = cn=dovecot,dc=domain dnpass = mypass auth_bind = yes auth_bind_userdn = mail=%u,vd=%d,dc=domain ldap_version = 3 base = vd=%d,dc=domain deref = never scope = subtree user_attrs = mailbox=mail=maildir:/home/vmail/domains/%$,quota=quota_rule=*:storage=%$,vdHome=home=%$/%d/%1u/%1.1u/%n,=uid=504,=gid=12 user_filter = (&(&(objectClass=VirtualMailAccount)(mail=%u))(accountActive=TRUE)) pass_attrs = userPassword=password,mail=user pass_filter = (&(&(objectClass=VirtualMailAccount)(mail=%u))(accountActive=TRUE)) iterate_attrs = mail=user iterate_filter = (&(objectClass=VirtualMailAccount)(accountActive=TRUE)) default_pass_scheme = CRYPT # 2.0.16: /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 x86_64 CentOS release 5.5 (Final) ext3 auth_mechanisms = plain login dict { expire = pgsql:/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext } hostname = localhost lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes lda_mailbox_autosubscribe = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_gid = 12 mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/domains/%d/%1u/%1.1u/%n mail_plugins = quota autocreate expire mail_privileged_group = mail mail_uid = 504 managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = comparator-i;octet comparator-i;ascii-casemap fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date spamtest spamtestplus virustest passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } plugin { autocreate = Enviados autocreate2 = Papelera autocreate3 = Borrador autocreate4 = Spam autosubscribe = Enviados autosubscribe2 = Papelera autosubscribe3 = Borrador autosubscribe4 = Spam expire = Papelera expire2 = Papelera/* expire3 = Spam expire4 = Spam/* expire_dict = proxy::expire quota = maildir:User quota quota_rule = *:storage=100M quota_rule2 = Papelera:storage=+100M sieve = ~/sieve/dovecot.sieve sieve_before = /usr/local/etc/sieve/spam.sieve sieve_dir = ~/sieve sieve_global_dir = /usr/local/etc/sieve/ } postmaster_address = postmaster@d <postmaster(a)uvq.edu.ar>omain protocols = imap sieve pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { mode = 0666 } unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service dict { unix_listener dict { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service managesieve-login { inet_listener sieve { port = 4190 } vsz_limit = 64 M } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lda { mail_plugins = quota autocreate expire } protocol imap { mail_plugins = quota autocreate expire imap_quota } protocol sieve { mail_plugins = managesieve_implementation_string = Dovecot Pigeonhole managesieve_logout_format = bytes=%i/%o } -- Ramiro Blanco

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[Dovecot] Random Loss of Connection with Thunderbird and Dovecot
by Jay Welch 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hi, Dovecot Version: 1.2.16 OS: CENTOS 5.5 I am having issues with Thunderbird connecting to Dovecot at random times. Usually an error comes up and states that Thunderbird cannot connect to the server. The only way I have been able to fix this is reset/repair the network connection or reboot the computer. Is there any parameters I can change in Dovecot to fix this issue? Does anyone know what is likely going on? I have been reading forums and I cannot find anything. Thanks

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[Dovecot] Excluding some system users after configuration
by Nanitous 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Dear readers, Consider an installed Postfix configuration (2.3.3) on CentOS. Now I want to install Dovecot (alas only version 1.0.7.7 is available) to provide IMAP services for a few system users, but not all. Most importantly the mail delivery by postfix for some of these system user /must/ not change after the installation of Dovecot. How can I prevent the installation of Dovecot to touch some specific system user accounts? Thanks in advance, /Twan

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